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AI: The Architect and The Bee
Sep 3 • 
Mike Press
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August 2025

On The Road Again
Our next guided walk is in October
Aug 28 • 
Mike Press
 and 
Jackie Hopfinger
11
We Skipped the Light Fandango
What makes an iconic song?
Aug 1 • 
Mike Press
29
13

July 2025

Park Life
A witness to music, resistance and the making of solidarity
Jul 10 • 
Mike Press
62
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Be a Ringo
Become the backbeat of brilliance
Jul 7 • 
Mike Press
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Rubber Sole
How Soho's immigrant shoemakers shod The Beatles and The Queen
Jul 2 • 
Mike Press
 and 
Jackie Hopfinger
35
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June 2025

Loving the Alien
A Bowie manifesto for the AI age
Jun 24 • 
Mike Press
18
13
Children of the Revolution
Glam's roots in Soho's Jewish diaspora
Jun 10 • 
Mike Press
 and 
Jackie Hopfinger
19
13
I’m a Luddite - How About You?
How do we collectively deal with AI?
Jun 6 • 
Mike Press
18
13

May 2025

YOU are the Plastic Ono Band
A musical idea explored in ten songs
May 30 • 
Mike Press
11
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Picture This
The story behind a photograph
May 28 • 
Mike Press
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Walk on the Wild Side
The story of Lou Reed's pop masterpiece made in London’s Soho. And why it matters.
May 12 • 
Mike Press
 and 
Jackie Hopfinger
26
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