SOHO FREE CLARION The Clarion call of The Soho Society · Summer 2017 · Issuse 168 Soho Waiters / Air Pollution / Ice Cream / Local News SOHO CLARION / 3 IN THIS ISSUE
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SOHO REVIEW ‘I scream for ice cream’. We look at Soho ice cream offerings as well as Art, Books and Theatre.
AND THE REST Ask Augusta 24 6 Soho Policing Update 2. 60 Second Interview 24. A Village School in Soho 3. Map 25. Soho Notices 14. Directory 25. THE WAITING GAME We’re Watching 15. Crossword 27. Ahead of the Soho Waiters’ Race, photographer Iona Wolff Spiritus Soho 16. captures some of the possible contenders. Once Upon a Time 23. FROM ST. ANNE’S TOWER
David Evans and most diverse epicurean destination in edly are innate, although great service can Chair, The Soho Society the world. be offered in so many different ways, by There are many factors though that cre- so many different personalities. And it is ate a dining experience. It is the food and also true though that great training can the wine of course. But it is the physical ensure great service. “Quality is not an act, it environment too, and within the physical is a habit,” said Aristotle. He could have run environment the ambience that every good a good restaurant. restaurant will make distinctively their own. And Soho has so many great waiters. But then there is something else. Some- Drawn from such a diverse range of nation- thing which done well transforms a lunch or alities and walks of life, men and women, a dinner, or a coffee and a cake, and makes learning skills that will stand them in good the experience memorable. It is the service stead whether they choose to remain in provided by waiters, by the men and women hospitality or follow another career path. whom we celebrate in this issue. And contributing so much to the pleasure Being a great waiter is a consummate skill of their customers and the success of their and a high calling. Welcoming customers as establishments. We applaud them. guests, and helping them to relax; exploring Standing back, our waiters and the ser- with them your establishment’s offer, and vice they provide in our restaurants and We know about the chefs and the restaura- matching this to their appetites; engaging cafes is yet another strand of Soho’s wonder- teurs. The Auguste Kettners, the Georges with them in conversation, not too little, but ful ecosystem, making it so special. Another Gaudins, the Aldo Zillis, the Sam and Eddie not too much; ensuring speed and accuracy; reason why people come to Soho, and while Harts. And quite rightly we sing their never missing a cue. here take in a show, go shopping in a del- praises. They have made Soho what it is All these attributes and more hallmark icatessen, and contribute more widely to today; the most exciting, most innovative, great waiter service. Some skills undoubt- Soho’s success. 4 / SOHO CLARION A VILLAGE SCHOOL IN SOHO / 5
A VILLAGE SCHOOL IN SOHO Soho Parish: Imagination, Challenge, Respect, Individuality, Family
SOHO POLICING UPDATE ››› Following the last issue of the Clarion, there has been increased police activity in tackling the problems of Soho Parish is your local ‘village’ primary on emotional and academic needs. We ŝ An extra maths teacher to school. The exterior combination of Vic- are proud to say that this individualised maintain our successful smaller antisocial behaviour associated with drug use/dealing. There seems to torian building and modern playground approach has led to some pupils in Year group teaching across the school. be slightly less aggressive begging on the streets, although there are climbing ‘cubes’ is a metaphor for the val- 6 learning maths to GCSE standard and ŝ A secondary school trained teacher still many drug related hot spots – the area around Soho Parish School, ues you will find within. We are committed the creation of three school rock bands. to work with gifted pupils in Maths Tisbury Court/Rupert/Archer Streets and the Peter Street/Ingestre to developing our pupils to become the on the KS3 curriculum. caring and moral citizens our Christian ŝ Speech Therapy and Educational Place areas at certain times of the day, to name but three, though there founders would have been proud of in the WE OFFER Psychology service. are also problems around Cambridge Circus. 1870s, while also preparing them for a future There have been arrests made and ASBOs and CPNs issued, combined world in which the jobs they will do may not ŝ Small class sizes and smaller even have been invented yet. Children at focused maths groups. OUR WISH LIST with ‘stop and search’ and ‘stop and ask’, which is good. Two of the main Soho Parish come from a range of back- ŝ A good staff to pupil ratio. users have been served with ASBOs, one for five years. It is also good to grounds, cultures and religions: tolerance ŝ Teachers and children who are ŝ Increased teaching staff to cater for note that there are more police resources, with officers from the Impact and co-operation are at the heart of what motivated and happy, because their the higher number of children now Zone and other areas being deployed when available, although there are we do. One parent said ‘In this mixed salad own interests and needs are valued. attending our outstanding school. bowl, we are one.’ We were given our motto: Good support for pupils with SEN, A ‘sensory room’ for pupils on still not enough officers, 24/7. For interest, the latest figures available ŝ ŝ ‘Small school, big heart’ by a former pupil. especially those with literacy needs. the Autism spectrum who need show just under 600 reported crimes in Soho and just under 200 in the We were rated outstanding in our recent ŝ An inclusive ethos, in which each therapeutic support, and to Impact Zone over the same period. Ofsted inspection (March 2016), which said child is supported to develop their improve wellbeing for all pupils. There has also been more calling in of issues by the community, which ‘Pupils’ personal growth and development potential in all areas. ŝ Training for staff to support is exceptional, as is their behaviour’. ŝ Experiential learning (through increased numbers of pupils with must continue, as otherwise statistics don’t show a crime! play, drama, music and art). social communication needs: to The improved weather could mean an increase in rough sleeping, ŝ Mindfulness lessons for all classes. teach valuable independence and homelessness, and the antisocial behaviour that goes with it, as Soho is FUNDING CRISIS ŝ A focus on pupils becoming lifelong life skills. learners, through developing Training for teaching assistants an attractive area for ASB with rich pickings from visitors, though tents ŝ The size of our building necessitates learning skills and independence. to ensure interventions are effective. seem to be reduced in number. smaller class sizes than most state schools, ŝ A menu of enrichment activities ŝ Classroom refurbishment (in There is still a need for more resources and we need to work as a which enables the family ethos to flourish every Friday afternoon for children seven classrooms) to improve community with the police towards a long term solution rather than but also limits our funding. Recent educa- to choose from, including radio learning environment. tion cuts have diminished this still further, presenters, debating, gardening, Family and personal therapy for just a ‘sticking plaster’ – this could perhaps include something along ŝ with www.schoolcuts.org.uk predicting we dance, sewing, musical production, children with emotional needs. the lines of a working group of residents and businesses, the council and will lose over £100,000 per year by 2019. sports, pottery and guinea pig care. others, to create a long term strategy, which should