London pub launches new ‘Harry’s Bitter’ beer that at 3.9% strength

London pub launches new ‘Harry’s Bitter’ beer that at 3.9% strength

London pub launches new ‘Harry’s Bitter’ beer that at 3.9% strength is ‘as weak as its namesake’ after Prince and Meghan’s Netflix whingefest The Duke of Sussex pub in London has a... Read more »
South London pub revellers celebrate England vs Senegal win

South London pub revellers celebrate England vs Senegal win

Santa hats were sent flying and England fans were left dreaming of World Cup glory after a comprehensive 3-0 win over Senegal set up a quarter-final tie with holders France. A composed... Read more »
KFC opens first pub in London serving fried chicken straight to tables for World Cup

KFC opens first pub in London serving fried chicken straight to tables for World Cup

KFC has opened its first pub in the capital to coincide with the World Cup in Qatar. Hammersmith watering hole The Old Suffolk Punch has been transformed into a Colonel Sanders-branded bar,... Read more »
Reaction to The Stargazer Greenwich O2 Wetherspoon pub

Reaction to The Stargazer Greenwich O2 Wetherspoon pub

Some News Shopper readers have said they “can’t fathom where the money is coming from” after the announcement of a brand new Wetherspoons pub opening inside the O2 in Greenwich. The venue... Read more »
Lifestyle manager faces jail for breaking woman’s leg in bizarre pub attack

Lifestyle manager faces jail for breaking woman’s leg in bizarre pub attack

A luxury lifestyle manager who broke a woman’s leg in a bizarre attack outside a west London pub is facing jail. James Stephenson, 37, stormed outside and shoved journalist May Woods to... Read more »
Memories of plans to convert Leyton Town Hall into a pub

Memories of plans to convert Leyton Town Hall into a pub

It’s ten years ago this week since we reported on proposals to convert a former town hall in east London into a pub. Plans have been submitted to convert part of the... Read more »
London Pub Theatre Awards 2022: winners in full

London Pub Theatre Awards 2022: winners in full

The Finborough (centre) won pub theatre of the year; Yes So I Said Yes (left), with Kevin Trainor, won best production; Siobhan Redmond won the Actors Award for her role in The... Read more »
‘It was more than a pub’ – the story of five boozers forced to call last orders | Pubs

‘It was more than a pub’ – the story of five boozers forced to call last orders | Pubs

The smoking area takes over the whole pavement. Inside everyone shouts and screams along to the karaoke, clinging to each other on the dancefloor. Every inch of the bar at the Lillie... Read more »
Historic London Pub Has Been Saved From Closure

Historic London Pub Has Been Saved From Closure

In a huge victory for pub culture, one of the UK’s most beloved boozers has just been saved from closure after a successful campaign to save it from a licence review. The... Read more »
Goodbye WFH, hello WFP (that’s working from pub) this winter | Pubs

Goodbye WFH, hello WFP (that’s working from pub) this winter | Pubs

In the historic Cutty Sark pub in Greenwich, south-east London, the cat Mahela purrs and curls up by the bar, a coffee machine hisses and a cluster of heads are studiously bowed... Read more »