On match day, it seems strangely obvious that there isn’t a television in a British bar; it’s like entering a…
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The bar in Britain has long been a place of ritual. A well known bar counter. Pint glasses clinking. Somewhere…
It’s around half past six on a damp Tuesday in North London, and the pub is already filling. Not loudly,…
When no one is standing at the bar, a pub has a rather calm atmosphere. The hum feels confined, even…
It was a sort of rite in the past. You would enter a bar, take up a laminated menu that…
These days, a Thursday night in central London seems different at the pub. It is already half full by 6:30…
Not too long ago, fireplaces were either disregarded, covered up, or discreetly sealed off. The contour of a hearth is…
This summer, Britain’s beer gardens are experiencing something subtly out of the ordinary. Not very dramatic. Not worthy of a…
It begins rather innocently. In central London, perhaps close to Soho, two people meet outside a tavern where the pavement…
On a weekday in central London at half past four, the bar stools remain unoccupied, the glasses are polished but…