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Steve @steveuntilnextyear.bsky.social · 18d

I've decided pub queues are...fine?
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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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Steve @steveuntilnextyear.bsky.social · 9h

Amazing, can't get enough of decorative stuff on normal buildings!

Steve @steveuntilnextyear.bsky.social · 9h

Unfortunately so! It's not bad otherwise!

Steve @steveuntilnextyear.bsky.social · 9h

Wow, amazing! That's your weekend sorted!

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Steve @steveuntilnextyear.bsky.social · 9h

Campaign For More Pubs To Have Turrets

The Duchess of Kent pub, Erith. A mock tudor-type building on a suburban street corner. Over the corner of the building at the second level there is a turret-like structure

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Bertrom. @bertrom.bsky.social · 1d

George Lange’s photos of his friend Francesca Woodman shake her melancholic myth.

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Steve @steveuntilnextyear.bsky.social · 1d

Well, this is lovely.
youtu.be/U2sV6mG18C4?...

Tom Waits - "Tom Traubert's Blues" (Live on The Human Factor)

YouTube video by Tom Waits

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Steve @steveuntilnextyear.bsky.social · 1d

I think that would go down a storm!

Steve @steveuntilnextyear.bsky.social · 1d

One for the teenagers!

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Steve @steveuntilnextyear.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely! My suspicion is this will probably help the big pubcos, but isn't really going to help smaller, independent places.

Steve @steveuntilnextyear.bsky.social · 1d

Drinking habits have changed, certainly, but I wonder how much they have been compounded by so many pubs closing early, or making it clear they would rather late drinkers went home. Essentially, why pop out for a 10pm pint if the pub might be closed or unwelcoming?

Steve @steveuntilnextyear.bsky.social · 1d

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...

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

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Steve @steveuntilnextyear.bsky.social · 2d

I think it is easier to hand-wring over language than to acknowledge the systematic issues often at play. I've also encountered people *within* groups having wildly opposing views on how they should be described - for example fierce debates over "disabled people" vs "people with disabilities".

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Hell Iween @derbren.bsky.social · 2d

the plot is often the least interesting bit about any book

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 3d

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

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Steve @steveuntilnextyear.bsky.social · 2d

It is an absolute scandal that we essentially stopped homelessness in 2020, and now we are here.
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

Steve @steveuntilnextyear.bsky.social · 2d

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.

The Greenwich Wire @greenwichwire.bsky.social · 2d

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.

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

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Steve @steveuntilnextyear.bsky.social · 2d

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...

‘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

Steve @steveuntilnextyear.bsky.social · 7d

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!

Steve @steveuntilnextyear.bsky.social · 7d

Hope they've got On The Beach lined up for that proper Friday Feeling

Steve @steveuntilnextyear.bsky.social · 7d

I can't quite get my head around how a brewery with beers on prominent display in every single supermarket can't make money.

Boak & Bailey (Jess & Ray) @boakandbailey.bsky.social · 7d

All looking for very wobbly.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Brewdog announces job cuts after posting £37m loss

It is the fifth year running that the firm, headquartered in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, has posted pre-tax losses.

www.bbc.co.uk

Steve @steveuntilnextyear.bsky.social · 7d

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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Steve @steveuntilnextyear.bsky.social · 10d

My local CAMRA consistently puts an underwhelming Spoons in the guide ahead of loads of decent places and when I've chatted to some members it's clear they value price and choice while not having much of a clue about quality.

Steve @steveuntilnextyear.bsky.social · 14d

Brit Card's main goal will be to move as much public money into the private sector as possible...just like every Labour policy!

Steve @steveuntilnextyear.bsky.social · 15d

Absolutely love following Si's adventures. A regular reminder of how amazing pubs can be.

Si Everitt - BRAPA @stymiesi.bsky.social · 15d

BRAPA in .... HAPPY GOOD BEER GUIDE 2026 DAY (PART 1 OF 2)
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Steve @steveuntilnextyear.bsky.social · 15d

There's definitely some missing pages, vaguely remember him saying some people didn't want certain pages shared...so originals are definitely better!

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Steve @steveuntilnextyear.bsky.social · 15d

Ooh, very nice! I got rid of all mine many years ago, but pleased there are scans online of the glory years before both papers lost their way. I still miss the weeklies and think the music industry would be in a better place if we still had them.

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