The Fitzroy Tavern: A Sam Smiths Bastard
In a world of bad hombres, smart cookies and Jeremy Corbyn, opening up a newspaper could leave you in dire need or a strong and stable lager*. One such purveyor […]
Category Archives: Locations
The Hoop and Grapes: A Survivor With Sausages
Aldgate is a shit hole. Wedged between the berk infested jungle of the city, the tourist hive of Tower Hill and the infinitely more interesting Whitechapel; it is without a […]
The Palm Tree: The Pub Where Time Stopped Still
Whilst many pubs decide to hang on to original features like a wobbly floor or an elaborate bar, most of the smart ones update themselves with a healthy overhaul once […]
The Duke of Sussex: Horror at Waterloo
The hardest bit of reviewing a pub is to know what balance to strike between complements and critique, humour and insight, facts and fancy in order to provide you, the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
Raiders of the Lost Pubs 