Stag Themes: Ideas for a Music-Mad Mate

One of the great things about a Stag Do is that it’s your chance to create a bespoke experience for your best mate, tailored to the stuff he likes. Yes, it’s vitally important you ensure a significant portion of the weekend is spent making him look like a tit, but in and around that it’s…

The Best Man Speech: Ideas

Writing the best man speech can be a daunting task. For many people it will be their first – and quite possibly last – significant experience of public speaking, and this can really heap on the pressure when you’re trying to sum up a friendship, entertain strangers and mercilessly rip the proverbial all at the…

Stag Weekends in London

London, our nation’s capital. It’s all grumpy locals, poncy night-clubs and overpriced pints, isn’t it? Well, not necessarily. I mean, yes – London does have all those things – but it’s also one of the greatest places on earth and, if you plan carefully and avoid the tourist traps, you can have an absolute belter…

Jokes for Best Man Speech: The Toolkit

So now you know what to put in your speech, let’s write some jokes for your best man speech to add some much-needed spice to the curry of mixed metaphors that is the modern wedding. How do you make a joke? With your tool kit of course. Didn’t think joke writers had a tool kit?  Well,…

Best Man Speech – Ten Golden Rules

Weddings are, if nothing else, predictable. There are certain things that are just going to happen – half the guests will be drunk before the canapés come out, kids will slide across their knees on the dancefloor and, at the end of the night, the bride’s less attractive sister will be sobbing in the corner….

Tips for Best Man Speech

You’re the best man and it’s time to write your speech. When you play the fool and make the audience laugh, feel a little light relief knowing you follow in a noble tradition? In the Battle of Sluys which began the 100 years war in the 14th century, the entire French fleet was sunk by…

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Alternative Stag Locations in the UK

So you’re ready for your stag night. T-shirt’s printed, fiendish pranks prepared and your blood type and lawyer’s number tattooed on your bum (just in case).  But one more important question: where are you actually hold the damned thing?  You could go with somewhere familiar like your local pub?  But that’s not that special. There’s…

Duties of the Best Man

Being a best man isn’t just about copping off with the hottest bridesmaid. From the minute the woman of your best mate’s dreams says yes, your role is as important as anyone else’s when it comes to making the wedding a success.Best Man Duty No. 1:If you’re in need of some help to lead you…