PUBLOG FISH OF THE MONTH – Tilapia
Okay, Tilapia is one of the top five farmed fish in the world. It is hardy, resilient and in the wild will eat pretty much anything. And, this is important in the look friendly world of fish, Tilapia looks lik[…]

Broadway Market, Hackney
On 8th May 2004, this ancient chartered market in East London was reborn. The market straddles an old drovers path to the City. London Fields was the last common grazing area for livestock before the final leg into town and t[…]

BAILEY’S GLIDE WATCH
More updates on our least favourite alcopop, the foolish watered down long Bailey’s drink know as the Glide. Remember this is the only drink actually improved by a couple of drops of Malt Vinegar in it. Well Emma poin[…]

RUIN SPOTTING! No dear readers, not a new film starring Ewan MacGregor as an spoddy lichen enthusiast roving around National Trust listed buildings, but a SUPER RUIN FACT all the way from Brighton. You know Brighton – it’s that place outs[…]

FOODS EATEN IN CHILDRENS’ BOOKS #3: Ginger Beer
Lashings. Of course.
Drinks in childrens books, especially those of an ealier age, show an almost slavish fetishisation of fizzy drinks. Birthday parties when presented in Blyton were always accom[…]

FOODS EATEN IN CHILDRENS’ BOOKS #2: Pine Needles
Pine needles seem to work as a kind of Moomin hay – they form their hibernation beds as well as serving as the staple diet. The preferred Mooomin drink – raspberry juice – lives[…]

FEAR THE PIE
Last night, while drunk, I may have contributed to a premature death. This is what I did: I removed the following advert from a London Tube carriage…

This is part of the British Heart Foundations “Big Red Fightback” ca[…]

What a difference 50p makes. Both venues for Club Popular have been notable for their ‘3 pints. A sad state of affairs, but not as sad as what it precipitates. Yes, there have always been round welchers who slip their drinks in between rounds, […]

I did the Retro Bar Quiz last night and got the worst score I have ever managed there. It was a Eurovision special (I seem to recall going to the one last year too) and for the first time ever it was a 2-sheet answer form because every question (20 o[…]

HOW DO YOU EAT YOURS?
You have some sweets, let us say skittles. Do you:
a. Eat them at random?
b. Eat one of each colour at a time, letting colours run out?
c. Sort them and eat selectively to get an identical number of sweets of each colour, then e[…]