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The Seven Stars' Tom Paine by dalekhelen

Fancy A Pint? May These Pubs Be Good

What a week! Bank holiday merging into election fever and still we don’t really know who’s running the country. Mull it over this May in one of Fancyapint’s top ten pubs visited last month. All these pubs stuck in the tenancious and discerning reviewers’ minds …

Elections explained, grafitti style by cafedereves

Fancy A Pint On Election Night?

As a celebration of the democratic process our friends at Fancyapint.com have come up with a top ten list of pubs with an election theme. They apologise in advance for any that are a bit of a stretch, but hey, these lists don’t grow on …

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London Booze @ The Alma

By szen_volta Hot on the heels of the St George’s Day beer fest at the nearby Lord Clyde, The Alma up the 73 bus route in Newington Green are to regale its punters with a fine selection of London brewed ales this weekend. The beers …

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Preview: Georgefest @ The Lord Clyde, N1

Feeling Patriotic? Or just like English food and beer? Either way, it’s worth seeking out the Lord Clyde on Essex Road this weekend where you’ll be spoilt for choice. Last night, Mat, one half of the partnership that own the Clyde, proudly showed us the …

Friday evening pint by Rocker_44

Fancy A Pint? Nine Boozers Of High Repute

Here’s another top nine pubs (the tenth recommendation was in Cumbria – check out fancyapint.com if you’re heading up there) visited by FaP reviewers in March for you to try this month. Despite being ready and willing to travel all over London to road test …

Boat race 2009 by Simon-K

Fancy A Pint: Ten Top Pubs For Boat Race Watching

This Saturday at 4.30pm the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race shoots off down the river. There will be big screens in Bishops Park, Fulham and Furnival Gardens, Hammersmith and there are plenty of spots along the route where you can catch a glimpse of the …

Easter Monday chair lifting by skitster

Fortean London: An Alternative Easter

Easter Monday chair lifting by skitster Easter, in our experience, usually means something beginning with a c: chocolate, crazed clubbing or Christianity. Or chicks and cute rabbits. Or ‘chucking it down with rain’. Anyway, “there must be some alternative” you plead. “Drink? Beards? Something different …

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Fancy A Pint? March To One Of These Ten Top Pubs

Our chums at Fancyapint have put their heads together in the usual way to collectively agree a top ten of their favourite pubs visited in the last month. Responding to the charge they avoided South East London last month, they’ve gone as far as Sevenoaks …

Rosie Schura from the Pangea Project. Photograph by Travis Hodges

Interview: The Pangea Project, Stamford Hill

Open for just over a year and a half, The Pangea Project in Stamford Hill (up the hill from Stokey station, opposite the huge supermarket) is both a tiny but buzzing venue and a community space. It hosts an eclectic range of performers, mixes a …

Soho pint by Rooney. via the Londonist Flickrpool

Fancy A Pint This Weekend? Ten Top Pubs To Try

Those discerning drinkers at Fancyapint have again put their heads together to collectively agree their top ten pubs visited in the last month. Brilliant boozers or dodgy dives – what do you think? Soho pint by Rooney. via the Londonist Flickrpool – Southampton Arms (Kentish …

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Last Minute Dating: Lovestruck @ The Wall Bar

So, it’s not Friday yet. And we still haven’t been paid. But tonight you can drown your disappointment at Lovestruck‘s Laissez Faire night, which takes over The Wall Bar near Liverpool Street station. They have a very simple policy: stay well out of it. There’s …