Shoreditch’s Moustachioed Billboard Hits The Telly
And the London heritage of Ginger Joe’s (sponsored post).
And the London heritage of Ginger Joe’s (sponsored post).
This morning brought the news that Boris Johnson is lobbying the government for stronger powers to deal with London’s unusually large contingent of drunks. The plan, borrowed from South Dakota, would see anyone convicted of an alcohol-related offence tested for blood alcohol twice a day, …
In which we drink our way through the most Londony beverages. What you ‘avin? A pint of Royal London, if you please. It’s a new brew from Greene King, created especially to celebrate the capital. The tipple launched last month and is already going down …
If you fail to clock that Spar own brand Imperial Vodka on sale in a non-Spar offy might be a bit odd (on Holloway Road of all places, infamous patch for legions of counterfeit ciggie sellers) then you might at least be alarmed when you …
It’s Chriiiiistmas! Time to go out and drink until your ears bleed and your toes fall off.* In the words of that earnest sage Dylan Moran, we judge how good a night out was by how much it messes us up. Like Michael, who hurled …
Ever noticed the West End preponderance of drinking dens called ‘The Blue Posts’? There are three in Soho alone, plus one in St James and one in Fitzrovia. A sixth on the corner of Tottenham Court Road and Hanway Street closed down about 10 years …
The government may want to ban happy hour in pubs up and down the country, but one Acton booze palace is having none of it. The Redback Tavern has recently introduced a £10 all you can drink promotion, with punters proffered a plastic cup and …
Harrow’s booze-hounds aren’t having a good time of it. WIth Boris decreeing that it’s no longer lawful to sup a Pale Ale while rattling up northwest-wards on the Metropolitan Line, the borough is now mulling a total ban on drinking in public. Killjoy councillors are …
Have you heard? Boris is banning booze on all London transport come the first of June! Do you care? Many of your fellow Londoners do! And they’re planning parties to prove it. Grassroots campaigns both to bid adieu to booze cruising on the Tube and …
He may be new to office, but that hasn’t stopped new mayor Boris Johnson from jumping in with both feet and whipping London into a more Boris-pleasing shape. As of Sunday 1st June, there will be no drinking on all London public transport. Well, no …
To top off a year of switching the telly off standby, turning down the thermostat and carbon offsetting concern, you can now give a loved one 12 square metres of greenbelt land for Christmas. Yes, you can help protect London’s precious remaining circle of undeveloped …