Many people go to their local to buy a couple of pints of beer, maybe even some peanuts. Media giant,

Piers Morgan, however, operates on a suitably larger scale. The journalist turned T.V star recently revealed that he has bought The Hansom Cab, a smart Gastro-pub near his home in Kensington. Emphasising that the family-owned pub is a cultural motif with which he grew up, he revealed to reporters that his brother Rupert is to manage the venture, and his wife will serve as guest bar-maid on Friday nights; "I'm still negotiating her outfit", he joked.