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I’ve been re-reading Mark Lewisohn’s majestic biography of the Beatles (or at least the first volume thereof; we fans are still waiting for him to release the second…
I walk past the entrance of the Soho Car Park in Poland Street on most days. Although quite a nondescript opening, it deserves some celebrity as this was…
How was your week? Mine was a bit of a wash out. Not only did it seem to always be raining, or threatening to rain, or else the…
I think this might be the finest smelling shop in London. Like its neighbour I Camisa & Son it is a tiny establishment in Old Compton Street, but…
I work around the corner from Old Compton Street and am partial to a Friday portion of fish and chips from the fabulous Poppies restaurant on that street….
Milroys has been selling whisky in Soho since 1964. I’ve been in London for more than three decades and I’ve bought the odd bottle of whisky for Christmas…
Entering from D’Arblay Street, the first thing you notice is an old “ghost” sign for R N Cattle & Son Limited. Mr Cattle and his colleagues were woodworkers. The…
I seem to be getting mildly obsessed by the origin of street names in Soho. This one, Bateman Street, which connects Dean Street to Greek Street was named…
It sits at 52 Greek Street on the corner of Bateman Street. It an unusual, unique circular shopfront that opens onto both streets. It sells clothes of the…
I must walk past this place half a dozen times each week but have only just noticed that it has been tarted up. Rippon’s Newsagent is on Dean Street…