The Jolly Fisherman review – last orders for an east London boozer in tense tale

Underbelly, George Square, Edinburgh A real-life pub closure inspires a sensitive and subtle drama about friendship and community by John Dinneen Two years ago, it was reported that a pub in Barking called The Jolly Fisherman had found a buyer after five years of dereliction. The prospective owner was a Muslim charity, which planned to turn a former business based on alcohol into a place of abstinence. In one respect, a building that had been the focus of community life in this part of east L...

By Mark Fisher