Jason Holmes

To paraphrase a well-known British songwriter, he's got a pick in his pocket and it makes him a player. Nigel Price, one of the leading lights of the UK funk and jazz scene, spoke to Jason Holmes about his taste in music and how devotion to the guitar transformed his...

For Wendy Scozzaro of Felix de Wolfe, one of London's oldest theatrical agencies, every day is a whirlwind of deal making. Jason Holmes caught up with her after hours at the Waldorf Hotel

'I have to be excited by an actor's work before I take them on,' says...

On a March evening in London's West End as a bitter wind swept through emptying streets, a coterie of men and women convened at the Borderline Club in the shadow of Foyles bookshop to pay respect to a burgeoning musical talent from Sweden. Jason Holmes was there to hear Jasmine...

Veteran DJ and boss of Acid Jazz Records Eddie Piller found time in his hectic schedule to talk to Jason Holmes about music, cricket and where to enjoy a quiet Soho pint

To the rear of an antiques cum junk shop on Bethnal Green Road lie the offices, or should...

At the crack of dawn in Soho, Jason Holmes met up with Will Smith, the co-owner of Arbutus, a bistro that has for the past six years firmly established itself as one of the best places to eat in London's West End

"By 10.30 in the morning my mind's firmly...

At first glance, hidden behind Carnaby Street in Kingly Court, two floors up above the bars and clothes retailers, Youth Club resembled just another clothes shop selling some fine art prints - a sort of slick secondhand shop - but when you looked a little harder and noticed that all...

Former star of Jersey Boys in the West End, Suzy Bastone is now upping the ante and trying to break into the world of television and straight theatre. Jason Holmes reports

It's tough times in Hollywood as the recession bites and budgets are cut. With major bankable US stars now...

Writing, dining, Soho: the three favourite words of writer and Soho habitué David Lines. Jason Holmes joined him for a lunch or three...

It's mid November and the writer David Lines, 43, author of The Modfather: My Life with Paul Weller lights a reflective Marlboro. He's sunk in a Bar...

Mark Powell, Soho 'face' and tailor to the stars speaks to Jason Holmes about his style influences and why he lives in the historic quarter.

Mark Powell has a glint in his eye and his handshake is firm when he greets me in his Marshall Street shop. As one would...

A familiar face on Frith Street, Paul Robinson - Bar Italia's night manager - is a man devoted to his job. Jason Holmes met up with him over an espresso

Billy Zane finished his latte and walked to the bar, glass in hand. The man behind the counter wore...

Winner of the 2010 Man Booker prize for The Finkler Question, Howard Jacobson is a writer unafraid to sound the alarm for our moribund culture. Jason Holmes met up with him at the Groucho Club in Soho

Howard Jacobson takes a sip of wine and then tells...