Two dartboard reviews: Bar Desorden in Spain fredcook.co.uk/2026/04/02/B... And Industry bar and kitchen on Gloucester road: fredcook.co.uk/2026/04/01/I...

Tonight at @wshed.bsky.social! John Woo Double Bill: THE KILLER and HARD BOILED. Get some. www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/seas...

Staying on the Oktoberfest theme, I wrote about the scandal of the Oktoberfest's first "giant tent" in 1898, and how it unfolded: dafteejit.com/2026/03/the-... #beerhistory #oktoberfest

🎯 New dartboard review 🎯 The seven stars in Redcliffe: fredcook.co.uk/2026/03/19/T... I've also added a handy map of all dartboard reviews so far

BLOG POST: An attempt to pull together what we know about the history of The Kings Head in Bristol, a (wonderful) pub that maybe *feels* older than it is. 🍻🍺 boakandbailey.com/2026/03/a-br...

Upfest 2026 www.fundsurfer.com/crowdfund/up...

I visited the Dame in bedminster last weekend, here's my dartboard report: fredcook.co.uk/2026/03/07/T...

Couldn't get the idea of adibass out of my head 🔺🔺🔺

BLOG POST: Dartboards and pubs go together, everyone knows that. But how long has that been the case? And, actually, how old is darts as a game? 🍺🍻 boakandbailey.com/2026/03/when...

Latest pub dartboard review: Left Handed Giant fredcook.co.uk/2026/02/23/L... 👈

Human-made cryptic crosswords. Printed on paper and posted to you by a human. £5 an issue. unchcrosswords.com

GOOD MORNING! Here's the latest edition of news, nuggets and longreads, rounding up the most interesting writing about beer from the past week. 🍻🍺 boakandbailey.com/2026/02/news...

BLOG POST: Three posts/articles/essays that landed this week seemed connected in our mind, on the subject of pub closures and third places. 🍺🍻 boakandbailey.com/2026/02/a-ta...

Dialed, a color memorization game on my r/sillylittlewebsites subreddit that I'm trying to get going. (It's a list of ad-free, no-registration games and fun little websites.) www.reddit.com/r/sillylittl...

My brother wanted a London pub crawl. The result? My new Substack post: "Britain Lost 14,000 Third Places. They were Called Pubs. Is Your Local Next?" How private equity reshaped the local, which pubs are most at risk and most importantly what to do about it. open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...

BLOG POST: We need to know when you'll be open, what beers you'll be serving, maybe what food you have, and whether there'll be an open mic folk music session going on while we're trying to chat. Could there be an app for that? boakandbailey.com/2026/02/what...

Paid a visit to the White Horse in Westbury on Trym in the week, report below: fredcook.co.uk/2026/02/14/T...

Farewell to Bristol's Odeon on Union Street that closes today. Saw so many classics there over the years, but the opening night screening of Deep Blue Sea in 1999 will forever remain a highlight with the whole audience screaming, cheering and gasping in surprise at certain key deaths!

I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself! bluesky-map.theo.io I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail

Had my first visit to the Brunel in the week, report on the dartboard here: fredcook.co.uk/2026/02/07/T... 🎯🎩🎯🎩🎯🎩🎯

GOOD MORNING! Here's this week's edition of news, nuggets and longreads, with pubs, pub crawls, pub dartboards, more pubs, and a taproom. 🍻🍺 boakandbailey.com/2026/02/news...

I'm starting a series of pub dartboard reviews! First edition. The Bell: fredcook.co.uk/2026/02/03/T...

I'm starting a series of pub dartboard reviews! First edition. The Bell: fredcook.co.uk/2026/02/03/T...

It's Bath bass tour day, first stop Ring O Bells 🔺🔔🔺🔔🔺🔔🔺🔔🔺

@yplac.bsky.social 🌚

If you like cryptic crosswords repost this

anisota.net/harvest This is interesting and a bit fun.

Our good friends at @wshed.bsky.social have been shortlisted for @bifa-film.bsky.social's Cinema of the Year award! Give them a vote and hopefully we can all enjoy the free nachos if they win! www.bifa.film/coty-vote/

if you are going to Forbidden Worlds this weekend, and you are on letterboxd, and you want to connect with other people there who are also on letterboxd, then check this site (and tag your reviews or logs to show up too) filmfestivalsocialwall.com/forbiddenwor... @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social

I've come up with a way to make entering One Time Passwords more interesting, OTP bingo: fredcook.co.uk/2025/10/22/O...

fredcook.co.uk/lads Go on, treat yourself

Off on the Bristol tour de Bass today, first stop Avon packet 🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺

I've written a little script converting the great work done by the national Bass directory (nationalbassdirectory.wordpress.com) onto google maps: www.google.com/maps/d/edit?... 🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺 #Bass #GreatStuffThisBass

If my analysis of my #letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched is correct, going to be a good weekend for films. I'm planning to watch Casino Royale and Anora so could well be accurate

#letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched #filmsky

On my way @johnzee7.bsky.social

I've tried to work out the distribution of total Beatles minutes listened based on two data points from my Spotify wrapped this year and last year. It's not a great model, as 70% of listeners listen to less than 0 minutes. Suggestions / more data points welcome

First post can be from my walk today on the Isle of Wight, saw a boat on fire on the solent (no one was hurt www.countypress.co.uk/news/2391716...)