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London Dating Experts Confirm

Emily CartwrightJuly 17, 2026September 2, 2026

London Dating Experts Confirm Friend’s Ex Is Only Available After Three WhatsApp Group Consultations Capital Introduces Strict Social Protocols for Romantic Recycling LONDON. Dating a friend’s ex has officially become London’s most complicated logistical exercise, narrowly beating booking a GP appointment and finding a Zone 1 flat under £3,000 a month. The debate has resurfaced after people shared wildly different experiences of dating a friend’s former partner, proving that romance…

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London’s Divorced Women Are Now Officially More Interesting

Cyndi HimmelstiereJuly 11, 2026July 11, 2026

Clapham Men Confirm Divorced Women Are Now Officially More Marriageable Than Women Who Simply Haven’t Got Round To It Yet By our Marriage & Mortgage Correspondent, filing from a Wetherspoons near Clapham Junction where the men are, as ever, extremely sure of themselves and extremely wrong Divorced Women? A groundbreaking study conducted entirely inside the heads of three men called Nigel, Trevor and Barry-from-Sales has confirmed what London’s dating scene…

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Rookery Review: The Colony of Rooks and the Old Word for the Slums

Alan NafzgerJune 12, 2026

Rookery Review: The Colony of Rooks and the Old Word for the Slums | A rookery is a colony of nesting rooks – but the word also named the notorious slums of old London, giving it a dark double history

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The Railway Review: The Invention That Remade Clapham and the World

Alan NafzgerJune 8, 2026

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

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bob Bar Review: The Short, Friendly Name That Reads Both Ways

Alan NafzgerJune 7, 2026

bob Bar Review: The Short, Friendly Name That Reads Both Ways | ‘bob’ is a warm everyman nickname, an old word for a shilling, and a palindrome that reads the same backwards – a lot packed into three letters

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WC Wine and Charcuterie Review: The Wine Bar in the Old Toilets

Alan NafzgerApril 11, 2026

WC Wine and Charcuterie Review: The Wine Bar in the Old Toilets | Built in a converted Victorian public lavatory, WC turns the initials for ‘water closet’ into ‘wine and charcuterie’ – a witty transformation

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The Thieves Review: The Bold and Roguish Name of the Outlaw

Alan NafzgerApril 2, 2026

The Thieves Review: The Bold and Roguish Name of the Outlaw | ‘The Thieves’ is a bold, cheeky, roguish name – playing on the romance of the outlaw and the mischief of the light-fingered

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Simmons Bar Review: The Cheeky Cocktail Bar in the Teapot

Alan NafzgerMarch 18, 2026

Simmons Bar Review: The Cheeky Cocktail Bar in the Teapot | A lively small chain known for playful cocktails served in teapots – and a name that is simply a good, plain surname

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Putt Putt Review: Mini-Golf, Karaoke, and the Competitive Socialising Boom

Alan NafzgerDecember 10, 2025

Putt Putt Review: Mini-Golf, Karaoke, and the Competitive Socialising Boom | Crazy golf and karaoke combined – a prime example of the modern ‘competitive socialising’ craze remaking the British night out

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The Alexandra Review: The Beloved Danish Princess Who Became Queen

Alan NafzgerNovember 1, 2025

The Alexandra Review: The Beloved Danish Princess Who Became Queen | Named for Queen Alexandra, the elegant Danish princess who married Edward VII and was adored by the Victorian public

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Voodoo Bar Review: The Misunderstood Religion of the African Diaspora

Alan NafzgerAugust 27, 2025

Voodoo Bar Review: The Misunderstood Religion of the African Diaspora | Voodoo is a real and serious religion, born of African faith and the trauma of slavery – far richer than its spooky pop-culture image

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Trinity Arms Review: The Sacred Number Three

Alan NafzgerAugust 14, 2025

Trinity Arms Review: The Sacred Number Three | The Trinity is the central Christian mystery of three-in-one – and ‘trinity’ has come to mean any sacred or perfect group of three

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BCC Bar Review: The Modern Initials and the Mystery They Hold

Alan NafzgerJune 19, 2025

BCC Bar Review: The Modern Initials and the Mystery They Hold | A short, modern name of three initials – cool, minimal, and inviting you to wonder what they stand for

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Duke of Edinburgh Review: The Prince Consort and His Famous Award

Alan NafzgerMarch 7, 2025

Duke of Edinburgh Review: The Prince Consort and His Famous Award | Named for the royal title held by Prince Philip – a figure of remarkable duty, dry wit, and a scheme that shaped millions of young lives

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Grosvenor Arms Review: The Family That Owns Half of London

