The Old Thameside Inn SE1 9DG (Tube: London Bridge)
You will no doubt be familiar with the genre of films which pit a mismatched pair of monsters or groups against each other for a big fight often with hilarious […]
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The Old Ship E14 7NW (Tube: Limehouse)
I’ve never really found it difficult to write a review before. It’s pretty straight forward to mercilessly lambast anywhere that’s truly dreadful (The Star of Kings, The Draft House) and […]
The Rake SE1 9AG (Tube: Borough)
Borough Market is unarguably one of London’s real joys. It is a foodie paradise where you can acquire pretty much anything you like to put in and around your face. […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
