Editing Pub (section)

===London===
{{See also|List of real London pubs in literature}}
Many of London's pubs are known to have been used by famous people, but in some cases, such as the association between [[Samuel Johnson]] and [[Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese]], this is speculative, based on little more than the fact that the person is known to have lived nearby. However, [[Charles Dickens]] is known to have visited the Cheshire Cheese, the [[Prospect of Whitby]], [[Ye Olde Cock Tavern]] and many others. [[Samuel Pepys]] is also associated with the Prospect of Whitby and the Cock Tavern.

The [[Fitzroy Tavern]]<ref>[http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/70/703/ Fitzroy Tavern, Fitzrovia, London W1T 2NA] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100930184905/http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/70/703 |date=30 September 2010 }}.</ref> is a pub situated at 16 [[Charlotte Street]] in the [[Fitzrovia]] district, to which it gives its name. It became famous (or according to others, infamous) during a period spanning the 1920s to the mid-1950s as a meeting place for many of London's artists, [[intellectual]]s and [[Bohemianism|bohemian]]s such as [[Dylan Thomas]], [[Augustus John]], and [[George Orwell]]. Several establishments in [[Soho]], London, have associations with well-known, post-war literary and artistic figures, including the [[Pillars of Hercules (pub)|Pillars of Hercules]], [[the Colony Room]] and the [[Coach and Horses, Soho|Coach and Horses]]. The Canonbury Tavern, [[Canonbury]], was the prototype for Orwell's ideal English pub, ''[[The Moon Under Water]]''.
[[File:The Red Lion, Whitehall, London SW1 - geograph.org.uk - 1419086.jpg|thumb|right|The Red Lion in [[Whitehall]] is close to the [[Houses of Parliament]] and is frequented by [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Members of Parliament]] (MPs) and political journalists.]]
The [[Red Lion, Westminster|Red Lion]] in [[Whitehall]] is close to the [[Palace of Westminster]] and is consequently used by political journalists and [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Members of Parliament]] (MPs). The pub is equipped with a [[Division bell]] that summons MPs back to the chamber when they are required to take part in a vote.<ref>{{cite news |title=Westminster: For whom the division bell tolls |first=Nick |last=Lloyd-Jones |newspaper=The Independent |date=4 May 2005 |url=https://www.questia.com/library/1P2-1941469/uk-focus-westminster-for-whom-the-division-bell |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602084949/http://www.questia.com/library/1P2-1941469/uk-focus-westminster-for-whom-the-division-bell |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 June 2013 | location=London}}</ref> [[The Punch Bowl, Mayfair]] was at one time jointly owned by [[Madonna]] and [[Guy Ritchie]].<ref name=Telegraph>{{cite news | date = 20 November 2009 | title = Madonna and Guy Ritchie reach divorce settlement |work=The Daily Telegraph  |author1=Gammell, Caroline  |author2=Singh, Anita   |name-list-style=amp | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/3490550/Madonna-and-Guy-Ritchie-reach-divorce-settlement.html | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130505063252/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/3490550/Madonna-and-Guy-Ritchie-reach-divorce-settlement.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 5 May 2013 | access-date =17 December 2009 | location=London}}</ref> The [[Coleherne public house]] in [[Earls Court]] was a well-known gay pub from the 1950s. It attracted many well-known patrons, such as [[Freddie Mercury]], [[Kenny Everett]] and [[Rudolph Nureyev]]. It was used by the serial-killer [[Colin Ireland]] to pick up victims.

[[Jack Straw's Castle, Hampstead|Jack Straw's Castle]] was a pub named after [[Jack Straw (rebel leader)|Jack Straw]], one of the three leaders of [[Peasants' Revolt]], the pub was active since the 14th century until its destruction by [[the Blitz]] during the [[Second World War]].

In 1966 [[the Blind Beggar]] in [[Whitechapel]] became infamous as the scene of a murder committed by gangster [[Ronnie Kray]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/4/newsid_2515000/2515103.stm |title=BBC ON THIS DAY &#124; 1969: Kray twins guilty of McVitie murder |work=BBC News |date=4 March 1976 |access-date=9 March 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071227225232/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/4/newsid_2515000/2515103.stm |archive-date=27 December 2007}}</ref> The [[Ten Bells]] is associated with several of the victims of [[Jack the Ripper]]. In 1955, [[Ruth Ellis]], the last woman executed in the United Kingdom, shot David Blakely as he emerged from the Magdala in [[South Hill Park (London street)|South Hill Park]], [[Hampstead]],<ref>[http://www.fancyapint.com/pubs/pub526.html "The Magdala"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090331225736/http://www.fancyapint.com/pubs/pub526.html |date=31 March 2009 }} ''FancyaPint.com'' (Retrieved 13 February 2010)</ref> the bullet holes can still be seen in the walls outside. It is said that [[Vladimir Lenin]] and a young [[Joseph Stalin]] met in the Crown and Anchor pub (now known as the Crown Tavern) on [[Clerkenwell Green]] when the latter was visiting London in 1903.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shadyoldlady.com/location.php?loc=2007|title=Lenin and Stalin met here|website=Shady Old Lady's Guide to London|access-date=13 May 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309235124/http://www.shadyoldlady.com/location.php?loc=2007|archive-date=9 March 2012}}</ref>

[[The Angel, Islington]] was formerly a [[coaching inn]], the first on the [[Great North Road (Great Britain)|Great North Road]], the main route northwards out of London, where [[Thomas Paine]] is believed to have written much of ''[[Rights of Man]]'' (1791). It was mentioned by Charles Dickens, became a [[Lyons Corner House]], and is now a [[The Co-operative Bank|Co-operative Bank]].