How Long Does It Take to Draw a Picture of Every Pub in London?

10 mooreds 7 6/10/2025, 11:17:31 AM nytimes.com ↗

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simonw · 5h ago
Those drawings are beautiful. Here's her Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lydiawooddrawings/ and TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lydiawooddrawings

I love the ambition of attempting to draw 2,500 pubs, at a rate of about 3 a week, spending a full day on each one. That should keep her busy for at least 17 years. 300 done already!

n4r9 · 5h ago
wdaher · 4h ago
A bit reminiscent of Tallis's "London Street Views": https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015051808932&se...
tdeck · 5h ago
The "archive" angle feels like a stretch to me - there are already photos of all of these pubs, so it's not as if their appearance would otherwise be lost to history.
timewizard · 5h ago
I guess we'll never be fully rid of industry bought puff pieces but to put this in the "World" section is absurd.
dylan604 · 4h ago
some people read HN in their free time. this person has decided to draw pubs in her free time. i don't see her making shit posts about how you choose to use your free time.

if it were not for this article, I'd never have known that someone was trying to draw by hand every single pub in London. so it was successful in delivering news to me

tomcam · 3h ago
Ah what is the industry? Big Pub?

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