So we left the Golden Lion, in a fit of annoyance. And it was 10:30 and we thought, lets head home. However, after walking five paces we changed out mind. But where to drink in Kings Cross?
Maybe I am the only person with a soft spot for the Dun-A-R[…]

Oh, how right I was to curmudgeonly post regarding pub amateur month. In particular my bit on new bar staff. Last night I had my first call in ages to call for a manager and argue licencing law with her. Of course it did me no good, but let me name a[…]

Lots, and I mean a lot, of posters for The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe doing the rounds. I hope it is not too successful as a film, because some of the others will be really difficult to make (not to mention dull). But […]

Named after a John Peel quote, this is the alternate live ending. In particular, if a recorded version fades out, how is a band supposed to replicate this on stage? Of course on stage bands often have sound techs way back on the mixing desk who could[…]

As Tom Ewing puts it here, the reason he be lovin’ a particular Girls Aloud track. Well I am sorry Tom, but just like the madness of kicking one of MY BLOGS off of FreakyTrigger, there is no such thing as Binge Drink Britain. Where are the rive[…]

Buses around London have started advertising a new Lassie pic. I have no problem with that, she is a perennial old dog and there is no point teaching her new tricks now. Redeem a young child, rescue kids from the well, capture bad guys almost certain[…]

Belov’d of seventies and eighties US cop shows, the Cosy Comedy Gag ending appears to have developed as a syndication buffer. What it actually consisted of was a back at base coda to the show. No matter how dramatic that weeks episode of The St[…]

A recent pub argument ended up pitting the near worthless cinematic careers of Robin Williams and Steve Martin. I believe the jury found slightly in favour of Martin (though nice things were said about Popeye), though Martin’s win was largely l[…]

It is December, which can mean just one thing in the pubgoing world. PUB AMATEUR MONTH IS HERE. Yes, it is the time when Christmas cheer = poorly ordered beer, when Guinness is suddenly the last drink ordered and your waiting time will rocket. So her[…]

Yes, yes – the bad sex award. All very TITter-worthy and purient, and in many ways deserved : (Fustar takes pains to look at the Giles Coren bit). Nevertheless for all this jocularity, it does tend to ignore the fact that describing sex is actu[…]