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no thoughts, just rosè
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Barry M
18 days ago
Something nice arrived yesterday, but only opening it now.
@rachelhendry.bsky.social
’s zine.
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Pellicle
28 days ago
Happy Christmas Eve-Eve! It's time for our Reader's Choice roundup, something that always brings up interesting patterns—for example, every single one of our most-read stories this year was about beer or pubs.
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/12...
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Readers’ Choice — Our Most Popular Features of 2025 — Pellicle
So ends another wonderful year at PellicleMag.com . We couldn’t be prouder of the work we’ve published in 2025—a year that has seen our readership continue to grow, alongside the number of people who...
https://www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/12/22/readers-choice-our-most-popular-features-of-2025
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Michael Deakin
about 1 month ago
It's cool to stan your friends, pass it on x
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reduced screen time in 2026 my year of rest & relaxation your job does not love you back! embrace embarrassment in the pursuit of connection, refuse dilution for ease of consumption heaven forbid you have to put thought & time into something. a period of tension every now & then is good for you
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Pellicle
about 1 month ago
We love
@anahlcq.bsky.social
because she brings the reality of modern France to our clichéd notions of Frenchness. In her latest piece for Pellicle, Anaïs looks at the politicisation of French culture, French wine, and the French far right.
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/12...
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Tradition is a Lie — French Wine’s Place in France’s Far-Right Gastronationalism — Pellicle
The wine that French presidents choose to serve during official visits is far more than a drink. It’s a way of expressing their political beliefs, and their taste has long been scrutinised and documen...
https://www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/12/6/tradition-is-a-lie-on-french-wine-gastronationalism-and-a-rural-fantasy?ss_source=sscampaigns&ss_campaign_id=6938767309f06f28112a497f&ss_email_id=69390c8816661137c2744a65&ss_campaign_name=Tradition+is+a+lie&ss_campaign_sent_date=2025-12-10T06%3A01%3A03Z
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David Desi Pubs Dason
about 2 months ago
An article
@rachelhendry.bsky.social
wrote for Vittles 2/2
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/totally-de...
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Totally Devoted to Blue Roll
An investigation into hospitality’s obsession with blue tissue paper. Text by Rachel Hendry. Illustration by Sinjin Li.
https://www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/totally-devoted-to-blue-roll
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Matthew Curtis
about 2 months ago
Now read this multi award winning banger all about it by
@rachelhendry.bsky.social
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2024/10...
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Timothy Taylor’s Landlord — A Polyptych of a Pint — Pellicle
I. “I’m told you serve the best pint of Landlord in Sheffield,” I say to the person behind the bar of The Sportsman on Benty Lane. “Well we definitely serve enough of it,” they reply with a smirk a...
https://www.pelliclemag.com/home/2024/10/31/timothy-taylors-landlord-a-polyptych-of-a-pint
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HELLO HAVE YOU PRE ORDERED YOUR ZINE YET? YOU HAVE UNTIL FRIDAY TO DO SO! IT'S LOOKING REALLY BRILLIANT IF I DO SAY SO MYSELF.
www.burumcollective.com/jlp
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HELLO HAVE YOU PRE ORDERED YOUR ZINE YET? YOU HAVE UNTIL FRIDAY TO DO SO! IT'S LOOKING REALLY BRILLIANT IF I DO SAY SO MYSELF.
www.burumcollective.com/jlp
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Eoghan Walsh
2 months ago
PRINT IS NOT DEAD THIS IS AN AI-FREE ZONE DEATH TO THE INTERNET. LONG LIVE THE NEW (PRINT) FLESH
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Three Counties Cider & Perry Association
2 months ago
The CraftCon '26 programme is now live! And what a line up it is! More details and tickets via the link below!
craftcon.co.uk
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The Interactive Cidermaking Development Conference
https://craftcon.co.uk/
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tell your friends! buy a copy for your crush! gift one to your enemy! order a whole stack to donate on the bus!
3 months ago
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I sent out my last ever j'adore le plonk on Friday. In memoriam I've turned it into a zine with the help of my friends
@helenannesmith.bsky.social
Otto Taylor-Rickard and
@gergemanson.bsky.social
I think we've made something very beautiful - pre order's are now live!
www.burumcollective.com/jlp
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J'adore Le Plonk — BURUM COLLECTIVE
https://www.burumcollective.com/jlp
3 months ago
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thank you to everyone who has pre ordered a zine! we are halfway to our pre order target already which is HUGE. you can get a cap now also! they’re gorgeous imo. the whole project is fun and beautiful and silly and i’m so proud of what we’ve created! Get a copy here ⬇️
www.burumcollective.com/jlp
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Burum Collective
2 months ago
You've got less than two weeks to get your pre-order in for J'adore Le Plonk! A sparkling collection of essays celebrating a culmination of five years of work by our very own
@rachelhendry.bsky.social
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Burum Collective
2 months ago
BURUM X HEEDAYAH LOCKMAN ‼️✨ We’ve got two new teeas available to pre-order; both designed by the insanely talented Heedayah Lockman who we are thrilled to be working with again. A perfect gift for yourself or maybe you have a friend who thinks we’re kinda neat 🩷
www.burumcollective.com/store
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Pellicle
2 months ago
Rachel is a gifted writer and a beautiful person and her zine is an essential purchase!! In our opinion!!
