The House of Trembling Madness (48 Stonegate, York) 01904 640009
In York, there are too many pubs with gunk-nozzled tomato sauce bottles on the tables. Thankfully, this is not one of them. Outside, along Stonegate, the snap-happy hordes are in […]
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Picture the scene. It’s starting to get dark, you’ve discovered a new pub, it’s not that expensive, you’re with your two best mates, they have a pie only menu, non […]
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Lounge is not a word I associate with pubs. It’s a word which I’d pair with ‘cocktail’, ‘first class’ or potentially ‘suit’ but not with the word pub. Despite my […]
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Sometimes you have to accept that some of the things that you love and hold dear will simply repulse other people. Perhaps your partner has a face like a poorly […]
The Fellow N1 9AA (Tube: Kings Cross)
‘Food glorious food, hot sausage and mustard.’ If Oliver Twist teaches us anything it’s that over worked Victorian orphans are greedy ungrateful little gits who would pick your pocket quicker […]
The Butchers Hook and Cleaver EC1A 9DY (Tube: Farringdon/Barbican)
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The Porterhouse WC2E 7NA (Tube: Leicester Square)
There have been more than a few occasions on my trips around pubs where there has been a temptation to succumb to the lure of drinking until an ambulance is […]
The Golden Heart E1 6LZ (Tube: Shoreditch High Street/Liverpool Street)
Visited Spitalfields Market? Bought yourself lots of overpriced handmade jewellery and second hand ‘vintage’ clothing? Sick of being walked into, trodden on or glared at? If you’re finding yourself veering […]
Raiders of the Lost Pubs 