[2] The Newman Arms appears in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four where it was the model for the "Proles" pub.

In 2012, the pub held a mediation meeting with Westminster City Council to address customer congestion on the pavement outside.

The menu reflects the food offering of previous landlord, Tracey Bird, with a focus on pies.

The building has an unofficial blue plaque in honour of the former landlord: "Joe Jenkins, ex-proprietor, poet, bon viveur and Old Git, regularly swore at everybody on these premises".

[2] A prostitute in historical costume is painted onto a bricked-over upstairs window in reference to the building's history as a brothel.