The Queens Arms RG21 7JE (Tube: No chance)
There’s something deeply satisfying about lifting up a full pint glass for that first foamy taste. I don’t know if it arcs back to our tree-dwelling ancestors embracing tools for […]
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The Lamb Tavern EC3V 1LR (Tube: Bank/Liverpool Street)
There are times when wearing a tie is a prerequisite. Job interviews, probably funerals and weddings and graduation ceremonies. Some people have to wear them at work or for meetings […]
The Blackfriar (Tube: Blackfriars)
The Blackfriars of the Dominican Order sect of Catholicism were known for their intellect, theology and philosophical thinking. Appropriate considering that, after a thorough day Pub Raiding for your pleasure […]
The Jerusalem Tavern EC1M 5UQ (Tube: Farringdon)
Your average chain pub – you know the ones – would be your Katie Price, Kerry Katona’s and Frankie Coccozza’s of this world (remember him? No? Proves my point). Falling […]
The Millstone Old Basing RG24 8AE (Tube: No Chance)
If you were to draw up a list of essential ingredients for the perfect pub what would it include? I imagine a fine selection of beers has to come pretty […]
The Mudlark SE1 9DA (Tube: London Bridge)
If a mudlark is one who scavenges in the mud that line rivers in the hope of finding something of value, then give me some waders and call me a […]
The Wagon and Horses RG27 8NY (Tube: No chance)
There are lots of places where standing up would just not be tolerated. If on reading out your two-for-one code you were asked where you would like to stand to […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Draft House SW11 3AG (Tube: Imperial Wharf)
Review… review… got to write a review of The Draft House… There was a poster of The Hulk in the entrance… ? It had thin tables and glasses hanging upside […]
Raiders of the Lost Pubs 