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It’s Pub Day – Deserter
Deserter Stories is out today.
deserter.co.uk
Some say it's always Pub Day @deserterblog.bsky.social. If so, its' Double Pub Day today as our baby migrates to bookshops and bathrooms throughout the land. Trebles all round!
Thanks to everyone who came to our launch on Friday and the Bookfest last week. Next stop, waterintobeer on Wednesday 12th, in Brockley. Or is it Telegraph Hill. For chat, readings and Q&A (Questions and Ale).
November 10, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Thanks to everyone who came to our launch on Friday and the Bookfest last week. Next stop, waterintobeer on Wednesday 12th, in Brockley. Or is it Telegraph Hill. For chat, readings and Q&A (Questions and Ale).
Some say it's always Pub Day @deserterblog.bsky.social. If so, its' Double Pub Day today as our baby migrates to bookshops and bathrooms throughout the land. Trebles all round!
It’s Pub Day – Deserter
Deserter Stories is out today.
deserter.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Some say it's always Pub Day @deserterblog.bsky.social. If so, its' Double Pub Day today as our baby migrates to bookshops and bathrooms throughout the land. Trebles all round!
Bigly thanks to Anspach & Hobday for sponsoring our book launch through the medium of pints.
Looking forward to this on Friday.
Anspach & Hobday have kindly provided a barrel of their excellent Hop Picker’s Pale which we’re gonna dole out, gratis.
Get there early before @vincerai.bsky.social and I neck the lot!
Anspach & Hobday have kindly provided a barrel of their excellent Hop Picker’s Pale which we’re gonna dole out, gratis.
Get there early before @vincerai.bsky.social and I neck the lot!
Come to the Deserter Stories launch bash.
* exotic crisp buffet
* complimentary pint (while stocks last)
* conviviality
* mirth
7-9pm, Upstairs at The Shirker’s Rest, New Cross.
Sponsored by Anspach & Hobday
* exotic crisp buffet
* complimentary pint (while stocks last)
* conviviality
* mirth
7-9pm, Upstairs at The Shirker’s Rest, New Cross.
Sponsored by Anspach & Hobday
November 3, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Bigly thanks to Anspach & Hobday for sponsoring our book launch through the medium of pints.
Great to have Blackheath fireworks back. Have now moved on from Oooh and Ahhh to Wallop, Bosh and Proper!
With age comes great wisdom.
With age comes great wisdom.
November 1, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Great to have Blackheath fireworks back. Have now moved on from Oooh and Ahhh to Wallop, Bosh and Proper!
With age comes great wisdom.
With age comes great wisdom.
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It is way past time for the UK government & the BBC to get off X & for Musk to be treated as a threat to national security.
The world's richest man is using his site to promote civil war, ethnic violence & the overthrow of an elected government.
You won't win him over with another conference on AI
The world's richest man is using his site to promote civil war, ethnic violence & the overthrow of an elected government.
You won't win him over with another conference on AI
Elon Musk: "It is time for the English to ally with the hard men, like Tommy Robinson, and fight for their survival or they shall surely all die" 29th October 2025. 2 million views in its first hour.
October 29, 2025 at 10:11 AM
It is way past time for the UK government & the BBC to get off X & for Musk to be treated as a threat to national security.
The world's richest man is using his site to promote civil war, ethnic violence & the overthrow of an elected government.
You won't win him over with another conference on AI
The world's richest man is using his site to promote civil war, ethnic violence & the overthrow of an elected government.
You won't win him over with another conference on AI
Really enjoying my friend’s dive into Argentinian football culture. Buenos Aires is firmly top of my bucket list now 🇦🇷
October 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Really enjoying my friend’s dive into Argentinian football culture. Buenos Aires is firmly top of my bucket list now 🇦🇷
The Telegraph has really out-Telegraphed itself here.
October 23, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The Telegraph has really out-Telegraphed itself here.
Why are UK politicians bending over backwards to welcome violent Maccabi racists to Birmingham?
Please Think of Israel's Fee-fees
Unity breaks out in the United Kingdom
open.substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Why are UK politicians bending over backwards to welcome violent Maccabi racists to Birmingham?
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Splendid piece by @deserterblog.bsky.social of how to teach a 12-year-old history through pubs. Well, not too much history, but good pubs....
What happens when you say, “Is there anything I can do?” and they say, “Yes, actually.” 😱
The unfortunate merging of child care, history and a hangover. @deserterblog.bsky.social
The unfortunate merging of child care, history and a hangover. @deserterblog.bsky.social
Pub Culture
Pubs are living history. Let's get learning
open.substack.com
October 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Splendid piece by @deserterblog.bsky.social of how to teach a 12-year-old history through pubs. Well, not too much history, but good pubs....
Well done @zackpolanski.bsky.social for standing up to Peston's bullshit.
Starmer, Badenoch, Farage and Davey have all lost their minds putting Israel's fee-fees before the safety of Britons and our police. Shameful idiocy.
Starmer, Badenoch, Farage and Davey have all lost their minds putting Israel's fee-fees before the safety of Britons and our police. Shameful idiocy.
Robert Peston, "Where are you on the banning of Maccabi fans?"
Zack Polanski, "I'm Jewish, I take antisemitism really seriously"
"I don't think banning Maccabi fans is antisemitic at all"
Zack Polanski, "I'm Jewish, I take antisemitism really seriously"
"I don't think banning Maccabi fans is antisemitic at all"
October 21, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Well done @zackpolanski.bsky.social for standing up to Peston's bullshit.
