The Birdcage E2 7QB (Tube: Hoxton/Old Street)
Have you ever walked into a party just a little bit later than is advisable? You tried to be stylishly late and instead stood in a corner trying to join […]
Category Archives: East London
The Marksman E2 7SJ (Tube: Hoxton/Old Street)
Before I write a review I usually have a brief nose around that there t’internet to see what else has been said about it in the past. Given that my […]
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 Griffin EC2A 4RD (Tube: Old St/Shoreditch High Street)
Even the most half hearted search for this pub online will throw up a collection of reviews that are far from flattering with words like ‘rundown’, ‘shabby’ and ‘awful’ being […]
The George and Dragon E2 7NS (Tube: Hoxton/Old St)
When the phrase ‘batshit crazy’ was coined it’s originator probably didn’t realise that there was a pub in London to which it was fitted like a well tailored suit made […]
The Royal Oak E2 7RG (Tube: Hoxton/Old St)
Of the pubs that I’ve so far reviewed this is the only one to which I have been a frequent visitor as it’s about 5 minutes from my flat and […]
Raiders of the Lost Pubs 