Esquire (UK)

Nick Jones

- BY MIRANDA COLLINGE

Given what Soho House has become, it is hard to remember that it started as an actual house. In Soho. In 1995, Nick Jones was offered a space above his Café Boheme on the corner of Greek Street in London. As the door was too small for it to be a restaurant, he decided to turn it into a private members’ club. “I wanted to create somewhere where a creative soul is valued more than anything else; a relaxed, ‘home-from-home’ environmen­t,” Jones, 53, tells Esquire. “I didn’t know if there was going to be a market there. I hoped there would be.”

His hopes appear well founded. Since it opened, Soho House has become the place to work, play and

 ??  ?? Right: Nick Jones photograph­ed by Alex Sarginson, London, 2015
Right: Nick Jones photograph­ed by Alex Sarginson, London, 2015

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