Starmer, Badenoch, Farage and Davey have all lost their minds putting Israel's fee-fees before the safety of Britons and our police. Shameful idiocy.
Starmer, Badenoch, Farage and Davey have all lost their minds putting Israel's fee-fees before the safety of Britons and our police. Shameful idiocy.
What happens when you say, “Is there anything I can do?” and they say, “Yes, actually.” 😱
The unfortunate merging of child care, history and a hangover. @deserterblog.bsky.social
The unfortunate merging of child care, history and a hangover. @deserterblog.bsky.social
Pub Culture
Pubs are living history. Let's get learning
open.substack.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:23 AM
What happens when you say, “Is there anything I can do?” and they say, “Yes, actually.” 😱
The unfortunate merging of child care, history and a hangover. @deserterblog.bsky.social
The unfortunate merging of child care, history and a hangover. @deserterblog.bsky.social
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Did we mention we have a book coming out?
A new fiction collection from the pens of @vincerai.bsky.social and the other one.
Order yours now at deserter.store
A new fiction collection from the pens of @vincerai.bsky.social and the other one.
Order yours now at deserter.store
October 20, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Did we mention we have a book coming out?
A new fiction collection from the pens of @vincerai.bsky.social and the other one.
Order yours now at deserter.store
A new fiction collection from the pens of @vincerai.bsky.social and the other one.
Order yours now at deserter.store
Optimism left me around 2016 (EU Ref, Bowie Death). But I want to believe that one day our country won’t be run by someone indifferent to the suffering of people at home and abroad.
Whatever’s Left
A glimmer of hope among the sewage of the UK’s political landscape?
open.substack.com
October 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Optimism left me around 2016 (EU Ref, Bowie Death). But I want to believe that one day our country won’t be run by someone indifferent to the suffering of people at home and abroad.
Age shall not wither her.
October 19, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Age shall not wither her.
October 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Enjoyed Planet of the Grapes in bougie East Dulwich last night.
October 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Enjoyed Planet of the Grapes in bougie East Dulwich last night.
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BOOK LAUNCH: join us to celebrate the launch of Deserter Stories. We’ve done the hard part, now for the fun.
7pm, Friday, Nov 7th at @theshirkersrest.bsky.social, New Cross.
Arrive early to enjoy a pint on us, thanks to the kind generosity of Anspach & Hobday.
Or pre-order here: deserter.store
7pm, Friday, Nov 7th at @theshirkersrest.bsky.social, New Cross.
Arrive early to enjoy a pint on us, thanks to the kind generosity of Anspach & Hobday.
Or pre-order here: deserter.store
October 14, 2025 at 6:28 PM
BOOK LAUNCH: join us to celebrate the launch of Deserter Stories. We’ve done the hard part, now for the fun.
7pm, Friday, Nov 7th at @theshirkersrest.bsky.social, New Cross.
Arrive early to enjoy a pint on us, thanks to the kind generosity of Anspach & Hobday.
Or pre-order here: deserter.store
7pm, Friday, Nov 7th at @theshirkersrest.bsky.social, New Cross.
Arrive early to enjoy a pint on us, thanks to the kind generosity of Anspach & Hobday.
Or pre-order here: deserter.store
The madness of Auntie’s Ballroom #deptford #LittleNans
October 14, 2025 at 10:42 AM
The madness of Auntie’s Ballroom #deptford #LittleNans
Polite reminder to buy our fucking book.
October 13, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Polite reminder to buy our fucking book.
This is why we must do away with bridges over the Thames.
October 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
This is why we must do away with bridges over the Thames.
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The year is 2019 and @vincerai.bsky.social has been challenged to write a drinking guide to Telegraph Hill.
deserterblog.substack.com/p/a-drinking...
deserterblog.substack.com/p/a-drinking...
A Drinking Guide to Telegraph Hill
April 2019: Deserter's penance to a cracking little neighbourhood
deserterblog.substack.com
October 12, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The year is 2019 and @vincerai.bsky.social has been challenged to write a drinking guide to Telegraph Hill.
deserterblog.substack.com/p/a-drinking...
deserterblog.substack.com/p/a-drinking...
Thanks to The Mistress for retrieving this from The Sheaf before it closed down. Might gift it to @theshirkersrest.bsky.social 😃
October 11, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Thanks to The Mistress for retrieving this from The Sheaf before it closed down. Might gift it to @theshirkersrest.bsky.social 😃
Brilliant from She Drew The Gun last night.
“There's a glitch in the system of conventional wisdom
'Till we make our decision to get up and give them
Walls for the wind
Shelter from the rain
Something for the hunger
And something for the pain”
“There's a glitch in the system of conventional wisdom
'Till we make our decision to get up and give them
Walls for the wind
Shelter from the rain
Something for the hunger
And something for the pain”
October 11, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Brilliant from She Drew The Gun last night.
“There's a glitch in the system of conventional wisdom
'Till we make our decision to get up and give them
Walls for the wind
Shelter from the rain
Something for the hunger
And something for the pain”
“There's a glitch in the system of conventional wisdom
'Till we make our decision to get up and give them
Walls for the wind
Shelter from the rain
Something for the hunger
And something for the pain”