encounters
a benign invasion
March 5, 2026
Stealth invasions of a city.
Late at night or very early morning.
The targets: buildings inhabited by civilians.
the rainbow is fading
March 4, 2026
“HEY REEMA! YOU LOOK FUCKING AMAZING. YOUR HAIR IS AMAZING. AND I AM A FUCKING DRAG QUEEN! GOOGLE ME. MY NAME IS BILLY EYELASH, AND YOU LOOK GORG!”
gossip girls
March 4, 2026
I SAW YOU CHEATING AND I HAVE THE EVIDENCE TO PROVE IT, screamed a note stuck on a red phone booth — the only working one on Dean Street. The rest have become relics: street furniture, tourist icons.
one in twelve
March 4, 2026
Since 1866, the English Heritage scheme has been marking buildings associated with notable lives.
Writers, journalists, musicians, political exiles, philosophers, actors…
on becoming a sohoite
March 1, 2026
While reading about Soho with the curiosity of a tourist, I fell down a small internet rabbit hole and discovered the legend of the Seven Noses – small, life-sized casts of artist…
a play of scents
March 1, 2026
Once you step on Oxford Street, the air you breathe becomes sugary; caramel popcorn drifting through crowds, tangled with the soft sweetness of vanilla perfume.
soho’s quiet refuge
February 28, 2026
On our way to Trident Studios – where David Bowie recorded some of his hits – we cut through St Anne’s Court, that narrow passage between Dean Street and Wardour Street.
House!
February 25, 2026
Cities have rarely belonged to women. Yet in the post-war optimism of the 1960s, a quiet revolution appeared: the bingo hall.
urban legends
February 25, 2026
A Tudor-style gazebo sits at the heart of Soho Square, its timber beams sagging and bowing as if tired from centuries of service. It looks like something lifted straight from a history textbook – a stubborn survivor from the 16th century. Except it isn’t. We later discovered it is a fake built in 1925.
Soho: A Neighbourhood Between Memory and Makeover
February 23, 2026
Soho stands as a curious juxtaposition of past and present. Wherever one walks, the eye is caught by magnificent old buildings, beautifully designed, their brown stone carefully…