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HUDSON’S LETTER
Although we’re now legally
allowed to register our
partnerships, that doesn’t
necessarily mean gay
relationships have become
more like heterosexual
ones. Gay couples are far
more likely to experiment
with different types of
arrangements when it
comes to sexual fidelity.
It’s an aspect of gay culture
that divides many even
within our community,
and is something that
most of us have strong
opinions about in one
direction or another.
With the rise in incidence
of sexually transmitted
diseases again in the news,
in this issue we decide to
take another look at the
whole monogamy vs.
open relationships debate
– check out the feature that
begins on page 24.
Elsewhere in this issue,
we chat with Colton Ford,
take a trip to Mexico’s most
famous gay hotspot, Puerto
Vallarta, and quiz some
of those companies on
Stonewall’s latest Equality
Index. We’ve got all the
latest music, film and
theatre news, plus a very
busy calendar of events for
March. There’s the latest
property news, and for
those wanting to inject a
bit of pop glamour into
their boudoir, don’t miss
Kylie’s new bed linen range
on page 92.
hudson@outmag.co.uk
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Contributors
Simon Blake, Dan Browne,
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Gabriele Giambrone, Anthony
Gordon, Lily Gupta, Knight
Hooson, Laura McCaffrey,
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Tonks, Michael Turnbull,
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Photographers
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COLTON FORD
CONTENTS
PAGE 04
LETTERS
Send your
correspondence to
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scene be promoting
monogamy to help
cut the spread of
sexually transmitted
infections?
PAGE 06
MY LONDON
TV presenter Brendan
Courtney
PAGE 30
COLUMNIST
Joe Pop has a longstanding love for all
things goth
PAGE 09
DIARY
March’s cultural
highlights in and
around London
PAGE 14
SHOPPING
Samsung’s new Giorgio
Armani mobile phone
and Eco shopping in
Chiswick
PAGE 16
COLTON FORD
The porn actor turned
wannabe pop star
talks to us about his
change in career
PAGE 20
COLUMNIST
Knight Hooson would
get married… if only
he could be bothered
to organise it
PAGE 24
ONE ON ONE?
How important
is sexual fidelity,
and should the gay
PAGE 54
KU BAR
PAGE 32
MUSIC
New albums from
REM, B-52s and Moby
PAGE 71
OUTREACH
The funding problems
faced by many LGBT
charities
PAGE 34
ALEXANDER BARD
We chat to the Swedish
pop mastermind
behind BWO
PAGE 74
OUTNEWS
Gay stories from home
and abroad
PAGE 36
FILM
Lars And The Real Girl
and Margot At The
Wedding reviewed
PAGE 38
THEATRE
Afrika! Afrika!
reviewed
PAGE 43
OUT THERE
Upcoming scene
highlights for March,
plus coverage of
Popstarz, XXL, A:M,
Central Station, Ku
Bar, Retro Bar and The
Black Cap
PAGE 77
STONEWALL 100
We take a closer look
at Stonewall’s newly
announced Equality
Index of gay-friendly
employers
PAGE 80
PROPERTY
Living in Ealing,
the latest homeownership schemes…
plus Kylie bed linen!
PAGE 100
MOTORING
We test drive the new
Citroën CT VTS
PAGE 102
TRAVEL
The gay appeal of
Mexico’s Puerto
Vallarta, plus St
Patrick’s Day in Dublin
PAGE 106
HOROSCOPES
PAGE 44
POPSTARZ
PAGE 110
HEALTH
Advice for those
thinking of travelling
abroad for cosmetic
surgery, and the latest
HIV news
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DUFFY
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Butler. We’ve got debut
album Rockferry on heavy
rotation in the Out office.
WHAT’S HOT AND WHAT’S NOT
THIS MONTH’S RISE AND FALL
THE HAWLEY ARMS
Camden’s most fashionable
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raged through the area in
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likely to be involved in accidents as other buses. Bring
back the Routemaster!
THE ARTS COUNCIL
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Council has turned itself
into a proper pantomime
villain for slashing funding
to dozens of small arts
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STAR LETTER
ART ATTACK
FAT BUSTER
I think its stinks that the Arts Council has cut its funding
to the Drill Hall. First the government withdraws funding
from the arts to cover the cost of the Olympics, and now
they introduce some vague policy about focusing their arts
grants to support ‘excellence’… but in whose opinion?
