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From Casanova’s courtesan to Catholic ministries: the newly-restored St Patrick’s on Soho Square
St Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church, on the eastern side of colourful Soho Square, has reopened after 14 months of renovations, at a cost of £3.5 million. New additions include a marble apse, a new baptistry chapel housing relic images, and an extensive underground fit-out – industrial kitchen, prayer room, classroom, offices and a community room. The church […]
See them down in Soho Square…
April 26, 2011
Last week we took a walk through vibrant Soho Square in west London. Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe immortalized the square in their song “Why Can’t the English?” from the musical My Fair Lady: …Hear them down in Soho Square, dropping “h’s” everywhere, speaking English any way they like… Like all of early London, this land […]
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June 3, 2011
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