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Sockless metrosexuals and Bilbo Baggins at gastro pub with buzz

Sockless metrosexuals and Bilbo Baggins at gastro pub with buzz

12 November 2021

Our resident pub reviewer was in a new part of town, and fancied a liquid lunch at the local gastro pub.

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Threatened by the Krays in pub loo during liquid lunch

Threatened by the Krays in pub loo during liquid lunch

05 November 2021

Secret Drinker had a very warm welcome at a pub where regulars, and newcomers, are treated like part of the family – and even sing along together.

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Two very horny hounds and the axe-wielding barmaid

Two very horny hounds and the axe-wielding barmaid

29 October 2021

Trick or treat? Secret Drinker calls in at one of Kent's most famous inns as it prepares for Halloween.

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The pub that's taking over the whole street

The pub that's taking over the whole street

22 October 2021

Secret Drinker turns back the clock to explore a town centre pub that just can't stop getting bigger.

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‘It's a barren desert without a single boozer worth visiting'

‘It's a barren desert without a single boozer worth visiting'

15 October 2021

It's a sobering experience as Secret Drinker makes his first foray to a Kent high street.

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Secret Drinker, the footie team and a pub of two halves

Secret Drinker, the footie team and a pub of two halves

08 October 2021

Secret Drinker visits a pub of two halves and rubs shoulders with a football team with questionable music taste before stumbling upon a real gem.

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'It was like I had just walked into someone's front room, not a pub!'

'It was like I had just walked into someone's front room, not a pub!'

01 October 2021

Silent Witness on the gogglebox, cuppas on the couch - but has Secret Drinker hit the jackpot?

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Secret Drinker at the super-sized pub in the middle of nowhere

Secret Drinker at the super-sized pub in the middle of nowhere

24 September 2021

Is bigger always better? Our pub spy heads along Kent's leafy lanes to find out.

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'The most uninviting pub I’ve ever had the misfortune to visit'

'The most uninviting pub I’ve ever had the misfortune to visit'

17 September 2021

This is why they say never go back: Secret Drinker revisits one of his student haunts

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Dropping anchor in the pub that time forgot

Dropping anchor in the pub that time forgot

10 September 2021

Old skool cool rules - Secret Drinker heads back to the 80s.

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'A fitting aroma but does Pig run before it can trot?'

'A fitting aroma but does Pig run before it can trot?'

03 September 2021

Secret Drinker had trouble finding a pub that was a) open and b) not 'bookings only' and when he finally found one he got a rather dismissive welcome.

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On the wrong side of the tracks at The Railway

On the wrong side of the tracks at The Railway

27 August 2021

The Secret Drinker heads into a town centre Wetherspoon for an afternoon pint and finds the 'loudest' barmaid in the world.

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The golden oasis and the punters' new shirts

The golden oasis and the punters' new shirts

20 August 2021

Our pub spy stumbles on a rural oasis where the welcome is warm, the glasses are chilled and the darts team's nicknames are lairy to say the least.

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Helpful, chatty and hard-working! Is this the ideal barmaid?

Helpful, chatty and hard-working! Is this the ideal barmaid?

13 August 2021

Secret Drinker heads to a back street boozer and gets more belly laughs than he bargained for.

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The free house and the fish with extremely large fingers

The free house and the fish with extremely large fingers

06 August 2021

Our undercover reporter visits a 500-year-old free house which has its own bitter, and fish finger sandwiches that need to be seen to be believed.

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Always read the 'regulars only' sign

Always read the 'regulars only' sign

30 July 2021

Our pub spy gets two very different welcomes on a night out on the town.

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Secret Drinker: 'It was a step away from turning into Acorn Antiques'

Secret Drinker: 'It was a step away from turning into Acorn Antiques'

23 July 2021

Why you can't beat horse brasses, good honest pub grub and Mud's Tiger Feet

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Secret Drinker ends up the only punter in the oldest gay bar in town

Secret Drinker ends up the only punter in the oldest gay bar in town

16 July 2021

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Buzzing: Secret Drinker chills in a pub garden just yards from the sea

Buzzing: Secret Drinker chills in a pub garden just yards from the sea

09 July 2021

Our undercover reporter meets Harpo the hairball and a few other unwanted guests at a pub on the Kent coast.

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Inch perfect: Kent's smallest pub reopens after a 10 year wait

Inch perfect: Kent's smallest pub reopens after a 10 year wait

02 July 2021

It all goes a bit wonky for Secret Drinker on his latest pub mission - and this time he can't blame the booze!

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