Pubcast 7: The Tipperary, Fleet Street, EC4

In this pubcast, Alex takes Dave to the Tipperary, the first place to sell Guinness outside of Ireland, and thus the first ever Irish Pub outside of Ireland (where they, apparently, are just called pubs). Alex buys Dave a pint of the black stuff, and therefore denies Dave the opportunity to ask for a handled glass, much to Alex’s relief. Furthermore, some truly shocking information is revealed - this is yet another pub in which Dickens drank, which just adds to Alex and Dave's theory that he was a talentless drunken hack. Or at least enjoyed several ales in between penning novels with amusingly named characters.CAMRA actually rave on about the interior of the pub, claiming it to be one of the finest historical interiors in London. However, Greene King gutted the place in the 1960s and refitted it to make it look all old, so that just goes to show that drinking copious amounts of ale and sporting facial hair akin to unkempt shrubbery means you know absolutely nothing about historical interiors.That Dave and Alex were also fooled by the interior is neither here nor there.