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Soho, In Colour
Windows, signs, and the architecture of gathering
 • Mike Press and Jackie Hopfinger

December 2025

Marx and Music in Soho
Karl Marx and the Making of Britain’s Musical Identity
 • Mike Press and Jackie Hopfinger
Walking Backwards to Go Forwards
The Windmill, The Goons and a Summertime Christmas Song
 • Mike Press and Jackie Hopfinger
South Soho: Islands of Liberty
Where outsiders found belonging, and the night found its voice.
 • Mike Press and Jackie Hopfinger

November 2025

Sunshine on Leith
The Sunshine Blogger Award
 • Mike Press
Soo Catwoman: The Woman Who Invented Herself
How a young West London outsider, a Soho lesbian club, and a £2 barber’s cut helped ignite a cultural revolution.
 • Mike Press and Jackie Hopfinger
East Soho: The Foundations
Where the map was first drawn, and the city began to misbehave
 • Mike Press and Jackie Hopfinger
Santa Claus is Coming to Soho
Discover How Soho Shaped the Sound of Christmas
 • Mike Press and Jackie Hopfinger

October 2025

Sandy Denny and the Art of Melancholy
A journey through ten songs
 • Mike Press
The Basement that Changed Britain
The 2i’s Coffee Bar and the Birth of Pop
 • Mike Press and Jackie Hopfinger
Life Changing Events of the Third Kind
A reflection on friendship
 • Mike Press
“I Change Every Day”
Visiting The David Bowie Centre, V&A East Storehouse, London
 • Mike Press and Jackie Hopfinger
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