Lincoln Arms Review: The Cathedral City, Not the President
Lincoln Arms Review: The Cathedral City, Not the President | A 4.4 pub named Lincoln – almost certainly the English cathedral city, though the name conjures an American president
Tag: King’s Cross pub
The Fellow Review: An Ordinary Word for an Ordinary Bloke
The Fellow Review: An Ordinary Word for an Ordinary Bloke | A 4.2 pub named ‘The Fellow’ – the plain, warm, old-fashioned English word for a chap, a companion, a decent sort
The Escape Review: A Pub Named After What Pubs Are For
The Escape Review: A Pub Named After What Pubs Are For | A 4.1 pub named The Escape, honouring the deepest purpose of the pub – a refuge from the ordinary world
The Golden Lion Review: The Heraldic Beast That Rules the Pub Sign
The Golden Lion Review: The Heraldic Beast That Rules the Pub Sign | A 4.5 pub named after the golden lion, one of the most common and most royal of all heraldic pub emblems
The Queen’s Head Review: The Monarch on the Sign, and the Piano
The Queen’s Head Review: The Monarch on the Sign, and the Piano | A 4.5 pub named after the Queen’s head, one of the most common royal pub names, and a noted piano and cocktail bar
The Thornhill Arms Review: A Landowner’s Name on the Barnsbury Streets
The Thornhill Arms Review: A Landowner’s Name on the Barnsbury Streets | A 4.2 pub named after the Thornhill family, the landowners whose name is written across this corner of Islington
Somers Town Coffee House Review: A Pub Pretending to Be a Coffee House
Somers Town Coffee House Review: A Pub Pretending to Be a Coffee House | A 4.2 pub named a coffee house, in Somers Town, the district built for the poor between three great stations
Mabel’s Tavern Review: A Woman’s Name and a Shepherd Neame Local
Mabel’s Tavern Review: A Woman’s Name and a Shepherd Neame Local | A 4.3 pub named Mabel, an old-fashioned English woman’s name, in the possessive-proprietor tradition
The Lyttelton Arms Review: A Grand Family and a Cricketing Name
The Lyttelton Arms Review: A Grand Family and a Cricketing Name | A 4.2 pub named after the Lyttelton family, aristocrats, statesmen, and one of the great cricketing dynasties of England
Shakespeare’s Head Review: The Greatest Writer on the Pub Sign
Shakespeare’s Head Review: The Greatest Writer on the Pub Sign | A 4.7 pub named after William Shakespeare, whose face on the sign honours the greatest writer in the English language
Abbey Tavern Review: The Monastery, the Ale, and the End of the Road
Abbey Tavern Review: The Monastery, the Ale, and the End of the Road | A 4.2 pub named after the abbey, closing our King’s Cross survey with the ancient link between the monastery and the making of beer
The Skinners Arms Review: The Livery Company That Fought Over Precedence
The Skinners Arms Review: The Livery Company That Fought Over Precedence | A 4.4 pub named after the Skinners, one of the Great Twelve livery companies, whose feud over rank gave English a famous phrase
The Union Tavern Review: A Canalside Pub and a Loaded Word
The Union Tavern Review: A Canalside Pub and a Loaded Word | A 4.6 canalside pub named Union, a word carrying the union of kingdoms, of workers, and of the waters that meet at its door
The Cock Tavern Review: The Rooster, the Cheapest Pints, and an Old Word
The Cock Tavern Review: The Rooster, the Cheapest Pints, and an Old Word | A 4.5 Irish pub named after the cockerel, one of the oldest pub emblems, serving some of the cheapest pints in London
The Harrison Review: A Surname, a Songwriter’s Home, and Live Music
The Harrison Review: A Surname, a Songwriter’s Home, and Live Music | A 4.5 pub and hotel with a plain surname and a strong reputation for live music and spoken word
The Lucas Arms Review: A Surname Lost to History
The Lucas Arms Review: A Surname Lost to History | A 4.4 pub named after a Lucas nobody now remembers, a reminder that most pub names honour the comfortably forgotten
The Crown & Anchor Review: The Royal Navy on the Pub Sign
The Crown & Anchor Review: The Royal Navy on the Pub Sign | A 4.4 pub named after the Crown and Anchor, the old emblem of the Royal Navy and a symbol of loyalty and hope
The Dolphin Review: The Friendliest Beast on the Pub Sign
The Dolphin Review: The Friendliest Beast on the Pub Sign | A 4.3 pub named after the dolphin, an emblem of the sea, of speed, and of an old English royal title nobody remembers
Rugby Tavern Review: The School, the Sport, and the Boy Who Picked Up the Ball
Rugby Tavern Review: The School, the Sport, and the Boy Who Picked Up the Ball | A 4.3 pub named Rugby, after the estate whose school gave its name to the sport born when a boy picked up the ball and ran
King Charles I Review: A Tiny Cult Pub Named After a Beheaded King
King Charles I Review: A Tiny Cult Pub Named After a Beheaded King | A 4.7 pub named after the only English king ever executed, formerly the Craic House, and one of the best little boozers in King’s Cross
The Star of Kings Review: The Star That Led the Kings to Bethlehem
The Star of Kings Review: The Star That Led the Kings to Bethlehem | A 4.1 pub whose name evokes the Star of Bethlehem and the three kings, folded together with the King’s Cross location
The Rose & Crown Review: The Sign That Ended a Civil War
The Rose & Crown Review: The Sign That Ended a Civil War | A 4.6 pub named after the Rose and Crown, the emblem that marked the end of the Wars of the Roses and the birth of the Tudor dynasty