What does your ideal pub look like?
Many of you will remember George Orwell’s imaginary tavern. He called it The Moon Under Water in a 1946 article in the Evening Standard. It had good beer, no piano, simple food, an open fire, barmaids who called you ‘dear’ and a solid Victorian vibe. Children were welcome and, oddly to us, beer was served in pink china mugs.
It seems that in 1946 such pubs were rare, and Orwell says he didn’t know of one. Well, if Orwell fast-forwarded to