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Barry M
2 months ago
As promised… This started life as dictated notes while walking the dog a couple weeks ago, and was intended to be an Instagram post about what it’s like being a part-time cider maker and orchardist. But there are many more out there doing the same afterhours toil. So this is for them.
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thank you to everyone who has pre ordered a zine! we are halfway to our pre order target already which is HUGE. you can get a cap now also! they’re gorgeous imo. the whole project is fun and beautiful and silly and i’m so proud of what we’ve created! Get a copy here ⬇️
www.burumcollective.com/jlp
2 months ago
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delighted to be shortlisted for three categories this year alongside so many incredible writers! best commissioned beer writing, best communication about diversity in beer and best communication about cider alongside my gorgeously talented friend
@anahlcq.bsky.social
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Michael Deakin
3 months ago
My favourite part of this was reading each individual section and seeing how quickly I could guess which author it was.
@rachelhendry.bsky.social
we clearly spend too much time together because I got both of yours at the start of the second sentence 😂
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Pellicle
3 months ago
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...
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The Essential Guide to Pub Etiquette — Pellicle
It was the writer and politician Hilaire Belloc (1870–1953) who famously said, “ Change your hearts or you will lose your inns and you will deserve to have lost them. But when you have lost your inns ...
https://www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/10/29/the-essential-guide-to-pub-etiquette
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I sent out my last ever j'adore le plonk on Friday. In memoriam I've turned it into a zine with the help of my friends
@helenannesmith.bsky.social
Otto Taylor-Rickard and
@gergemanson.bsky.social
I think we've made something very beautiful - pre order's are now live!
www.burumcollective.com/jlp
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J'adore Le Plonk — BURUM COLLECTIVE
https://www.burumcollective.com/jlp
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Michael Deakin
3 months ago
📢 NEW BLOG POST Very overdue return for my personal blog. An exploration of identity and the struggle to hold onto a sense of self when hospitality work requires that you spend a large part of your life shifting your persona to suit the needs of the customer.
8bitsandbobs.co.uk/2025/11/01/d...
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Don’t Look Down
When your work demands that you shift between several different versions of yourself every day, how do you remember which version is really you when it comes to spending time away from the bar?
https://8bitsandbobs.co.uk/2025/11/01/dont-look-down/
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Jessica Mason
3 months ago
Perry’s success is in its uniqueness, not its ubiquity
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Perry’s success is in its uniqueness, not its ubiquity
The perry category is in growth and has gathered pace over recent years. Jessica Mason looks at why restaurants and independent bottle shops are stocking it as a discerning low-alcohol choice for thos...
https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2025/10/perrys-success-is-in-its-uniqueness-not-its-ubiquity/
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Three Counties Cider & Perry Association
3 months ago
The TCCPA announce their Perry is Alive campaign in response to Westons recent declaration that perry is "dead" Imagery:
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Cider Review
3 months ago
Westons' statement that "perry is dead" dismisses centuries-old craftsmanship and cultural significance. Barry (
@barmas.bsky.social
) argues that education, not erasure, is essential. With reference to
@beesononbooze.bsky.social
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Editorial: Perry Is Not Dead.
Westons’ statement that “perry is dead” dismisses centuries-old craftsmanship and cultural significance. Barry argues that education, not erasure, is essential.
https://cider-review.com/2025/10/24/editorial-perry-is-not-dead/
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Nicola Miller
3 months ago
"What is it that you want from your waitress?" Brilliant,
@rachelhendry.bsky.social
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Pellicle
3 months ago
The Waitress, a million personas, fetishes and expectations in one woman. A look at what it means to serve, by
@rachelhendry.bsky.social
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/10...
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The Waitress — Pellicle
“The waitress is different; she is ignorant and coarse, but genial. She is often unwashed and her teeth are unfilled, but she knows life and she is not afraid of life, which is to her big, dramatic, b...
https://www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/10/14/the-waitress-rachel-hendry
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Matthew Curtis
3 months ago
This is such bold, adventurous writing from Rachel. Such a pleasure to be able to publish work of this calibre.
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for
@pelliclemag.com
i've written about the formation of The Waitress: a facilitator of desires, a manager of expectations, a performance of manners. about what happens when success is dictated by character, about what it is to serve for a living
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The Waitress — Pellicle
“The waitress is different; she is ignorant and coarse, but genial. She is often unwashed and her teeth are unfilled, but she knows life and she is not afraid of life, which is to her big, dramatic, b...
https://www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/10/14/the-waitress-rachel-hendry
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Burum Collective
4 months ago
In our next piece, Rosemary Richings talks to a variety of people within the disability community about what they want to see from hospitality venues when it comes to making customers feel welcome Words by Rosemary Richings Illustration by Helen Anne Smith
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Phil Mellows
4 months ago
Cask beer and sparkling wine have more in common than you think argues
@rachelhendry.bsky.social
for
@camraofficial.bsky.social
It’s all down to the pet nat I reckon.
learn.camra.org.uk/courses/comm...