include, for example, This represents the cost of three teachers. designing out crime, and assistance for those with mental health issues. In addition, inadequate Special Educational HOW YOU CAN HELP Needs funding means we have to provide WHAT WE NEED Our councillors are well aware of the problems – one of them was taken almost all of the support a child with SEN Please come along to Soho Food Feast, on a walk of the ‘hot spots’, and spoke to members of the community, needs ‘in house’ and buying in services Without further funding, Soho Parish will which is our biggest fundraiser and and saw the problems in Rupert Street and Tisbury Court in the middle such as Educational Psychologists, Speech struggle to continue to offer our person- recently enabled the incredible develop- Therapists and expert advice is demanding alised provision which allows children ment of our playground. But even with of the day. They are doing what they can to help, and have been in touch more of the budget each year. to reach their full potential and often this we need more. We are looking for with, for instance, the Borough Commander, amongst others. to exceed all expectations. Below is a sponsors for any of the items above. These A lot more needs to be done – for example, do pedicabs enable drug list of all those things for which we rely are interventions with a proven track dealing? The Government should bring in legislation to license them. WHAT MAKES SOHO PARISH SPECIAL? on fundraising: record and make a significant difference in a child’s life: they can be the key to their There needs to be CCTV as a result of WCC’s decision to turn it off at Soho Parish is forward-thinking and we future success. They cost between £50 the end of last year. strive to develop our curriculum and WE WANT TO KEEP and £5000. Potential sponsors would be teaching methods based on recent, welcome to visit the school to see how proven research. Our pupils are taught ŝ Short term personal tutoring they can help. in a topic-based way, enabling them to in Literacy to ensure no pupil develop flexible thinking and a wide range is left behind. Please contact [email protected] of skills. Teachers plan based on the chil- ŝ Two teaching assistants to provide for further information. dren’s own interests, to spark curiosity small group ‘interventions’ in and a passion for lifelong learning. A per- Literacy and Maths. sonalised approach is at the heart of all we ŝ Dedicated support staff to provide do – with regular conferences reflecting on education and personal care for each child’s development, and equal focus pupils with special needs. 6 / SOHO CLARION THE WAITING GAME / 7
THE WA I TING GAME Ahead of Soho’s Waiters’ Race, photographer Iona Wolff trawled the bars, members’ clubs and restaurants to capture the diversity of Soho’s waiters in their natural habitat.
MORAG DONALD Favourite thing about Soho? Quo Vadis I like Soho because of the characters. It feels like it is still I was born in Brighton, grew possible to experience how Soho up in Australia and then moved used to be. I finish work at 3am and to London when I was 18. In it is still lively. It’s great hearing Australia most of my friends work voices from all over the world. in restaurants because there is such a thriving cafe culture. Least favourite thing about Soho? I studied French and History at I don’t like the way Soho seems King’s College London and worked to be going. There seem to be lots part time at Quo Vadis. I’m now more chains popping up and old working full-time at QV. I never Soho institutions and favourites initially imagined myself working being closed down. in hospitality. You get to meet so many people. The people I work Are you taking part in the with and serve are interesting Waiters’ Race on 2nd July? and diverse. Hopefully! 8 / SOHO CLARION THE WAITING GAME / 9
CARMEN GIL PRADOS Barrafina
I initially started working as a waitress in my hometown of Granada, Spain. When I moved to London I googled the top 10 restaurants in the city and Barrafina was on the list. I came to London to study economics and law – international business and marketing. At the beginning hospitality was a part-time student job but now I honestly think it is going to be my future. In London there is a chance to have a great career in hospitality.
Favourite thing about Soho? Definitely Barrafina! I love the atmosphere of Soho. It’s frenetic here, but there are lots of reasons to have fun in Soho. I love being surrounded by people.
Least favourite thing about Soho? I would love to live here, but unfortunately it isn’t easy to find a flat – they are all so expensive.
Are you taking part in the Waiters Race on 2nd July? Absolutely!
RITA PACHECO House of St Barnabas AMBER PERNG BAO I’m involved in the restaurant at The House of St Barnabas I’m a full-time waitress at Bao but and help run the events, bar and my original background is product reception. I’d like to carry on design. I have some personal and progressing in hospitality. I initially freelance projects going on at the began as a waiter at HoSB, then same time. I moved up to supervisor and then two months ago I was promoted Favourite thing about Soho? to manager. I love the vibe and atmosphere. It feels like no matter what Favourite thing about Soho? happens in London, Soho will I like the diversity of the people you always remain the place to go. can find here – artists, musicians… I particularly love the restaurants I admire the employment academy and coffee shops in the area. They project at HoSB and the charity all have their own personality. work carried out by the club. I finish The street style in Soho is always my work and then go for a drink in fascinating to watch, especially Soho Square and chat about good during cigarette breaks. things after a busy day at work.
Least favourite thing about Soho? Least favourite thing about Soho? Drunk people on weekend nights. There are still so many homeless Unexpected surprises (good and people living on the streets. bad) seem to pop up. Are you taking part in the Are you taking part in the Waiters’ Race on 2nd July? Waiters’ Race on 2nd July? Yes, absolutely! It’s all about charity I’ve just heard about it – and I’m completely supporting the sign me up! race and the charity. 10 / SOHO CLARION THE WAITING GAME / 11
GEORGE LOUREIRO Randall & Aubin
I studied engineering in Brazil and then worked as an electrician in London for a year. A friend invited me to work at his restaurant. I found myself enjoying the restaurant industry far more. I now work only as a waiter – which I feel happy about. The flexibility in my work allows me to try to keep a healthy routine in London. Seeing friends, going to the gym and working.
Favourite thing about Soho? Everything. I really love Soho. The atmosphere, the people… I love to work in this area – right in the centre of London. Soho attracts curious people from everywhere. Sometimes after I finish work I don’t want to go home.
Least favourite thing about Soho? I find Soho a bit dirty sometimes. It seems they don’t have places to keep the rubbish. Rubbish bags spill onto the pavements.
Are you taking part in the Waiters’ Race on 2nd July? No. I watched the race the last year and supported my friends. It’s not my cup of tea…
DAICHI TAKAHATA Koya Bar
I’m full-time at Koya Bar at the moment. I studied printmaking in Kyoto, Japan a long time ago. I work on lots of small projects, which result in zines. I always wanted to work at the original Koya because I’d been here as a customer. I liked the interior and always enjoyed the experience being there. I think I craved this Japanese minimalist style while I was living in London. I love the broths and noodles served at Koya Bar. The simplicity of dishes I find interesting. I love Shuko, the head chef!
