Deserter Pubcast
Society & Culture
About
Shirk, rest & play."7th Most Essential podcast in the world." (Esquire magazine) "Top 50 Podcasts to Listen to in Lockdown." (Sunday Times)"Genial babble... about nothing." (David Hepworth, The Guardian)"It'll never catch on." (Half-life)Living and loafing in South London with Dulwich Raider and Dirty South from leading slacker website, Deserter.It's only once a month, so don't get your hopes up.
Episodes
- Save the Traf! Plus pubs, crisps, AI, drugs and a nice glass of blouge (May 26)
This Deserter Pubcast episode covers a variety of topics including a pub quiz, theatre, art in Bethnal Green, pub and beer news, crisp and drug news, and an artist quiz.
- Brewery pubs in Borough & Blackfriars, with theatre, poems, paintings & musicals 😳 (Apr 26)
This Deserter Pubcast episode explores brewery pubs in Borough & Blackfriars, touching on theatre, poems, paintings, and musicals. It also covers pub quizzes, news, and several events.
- Lord Furzedown & St. Reatham: pubs, potatoes, poems, pints and procrastination (Mar 26)
This episode of Deserter Pubcast features discussions on pubs, potatoes, poems, and pints with Lord Furzedown & St. Reatham. Topics include pub quizzes, a beer mile, news segments, and reader letters.
- Slacking home and away: South London vs South Spain, plus Germany, Goa, Ireland & Japan. (Feb 26)
This episode of Deserter Pubcast covers travel experiences in various locations including South London, South Spain, Germany, Goa, Ireland, and Japan. It also includes segments like pub quizzes, news, and reader letters.
- Wassailing on the Southbank: pubs, pixies, property & potatoes (Jan 26)
This Deserter Pubcast episode covers pub culture and news, including pub quizzes, Deserter Stories, A Night in Noho, and updates on beer, crisps, and even potatoes.
- Carousing in Catford & Lewisham, inc. dementia, disaster, dossers and Desert Island Crisps (Dec 25)
In this episode: Pub Quiz 1 Vinyl Resting Place Triumph & disaster The countryside Tales from the World Tour Pub & Beer News Crisp News Other News Pub Quiz 2 Readers' Letters AI Balls Desert Island Crisps with Ben McNamee Bum Dosser Social…
- Boating in Greenwich & Deptford, with pubs, beer, crisps and health warnings.
In this episode: Pub Quiz 1 Book shenanigans Gig nights In praise of Wednesdays Crisp Pairing Night Health updates Pub & Beer News Coming up at the Shirker's Crisp News Drug News Other News Pub Quiz 2 Readers' Letters Book Corner Bum Dosse…
- Dungeons and flagons: beer, pubs, crisps and dossers in Boro & Bermo (Oct 25)
In this episode: Pub Quiz 1 Latest book update - please order from deserter.store London Brewers Alliance Sheffield Japanese punk SXSE Pub & Beer News Crisp News Drug News Other news Pub Quiz 2 Readers' Letters Desert Island Crispsps Potat…
- Forest hillbillies, Brockley badlands: pubs, plaques, poetry, Pétrus and potatoes. (Sept 25)
In this episode: Pub quiz 1 News about our new book A plaque for Micky Dirty's sports weekends Anal canal action Canada Pétrus Broadstairs Pub and Beer News Crisp News Other News Pub Quiz 2 Potato Corner Bum Dosser Social Media Scene
- A Lambeth Lullaby: pubs, pints, cats, crisps and ornithology (Aug 2025)
In this episode: Pub Quiz 1 Shirk, Rust & Pray II Just Fall Over at the Camden Fringe Erith Cornwall Dorchester Court Summer Party Dash the Henge A new career Pub & Beer News The latest from The Shirker's Rest Crisp News Other News Pub Qui…
- Up the Elephant and round the Castle: pubs, drugs, sport and dossers (June 25)
In this episode: Pub Quiz 1 Windsor Races Wide Awake Wembley double Deptford again Tennis at Queen's New EP from Andrew Grumbridge Pub & Beer News Crisp News Drug News Walking News RIP Micky Science Pub Quiz 2 Readers' Letters Book Corner…
- Beer Festival Special: live in E. Dulwich with the Raider, Dirts & guest, Pompey Dunc (May 25)
In this episode: Beer Festival/Football Stadium Quiz Jack in the Green Nunhead Cemetery Open Day and Ivy House Festival Photo London Bexley Beer Festival Fouldsy's Birthday The Dim Reaper PEGS Deserter on Substack Pub & Beer News Crisp New…
