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.

Author

Deserter

Category

Leisure

Podcast website

www.deserter.co.uk

Latest episode

Jun 23, 2026

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Episodes

Not in Peckham. Pubs, drugs, crisps & bunking off, plus what it is to be a "writer"(Feb 2022) 17.02.2022

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 Media Scene

Just say no to work. Pubs, beer, brandy, crisps and weed in Soho, Spain and Italy. (Jan 2022) 13.01.2022

In this episode: A new life in Spain Breakfast brandy An afternoon in Soho A brush with the Widowmaker Cosenza bender Pub news Crisp news Weed news News that isn't about pubs, beer or weed Readers' Letters Bum Dosser Social Media Scene

Swanning about in Kent: beer, pubs, travel, wine, fish, crisps and mooning.(Dec 2021) 03.12.2021

In this episode: Beaujolais Nouveau Day Leeds takes the biscuit Peckham Town with Rouleur Prague for a puff Pub count Pub & beer news Crisp news News that isn't about pubs, beer or crisps, possibly Impressions of Swanley Reader's Letter Bum Dosser The "Social Media Scene" Cotton Mill pubbub

Greenwich gadabouts: join the boys for pubs, crisps, dossers and booze. 'Kin lovely. (Nov 2021) 05.11.2021

In this episode: A Des pub crawl A visit to Hamburg South London music bonanza A photo shoot and book update Pub & beer news Crisp news Other news Bum Dosser Reader's Letters Social Media Scene

Tube Riders: pubs of the Northern Line extension, an interview with Emma Raducanu and other gubbins. 30.09.2021

In this episode: Pub Quiz 1 Wide Awake Festival Windsor races Deserter world tour Spain Margate and Whitstable Pub & beer news Crisp news Other news Interview with Emma Raducanu Pub Quiz 2 Bum Dosser Social Media Scene

Join the boys on a "trip" to Ireland, plus holidays, crisps, footy, siestas and, of course, pubs. 26.08.2021

In this episode: Broadstairs St Ives How to MRI scan Book update Pub & beer news Crisp news So-called other news and an apology A Moment of Silence - Connolly Station, Dublin Bum Dosser The Scene, the Social Media Scene This podcast features audio by annabloom via Freesound: https://freesound.org/people/annabloom - used under this licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/

Summer tips from Champion Hill, plus footy, golf, sick leave, lying down & buses that go to pubs 21.07.2021

In this episode: Book - manuscript completed Our man at The Open The Euros and Peckham Town FC Pub & beer news Crisp news Other news (in brief) How to stay cool in summer Bum Dosser When buses went to pubs Bar rules Leaning letter As you were Kids write a joke Egg & wine diet - lose 5 pounds!

Down by the river: micropubs, pop-ups & Peckham Town, plus news, dossers & "The Scene" (May 2021) 26.05.2021

In this episode: The Great Pub Reopening Peckham Town (A) Deptford Dub Club Writing a book Pub and beer news Crisp news Loneliness and overwork Film Review: "Micropubs - The New Local" Bum Dosser Social Media Scene

When Pubs Cry: parks, drinking, drinking in parks. Plus the News, Dosser and the Scene 11.03.2021

In this episode: Park quiz 1 Lockdown romance Parklife Drinking, with Horsforth Brewery Brixton BookJam Shirk, Rest and Play Pub & beer news: When will they be open? New brewhouse, Deserter bar and GuinnessCab. Crisp News Brewery of the Ancient World Mars Rover Perseverance Park quiz 2 Bum Dosser Social Media Scene

When Pubs Cry: chips, crisps, football & pubs plus guests, James Dowdeswell & Feebs from France. 14.01.2021

In this episode: What we did next Non-league football: last game at Dulwich Hamlet Last orders at the Blythe Pub of the day Shirk, Rest and Play Deserter IPA Brixton Buzz prize draw Guest: James Dowdeswell on lockdown drinking Pub and beer news The elephant's journey Brixton BookJam Dulwich Hamlet Comedy Club Crisp news Guest: Feebs from France Bum Dosser Social Media Scene Thanks to James Dowdesw...

