Burum Collective

This is the last week you can pre-order our Burum x Heedayah Lockman t shirts, sales end on the 6th of December!

HELLO HAVE YOU PRE ORDERED YOUR ZINE YET? YOU HAVE UNTIL FRIDAY TO DO SO! IT'S LOOKING REALLY BRILLIANT IF I DO SAY SO MYSELF.

www.burumcollective.com/jlp

You've got less than two weeks to get your pre-order in for J'adore Le Plonk!

A sparkling collection of essays celebrating a culmination of five years of work by our very own @rachelhendry.bsky.social

www.burumcollective.com/store

BURUM X HEEDAYAH LOCKMAN ‼️✨

We’ve got two new teeas available to pre-order; both designed by the insanely talented Heedayah Lockman who we are thrilled to be working with again. A perfect gift for yourself or maybe you have a friend who thinks we’re kinda neat 🩷

www.burumcollective.com/store

The shortlist is now live!

The wait is over! The shortlist for the British Guild of Beer Writers Awards is out now. Follow the link to see the full list and celebrate this year’s talented finalists! 🍻✨
www.beerguild.co.uk/2025-awards-...

a picture of me in the j’adore le plonk cap

a pink denim cap with j’adore le plonk embroidered in white on the front

the j’adore le plonk zine front cover

thank you to everyone who has pre ordered a zine! we are halfway to our pre order target already which is HUGE. you can get a cap now also! they’re gorgeous imo. the whole project is fun and beautiful and silly and i’m so proud of what we’ve created!

Get a copy here ⬇️

www.burumcollective.com/jlp

I sent out my last ever j'adore le plonk on Friday. In memoriam I've turned it into a zine with the help of my friends @helenannesmith.bsky.social Otto Taylor-Rickard and @gergemanson.bsky.social I think we've made something very beautiful - pre order's are now live!

www.burumcollective.com/jlp

Samer Khudairi on the often contentious topic of menu modifications. He talks to multiple chefs discussing the pros and cons of accepting dish alterations from customers, and even staff.

Words by Samer Khudairi
Illustration by Helen Anne Smith

www.burumcollective.com/posts/mods

A star-shaped graphic announces "The shortlist 2025 is out!" for Women in Beer. Background features beer-related illustrations.

✨WIB Awards✨

Our judging panel has done an incredible work going through more than 280 nominations for the awards, and we are very happy to announce that our shortlist 2025 is out! 

Have a look on our website for our awards finalists 
https://www.womeninbeer.co.uk/awards

“The waitress doesn’t fancy you and she doesn’t want you viewing her instagram stories, she’s just trying to do her job and she’s doing it well, leave her to it.”

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Where Do I Clock Out? Rachel Hendry on the delicate relationship between server and customer, staff safety, and personal boundaries.

Words by Rachel Hendry
Illustration by Helen Anne Smith

www.burumcollective.com/posts/clockout

#FaceItTogether is a movement led by The Drinks Trust focused on creating actual change for those in the drinks and hospitality sectors who are experiencing hardship. The goal is to ensure that no one in our community feels alone in their hour of need. Donations 👇

www.justgiving.com/campaign/fac...

The True Meaning of Accessibility in Hospitality — BURUM COLLECTIVE Both my disabilities are invisible. I am a neurodivergent, dyspraxic person who lives without a thyroid. As a disabled person, my hospitality experiences are mixed.  So, let’s start with a good e...

The online version of my article, which I wrote for @burumcollective.bsky.social "The True Meaning of Accessibility in Hospitality", is now live. www.burumcollective.com/posts/trueme...
#Disability #Accessiability #Neurodivergence #Hospitality

In our next piece, Rosemary Richings talks to a variety of people within the disability community about what they want to see from hospitality venues when it comes to making customers feel welcome

Words by Rosemary Richings
Illustration by Helen Anne Smith

www.burumcollective.com/posts/trueme...

Our first online piece from The Usual is by the community publican of The Trafalgar in Wimbledon, providing us their perspective on pubs, building community, and what it means to have regulars 🍻🤝

Words by Oli Carter-Esdale
Illustration by Helen Anne Smith

www.burumcollective.com/posts/solace

The Editors Note for The Usual is now available to read here or through the link below! Written by @rachelhendry.bsky.social

www.burumcollective.com/about/usuale...

This is obviously bad timing as it coincided with our latest zine 'The Usual' becoming available for folk to order online, but hopefully we'll be back soon!

P.s. Stripe if you're listening, we promise we are real, we're just trying to sell teeny tiny magazines

As some of you will already know, our webshop has been down for about a month now. Sadly the online payment company we use Stripe are suspicious that we might not be real, so our account has been locked down until they've finished their checks, but its taking a verry long time

Pair a Dosa with Mild, says Em Sauter

Everest in Lewisham

Dosa sans Mild

Crab curry

In the last free post, I spoke to the Sri Lankan family behind Everest. HT @pintsandpanels.bsky.social

davidjesudason.substack.com/p/everest-cu...

#lewisham

A poster for CraftCon 2026

The committee are delighted to announce that CraftCon 2026 will be held between the 12th and 13th March at Somerset County Cricket Club in Taunton and tickets are now on sale!

Link for tickets and more info in our bio 🍎🍐‼️

Cidre Breton — One Iconic Cider From Both Sides Of The Channel — Pellicle Those in the UK who say size doesn’t matter have clearly never encountered a litre bottle of Cidre Breton. Its magnitude in comparison to its puny 750ml relations is an immediate distraction, the amb...

for @pelliclemag.com i joined the incredible @anahlcq.bsky.social to talk about the legendary Cidre Breton

We talked about how growth, location & interpretation influence taste, what contributes to a phenomenon & how one cider can be viewed so differently

www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/6/...

Burum Collective zine The Usual in front of my laptop

Exciting post today! @burumcollective.bsky.social's new zine The Usual

lovely @burumcollective.bsky.social care package to kick off a great day!!!

We managed to hit our pre-orders target on day one! Thank you to everyone who has bought a copy so far 🩷💫

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we've turned our latest project into a physical zine cos a) i hate the internet, b) i think it makes a great companion piece to Service, Please! & c) it's really fun making art with your best mate

The Usual is such a good exploration of the rough/smooth of the customer service dynamic. Order it!

Sounds Ama-zine

oh very goood

All of our guest contributors work has been paid for via our Patreon funding, any profit made goes straight back into funding more written work.

p.s. zines available for trade and wholesale, get in touch with helen for more information at helen@burumcollective.com