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Tim Evans @timmo5.bsky.social · 6d

Sad to read that Berlin’s premier Kölsch redoubt Stadtklause has been forced move from its charming spot near Anhalter Bahnhof.

Tim Evans @timmo5.bsky.social · 9d

I was at that Green Man gig. The complete Lilac Time set and Plant’s gorgeous reinvention of Friends were the highlights. Still idly dreaming of a Lilac Time and XTC double header!

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Tim Evans @timmo5.bsky.social · 9d

Who in their right mind would vote any other way when presented the choice of this guy or the Reform grifter? You’ve only got to look at what’s going on in Kent to see that they are utterly incompetent in office.

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Tim Evans @timmo5.bsky.social · 18d

Good news from Madrid. Taberna Oliveros (est 1857) is open again after being shuttered for a couple of years.

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Tim Evans @timmo5.bsky.social · Aug 29

Canibal and Cervecería Oldenburg in Madrid.

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Tim Evans @timmo5.bsky.social · Aug 14

The Sunday Post…and the Laurieston.

Possibly the most Scottish thing there is…

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Tim Evans @timmo5.bsky.social · Aug 14

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Tim Evans @timmo5.bsky.social · Aug 6

A superb piece of writing that really evokes the fragile state of play our pubs are in.

But I applaud the optimism. We’ve already got the pub infrastructure. We just need the right people to run them.

In other words, we need an army of Hazels!

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Tim Evans @timmo5.bsky.social · Aug 2

I do remember Young’s acknowledging the move to Bedford via the blurb on their beer mats. But, as Roger points out, there was at least an effort to maintain tradition.

The Wolverhampton move reeks of gormless cynicism. What a betrayal of a great beer.

Tim Evans @timmo5.bsky.social · Aug 2

I didn’t realise the fate of Young’s. What a travesty.

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Tim Evans @timmo5.bsky.social · Jul 18

I always wanted to put the old chrome GB letters on the boot of my Aston Martin DB5 for European traveling. Probably the Swiss alps, Goldfinger-style.

But it’s out of the question as I can’t afford a DB5.

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Tim Evans @timmo5.bsky.social · Jul 6

Franz D. Hofer’s writing is superb. A pint in a Zoigl pub now on the travel hit list.

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Tim Evans @timmo5.bsky.social · Jun 28

Paul Pry
Plough (Deansway)
Green Dragon (Tything)
All good boozers….

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Tim Evans @timmo5.bsky.social · Jun 17

What a shame - they’d be a tragic loss.

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Tim Evans @timmo5.bsky.social · Jun 17

Great pub.

But, on a recent visit, I was alarmed to see the impasse classics L’Imaige Nostre-Dame and Au Bon Vieux Temps both shuttered with evidence of vandalism.

Anyone shed any light?

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Tim Evans @timmo5.bsky.social · May 31

The “Banal Nationalism” article is superb. I’ve despaired at pub culture being hijacked for a “good old days” narrative which is only a whisker away from all sorts of conspiracy theorising such as Covid denial and chem trail paranoia.

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Tim Evans @timmo5.bsky.social · May 22

Couldn’t you find anybody else?

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Tim Evans @timmo5.bsky.social · May 4

Alas not in Romania and not, it would seem, in the UK.

Tim Evans @timmo5.bsky.social · Apr 23

Classy!

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Pellicle @pelliclemag.com · Apr 23

We've quickly become huge fans of @anahlcq.bsky.social's writing — so personal and evocative, but absolutely packed with facts and fantastic interviews. Her home of Brittany has become her beat here and today's piece shows why.

Please enjoy Ty Élise, via Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/3/...

Her Name Is On The Front Door — Élise Provost and the Celtic Soul of Tavarn Ty Élise, Brittany, France — Pellicle

A middle-aged man in a time-worn brown leather jacket just entered the pub. “ Demat ,” he greets in Breton, while he takes the remaining bar stool—they’re always the first seats to be filled. Before h...

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Tim Evans @timmo5.bsky.social · Apr 18

Superb piece of writing. Was going to big up my GBP…and then decided against it.

Tim Evans @timmo5.bsky.social · Apr 8

Navarro really is a piece of work.

An economic illiterate whose knowledge of China bleeds into blatant racism.

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Tim Evans @timmo5.bsky.social · Apr 8

It could be because I’m in Spain.

Tim Evans @timmo5.bsky.social · Apr 8

Don’t think it’s behind a paywall.

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Tim Evans @timmo5.bsky.social · Apr 5

In the article she says she loves “Orchard pudding and roast beef”.

Either the hack is tone deaf or she really meant Orchard pudding.

Not Yorkshire pudding…which is full of carbs.

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