Incredible piece of Search Engine Optimisation

Noticing the local Tory council who have no money have suddenly found the cash for a load of major work in areas they might lose to Reform in the May elections.

I feel like a lot of analysis on the Death of Pubs overlooks or downplays the impact of the attacks on the finances of the working classes. There are much broader economic factors at play than taxes etc.

Merry Christmas you lovely lot. I hope you all can have a good day.

Playing all the Christmas bangers tonight open.spotify.com/track/4cdkeh...

I thought it was the star of Bethlehem but turned out to be Sainsbury's in Charlton.

Merry Christmas with this old favourite! Who’s off to the Erith Borough Council Christmas staff dinner & dance? The Borough Treasurer is prepared to receive conscience money, but don’t be wasting the Borough Surveyor’s time on building licence chat at the bar...

Incredible piece of old pub footage - struggling with energy bills is nothing new and nothing on what this pub had to deal with! youtu.be/N_t9pSh-4bo?...

Living the dream

Proper pub signage

If anyone is looking for some cool last minute gifts there are some amazing band-themed earrings here... www.etsy.com/shop/madewit...

Been to a pub and had a lovely chat with one of the people running it about how important it is to be welcoming to trans people. I think more pubs could learn that being a community asset involves welcoming everyone, not just your mates.

Local pub posting on Facebook "Why don't you come and join us today?" and accompanying it with multiple photos of the place decked out in Loyalist flags. I think I'll give it a miss, thanks.

Big fan of Carlisle United managing to score their winning goal before their own equaliser today

Is there any brewery doing supermarket beer better that Polly's right now?

That was one hell of an episode of Grand Designs, and beautifully presented in the circumstances.

Self-proclaimed "moderate" who is far too pre-occupied with foreign policy so blunders through one terrible domestic decision after another, priming the country up for gangsters and fascists. Starmer really is Gorbachev's true heir.

The best thing I've seen on the internet in ages youtu.be/wubkrBd3-gg?...

What an incredible film this is, as pertinent now as it must have been in 1962, maybe even more so. youtu.be/c8yEIe69M4k?...

I love a moan about these kinds of lists, but this is a good one - a mix of the usual suspects and some less-likely picks, and highlights boozers rather than posh places pretending to be pubs. Some notable omissions, but that's the case with any list of this nature. www.timeout.com/london/bars-...

The Saturday afternoon pint, much underrated.

Campaign For More Pubs To Have Turrets

George Lange’s photos of his friend Francesca Woodman shake her melancholic myth.

Well, this is lovely. youtu.be/U2sV6mG18C4?...

I've noticed more and more pubs shutting up early for the night, often before the advertised closing time - I'm not sure this helps! www.theguardian.com/business/202...

the plot is often the least interesting bit about any book

It is an absolute scandal that we essentially stopped homelessness in 2020, and now we are here. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Building new homes is no bad thing, but there also needs to be some actual commitment to improving and maintaining things at street level here. What could be a vibrant community space by a major train station is grotty, neglected and depressing.

What a lovely, inspiring piece this is. I'd quite happily read a whole series about writers' rejections - the thing that happens most, but that we hear about the least. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Been watching old episodes of Whose Line Is It Anyway? and it's amazing how different shared cultural touchpoints were in the late 80s/early 90s compared to now. Comedians who would reference Joyce, German Expressionist cinema, Greek drama - and audiences who would get the joke!

I can't quite get my head around how a brewery with beers on prominent display in every single supermarket can't make money.

Playing around with photo apps... waituntilnextyear.com/2025/10/03/b...

Brit Card's main goal will be to move as much public money into the private sector as possible...just like every Labour policy!

Absolutely love following Si's adventures. A regular reminder of how amazing pubs can be.

I can't get my head around anyone having a concrete wall surrounding a football pitch. It's insane. It's grossly irresponsible. RIP Billy Vigar.

It will be worth following the money on Digital ID...someone is getting a very nice payday.

I see the local Spoons retains its spot in the Good Beer Guide. A real shame considering how many good independent pubs there are in the area, generally serving better beer. But I guess it's a case of never mind the quality, feel the width!

Jago Hazzard dropping a video about Holborn Viaduct Station...now that's the Good Stuff

Now at a niche industry conference - truly Rapturous!

Spending time on a Southeastern train and it's such a joyous, spiritual experience it's hard to tell if the Rapture has started or not.

There's a lot of vitriol towards queuing in pubs, so I thought it was time someone looked at them from a more positive perspective... waituntilnextyear.com/2025/09/22/i...

First proper cold night for the dog's walk. Quite enjoyed it. In eight month's time I'll probably be sick of it.

I've decided pub queues are...fine? waituntilnextyear.com/2025/09/22/i...

My amazing wife picked up one of these bad boys for me

Glad to see this article pop up, have been thinking recently how I miss RSS readers and how I think their demise massively affected what we read and what we write.

3.69!!!! In Central(ish) London!!!!!

Going to lighten the mood by watching an episode of Red Riding

This reminds me of one of my formative pub experiences back in the mid-90s visiting an old country pub where the only choices were ALE or CIDER, just a plain bar with two unmarked handpumps. It was brilliant.

One for all the Hook Norton fans... youtu.be/HHDESSHVpcc?...

Stuff that people say on air while they gather their thoughts to say something more intelligent isn't fecking "analysis"