Favourite thing about Soho? It’s a party! I live in Stoke Newington and when I cycle down here I notice the complete change in atmosphere. Frith Street has a nice mixture of traditional and new – Bar Italia, Ronnie Scott’s etc… It makes me happy to see everyone enjoying themselves and coming across the passionate, interesting people who are in Soho.
Least favourite thing about Soho? To be honest I find it a bit dirty. There are always bags of rubbish out on the streets.
Are you taking part in the Waiters’ Race on 2nd July? I’m curious – maybe! 12 / SOHO CLARION THE WAITING GAME / 13
SHANDY PACHECO House of St Barnabas
I’m taking a bartender course and I want to remain within hospitality. Having said that I don’t know for sure what exactly I want to do.
Favourite thing about Soho? The drinks at night! I’m still exploring Soho, but am feeling lazy at the moment.
Least favourite thing about Soho? Not enough single women!
Are you taking part in the Waiters’ Race on 2nd July? Yes, of course.
ALICE Favourite thing about Soho? BOUNSALL There’s always a bustle in Soho – Andrew Edmunds especially in the summer. There is still lots of character here and a I’ve been a waitress on-off since strong sense of community. This is I was 16. I’ve always worked for rare in London. When I finish work independent restaurants. at around 6pm there are some Working at Andrew Edmunds great places for a sing-along. I like I learn a lot about wine, food and proper boozers in Soho. There’s seasonality – which I love and still some hedonism in the area… try to put this into practice with the dinners I cook for friends. Least favourite thing There’s a kind of theatre to dining about Soho? and going out which is fun to Soho is changing and I think be part of. I’m lucky that I enjoy there is a constant battle to keep waitressing, but this work also its charm. It’s a shame about allows flexibility for my acting the rent hikes and disappearing with auditions and castings. restaurants.
Are you taking part in the Waiters’ Race on 2nd July? Yes, I’m doing it for Mandana (founder of the Academy Club). She’s definitely one of the reasons I love Soho. 14 / SOHO CLARION SOHO NOTICES / WE’RE WATCHING / 15 SOHO NOTICES WE’RE WATCHING A General Round-up Planning & Licensing VOLUNTEERING WITH THE SOHO SOCIETY provide some of the growth applications for new telephone Society’s own Licensing Man- needed and lessen the prop- boxes on the major streets. date, and this is what enables PLANNING erty industry’s call to go higher There is no demand for more Soho’s unique character. Matthem Bennet and higher. phone boxes but they have been Since the last AGM the The society welcomes volunteers and there are Chair of Planning Committee Luckily most of Soho is a designed to create large panels Licensing Committee has many ways you can help us to do more and to do Conservation Area and we are for advertising space so that is continued to monitor licence it well. hopeful that Westminster will the motivation and luckily West- applications within Soho as per If you have some time and would like to help Tall buildings or recognise that new tall buildings minster have refused the lot. our Licensing Mandate. Careful us please get in touch. We will try to tailor make just taller buildings are simply inappropriate in our management of licensing in this something to suit you and your skills. If you have area. We can perhaps all think neighbourhood helps in the pre- a CV and would like to send it that would be great. By the time this edition comes of buildings where an extra sto- vention of crime, disorder and These are some of the tasks you might be able out the consultation by the City rey could be added without too nuisance, as well as helping to to help us with: of Westminster on Building much disturbance but generally maintain public safety. Applica- Height: Getting the right kind Soho is groaning with too much tions for alcohol sales, late-night ŝ Helping to distribute our local free of growth for Westminster will development and too many premises etc, within Soho are magazine the Soho Clarion once a quarter. have closed. The consultation in streets diverted and pavements LICENSING examined, and we will object to This involves address labelling, stuffing the opinion of many was tilted in blocked by scaffolding. Therefore, David Gleeson any that cannot demonstrate envelopes and delivering the magazine favour of growth and taller build- our response to the consultation Licensing Chair they will not impact negatively to shops and offices around Soho. This ings across Westminster. The has been clear no tall buildings on this area. A SAD GOODBYE BIRTHS happens regularly four times a year so you city council is keen on growth here, perhaps some sensitive man- During the calendar year can plan ahead and you would join a fun to protect its role as the most sards and extra floors but keep the Once again I will use this oppor- 2015 we examined 120 Licensing team led by our president Leslie Hardcastle. economically productive London overall streetscape of Soho as it is. tunity to remind members of a Applications relevant to Soho, Speaking as a nearby resident, Isabella Meehan born to Cyn- borough. Whether it is sensible It may just be a blip but since few basic facts about the work which were for a mixture of new I can say that The Society Club thia Riha and Adrian Meehan of ŝ Is there a hidden or perhaps not so to concentrate so much growth the implications of Brexit have we do. Both the Licensing and applications or to vary already brightened up this quiet corner Soho Radio on 22nd May 2017, hidden sales streak in you and would in an already intensively used started to sink in we have not Planning Groups aim to ensure operating licenses. (The new of Soho quite unexpectedly – sister to Lola Meehan of Soho you like to help us get much more area with congested infrastruc- seen any really big new schemes that the Society continues to be applications are usually for com- they brought internationally Family Centre. advertising for the Clarion which ture rather than spread it more being put forward. At street guided by the objective of mak- pletely new premises opening up known writers, musicians, Baby Emily born to Luca of would be a wonderful boost for us? evenly over London is perhaps level the pressure on our pave- ing Soho a better place to live, or for established premises seek- photographers and celebs to Bar Italia and his wife Drita on a matter the Mayor should con- ments increases as occupiers work and visit. ing to add the sale of alcohol or their modest premises, had 12th May 2017. ŝ If you have administrative skills sider in his new London plan. seek to use every space they can In terms of the numbers of late night refreshment to their unique cultural events and perhaps you could help with general However, Westminster assumes for more and more tables out- licensed premises, we live in pos- current licenses. Others hoping changed Ingestre Place for the administration and even staff the office that to grow economic value it side. Increasingly we all have to sibly the most densely-saturated to vary their licensed operations better. Their presence also for a set time each week. We would offer has to grow the buildings at walk in the street to get about. neighbourhood in the entire typically seek to extend open- increased security on what is induction and training to help you find the same rate. Of course, that Whether this will be sustainable country. Because it is also highly ing hours, alcohol or food sales, a quiet, dark street. As Chair your way around. doesn’t have to be true. after the Elizabeth Line opens residential, it acts as a kind of change existing conditions or of the Soho Society’s Licens- Just look at what the Crown who knows but there has long test-ground for licensing prac- premises layouts.) 