The Kean’s Head: Rule Breaker
Rules, it is often said, are made to be broken. This is a reckless statement really and were it true then we would live in anarchy with cars hurtling down […]
Worsley Old Hall: Stalkers, Ankles & Arses
The Divine Comedy Song ‘National Express’ is, in case you didn’t know, about busses (or coaches if you’re being pedantic) but, before you worry that I’m branching out, it’s not […]
The Moorings: Sum Zero
There are many great examples of things which are greater than the sum of their parts; fish and chips, bacon sandwiches, those three berks from Top Gear etc etc. However […]
The Star Inn, Salford: Manchester’s Other Oasis
It’s a sad state of affairs that pub deserts are a thing which exist. It’s especially mortifying that this should be the case in the diamond of the north that […]
It Only Took 5 Years..
…but I’m writing again. Head over to the new place ‘Jones On’ for a resurrection of unhinged rants about pubs and, new for 2024, anything else I bloody well like. […]
Endings/Beginnings/Bob Dylan
Baffling music scarecrow Bob Dylan once write, no doubt in an attempt to seem clever, ‘the times they are a changing’. Now; far be it from me to point out that the […]
The Fitzroy Tavern: A Sam Smiths Bastard
In a world of bad hombres, smart cookies and Jeremy Corbyn, opening up a newspaper could leave you in dire need or a strong and stable lager*. One such purveyor […]
The Hoop and Grapes: A Survivor With Sausages
Aldgate is a shit hole. Wedged between the berk infested jungle of the city, the tourist hive of Tower Hill and the infinitely more interesting Whitechapel; it is without a […]
The Palm Tree: The Pub Where Time Stopped Still
Whilst many pubs decide to hang on to original features like a wobbly floor or an elaborate bar, most of the smart ones update themselves with a healthy overhaul once […]
Lord Morpeth: Sourdough and Sanctuary
Occasionally we all have a day that’s shite; resulting in you feeling like you want to get so biblically pissed you can’t remember your own name, or see. Very occasionally […]
