Soho Night & Day

“My London is Soho” – Frank Norman For as long as anyone can remember, Soho has been the fluttering heart of London. Its storied pubs, shops, trattorias, gambling dens and nightclubs are every bit as alive as the millions of tourists, locals and crosstown visitors who crowd the streets all year round. People from all walks of life are made and unmade in Soho, and few knew it better than Frank Norman and Jeffrey Bernard. Writers and raconteurs, the pair haunted Soho's establishments for much of their lives. While Bernard was renowned for his Low Life column in the Spectator, these pages collect his photos of the Soho he loved, with insightful commentary from Norman, an acclaimed novelist in his own right. Soho Night & Day is an authentic and very personal portrait of a special time and place, telling the tale of Soho in the '60s. This new edition is embellished with an introduction by Barry Miles, as well as Jeffrey Bernard's moving obituary for Frank Norman. SELLING POINTS: . A highly coveted classic . Written by Frank Norman and abundantly illustrated with Jeffrey Bernard's photos . Candid shots of Soho legends like Muriel Belcher, Gaston Berlemont, Madame Floris and more . Embellished with an introduction by Barry Miles, and Jeffrey Bernard's moving obituary for Frank Norman . An authentic and very personal portrait of Soho in the 1960s 64 b/w illustrations

"These nostalgic photographs capture the sultry world of ’60s Soho." - Time Out London
"The book has now been republished with a foreword by writer Barry Miles in which he calls it “a snapshot of a wonderful place at a certain time, now separated from us for ever by the vault of time”." - The Guardian
"Billed as ‘a personal portrait of central London’s most legendary square mile’, Soho Night & Day (ACC Art Books) captures the neighbourhood in the Swinging Sixties." - Waitrose Magazine
"This is a reissue of a sought after classic that has stood the test of time, and this new edition now stands as a testament to its creators and an age that has passed." - Black + White Photography
Frank Norman's grandson Joe Daniel was interviewed on the Bureau of Lost Culture podcast. - Bureau of Lost Culture
Joe Daniel was interviewed on BBC Radio London. - BBC
"""The book — characterised by Norman's no-nonsense photos and Bernard's non-PC, hyper-observant and often wandering prose — doesn't so much try to crack what makes Soho tick, but go along with the madness of it all, and jot it down along the way. It has grown into an invaluable record of a Soho that's now so often mourned as lost to time.""""Soho Night & Day is that rare beast of a 'back in the day' photo essay that's twinned with vital prose — the two pulling equal weight. It's a near-mandatory coffee book tome, although if the vicar's coming over for a brew, one to stash away under the sofa.""" - The Londonist

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