You need your wits about you when you’re walking past Liverpool Street Station at midday, or you’ll get bumped into by someone refreshing their blog stats or swiping right. My obstacles are the approximately 137 pubs on the way to the Commercial Tavern, and the frankly gorgeous views round every corner. I stopped for some… Continue reading SHABBY SPITALFIELDS CHIC
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PIZZA AND PALE IN THE PELT TRADER
A trip to see Tori Amos at the Royal Albert Hall, no less, a far cry from our usual “folk indie for a fiver” at the Portland Arms. It says something about the dearth of new Guide pubs in central London that on my second trip to the City since GBG release I’ve… Continue reading PIZZA AND PALE IN THE PELT TRADER
FROM WEST BERKSHIRE TO LA SCALA
Another London Sunday night gig, another attempt to find nice things to say about N1. Having just completed the capital’s Beer Guide quota for 2017 (not all in one night), and with no obvious pre-emptives, I had a rare evening not dictated by The Book. So I rambled aimlessly for an hour or two round… Continue reading FROM WEST BERKSHIRE TO LA SCALA
THE UPMINSTER TAP
I may have my reservations about the micropub model, but the welcome from owners and customers is often an exemplar of how you want to be greeted in a pub. One pub to go to complete the set of London GBG ticks for this year (take that BRAPA !), and an unusually difficult one. Not… Continue reading THE UPMINSTER TAP
TOP 100 PUBS – THE PINEAPPLE, KENTISH TOWN
a.k.a. Kentish Town the easy way Vol II 20 years ago NW5’s Pineapple looked the business and sold Bass, though it wasn’t great Bass on my visit. These days it’s dropped the Bass, but the beer it does sell is some of the best in London. So, in a bit of a good beer desert between the… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – THE PINEAPPLE, KENTISH TOWN
KENTISH TOWN THE EASY WAY – VOL 1
Suddenly I understand what Dad’s Taxi means. First an escort for my youngest to the glitz of Covent Garden to see “An Inspector Calls” (quite brilliant, apart from the legroom) at the Playhouse last Thursday. You may be impressed to hear that; My son asked if I’d like to tick off a pub before the play. I said… Continue reading KENTISH TOWN THE EASY WAY – VOL 1
TO BE FAIR TO BARNET…
Speaking of High Barnet, as I was, it does have one pub gem, and some decent parkland beneath the M25. Sadly its classic sloping pitch at Underhill was vacated a few years ago in favour of a dull modern ground in Edgware. Some people never learn from Yeovil. The tube at High Barnet is probably… Continue reading TO BE FAIR TO BARNET…
GATECRASHING CRAFT WEDDINGS IN DULWICH
Continued from Croydon market… The trip from Croydon to Dulwich is a journey through time, rather than postcodes. Where recent Beer Guide entries in the Cronx have been a throwback to the good old days when the Pride was drinking well (here and here), the Peckham-Palace-Dulwich triangle has some of the most cutting-edge bars in the… Continue reading GATECRASHING CRAFT WEDDINGS IN DULWICH
ESB AND ECCENTRICITY IN SOUTH CROYDON
There are disadvantages to playing your Cup match on Friday night, but only if you’re the poor souls having to make the Manchester-East London return journey. It was ideal for proper plastic fans like me, home by midnight on Friday and fresh for a trip back to the Smoke with Mrs RM. I know she… Continue reading ESB AND ECCENTRICITY IN SOUTH CROYDON
TOTTENHAM’S BEEHIVE
I’ve been wanting to get to know Tottenham better for a while. Trips to White Hart Lane seem to coincide with torrential rain, a flood of goals, and the sense that there isn’t much there, at least till you reach Seven Sisters. Predictably, I was met at Tottenham Hale by a downpour. And a bit… Continue reading TOTTENHAM’S BEEHIVE
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