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Short Hops — The Pub Canon
A curated guide to London's finest pubs — assessed against 13 named criteria and described with two things: what each pub is known for, and what to order.
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The 13 Canon badges — from The Orwell Standard to The Hogarth Clause — are original criteria created for Short Hops. Each is grounded in a literary or cultural reference but the assessments, descriptions, and editorial voice are entirely the work of this project.
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