Articles by Alissa Smith

Fuller’s Brewery tour – The Fresh Pint

Fuller’s Brewery tour – The Fresh Pint

If you are willing to shuffle down to Chiswick on a week day for a two hour tour you should go down to the Fullers brewery.  For £10 you get a tasting tour where you get to try anywhere between 6 and 10 beers, depending on your guide and how much time you have. Admittedly [...]

Ploughing through Green London

Ploughing through Green London

Want to explore this great city but not keen on the typical tourist fare? The First Pint’s Alissa Smith took an alternative tour of London.

Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre: An experience not to be missed in London

Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre: An experience not to be missed in London

Traumatised by Shakespeare from those interminable English classes? A visit to the Bard’s Globe theatre is likely to change your mind and make you unearth your interest in his plays.

Getting classy in Covent Garden for under £25

Getting classy in Covent Garden for under £25

Believe it or not, it is possible to enjoy a £25 evening in tourist-infested Covent Garden without resorting to a brown-bag dinner and watching live busker performances. Read on to find out how.