coffee houses

The furious tug of war between 18th-century Whigs and Tories

8 November 2025 9:00 am

George Owers evokes the seismic cultural divisions between the parties – with different coffee houses attended, wines drunk, doctors consulted and fashions preferred

All England in a little room

26 March 2022 9:00 am

In the tight dark maze of alleys that wind between the Thames and St Paul’s the pleasures of the living…

Women sort coffee beans at the Farmers’ Cooperative Union outside Bonga, in the heart of the Kafa region

Kafa, the birthplace of coffee, was a kingdom straight out of Rider Haggard

17 February 2018 9:00 am

For many of us, coffee is the lift that eases the load of our working day. Yet the sharpened mental…