New Featured Article - Owl And The Pussycat, W13 9RT

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RGL Massive - HELLO!

This week's featured article is the charmingly named The Owl and the Pussycat, a micropub housed in a former children's bookshop. It's kept some of the original occupants' vibe with owl and pussycat tat, and lots of bookshelves, one containing a Ladybird book entitled "Peter and Jane Get Cihhorisis". Okay not really. It does offer real ale and a friendly atmosphere with informative and helpful staff.

A new page has been added for the recently opened Vue Bromley, although we haven't visited yet.

Battersea Park drinkers take note: The Duchess is dead, long live the Duchess Belle. There has been a change of management since we've last visited, so maybe drop by and let us know how it measures up against 2009's experience.

Finally, there are five reported closures, all pubs:

• The Windsor Castle on Lower Clapton Road, Hackney.
• The New Rose on Essex Road in Islington.
• The Flying Pig in East Dulwich.
• The Angel, a Fuller's pub in Hayes.
• The Paddington Packet Boat, another Fuller's pub, in Cowley.