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Last Orders: As I said below in the cursory review of the hideous Coronet, I like movies and I like pubs. Therefore I’m going to like a movie about pub culture, right? Even if it is named after that most loathesome of phrases uttered from behin[…]

The Moon Under Water
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The Moon Under Water – Look ma, they’re talkin’ ’bout us. The ILE Massive get back on the subject of pubs. See how this one unravels, though already there has been a big up mention of The Ring which Tim has been promising to w[…]

Football chiefs after Ant & Dec for World Cup Song:
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Football chiefs after Ant & Dec for World Cup Song: Hmm, football chiefs might be on to a slightly better bet that Bubble and Dean anyway. Ant & Dec (who knows, maybe they will resurrect their PJ & Duncan identities) of course were nom[…]

Fandabidozie
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Fandabidozie: Just as a way to stop boring all my friends whenever they travel on the bus with me I shall repeat the constant conjunction which has unfortunately been made in my head. Why has Pink taken to doing impressions of Little Jimmy Krankie in[…]

Pub Ettiquette
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Pub Ettiquette: Christ knows I’m the last person to talk to about how to behave in pubs, but there really ought to be a guide on how to avoid people in pubs. London should be big enough so that various parties do not collide if they do not wish[…]

SELLING YOUR SOUL AT THE CROSSROADS
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SELLING YOUR SOUL AT THE CROSSROADS
Or a response to Dave’s piece below on Beyonce’s stabs at diversifying via the movie business. For some strange reason Hollywood is showing little of its usual caution in these matters what with the loo[…]

THE ALEXANDRA -Clapham Common South Side
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THE ALEXANDRA -Clapham Common South Side
Word has it that Clapham isn’t known for its great pubs, and I am certainly not experienced enough to argue. I am a North London Boy and try not to venture this far south is possible. Nevertheless an aft[…]

The lamentable cost of drinking in London
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The lamentable cost of drinking in London. In which Edward Sullivan (possibly the finest journalist working for the Evening Standard and the only pub & bar correspondant who seems to enjoy drinking) gives us a brief summary of what we already kn[…]

There is worse out there
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There is worse out there than the guitarist from Faithless forming a new band. Richard Fearless, DJ and front-man of Death In Vegas has a solo project coming out. This is unfortunately since The Contino Sessions was wandering towards the infamous dan[…]

Not only that Tom
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Not only that Tom, but the AMA article is riddled with falsities and tantalising half stories. Destiny’s Child in so called matching beige tops when it is clear that Beyonce is in “band leader” brown. Did Aaliyah send a recorded acc[…]

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