Book review: Raising a glass to a vanishing tradition

Maurice Gorham's brief, impressionistic, sketches of London pub life overflow with vivid depictions of a largely vanished city

Maurice Gorham's recently-reissued 1948 book, 'Back to the Local', inspired reviewer Michael Duggan to take a field trip to pubs mentioned in it including The Windsor Castle on Francis St. Picture: Ben Broomfield 

• Back to the Local 
• Maurice Gorham
• Faber