LONDON, PRINCESS LOUISE, HOLBORN. The reopening is now rescheduled for 3 
January. I will try and reconfirm this for you the day before as I know 
a number of people are thinking of queueing up at the door. However, 
this depends on my getting hold of somebody to give me a clear answer – 
I’ll do my best.

I had a sneak preview and it is looking utterly amazing with the 
Victorian-style screens back in place (including curved etched glass). 
They’ve also laid new mosaic-work down the right-hand corridor (and I 
presume the same is intended for the left)

LONDON REGIONAL INVENTORY. Jane Jephcote and I have now very largely 
finished the work for the new edition of the London RI, which will be 
coming out under the sexier title of London Heritage Pubs: An Inside 
Story with a strap line of Historic Pub Interiors in the Capital. It is 
being published by CAMRA Books, probably early July, and they are 
planning a really good looking effort. We are heading for about 152 pubs 
and that’s up on the previous 133 (despite losses) thanks to excellent 
leads provided by lots of people. The new book will have much fuller 
descriptions than before and it is expected that every pub will be 
illustrated. So if you know of any hot London leads let me know PDQ.

Merry Christmas and happy historic pub visiting in the New Year.

Geoff