Today's deal

A great deal was on offer today for all subscribers of the Groupon newsletter. "£19 instead of £47 for the ultimate Oktoberfest Experience in London for you and a friend with authentic beers from the fest, a Schnapps each plus pretzels and pommes for two at Octoberfest Pub."
"This is 'the closest thing to Beerfest outside of Munch' according to Time Out."
"The frauleins will serve your traditional Dirndls and steins will be overflowing so come and get the party started."

It would be interesting to know what the frauleins wear if they serve the Dirndls. Will they dress up in Hendl or Weisswurst?

Today I visited the Geffrye Museum in Shoreditch. It's a museum dedicated to the interior decoration of the middle class and once was an enclave of eighteenth-century ironmongers' almshouses.

On certain days you can not only visit the museum with its period living rooms but also step into one of the almshouses, what I did. Although they lived in a single room without a kitchen or a bathroom for themselves, they were pretty well off compared with other pensioneers, by definition people aged 56 and older, of their time.

Drinking for England was one of two amazing films I watched at the Mediathek of BFI Southbank today. Watching the films is free of charge, you just have to turn up and choose the ones you'd like to watch from more than 3,000 films of the BFI National Archive. A great place to end the day, just before heading home to write my daily blog.