About
Meet the landlord.
Hello! I’m Anthony.
You know the feeling. You’ve studied English for years. You understand films, read articles, follow meetings. Then someone asks you a simple question and your mind goes completely blank.
I want you to know that it isn’t you. It’s how you’ve been taught.
Pull up a stool.
I was born in Chester, a small Roman city between Liverpool and Manchester, where the pub is the heart of everything. It’s where you celebrate, commiserate, argue about football and put the world to rights over a pint. It’s also where English is at its best: quick, warm, full of humour, and packed with expressions no grammar book will ever explain.
In my natural habitat! Fun fact
Not every pub is just a pub. A gastropub is known for its food, an inn once had rooms for travellers, and an alehouse served only beer. A free house belongs to no brewery, so it can sell any beer it likes.
The Shambles, York Fun fact
The Shambles was once York’s street of butchers: “shambles” were the benches they sold meat from. The word later came to mean a slaughterhouse, which is why “a shambles” now means a complete mess.
Doing my best Russell Crowe impression in Tuscany! Fun fact
Australians shorten almost everything: breakfast is brekkie, the afternoon is the arvo and a petrol station is a servo. Oh, and Russell Crowe? He was born in New Zealand.
Matlock, England Fun fact
The red phone box was designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, the architect of Battersea Power Station. Today a village can adopt an unused one for £1, and many have become tiny libraries.
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I didn’t start out as a teacher.
Before teaching, I spent years in sales and technology, working with teams in both the UK and Germany, and then in the fuel industry. I sat through the meetings, made the calls and gave the presentations. So I know what professional English actually sounds like, and what it feels like to communicate in a language that isn’t your own (my German was hard-earned!).
In August 2018, I swapped England for Italy, trained as a teacher and found what I’d been looking for all along.
From lockdown videos to Pint of English.
When the pandemic shut the world indoors, I started filming short English lessons from home. People watched, shared and kept asking for more. Today, over 200,000 people follow Pint of English on Instagram and Facebook, and in 2023 I turned it into my own business.
From one trip to Rome to 200,000 followers.
2014
I visited Rome for the first time, and fell in love.
First time in Rome 2018
I moved to Rome to do my TEFL and become a teacher.
Early days at the whiteboard 2020
I started Pint of English during the pandemic. This is where it all began: my first ever reel.
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I reached 100K followers across all my social media, and decided to set up Pint of English as a business.
100Kfollowers
Today
Over 200,000 followers, and hundreds of students taught.
Turin
Word at the bar
His method is fantastic because it brings together three things: conversation, which helped me loosen up and speak with more confidence; analysing videos, with summaries to prepare between lessons; and grammar, explained clearly and never boringly. Anthony is well prepared, patient and knows how to motivate you. I started out knowing next to nothing of the language, but I’m enjoying it more and more!
What my lessons feel like.
After years of living here, I know exactly where Italian speakers trip up: the false friends, the word order, the “I know it, but I can’t say it” moments. My lessons are built around:
- Real conversation, not repetition drills
- Authentic videos and articles on topics worth talking about
- The idioms, phrasal verbs and nuance that make you sound natural, not translated
My goal is simple: to help you feel confident using English where it matters.
In the meeting, at the interview, and at the bar.
So, fancy a pint of English?
Book a free 15-minute call, and we’ll work out where your English is now and where you want it to go.
Book a free call with me