The Lord Tredegar: Mile End
The smell of coal smoke is a rare thing in London these days, and given the strange nostalgia stirring properties of the whiff this is perhaps a shame. Caught on […]
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The Morgan Arms: Bow
Let’s be frank; some pubs are dangerous. Not dangerous in the same ways that jumping into a bear enclosure at the zoo or eating bacon that’s nine days after its […]
London’s Oldest Pub: The Top 5 Contenders
London’s Oldest Pub: The Top 5 Contenders In one of the world’s oldest cities at the very epicentre of pub culture and at the forefront of the craft beer revolution […]
The Holly Bush: Escape to a Country Pub Without Leaving the City
‘When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life*’ – Dr Samuel Johnson Though it has a litany of flaws it’s tough to argue that London is […]
The Strugglers (Lincoln)
When I first ventured into London for a Pub Raid™, I ordered my pint and handed over a crisp five pound note. Confident that the bar person would be back […]
BrewHaus (Lincoln)
Lincoln is a city that can be cut cleanly into two halves. The top half, The Bailgate, is a little cobbled honeytrap. A crooked, meandering street lined with toffee shops, […]
The George WC2R 1AP (Tube: Holborn)
Brown is, in my opinion, one of the most under-appreciated colours and it really ought to be given more praise. Many of the great things in life are brown; beer, tea, […]
The Stamford Post (Stamford)
This might be this blog’s Rubicon moment (I think this is a reference to a river rather than a mango- flavoured soft drink usually found in the “World Foods” aisle of […]
The Crown Hotel (Stamford)
I’m not sure I’m going to write this review. On one hand the subject has a distinct advantage, having been subject to numerous visits in all seasons at all times […]
The Crown – Soho (Tube: Oxford Circus)
There is a delicate balance in time. There is a golden period where all is well. There is doom for whomever squanders these fragile moments. Upon arriving at a quietish […]
