William Blake's Soho: birthplace, plaque and mural
Blake was born on Broad Street in 1757. Here is the walk: the site, the plaque on Marshall Street and the mural at Carnaby Street.
Carnaby Street in the sixties: John Stephen and the mod shops
The Lyric on Great Windmill Street: what to order and when to go
Shaftesbury Avenue theatres, from the Lyric to the Sondheim
Flat White on Berwick Street: what to order and when to go
Eight streets, eight different nights
Soho by streetWhere we’d go
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The French House
49 Dean Street, Dean & Frith
Ronnie Scott's
47 Frith Street, Dean & Frith
Quo Vadis
26-29 Dean Street, Dean & Frith
Maison Bertaux
28 Greek Street, Greek Street
Soho Theatre
21 Dean Street, Dean & Frith
Admiral Duncan
54 Old Compton Street, Old Compton StreetMore from Soho
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Christmas in Soho 2026: the lights, Chinatown, late nights and where to eat
Carnaby lights up on Wednesday 4 November, the duck replaces the turkey on Berwick Street, the Muppets sing on Leicester Place and Bar Italia keeps the espresso going until 4am: Soho's Christmas, with dates we could confirm.
Why is Soho called Soho? The hunting cry, checked
Everyone knows Soho is named after a hunting cry. Fewer know which year it was first written down, why the Duke of Monmouth gets the credit, or what it has to do with a 1641 threat to burn some cottages.
Liberty: the Tudor store made from two ships
A 1924 Tudor-style store with ships' timbers, a Mayflower weather vane and a print studio: how to do Liberty well.
Soho's theatres and cinemas: from Beetlejuice to a 70mm print
A 1930 theatre on Old Compton Street, Harry Potter at Cambridge Circus, a singalong cinema off Leicester Square and new writing on Dean Street: the stages and screens of Soho.
Soho Square: the lawn at lunchtime, and 350 years of history
Laid out in the 1680s as King Square, given a statue that left for Harrow Weald and came back, and home to a hut that is really a tool shed: Soho Square, and where to eat on the lawn.
Kingly Court: what to order and when to go
Three floors of restaurants round an open courtyard behind Carnaby Street: how to find it, what to order and when to arrive.
A shout from Soho, every Friday.
A shout from Soho: what’s opened, what’s on and where to be this weekend. Free, and easy to leave.