A new pub has opened on the site of a legendary Stoke Newington Irish bar - but it won't be serving Guinness.
The Wollstonecraft replaces Ryan's bar, which called time at New Year's Eve after 32 years with the sign off "it's been a blast".
Nick Bailey, who also runs The Robin Ale and Cider House in Crouch Hill, has opened a new pub and dining room named after the iconic feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, who lived in Newington Green in the 1780s.
As Ryan's the pub in Stoke Newington Church Street had a hidden beer garden, Irish language classes, live music - and of course Guinness.
But posting on Instagram earlier this week Mr Bailey wrote: "We are officially open. Do bring your dogs, we insist. Kitchen and dining room coming end of August.
"Afraid you won't be splitting the g in this house. No Guinness, you see. What sort of gaff doesn't sell Guinness then? The type that favours real ale. Nothing against Guinness, mind. That's our choice of drink in the absence of real ale."
But he added: "Fear not though, plenty of the black stuff to go around from the likes of Kernel, Anspach & Hobday, Verdant, Bristol Beer Factory."
The building and adjoining former 19th century draper's shop is Grade II listed and past names have also included La Manch and the Vestry.
Posts have been teasing the pub's decor with a polished wood bar with marbling details, wooden floors, and framed artwork in honour of the author of A Vindication of the Rights of Women who co-founded a girls' school in Newington Green.
There is also an original tile artwork depicting Mary commissioned by The Wollstonecraft.
In May Mr Bailey wrote that he was "proud" to be the custodian of the former Irish pub and hoped to make the new pub "worthy" of bearing Mary's name.
"Pretty chuffed to be the new custodian of what was once Ryan’s bar.
"Custodian because it was a pub before my time and if I get it right, it will be a pub long after you and mine’s time. So yes, custodian. We are all custodians. Preservation and continuity is the name of the game."
He added that it was "tough times for pubs, what with energy bills and what-not, these issues are much discussed everywhere".
But he said: "We are the lucky ones, what a privilege it is to do this for a living."
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