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Public Houses
Historic tales from ancient taverns


No. 24 - The Realm of the Island Queen
When I moved to London in the mid 1980’s I was introduced by housemates and colleagues to many pubs in North London. The Island Queen was...
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Aug 116 min read
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No 19 - The Soul Inside
Thinking of one of the other officers in the Italian camp in which they were prisoners of war, novelist Dan Billany wrote:Â "He is...
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Jun 56 min read
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No. 14 - Drink and Drama at The Wheatsheaf
I often claim that London boozers are my natural habitat. Centuries of dramas, great and small, from just one pub can feed the...
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Mar 256 min read
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No. 8 - The Court of the Uncrowned King of Limehouse
Those who have read Until the Real Thing Comes Along and When Summer is Gone sometimes ask about Charlie Brown’s pub, which is heavily...
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Jan 284 min read
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