I’ve visited hundreds of pubs in the UK: If you visit only one boozer in the whole of the capital, make it this one
LONDON tour guide, John Warland, who has visited hundreds of boozers in the English capital has named Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese as the city’s must-visit pub.
John is the founder of Liquid History Tours where punters are taken to some of the capital’s lesser-visited drinking holes.
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He has also written two books on the subject, Liquid History and Local Legends Hidden Pubs of London, making him a proper pub expert.
Speaking exclusively to Sun Travel, John said: “If you were to visit one pub, make it Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese on Fleet Street”.
“It was originally built in the 16th century, then it burnt down in 1666 and got rebuilt in 1667 – and that’s what you enter to this day.
“It’s kind of dark and gloomy on the outside, with a little snickety entrance just off Fleet Street that has a beautiful view of St Paul’s Cathedral.
“It was mentioned in Dickens’ Tale of Two Cities – when Charles Darnay retreats there for a simple supper and a few fine wines.
“It’s a place that was frequented by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Theodore Roosevelt, and it was the real social network until the 1980s when Fleet Street kind of comes to an end in terms of journalism.
“The pub itself has six or seven storeys in total, and you can descend to the bowels of the basement – there’s no music, there’s no jukeboxes and there’s no televisions.
“The pub is run by Samuel Smith breweries, so the drinks offering is traditional – it’s quite limited in its own respect, as there’s no Guinness, there’s no Smirnoff, but it’s a place to retreat from the modern world.
“Get a simple drink, sit by the fire – sit where Dickens sat, see where Dr Johnson possibly wrote some of his entries to the dictionary.
“That sense of layers of history… that’s an absolute sort of crackerjack, with all these nooks and crannies, despite being on the well-beaten tourist trail, between St Paul’s and Covent Garden.”
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The pub is also home to another famous two-legged resident, who was so well-loved that they were stuffed and displayed behind the bar – Polly the parrot.
John said: “Polly the Parrot can still be found behind the bar – she lived in the pub for years, then passed away in 1926, and because all the journalists loved Polly so much, they recorded her passing in around 200 newspapers from Cape Town to Montreal, New Zealand to Peking.
“She’s still behind the bar in a glass cabinet looking down on you as sort of the mascot of the pub.
“I think a great historic pub should make you feel something, and this has 400 years worth of history, as well as being a lovely place to tuck yourself away with a pint of stout and a sticky toffee pudding.”
Expect to pay London prices for pints, with main meals starting from as little as £14.25
Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese has a 4/5 star rating from thousands of reviews on TripAdvisor.
Punters described the boozer as “amazing” and “very Dickensian” in their online reviews.
One person said: “If Charles Dickens dropped in he would have found little has changed. From a narrow alley off busy Fleet Street, you enter thru old old doors and instantly get transported 500 years back.”
What about London's best pubs?
The Sun’s Head of Travel (Digital) Caroline McGuire rounds up some of the best pubs in the capital…
LONDON is chock full of fantastic pubs.
Whether you’re looking for an old man’s boozer, a gastro pub or a cosy pitstop with a roaring fire, there is the perfect pub for everyone in the capital.
My top tip? Try and avoid the ones in the tourist spots of Covent Garden, Leicester Square and so on, unless you’ve got a recommendation. As no self-respecting Londoner would be seen dead in them.
