No smoking areas. I know these have reared their ugly heads before, and I know that there are arguments for and against both sides (not least that I know a number of people who have had smoking related illnesses recently). Nevertheless if there is on[…]

In an attempt to help Tom out in his quest towards a Top Ten List I present that ever unreliable staple – The NME’s version. In this modern age of the NME not knowing who its constituency is, it is odd how old fashioned their Top 50 album[…]

Happy New Year to all those who occasionally rear their heads at the publog. Its January – which can only mean one thing – the pubs will be empty of those part time drinkers whose lack of knowledge of pub ettiquette make December that lit[…]

Shock, horror, who ever thought this day would come. Terrorvision split (yet again BBC Online have the big stories told in half arsed Metro stylee). There was a moment when we really thought they could become the Slade of the Nineties. Now all we hea[…]

Just a note to those who know the area. I was reliably informed by some Brightonians on Monday that the excellent Battle Of Trafalgar (turn right then up the hill from the station) has recently lost its Bar Billiards table. For shame if this is true,[…]

A brief thought about the Gorrillaz new magnum o’pus “19 2000”. There are definately two singers on it, one being female. But the only female member of the band is Noodles. As far as I recall she is called Noodles because the only w[…]

Queen of hearts anyone? I fear that today is truly the day that music died.[…]

Serious issues hit Pumpkin Publog. Post election there has been a huge cabinet reshuffle. But not only that but now the responsibility for licencing and therefore pubs has been bumped over to the Ministry of Culture. This may seem – at least id[…]

May I throw in the despicable habit of Irish Theme Pubs (especially O’Neills) having Mna and Fir on their respective lavvies doors. As someone who speaks no Celtic language I made what might be seen to be a logical deduction. The men’s to[…]

Pubs and the sun. After all, this is England, we don’t get the sun very often, so when we do we like to – in the words of the immortal Sunkist advert (which obviously did not work since you cannot buy said drink any more on these isle) &#[…]