Sure it seemed like a good idea at the time...
A trip should never end like this. Sat in a Spanish prison cell being beaten up by an Alicante drunk because I have literally shit myself. Oh, but I had been shot at. This is a very messy story actually in more ways than one...
Thanks to Absolut, we've got a bottle of their ultra-limited edition Karnival vodka to give away to celebrate Rio Carnival...
In my time as a Travel Editor I had plenty of weird nights in mental places, but for sheer WTF this one took the biscuit…
My friends think I've made it up, but being walked home by a horse is one of the most random and touching moments of my life...
One man, 5,000 parties - if Adrian Mole and Janis Joplin had a bastard love child, his name might very well be Nick Valentine…
I love travelling with a passion but for all the highs there have been some terrible lows, involving violence, robbery and total humiliation. And...
Got a big apple for teacher? Get your geek on - glamorously
So the introductions were as expected. Lots of weirdos. But I liked them. The centre itself was superb. Situated on a main road with the back str...
The Good Pub Guide today said 1400 licensees should lose their licenses. We rounded up three experts and asked them to define the secrets of a great boozer...
I like burgers and pizzas as much as the next bloke, but for God's sake get off your fat arses and eat some vegetab...
Literature is full of strong female characters, here are the ones we'd love to have a pint with.
Fancy moving from lager to beer but worrying that you won't get your cold kicks? Think again, this mix of IPAs, pil...
Check out this extract from my second novel and win one of five copies while you're at it...
The darks arts of beer brewery turn out to be quite the art form, a million miles away from hillbilly moonshine with the added bonus of not makin...
Drop the detox. Forget the diet. Don't worry about hangovers. This selection of real ales is the perfect tonic to the January blues.
One sunny afternoon the finest ciders in the world came together to compete for the title of Best Cider On Earth. Here’s how they faired...
Going through a tough time? Just lost your dog? Need to talk to somebody? Well there is no need, because one pub has the answer: Booze, booze and...
When the weather's as grim as it is now and you're offered a "two-day whisky immersion experience in the rugged wilds of Iceland’, you don't turn it down. Especially when the promise of helicopter rides is thrown into the mix...
Chuck Norris can, and will, do anything. Think again before stepping into your motor after a night on the sauce...
The old lady across the road has switched from Gold Label to blue WKD, my mates have left me with a load of cooking...
We think we'd drink it, but only with our eyes closed and nose pinched...
Mates are great aren;t they, expecially when you're drunk. They look after you, get ou a taxi home and, erm, shave ...
We've finally got our shit back after Monday's dramatic release , and a dozen li...
Not so Vlad to have him back.
Sid Owen ran over my foot in Asda.
Started catching up with GoT series 1 yet? Here’s some things to look out for ...
The government is voluntarily surrendering our place at the top table and the Am...
Every now and again we like to remind ourselves of this.
Never crack one of your back teeth again.
One fan's overdue love letter to the only comic to school its readers in Yiddish...
If you want to be THAT guy at the 5-a-side, here's how.
A new documentary about the Clash frontman hits screens this month. Here's why y...
Yep, just 'balls' now.
Guns + Bacon = Internet
On what would have been Brandon Lee’s 47th birthday we pay tribute to his fina...
Hammond and Clarkson are at it in the back of a Renault Twingo and the Stig reve...
John Inverdale has since apologised for his use of the word 'cunted' on the BBC'...
It's getting so bad authorities banned football completely in February.
Get your tissues, lads - we're going cryin'.
Yowsah, yowsah, yowsah, disco's chief raconteur sits down for a chat about Daft ...