Alan Murphy

Did you start singing 'Slender People' by Bob Mortimer?

Does that include a bed? Best to check.

In search of some oats couture?

What a great cover.

I hope that's post-school pick-up.

Did you stop to say to some young kids 'I remember when this was all woods'?

'The Keira Knightley of service stations'? Surely not.

Hey, Mr Tangerine man...🎶

Liverpool is a lot happier than Manchester right now.

How am I meant to concentrate when this has just been delivered?

'Manchester United' 🤣

How should it be spelled? Whiskie?

English whisky? Whatever next?

It's been that kind of Sunday.

Can't we stick a tariff on it?

There's a pie hall in Denby Dale, site of the largest pie ever made. It was too large for a room. #piefactoftheday

The Nook in Holmfirth used to allow Fenella the tiger to come in. That was back in the 70s though.

Peak CAMRA.

Bit posh.

I blame Pete Brown.

Many of us do.

Three times? I'd say twice as many.

That could easily be a GBBF crowd.

The cover of my book, Beer Festivals, illustrated by Simon Gane. A cartoon style, many people stand holding diverse beers. There is bunting at the top.

My new book - Beer Festivals: a great British tradition - is published on 8th May.

You can pre-order it now from CAMRA Books. shop1.camra.org.uk/product/beer...

Was that the follow-up to 'Love in an Elevator'?

A promotional poster for Northern Monk’s International Women’s Day Talk and Tasting event on 6th March at 7pm. The event is hosted by Amélie Tassin, founder of Tipple Marketing and Women in Beer, and includes a guided tasting session and bottle share hosted by Northern Monk. Ticket prices are £10 for the talk and £20 for the talk and tasting. The venue is Refectory MCR, located at 10 Tariff Street, Manchester, M1 2FF. The poster features green and purple text on a light background, with the Northern Monk logo at the top and a photo of Amélie Tassin in the lower right corner.

Amélie will be at Northern Monk Refectory in Manchester tonight to talk about her experiences as founder of @womeninbeer.bsky.social, alongside a guided tasting session and bottle share. Come say hi!

Trump is setting Ukraine up for an appalling choice: surrender or blame. What's the best and worst case for the Trump Russia strategy?

There is a best and worst case for what is motivating Trump's strategy on Russia and Ukraine. I've thought about them for this piece. But in a sense it's immaterial- either way Zelensky is being set up for an impossible choice: surrender or blame.

Writing from me. open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...

Your name is pencilled in, believe.

I know which beer to pair with that...

And keeping good company!