43 of these ing Group, I was impressed by CORRECTION ŝ Help us organise one-off events such as Estate have achieved in Regent been a saying about ‘cramming tice. Balancing the needs of the licence applications – i.e. 36% – their care and consideration Issue 167 the village fete in St Anne’s Garden every Street by their refurbishment a quart into a pint pot’ and flourishing commercial sector received written objections from for local residents – they were Soho ReviewMusic, July or the Silver Sunday tea dance in programme. We are told a 60% certainly the cramming keeps with the rights of residents for the Society’s Licensing Group, a model example of a well-run Hilary Penn, Tiger Lillies, September for older local residents. increase in office space on the ramping up. Another straw in a quiet life may seem an impos- which were considered by West- licensed premises which, despite Cold night in Soho upper floors is attracting some the wind is a couple of applica- sible task, but Soho proves it is minster Council when deciding often being very busy, had no ŝ Help use keep our membership up very big names and econom- tions to get planning consent to very definitely NOT impossible, on the licence and often led to negative impact whatsoever on to date and to recruit new members. ically valuable companies yet use residential space for short and the two can exist in harmony. conditions being applied to the the residential amenity of this A correction to the above review: this has been done without rais- term letting all year round. Most Soho residents enjoy living applications resulting in a suitable densely populated (but quiet!) The ‘Misfits’ compilation CD was ŝ If you have ideas based on your own skills ing the roof line up and down Pleasingly Westminster plan- here because the neighbourhood compromise for both residents surrounding area. In fact, they not put together by Oli Max, it then let us know about those too. Regent Street. The society’s ners seem dead against this just is how it is – vibrant, busy and and applicants. Final decisions positively enhanced their was created and produced by planning group would like to as are we. Airbnb-type letting constantly stimulating, but these on the granting of licences rest immediate surrounds, which Jem Wayne, as was the ‘Misfits’ Do get in touch by emailing Clare Lynch: see this approach adopted has the potential to completely same residents also have a right with Westminster Council. is something that is very rare launch party at Conway Hall, and [email protected] to find much more widely across West- hollow out our and other central to domestic peace. The key to We once again acknowledge among licensed premises. They both were made possible by Rob out more. minster to reorganise space London residential communities these opposing residential and invaluable help, advice and sup- set a high standard for such an Deacon and colleagues at the more effectively within existing unless firmly controlled. commercial interests working port from Richard Brown of enterprise, proving that it can Volume label. Oli Max, along with buildings and yes with a floor Another area where the harmoniously together is careful Westminster CAB, and Steve indeed be done, and they will be many others, was a contributor or two in addition if the local council’s planning officers have negotiation according to West- Chambers, the Society’s Plan- sadly missed. to the ‘Misfits’ compilation CD. context allows it. That would taken a firm stand is on a rash of minster policy guidelines and the ning and Licensing administrator. 16 / SOHO CLARION SPIRITUS SOHO / 17
CU Where do your Soho memories start and what ... then to Meard Street and 69 Dean Street ... ending at Walker’s Court (Red Light artwork first drew you to the place? (Traces of the Night People) ... and Sailor Minotaur and Twilight Daughters) relate to the death of Soho’s past walk ups. RR My interest in Soho started when I was nine or CU This is Gossips/Billy’s/The Batcave/The ten and into Mod music. Soho was name-checked Gargoyle/Alice in Wonderland/The Comedy CU The end of Walker’s Court is what sort of in Lola by The Kinks, Pinball Wizard by The Who Store/Gaz’s Rockin’ Blues and the home of brought us together, isn’t it Robert? I had more and A Bomb in Wardour Street by The Jam, so I night club culture – a corner of Soho that responses to my FB outpouring of grief on this sub- think that’s how I first became aware of it as a place. has started many trends! You seem to have ject than anything else I have ever put on there… My first visit was on a school trip in 1988, where represented them all in this picture. Is it My own first entrée to Soho was listening to Soft we were given an afternoon to do what we wanted also Lord Longford with his camera in the Cell’s Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret, with its cover of to and me and a mate went for a wander into Soho… corner? Is this referencing his 1971 enquiry Marc Almond and Dave Ball in a neon-lit doorway What I remember most is going into a shop on into pornography that basically brought underneath The Bridge of Thighs that demarks Carnaby Street and buying some smiley acid house down the Dirty Squad who really ran all the the former territory of Paul Raymond’s Revue badges – and booming out of the shop stereo was Soho rackets, as told in Paul Willetts’ Paul Bar and all those little shops and secret places… I Got A Big Dick by Maurice Joshua, which me and Raymond biography Members Only/The Remembered for posterity in Gallon Drunk’s Jake my friend found very funny as teenagers. So that Look of Love? on the Make. Is this really the end of Soho? was my first introduction to Soho! RR It’s amazing that so much stuff happened RR Walker’s Court was a unique piece of London The Drift starts at 33 Wardour Street, original in that building! In my artwork I have featured architecture and walking though it gave me a home of the Flamingo Club (Black Bombers) … King Charles II’s mistress, Nell Gwynne, who once feeling, a vibe. I think it’s so short-slighted to lived in this building and all the history with David knock down the old buildings and replace them CU The associations for me are all checked in your Tennant, who ran The Gargoyle Club. All the club with glass boxes. SPIRITUS SOHO picture – snappy dressers, black bombers, under- people are represented from the Bowie night at They call it progress, but why can’t we have a Robert Rubbish takes Cathi Unsworth on a drift through Soho... world figures and GI’s mixing with the Modernists. Billy’s, The Batcave goths and Gaz Mayall from mix of both old and new? Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames, Johnny Edge- Gaz’s Rockin’ Blues. The man in the corner is actu- has been a big influence on my work for Spiritus combe and Lucky Gordon, Jack the Hat dancing ally based on a photo of the Soho photographer Soho, it evokes the seedy underbelly of the old to Prince Buster in The Long Firm… Did you ever Harry Diamond – I liked the idea he is someone place. Once you knock it down it’s gone forever. dip a pointed toe in there yourself? who took photos of Soho and jazz musicians. He And thank you for bringing Gallon Drunk’s song is another ghost of the Soho night… Jake on the Make to my attention. Jake Vegas is RR I am too young to have visited The Flamingo, part of the Soho I know and love and it’s good to though I have been interested in it since I got more ... then 43 Carnaby Street (Lord John 1967) ... see him leaning on a lamppost playing his stereo into all things Mod when I was 18 and bought the in plastic bag, sipping one can of lager and having book Mods! by Richard Barnes. It had photos of CU This wonderful homage to Swinging London a chat with him. Mods in The Flamingo and newspaper cuttings and Warren and David Gold’s boutique brings to Soho will never die. It will keep changing, but about purple hearts and drugs… The thing that has mind one of my favourite films, Smashing Time maybe it’s the death of the Soho I feel in love with influenced me most in recent times is a photo of – written by top Soho swinger George Melly – in and still love. People are being priced out and that’s Andy Summers and Zoot Money taken by Jeremy which Northern lasses Yvonne (Lynn Redgrave) sad – and to think it will just become about who can Fletcher at The Flamingo. and Brenda (Rita Tushingham) arrive in the cap- afford to be there is very short-sighted and kills the I love the vibe of this photo the fashion of the ital in 1967 in search of paradise. Winding up in community that Soho has always had. men and the look of the outside of the club. Camden Town instead, Yvonne instructs Brenda: “Give us ten bob and wait here while I go to Carn- “Prelude” the exhibition continues at We Are Cuts, aby Street, get a job as a model and find us a flat. 33a Dean St. until 30 June 2017. Read the full interview at www.mosoho.blogspot. Then I’ll come back and get you.” Yvonne and co.uk/2017/05/robert-rubbish-is-artist-and- Brenda were turned into Princess Margaret and filmmaker.html The Queen by Private Eye and there is a song Robert Rubbish is an artist and filmmaker based in London He was a founding member of the Le Gun on the soundtrack about Carnaby Street that is art collective. www.robertrubbish.com playing in my head as I look at this… Cathi Unsworth is the author of five pop-cultural crime fictions, The Not Knowing, The Singer, Bad RR George Melly is one of my all-time big influ- Penny Blues, Weirdo and Without The Moon, all published by Serpent’s Tail. For more, please go ences and yes, Smashing Time is a great take on to www.cathiunsworth.co.uk the Swinging Sixties. I’ve always loved photos of the Lord John shop in Soho and it has always inter- ested me as a visual landmark of the point when the 1960s went psychedelic – the music changed, the style changed and the mindset changed. LSD was a big factor in this change and that’s what I wanted to get across in this artwork, that the mural on the building has come alive and is projecting beyond. One bit of music that I had in my mind when making this artwork was Nicky Hopkins’ 1967 instrumental version of the Rolling Stones’ She’s A Rainbow. 18 / SOHO CLARION SOHO SOHO REVIEW / 19
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For example, the story of the Parisian street hawker, who “in 1912, to bypass a law banning the distribution of advertising paper BOOKS bills on the city streets, made his shoe soles Clive Jennings into rubber stamps and, in doing so, littered Soho Clarion Art Critic the pavements with ink impressions instead.” Turner Prize-winning “artist Jeremy Deller, on the other hand, used rubber stamps as an Rubber Stamping interactive element in his 2013 Venice Bien- Stephen Fowler nale British Pavilion show. Everyone could Publisher: Laurence King stamp and take home a printed souvenir of ISBN: 978 1 78067 865 8 two of the murals featured prominently in the exhibition.” Many of you may know the author of this Rubber stamping is an inclusive activ- wonderful book by his nom de guerre Nerv- ity that appeals to all ages and skill levels, ous Stephen. He of the droopy moustache or as Stephen succinctly explains: “Tran- and friendly disposition, always a welcoming scend context, subvert playfully – make presence behind the bar at The French and people smile or see things in a new light.” frequently spinning discs from yesteryear Join practitioners from Marcel Duchamp upstairs on his analogue equipment. to Andy Warhol. “A practical guide to the popular craft of Having seen rubber stamps in mail art in primitive printmaking, packed full of fun, the 1970s, I realised the full range and possi- The book has a thoughtful foreword by creative ideas with no need for expensive bilities of the medium when I was fortunate the paper cutting supremo, Rob Ryan, who equipment” – as described by the publishers to pick up the rubber stamp catalogue of identifies the hand made rubber stamp as a this book certainly is, but it goes far beyond the Pinhead Partnership of Santa Monica, way of turning the stamp of authority back on that remit. It is a testament to Stephen’s love California on a trip to New York in the 1980s itself. The tyranny of the “PASS” or “ FAIL” affair with this humble printing technique – 30 pages containing over 800 wonderful stamp becomes the liberty of self reliance, and an insight into the subversive and fine images that could be purchased as rubber “since you absolutely own the entire means art possibilities of the medium. The text is stamps, whole worlds ready to print and an of production”, explains Ryan who advises: scattered with wonderful anecdotes that inspiration to make one’s own forays into “Now is the time to put your rubber stamp demonstrate this. the medium. on the world”. 20 / SOHO CLARION SOHO REVIEW / 21
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A M O R IN O FOOD Hilary Penn Soho Clarion Food Critic
