Deserter

Deserter Pubcast

Leisure EN ↓ 108 episodes

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.

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Episodes

Idle in Islington: an afternoon up north ft. fine pubs and loads of news, beer & crisps. (Jun 26) 23.06.2026 1:00:21

In this episode: Pub Quiz 1 World Cup Road Trip One Night in Madrid A Night at the Opera One Night in Thamesmead The Pleasures and Perils of Moving House Health update Pub & Beer News Crisp News Drug News Other News Pub Quiz 2 Interview with Ade Clarke, Landlord Desert Island Crispspsps Readers' Letters AI Balls Poetry Corner Potato Corner Bum Dosser Social Media Scene

Save the Traf! Plus pubs, crisps, AI, drugs and a nice glass of blouge (May 26) 08.05.2026 44:39

In this episode: Pub Quiz SXSE Jack in the Green Avant garde theatre Venice Art in Bethnal Green Platform 3, Claygate Pub & Beer News Crisp News Drug news Other News Artist Quiz Reader's Letters AI Balls Book Corner Potato Corner Bum Dosser Social Media Scene

Brewery pubs in Borough & Blackfriars, with theatre, poems, paintings & musicals 😳 (Apr 26) 16.04.2026 56:20

In this episode: Pub Quiz 1 Cheltenham Festival at the Blythe and in Margate Yorkshire Gout Club Ruskin Park Gout Club Good Liver Skehans Theatre Soho Curry Night "There we are then" World Cup at Bar Italia vs the Blythe Dead Pub Crawl Pub & Beer news Crisp News Drug News Other News Pub Quiz 2 AI Balls Bum Dosser Have you seen the Social media Scene?

Lord Furzedown & St. Reatham: pubs, potatoes, poems, pints and procrastination (Mar 26) 09.03.2026 53:04

In this episode: Pub Quiz 1 More bars in storms Tuesday booze spiral Tracey & Moge Thursday Beer Mile North London river walk Pub & Beer News Crisp News Drug News Other news Pub Quiz 2 Readers' Letters Book Corner Desert Island Crispsps Potato Corner Bum Dosser Soocial Media Scene

Slacking home and away: South London vs South Spain, plus Germany, Goa, Ireland & Japan. (Feb 26) 07.02.2026 55:17

In this episode: Pub Quiz 1 Paris The Mayflower Costa del Sol Pub & Beer News Crisp News Drug News Pub Quiz 2 Readers' Letters AI Balls Potato Corner Bum Dosser Social Media Scene

Wassailing on the Southbank: pubs, pixies, property & potatoes (Jan 26) 05.01.2026 47:10

In this episode: Pub Quiz 1 Post-pod pubbing Deserter Stories Would Tour wrap up A Night in Noho Dirty Christmas A chat with Micky Pub & Beer News Shirker's latest Crisp News Drug News Other news Pub Quiz 2 AI Balls Book Corner Potato Corner Bum Dosser Social Media Scene

Carousing in Catford & Lewisham, inc. dementia, disaster, dossers and Desert Island Crisps (Dec 25) 06.12.2025 56:13

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 Media Scene

Boating in Greenwich & Deptford, with pubs, beer, crisps and health warnings. 15.11.2025 57:24

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 Dosser Social Media Sea

Dungeons and flagons: beer, pubs, crisps and dossers in Boro & Bermo (Oct 25) 02.10.2025 56:00

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 Potato Corner Bum Dosser Social Media Scene

Forest hillbillies, Brockley badlands: pubs, plaques, poetry, Pétrus and potatoes. (Sept 25) 11.09.2025 59:21

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) 07.08.2025 52:13

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 Quiz 2 Readers' Letters Book Corner: The Longest Crawl by Ian Marchant Bum Dosser Social Media Funnies

Up the Elephant and round the Castle: pubs, drugs, sport and dossers (June 25) 26.06.2025 1:03:58

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 Desert Island Crisps Bum Dosser Social Media Scene It's Just Another Day (feat. AOC)

Beer Festival Special: live in E. Dulwich with the Raider, Dirts & guest, Pompey Dunc (May 25) 23.05.2025 54:19

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 News Drug News Other News Pub Quiz 2 Readers' Letters Book Corner Desert Island Crispsps with Pompey Dunc Bum Dosser Media Social Scene

Beers in Borough & Bermondsey; hiding from the law in two reopened pubs (April 25) 24.04.2025 47:37

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) 27.03.2025 52:31

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 Dosser Social Media Scene

Emergency Pubcast from Blythe Hill Tavern, a chat with the new owner & all the usual stuff (Feb 25) 01.03.2025 53:40

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 of the Blythe Book Corner ft. Jake Hawkey & Sam Cullen Bum Dosser Social Media Scene

Pubcast Home & Away: live from South London and Spain 24.01.2025 56:31

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) 22.12.2024 46:57

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 Reader's Letters Bum(per) Dosser Social Media Scene I'm the Bishop of Southwark!

Like a Bridge over Canada Water. Two men messing about in SE16 (Nov 24) 21.11.2024 52:07

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) 24.10.2024 58:58

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 Book Corner Readers' Letters Soc Med Scene Happy news

Beers in Bermo: all the latest news about pubs, drugs, crisps and slacking off (Sept 24) 19.09.2024 59:09

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 and the ultimate Deserter animal Bum Dosser Social Media Scene

Peckham Pints with William Blake, Pompey, Pisci, Goose and Ned. Have you got a pipe? (Aug 24) 15.08.2024 53:37

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) 25.07.2024 53:02

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) 27.06.2024 48:42

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) 24.05.2024 50:18

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 Letters Bum Dosser Social Media Scene