The Falcon Review: Britain’s Longest Bar at Clapham Junction | An 1887 Grade II pub-hotel with the longest bar counter in the country, a falcon in the stained glass, and a lost river in its name
Lockes Bar Review: A Near-Perfect Score by Clapham Junction | One of the highest-scored rooms in the survey, near Clapham Junction, flying a name that hints at both a person and a philosopher
The Roundhouse Review: The Pub Named for the Engine Shed | A Battersea pub flying a name from the age of steam – the roundhouse, the circular engine shed where locomotives were turned and tended
Hawkins Forge Review: The Blacksmith’s Pub on Battersea Rise | A Battersea Rise pub that trades on the memory of the blacksmith’s forge, wearing its ironworking past in exposed brick and wall art
Blame Gloria Review: The Bar That Names a Scapegoat | A Clapham Junction cocktail bar and late-night party room with a name that hands you your excuse before the evening has even begun
Be At One Battersea Rise Review: The Highest Score, and a Zen Command | The top-scored room in the whole Battersea survey, flying a name that is half cocktail bar and half instruction in mindfulness
The Junction Review: A Pub Named for the Busiest Rails in Britain | A Battersea pub taking its name straight from Clapham Junction – the busiest railway junction in Britain, and the engine that built the modern neighbourhood
London Time Management: How to Lose a Whole Day Efficiently Capital Unveils Revolutionary Productivity System Based on Delays, Meetings, Apps, Panic and Leaving Home During the Previous Fiscal Year By Harriet Puddlewick LONDON — Time management in London is a celebrated art form, provided you accept that the art in question is losing an entire day with tremendous style. The capital has long been admired as one of the world’s great centres…
The Railway Review: The Invention That Remade Clapham and the World | The railway pub honours the technology that created modern Clapham – and Clapham Junction, one of the busiest stations on earth
Lockes Bar Review: The Warm Name and the Great Philosopher | Lockes is a friendly surname – carrying, for those who know, an echo of John Locke, one of the founders of modern liberty
Blame Gloria Review: The Cheeky Name and the Spirit of Glory | A fun, cheeky, characterful cocktail bar name – playing on excuses, glory, and the great disco anthem
