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The Defector: KGB agent's defection after Soho drink drive arrest changed the shape of the Cold War

The Evening Standard scooped the world in 1971 with the first and only picture of Russian defector Oleg Lyalin, who is now the subject of a compelling new book

Evening Standard

Ashton’s: Dublin pub opens as near replica of the Devonshire in Soho

Evening Standard

Dope Girls: the real story behind the new BBC crime drama

The female-fronted hedonism of post-WWI Soho provides the inspiration for the BBC’s latest crime drama

Evening Standard

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"It’s not like anything else. I liked it for that. We'd always take a different path": The story behind The Kinks' brilliantly subversive classic Lola

A tale of sexual ambiguity in 60s Soho, Lola provided The Kinks with a worldwide hit at the exact moment they needed it most

Louder

James O’Brien reveals he left his Soho stag do after feeling ‘uncomfortable’

LBC radio host said he met up with his wife around the corner instead

The Independent UK

Could central London, headquarters of God and mammon, really be turning red?

The affluent constituency is home to Mayfair clubs, Soho theatres and City types – one of whom told me: ‘We need to pay more tax’, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Inside the new Amelie, Maison d’Art: 'I wanted to reinvent the art gallery to be both warmer and more approachable'

The ambitious new Manhattan gallery Amelie, Maison d’Art settles into the Soho neighbourhood

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OPINION - Why do these people move to London areas like Soho then complain about noise?

I’m not being funny but… I’ve always wondered why people would move to busy, vibrant areas and then complain about it. I’m not talking about any old place. Over the years we’ve seen culture take over a neighbourhood with its richness and diversity of bars, clubs, restaurants and so on.

Evening Standard

Soho House — my happy place for 20 years

After celebrating two decades as a member, Laura Craik looks forward to many more years in the famous club’s warm embrace

Evening Standard

OPINION - End this debate: let’s pedestrianise Soho now

I’ve long been told the thing to know about Soho is that it was always better before. Much more entertaining in the Eighties, with the poets and the pissheads, and, er, the crap trattorias and early closing times.

Evening Standard

Electrician killed millionaire banker after mistaken identity outside Ivy club

Family had hoped electrician would get life sentence for unprovoked attack in Soho

The Independent UK

Chloe Petts at Soho Theatre review – a rising star whose name will soon be in lights

The commanding stand-up’s engaging debut is an illuminating insight into the hot topic of gender

Evening Standard

Welcome to Terminal 8, British Airways’ swish new home at New York’s JFK airport

At first glance, the BA114 from New York’s JFK airport bound for Heathrow on Wednesday, 30 November was just like any other. But the 9.45pm flight was making history in a small way. It was the last-ever British Airways plane to take off from Terminal 7, after being home to…

The Independent UK

Jimi Famurewa reviews Milk Beach Soho: Bring me sunshine — a touch of Aussie cool is breaking new ground

The notion of the ‘Australian restaurant’ has come a long way since the boganmania of the Eighties — and this confident, culturally-nimble place shows exactly how, says Jimi Famurewa

Evening Standard

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