Here is a selection of our favourite London pubs, from some of the heaviest drinkers we know…
Central London:
- Guinea Grill, Mayfair – great steak and pies
- The Portman, Marble Arch
- Star & Garter, Soho – proper spit and sawdust pub
- The George, Mortimer Street – great all rounder
- Burlington Arm, off Saville Row – Great scotch egg
- The Red Lion, Crown Passage – dark, old and interesting history with Charles II and his mistress Nell Gwyn
- Ye Grapes, Shepherds Market
- The Chesterfield Arms, Hertford Street – super cute
- The Newman Arms, Fitzrovia
- The Lamb & Flag, Mayfair
- Sun and 13 Cantons, Soho
- Dog And Duck on Frith Street, Soho
- The French House, Soho
- Coach and Horses (Greek St). Soho
- Ship & Shovel on Craven Passage, off Embankment
- The Crown & Two Chairmen on Dean Street, Soho
- Nellie Dean on Dean Street, Soho
- The Toucan, Carlisle Street in Soho – so small that you have to stand outside but still an institution
- Bradleys Spanish Bar, Hanway Street near Oxford Street
- Blue Post, Berwick Street, Soho – you can take your own lunch in
- The Eagle in Farringdon, cool gastro pub
- The Lore of the Land, Fitzrovia – owned by Guy Ritchie
Outside of central London:
- The George, Borough SE1
- Royal Oak, Columbia Road, East London
- Cutty Sark Greenwich, South East London
- The Royal Oak, Tabard St, SE1
- The Prospect of Whitby, Wapping, East London
- The Lord Clyde, Borough, SE1
- Dog and Bell (Deptford), South East London
- Efra Tavern (Brixton), South West London
- Skehan’s in Telegraph Hill, South East London
- The Ivyhouse (London’s first community pub) in Nunhead, South East London
- The Culpeper in Aldgate, East London
- The City Barge, Chiswick, West London
- Windsor Castle in Notting Hill, West London
- The Sun in Splendour, Notting Hill
- The Albert, Princess road, Primrose Hill, West London
- The Cow, Notting Hill, West London
- The Spaniards Inn, Hampstead, North West London
- The Parakeet Pub in Kentish Town, North West London
- The Lord Clyde in Borough, SE1 – proper old man’s pub
- Golden Heart on Hanbury St, Spitalfields, East London
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Earlier this year, John named another pub to visit in London – you can read about it here.
Meanwhile, the Sun’s Head of Travel (Digital) Caroline McGuire thinks she’s found the most child-friendly pub in London, with a bowling alley and a huge slide.
‘I spent 10 minutes with him…’ Gary Lineker reveals what Mo Salah said about Liverpool future as contract runs down
GARY LINEKER lifted the lid on what Mo Salah told him about his Liverpool future.
The Reds hero, 32, is out of contract at the end of the season – alongside Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold.
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Salah can now negotiate a pre-contract agreement with a new club outside of the UK.
He even admitted earlier in the season he is “more out than in” and that this is his “last year” at Anfield because there has been no update on an extension to his deal.
Liverpool fans are desperate for a breakthrough to ensure Salah stays after 236 goals and eight trophies in seven-and-a-half years – including two at Bournemouth this weekend.
A move to Saudi Arabia continues to be on the cards after Al-Ittihad bid £170million for the forward in 2023.
And Salah’s recent conversation with Lineker will have done little to alleviate supporters’ fears.
The outgoing Match of the Day host discussed his chat with the Liverpool star on his The Rest Is Football podcast.
And it could hint that Salah is leaning towards an exit.
Lineker said: “He’s a lovely guy. I spent ten minutes with him when I went to visit Arne Slot [for a BBC interview].”
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Alan Shearer replied: “Did you not get it out of him whether he’s staying or going or not?”
And Lineker added: “He asked me, ‘How old were you when you finished?’
“And I said, ‘Well, English football I finished when I was 32 and then I went to play in Japan for a couple of years.’
“And he went, ‘Ah, you went for the money did you?’
“And I said, ‘Well yeah I suppose so.’
“And he went, ‘Yeah, I might do the same.’ Then he winked at the press guy that was there.
“It was just a joke but he has got that cheeky sense of humour has Mo.”
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But Salah’s joke may have a hint of truth in it.
Saudi chiefs are still determined to lure the Arab world’s greatest footballer to their mega-money league before he hangs up his boots.
And they won’t want to wait any longer to sign their latest marquee transfer – and follow in the footsteps of Cristiano Ronaldo.
A whopping £65m payday for just two seasons in the desert is potentially on the cards to tempt Salah to the Saudi Pro League.
And Turki Alalshikh, who has masterminded Saudi Arabia’s effective takeover of professional boxing, even fuelled speculation a deal could get done.
He posted a mocked-up image of the two-time African Footballer of the Year in an Al-Hilal shirt.
