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![They’ve been seen (and heard) percussin’ and chantin’ their way around Soho Square in central London for decades, but back in the day the Hari Krishna gang were all about […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/krishna-soho-london-01-115x115.jpg "London Soho Square: The Hari Krishna guys go electric")
London Soho Square: The Hari Krishna guys go electric
Posted on Wednesday, Aug 16, 2017 | 1 CommentThey’ve been seen (and heard) percussin’ and chantin’ their way around Soho Square in central London for decades, but back in the day the Hari Krishna gang were all about […] -
Street preacher, closed sex shops and street art: Soho photos, October 2016
Posted on Monday, Oct 10, 2016 | No CommentsHere’s a series of photos snapped during a recent walk around Soho. All the photos were taken on a battered three-year old Ricoh GR compact camera. -
![There’s a cracking collection of work currently on show at the Photographers’ Gallery in London, including a wonderful retrospective on East London snapper Terence Donovan, a series on ‘black dandyism’, and […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/what-soho-wore-photo-gallery-01-5-115x115.jpg "What Soho Wore, Black Dandyism and Terence Donovan at the Photographers’ Gallery, London")
What Soho Wore, Black Dandyism and Terence Donovan at the Photographers’ Gallery, London
Posted on Thursday, Sep 22, 2016 | No CommentsThere’s a cracking collection of work currently on show at the Photographers’ Gallery in London, including a wonderful retrospective on East London snapper Terence Donovan, a series on ‘black dandyism’, and […] -
![Describing itself as ‘the global home of creative neon and light art formats,’ Lights of Soho is a new art gallery and member’s lounge, located in the heart of the west end […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/lights-of-soho-london-01-1-115x115.jpg "Punky neon galore at the Lights of Soho, Brewer Street, London W1")
Punky neon galore at the Lights of Soho, Brewer Street, London W1
Posted on Monday, Apr 11, 2016 | No CommentsDescribing itself as ‘the global home of creative neon and light art formats,’ Lights of Soho is a new art gallery and member’s lounge, located in the heart of the west end […] -
The Old Cafe in Charing Cross, Soho gets booted out on Monday
Posted on Thursday, Apr 30, 2015 | No CommentsI’m really saddened to learn that The Old Cafe in Soho will be booted out of their premises on Charing Cross Road on Monday, 4th May. -
Squatters take over Soho offices to create a hub for London’s growing homeless
Posted on Tuesday, Apr 28, 2015 | 2 CommentsSquatters have occupied a former office block in the heart of trendy Soho, and have said that they intend to turn it into a hub for the capital’s growing army of homeless people. -
![I’m well miffed to learn that The Old Cafe in Charing Cross Road – my favourite cafe in the West End – is set to be booted out by their […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/old-cafe-charing-cross-road-11-115x115.jpg "Soho’s The Old Cafe set to be booted out of the former Foyles building")
Soho’s The Old Cafe set to be booted out of the former Foyles building
Posted on Tuesday, Apr 14, 2015 | No CommentsI’m well miffed to learn that The Old Cafe in Charing Cross Road – my favourite cafe in the West End – is set to be booted out by their […] -
![Launched on the stroke of the new year of 2004, this interesting photographic project was created by 24 postgraduate photography students who decided to document the first day of the […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/soho-square-24-photography-011-115x115.jpg "Photographic project seeks to capture the first day of 24 New Years in London")
Photographic project seeks to capture the first day of 24 New Years in London
Posted on Tuesday, Mar 17, 2015 | No CommentsLaunched on the stroke of the new year of 2004, this interesting photographic project was created by 24 postgraduate photography students who decided to document the first day of the […] -
![Here’s a small set of photos from a rainy London weekend. Above, a man passes a collection of beach paintings hung on the railings of Green Park, on Piccadilly. The artist sagely […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/beach-scenes-london-rain-115x115.jpg "Beach scenes and Piccadilly rain, Photographers Gallery and other London photos")
Beach scenes and Piccadilly rain, Photographers Gallery and other London photos
Posted on Tuesday, Feb 17, 2015 | No CommentsHere’s a small set of photos from a rainy London weekend. Above, a man passes a collection of beach paintings hung on the railings of Green Park, on Piccadilly. The artist sagely […] -
![Last week, activists calling themselves Bohemians 4 Soho occupied and reopened the legendary 12 Bar in central London, shortly after it had been closed in the wake of a huge redevelopment. […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/anti-folk-12-bar-london-261-115x115.jpg "Eviction order served on Soho’s 12 Bar Club – bailiffs due tomorrow, street party called")
Eviction order served on Soho’s 12 Bar Club – bailiffs due tomorrow, street party called
Posted on Thursday, Jan 29, 2015 | 1 CommentLast week, activists calling themselves Bohemians 4 Soho occupied and reopened the legendary 12 Bar in central London, shortly after it had been closed in the wake of a huge redevelopment. […] -
Photo of the day: Dior model in a dumpster, London
Posted on Friday, Jan 16, 2015 | 1 CommentI liked this scene in Ramillies Street, London W1, showing a shop display of a lantern jawed male model unceremoniously dumped in a bin. -
![Spotted in Silver Place, Soho, London was this curious shop window advertising a whole series of body hair removing treatments. Looking on the website of the shop – called X-it! – the full […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/back-crack-sack-london-115x115.jpg "Brazilians, Boyzilians, Back, Crack & Sack and more – Soho shop window")
Brazilians, Boyzilians, Back, Crack & Sack and more – Soho shop window
Posted on Saturday, May 31, 2014 | No CommentsSpotted in Silver Place, Soho, London was this curious shop window advertising a whole series of body hair removing treatments. Looking on the website of the shop – called X-it! – the full […] -
London Soho street photos – graffiti and small details, May 2014
Posted on Friday, May 16, 2014 | No CommentsI was out and about around Soho, London this afternoon and grabbed a few photos on my travels. All the photos were taken on my trusty Ricoh GR compact camera. -
Petition launched to save the 12 Bar Club and London’s Tin Pan Alley from developers
Posted on Thursday, May 15, 2014 | 2 CommentsA petition has been launched on Change.org to lobby Camden Council and English Heritage to save London’s famous Denmark Street from developers. -
![Here’s a selection of photos taken around Soho this weekend. Above is a close up of a display of postcards being sold on Oxford Street, featuring such tourist-pleasing stalwarts subjects as […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/london-soho-snapshots-011-115x115.jpg "Snapshots from the streets of Soho, London, April 2014")
Snapshots from the streets of Soho, London, April 2014
Posted on Monday, Apr 21, 2014 | No CommentsHere’s a selection of photos taken around Soho this weekend. Above is a close up of a display of postcards being sold on Oxford Street, featuring such tourist-pleasing stalwarts subjects as […]