• Fall in love in Soho this Valentine's Day! Great ideas for couples and singletons in Soho

  By jcstudios

  VALENTINE'S SPECIAL YOU AND YOUR LOVED ONE(S) The people closest to you - Husband. Wife. Partner....

            

   

  By SohoLisa at 15:49 on 02/02/11

  

  Whether you're blissfully partnered or happily single when the 14th February rolls around again this year, Soho is the perfect place to spend the evening with the person of your dreams or even meet them! As we all know, Soho is fit to bursting with fantastic restaurants and eateries and here are some of my favourites to visit on Valentine's night! For the singletons out there, why not try speed dating on for size? Amuse Bouche...

• Dita Von Teese to open pop-up, vintage style, speakeasy bar in Piccadilly!

  By abi_silvester

  Hoping to make it along to this - definitely one to catch before it vanishes again! I loved the...

            

   

  By SohoLisa at 14:40 on 15/11/11

  

  I love a killer cocktail and I love to drink it in style, so when I heard that burlesque queen and style icon Dita Von Teese is coming to London to open her own pop-up speak easy bar at The Pigalle Club, I was more than just a little excited! The speakeasy bar is set to open on November 29 in the heart of Piccadilly and the interior directly inspired by the burlesque dancer's own home in L.A. If it's anything like Von Teese's Paris...

• Mayor accelerates the release of land to deliver 3,500 new homes in London and Soho

  By JakeSheehan

  Who knows? "Affordable" is in the eye of the beholder, but at least it more homes in Soho...

            

   

  By SohoLisa at 13:16 on 01/11/11

  

  London Mayor, Boris Johnson has announced plans to speed up the release of public land in order to deliver around 3,500 new homes for the people of London across the capital. Johnson is presently releasing plots owned by the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) in order to accelerate the building of homes and is currently on track to turn around a record 50,000, affordable homes by the spring of 2012. So far, four sites which were once...

• Berwick Street parade shops up for sale: will this spell the end for the independent businesses in the street?

  By markteverson

  Thankyou Lisa. Actually, YES, we definitely need letters of support from local residents, groups and...

            

   

  By SohoLisa at 18:01 on 12/03/11

  

  Anxious Soho residents and business holders have raised concerns over plans to attract a leading property investment company to revitalise Soho's Berwick Street market. There are fears that the historic Soho market will suffer a "clone stores" invasion, as much of the capital's shopping districts do and become just another homogenised parade of shops. The lease for the row of retail units underneath Kemp House in Berwick...

• The Tiger Lillies return to Soho Theatre with Soho Songs Low Life Lullabies

  By The Pumpkin Queen

  The Tiger Lillies are highly entertaining, a bit avant garde with tongues firmly in cheek and very...

            

   

  By SohoLisa at 15:27 on 17/07/11

  

  Legendary post-punk pioneers The Tiger Lillies return for their first London run in over two years with a new show celebrating Soho. Martyn Jacques, the lead singer and founder of the band spent most of his twenties in a flat above a brothel, peeping through his window at the buzz of Soho's lowlife, and he has been writing about w.hores, gangsters and freaks his entire 22 year career.  In this show The Tiger Lillies unveil a whole...

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