Opinion

Bring Back the Monday Debrief: In Defence of Watching Telly at the Same Time as Everyone Else

Streaming handed us everything, everywhere, all at once — and quietly took away the one thing telly used to do better than anything else: get us talking. A case for weekly releases, shared clocks and the lost art of the Monday morning debrief.

Nov 8, 2026

Last Orders for the Spontaneous Pint: Why the Ordinary Night Out Needs Saving

The £7 pint makes an easy villain, but the bigger threat to British pub culture is the slow disappearance of the unplanned pint. A defence of the ordinary night out, from micropubs to Wetherspoons and the sober-curious.

Nov 7, 2026