“Nah. Readers want tales of the happy babble of the real ale and the sloshing about of the customers, Martin.” wrote Etu, and he’s right. Here’s a typical pub customer sloshing about while the Bass babbles happily in the Chesterfield Arms. I actually met Etu in 2023 in Cardiff, what a babbly/bubbly chap he is.… Continue reading THE 2023 RETIRED MARTIN AWARDS. PART 2 – THE PUBS

Well, you made it to 2024. Now, and only now, can we look back and do a highlights issue. It’s a two-parter, splitting life from pubs and beer so folk like me with the attention span of a gnat can get to the end. You’ll know I’m not one to look back, but this Annual… Continue reading THE 2023 RETIRED MARTIN AWARDS ISSUE – PART 1 – LIFE