Five Mo Salah strops at Liverpool
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Five times things have got heated during Mo Salah's Liverpool career.
West Ham 2 Liverpool 2 – April 28, 2024
Salah gets into a heated argument with Klopp as he refuses to shake the manager’s hand before coming on at the London Stadium.
Liverpool 3 Sheffield United 1 – April 4, 2024
Salah shakes his head as he is subbed off during Liverpool’s 3-1 win over the basement club.
Chelsea 1 Liverpool 1 – August 13, 2023
Salah storms off the pitch after being replaced on 77 minutes on the first day of the season.
Brighton 1 Liverpool 1 – November 28, 2020
Salah throws his arms up in the air and barely looks at Klopp after being subbed off. Brighton go on to equalise with a last minute penalty.
Burnley 0 Liverpool 3 – August 31, 2019
Salah gets in a public spat with Sadio Mane after failing to pass to the winger. Team-mate Roberto Firmino says the row had been brewing for some time.
Love Island feud exposed as former ‘best mates’ snub each other and delete pics after secret fall out
EAGLE-EYED Love Island fans have called out a show feud between two former BFFs.
The pair formed a close bond during their stint in the ITV2 villa – and continued their flourishing friendship in the real world.
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Claudia Fogarty, 30, and Samie Elishi, 24, were often seen on boozy days out or soaking up the sunshine on glam holidays together.
The Love Island duo also splashed out on a £300-a-night cruise to Mallorca back in 2023.
Yet loyal fans have now suggested their friendship has cooled – even to the extent they have unfollowed each other on Instagram.
One took to Reddit to muse: “I’m sure they were best mates for a long period of time after Love Island. They appear to have unfollowed each other and removed all photos of them together…”
Another commented: “Hmm wonder what happened in November?! They were hanging out, posting each other, interacting on IG and then nothing.
“Seemed like something must’ve happened then because that’s when they were last together for a Spacenk event on November 12th and then after that they stopped interacting with each other entirely
“Seems like Samie and Danielle (Claudia’s sister) also unfollowed each other as well.”
Another gushed: “Oh now that’s tea. they were best friends,” as one added: “Ohhh that is strange. They were very tight for a while.”
Another then bluntly put: “It’s going to be over a man isn’t it.”
STRONG BOND
Claudia proved a source of support for Samie amid her thyroid cancer scare following their villa stint.
The brave TV star had a lump removed from her throat and shared a snap from her hospital bed shortly after her Hemithyroidectomy operation.
Claudia was quick to write at the time: “Love you so proud of you.”
As well as the lump, Samie also told this week how she’d need to have half of her thyroid removed.
Love Island All Stars 2025 official line-up
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Love Island All Stars is back on TV for season 2.
Here we take you through the line-up of all the Islanders who are in the villa so far.
- Scott Thomas – season 2 (2016)
- Marcel Somerville – season 3 (2017) – OUT
- India Reynolds – season 2 (2017) – OUT
- Gabby Allen – season 3 (2017)
- Elma Pazar – season 5 (2019)
- Curtis Pritchard – season 5 (2019)
- Kaz Crossley – season 5 (2019) – OUT
- Olivia Hawkins – season 10 (2023) – OUT
- Nas Majeed – season 6 (2020) – OUT
- Luca Bish – season 8 (2022)
- Catherine Agbaje – season 10 (2023)
- Ronnie Vint – season 11 (2024)
Bombshells
Each series brings with it a string of hot single bombshells making their epic entrance into the villa.
Here’s who has joined the villa so far:
- Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu – season 8 (2022)
- Casey O’Gorman – season 9 (2023) and All Stars (2024)
- Ron Hall – season 9 (2023)
- Tina Stinnes – season 2 (2016)
- Grace Jackson – season 11 (2024)
- Harriet Blackmore – season 11 (2024)
- Montel McKenzie – season 10 (2023) – OUT
- Sammy Root – season 10 (2023)
- Danielle Sellers – season 3 (2017)
Following the surgery she took to Instagram to update fans.
Alongside the snap of her in a hospital bed, she wrote: “Surgery complete guys!
