Adam catches up with @3ccpa.bsky.social CraftCon organiser and communications expert, the wonderful Rachel Hendry @rachelhendry.bsky.social, to talk cider, conferences and newsletters. Will you be attending?

Do you do a job *in* the hospitality industry? Is there a trend you've noticed on the ground that no one is reporting on yet? Please tell me about it harriet dot fitchlittle at ft dot com and maybe it could become one of our Insider's Notebook pages! Some writing experience necessary

Something nice arrived yesterday, but only opening it now. @rachelhendry.bsky.social’s zine.

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...

It's cool to stan your friends, pass it on x

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

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...

An article @rachelhendry.bsky.social wrote for Vittles 2/2 www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/totally-de...

Now read this multi award winning banger all about it by @rachelhendry.bsky.social www.pelliclemag.com/home/2024/10...

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

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

PRINT IS NOT DEAD THIS IS AN AI-FREE ZONE DEATH TO THE INTERNET. LONG LIVE THE NEW (PRINT) FLESH

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

tell your friends! buy a copy for your crush! gift one to your enemy! order a whole stack to donate on the bus!

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

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

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 www.burumcollective.com/store

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

Rachel is a gifted writer and a beautiful person and her zine is an essential purchase!! In our opinion!!

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.

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

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

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 😂

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...

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

📢 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...

Perry’s success is in its uniqueness, not its ubiquity @teamdb.bsky.social

The TCCPA announce their Perry is Alive campaign in response to Westons recent declaration that perry is "dead" Imagery: @helenannesmith.bsky.social tccpa.co.uk/perry-is-ali...

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’s recent article.

"What is it that you want from your waitress?" Brilliant, @rachelhendry.bsky.social

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...

This is such bold, adventurous writing from Rachel. Such a pleasure to be able to publish work of this calibre.

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 www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/10...

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 www.burumcollective.com/posts/trueme...

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...

You have until Friday to enter the worlds best and largest international perry competition!

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

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...

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! 👇🏽

My local have one commemorating their cat’s 10th birthday!

back on @pelliclemag.com 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/...

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.

back on @pelliclemag.com 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/...

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/...

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!