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There’s a superb piece in the Independent today looking at the decline of the traditional English pub, and featuring interviews with landladies, a pub quizmaster, and regulars.
It includes one lovely old favourite that every Londoner should try once - the Wenlock Arms in Islington.
But I’m not so sure that the great British boozer is […]
London’s a great place to drink but it has fewer breweries than it used to. If you’re into real ale, that can mean you get bored drinking Young’s and Fullers, the most commonly available beers.
However, the Market Porter in Borough Market will help stave off beer boredom. It has an adventurous menu of real […]
Leadenhall Market, the finest complete Victorian market building in London, is worth a visit anyway. It’s a superb space, though not what it was. I remember when it had a faded little supermarket in the middle - a shop that seemed to have come through from the 1950s without ever changing - with a […]
This little pub just off the river Thames was CAMRA’s Greater London pub of the year in 2007, and when I visited recently I could see why.
It’s quite plain looking, a nice enough frontage overshadowed by big mansion blocks on both sides, with a small beer garden or courtyard at the side. (It was a […]
Half way down High Holborn is one of my favourite pubs in London - the Cittie of Yorke.
It’s a lovely traditional pub - if I was visiting London and only had time for a single pub, I think this would be the one.
The creamy stone Gothic facade should tip you off that this is something […]
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Written by Andrea Kirkby [email] for b5media.
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