‘I scream for ice cream’ Cocktail of the Month Hilary Penn with Carla from the French and sausage dog Charlie Parker Honorary Clarion ice cream tasters PEDRO DOES NOT LIE My little brother Justin struggled to pro- nounce the words “ice cream” as a toddler, and instead he coined the phrase “lick lick” which he screamed every time we were in the Congratulations to Fredy from Bar Americain at Brasserie Zedel – recent winner of the Soho vicinity of a milk bar. The Penn family still use Food Feast 2017 cocktail competition. the words today to describe any iced treat, be it ice cream, gelato, sorbet or granita. Ingredients Here is my tale of a hunt for a boozy Soho 30ml smokey lapsing tea infused in Pedro ximenez and sweet vermouth SE lick lick. U O NMHJOŝNMDVSB¢BPPSBOHF H Gelupo in Archer Street is renowned for H C NMDBNQBSJŝEBTIBOHVTUVSB N a gin, elderflower and kiwi fruit sorbet which E R F sounds like a scoop of summer to me! Sadly E Method H T they had none to offer but we settled happily Combine all ingredients in a shaker, fill for Bonet ; a rich and brassy as a Kardashian halfway with ice and stir vigorously for 20 chocolate, amaretti, egg yolk, caramel and seconds. Strain into a chilled martini glass hip hip hooray, the first drink of the day, and garnish with a twist of lemon. RUM! Yo ho ho! It wasn’t the summer sen- sation I was on the prowl for, but satisfaction was served up! I have always had a soft spot for Gelupo, especially since they produced a Coronation Chicken flavour ice cream for the 2012 Queen’s Jubilee. Would you believe it, none of the ice cream salons in Wardour Street had any flavours Temper in Broadwick Street do a mean gin If you are pounding the streets of G E even giving a cursory nod to a tipple? What and tonic sorbet with les couilles de chien, Soho and you do fancy a boozy lick lick L U P O is Soho coming to?! Shocking! Another tee but alas they open at 4pm on Mondays so a but without a full meal to precede it, my total terror is Amorino, but the flavours are further setback for our thirsty quest. suggestion is to match a flavour with a min- sublime and I wouldn’t chuck one of their On the subject of gin and tonic sorbet, it iature from the lovely boys at Gerry’s* and takeaway tubs out of bed! Plus they score is very easy to make at home and you don’t D.I.Y... Douse it yourself! The possibilities points for presentation with their beautiful need an ice cream machine. I do recommend are endless; you could concoct a Porn star rose waffle cones. buying one though; you can get them for the martini with some passion fruit sorbet and The hunt led us on to Lick in Greek Street, price of a few bowls of chips at the Ivy and some vanilla vodka, or one of Dick Bradsell’s but it had a sign up saying Back in 5! What a then the world is your oyster! Gazpacho espresso martinis with espresso gelato and disaster! They had a container of rum and sorbet is a snazzy summer starter and all you Kahlua and vodka (a Dick lick lick!) daiquiris, raisin sitting inside giving us the finger. No have to do is open a carton! You can doctor mojitos, for every flavour of scoop in the ice Lick lick licks for us then. Cruel! it slightly to make a Bloody Mary sorbet too. cream shops of Soho there is a dinky minia- The lovely staff at 10 Greek Street came After a slightly disappointing hunt we ture in Gerry’s that will lift it out of its cups to our rescue with a scoop of their rum and came to the French House where chef Robbie and put you in yours! Or you can just go mad raisin which was a wet dream of creaminess Grantham Wise had left us some treats in the like Salvador Dali and make your own, or buy and contained enough rum to reassure my freezer... One of the French House signature a takeaway tub, and pour a whole bottle of liver that my throat had not been cut. drinks given an extreme ice cream make- old champagne over it! Happy days! To Quo Vadis, who have a refreshing and over! A Bloody Mary sorbet! Oh my days! delightful summertime treat of Campari And there was more, a delectable fennel, STOP PRESS! Just spotted Hendrick’s gin and sorbet sometimes with grapefruit or blood apple and Calvados sorbet that was crisp and cucumber sorbet at Andrew Edmunds on Lexington Street! *Gerry’s Wines & Spirits, 74 Old Compton orange, but as luck wouldn’t have it, it wasn’t cleansing and just what we’d been sniffing Street, WC1 on the pudding menu that day. Heartbreaking! about for all afternoon. 22 / SOHO CLARION ONCE UPON A TIME / 23
ring Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron. This new adaptation for the stage has come to us by way of Broadway and Paris, rather fittingly, and again, it shows no sign of slowing down with tickets selling until January 2018 at the ONCE UPON A TIME time of going to press. In May, another big one, Annie from 1977, Air quality and the congested streets of our urban village starring Miranda Hart as the evil Miss Han- nigan, opened at the Piccadilly Theatre. Another big budget US export, another risk free crowd-pleaser! And then we have On The Town, the 1944 Broadway hit which first gesting fossil fuel vehicles at rush hour. This Oliver Beer, Devils, 2017. POOH WHAT SHOULD WE DO? reached London’s West End in 1963. A slightly means the residents and workers breathe ACTIONS FOR REAL CHANGE different story with this production, which has deeply the most toxic levels of gases and a limited run from Regent’s Park Open Air particulates when they journey alongside ŝ 1FUJUJPOZPVS.BZPS .1BOE FOOD BACTERIA Theatre, who are, incidentally, responsible for emissions from traffic. Kings College meas- council to allow only electric the sixth and final musical on my list; a revival ure an increase of up to 1000% NO2 over vehicles in central London such of their own revival of last year’s surprise hit safe levels (40g per cubic meter of air) in as the BYD electric bus, RV1 fuel production of Jesus Christ Superstar, return- our area i.e. during rush hour. cell bus or electric delivery and ing later on this year all the way from 1970. Of PLANT FERTILIZER ENERGY & GAS Soho is bounded by the most con- trade vans. course there’s nothing wrong about reviving gested streets in Europe and this study ŝ $IBOHFZPVSHBTBQQMJBODFTGPS these fantastic shows; there will always be an move in, then the galleries, then the property posted NO2 diffusion tube sensors in thermal or induction hobs which audience for them. However, it begs an impor- developers selling swanky flats, then the lux- January 2017 to measure the pollution are safer and cleaner. tant question: where is our groundbreaking ury brand shops to service the new residents, ‘Once upon a time’ cities had fresh and in central London with a focus on this ŝ 4VSWFZZPVSTUSFFUBOEƃOETQBDF THEATRE 21st century talent? I know it’s there, I’ve seen by which time the artists, who gave the area clean air mingled with cow, horse and sheep urban village. for more trees and plants – support Nina Davis it at the Soho Theatre and St James’ Theatre its original cachet, can’t afford to stay and pooh, but those gases were dilute and part Current science adopts an approach your councillors and neighbours. Soho Clarion Theatre Critic (now closed) among others. follow the beleaguered locals and