Book Review – Ale City: St Albans’ Beer History and Remarkable Pubs

‘You can drink deep of the history of St. Albans’; so begins Roger Protz’s excellent book,…

Book News – Porter and Stout: A Complete History

Just to remind readers, Martyn’s last work, Porter and Stout: A Complete History, is now available.…

Idle moments – October / November 2025

And hello again from the Idle Moments team (i.e. me).  I apologise that this intro is…

Book News – The Good Beer Guide 2026

The latest iteration of CAMRA’s flagship publication was due to be published on 24 September.  This,…

Tribute – Nik Milo

I am sad to report the death of Nik Milo, who many east London readers will…

Tribute – Peter Needle

Members of CAMRA’s East London and City branch and Pig’s Ear Beer Festival organisers were saddened…

PDF August/September

The issue can be downloaded by clicking on the link below:- https://londondrinker.camra.org.uk/LD/2025/LDvol47_4.pdf A high resolution 68Mb…

Introduction to August/September 2025 edition

First the good news.  Despite a number of scare stories in the press, the government is…

Adverts in the August / September 2025 edition

Branch Diaries – August/September 2025

This is a list of CAMRA Greater London regional and branch events for August and September…