Steve
@steveuntilnextyear.bsky.social
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Steve
@steveuntilnextyear.bsky.social
· Sep 22
In praise of the pub queue
Last week and I was in a pub in Central London and it was packed. It was packed, but it wasn’t busy, which I appreciate probably doesn’t make much sense. There weren’t that many p…
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I've decided pub queues are...fine?
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Local pub posting on Facebook "Why don't you come and join us today?" and accompanying it with multiple photos of the place decked out in Loyalist flags.
I think I'll give it a miss, thanks.
I think I'll give it a miss, thanks.
November 2, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Local pub posting on Facebook "Why don't you come and join us today?" and accompanying it with multiple photos of the place decked out in Loyalist flags.
I think I'll give it a miss, thanks.
I think I'll give it a miss, thanks.
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Big fan of Carlisle United managing to score their winning goal before their own equaliser today
November 1, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Big fan of Carlisle United managing to score their winning goal before their own equaliser today
Is there any brewery doing supermarket beer better that Polly's right now?
October 31, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Is there any brewery doing supermarket beer better that Polly's right now?
That was one hell of an episode of Grand Designs, and beautifully presented in the circumstances.
October 22, 2025 at 9:09 PM
That was one hell of an episode of Grand Designs, and beautifully presented in the circumstances.
Self-proclaimed "moderate" who is far too pre-occupied with foreign policy so blunders through one terrible domestic decision after another, priming the country up for gangsters and fascists. Starmer really is Gorbachev's true heir.
October 18, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Self-proclaimed "moderate" who is far too pre-occupied with foreign policy so blunders through one terrible domestic decision after another, priming the country up for gangsters and fascists. Starmer really is Gorbachev's true heir.
Boards of Canada "Olson" on a 1959 PDP-1 Computer
YouTube video by Joe Lynch
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October 18, 2025 at 11:26 AM
What an incredible film this is, as pertinent now as it must have been in 1962, maybe even more so.
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1962: An Expedition to Post-Apocalyptic Britain | Monitor: The Lonely Shore | BBC Archive
YouTube video by BBC Archive
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October 17, 2025 at 7:35 AM
What an incredible film this is, as pertinent now as it must have been in 1962, maybe even more so.
youtu.be/c8yEIe69M4k?...
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I love a moan about these kinds of lists, but this is a good one - a mix of the usual suspects and some less-likely picks, and highlights boozers rather than posh places pretending to be pubs. Some notable omissions, but that's the case with any list of this nature.
www.timeout.com/london/bars-...
www.timeout.com/london/bars-...
The 50 best pubs in London for 2025
An indisputable, irrefutable and 100 percent accurate list
www.timeout.com
October 16, 2025 at 10:41 AM
I love a moan about these kinds of lists, but this is a good one - a mix of the usual suspects and some less-likely picks, and highlights boozers rather than posh places pretending to be pubs. Some notable omissions, but that's the case with any list of this nature.
www.timeout.com/london/bars-...
www.timeout.com/london/bars-...
The Saturday afternoon pint, much underrated.
October 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The Saturday afternoon pint, much underrated.
Campaign For More Pubs To Have Turrets
October 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Campaign For More Pubs To Have Turrets
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George Lange’s photos of his friend Francesca Woodman shake her melancholic myth.
October 9, 2025 at 7:05 PM
George Lange’s photos of his friend Francesca Woodman shake her melancholic myth.
Well, this is lovely.
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Tom Waits - "Tom Traubert's Blues" (Live on The Human Factor)
YouTube video by Tom Waits
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October 9, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Well, this is lovely.
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I've noticed more and more pubs shutting up early for the night, often before the advertised closing time - I'm not sure this helps!
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Pubs to stay open until early hours in push for UK growth
Exclusive: Plans for England and Wales would help the ailing hospitality sector but have attracted criticism from health experts
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 9:08 AM
I've noticed more and more pubs shutting up early for the night, often before the advertised closing time - I'm not sure this helps!
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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the plot is often the least interesting bit about any book
Abridging has always been in vogue. Now, apps like Blinkist take entire books and crunch them down to a series of what are called Blinks—which amount to around 2,000 words. “Is that what books are coming to, a handy social lubricant?” Anthony Lane asks.
Can You Read a Book in a Quarter of an Hour?
