Is there a third way – on the sitting standing conundrum? I’ve always considered the bar stool to be a decent compromise. Its high enough to converse with standing punters whilst combining the comfort of being seated. Nevertheless there i[…]

Is standing in pubs underrated? Well, not underrated precisely but is it not quite the evil it is made out to be? Yes one goes to the pub to relax after a hard day/week at work/arsing about online, and relaxation is best attempted with one’s bu[…]

A quick point of order re- this whole etiquette thing. Pete – a man so rude as to not remember a young lady’s name (it was Nicky) – did not in fact offer the bar stools to us laydeez but sat down with great speed and smugness. Tut t[…]

I thoroughly disagree with John’s dislike of the pub table grab. Improving ones situation in life is something which we should always strive for. We go to a pub because we like its ambience, because we like the beer, because we like the pub. Th[…]

Further to Pete’s LJR story below, I think he made an initial error. The Pub Table Grab is a manoeuvre that should never be attempted. I can’t think of anything which makes me feel less comfortable in a pub than looking around hawkishly[…]

And the last time I was in a Mr Q’s pub, a dog had been sick on the carpet. Difficult to say if this is representative of the chain.[…]

Okay, another pub story, another treatise on pub ettiquette. Last week I, Mr & Mrs Carsmile, Emma and A.N.Other (whose name has been forgotten) were in that most haunted of London boozers the Lord John Russell. For all its charms the place is qu[…]

So does the research on pub violence below give the explanation why Mr Q’s pubs have such a reputation for being rough? I don’t feel too well qualified to judge, as I have never been into a Mr Q’s (although I have walked past a few[…]

Snap shots I had a very pleasant, unchallenging pint at lunchtime in the Edinburgh Tavern off Fleet Street. It’s a nice pub. The food looked pretty good, pie and mash on a Friday, though I restricted myself to liquids. For what it’s w[…]

The kind of person who goes to the pub for a game of giant Jenga is called “a student”.
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