A SURPRISE GBG WINNER IN COVENT GARDEN

October 2025. Covent Garden. London. My first London ticking of the new GBG season, always a joy, and as I leave the corner pubs of Bloomsbury it’s time to “Do the culture“. Five minutes from the Lady Ottoline to Sir John Soane’s house, immortalised by Maria McKee on my melancholy melodies post*. Surely it’ll be… Continue reading A SURPRISE GBG WINNER IN COVENT GARDEN

PAUL MUDGE FINDS MILD IN CAMBRIDGE

September 2024. Cambridge. “Is there a Craft Union pub in Cambridge ?”. Er, no, Paul. But there is an exciting range of keg at The Cheesemonger d’Arry’s aka Stolen Liquor Loft aka Rattle & Hum, though like me Paul remembers a once characterful Cambridge Arms selling exotic Greene King ales. And next door, what looks… Continue reading PAUL MUDGE FINDS MILD IN CAMBRIDGE