Phone apps now offer to boil down entire books into micro-synopses. What they leave out is revealing.
www.newyorker.com
October 8, 2025 at 8:15 AM
the plot is often the least interesting bit about any book
It is an absolute scandal that we essentially stopped homelessness in 2020, and now we are here.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK deaths of 1,611 homeless people in 2024 is record high
Most are linked to suicide or drugs, with spice and nitazines increasingly deadly.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 8, 2025 at 9:01 AM
It is an absolute scandal that we essentially stopped homelessness in 2020, and now we are here.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Building new homes is no bad thing, but there also needs to be some actual commitment to improving and maintaining things at street level here. What could be a vibrant community space by a major train station is grotty, neglected and depressing.
Plans for a 25-storey tower across the road from Abbey Wood station have been approved by City Hall, three months after Bexley Council threw out the project.
Bexley had said the block would be too tall and would affect views from Lesnes Abbey.
Bexley had said the block would be too tall and would affect views from Lesnes Abbey.
City Hall approves 25-storey tower close to Abbey Wood station - The Greenwich Wire
Plans for a 25-storey block across the road from Abbey Wood station have been approved by City Hall, three months after Bexley Council threw out the project.
greenwichwire.co.uk
October 8, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Building new homes is no bad thing, but there also needs to be some actual commitment to improving and maintaining things at street level here. What could be a vibrant community space by a major train station is grotty, neglected and depressing.
What a lovely, inspiring piece this is. I'd quite happily read a whole series about writers' rejections - the thing that happens most, but that we hear about the least.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
‘Stay true to yourself – and fly closer to the sun’: what I’ve learned from 50 years of rejection
As a writer, I have been rejected thousands of times, and it initially led to shock, denial and anger. Then I accepted it. Here’s what you can gain from doing so too
www.theguardian.com
October 8, 2025 at 8:38 AM
What a lovely, inspiring piece this is. I'd quite happily read a whole series about writers' rejections - the thing that happens most, but that we hear about the least.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Been watching old episodes of Whose Line Is It Anyway? and it's amazing how different shared cultural touchpoints were in the late 80s/early 90s compared to now. Comedians who would reference Joyce, German Expressionist cinema, Greek drama - and audiences who would get the joke!
October 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Been watching old episodes of Whose Line Is It Anyway? and it's amazing how different shared cultural touchpoints were in the late 80s/early 90s compared to now. Comedians who would reference Joyce, German Expressionist cinema, Greek drama - and audiences who would get the joke!
I can't quite get my head around how a brewery with beers on prominent display in every single supermarket can't make money.
October 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I can't quite get my head around how a brewery with beers on prominent display in every single supermarket can't make money.
Playing around with photo apps...
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Bad photographs from an overcast afternoon
I had some time to kill waiting for a bus and so had a little play with the Nomo Cam app. The app replicates old camera styles and I stuck to one of the free ones on offer, that essentially has the…
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October 3, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Playing around with photo apps...
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Brit Card's main goal will be to move as much public money into the private sector as possible...just like every Labour policy!
September 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Brit Card's main goal will be to move as much public money into the private sector as possible...just like every Labour policy!
Absolutely love following Si's adventures. A regular reminder of how amazing pubs can be.
BRAPA in .... HAPPY GOOD BEER GUIDE 2026 DAY (PART 1 OF 2)
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September 25, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Absolutely love following Si's adventures. A regular reminder of how amazing pubs can be.
I can't get my head around anyone having a concrete wall surrounding a football pitch. It's insane. It's grossly irresponsible. RIP Billy Vigar.
September 25, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I can't get my head around anyone having a concrete wall surrounding a football pitch. It's insane. It's grossly irresponsible. RIP Billy Vigar.
It will be worth following the money on Digital ID...someone is getting a very nice payday.
September 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
It will be worth following the money on Digital ID...someone is getting a very nice payday.
I see the local Spoons retains its spot in the Good Beer Guide. A real shame considering how many good independent pubs there are in the area, generally serving better beer. But I guess it's a case of never mind the quality, feel the width!
September 25, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I see the local Spoons retains its spot in the Good Beer Guide. A real shame considering how many good independent pubs there are in the area, generally serving better beer. But I guess it's a case of never mind the quality, feel the width!