Gandalf’s London Pub that Launched a Thousand Ships

There’s something about mixing history, battered fish with chunky chips and a good ale that I can’t resist. I love English pubs and everything they stand for, but there are some that are particularly special; that have outlasted multiple eras, withstood wars and in one case … launched a thousand ships. Welcome to The Grapes,…

Inside an English Pub Buried for a Quarter of a Century

Our favourite local hangouts sometimes come and go sadly, you just have to be hopeful that something better might come along in its place. But when one local pub in the English university town of Leicester closed up shop, it didn’t exactly find new management and change up the menu or décor. When The Green Man pub went out of business,…

The Island of Royal Pubs

Throughout the Victoria era, Malta was a hive of expatriate activity. The British had arrived and made its naval base there and the royal family found it to be the perfect escape from English winters. To entertain themselves and make the cross-section of civilian society that descended on the Crown Colony more at home, they brought their home comforts…

The Notting Hill Pub with a Spicy Secret

If you’re looking for a traditional English pub with a twist, I think I have something for you. I grew up around the corner from this place, admiring the flowers passing by everyday, but I was always faithful to another local pub during my Londoner years and I never even went inside to discover its secret– until this weekend that…

Gandalf’s London Pub that Launched a Thousand Ships

Inside an English Pub Buried for a Quarter of a Century

The Island of Royal Pubs

The Notting Hill Pub with a Spicy Secret

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