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David Desi Pubs Dason

@davidjesudason.bsky.social

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Beer Writer of the Year (2023). Beer book of the year Desi Pubs (2023). Journalist and Substacker: https://davidjesudason.substack.com

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David Desi Pubs Dason @davidjesudason.bsky.social · Nov 25

To celebrate being on @bsky.app I’m going to sell my book at Amazon prices. So DM me if you want a copy signed and delivered for £12.29. RTs welcome!

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David Desi Pubs Dason @davidjesudason.bsky.social · 5h

‘In reality, they were a world away from a modern IPA’

New work alert! For @wsetglobal.bsky.social

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Breaking down the pale ales: IPA versus APA

With all the different beer styles - complete with their acronyms, complicated histories, and reinventions - it sometimes feels impossible to quickly define what a drinker can expect to find in their ...

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David Desi Pubs Dason @davidjesudason.bsky.social · 6h

Your daily reminder: AI doesn’t do jobs you don’t want to do. It takes jobs you want to do

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David Desi Pubs Dason @davidjesudason.bsky.social · 6h

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David Desi Pubs Dason @davidjesudason.bsky.social · 7h

Let’s not forget what Handsworth was like

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Handsworth Horticultural Institute - 'I bought a house and the neighbours moved'

A working men's club in Birmingham was investigated for operating a colour bar in the early 1990s. They weren't an isolated case

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David Desi Pubs Dason @davidjesudason.bsky.social · 7h

If you want to see integration in action…

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David Desi Pubs Dason @davidjesudason.bsky.social · Nov 25

To celebrate being on @bsky.app I’m going to sell my book at Amazon prices. So DM me if you want a copy signed and delivered for £12.29. RTs welcome!

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David Desi Pubs Dason @davidjesudason.bsky.social · 7h

Tory Robert Jenrick says the Handsworth area of Birmingham was ‘one of the worst-integrated places’ he had ever been to.

Visit the Grove, dickhead

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Will Hawkes @willhawkes.bsky.social · 2d

You'll be delighted to hear that I've finally got around to putting some back copies of @londonbeercity.bsky.social on my website. Here's March: www.willhawkes.net/blog/2025/ma...

An interior shot of the Blythe Hill Tavern in SE23, featuring happy customers, various mirrors and horse-racing memorabilia

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David Desi Pubs Dason @davidjesudason.bsky.social · 2d

Absolutely heartbreaking

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The Shirker's Rest @theshirkersrest.bsky.social · 4d

David and Rosie keeping the afternoon crowd watered at @davidjesudason.bsky.social’s Trad v Mod Cask Night, yesterday.

Plenty in reserve for the weekend, too.

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David Desi Pubs Dason @davidjesudason.bsky.social · 4d

Pleasure to be involved in what can only be described as a PUBRUNCAST

Deserter @deserterblog.bsky.social · 4d

NEW DESERTER PUBCAST

Dungeons and flagons: pubs, beer, crisps, dossers and
@davidjesudason.bsky.social with his Desert Island Crisps.

Out now: www.podfollow.com/deserter-pubcast

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The Shirker's Rest @theshirkersrest.bsky.social · 5d

Trad x Mod Cask Night at the Shirker’s, with your host, @davidjesudason.bsky.social in the house from 5pm.

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Night of the Libby Dead ☠️ @captainlibatron.bsky.social · 5d

No, sorry this isn't it. Honestly can someone write about this who's actually run a small business please? The rise in minimum wage didn't affect my business because we already pay over that. What affects us is rent, energy, national insurance, and the price of absolutely EVERYTHING we buy going up

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 5d

What a £5 coffee (or a £100 Pizza Express) tells us about a changing Britain | Gaby Hinsliff

For many Gen Xers, it feels like we’re sliding back towards the land of our childhoods: where eating out was for special occasions, and Thermoses were king, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

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David Desi Pubs Dason @davidjesudason.bsky.social · 5d

In which I detail my desert island crisps* and pub**

*Might not be crisps
**Pub may be fiction

Deserter @deserterblog.bsky.social · 5d

Fucking podcast’s up.

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David Desi Pubs Dason @davidjesudason.bsky.social · 6d

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David Desi Pubs Dason @davidjesudason.bsky.social · Nov 25

To celebrate being on @bsky.app I’m going to sell my book at Amazon prices. So DM me if you want a copy signed and delivered for £12.29. RTs welcome!

David Desi Pubs Dason @davidjesudason.bsky.social · 6d

Blocked a boomer who wants me as his personal journalist and helpdesk. Now messaging me on LinkedIn. How do you deal with these self-entitled deluded people?

David Desi Pubs Dason @davidjesudason.bsky.social · 6d

Nigel Farage isn’t racist. He just says things that are racist, is adored by racists and hates anyone who isn’t racist (and isn’t white)

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David Desi Pubs Dason @davidjesudason.bsky.social · 7d

I haven’t been cleanly shaved in about 20 years. It feels very odd 🤣

David Desi Pubs Dason @davidjesudason.bsky.social · 7d

Tomorrow

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David Desi Pubs Dason @davidjesudason.bsky.social · 8d

The problem with haircuts is there is no going back…

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David Desi Pubs Dason @davidjesudason.bsky.social · 8d

I’ll be serving this up on Friday!

The Shirker's Rest @theshirkersrest.bsky.social · 8d

Modern pale or traditional bitter? Traditional pale or modern bitter? If only there was some way you could sample them all in the same place.

Join us on Friday (3rd Oct) for our Trad v Modern Cask Night, with your host @davidjesudason.bsky.social.

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David Desi Pubs Dason @davidjesudason.bsky.social · 8d

Here’s a clip of my interview on the latest episode of Mr Lyan’s Taste Trips at the Glad in Borough. See more here youtu.be/aaIR-MVzgKw?...

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David Desi Pubs Dason @davidjesudason.bsky.social · 9d

Might be a good time to post how ground-breaking its games were in terms of race

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David Desi Pubs Dason @davidjesudason.bsky.social · 9d

I’ve got a bit of a virus and don’t feel like working for a few days. Luckily, my computer has my back

You're 28% there.
Please keep your computer on.

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David Desi Pubs Dason @davidjesudason.bsky.social · 10d

Councils get their head turns by over promising and should consider local groups instead. Mind you, if this American came in promising the world in a place like Catford that could be too tempting. But look at Catford now. Not only there isn’t a cinema but nearly all the pubs have shut

Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 10d

One man opened a series of cinemas in abandoned London buildings (from Catford to Ealing, from Sidcup to Sutton) as part of a plan to revive the capital’s high streets. Politicians love the idea and provided millions to help. So why do they keep going bust? www.londoncentric.media/p/preston-be...

The man who can't stop opening disastrous London cinemas

Preston Benson received millions of pounds in public funds to help revive London's high streets with a chain of cinemas stretching from Ealing to Catford, and Sidcup to Sutton. What keeps going wrong?

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David Desi Pubs Dason @davidjesudason.bsky.social · 9d

Thought this was a typo. Think Labour should rebrand as Wet Populism

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 9d

Supporting Reform’s ‘racist policy’ does not make voters racist, says Rachel Reeves – UK politics live

Chancellor backs Keir Starmer’s statement that policy to end indefinite leave to remain is racist, but says many Reform supporters would be ‘horrified’ by it Q: You are saying you don’t call supporters of Reform racist. But it looks as if you don’t understand people’s concerns. Reeves says the government should call out policies that are wrong. Continue reading...