The late Andrew Edmunds (1943-2022) created a corner of Soho full of amusing, sympathetic souls, as his splendid memorial service, featuring on page 44 of this issue, showed.
In Soho's Academy Club, in the eponymous Andrew Edmunds Restaurant and in his print shop, Edmunds showed a tremendous sense of style.
These three are housed in two charming 18th-century houses, untarnished by the modern age but pleasantly tarnished by quite a lot of layers laid down by previous ages.
Together with the late Auberon Waugh, hallowed Oldie contributor, Andrew set up the Academy Club.
The rules for membership – devised by Bron Waugh – are satirical: ‘No poets’ is one of them.
Edmunds had
