Jane Stuart – Writer

Hello, dear reader – and welcome to my website.

Here you will find my musings on beer, travel and football culture.

I’ve always loved writing – especially about my passions. I have made most of my friends through beer/pubs and football and I enjoy writing about the adventures that I have pursuing those passions. I also enjoy encouraging others to get out there and find joy and friendship in a similar fashion – or at least live voraciously through my writing. I have connected with so many people through my writing – both online and in real life. Please do reach out if you enjoy what you read.

Travel

I love heading out on adventures – not knowing what might happen or who I might meet. My blog is a collection of these adventures told through my unique lens. Whether I’m off on holiday, a weekend away, overseas or within the UK, on a cultural expedition or a pub crawl or off to a match, I’ll regale my tales within this blog.

Beer & Pubs

I’ve always enjoyed the pub as a home from home and it’s been an integral part of my social life. Many of my blogs include pub crawls and I was a champion of real ale for 20 years, being Branch Secretary for Birmingham CAMRA. More recently, I have switched to alcohol free beer and I’m enjoying this new adventure of yet more new beers to try. I continue to champion good beer and good pubs. I’m a member of the British Guild of Beer Writers.

Football

I followed Blackpool Football Club home and away for 30 years and they inspired my writing.

I have had regular columns in the Blackpool Gazette, Blackpool FC match programme and Shoot – and have also written for FourFourTwo and Turnstiles. I have also edited two Blackpool fanzines: 39 issues of Another View From The Tower and 13 issues of Now That’s What I Call Progress.

On this website I serialise my adventures on Blackpool matchdays and also have a Football Tourist Guide series. Having been a full-time football fan for many years, I now (finally!) realise that awaydays need much more than just the football to be inherently enjoyable. So these tourist guides bring in local food, beer, culture, museums, statues, theatres…ways to make an awayday memorable for the right reasons, irrespective of what happens on the pitch.

I am currently writing my footballing memoirs so watch this space!

Additionally, I have co-hosted match vlogs on YouTube fan content channel Lee Charles TV. The channel was a finalist at the 2020 Football Content Awards for ‘Best New Content Creator’. Here you will also find video versions of the Football Tourist Guide series.

I have spoken about Blackpool FC frequently on BBC Radio Lancashire.

Until August 2019, I worked as Match Secretary at Chasetown FC and maintain a love for non league football.

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I have recently completed BA (Hons) in Arts & Humanities (English Language & Creative Writing). I am currently studying towards a Masters in Linguistics (Artificial Intelligence).

My poetry – performed at open mic events and festivals – has been published in New York.  

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Happy reading!

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