The Moon Under Water
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The Moon Under Water was a 1946 essay by George Orwell. In the essay, which was published in the Evening Standard, Orwell provided a detailed explanation of the perfect pub, the Moon Under Water. The essay became the basis upon which the Wetherspoons chain of pubs were built and a number of them still carry the name.
Orwell stipulated ten key points that his perfect London pub should have (his criteria for country pubs being different, but unspecified). He wrote that he did not know of any pubs that had more than eight of these combined in the one location.
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