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Although Gilbert Keith Chesterton never came to pubnight, having died before it started, you can't help feeling he would have approved.<br /><br />Amongst his writing is much in favour of pubs, and pubby things, in particular poems such as his <span style="font-style: italic;">[[Ballard of an Anti-Puritan]].</span>&nbsp; Nick has a particular fondness as well for <span style="font-style: italic;">[[The Saracen's Head]]</span> - which used to be a favourite pub of his in Wigan until it was demolished to avoid taking 3 inches off the Labour Club gardens when building a ring road.&nbsp;&nbsp; <span style="font-style: italic;">[[The Saracen's Head]]</span> comes from one of his most entertaining - not to say bonkers - books (which is saying quite a lot really) - <span style="font-style: italic;">[[The Flying Inn]].<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /></span></span></span></span>While researching this page, I was delighted to discover an enthusiastic and persuasive [http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/introduces/chesterton.htm introduction to Chesterton] by the great [http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/misc/dl.htm Dave Langford].<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></span></span>