The bricks and arches of cavernous Cargo keep Shoreditch music fans in a blissful state of whatever-nextness. Happily, it's just far enough from the main...

Seen by day, the Old Queen's Head is a large, attractive pub, its big fireplace surrounded by upholstered sofas and gilt-framed portraits in a church-like...

A longtime fixture on the Camden pub circuit, the Dublin Castle has witnessed the launch of many a career. Note, for instance, the signed poster of Madness...

This bar-restaurant attracts a friendly mix of creatives, tourists and City boys. It comprises a small square of terrace and a large sunken bar area, where...

In the building that formerly housed La Finca, the Lexington is an unexpectedly handsome place. Many punters head here for the first-floor music venue,...

Without the attraction of regular live music or the guarantee of an easy drink after midnight, this large corner bar close to Goldsmiths would be as it was...

The 'Tourist Welcome Coaches Welcome' sign isn't blind optimism: stuck out on a bend of the main road between Peckham and Europe, this idiosyncratic gem...

The Betsey, as it's universally known around Clerkenwell, has never quite managed to settle on an identity, but its all-things-to-some-people approach works...

When this seen-'em-all pub and music venue successfully campaigned against proposals to transform it into a gastropub at the end of 2009, its PR war relied...