The Last Landlady: An English Memoir

A Guardian, Spectator and Mail on Sunday Book of the Year 2018

"A lyrical portrait of a fast-vanishing way of life . . . Thompson is a terrific writer." — New Statesman

Laura Thompson’s grandmother Violet was one of the great landladies. Born in a London pub, she became the first woman to be given a publican’s licence in her own name and, just as pubs defined her life, she seemed in many ways to embody their essence.

Laura spent part of her ...