On Broadwick Street in London, there is a pub called John Snow, named after the doctor who identified the water pump nearby as the source of an outbreak of cholera. In Plymouth, there is a pub named after Major-General Sir Jeremy Moore, who passed away recently.
Yes, there is an “Orwell‘s” in Glasgow, and there are plenty of Shakespeares. And the poet Louis MacNeice once won a competition to think of the most revolting name for a pub with the suggestion “The Dog Returns”.
But why are there so few pubs and bars named after writers (and the other dogs, journalists)?
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