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'It was like I had just walked into someone's front room, not a pub!'

Silent Witness on the gogglebox, cuppas on the couch - but has Secret Drinker hit the jackpot?

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Secret Drinker at the super-sized pub in the middle of nowhere

Is bigger always better? Our pub spy heads along Kent's leafy lanes to find out.

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'The most uninviting pub I’ve ever had the misfortune to visit'

This is why they say never go back: Secret Drinker revisits one of his student haunts

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Dropping anchor in the pub that time forgot

Old skool cool rules - Secret Drinker heads back to the 80s.

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'A fitting aroma but does Pig run before it can trot?'

Secret Drinker had trouble finding a pub that was a) open and b) not 'bookings only' and when he finally found one he got a rather dismissive welcome.

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On the wrong side of the tracks at The Railway

The Secret Drinker heads into a town centre Wetherspoon for an afternoon pint and finds the 'loudest' barmaid in the world.

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The golden oasis and the punters' new shirts

Our pub spy stumbles on a rural oasis where the welcome is warm, the glasses are chilled and the darts team's nicknames are lairy to say the least.

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Helpful, chatty and hard-working! Is this the ideal barmaid?

Secret Drinker heads to a back street boozer and gets more belly laughs than he bargained for.

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The free house and the fish with extremely large fingers

Our undercover reporter visits a 500-year-old free house which has its own bitter, and fish finger sandwiches that need to be seen to be believed.

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Always read the 'regulars only' sign

Our pub spy gets two very different welcomes on a night out on the town.

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Secret Drinker: 'It was a step away from turning into Acorn Antiques'

Why you can't beat horse brasses, good honest pub grub and Mud's Tiger Feet

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Secret Drinker ends up the only punter in the oldest gay bar in town

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Buzzing: Secret Drinker chills in a pub garden just yards from the sea

Our undercover reporter meets Harpo the hairball and a few other unwanted guests at a pub on the Kent coast.

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Inch perfect: Kent's smallest pub reopens after a 10 year wait

It all goes a bit wonky for Secret Drinker on his latest pub mission - and this time he can't blame the booze!

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Size matters! Big up to the pub but where's our large glass of wine?

Mrs Secret Drinker gets left short on measures in one of the best beer gardens going.

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When is a village pub not a village pub?

Every day's a school day as our Secret Drinker goes in search of the perfect country pub.

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By Royal appointment: Secret Drinker returns to Sheerness

They say never go back, but 18 months after one of his most biting reviews, our pub spy returns to the scene of the crime.

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Undrinkable: 'The only good thing about the pint? It was served on a beermat'

Our Secret Drinker is left with a bitter taste in his mouth as he heads to a town centre pub.

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Lime green razors, pink socks and a punter turning the air blue

Secret Drinker has a colourful visit to one of a Kent town's last surviving pubs.

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Sausage and chips for £13.50 - but the bangers were bang on

Secret Drinker heads back inside the pub for a slap up supper that's well worth the wait.

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