Have we reached the era of 'fine'? (I'm down)

Call me an idealist, but I think that a prerequisite for hosting an international sport event should be that you're willing to host an international sport event.

In the before times BuzzFeed would have a quiz up by now for 'which Peter Murrell embezzlement item are you' and this is what they took from us

This chart is bonkers. I think there's two possible explanations for why the UK runs so far ahead of other European countries – neither of them good. And the annual April price jump speaks to a wider issue. For more detail, see my column in this weekend's Observer. observer.co.uk/news/busines...

Really enjoyed this piece.

Nothing more refreshing. Maes Pils in a Guinness glass.

It was my birthday yesterday, so what better way to celebrate than scraping every London borough's website to create an interactive map showing the winning candidate for every ward (apart from Newham, which has failed to publish its numbers, for some reason). Enjoy! smallsites.london/Election2026...

Greens were one seat short of the majority in Haringey (Labour run for 55 years) Intrigued how the Lib Dem’s will play this.

FireStone² Walker

Happy Meldrew Point Day, Eminem! Today you are 19,537 days old and have reached your Meldrew Point - the age of Richard Wilson on the day One Foot In The Grave was first aired on Jan 4, 1990. I don’t believe it!

Erm, they're called palaeontologists, actually.

Eckhart Beer Co. in Bushwick, NY—a place of community and what look and sound like absolutely delicious crispy pints. Thank you @divalentinope.bsky.social for the escapism, the joy, and the hope. www.pelliclemag.com/home/2026/1/...

Me returning from the pub aged 18: "I'm stealing these traffic cones for the sheer fun of it." Me returning from the pub tonight aged 45: "I'm stealing these traffic cones to put them on the double yellows by my kids' school to stop people parking dangerously."

Life & Death?

I will always love breweries/tap rooms in old petrol stations/garages.

Lime’s UK revenue from renting out e-bikes and scooters hit £111m last year. www.londoncentric.media/p/lime-is-ea...

I’m looking forward to Hawksmoor St Pancras. Reckon that will be a great location. Also excited for the chefs table and the martini bar. Just seems like lots of nice things for me.

Newsletter is out! This time it's a recommendation for a game that nearly got me to enjoy watching sport. Nearly open.substack.com/pub/gameroom...

Stupid sexy Flanders...

Stressing listening to TMS and waiting to go in a tunnel under the channel. Need these runs done in the next 5 min.

Look at this, we're launching a beer to celebrate 30 years of The Stand comedy club. It's called Wit, which is a very clever joke because that is both a kind of beer and a sort of humour or something. The name Ho-ho-gaarden was rejected on the grounds of copyright infringement. pilotbeer.co.uk/wit

Subsidising e-bikes instead of cars could really kick the electric vehicle transition into high gear theconversation.com/subsidising-...

Exclusive: first journalist to visit the Lucky Saint brewery #bavaria #lager #nolagers

With TRVE announcing the closure of its taprooms (and uncertain future of its brewery) it's highly worth revisiting this long read from @kastranec.bsky.social that evokes, fully, how fucking cool and immersive this taproom was. Copied often, never bettered. www.goodbeerhunting.com/blog/2015/9/...

Big thanks to @clairembullen.bsky.social for taking my favourite zine tour photographs SO FAR. Come to my next and final event at Plug and Taps in Preston, Wednesday 23 April at 7pm xox

As part of our 10th birthday celebrations we are looking back to the London beers of 2015 and celebrating the ones that have lasted the course with us. Friday marks exactly 10 years since we opened. From 6pm Steph and Phill are both behind the bar and pouring pints at 2015 prices. Yep - £4.80 pints!

Allagash White pouring instore. Tasting great. Plus loads of fresh cans to sip in this sunshine.

Started putting our 10th birthday events online. More to come! www.capsandtaps.co.uk/collections/...

I'm coming to London with my zine! See you at @capsandtaps.co.uk on Saturday 12 April at 4pm.

First/maybe only time I drank some Cambridge Beer Company was when my friend Cos brought back a growler for us in her luggage in 2012 because Steph and I had mentioned our love of craft beer. Think I got the Camden guys to refill that growler a few times as well.

Our first piece of print from @pelliclemag.com is available to pre-order. A Place To Be is a collection of six short stories about drinking in liminal spaces by @katiematherkm.bsky.social and you can buy it here: www.pelliclemag.com/shop/a-place...

How private equity took over your kid's nursery. For the @londonermag.bsky.social I looked into why half your salary is being paid to companies called Little Muffins, and whether City financiers are to blame. www.the-londoner.co.uk/private-equi...

What has 10 legs and is coming soon? Give up? It's the cast of Series 19! #Taskmaster returns with Fatiha El-Ghorri, Jason Mantzoukas, Mathew Baynton, Rosie Ramsey and Stevie Martin.

So lovely to see so many new faces here this morning. Welcome! Today is publication Wednesday, and we have @rachelhendry.bsky.social casting a critical eye on celebrity wine, dissecting what trash really is, and Dolly Parton 💅🏻🍾 www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/1/...

@katiematherkm.bsky.social happy birthday!

Thinking a lot about how Steve Albini and David Lynch passed in the same year and they both grew up in Missoula, Montana. There was a 16 year difference between them, but given how much they both impacted me through their work and philosophies I’ve got to think Missoula is a fascinating place.

Apple TV is free this weekend. I strongly recommend Shrinking and Bad Monkey if you’re looking for a binge. Oh also The Afterparty.

Josh Bernstein on the US craft pullback in the NYT. “The founder of TailGate Brewery in Nashville recently bought a grain silo for $500 — an identical model cost him $80,000 in 2016.” He also got a $750,000 centrifuge for $50,000. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2024/12/27/d...

What a fantastic piece of journalism, and the most insightful thing I’ve read on Samuel Smiths brewery probably ever.

Ordered a mini keg (5l) of Sonoma to my parents house for Christmas. Turns out Dad has already ordered a polypin (20l) of Harvey’s best. We’re gonna be ok.

Meant to post that from this account. A slightly dispirited first post on the shop account but I ain’t deleting it.

I know this is the point, but the framing on this piece is *insane*

I really enjoy chill Sundays at home with 6music playing in the kitchen. Especially when they have @femiondrums.bsky.social followed by Iggy Pop.

Should I set up a Bluesky account for the shop?

Had a lovely evening celebrating @hopburnsblack.bsky.social 10th Birthday last night. Very much enjoyed their @kernelbrewery.bsky.social collab on cask as well. Cheers to Jen & Glenn!

@mike.cymru this your Eryri style rebrand?

Such a great milestone for @pelliclemag.bsky.social. Bright things ahead!