Just pinged off the executive summary of the report I'm writing for that charity. Literally one pub interview to write up and I can stop using the computer (except for my daily blog obvs).
Tried to go dancing last night at 10:30pm, there was a "world music" band at the Royal Albert. I had heard them doing a session on Cerys Matthews' 6Music show in the day, and they mentioned they were playing Deptford. We went to the cinema at 6, saw The Two Faces of January (terrible name, great-looking film but kind of unsatisfying), went home and ate, watched the Baftas and then headed out. The band had finished! We are just too European for this crowd. Went to the New Cross Inn instead for a student cocktail (Singapore Sling, 2 for £7). That place is growing on me a bit, I was put off when the prices went up. They now have a convoluted time-based pricing system - there's a board listing spirits that says things like:
House spirits - B4 8pm 2.50 / Happy Hour 1.70 / After 8pm 3.60
It's slightly wrong because happy hour is 7pm-8pm Mon-Thurs, so it should be "B4 7pm except Fri-Sun 8pm"
Same for the beer and cider, you can get a Thatchers for £2.90 before 7pm, £2 during happy hour. The Bird's Nest down the road, a genuinely good pub, does a £2.50 happy hour weekdays from 5pm-7pm, including all the new ales and craft beers the manager's brought on, great value. And Nouvelle Spice, my favourite local BYO curry house, does a £5.50 buffet from 12-5pm every day.
Nightlife in New Cross is for losers, in other words: it's all about going out in the day. Maybe I should get a job as a baker or market porter or something.
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