‘Tis the season to pub garden. Actually it has just clouded over and our magnificent weather for the last couple of weeks have turned cold – but this reminds me of a pub garden truism. Never venture to outside drinking until at least May.[…]

True story. Once upon a time there was a racecourse in Alexandra Park, a horseshoe shaped one just down the hill from the Palace. It shut in the late fifties, when gambling was not quite as popular as now – these days the nearest tracks are all[…]

In the spirit of providing helpful resources here’s a spreadsheet I made up. It’s macro-free and works like a world cup wallchart you’ll get in the papers, except it’s not tabloid sized and doesn’t leave newsprint on you[…]

The Phoenix Bar – Alexandra Palace. As high as you can get in London – in the middle of Alexandra Park sits the faded grandure of the transitter housing Ally Pally. Like the Crystal Palace but made of brick so that when it had its lightni[…]

Occasionally we throw up a useful resource, and here is a web one for you. Sportspubs – does pretty much what you would imagine. Its remit is to merely to judge pubs from the perspective of watching sport in them. Its nicely designed (Fancyapin[…]

The publog – post its mass excursion to France – has been given time to consider yet again the difference between English and continental drinking habits. This time the focus no longer lies with the regulations – in some of the plac[…]

Heh heh whilst the majority of publoggers are away I SHALL TURN THIS PLACE INTO A HELLISH MIASMA OF GOTHS! Bwahahahaha! Welcome, children of the night!
So, a pub in Camden then, the Oxford Arms. We found this after a gruelling return to London and tr[…]

Absolutely right. If you want to stand up, stand up. If you want to sit down (or if you have to sit down, like Emma), then sit down. If there’s nowhere to sit but you feel you must get a seat, then go somewhere else. If you think all the pu[…]

It’s all very well for you sturdy robust gentlemen. You don’t have to contend with the paraphernalia of being a woman which makes sitting down an ESSENTIAL PART of enjoying the pub experience. For starters, I am often to be found wearing […]

Stand, sit, stand I agree with Tom but I feel I should highlight the risks associated with beer-arm fatigue, as these are often underestimated. The particular danger arises when you are stuck without anywhere safe to put your pint. This often leads[…]