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The suffocation of Soho: how London's creative rogue is being sanitised

Soho is a hotbed of creativity, fun and irreverence. The notion of “quiet nights” goes against its very soul, says Josh Barrie

Evening Standard · Mar 19, 2025

Soho restaurant 27 Old Compton Street giving away 300 meals to celebrate opening

Think there’s no such thing as a free lunch? Try again

Evening Standard · Mar 17, 2025

The Cine International Film Festival: the most exciting thing to happen to London cinema in years?

A new film festival is coming to Soho which aims to stimulate the independent sector and support the capital’s future stars

Evening Standard · Mar 16, 2025

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Battle for Soho: Court fights loom over London venue opening hours as pubs urged to host ‘quiet nights'

Westminster council’s new ‘After Dark’ strategy will encourage venues to host ‘quiet nights’ with reduced noise levels, dimmed lighting, and ‘designated calm zones’

Evening Standard · Mar 14, 2025

OPINION - If Sadiq Khan wants to know how to fix London nightlife, he should go to an afters

Central London’s nightlife is dead, no matter how much Sadiq Khan tries to fix it. If he wants to save the city’s real nighttime economy, he needs to ask the wreckheads

Evening Standard · Mar 14, 2025

Soho's population is shrinking fast as short-term holiday lets 'hollow out' London's West End

Fewer than 2,000 people are now estimated to be living in the capital's vibrant West End

Evening Standard · Mar 7, 2025

London restaurants opening in March, from Tatar Bunar to Luna Omakase

Pasta in Soho, Ukrainian in Shoreditch and sushi in the City: Ben McCormack rounds up March's hottest restaurant launches

Evening Standard · Feb 28, 2025

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Josh Barrie On the Sauce at The Room Where It Happens: No one could be Les Misérables here

Soho in its actuality is a warm and tender embrace, says Josh Barrie

Evening Standard · Feb 28, 2025

27 Old Compton Street: Italian-style cafeteria to bring £10 pasta to Soho

The restaurateur behind 40 Dean Street is launching a new more casual concept

Evening Standard · Feb 27, 2025

King jokes he's 'past his sell-by date' as he prepares food parcels ahead of Ramadan

Charles and Camilla meet leading figures from Muslim community on visit to Indian restaurant in Soho

Evening Standard · Feb 26, 2025

King and Queen help pack food donation boxes at restaurant ahead of Ramadan

Charles and Camilla met a group of Muslim women at Darjeeling Express, a restaurant in Soho, central London.

Evening Standard · Feb 26, 2025

Soho residents fear 'return to red light district' amid proposal for 'full-nudity' strip club in West End

Plan would see new adult entertainment club in Soho’s Walker’s Court - but some residents fear return to the ‘seedy red-light district of yore’

Evening Standard · Feb 24, 2025

Dope Girls review – the dodgy accents could give Peaky Blinders a run for its money

This fun, gory tale of women trying to set up a nightclub in the 1918 Soho underworld is lively – even if it tries to cram too much in. Shame about the ropey vocal affectations …

The Guardian - UK · Feb 22, 2025

TV tonight: a plucky period drama about sex, drugs and illicit clubs

Dope Girls is a gritty post-war story set in Soho’s underworld. Plus: Gaelic-language thriller An t-Eilean (The Island). Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK · Feb 22, 2025

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Evening Standard · Feb 21, 2025

Designer Foday Dumbuya's guide to London: dinner at Stork, books in Soho and runs in Postman’s Park

Joe Bromley sits down with Foday Dumbuya, creative director and founder of Labrum London, ahead of his upcoming London Fashion Week show.

Evening Standard · Feb 12, 2025

'World's most famous jazz club' to open in Covent Garden despite complaints from the Met Police

The Blue Note Jazz club has been granted permission for a 350-seater venue in the basement of the St Martin's Lane hotel

The Guardian - UK · Jan 24, 2025

Police release CCTV of men who visited flat of drag artist found dead in Soho

Officers launch appeal nearly two years after unexpected death of performer Steven Grygelko in central London

Evening Standard · Jan 24, 2025

Met Police hunt for three men after drag queen found dead in Soho flat

Detectives say drag queen Heklina’s death is being treated as unexpected and remains under investigation

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Evening Standard · Jan 22, 2025

Mantra Of The Cosmos cancel Soho gig after Zak Starkey suffers blood clot

Noel Gallagher recently joined the band on a new track called Domino Bones (Gets Dangerous).

The Guardian - UK · Jan 14, 2025

‘King of the musicools!’ Inside the outrageous musical send-up of Andrew Lloyd Webber

It’s had hit runs in Edinburgh and Soho – and was the Guardian’s funniest show of 2024. Now it’s blazing into the West End. Comedy duo Flo & Joan (who were both in Joseph at school) reveal all about One Man Musical

Evening Standard · Jan 14, 2025

Council could force two beloved Soho cafes to close for putting tables outside and 'operating as a bar'

The Mediterranean Café and Violet’s risk closure after hefty fines for licence breaches

Evening Standard · Dec 23, 2024

Boohoo sells London office in Soho for £49.5m to pay off debts

The online fashion firm told shareholders it had sold the site on Great Pulteney Street in Soho to property fund Global Holdings UK

The Independent UK · Dec 23, 2024

Boohoo sells London office for £49.5m to pay off debts

The online fashion firm told shareholders it had sold the site on Great Pulteney Street in Soho to property fund Global Holdings UK.

Evening Standard · Dec 18, 2024

Groucho Club allowed to reopen at licensing hearing after alleged rape

Soho celeb haunt will reopen on January 10 but with strict new conditions

Evening Standard · Dec 13, 2024

London's best bars of the year, according to Josh Barrie

Josh Barrie rides to Goodbye Horses on steady hooves, later the hottest listening bar before a nightcap in Soho

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