COMMENT: Hedonism, HIV and the importance of talking

Everyone has had the odd lost night once in a while. The type when you find yourself stumbling on to the first tube in the morning or, heaven forbid, precariously negotiating your way through the rush hour commuters. There can be something refreshingly beautiful about the experience. At their best these...

November 19th, 2009 | Clubland, Comment, News | Read More

HOMOVISION REHAB with THE SWARMITE: ENLIGHTENMENT

Thankfully, enlightenment is not the prime property of religion. For many BOOZE is the true sauce of light. Some years ago, I went to ClubNight – The Glory Hole @ Central Station Kings Cross with a friend, he head to toe in Prada, posing to the left and right while I entered the backroom dressed...

November 17th, 2009 | Highlights, Rehab | Read More

COMMENT: WHAT THE MURDER OF IAN BAYNHAM TELLS US ABOUT GAY LONDON

The death last month of a man from a homophobic attack has sent shock-waves through London’s gay community today. Ian Baynham, 62, was set upon by feral two teenage girls after a night out on 28 September. He spent the subsequent weeks in the Royal London Hospital until his life support machine was...

November 12th, 2009 | Comment, Highlights, News, Pride, Theatre | Read More

Sophie Ellis Bextor @ G-A-Y

Before you read this review, it is worth baring in mind that I am a big, BIG fan of Sophie Ellis Bextor. I have had arguments about her, I have been to her club nights, I have spoken to her family online – so don’t be under the influence that this review is fair and unbiased. When Sophie (as...

July 5th, 2009 | Clubland, Music | Read More

HOMOVISION REHAB: INTERNET ADDICTION PART II

Think Chinese plate spinning – think tight concentration – think edging. Much like the addictive gambler who sits at the card table for hours, lost in the spell of playing the game, net users can spend long periods of time in a trance-like state of emotional and physical stimulation avoiding...

June 15th, 2009 | Clubland, Rehab | Read More

HOMOVISION REHAB: INTERNET ADDICTION

Don’t say you haven’t done it – six hours on the the net with your trousers down and no time to get to Sainsburys. It’s easy, instant and you don’t have to look your best. Yes it’s modern day cottaging. You don’t mean to, but how time flies when you are engrossed...

June 9th, 2009 | Highlights, Rehab | Read More

The beginning of the end for West End clubbing…?

So, The End’s closed, the CC club’s a cafe, the Hippodrome’s turning into a casino, and the Astoria, Sin, Cafe Royal, the LA2, The Ghetto, and the Metro are all being demolished – alongside The Cross, The Key and Turnmills just down the road all falling to similar fates. And the...

January 26th, 2009 | Clubland, News | Read More

Brixton is back

When we first came to London, the only thing in Vauxhall was the RVT and the Hoist. Brixton was the place to be. The Fridge was still packing them in with Love Muscle, while just down the road at Substation South, Queer Nation was home to some of the sexiest sounds and guys of gay London. Then Vauxhall...

January 22nd, 2009 | Clubland, News, What's on | Read More

Revolver moves to The Fridge

London’s monthy Revolver has just announced that it’s moving to the Fridge – with its first night taking place on 31st January 2009. Here’s the press blurb: When Revolver first exploded onto the gay scene, it made its home at the Scala in Kings Cross before moving for a brief...

January 17th, 2009 | Clubland | Read More

No last party for Astoria

The Manumission party that was planned to take place on January 15th has been cancelled due to lack of ticket sales. This means that the Astoria will no longer have a final farewell party. Jeremy Joseph, promoter of G-A-Y who virtually ran the venue for the last 15 years has criticised the venue’s...

January 12th, 2009 | Clubland, News | Read More