Shirk, Rest & Play: pubs, grub, drugs, beer and books. Everything. 03.12.2020

In this episode: What we did next Escape to Kos Takeaway Draught Beer Map Shirk, Rest and Play part one A message from the Corporate Deserter The News Crisp news Shirk, Rest and Play part two Thanks to Phoebe and the Rose & Crown for keeping us fed and watered

On the Trail of... Dylan Thomas. Plus burgers, crisps, drugs and hangovers - all of life (S4, Ep10) 22.10.2020

S4, Ep10. In this episode: What we did next Pints under cover Norfolk county lines Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre Brockley Brewery beer launch On trail of Dylan Thomas part one - Fitzrovia Tier 2 for London Pub news Other news Crisp news On trail of Dylan Thomas part two - Herne Hill Bum Dosser Social Media Scene Thanks to our sponsor Go Out London / London Carriages Extract of Dylan Thomas rea...

On the Trail of... Bob Marley. Plus old skool pubs, old skool drugs and an old school. (S4, Ep9) 17.09.2020

S4, Ep9. In this episode: Holiday in London Old Skool Brixton The return of live football: Crayford & Erith, DHFC, Peckham Town Ramsgate reconnoitre Peter Perrett On the trail of Bob Marley - Part 1 The News Another micropub for Bexley Quintin Lake and The Perimeter Andrew Morris pilgrimage Chateau Tooting Cure for hangovers Pub Tale On the trail of Bob Marley - Part 2 Bum Dosser Social Media Scen...

On the Trail of... Bon Scott. Tragedy in East Dulwich, plus quarantine, tats & postcodes (S4, Ep8) 20.08.2020

S4, Ep8. In this episode: Quarantine diaries Cornwall The Lamb On the Trail of Bon Scott Part 1 Pub and beer news Tattoos Sponsor update Drunk phones Road protests Pub Tales - Dirty's Pub Corporate Deserter - how to get rich in a pandemic On the Trail of Bon Scott Part 2 Bum Dosser Chelsea girl Postcodes BMI Exercise for the over 60s Thanks to our sponsor Go Out London / London Carriages Interview...

On the Trail of... Oliver Reed. A Wimbledon crawl, plus pints, park parties and pub tales (S4, Ep7) 16.07.2020

S4, Ep 7. In this episode: First pints Park parties Birthdays and anniversaries Dirty's staycation On the Trail of Oliver Reed - Part 1 The legend of the Wimbledon Run Beer and pub news World news Pub Tales On the Trail of Oliver Reed - Part 2 Pissnic Bum Dosser Social Media Scene inc. hangover cures and Johnny Depp's lunch Sponsored by Go Out London from London Carriages This podcast contains aud...

When Pubs Cry: beer walks, gout, pub tales, sofas & dossers, set in South London 10.06.2020

In this episode: Beer walks A touch of gout Big Ron remembered TEFL ROFLs Opening the UK's only pub Pub news World news Deserter Challenge Pub Tales Bum Dosser An apology Statue to be removed How to get to Tooting Dulwich Park surprise This podcast features audio from freesound.org by Yap_Audio_Production (https://freesound.org/people/Yap_Audio_Production/sounds/250192/) Used under this licence ht...

When Pubs Cry: more lockdown shenanigans featuring ancestry, communism, dossers and French letters 07.05.2020

In this episode: The point of walks The life of a football manager A new tune from the Raider Horse racing from Hong Kong Dirty's missing years Lessons from Lockdown Rouleur recording Dirty becomes a communist Deserter puppet piss-up The family history of Dirts & the Raider: murder, drugs & the ancestral home Feebs' French Letter Pub and Beer news Brixton Bookjam Brockwell Park miniature railway T...

