The London Pub
I have made no secret of the fact that I’ve wanted to go to the London Pub (on Southampton Row I think, though I’m not totally sure) for AGES. Anything that brazenly named has to be worth a look.
It’s as strange and a[…]

The White Hart, Drury Lane
The initial stop on yesterday’s pub crawl claims to be the oldest licenced premises in London. But evidence for its antiquity is in short supply – it’s been refitted three times in the last decade and whil[…]

Ice Cream for Dogs!!! – unfortunately so far only boring old vanilla but “a special meat flavour” is promised.[…]

The Black Friar has gone smoke-free.
Wandering past the Black Friar on my way home yesterday, I saw a sign saying “A Smoke-Free Pub” – it seems they’ve banned smoking from the place.
It’s an interesting choice: the Bla[…]

how INADVERTENT experiment created ALL SCIENCE
(a “pumpkin publog” co-production)[…]

how inadvertent experiment powers culinary science (a “proven by science” co-production obv)
ok so the way we learn the history of science or the fine details of cookery it’s always presented like clever ppl sat and theorised, then[…]

eskimo pie!!
!!!!!!!!!![…]

once again it is the outlier position producing the cherishable facts: a stout defence by the unpeeled-hard-boiled-egg=a-pie faction impelled sistrah becky to argue that, in that case, a PYRAMID must be a pie (providingof course the tomb remained un[…]

If you sing Blue Moon it’ll all be over soon
A starting discovery after an ill-advised trip to the dodgy late-serving Irish bar on Caledonian Road near Kings Cross (is the dodgy necessary or already contained within the words ‘near Kings […]

After the delights of the Euston Hexagon we’re delighted to announce that this year’s pub crawl is the Holborn Star.
It will kick off at 3.30 PM on December 29th at the White Hart on Drury Lane, and will meander to a conclusion in the wel[…]