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Two pints of lager and a view of St Paul’s: the secret life of London’s most thrilling boozers

What makes a pub special? From the perfect place to flog atomic secrets to the official strictly protected viewpoint for St Paul’s, a new bo

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Gin Palaces in Regency England

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With the reduction of duties the consumption of domestic spirits more than doubled in England and Wales, rising from just under 3,700,000 gallons in 1825 to just over 7,400,000 in 1826. The number of licences to sell spirits also shot up and with them the number of gin palaces.

The combination – rising consumption and an explosion of outlets – fuelled the nascent temperance movement. Concerns…

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