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Gillian Smith is a freelance Writer and Producer who has worked extensively across all media from print to broadcast and digital. Her wide-ranging experience includes scriptwriting and filmmaking in the UK, Europe and Asia for organisations such as Reuters News, the BBC and Sony Television. Areas of special interest are film (including red carpet events, navigated with a sharp pair of elbows) and arts and culture. Her long career boasts such highlights as filming undercover with the police, crawling through abandoned tube stations and wrangling zombies and klingons at a variety of festivals and comic cons. She is very much looking forward to uncovering the capital’s revitalised arts scene as Arts Editor of My London Times.
Gillian’s articles
London Calling: The 67th BFI London Film Festival gets October off to a Swinging Start | My Soho Times
The 67th BFI London Film Festival is set to light up the UK capital this October,…
For Queen & Country: End of an Era | My Soho Times
Gillian Smith muses on the monarchy and our relationship with the crown now that the second Elizabethan…
Pictures in Motion: The 2022 BFI London Film Festival
If you’re a cinephile or a diehard film fan, now is your time. The 66th BFI London…
The Power of Print: Then and Now
As one of a shrinking pool of proudly print publications (let’s hear it for alliteration) in…
Silent Night or Sleepless in Soho? A Soho Society Survey of Insomnia | My Soho Times
It’s likely that whoever penned the proverb ‘a good laugh and a long sleep are the…
Breaking the Rules – A film premiere with a difference
Gillian Smith attended BREAK, the first ever Drive-In premiere on 22nd July at Brent Cross, London.…
Oscars Red Carpet Fashion: Ethics à la Mode
Here at My Soho Times we couldn’t let the 94th Academy Awards pass without a brief…
Welcome to the New Roaring Twenties | My Soho Times
Gillian Smith pays homage to the Roaring Twenties – past and present – as featured in…
Dox on the Big Box – NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY TALENT FUND LAUNCH
It was a dark and stormy February night. Outside that is. Inside Soho’s Ham Yard Hotel…
From Blue to Brew: Theatreland Takes Tea with the Samaritans!
There’s always time for a cuppa and a chat! That’s the motto of award-winning comedy creators…
FrightFest Halloween
It’s that time of year again. Nothing can kill the Spooky Season… so shake off those…
Last Night in Soho
Celluloid Soho is taking another bow to (hopefully) rapturous applause with the release of Edgar Wright’s…
Alpha Live: The Best of the West End
After a stop-start few months, My Soho Times is delighted to debut our Arts Report on…
VOX City Walks | My Soho Times
So… our precious freedom is finally here and the urge for a city break is strong.…
Re-booting the Arts | My Soho Times
Gillian Smith explores how the arts in Soho coped with lockdown #1 and how the re-boot…
Divert the Traffic: Plans to Save Soho this Summer
Summer in Soho has always had the best vibe. Where else would you want to be…
Soho on Pause | My Soho Times
Absence truly does make the heart grow fonder. Being sequestered in West London far away from…
“We’ve got more talent in our kitchens than most companies have in their boardrooms” Meet the Farm Group co-founders
Part of our Soho Female Founders series, Nicky Sargent and Vikki Dunn share insight into being…
Fernandez & Wells does Good Coffee… and Wine | My Soho Times
The name Fernandez & Wells. Ring any bells? Trigger any memories of a glass of…
Soho in the Next Decade: The Same Only Different | My Soho Times
We ask people who LIVE WORK PLAY in Soho their vision of the next decade… Soho…
Afternoon Tea at Refuel, Soho Hotel | My Soho Times
Our guest blogger and Afternoon tea date, Gillian Smith, shares her experience having Afternoon G &…
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