Decidedly eccentric guide to London pubs from a site for travelling tennis lovers. Goodness knows how the Island Queen made it onto this list, let alone its barely-audible jukebox. Great to hear that ‘the main pub drink is “bitters”[…]

The London is halfway up Ludgate Hill, and is tolerable enough in its way. Its way is a Youngers / S&N pub which likes to pretend it’s more traditional than it is. It was closed the other day when I was considering nipping in for a swift s[…]

Hopefully bringing this to a conclusion, I feel I should draw your attention to a couple of pubs in Brighton – the Brighton Tavern (fair enough) and the charmingly named Doctor Brightons (not fair enough). According to my researches, it has &#[…]

A Pumpkin Publog correspondent informs me that the Cambridge Blue (on Gwydir Street, round the back of Mill Road, where there are a couple of great balti restaurants) is quite a good pub. Apparently, it has a welcome no-mobile phone policy and is al[…]

I have no idea about the Oxford Blue – however I have been drinking at “The Oxford Pub” or to give it its full and rather more revealing title The Oxford Pub: It’s A Scream. It’s A Crime, more like, etc. This used of cou[…]

The London Pub, London Picking up briefly on Pete’s comment on the inn in Hendon called The Hendon, I agree that any pub named after the town where it is located is bound to be trouble. However, I have no facts to back this up – as I hav[…]

But what if your mum was watching you in the pub? Or your boss? Or your cuckolded other half? The whole concept is fraught with perils.
On the other hand it would be good if you were planning to go out on the pull, you could survey the talent in adv[…]

I think were going to have to agree to disagree regarding Viewpub Pete. It is a worthy idea, just done badly. Pubs should be open to objective observation. The unexamined pint is not worth drinking. If a pint is downed in the pub and there’[…]

Low Res Viewpub is an awful idea, but not all the pubs involved are as hideous as John suggests. Well The Hendon in Hendon is – but any pub named after the town it is in must always be viewed upon with suspicion. Is their only claim to fame tha[…]

Low Resolution Viewpub is an appealing concept but the delivery lets it down. Under normal circumstances, it is not possible to objectively monitor the activities which are transpiring in the pub, for two reasons. One, as a pubgoer, you are an act[…]