many of the of a natural cycle. Now if you take a deep to measure the emissions at high levels ŝ "WPJEQFBLIPVSUSBWFMBOEXFBS One can only hope that Lloyd-Webber galleries to the next “undiscovered” location. breath, a trip to the hospital is likely in due to the heat of the gases emitted and air filter masks. comes through with his plan. He recently It’s becoming the art/property cycle norm in time as toxins accumulate in your organs. the effects of moving air but in this study, ŝ 3VOGPSFMFDUJPO purchased The Other Palace, a new thea- all the major cities of the world. For those who remember the ‘Great I measured emissions at both 1m (the aver- There’s a curious trend currently taking place tre, with the intention to nurture and foster We are fast approaching the time of year Smog’ of the 1950s the air quality is much age height of the newly attending school The percentages shown in the bar chart in London’s West End, the home of the block- musical talent. Well, after all, if anyone can when many galleries put on group shows, better now thanks to our forefathers’ child) and 2.2m (standard practice). The are increases in the results from sites buster musical. make a Memory, it’s him (dreadful, sorry). not wanting to put their resources into solo legislation, but more pollution remains, lower 1m sensor showed a marked increase where two sensors were placed at 1m high Whilst there is no dearth of brand new shows, as most potential buyers will be on invisible to the naked eye. (4%-14%) corresponding to the tailpipe and 2.2m high, at the same location i.e. productions afoot (Bat Out of Hell, Hamilton, a beach somewhere hot. These exhibitions We cannot easily see or smell today’s emission levels. Unfortunately several Cambridge, Oxford and Piccadilly Circus. The Wind in the Willows) there seems to be often provide a good survey of the “feel” of emissions but the lungs suffer as the sensors disappeared, presumably as This indicates the child receives more something of a resurgence occurring for old the gallery. A typical example is “Summer petrol/diesel combustion fossil-fuel vehi- mementoes of this great city, but most pollution than the adult. The yellow line on timey musicals, the youngest of which is 37 Breeze: an Ensemble of Gallery Artists” at cles pour out their gases to attack your remained to tell this tale of hot gases. the graph shows the safe limit of 40g per years old! Frith Street Gallery from 6 July to 11 August. health. In boroughs like Soho, which are According to Public Health England, cubic meter of air. All levels around Soho I am talking about this year’s revival pro- An exception is an interesting looking exhibi- concentrated with buildings and people, in 2016 air pollution caused up to 40,000 are at least twice the safety limit. Piccadilly ductions of big-time, largely American, classic tion coming up at Sadie Coles HQ, who always the pollution levels increase due to the deaths per year in the UK and the govern- Circus is four times (400%) more than the musicals which are dominating the big the- seems to come up with something surprising canyon effect, often holding the pollution ment plan is to meet the NO2 legal limit annual averaged limit. atres, gearing up for summer and autumn in her massive first floor space – currently in the streets. by 2025 – indicating an expected loss of as we ready ourselves for some potentially carpeted in purple nylon carpet for the Jor- The timing of the pollution is significant 320,000 people due to NO2 poisoning in UK Air Quality Consultation is now live: painful political developments. ART dan Wolfson video installation. Mexican born as the peak pollutants coincide with con- eight years, mostly in cities!! https://get.healthyair.org.uk Anyone looking in might think that the Clive Jennings artist Gabriel Kuri, who repurposes natural, country is falling apart and that the British Soho Clarion Art Critic industrial and mass-produced objects to public need to be cheered up, surely not? create witty and visually refined sculptures, 3 First up, we have the 1963 musical, Half collages, installations and photographs, NO2 g/m a Sixpence, currently playing at the Vaude- is exhibiting from 23 June to 19 August. ville Theatre. It opened in November last There has been a lot of coming and going I detect the influence of the international 23A Shaftesbury Ave. / Denman St. 50 Shaftesbury Ave. / Rupert St. year, transferring from Chichester Festival on the Soho Gallery scene, with a con- artist Gabriel Orozco, with whom Kuri worked 62 Shaftesbury Ave. / Wardour St. Theatre, with a book rewrite (from writer du stantly changing art landscape. Over the for three years in the 1980s. 95 Shaftesbury Ave. / Dean St. jour, Julian Fellowes, of Downton Abbey and last couple of years, we appear to have lost The Photographers’ Gallery has the first Shaftesbury Ave. / 31 Frith St. Cambridge Circus / 140 Shaftesbury Ave. 4% School of Rock fame). It’s had a successful, Atomica (Greens Court), Herald Street UK exhibition by American artist Gregory Cambridge Circus / 140 Shaftesbury Ave. healthy, Flash Bang Wallop of a run which will (Golden Square), Pertwee, Anderson & Gold Crewdson, Cathedral of the Pines from 23 Charing Cross Rd. / 1 Old Compton St. finish at the end of the summer. (Bateman Street) and Soho Revue (Greek June to 8 October, which looks very prom- 121 Charing Cross Rd. / Manette St. Oxford St. / Soho St. Fitzrovia Coming next is the biggest of them all, Street) and gained Unit London (Wardour ising – think Twin Peaks transposed to 125 Oxford St. / Wardour St. Fitzrovia 42nd Street, the 1980 classic pre-war tale of Street). We now have around 14 galleries in rural Massachusetts – and encompasses Oxford St. / Poland St. Peggy Sawyer and the bright lights of Broad- Soho, but the changes are modest compared all three exhibition spaces. A must-see new Oxford Circus Oxford Circus 10% way. This has been a resounding success with Fitzrovia, where over 50 galleries have addition to the London art scene is big hitter Regent St. / Great Marlborough St. since it opened, starring 1980s singer, Sheena opened and closed over five years. Parisian gallery Thaddaeus Ropac’s beau- Regent St. / Beak St. 158 Regent St. Soho 1 Piccadilly Circus / Glashouse St. Easton. Its glitz and glamour fills London’s In the United States, residents in fear of tiful new space in Mayfair, where the art is Piccadilly Circus / Coventry St. most haunted theatre, the Theatre Royal, being priced out of their local neighbour- almost incidental to the stunning interior Piccadilly Circus / Coventry St. 14% Drury Lane, every night and with no sign of hoods in Los Angeles and San Francisco of Ely House, a 16,000 square foot Georgian Coventry St. / Wardour St. Leicester Sq. / Charing Cross Rd. abating. It’s pure escapism! have protested outside artists studios and Mansion. On show in its four galleries to 29 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 An American in Paris, which also opened galleries, in fear of the dreaded “Artwashing” July are: Oliver Beer, Joseph Beuys, Gilbert in March, is slightly different, as its original process, so evident in East London and our & George and a museum class exhibition of incarnation was an MGM movie of 1951 star- New York namesake SoHo. First the artists Minimal Art. 24 / SOHO CLARION ASK AUGUSTA / 60 SECOND INTERVIEW / MAP / DIRECTORY / 25 ASK AUGUSTA MAP
