The Algerian Coffee Stores – caffeinating London since 1887 22/09/2024 donbrown 0 I blush as I write this, but in over 40 years in London, yesterday was the first time I’ve ever bought anything in Old Compton […] Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky MoreShare on Tumblr Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Like this:Like Loading...
Soho Square, Ancient and Modern(ish) 08/08/2024 donbrown 0 There is an ancient hut in the centre of Soho Square, a half-timbered affair with beams that sag and bow. It gives the impression of […] Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky MoreShare on Tumblr Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Like this:Like Loading...
The Soho grave of Theodore I, King of Corsica 05/03/2020 donbrown 1 St Anne’s churchyard is a small patch of open ground at the Shaftesbury Avenue end of Wardour Street, Soho. Once the hang out of druggies […] Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky MoreShare on Tumblr Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Like this:Like Loading...
Bar Italia, a Soho Institution 27/04/2017 donbrown 0 I’m having a coffee in the last of the Soho coffee bars. An absurd statement on the face of it; there are probably more places […] Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky MoreShare on Tumblr Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Like this:Like Loading...
Rock ‘n’ Roll London 20/07/2016 donbrown 0 One of the shocks of middle age is realising just how old some of the music is that one listens to. Like all right-thinking people, […] Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky MoreShare on Tumblr Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Like this:Like Loading...
Bradley’s Spanish Bar 19/11/2015 donbrown 2 [Update: the good news, if you read the comments below, is that Bradley’s is safe until at least 2018. So even I might get around […] Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky MoreShare on Tumblr Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Like this:Like Loading...
