Tribute – Paul Nicholls

Paul, who passed away in April, was an active member of CAMRA’s South West Essex branch. …

Tribute – Manny Garcia

Manuel Francisco Turnes Garcia, who passed away in February aged 77, was born in Galicia (north…

Early doors

I saw this subject mentioned somewhere on social media and I thought that I would pass…

The Houses of Toby

On Wednesday 16 April, CAMRA’s London Pubs Group visited five former Charrington pubs in the Hoxton…

Herne Hill’s phoenix

Down south in Herne Hill, the Bird House Brewery is thriving.  When the Canopy Brewery closed…

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CAMRA essentially remains a campaigning organisation and, with the threats currently faced by our independent pubs…

CAMRA pub information update 68

CAMRA is phasing out its WhatPub? pub database as a separate system and integrating it with…

Idle Moments – June/July 2025

Well, hello again.  Once again you find me battling to get my Idle Moment finished before…

PDF April/May 2025

The issue can be downloaded by clicking on the link below:- https://londondrinker.camra.org.uk/LD/2025/LDvol47_2.pdf A high resolution 68Mb…

Introduction to the April/May 2025 edition

I’m pleased to say that there is some positive news in our Pub News column but,…