Alan NafzgerJanuary 28, 2025

Grosvenor Arms Review: The Family That Owns Half of London | The Grosvenors, Dukes of Westminster, are among the richest landowners in Britain – their name is written across the grandest parts of London

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Two Brewers Review: The Ancient Craft and a Clapham Institution

Alan NafzgerJanuary 24, 2025

Two Brewers Review: The Ancient Craft and a Clapham Institution | The two brewers of the old sign carried the ale between them – and this Two Brewers is a much-loved Clapham cabaret institution

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Cafe Sol Review: The Sun, the Spirit, and the Fiesta of Mexico

Alan NafzgerOctober 19, 2024

Cafe Sol Review: The Sun, the Spirit, and the Fiesta of Mexico | ‘Sol’ means sun – and Cafe Sol brings the sunshine, the tequila, and the vibrant fiesta spirit of Mexico to Clapham

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Laryn Cafe Bar Review: The Modern Name and the Day-to-Night Cafe

Alan NafzgerOctober 5, 2024

Laryn Cafe Bar Review: The Modern Name and the Day-to-Night Cafe | A short modern coined name, and the appealing model of the cafe-bar that carries you from morning coffee to evening drinks

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The Surprise Review: The Delightful and Unexpected Pub Name

Alan NafzgerSeptember 21, 2024

The Surprise Review: The Delightful and Unexpected Pub Name | ‘The Surprise’ is a genuinely unusual pub name – possibly from a ship, a racehorse, or simply the pleasure of the unexpected

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Behind Bar Review: The Clever Play on the Bartender’s Domain

Alan NafzgerMay 7, 2024

Behind Bar Review: The Clever Play on the Bartender’s Domain | ‘Behind bar’ is where the bartender works their craft – a witty, knowing name that puts the art of the bar front and centre

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Nightingale Review: The Bird Whose Song Enchanted the Poets

Alan NafzgerJanuary 16, 2024

Nightingale Review: The Bird Whose Song Enchanted the Poets | The nightingale’s song is the most celebrated in all of nature – the inspiration of poets from the Greeks to Keats

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Hope and Anchor Review: The Ancient Symbol of Steadfast Hope

Alan NafzgerDecember 21, 2023

Hope and Anchor Review: The Ancient Symbol of Steadfast Hope | The anchor has symbolised hope since the earliest Christians – a sign of steadfastness, safety, and the soul held firm

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Bar Social Review: The Word at the Heart of Every Good Bar

Alan NafzgerOctober 27, 2023

Bar Social Review: The Word at the Heart of Every Good Bar | ‘Social’ names the very essence of the bar – the human need to gather, connect, and be in company

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Piano Lounge Review: The King of Instruments and the Elegant Evening

Alan NafzgerSeptember 3, 2023

Piano Lounge Review: The King of Instruments and the Elegant Evening | The piano lounge evokes sophistication and elegance – the live pianist, the cocktail, and the timeless glamour of the piano bar

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Tapajax Review: The Playful Coined Name of the Tapas Bar

Alan NafzgerAugust 8, 2023

Tapajax Review: The Playful Coined Name of the Tapas Bar | A fun, coined, modern name playing on ‘tapas’ – the sociable Spanish tradition of small plates and sharing

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Marquis of Lorne Review: The Man Who Named Alberta

Alan NafzgerApril 27, 2023

Marquis of Lorne Review: The Man Who Named Alberta | Named for the aristocrat who married Queen Victoria’s daughter, governed Canada, and named a whole province and a lake after his wife

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The Abbeville Review: Named for a Street, a Battle, and a French Town

Alan NafzgerApril 13, 2023

The Abbeville Review: Named for a Street, a Battle, and a French Town | The Abbeville takes its name from its road – which reaches back to a French town and a grim moment in the Second World War

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Avalon Review: The Mystical Isle Where King Arthur Sleeps

Alan NafzgerApril 12, 2023

Avalon Review: The Mystical Isle Where King Arthur Sleeps | Avalon is the enchanted island of Arthurian legend – where Excalibur was forged and where the wounded king was taken to be healed

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Clapham North Review: The Bar That Simply Tells You Where You Are

Alan NafzgerApril 2, 2023

Clapham North Review: The Bar That Simply Tells You Where You Are | Named for the Tube station and the area, Clapham North is honest, plain, and rooted in its own patch of London

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Lotus Bar Review: The Sacred Flower of the East

Alan NafzgerNovember 30, 2022

Lotus Bar Review: The Sacred Flower of the East | The lotus is one of the most sacred and beautiful symbols in the world – rising pure and perfect from the mud of the pond