- Beers in Borough & Bermondsey; hiding from the law in two reopened pubs (April 25)
In this episode: Pub Quiz 1 Pellicle article A Day in Rye Double Tap Takeover A Day in East London Carshalton Deserter Stories Pub & Beer News Crisp News Other News Pub Quiz 2 Readers' Letter Book Corner Bum Dosser Soc Med Scene
- East Dulwich & Herne Hill: beer & brewers, refurbs & expansions, love & death (March 2025)
In this episode: Pub Quiz 1 Malcolm Bennett night First Day of Cheltenham Gold Cup Day Gravesend Dalston Pub & Beer News Crisp News Other News Pub Quiz 2 Meet the Brewer: Will Hiscocks Readers' Letters Book Corner Desert Island Crisps Bum…
- Emergency Pubcast from Blythe Hill Tavern, a chat with the new owner & all the usual stuff (Feb 25)
In this episode: Pub Emergency Pub Quiz 1 Back from Spain Ice Hockey at Streatham Goldie Lookin Chain Hamlet Comedy & Verdant Tap Takeover Email from Heather Pub and Beer News Crisp News Drug News Other News Pub Quiz 2 Meet the new owner o…
- Pubcast Home & Away: live from South London and Spain
In this episode: Bottle Shop Quiz Spanish Flee - a tale of two Fixers Festivus and NYE DHFC awayday hat-trick Pub & Beer News Crisp News Drug News Other News Book Corner Desert Island Crispsps Bum Dosser Unsocial Media Scene
- Beers in Borough, plus brogues, babies, bishops and bum(per) dossers (Dec 24)
In this episode: Pub Quiz 1 Live at Resonance FM, Brixton Brewery and Southey Brewing The shoe must go on Fanzine awards James' leaving do Pub & Beer News Crisp News Drug News Other News Pub Quiz 2 Desert Island Crisps by Dr Dick Dixon Rea…
- Like a Bridge over Canada Water. Two men messing about in SE16 (Nov 24)
In this episode: Pub Quiz 1 Whitstable Rochester Pickle Fest Royal Vauxhall Tavern Shirker's nights Pub and Beer News Crisp News Drug News Other News Pub Quiz 2 Desert Island Crisps with Natalie Whittle Readers' Letters Bum Dosser SMS
- Catford, Bellingham and the search for an open pub. Plus beer, crisps and Cole Palmer (Oct 24)
In this episode: Lime bike to the velodrome Two new pieces on Deserter Proper Soho night out Classic Borough funeral Hiking on Cromer Pier Green hop early doors lock in Spoons moment #327 Pub & Beer News Crisp News Drug News Other News Boo…
- Beers in Bermo: all the latest news about pubs, drugs, crisps and slacking off (Sept 24)
In this episode: Pub Quiz 1 Avignon Dartmoor Kernel Birthday Clapton v Lewisham Boro Lounging at the Proms Tap room crawl Pub and Beer News Crisp News Drug News Burger News Other News Pub Quiz 2 Book Corner Readers' Letters- Jessica Pegula…
- Peckham Pints with William Blake, Pompey, Pisci, Goose and Ned. Have you got a pipe? (Aug 24)
In this episode: Pub Quiz 1 A month of music Pompey day cancelled A funeral A month of sport Pub & Beer News Crisp News Drug News Other News Pub Quiz 2 Desert Island Crispspsps Readers' Letters Bum Dosser Social Media Scene
- Deptford Drink-up: a new pub, a vague Spanish theme, crisps galore and a ton of pub news (July 24)
In this episode: Pub Quiz 1 Summer Bus Party Spanish flee Margate ligging Bankside Festival The Publican Pub & Beer News Crisp News Drug News Other News Pub Quiz 2 Bum Dosser Social Media Scene
- Deserter 10th Anniversary show, with Ned Boulting, part-live from the Shirker’s Rest (Jun 24)
In this episode: Deserter is 10 - Q&A with Ned Boulting, live at the Shirker's Rest Lobster flavoured crisps A History of Crisps read by Dirty South Like Father, Like Son read by Dulwich Raider Back to usual next month
- Dulwich Beer Festival plus sleepy lawyers, cheap kebabs and gardening tips (May 24)
In this episode: Quiz 1 Ivy House Festival Bermondsey Beer Mile Ruskin Park Sit In Phil Wong Seaside awayday Shirk, Rust and Pray Pub & Beer News Crisp News Kebab News Drug News Other News Desert Island Crisps with Cyclo Dunc Reader's Lett…
- Ferry good episode. Pubs, puns, crisps and one word film reviews in Woolwich (Apr 24)
