The author of a new book on London's best pubs selects his favourites from across the capital

Five minutes after the opening of the world’s first pub, the world’s first prohibitionist tried to close it. Pubs have to fight hard to survive and that struggle at the moment is as hard as its ever been. Today pubs are closing at an alarming rate.

My book is a celebration of the spirit of pubishness everywhere. It is also a statement of what we stand to lose if today’s neo-Puritans get their way. If we lose our pubs it will be because we have forgotten how to enjoy them and how to enjoy ourselves.

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