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Life Changing Events of the Third Kind
A reflection on friendship
Oct 14 • 
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“I Change Every Day”
Visiting The David Bowie Centre, V&A East Storehouse, London
Oct 10 • 
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 and 
Jackie Hopfinger
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The Eric Gilder School of Music
195 Wardour Street - A Story in Three Songs
Oct 2 • 
Mike Press
 and 
Jackie Hopfinger
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September 2025

Welcome to the Pleasure Dome
Has any single building given more to our culture than 69 Dean Street? Bowie Nights and The Batcave are only the start of it.
Sep 17 • 
Mike Press
 and 
Jackie Hopfinger
25
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News from Nowhere 2.0
AI: The Architect and The Bee
Sep 3 • 
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August 2025

On The Road Again
Our next guided walk is in October
Aug 28 • 
Mike Press
 and 
Jackie Hopfinger
14
We Skipped the Light Fandango
What makes an iconic song?
Aug 1 • 
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July 2025

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

Loving the Alien
A Bowie manifesto for the AI age
Jun 24 • 
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Children of the Revolution
Glam's roots in Soho's Jewish diaspora
Jun 10 • 
Mike Press
 and 
Jackie Hopfinger
20
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