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Tuesday, 14 February 2017

Piccadilly. My Stop.

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Piccadilly. My Stop, by Clayton Littlewood. I step off the train, onto the escalator, up the stairs, until I’m above ground, on the Dill...
Thursday, 5 January 2017

In the Shadow of the Prince Edward Theatre.

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The Prince Edward Theatre has been a familiar Soho landmark for generations of people to enjoy since opening its doors on the 3 April 1930....
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Saturday, 6 August 2016

Not Fade Away – The Rolling Stones in Soho.

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“The streets of Soho were reserved for characters, cappuccino action, nerve, real verve and chat, most of it about music. The streets reeked...
Wednesday, 29 June 2016

Ghosts of Soho Restaurants.

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Soho Restaurants. Restaurants. Do we regret the loss of Tomato when it turned into Barrafino? No.  L’Epicure when it turned into Waikkik...
Sunday, 26 June 2016

Soho and the Cholera outbreak of 1854.

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The Modern Myth of Soho’s Dr John Snow. History often gets things wrong either because of the way in which events are initially reported ...
Saturday, 25 June 2016

Remembering The First Gay Pride.

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West End Wednesday 23rd June 1971, age 35 My first attempt at Gay Pride. I’m at a Gay Liberation Front meeting at All Saints Church ...
Monday, 14 March 2016

Cinema and the West End. 1906-1930

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Soho’s Silent Cinemas. Because of his family’s health problems, the diarist George Thomas, whose tenement rooms overlooked Berwick Stree...
Thursday, 22 October 2015

Edited extract from: Spitalfields: A history of London in a handful of streets.

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The Huguenots: From ‘Poor Strangers’ to model citizens. With Special Thanks to Dan Cruickshank/June 2015 and The    Huguenots of Spital...