A personal memoir of autism, Asperger’s, pornography, prostitution, strip clubs, strippers and Soho–JOURNALS: VOLUME 1 (1996-2001) by Ernst Graf (£3); now with explanatory footnotes
Sunset Strip licence renewed January 2018 (despite objections of Mr Strange) [but Windmill lose out]
Sunset Strip, Basement, 30 Dean Street, W1 Meeting of Licensing Sub-Committee (6), Thursday 11th January, 2018 10.00 am (Item 4.) App No Ward Site Name and Address Application Licensing Reference … Continue reading
The Nazis couldn’t close it … now feminists have: Windmill Theatre that stayed open through the Blitz loses its licence after women’s rights group’s private eye ‘was rubbed up and down by naked lap-dancer’
Women’s rights group sent undercover investigators into famous Soho club They have produced reports stating they were touched by naked dancers Westminster council has now decided to withdraw the strip … Continue reading
Chinatown and Soho: No ‘happy ending’ for 18 arrested in prostitution and slavery raids as police storm six ‘massage parlours’. Police say “We came as fast as we could”
FRANCESCA GILLETT Evening Standard 21 October 2016 Organised crime: Police stormed six buildings on Thursday night. Westminster MPS Police arrested 18 people and seized £35,000 in cash during nighttime prostitution … Continue reading
Primal screen
More than just an exploitation flick, Primitive London is a portrait of a city trapped between postwar austerity and 1960s liberalism By voyeurs, for voyeurs … Primitive London Iain Sinclair … Continue reading
Lost strip clubs — No.1 Boulevard Strip, Soho (aka the French Pussycat Club, closed December 2013)
As a Soho sex worker, Christmas is one of my busiest – and strangest – times
Christmas Eve and New Year bring lots of customers, but the festive period also brings more raids than usual. And there’s a marked difference between my new customers and those … Continue reading
I miss old Soho’s smell of heroic failure
Save Soho campaigners point to its creativity but what about the village where people once lived? The Coach & Horses Photo: Alamy By Christopher Howse Telegraph 10 Aug 2015 I’d like Soho … Continue reading
Vanity Bar opens today–they now have stage dancing (Official Opening Friday 26 June)
“Vanity Bar (Carlisle St, Soho, next to the Nellie Dean of Soho pub) opens today at 1pm. It will be open Monday to Wednesday 5pm-3am; Thurs-Friday 1pm to 3am; entrance … Continue reading
Is Soho losing its mojo?
The seedy sex shops and cabaret clubs are making way for boutiques, delis and million-pound flats. That’s offensive, say London’s sex workers and creatives. John Arlidge reports JOHN ARLIDGE Evening … Continue reading
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