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Freelance journalist, PR and beer sommelier. Sci-Fi and comics geek. All views subject to change after another pint. www.apieandapint.com
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New project alert! Every Tuesday Desi Food Guide will delve into the stories behind dishes created by those overlooked. I will tell their stories and detail the food you have to experience. Illustrations @pintsandpanels.bsky.social Sign up here davidjesudason.substack.com/s/desi-food-...

This tool is worth an estimated £30m and speaks on behalf of a company with assets of $223 billion. The average income of an author is £7000. But if he isn't allowed to steal our work, he won’t make enough money. Why can’t people like @teamlabouruk.bsky.social see how profoundly fucked up this is?

Delighted to discover that my profile on Muck Rack records me as a writer on a higher education title I’ve never even heard of. Presumably there’s another John Porter sitting in an oak panelled university study wondering why he keeps getting asked about IPA. muckrack.com/john-porter-7

A nice surprise to be joined on #Bluesky by familiar old friends from Musk's platform. Still a trickle not a stream. I'm still 26K followers down. However v. happy with interactions inc. from many CAMRA branches. Can we encourage @camraofficial.bsky.social to start posting pour encourager les autres

It's all happening, my friends.

Important: @jonnygarrett.bsky.social has written about the crusade to give cask ale UNESCO Cultural Heritage status. Why does it matter? Read on and find out exactly why cask deserves to be recognised as a culturally significant part of British heritage! www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/4/...

Now in print @theipaper.com Weekend

If you hate Pope Leo XIV because he is too “liberal”, I have some very bad news for you about Jesus.

Happy publication day to 'Beer Festivals: a great British tradition'. My second book is out in the world, and you can get your hands on a copy from the CAMRA website now.

Eighty years ago, enemies laid down their arms. Since then, we, Europeans, have built something extraordinary: a Union of peace, democracy, and solidarity. An anchor of stability. Our Union was born as a peace project, and it remains one today.

So we move on to the Swimsuit Round www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...

If as President you answer “I don’t know” when asked if you’ll follow the Constitution, you have violated your oath of office and should be removed.

The revelation that the Waitrose near my daughter’s house is discounting pint bottles of Big Job on a sunny bank holiday weekend may yet prove to be my undoing.

A good read on a sunny day davidjesudason.substack.com/p/alehouse-r...

"The brand’s rich heritage”, stretching all the way back to <checks notes> the summer of 2000 when some bright spark in marketing came up with the idea of filling the glass with ice first www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2025/05/cc-g...

Sen. Ossoff: Who out there in the American public is sitting at home demanding that we shut down cancer research and Alzheimer's research?

Planning a trip for the May holidays? There’s a book for that…

It would be great if every time they think they’re close to a winner they have to check first whether Francis left a note. “Ah, no, guys, you’re not going to believe this, but…”

Check out how the anchors of CBS Evening News ended their broadcast tonight:

In the Beano this week Bananaman’s enemy General Blight becomes the head of DOPE - the Department of Pure Evil.

As pubs are forced to reduce their opening hours to ease the extra costs imposed by government, the government comes up with a solution - extra hours! Ed Bedington on the case for the Morning Advertiser: www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2025...

Schrodinger's Pope

Splitting the V

Yep, good effort AI subtitling bot, but you're not quite there yet.

Another day, another incorrect glass, but a lovely pint of Seafarers at the Barley Mow in Epsom

It's tough out there, but there are also opportunities for pubs to revisit their food and drinks offer. My latest for The Caterer Pubs offering pizza and a pint? Time to think bigger www.thecaterer.com/products--eq...

Monday

Really?

A great article in the Observer today spotlighting @craftbeerchannel.bsky.social campaign and petition to win UNESCO heritage status for cask ale.

I’ve battered the brambles and reined in the rosemary. The dandelions can do their thing a bit longer. Cheers.