When Pubs Cry: a lockdown lock-in with Dirts and the Raider 01.04.2020

In this episode: Cheltenham Festival at the Blythe Hill Tavern and Upnor The last football match ever Belarus Premier League Homeschooling Porch parties Zoom hangouts Beer & pub news: Beer delivery and Covid heroes Dulwich Hamlet Comedy Club night Deserter's dirty weekend in Rouleur WHO vs booze Useless astrophysicist Bum dosser Social media scene Photo by Stuart Taylor

On the Trail of... South London. With pubs, ale, spyware and a load of old Trollope (S4, Ep6) 26.02.2020

S4, Ep 6. In this episode: Moving your child to a school nearer the pub Trophy presentation night Winter Sun and a shock for the Raider Penge taproom triangle CaskFest2020 On the Trail... Part One - Clapham Pub and beer news Other (less important) news On the Trail... Part Two - Loughborough Junction to the river Bum Dosser with Spencer Alan Boston and Mr. Bingo Islington Phil Causes of death in L...

On the Trail of... David Bowie. Plus pubs, wakes, toilets and similar (S4, Ep5) 21.01.2020

S4, Ep 5. In this episode: The World Cup of Pubs concludes Brixton AF Goodbye to Mishi Dulwich Morath On the Trail of David Bowie, Part 1, Brixton and Beckenham The News Deserter in Stockholm Tea Hut tragedy Heaven and Hull Bad Toilets Brian Cox On the Trail of David Bowie, Part 2, Beckenham and Bromley Bum Dossers Wearing a beret in Sunderland A Poem London Loo Codes The worst job interview you'v...

2020 Deserter World Cup Of Pubs 03.01.2020

A companion podcast to the 2020 Deserter World Cup of Pubs. With guests James Dowdeswell and Deadly Hedley This podcast uses the following sounds from freesound.org: https://freesound.org/people/Adam_N/sounds/164624/ https://freesound.org/people/florianreichelt/sounds/447454/ https://freesound.org/people/elrobotijo/sounds/172494/ https://freesound.org/people/ceberation/sounds/235514/ https://frees...

On the Trail of... The Lost Bishop. Plus theft, sickies, boozers & rubbish lyrics (S4, Ep4) 11.12.2019

S4, Ep 4. In this episode: Cyclo-cross in Belgium A year in Cambridge Camberwell Shark at the Copper Tap British Guild of Beer Writers Awards On the trail of the Lost Bishop Part 1 Pub & beer news Art heist in Dulwich Sickies Election manifesto On the trail of the Lost Bishop Part 2 Bum Dosser Rubbish lyrics Streatham Rovers Google reviews More music-related hilarity Sponsor: Go Out London by Lond...

On the Trail of... Christopher Marlowe. Plus dossers, pub crawls & Dulwich in the FA Cup (S4, Ep3) 14.11.2019

S4, Ep 3. In this episode: Dulwich Hamlet in the FA Cup A Thanet micropub crawl Deptford X Christopher Marlowe Part 1 The News Christopher Marlowe Part 2 Bum Dosser Three Odd Things Foofwatch Cocaine at 90 Miracle Bread Sponsor: Go Out London by London Carriages Thanks to Alice and Ophelia. This podcast incorporates the following audio: https://freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/sounds/403180/ https:...

On the Trail of... Kate Bush. Plus beer, funerals, hangovers and red-headed drummers (S4, Ep2) 16.10.2019

S4, Ep 2. In this episode: A South London funeral Harrogate again Oktoberfests A visit to the dentist Kate Bush part one: Welling and Eltham The News, News, News Kate Bush part two: Blackheath, Lewisham and Brockley Bum Dosser Cannabis potency through the decades A notice from Charlton MPS Rob Manuel's Fess Hole Sponsor: Go Out London by London Carriages With thanks to: Vic King, Brian Bath and Sa...

On the Trail of... Freddie Mills. Plus Taylor Swift, Tuscany, folk, cider and sex dolls (S4, Ep1) 12.09.2019

S4, Ep 1. In this episode: Harrogate for Rouleur Magazine Tuscany Broadstairs Folk Week Life of Brian @ CWFFF SE1 cider trail Freddie Mills part one The News: pubs, Londonist, grab bags and Taylor Swift Freddie Mills part two Bum Dosser Social Media Scene This podcast incorporates audio from the following contributors to Freesound: ERH: https://freesound.org/people/ERH/ Juan_Merie_Venter: https://...

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