The Blue Posts: No not that Blue Posts but this Blue Posts. See that’s the problem with yer Blue Posts, there are so damn many of them in what is pretty much a five hundred yard distance. This UK Blogmeet which I have the privilige of being in […]

The Cider Armadillo: Tom appears to be posting much up on Blue Lines that would fit happily here too. To wit the secret arts of the Cider Armadillo – as taught to us by Exeter City’s finest Tim. Now I cannot say I strictly approve of nove[…]

I want my money back – a cry you will rarely hear me say in a pub. Nevertheless I was piqued into an argument with a bar manager last night in that usual battle of the little man versus the large corporation. Not strictly a pub, I was drinking […]

Stop this madness now! I have nothing against stuffed animals. In fact I’m in favour of them. I have my favourites, of course. I prefer the weatherbeaten knitted variety, or the shapeless bean ones, to the articulated ‘realistic’ cr[…]

THE PUB SEVEN DEADLY SINS: 2: Stainless Steel Pissers
Luckily this is the realm of the more wanky bars and nearly all Mean Fiddler venues, rather than the average pub – but nevertheless there is the odd hostelry which has this man baiting horro[…]

One of the crucial questions for mankind over the coming century will be the ethics and dangers of Artificial Intelligence. Are we about to become extinct, crushed under the metal heel of a race of super-robots like in the films? Well, I can’t […]

A Cautionary tale. Quiet members of this publog – though their quietness may be explained by their immenent nuptuals – are drinking mates Kate and John. Now hardier and more committed drinkers I thought it would be tough to find, but obvi[…]

THE PUB SEVEN DEADLY SINS: 1: Jukebox / MTV combo’s
Many pubs are now littered with televisions. Useful in sporting occasions, which therefore draw in the punters who drink more. Certainly I have spent many a happy afternoon in a Saloon, pint o[…]

THE SHAKESPEARE: Victoria Street, W1
Big mainline stations tend to operate under some secret local government bylaw which states that all pubs within 5 minutes walk of them must be awful. Even when a station-proximate pub approaches a state of relati[…]

Sizzling Platters. I don’t really approve of pub food. I am very much a purist when it comes to the pub experience. Its pretty much drinking I’m after and any food tends to get int he way, and clutter the table at the same time. Neverthel[…]