The Trafalgar Tavern SE10 9NW (Tube: Cutty Sark)
We arrived at The Trafalgar Tavern ‘one pint minutes’ too soon, having done a whip-lash inducing about turn in The Yacht a few yards down the road. Proper pubs do […]
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The Anchor Tap SE1 2LN (Tube: Tower Hill)
History buffs amongst you might know that between 1939-1945 Britain was involved in a bit of a kerfuffle with Germany and a few other lads around. It all got a […]
The Angel SE16 4NB (Tube: Rotherhithe/Bermondsey)
Like the last bastion of a fallen empire, The Angel stands proud and defiant below a London skyline that increasingly blots out the blue between river and cloud. A short […]
Cutty Sark SE10 9PD (Tube: Cutty Sark)
No I’ve not gone completely mental and started reviewing boats as well as pubs it just so happens that this pub is named after the famous tea clipper which is […]
The Mayflower SE16 4NF (Tube: Rotherhithe)
There are a fair few pubs I’ve reviewed in the past which bear names with little relation to any aspect of the pubs features or history. The Cow does not […]
The Prospect of Whitby E1W 3SH (Tube: Wapping)
Nicholas Lyndhurst starred alongside David Jason in the much loved British sitcom ‘Only Fools and Horses’. Who can fail to forget the japes that transpired in the classic episode ‘He […]
The Captain Kidd E1W 2NE (Tube: Wapping)
Captain Kidd was born around 1645 and was inelegantly executed in Wapping by hanging in 1701. Depending on your point of view he was one of the best and most […]
The Star of Kings N1 0AX (Tube: Kings Cross)
Every weekday afternoon for about the past decade the BBC has screened a programme known as Bargain Hunt which I am sure you are familiar with but just in case […]
The Alma and The Ship (Tube: East Putney)
Sisters often share many qualities between them such as a predisposition to liking certain foods, a favourite perfume or maybe an unfortunate laugh that sounds like a goat coughing up […]
The Bulls Head SW13 9PY (Train: Chiswick or Kew Bridge)
It took friggin’ ages to walk to this place from the train station and it sounded great. Been around since the 1500’s, Oliver Cromwell had a bit of a to […]
Raiders of the Lost Pubs 