In this episode: Pub Quiz 1 Deserter goes to Hollywood Return to the Hobo Hut Dulwich Hamlet Women and Peckham Town away Cyprus Pub & Beer News Crisp News Drug News Other News Pub Quiz 2 Reader's Letters Bum Dosser Social Media Scene
- Blackfriars to Peckham on the Green Link Walk, inc. pubs, crisps, drugs and cuckoos (Mar 24)
In this episode: Pub Quiz 1 Cheltenham days Park Fever Baked in South London Farringdon shithousery Cycling in the Dordogne Pub and Beer News Crisp News Drug News Other News Pub Quiz 2 Deserter Island Crisps with Emma Stump Reader's Letter…
- Deserter Bake Off! Pubs, crisps, news and dossers, plus we make some cookies (Feb 24)
In this episode; The art of gout CycloCross in Benidorm The luck of The Fixer Lewisham Borough CFC Osman at the Sutton Arms Pub and Beer News Crisp News Drug News Theatre News? Other news Pub Convo Starter Reader's Letters Bum Dosser Socia…
- Pubcast Home and Away: Spain, passports, Thai crisps, amputations, slang old & new (Jan 24)
In this episode: Spanish flee Axe-throwing - in a pub? Damp January Pub & brewery openings and closings Pub and Beer News Crisp News Drug News Pie News Health News Deserter Island Crispsps - Vincent Raison tells all Bum Dosser Mr Bingo Ric…
- Tipples up Telegraph Hill. A festive episode of pub and slacking related jollity. (Dec 23)
In this episode: Pub Quiz 1 Tenerife Christmas parties Raider goes Clubbing SE1 pub crawl Pub & Beer News Crisp News Drug News Other News Pub Quiz 2 Desert9er) Island Crispsps Readers' Letters Bum Dosser Social Media Scene
- Beaujolais Nouveau Day, plus Camberwell, Teddington & Paris. Everywhere. (Nov 23)
In this episode: Pub Quiz 1 Syd in Camberwell A weekend in Paris Teddington Beer Festival Improv school Paris Match - a new old post on Deserter.co.uk Pub & Beer News Crisp News Other news Pub Quiz 2 Deserter Island Crispsps Social Media S…
- Daytime Drinking in East Dulwich; plus pubs, drugs, mugs and hugs (Oct 2023)
In this episode: Pub Quiz 1 East Suffolk muckabout East London foot tunnels Last days of the Capitol Returning beer mugs Pub openings Pub news from the Shirker's Rest Crisp News Drug News Other News Pub Quiz 2 Desert(er) Island Crisps with…
- Tulse Hill tipples, plus Pullman dining, Welsh cricket, candlelit Zelda and pubs (Sept 23)
In this episode: Pub Quiz 1 Fixing the water companies Cardiff Desi Pubs @ Green Goddess Candelit Zelda Pink and Blue Saturday Pub & beer news Crisp News Drug News (bumper edition) Burger News Other News Pub Quiz 2 Bum Dosser Soc Med Sce
- Cheers from Chislehurst: pubs, drugs, crisps and pies - all of life (Aug 2023)
In this episode: Deserter Summer Social remembered Dirts in Cornwall Raider in Broadstairs Twickers stag Pub & Beer news Crisp News Drug News Pie News Other News Readers' Letters Bum Dosser The Soc Med Scene
- Live @ The Shirker's Rest, New Cross, with special guest James Dowdeswell(July 23)
In this episode: Dirts goes to gigs The Raider goes clubbing South coast pubs Pub & Beer News Crisp News Drug News Other News Desert Island Crisps with James Dowdeswell Book Corner Readers' Letter Bum Dosser SMS fka Soc. Med Sce. fka Socia…
- Saving the Elephant, one pint at a time. Plus queues, cockrings, crisps and cannabis.(June 23)
In this episode: Pub Quiz 1 The Shirker's 1st Birthday Woolwich Dockyard The Thanet Hat Trick Father's Day I Invented Chillout Pub & Beer News Crisp News Desert Island Crisps Drug News Pub Quiz 2 Reader's Letters Bum Dosser SMS (short for…
- St Johns pubs we've never been to. Plus stuff we can't say as we're on the writers' strike. (May 23)
In this episode: The writers' strike Murano, actually Rosie's birthday Charlton POTY Awards Shirker's brew day Pub & Beer news Crisp News Drug News Pie News Other news Readers' Letters Bum Dosser Soc Med Scene
- Pubbing on the Peninsula, plus Chelters, Brighton, Liverpool & Yorkshire. When do we rest? (Apr 23)
In this episode: Pub Quiz 1 Watching Cheltenham Brighton publove Liverpool publove Gout in Yorkshire Health updates Pub & Beer News Crisp News Drug News Pie News Other News Pub Quiz 2 Readers' Letters Bum Dosser "Soc Med Scene"
- Borough backstreeters: pubs, drugs, crisps and dossers. And musical theatre? (March 2023)
