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May 24Liked by Boak & Bailey

In the 90s and 2000s, estate agents in desirable bits of London used to be painted a shade I christened ‘Fuck Off Navy’. There’s definitely a sense these days that a certain matt grey means your Sunday roast is going to cost you £30 and you’ll get sneered at if you just want to sit and drink a pint of Old Bastard. Or even two-thirds of kumquat and iguana pastry stout.

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The grey has now spread to all sorts of pubs so the actual posh ones will be abandoning it soon. In fact, we’ve seen some ‘earth tones’ turning up already…

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