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‘This pub’s a shrine to Liverpool FC - but I gave it a red card for its foul smell’

31 January 2025
‘This pub’s a shrine to Liverpool FC - but I gave it a red card for its foul smell’

Secret Drinker was left seeing red after diving into a ‘dour’ town centre pub.

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This pub is a salute to the great British boozer - and our Armed Forces

24 January 2025
This pub is a salute to the great British boozer - and our Armed Forces

If you love a bar where can you chat, laugh and drink proper beer? Secret Drinker has just the place.

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Spooks and spirits: Is this the most haunted pub in Kent?

17 January 2025
Spooks and spirits: Is this the most haunted pub in Kent?

It was love at first sight for Secret Drinker at this village inn - but then he discovered the ghosts

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Iffy pints, parrots and a mutiny at the pool table

10 January 2025
Iffy pints, parrots and a mutiny at the pool table

Secret Drinker finds an unruly crew in a Sheppey pub designed to look like a ship below decks

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‘I tried so hard to love this medieval inn overlooking the village green - but I just couldn’t’

20 December 2024
‘I tried so hard to love this medieval inn overlooking the village green - but I just couldn’t’

It’s a pub packed with character, history oozing out of every crevice and has a cosy log burner - so why was Secret Drinker still not happy?

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‘The Christmas Club had just paid out and the beers were flowing’

13 December 2024
‘The Christmas Club had just paid out and the beers were flowing’

Secret Drinker joins the revellers at a sports bar with a cheery festive buzz.

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‘It’s a dark, dingy boozer with zero pretensions - and stupid people are barred’

06 December 2024
‘It’s a dark, dingy boozer with zero pretensions - and stupid people are barred’

Secret Drinker takes his chances at an old-school pub that smells like his nan’s frontroom

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‘Scratch the surface and this pub isn’t all it seems’

29 November 2024
‘Scratch the surface and this pub isn’t all it seems’

The Secret Drinker was left unimpressed by a burnt meal and a waitress who seemed like she’d rather be somewhere else.

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‘The most full-on, joyous, pulsating pub I’ve been to in ages’

21 November 2024
‘The most full-on, joyous, pulsating pub I’ve been to in ages’

It’s a super Saturday for Secret Drinker as he heads to a vibrant free house packed with punters

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‘A pub, diner or restaurant? Either way, the carpets were minging’

15 November 2024
‘A pub, diner or restaurant? Either way, the carpets were minging’

Meal deals and cheap beer - Secret Drinker calls in at a venue trying to cater to all tastes.

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Let it shine: The pub with the golden glow

08 November 2024
Let it shine: The pub with the golden glow

Secret Drinker revisits a pub that went from dark and dank to warm and welcoming.

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‘Astonishingly, she said the £10 glass of wine was brilliant value!’

01 November 2024
‘Astonishingly, she said the £10 glass of wine was brilliant value!’

Secret Drinker meets new friends and a picky bird in a bar right by the beach

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‘Every customer through the pub door was treated like an honoured guest’

25 October 2024
‘Every customer through the pub door was treated like an honoured guest’

Secret Drinker gets the warmest of welcomes at a village pub packed with history, punters and painters.

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‘Was that the Man United boss having a crafty pint?’

18 October 2024
‘Was that the Man United boss having a crafty pint?’

It’s a day of surprises as Secret Drinker visits a backstreet boozer to behold

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‘The sign said 'Caution, wet floor' but that’s the least of your worries in the gents’

11 October 2024
‘The sign said 'Caution, wet floor' but that’s the least of your worries in the gents’

Secret Drinker visits a huge pub packed with potential and plenty of punters who care

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‘It looked more like a seaside cafe than a pub, and it gave the missus the wobbles’

04 October 2024
‘It looked more like a seaside cafe than a pub, and it gave the missus the wobbles’

Secret Drinker ducks into a large family restaurant and pub on the coast

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‘Apart from the fluorescent cocktails, everything in the pub is brown and sticky’

27 September 2024
‘Apart from the fluorescent cocktails, everything in the pub is brown and sticky’

Secret Drinker finds a very modern welcome at a backstreet bar where they’ve been pulling pints for 650 years

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A beer lover’s higgledy-piggledy pub paradise

20 September 2024
A beer lover’s higgledy-piggledy pub paradise

Hidden corners, wonky floors and dark ales: Secret Drinker stumbles on a pub with a tale to tell.

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The pub where all pints are a fiver - apart from the ones costing £4.20 and £5.50!

13 September 2024
The pub where all pints are a fiver - apart from the ones costing £4.20 and £5.50!

There’s confusion with the prices and the front door as Secret Drinker ends up in a pub all on his lonesome

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Rumbled? ‘I’d know Secret Drinker anywhere,’ said the bloke next to me at the bar

06 September 2024
Rumbled? ‘I’d know Secret Drinker anywhere,’ said the bloke next to me at the bar

Is it game over for Secret Drinker in the pub with the turbo-charged barmaids?

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