Editing Soho Square (section)

==Cultural references==
[[File:Empty bench close-up.jpg|thumb|Plaque on the Kirsty MacColl memorial bench in Soho Square]]
In the book ''[[A Tale of Two Cities]]'' by [[Charles Dickens]], Soho Square is where Lucie and her father, Doctor Manette, reside. It is believed that their house is modelled on the House of St Barnabas, which Dickens used to visit, and it is for this reason that the street running behind the House from Greek Street is called [[Manette Street]] (it was formerly Rose Street).

Joseph Addison and Richard Steele wrote of their character Sir Roger de Coverley in ''The Spectator'', "When he is in Town he lives in ''Soho-Square''."

In the song "Why Can't The English?" from the musical ''[[My Fair Lady]]'', Professor Henry Higgins laments, "Hear them down in Soho Square/Dropping H's everywhere."

In the novel ''[[Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell]]'' by [[Susanna Clarke]], the eponymous Jonathan Strange and his wife Arabella maintain a home in Soho Square as their residence in London.<ref>http://hurtfew.wikispaces.com/Jonathan+Strange {{Dead link|date=March 2022}}</ref>

The Soho Square garden contains a bench that commemorates the singer [[Kirsty MacColl]], who wrote the song "Soho Square" for her album ''[[Titanic Days]]''. After her death in 2000, fans bought a memorial bench in her honour, inscribing the lyrics: "One day I'll be waiting there / No empty bench in Soho Square". Fans of Kirsty gather at the bench each year on the Sunday closest to her birthday (10 October) to mark her life, music and legacy. <ref>{{cite web |title=Bench in Soho Square |url=http://kirstymaccoll.com/information/memorial/bench/index.htm |publisher=Kirsty MacColl |date=2001-08-12 |access-date=2011-02-03}}</ref>

The [[Lindisfarne (band)|Lindisfarne]] album ''Elvis Lives on the Moon'' also includes a song named "Soho Square".<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.lindisfarne.co.uk/discography/elvis-lives-on-the-moon.htm| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140325041921/http://www.lindisfarne.co.uk/discography/elvis-lives-on-the-moon.htm| archive-date = 2014-03-25| title = Elvis Lives On the Moon (1993) {{!}} discography {{!}} Lindisfarne – the official website}}</ref>