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Gay Pride Events in and around London

Now that Coronavirus is in the rearview mirror, we can all get on with our lives and celebrate! Enmeshed in Soho are the celebrations for Gay Pride, Tim Baros shares a list of upcoming Gay Pride events not just in Soho but in surrounding areas as well…

This Particular Cafe – Bar Italia, Soho

When I was invited to contribute for Soho Times I leapt at the opportunity because, although Soho, up until recently, used to terrify me – I’ve now finally been properly introduced cafes, restaurants, and from time to time, I’ll happily visit a production set in this colourful square mile…

Influencers’ Network Table at London’s first alcohol-free restaurant, PinQ

Where there’s typically a gap in the hospitality industry to cater to a sober clientele – beyond just cafes and shisha lounges – PinQ has cleverly stepped in to meet this niche with a mid to high end fully alcohol-free dining experience in central London!

Influencers’ Network Table at Vapiano: New Spring Menu

Spring time brings its charm; fresh seasonal produce, warmer weather (touch wood, this is Britain after all!), and a new Spring menu launch at Vapiano! The limited edition ‘La Primavera‘ menu boasts nine specially curated dishes to meet your pizza-pasta-fix… and then some!

Short But Not So Sweet – Paapa Essiedu Takes The Lead In Award-winning Mini-Thriller, FEMME

“There’s always gonna be boys that will hurt ya,” Jordan’s dad opens Femme with this foreboding statement, igniting immediately a sense of imminent danger. Crime thrillers conventionally have been dominated by cisgender, heterosexual masculine narratives, but Femme writers and directors Ng Choon Ping and Sam H. Freeman centralise the queer, femme experience against a backdropContinue reading “Short But Not So Sweet – Paapa Essiedu Takes The Lead In Award-winning Mini-Thriller, FEMME”

The Return of The Roaring Twenties and Soho’s Speakeasy Bars

Nicholas Cox  walks us through The Return of The Roaring Twenties and Soho’s Speakeasies… this iconic square mile is about to roar louder than it has ever roared before!

My Soho Times in Conversation with Gangs of Soho director and cast

Despite a façade verging on the clean-cut these days, it’s Soho’s infamous criminal underworld past that still exerts an almost mystic hold and forms a large part of the area’s identity.  The stories – urban myths or not – are still doing the rounds, so perhaps it was always only a matter of time beforeContinue reading “My Soho Times in Conversation with Gangs of Soho director and cast”