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The Westminster Arms is a public house in the City of Westminster, London, England. It is located on Storey's Gate, about 0.2 miles (0.32 km) west of the Palace of Westminster and near Westminster Abbey. [1] It is one of six local pubs containing a division bell, [2] used to alert members of parliament that a vote will soon be taken in ...
The Newman Arms appears in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four where it was the model for the "Proles" pub. It featured again in his Keep the Aspidistra Flying, and in Michael Powell's film Peeping Tom. In 2012, the pub held a mediation meeting with Westminster City Council to address customer congestion on the pavement outside. The ...
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The Star was a pub at 38 St John's Wood Terrace in St John's Wood, in the City of Westminster, London, for approximately 200 years before closing in 2015. The Westminster City Council listed it as an asset of community value. In 2017 it reopened as a gastropub.
The Paviours Arms was a public house in Neville House, Page Street, City of Westminster, that was said to be London's most complete Art Deco pub. [1] The pub was designed by T.P. Bennett & Son, [2] around 1937. It closed in May 2003 in order for the owner, Land Securities Trillium, to redevelop Neville House. [3]
The Speaker's House was refurbished in the 1980s under Sir Robert Cooke, who served as Special Advisor to the Palace of Westminster from 1979 until 1987. [13] The present State Bedroom was created under Cooke; it was created from the drawing room of the adjacent Serjeant-at-Arms house, and linked by a new door to the State Dining Room. [13]
WASHINGTON — A subpoena recently issued to the House sergeant at arms pertains to a Democratic lawmaker and his or her use of federal funds for a security vendor, two sources familiar with the ...