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Common ground: Can there be a relationship between cask beer and sparkling wine?
https://learn.camra.org.uk/courses/common-ground-can-there-be-a-relationship-between-cask-beer-and-sparkling-wine?fbclid=IwRlRTSAM6NvhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHnVKZwbYYh7i1_Of3PbGrO2trnxLcTgdZkrjniA3f_S0vxBAAcUNfJvB7qyI_aem_UqnlakI_GP9vpirAhuoM4A
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Three Counties Cider & Perry Association
4 months ago
You have until Friday to enter the worlds best and largest international perry competition!
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Burum Collective
4 months ago
Our first online piece from The Usual is by the community publican of The Trafalgar in Wimbledon, providing us their perspective on pubs, building community, and what it means to have regulars 🍻🤝 Words by Oli Carter-Esdale Illustration by Helen Anne Smith
www.burumcollective.com/posts/solace
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Burum Collective
5 months ago
The Editors Note for The Usual is now available to read here or through the link below! Written by
@rachelhendry.bsky.social
www.burumcollective.com/about/usuale...
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Altona 93 Fanzines
5 months ago
This article by
@rachelhendry.bsky.social
for
@pelliclemag.com
is so wonderful that I would love to frame it and hang it on the wall. Do we want to create a thread with beer mats of football clubs? Let me start with
#Altona93
. Feel free to share and reply with others! 👇🏽
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Ben Tisdall
5 months ago
My local have one commemorating their cat’s 10th birthday!
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back on
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contemplating beer mats today, those tiny discs of pulp that soak up and support and siren call to drinks past present and future only to be discarded to the pub floor:
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/8/...
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The Wood That Drank The Heart — The Love and Life of Beer Mats — Pellicle
There is a theory I’m working on, born from over a decade of hospitality work, that the things a society pays the least attention to often have the most to say. To be discarded and dismissed, yet to e...
https://www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/8/19/the-wood-that-drank-the-heart-the-love-and-life-of-beer-mats
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Historic Beer Ads
5 months ago
This article tickled my brain, and now I'm thinking about how intentionally disposable things record history in totally different ways than all stuff that tries (lol) to last forever. Anyway, here's a Löwenbräu coaster from the 1964 World's Fair in New York.
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contemplating beer mats today, those tiny discs of pulp that soak up and support and siren call to drinks past present and future only to be discarded to the pub floor:
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/8/...
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The Wood That Drank The Heart — The Love and Life of Beer Mats — Pellicle
There is a theory I’m working on, born from over a decade of hospitality work, that the things a society pays the least attention to often have the most to say. To be discarded and dismissed, yet to e...
https://www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/8/19/the-wood-that-drank-the-heart-the-love-and-life-of-beer-mats
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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻
5 months ago
A wonderful piece of writing from Pellicle this morning on beer mats- “They punctuate the bar I work in, propping up tables, ripped into shreds by skittish or destructive hands, knocked to the floor, stolen as mementos. They see so much, these beer mats.”
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/8/...
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The Wood That Drank The Heart — The Love and Life of Beer Mats — Pellicle
There is a theory I’m working on, born from over a decade of hospitality work, that the things a society pays the least attention to often have the most to say. To be discarded and dismissed, yet to e...
https://www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/8/19/the-wood-that-drank-the-heart-the-love-and-life-of-beer-mats?ss_source=sscampaigns&ss_campaign_id=68a4b3564010181920cd3ea5&ss_email_id=68a55674503a122aa8293964&ss_campaign_name=The+Ballad+of+the+Beer+Mats&ss_campaign_sent_date=2025-08-20T05%3A00%3A49Z
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what is so frustrating is that there are lots of people doing fantastic work when it comes to creating safe, dignified, inclusive drinking spaces - they can be asked for advice! they can be paid to consult! they can be approached and included and hired to work on events and festivals!
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i am thinking about what it is to have such abundance and access to crops they can be fermented, used solely for pleasure and drunkenness whilst those in Gaza have such deliberate, calculated scarcity they are being left to starve. Separated by fate of birth, connected by complicity
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Adrian Clark
6 months ago
Bit late to this, but it's great.
@rachelhendry.bsky.social
on the history and significance of Scampi Fries. (I also didn't realise that British scampi is made with langoustines. I just assumed they were non-specific prawns. Also, I miss Cheese Moments.)
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Cut To The Feeling — The Anatomy of Smith’s Scampi Fries — Pellicle
I’ve been staring at the block of chartreuse-coloured card hanging on my kitchen wall for weeks. The concertinaed columns of pale lemon plastic hanging neatly from it have looked so peaceful I haven...
https://www.pelliclemag.com/home/2023/1/16/the-anatomy-of-scampi-fries
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