Marquis of Granby Review: The Bald General on Every Pub Sign | John Manners set up so many old soldiers as publicans that he has more pubs than anyone in England – and died penniless doing it
Leicester Arms Review: The Earls Who Kept Rebelling | A 4.3 pub named after the Earls of Leicester, a title held by some of the most powerful and rebellious men in English history
Newman Arms Review: Orwell’s Pub and a Very Disturbing Film | George Orwell put it in two novels and Michael Powell filmed a murder there. A busy little pie pub with a dark CV.
The Starman Review: Bowie’s Ghost Over a Fitzrovia Pub | A 4.3 pub named after the David Bowie song, in the city where he was born, became a star, and changed music forever
Duke of York Review: The Grand Old Duke Who Marched Them Nowhere | Ten thousand men, up a hill and down again, immortalised in a nursery rhyme that mocks a real royal military failure
Smugglers Tavern Review: There Was Nothing to Smuggle Here | Bloomsbury is about as far from the sea as central London gets, which makes it a bold choice for a smuggling theme
Fitzrovia Review: A Pub Named After a District Named After a Pub | The Fitzroy Tavern named the district, and now a pub is named after the district, and the circle is closed
TCR Bar Review: A Pub Named After an Abbreviation | Tottenham Court Road is too long to say, so the pub has become three letters – the ultimate surrender to the way people actually talk
Exmouth Arms Review: The Admiral Who Ended White Slavery | A 4.3 pub named after Viscount Exmouth, the naval commander who bombarded Algiers and freed thousands of Christian slaves
One Tun Review: A Pub Named After a Unit of Beer Measurement | A tun is 954 litres of beer. The pub is named after the barrel, which is the most honest thing a pub can possibly do.
Fitzrovia Review: A Pub Named After the District Named After a Pub | The Fitzroy Tavern named the neighbourhood. Now a second pub has named itself after the neighbourhood. The snake is eating its tail.
George and Dragon Review: England’s Patron Saint Killing a Reptile | A 4.3 pub named after St George, England’s patron saint, who was not English and may never have met a dragon
The Ship Review: A Landlocked Vessel in the Middle of Fitzrovia | One of England’s commonest pub names, on a street that has never seen the sea, in the grand tradition of the nautical pub inland
