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Christmas drinks: Where to go in Soho while the Groucho Club is closed

Soho institution the Groucho Club has long been a popular meeting place, but where to celebrate Christmas in W1 now it’s closed (for the time being)?

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Soho's famous Groucho Club closes while police investigate claims of ‘serious crime’ on premises

The Groucho first opened in 1985 and has long been a hit with the Soho crowd

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Surreal landscapes, psychedelic techno visions and pop art fairground rides – the week in art

Pre-internet computer creations get rebooted at Tate Modern, Graham MacIndoe documents his drug use, and a Keith Haring carousel is on show in New York

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Frank Auerbach, leading figurative painter who fled Nazis, dies aged 93

Saved from the Holocaust by a sponsorship that took him from Berlin to London as a child, the artist later fell in with Soho’s artistic crowd including Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud

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Emily in London: What would a series of the show in the capital look like?

Ever since we broke the news that Emily Cooper might be coming to London for season five, we’ve been wondering: just what would Netflix's favourite American marketing executive get up to in the Big Smoke?

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Anirban Dasgupta: Polite Provocation review – stealthy subversive satire

Poking fun at Indian politicians present and past, and delighting in the UK’s decline, the low-key comic delivers some bulletproof material

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Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS photobombs SOHO spacecraft during powerful solar flare (video)

The SOHO spacecraft captured amazing imagery of Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) zooming near the sun as the star unleashed a powerful X flare.

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The dazzling Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is emerging in the night sky: How to see it

Scientists are excited to begin capturing Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS as the object is expected to soon be very bright in the night sky.

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‘Spend up, drink up, eff off!’ My 12-hour Babylonian crawl in search of old Soho’s louche magic

It was a bohemian enclave of drinking dens, dodgy bookies and after-dark decadence. As a famous book about the London quarter’s bygone charms reappears, our writer downs a breakfast negroni and sees if they can still be found

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The ES Shopping Shortlist: What to shop, see and know in September 2024

The hot-off-the-press launches and dazzling shopping newness to know this month

Evening Standard

Soho institution L’Escargot helps launch Nike's latest sneaker

Nicknamed “Escargot” because of the green and tan colourway, Nike tapped up the Soho institution to help with the launch

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Local heroes: 14 chefs name their favourite neighbourhood restaurants

Where do chefs eat when they’re close to home? Clare Finney goes round the houses with the city’s best

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Saucy! Secrets of the British Sex Comedy review – a cheeky look at cinema’s wild sexploitation craze

From ooh-er-missus innuendo to innocent workmen being ravished by lusty housewives, this look at the phenomenon of the saucy films of the 60s and 70s is truly eye-opening

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Albert's Schloss: Welcome to Piccadilly's new party palace

This Bavarian bier hall is promising burlesque, dancing on the tables and 3am finishes. Josh Barrie raises a stein

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The Counter Soho, review: They've done the double — it's expensive and awful

The original in Notting Hill was a blinder. How has it all gone so horribly wrong, asks David Ellis

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No reservations: London's best restaurants to turn up to without a booking

No booking? No problem! From dim sum to smash burgers, Ben McCormack selects the best restaurants for walk-ins

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‘Punching up against colonialism is glorious!’ The unstoppable rise of Indian comedy in the UK

Standup has enjoyed a rapid rise in India over the last decade, and now its leading lights are conquering the Edinburgh fringe and packing out the Royal Albert Hall. Where better to take aim at the legacy of Empire

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Soho restaurant Paradise is getting a major reboot

The Sri Lankan favourite will be offering an affordable six course tasting menu from late May

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David Ellis On the Sauce at Three Sheets: Like all the best bars, this spot knows drinks aren’t what matter

These were light drinks, easy on the booze — still, people were queuing

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The Counter Soho: Chef Kemal Demirasal to launch new Aegean restaurant and first bar

The former champion windsurfer will open his second London restaurant and first bar in May

Space

Solar spacecraft 'SOHO' discovers its 5,000th comet

The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory just hit a milestone with its 5,000th comet detection.

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Things to do in London this Easter, from bingo to pizza masterclasses

From big nights out and special cocktails to family-friendly masterclasses and live performances, here’s everything to keep you hopping over the long weekend

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Jimi Famurewa reviews Singapulah: Technicolour flair marred by hapless execution

Ellen Chew’s opening has its moments, but too much needs work

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"When we played Donington and you hear 90,000 people go 'woohooo!' it's a great feeling": How The Quireboys turned a song with no chorus into a classic singalong

The story of The Quireboys' infectious, rabble-rousing crowd favourite 7 O'Clock

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Valentine's Day: London's sexiest menus to spoil your loved one

Planning a love skirmish on February 14? Slip out to one of these beautiful boltholes

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