Author
Jimmy McIntosh
11 articles
Jimmy McIntosh writes about pubs and drinking for the Fence, and tours grotty boozers on TikTok with the air of a budget Jonathan Meades. He now edits the magazine Sir!
Articles
The Grogfather
Saluting Nofio Pecoraro Junior, the Italian-American fugitive who became the landlord of a pub in south London.
10 November 2025
A Bit of Liquor Sauce
Canning Town is the birthplace of Danny Dyer, and it’s also London’s most rapidly gentrifying neighbourhood. Our pints correspondent went there for a few scoops.
4 April 2025
A Pint of Plane
Following a famous footballers’ binge.
11 July 2024
The Life of Reilly
Our pints correspondent ventures through time and place at a gently pissed pace, in search of John Betjeman's London.
11 March 2024
Looking for Bagley’s
Our pints correspondent went for a night out in King’s Cross.
8 December 2023
Oliver Reed’s Big Night Out
Our pints correspondent drinks in the shadow of a giant.
20 October 2023
At His Majesty’s Pleasure
Our pints correspondent took the train to Poundbury for King Charles’ coronation.
16 August 2023
Something Is Rotten on the Street of Denmark
Outernet is one of the most controversial new buildings in central London. We sent our pints correspondent for an evening under its glaring great screens.
23 May 2023
Strangers in the Night
Our resident booze maven went for a night out in Parliament.
18 April 2023
Where the River Joins the Water
Our resident pints correspondent headed out to the furthest reaches of the capital.
17 April 2023
A Night Out at The Lighterman
An evening at London’s most isolated pub.
23 December 2022