Augusta Wolff since, by its very nature, really good service An attuned waiter is responsive to din- 1. Falconberg Mews 2. Great Chapel Street The Clarion’s very own therapist is unobtrusive. ers and can sense, for example, when it is OXFORD CIRCUS 3. Orange Yard From my limited knowledge, it has always the right moment to interrupt diners to 4. Portland Mews struck me that one of the most challenging take their orders and when it is better to 5. Chapone Place OXFORD STREET
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the kitchen and front of house. When the An empathic waiter can put his or herself in POLAND STREET 8. Lowndes Court PLACE HOLLEN 2 kitchens are working at full stretch, a waiter the shoes of diners who, as another example, 9. Marlborough Court LITTLE ARGYLL STREET RAMILLIES STREET ARGYLL ST. NOEL STREET SOHO SUTTON has to communicate with both hungry cus- have had to wait a long time for their meal 10. Kemps Court ROW SQUARE 11. Silver Place WARDOUR MEWS tomers and chefs in a hot, busy kitchen. A and will respond with sympathy and care. SHERATON CARLISILE ST. GOSLET YARD 12. Blore Court D’ARBLAY BERWICKSTREET STREET STREET skilled waiter is the link, while retaining an Empathy and attunement are impor- 13. Walkers Court P ST. ANNES CT. 3 GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET CHARING CROSS ROAD 4 GREEK FLAXMAN CT. exterior that is calm and capable. Perhaps tant qualities that people involved in the 14. Greens Court DEAN FRITH MANETTE STREET
LITTLE NEWBURGH MARSHALL STREET RICHMOND 5 6 15. Tisbury Court STREET P the ability to present a smiling face to the helping professions bring to their work: MARLBOROUGHSTREET LIVONIA ST. BLDGS 16. Macclesfield Street 8 DUFOUR’S WEDGEWOOD RICHMOND MEWS MEWS public means that young actors are well anyone caring for children or the sick, DUCK LANE WARDOUR STREET PLACE 7 17. Regent Place FOUBERTS PL. P CARNABY STREET9 suited to being waiters, in addition to the Soho’s many theatrical agents looking STREET 18. Quadrant Arcade KINGLY STREET BROADWICK INGESTRESTREET PLACE REGENT STREET 10 BERWICK STREET BATEMAN STREET STREET GREEK CT. flexibility the work provides people who are after their clients, as well as counsellors GANTON HOPKINS STREET
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pursuing another career. and psychotherapists such as myself. Once TYLERS STREET KINGLY CT. 11 MEARD ST. Whether a waiter has discovered his in a while it can be really helpful to make LEXINGTON STREET COURT 12 MOOR ST. GREAT PULTENEY or her niche in the hospitality industry, or a deliberate effort to step into another TENISON UPPER BRIDLE LANE CT. JAMES STREET BEAK STREET BOURCHIER ST. In Soho there are many well-established is still searching for a long-term career, person’s shoes and see the world from UPPER OLD COMPTON STREET JOHN STREET waiters who have become highly skilled in they need highly developed people skills. their point of view. 13 ROMILLY STREET 14 GERRARD art of welcoming guests and meeting their Providing a warm welcome to complete STREET 15 PLACE LEICESTER SQUARE WARWICK STREET P RUPERT GOLDEN SHAFTSBURYHORSE & AVENUE Augusta Wolff is a UKCP registered WINNETT 16 NEWPORT P needs while also working with a complex strangers, being able to advise guests on SQUARE GT. WIND- STREET NEWPORT DOLPHIN YD. PLACE psychotherapist. www.awcounselling.co.uk. LOWER network of other waiters and front of house the menu and listen attentively to questions JAMES DANSEY 17 STREET ARCHER PLACE COURT If you would like her to respond to a problem REGENT STREET LOWER GERRARD STREET staff, as well as the chefs and the kitchen and take orders, to be responsive without BREWER STREET MILL STREET L. NEWPORT JOHN WARDOUR STREET you are facing, please email her at augusta@ STREET HAM YARD SMITHS CT. STREET team. The hours are long, unsocial and being either intrusive or neglectful, friendly thesohosociety.co.uk. Unfortunately Augusta SHERWOOD LEICESTER CT. STREET RUPERT STREET LISLE STREETLEICESTER PLACE is not able to enter into correspondence P physically demanding. I have often not fully without being inappropriate - none of these COURT DENMAN LEICESTER ST. with readers. STREET GLASSHOUSE ST. appreciated just how skilful their work is are easy. STREET P
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Across Down Signed CONTRIBUTORS 1, 9. Slit corner (6, 4) 1. Babies’ footwear that Date 4. Throws out and discards is in chemist shop (7) with no right (6) 2. Fountain reversing 9. See 1 across green current (5) 10. Announcer creates mix-up 3. Going after East German, after returning rent (10) ornate bird (7) 11. Pacific island beachwear? (6) 5. Sailor noisily consumed 12. See 13 across kind of potato (6) 13, 12. No heavyweight having 6. Wildly calls this as they a box after a slander at her take money? (4, 5) behind (2, 5, 2, 1, 7) 7. Spits right into garden in South 15. With an additional sign (4) East before going South (7) The Soho Clarion is edited David Evans Michael Heath Tony Shrimplin 16, 25. Hit connection 8. Six ring at this when by Clare Lynch. Chair of the Soho Society. Hack cartoonist. Director of the Museum for fastener (4, 4) eveything must go (9, 4) of Soho and Soho resident. 17. Extra to get in to 14. Putting it back stops rickety Some of our contributors from David Gleeson Clive Jennings party without leader (9) fencing causing harm (9) left to right: Nina, David, Leslie, Vice Chair of the Soho Society, Director of the Chart Gallery Daniel Whomes 21. Goes down to note 16. Mice she scatters Clare, Lisa, Iona. Chair of Licensing Group and and National Print Gallery. Soho Society key objectives (8) in nightdress (7) Soho resident. Committee member. 22. Underwear instructions (6) 18. Europen voice in Steve Chambers Clare Lynch 24. I get confused with glider my residence (7) Planning Advisor. Leslie Hardcastle OBE Soho resident. Iona Wolff ribs for airships (10) 19. Well-bred get charged Retired controller of the British Freelance photographer Nina Davis Film Institute, South Bank. Andrew Murray and Soho resident. 25. See 16 again (7) Writer, performer and presenter President of the Soho Society. Kemp House Residents 26. Surprising glee at small bird 20. Genie upset about noisy of @whatsoffstage on Soho Association, Baptist minister Alex Wright of prey (6) starting motor (6) Radio, Friday 9–10am. Wendy Hardcastle and Soho resident. Graphic designer. 27. Notable example 23. Reorder oil and go Soho resident. of speech (6) to frozen home (5) Answers to issue 167 crossword 28 / SOHO CLARION SOHO CLARION / 29
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