“I feel absolutely fine, no drainage was needed or anything. I’m very lucky.
“I’m now on rest duty but will be vlogging the recovery. Every day I receive soo many supportive messages from you guys.
“Me raising awareness has lead to some of you having this surgery and getting lumps in your necks checked. If I can help one person that’s enough.”
Samie’s health concerns were discovered after Love Island viewers pointed out her lump.
She placed third on the hit-ITV dating programme with ex Tom Clare, behind winners Kai Fagan and Sanam Harrinanan and runners-up Ron Hall and Lana Jenkins.
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My tragic son came home from school trip with headache…we thought he was fine until he sent chilling text
A HEARTBROKEN mum told how her son died after coming home from school with a headache and sent a chilling text.
Ethan Treharne, from Surrey, was just 15 when he returned from a Duke of Edinburgh trip and complained of having a headache.
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His mother Nikki, 53, told how they assumed he was exhausted from the experience but their nightmare began just two days later.
She told SurreyLive: “I was at work when my husband called me to say not to worry but Ethan had messaged him from to school to say ‘Dad I need a doctor’s appointment, I can’t find my words and my face has dropped’.”
Ethan was rushed to A&E and within a few hours scans revealed the teen had a mass on his brain.
He was blue-lighted to Southampton for an emergency operation and diagnosed with a glioblastoma tumour, a very aggressive form of cancer.
The family were informed shortly after surgery Ethan’s tumor was incurable.
Nikki said: “We were blindly just going along with family life totally unaware that this deadly killer was lurking in his head.”
The brave schoolboy underwent three craniotomies, chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
But Nikki slammed the care her son received and the treatments as “barbaric and exhausting”.
She said Ethan was experiencing daily seizures after undergoing radiotherapy, as well as the gruelling side effects of chemotherapy.
Steroids courses were “one of the worst drugs”, according to the mum, who said they made her son unrecognizable.
The family travelled to Germany to access more alternative treatments that weren’t available to Ethan in the UK because he was under 18.
Ethan tragically died when he was 17-years-old.
Nikki has since created a support group to help other families in grief called The Angel Mums, which also raises donations for brain cancer treatment and care in the UK
She said: “No parent will ever get over the loss of a child – it’s unfathomable.
“I often think when people say to me ‘I don’t know how you do it, I wouldn’t survive’, that I really don’t have a choice. I also have two other children that need me.
“You don’t survive either – the person I was before is gone. I am forever changed as Ethan is forever 17.”
Nikki and The Angel Mums are also trying to raise awareness around brain tumors.
They are the biggest killer of children and the under 40s, but “receive the lowest allocation of funding”, said Nikki.
The determined mum highlighted how treatment has remained the same for three decades but only has a 7% chance of working.
She compared the statistics in stark contrast to research and progress for breast and blood cancers.
Nikki warned: “We should be given the chance to save frozen tissue as standard during surgery as this is what is needed for immunotherapy.”
The Angel Mums fundraise for the Tessa Jowell Foundation through a JustGiving page.
The most common symptoms of a brain tumour
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More than 12,000 Brits are diagnosed with a primary brain tumour every year — of which around half are cancerous — with 5,300 losing their lives.
The disease is the most deadly cancer in children and adults aged under 40, according to the Brain Tumour Charity.
Brain tumours reduce life expectancies by an average of 27 years, with just 12 per cent of adults surviving five years after diagnosis.
There are two main types, with non-cancerous benign tumours growing more slowly and being less likely to return after treatment.
Cancerous malignant brain tumours can either start in the brain or spread there from elsewhere in the body and are more likely to return.
Brain tumours can cause headaches, seizures, nausea, vomiting and memory problems, according to the NHS.
They can also lead to changes in personality weakness or paralysis on one side of the problem and problems with speech or vision.
The nine most common symptoms are:
- Headaches
- Seizures
- Feeling sick
- Being sick
- Memory problems
- Change in personality
- Weakness or paralysis on one side of the body
- Vision problems
- Speech problems
If you are suffering any of these symptoms, particularly a headache that feels different from the ones you normally get, you should visit your GP.
Source: NHS
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