I have seen many excellent productions at The Drill Hall,
including some groundbreaking and genuinely moving stuff
by Gay Sweatshop back in the 1980s. Having the Olympics
in London in 2012 is great, but let’s not forget that the event
only lasts two weeks. How many arts organisations are
going to go bust in the next four years in order to fund a
two-week sports event?
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WIN!
The writer of April’s Star Letter
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as he lurches from criminal trial to criminal trial. The head of
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from 31 March. For more details, check
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15 MAR-13 JULY:
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Winding up the tour to promote last album The End Has A
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editorsofficial.com
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06 MARCH-18 MAY
MAIN PIC: PINK CHER BY SCOTT KING. TOP TO BOTTOM: U.F.O BY JÚLIUS KOLLER, UNTITLED BY DR LAKRA AND FAMILY TREE BY JAY HIEKES
If alien anthropologists
were to curate an exhibition
of contemporary artwork
from Earth, what might they
exhibit and how might they
arrange the pieces? That
hypothetical whimsy is the
starting point for a novel and
unique show that’s been put
together at The Barbican.
The Martian Museum Of
Terrestrial Art will feature
150 works from the likes
of Damien Hirst, Joseph
Beuys, Andy Warhol and
Gillian Wearing, interpreted
as if they are meant for
extraterrestrial beings.
The exhibition’s imagined
curators treat artworks as
artifacts, their perspective
opening up contemporary
art to fresh interpretations,
as well as humorous
misunderstandings. On
a more serious note, in
presuming to understand
an unfamiliar culture,
the show aims to parody
the way in which Western
anthropologists historically
viewed non-Western cultures
through alien eyes.
www.barbican.org.uk
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and classics – some of which will be introduced by Aussie
talent. Now in its 14th year, highlights from this year’s festival
include Tony Ayres’ acclaimed The Home Song Stories, gripping
drama Noise, and the Russell Crowe-narrated documentary
Bra Boys (above) about working class Sydney suburbs.
www.barbican.org.uk/australianfilm
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brothers Jim and William Reid – play a two-night residency at
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HIGHLIGHT EVENTS//MARCH 2008
14 FEB-30 MAR
Throughout the month of March, the new PYMCA Gallery at
the Vibe Bar on Brick Lane will be hosting an exhibition of 30
years of street and club culture photographs by Paul Hartnett.
Over the last three decades, the artist has painstakingly
documented club kids and their culture from around the
globe, often concentrating on those who have dressed up and
celebrated their extraordinary lifestyles, such as the late Trojan
(pictured left), Leigh Bowery (above), and the regulars at
Bowery’s infamous 80s club night Taboo.
“What intrigues me are the motivations to dress-up,”
comments Hartnett, “the resourcefulness and the need to be
seen as an individual.” If you thought that dressing up began
with Scottee, Jodie and BoomBox, get along to the Vibe Bar
for an education in outlandish couture and gay clubbers from
yesteryear. www.pymcart.com and www.paulhartnett.com
20 MARCH
The Sugababes go up west, so to speak, with a big gig at the
swanky Royal Albert Hall on 20th March. www.sugababes.com
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– their closest-to-London dates on their Still Alive 2008 tour.
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of classic sketches and brand new material. Tickets cost £27.50£32.50. www.ticketzone.co.uk
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GREEN FINGERS
Our addiction to retail therapy is one of the reasons why we
as a species have pushed the planet to the brink of a global
crisis. Visit the brand new Eco in Chiswick and spend your
pink pounds with a slightly less guilty conscience. One of
a new breed of shopping outlets, the folk behind Eco have
designed the place both as a store and consultancy centre,
offering inspiration, ideas and specific domestic solutions
for all of us wanting to lead a greener and more energyefficient life. It offers a wide range of household products
and gadgets, along with eco-friendly furniture, paints and
wallpapers. There’s a bookstore and café, while the store
itself is aiming to be entirely self-sufficient in terms of its
energy usage, thanks to solar panels and a wind turbine.
Eco, 213 Chiswick High Road, W4. www.eco-age.com
PRISONERS OF LOVE
Get Her is the new illustrated
comic novel from David Shenton,
one of our favourite cartoonists.
