The Grapes E14 8BP (Tube: Westferry)
In a part of London called Limehouse there stood a pub. Not a nasty, overcrowded, touristy pub, filled with wheely suitcases and suspicious smells, nor yet a deserted, bare, lonely […]
Category Archives: Locations
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 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 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 […]
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 Crown and Two Chairmen W1D 3S3 (Tube: Tottenham Court Road)
It’s rare that a pub which is painted the same colour as an aubergine on the outside turns out to be extremely tasteful on the inside. I’ve been plodding around […]
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 […]
Raiders of the Lost Pubs 