In the 3 hours between my bag getting lost and relocated by BA I thought that all I would have for the weekend in Berlin is my @pelliclemag.com Bass shirt. So it could have been worse, but I'm glad the sparkler hat wasn't lost to the luggage bowels beneath Heathrow.

Nothing quite like it being pre 5am at T5 and stuck behind a man with 12,000 different camera cables, four types of moisturiser and a bottle of water in his hand luggage. I'm so full of hate.

lol at RFK Jr just booking it

Let me translate that for VC: We've deliberately packaged a beer containing fermentable sugars but its your fault for not keeping it cold enough if the can foams everywhere.

Fuck off on so many levels

I don't know who needs to hear this, but if you're not selling enough cask beer, then take lines off! It's better to pace through a small selection in great condition than to try and soldier on with a load of beers that have seen better days.

What, ANOTHER big beer launch? Too right. Get down to AHP Maidenhead on Nov 21st for another year of amazing collabageddon beers!! And a huge thank you again to @elusivebrewing.com for having us involved in the party 🤗

And i like the advert. It's just a simple, corny idea well executed. What it isnt is an antiwoke mamifesto.

Crystal by New Order is a banger but my issue is that you very much can buy honey with money.

is growth realising that most dog people in pubs are more annoying than bad parents in pubs?

I have never been able to lie like this. It would send me back to the confessional.

Note: This is not the exact quote — which is weird, since it's on video and the pope said it in English. But the exact quote conveys roughly the same meaning, and goes arguably even harder by making an apparent reference to the detention of migrants with no criminal record. Rush transcript here:

Incredibly funny to watch the right wing going Oh so just because I love money and hate poor people I'm a bad Christian according to "the pope"???

Nice collection of thoughts on pub etiquette! If we could immediately action the ‘no tissues, wet wipes or crisp packets shoved in glasses’ point that would be lovely.

The Pellicle Essential Guide to Pub Ettiquette! Already noted as curmudgeonly by @boakandbailey.bsky.social, we prefer "righteously bothered." Table rezzies, bogey-filled tissues in empty glasses, rounds and more, all documented for posterity. www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/10...

so good, ALL SO GOOD AND SO CORRECT and my god I feel vindicated

Wow, quite rude of @bathedailey.bsky.social to do this portrait of me without asking permission - but it does give me an opportunity to promote this opinion-packed pub package featuring my views on cocktails (no) & taking glasses back ➡️ the bar (yes)

This seems to be directed at jd Vance, who he hates. ❤️

Ive never been slow to criticise the Reach plc media for their awful clickbait headlines. But this is another level. They know exactly what they're doing with this headline, and it is horrible, divisive and dangerous. Shame on them.

An update for everyone who's been asking about Jason's wellbeing. He's home - and recovering. But it's going to be a long road. What we'd hoped was a TIA has turned out to be a much more significant stroke with longer term consequences. Full details: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-ja...

Key takeaways from Gay Halloween at the brewery.

"Drag bingo? Are the numbers different?" My brain is broken, what a hilarious question

OOOooooOOOOooooOOOoOoOOO just got a horrifying shiver down our spines. Not because of Halloween, we just remembered about milkshake IPA.

One of the classics from the other place

I don't *think* I'm a totally emotional pathetic mess of a human, but there is a springer spaniel puppy in the pub right now and one of his ears is turned inside out and this may set me off into tears

Both sides of a conflict are calling each other evil and corrupt, rendering me, a humble journalist, helpless to discern the truth. Best I can do is let you know that both sides are in fact saying those things. Hope this helps

Back in my day, AI used to stand for Adobe Illustrator! And we hated that, too!

All the lyrics to 'Rasputin' are funny but I love 'it was a shame how he carried on'. It sounds like something your gran would say about a disgraced quiz-show host.

Spoiler alert

Reportedly slept under a portrait of Hitler…🙄 But he’s just a zany scientist, right?

the books are very, very explicit that hobbits' resilience in the face of evil is a product of their virtuous humility, while "hard men" are inevitably tempted to meet evil with evil.

I've had a crush on you since the 90's, Emma. You didn't have to go so hard making me love you.

the nyt posts this stuff like avoiding AI for 48 hours is hard and meanwhile i have literally never once intentionally used an AI program for anything ever

the cow's tools will never be used to dismantle the cow's barn

getting ready to celebrate hot fall girl bod by wearing only mashed potatoes and gravy

There's a pint of bitter in my very near future, isn't life a treat

Gary Larson dropping Cow Tools in 1982

Read this classic quote by my friend the late journalist Dan Baum:

Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community. Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.

Good morning from my inbox where I have 14 (fourteen) pitches I would like to commission, but I don't have the budget to fund any of them. I keep banging on about this, but @pelliclemag.com needs more subscribers if it is to continue. Please spread the word. Patreon.com/pelliclemag

STOP making toasties out of sourdough you sick fucks what is WRONG with you oh my god

Nobody complained when chimpanzees drank tea, aliens made instant mash, ambassadors served mediocre chocolate in lieu of canapes. But portray a black couple enjoying a breakfast buffet at a Premier Inn and there will be hell to pay. Runcorn, i love you, but you're bringing me down.

The pint purchased 3 minutes before time is called at the bar actually possesses reality-bending qualities, seemingly an infinite supply of liquid that simply will not decrease even as chairs are stacked closer and closer to it by the minute. Someone get Brian Cox on this phenomenon.

Draft Augustiner relaunches in the U.K. next month. That is all.

Gonna repost this every time I come across it on socials. 💚

just pulled up my slides from the dark beer tasting I hosted in february '24 and I have so many critiques. am I... improving? is she actually achieving things? THEY SAID IT COULDN'T BE DONE

I checked, it is real, it is thousands of words long, and the only mention of trans people is two times when they mention that some cis women take dosage levels comparable to what trans men do There's sections about dysphoria cis women may feel from side effects of testosterone. I am LOSING MY MIND

⚠️ Google has given you access to The Computer That Lies. ⚠️ You are now required to use The Computer That Lies.

In the distance of the first photo that's a very drunk Me And Mother Thomson

This insta story from our local trad brewery has me cringing on so many levels. How out of touch/weirdly sexist/lazy stock image can you get