The Coal Hole WC2R 0DW (Tube: Charing Cross)
Once upon a time this merry little place was apparently the venue for many a turn of the century sing-along. Nicholson’s website makes boast of the fact that Gilbert and […]
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The Old George E2 0AN (Tube: Bethnal Green)
The first clue you get that this pub can’t really be bothered is by noting that it doesn’t even open till four. I discovered this after calling to book a […]
The Blue Posts W1D 6DJ (Tube: Oxford Circus)
If these walls could talk’ goes the old saying. Oft muttered in places of historical importance or particular notoriety it is jolly good fun to imagine what rum goings on […]
The Bull W12 7SL (Tube: Shepherds Bush)
Oft have I sat back and wondered what it’d be like to hear someone sing Soft Cell’s Tainted Love with their head wedged up a badgers arse. Though I’m yet […]
Top 3 Sunday Roast Pubs
Pub on the Park After the sad demise of The Cat and Mutton into overpriced awfulness this stands out as an almost unparalleled purveyor of Sunday lunches in East London. […]
The Colonel Fawcett NW1 0SS (Tube: Camden Rd)
The Colonel Fawcett becomes the second pub I’ve reviewed which has achieved a small measure of fame for having had someone get shot to death within its walls (see The […]
The Cat and Mutton – Rebooted E8 4QJ (Train: London Fields)
Given that this pub is something of an East London institution it felt worthy of me paying it a visit with an eye to a fresh review after its recent […]
The Windmill SW4 9DE (Tube: Clapham Common)
‘Windmilling’ is the alarming practice by which a young chap exposes his John Thomas to all and sundry and swirls said appendage around by means of a gyrating hip motion. […]
The Assembly House NW5 2TG (Tube: Kentish Town)
It’s the second time we’ve raided this pub and still no review. Read between the lines. Well, try and read between the lines because there aren’t going to be many. […]
The Goat SW11 1EQ (Tube:Clapham Junction)
Some pubs do other pubs a favour. Sports dedicated bars ensure that footbalists are a minimal presence in normal places on match days. Gastro pubs provide a meeting point for […]
