In the pub

Off to the pub

One of those recipes that looks 100% up my street, but I also know I’m 100% never going to make it for myself. Just need to find someone to do it for me in return for drinks.

French is a beautiful language - until you have to say “quatre-vingt-onze ans”.

Something Got Unplugged. A film where a middle aged man must shift vast piles of clutter then root through the wires and the dust behind the big TV to find out why the WiFi is down, while the teens wail in offline despair.

THIS is one of the easiest ways to take action against Palantir EVER!! All done with a click & I urge you to do the same Thank you @goodlawproject.bsky.social notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-tar...

Stream Deck on its way. Aiming to fill out my wishlist. Looking for chill quirky games, city builders, puzzlers - not so much combat or fast-paced stuff or RPGs. Am totally new to PC gaming - assume I’ve played nothing. What should I check out?

Christmas dinner much improved by bringing out the Polaroid and passing it around. Take pictures of the ones you love ❤️

Merry Christmas, and bon courage to all my fellow lunch cookers 🍗🎄

Mother-in-law coming, plus her stupid little dog*. The cats will not be happy. * Sounds harsh but it’s just facts, Yoshi is neither bright nor large.

Am now in a position to second this recommendation. About halfway in and enjoying it very much.

The Glasgow union is in the last chance saloon. This is not a drill. Please share far and wide.

Cracking into a wine society oloroso.

Fuck it. Cashing in some savings and getting a Steam Deck.

Small pleasures can work wonders. Was feeling a bit gloomy earlier, but I’ve put some music on and whacked some root veg in to roast with a little maple syrup and a few fennel seeds added and now I’m feeling much better.

If you can please support our #pubs this holiday season I don’t drink alcohol so why am I passionate about pubs. The answer they provide communities with unique social spaces. They are economically, socially and culturally important. They are sites of our national and local history and heritage

Family movie-n-pizza night. We watched ‘Oh. What. Fun.’ on Amazon Prime. It was dreadful.

Weihnachtshummer!

Exercise: compression and expansion for richer writing. Start with ~150 words of shitty writing (finally, something AI can reliably provide). Cut away the flab. Then build it back up with interiority to add an extra dimension to the passage.

Crunching some numbers: I published 34,252 words in 2025 across my commissioned articles and newsletters. These came from roughly half a million words in my notes, research, and drafts. That's about 15 words written for every 1 word published.

When 97% is 'no clear consensus', and 52% is 'the will of the people', it's time to face facts that Governments do what Governments want to do regardless of what their people actually want.

For fans of the grape shit, can confirm: this particular one is rather pleasant.

What a delight!

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We risk losing cask ale — not because young drinkers are wrong to ignore it, but because we've failed to make the case for it. www.anthonygladman.com/who-could-bl...

We risk losing cask ale — not because young drinkers are wrong to ignore it, but because we've failed to make the case for it. www.anthonygladman.com/who-could-bl...

Anaïs has the best ideas for stories and a thoroughness in her research I admire, and editing this piece was a dream. French wine, gastronationalism, the French far-right, colonialism, and food as a cultural weapon. Go read it. www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/12...

Dear Dictionaries, I would like to propose 'fingerguns' be added as a regular, transitive verb: fingergunsing, fingergunsed. "Ew, stop fingergunsing me!" Thank you for your attention in this matter 👉👉

Greetings! I have created a new map concentrating on brewery information, and where to try and find their beers. Initially London only I will, over time, add other places on to it. All feedback welcome! www.google.com/maps/d/edit?...

Very sorry to hear of the passing Old Mudgie today. He had been unwell for a few days. I had been in contact with him since Tuesday about him feeling unwell. I urged him many times to contact 111 as I felt he had suffered a stroke/heart attack. He will be missed RIP 😔

First ever attempt at #linocut, just figuring out how it all works. Forgot to reverse my 1, and didn’t have any paper to have so had to use the brown paper Amazon uses to pack out boxes. Still, happy enough with that to begin with.

If, like me, you're doing some online xmas shopping this afternoon and starting to despair of ever finding anything decent, here's a suggestion: geni.us/GinATastingC...

This may seem self-evident but, given the times we live in, it’s worth saying outright: there are lots of good people out there. And sometimes alcohol can be a shortcut to getting to know them.

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Writing my eulogy for Mum. Apparently she used to share a flat with Mary Berry. (Yes, the famous one.) Two little footstools, now in my home, were supposedly once Mary's, but I can't help wonder whether this is true or whether I somehow misheard or misunderstood. Wonder if MB would remember.

Derbyshire's @whitepeak.bsky.social just had their Bourbon Barrel English single malt whisky named as Whisky of the Year by The Whisky Exchange. If you missed it earlier this year, here's my profile of this incredible startup distillery over on @pelliclemag.com www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/7/...

Ah well, now this is a nice thing. Reflections on favourite drinking spots, self, life and change. Thinking on, should it be the objective of a pub to create such spaces, and to hold them as we and the world change around them? No pressure then.

Reposting this personal essay on ritual and loss for the late night crowd and friends in different time zones. Sign up for more if you like this. www.anthonygladman.com/drink-it-in/

David's a crafty bugger: he's put a lot of work into this and then written it so it reads like he hasn't. You should take a look.

The gin itself is very tasty too - present bundle idea? Abridged tasting note from my book: The rock samphire lends a refreshing saline citrus note that floats through like a breath of sea air balanced by rooty warming spice. Try it in a Bee's Knees garnished with lemon and lavender.

As usual, I’ve waited until the very last day of the month to post my linocut ‘November Rain’. Still, better late than never… #YeOldeCheshireCheese

Out today on The Glass, I wrote about not knowing when you're having your last drink in a special place. Ironically my parents sold the house I mention shortly after it was published and I never sat on that balcony again. Funny how these things go sometimes. www.anthonygladman.com/drink-it-in/

Out today on The Glass, I wrote about not knowing when you're having your last drink in a special place. Ironically my parents sold the house I mention shortly after it was published and I never sat on that balcony again. Funny how these things go sometimes. www.anthonygladman.com/drink-it-in/

Woof, choosing funeral music is a rough business.

I'm quoted in The Times today giving tasting notes on a very special beer indeed. (Paywalled tho.) www.thetimes.com/life-style/f...

After the sudden death of Jonathan Main at @booksellercrow.bsky.social, some local authors decided to organise a Christmas signing to help the bookshop make some much-needed ££. If you'd like to help, come on down! And preorder books! booksellercrow.co.uk/shop-tag/lou... I'm on at 2pm!

One from the vaults. This one was originally published in Ferment Magazine in 2021. www.anthonygladman.com/add-a-splash...

One from the vaults. This one was originally published in Ferment Magazine in 2021. www.anthonygladman.com/add-a-splash...