In this episode: Dirty South fired An evening of musical theatre Old skool London night out Torrside tap takeover Brick Brewery Cask Festival Deserter Day Pub and Beer News Crisp News Drug News Pie News Kebab News News that isn’t pub, beer…
- Riverside roam: pubs, news, dossers and crisps in sunny SE16 (Feb 2023)
In this episode: Costa del Raider Dirty's first pint of 2023 Peckham Town with the Ned Boulting Pub & Beer News: Queen of the South, Unity Brewing, the Shirkers, new booze invented Crisp News Drug News Pie News News that isn't about pubs,…
- Spanish flee: transcontinental cloud talk about pubs, booze, drugs, crisps & lols (Jan 23)
In this episode: Live appearances Christmas at the Shirker's Dry January-ish Shirking in Spanish Pub & Beer News Crisp News Drug News Other News Bum Dosser Soc. Med. Scene
- Catford carry-on: wine, European jaunts, pub royalty, news, letters and the Soc Med Scene (Dec 2022)
In this episode: Pub Quiz 1 Beaujolais Nouveau Day European jaunts Pub Royalty at the Shirker's Rest Shirker's to Hamlet Express Some live appearances Pub & Beer News Crisp News Drug News Other News Pub Quiz 2 World Cup wittering Readers'…
- Feel the power: Battersea, Stockwell, green hop beers, pubs and Vinny the seagull (Oct 22)
In this episode: Shirk, Rest and Play World Tour Closing Time Green hop beer season Sweary student Roaring Red Front launch The World Cup cometh Pub and Beer News Crisp News Drug News Other News Reader's letters Bum Dosser Social Media Sce…
- Battle of Waterloo: pubs, crisps, dossers & pints with your favourite Deserter layabouts (Sept 2022)
In this episode: Pub Quiz 1 BBC Radio 5 Live Shirk, Rest & Play book launch Roaring Red Front Health update Pub and beer News Crisp News Drugs News Other news Pub Quiz 2 Bum Dosser Social Media Scene
- Live from the Shirker's: beers, bears, Broadstairs and where you should be age 35 (Aug 22)
Recorded live at The Shirker's Rest, New Cross In this episode: Women's Euros Final Book signing for beer Broadstairs Folk Festival Steam Down Deserter x Southey Beer Night Pub & Beer News Crisp News Drug News Other News The Sofa - reading…
- Loafing on the Beer Mile. Plus pubs, crisp and drug news, bum dossers and The Scene (July 2022)
In this Episode: Pub Quiz 1 Deserter Summer Social Deserter Derby The Euros Latest on the new book Pub & beer News Crisp News Drug News News that isn't about pubs, crisps or drugs Pub Quiz 2 Readers' Letters Bum Dosser The Social Media Sce…
- A New Cross natter, feat. pubs old and new, Surrey vs Kent and Crisp News. (June 2022)
In this episode: The Shirker's Rest opens its doors A Dirty Wedding in the USA Wide Awake Festival Velofete in Herne Hill Cricket at Lord's Deserter Summer Social Pub and Beer News Crisp News Other News Surrey vs Kent in the Deserter Derby…
- All aboard the Lizzy Line. Plus "all the usual bollocks". (May 2022)
In this episode: Pledgers' pub crawl Raider at Beer School Proofreading and an idea A visit to the theatre Raider's new tune and Dirty's new book The Andy Taylor Foundation Pub & beer news Shirker's Rest update Lydia Wood Crisp news News a…
- A Deptford dawdle, feat. beer, cider, pubs, crisps and death 😀 (April 2022)
In this episode: Cider festival Drinking for Ukraine Last will and testament The Shirker's Rest All beer diet A paralysed man's first words Crisp News (feat. Pulitzer Prize nominated work from Goose & Ned) Other News A Deptford round-up Re…
- Plumstead Idlers, plus goblins, Guinness and the gee-gees (March 2022)
In this episode: Cheltenham week A Hamlet away day Bar manager sought Pub & beer news Crisp news News that isn't about beer and crisps (boo) Readers' Letters Bum Dosser The Social Media Scene
- Not in Peckham. Pubs, drugs, crisps & bunking off, plus what it is to be a "writer"(Feb 2022)
In this episode: Pub quiz 1 A continental round-up Boxing at the Ally Pally Super Bowl in Teddington The News - Pub and beer news - Crisp news - News that is not about pubs, beer or crisps Pub quiz 2 Readers' Letters Bum Dosser Social Medi…