Concerning tragic lovers Jeff
and Des, the series of strips first
appeared many years ago in Boyz
magazine, but over the last couple
of years have been published
weekly on the Internet. Now the
whole collection has been assembled
together in book form, and it’s a must
for any comic lover in your life. Pick
it up for £15 direct from publishers
DS Comics
(www.dscomics.co.uk).
The book, and accompanying lino
prints, can also currently be seen and
bought at the ArtOut exhibition at
the Novas Gallery Parkway, as part of
LGBT History Month.
MOBILE ARMANI
Following the success of LG’s Prada phone last
year, fellow electronics giant Samsung has
teamed up with global fashion brand Giorgio
Armani to produce this rather gorgeous new
luxury mobile phone. It’s further indication
of global fashion companies cottoning-on to
the fact that many of us wish to make just as
much of a statement with the mobiles we use
as we do with the clothes we wear. In terms
of specifications, it’s got a 3-megpixel camera,
multimedia player capacity (MP3, MPEG, etc),
Bluetooth and touchscreen technology. It’s
available now from Giorgio Armani flagship stores
and selected mobile outlets.
www.armanisamsungphone.com
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FINGERED
How’s this for space age? LG Electronics has just
launched its first biometric USB sticks, which come
equipped with fingerprint recognition technology so that
no-one other than the person who registers their fingerprint can
access data from the stick. You’ll be asked to scan your fingerprint
the first time you use the stick, courtesy of software within the USB.
Up to 10 fingerprints can be registered with the unit, should you wish
to share security with others.
Storage capacity ranges from 512MB to 4GB, with prices from £150-£180
from all good stockists. For more information, check www.lge.com
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“I don’t believe that some types
of relationship are inherently
better than others. Both open
relationships and monogamous
relationships present their own
challenges. Some men can’t cope
with the sexual jealousy of an
open relationship; others can’t
stay faithful to just one man. It’s
true that if you have more sexual
partners then there is a greater chance that you will be exposed
to sexually transmitted infections, including HIV. However there
are also health risks for men in monogamous relationships.
I know people who thought that they were in monogamous
relationships only to discover later that their partner had
cheated on them - and because they thought the relationship
was monogamous they weren’t using condoms. That’s likely to
be less safe than the couple that have an open relationship and
always use condoms.
Even if your relationship is truly monogamous, it doesn’t mean
that there is no risk of getting or passing on HIV. About one in
three HIV positive gay men don’t know that they have been
infected. If you decide not to use condoms in a relationship it’s
much safer if you both test first. You also should discuss what
would happen if one of you didn’t manage to stay faithful,
would you be able to talk about it with each other?
The reality is that many men in love don’t discuss their HIV
status, or what their rules are, before they stop using condoms.
It’s often not a conscious decision, but something that just
happens. Unfortunately that can make it extremely risky.
It’s very easy for people to imagine that HIV is something
that happens to other people. Men who are in long-term
relationships may expect that it’s only the people who go to
saunas or sex clubs who get STIs but a recent study estimated
that about a third of HIV infections occur within relationships.”
Matthew Hodson is Head Of Programmes for gay
health charity GMFA. www.gmfa.org.uk
DOMINIC DAVIES
“There are a number of reasons
why gay men prefer monogamous
relationships. Some want to
try and replicate what they
saw in their parents’ successful
relationship (or perhaps try to
show that they can do better than
their parents). For others it may be
that a monogamous relationship
can heal the wounds of poor
quality early relationships, where they didn’t experience
enough love and security. They may feel that monogamy
offers them security and commitment and helps keep the
green-eyed monster of jealousy from the door. Some couples
want to abandon condom use within their relationship and if
they’ve both tested negative and agreed to a monogamous
relationship – and if there are very high levels of trust and
good communication – then there is relative safety in having
unprotected sex within the relationship.
Monogamous relationships can work very well for some
people and should be encouraged and supported. However,
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they shouldn’t be proposed by the state as a sexual health
response to HIV or to promote particular moral (religious)
values. Indeed, the new Civil Partnership Act makes no
mention in the vows of sexual fidelity.
Many gay men believe that sexual fidelity isn’t the be all
and end all of a meaningful relationship. Some may see
monogamy as a politically oppressive act of patriarchy
and heterosexual oppression. Others recognise their sexual
attractions and needs may go beyond their partner (more
typically this happens in longer term relationships), but
many couples start out with this awareness. These men
may feel able to offer emotional fidelity and commitment
to their partner but have sexually open relationships,
usually with a variety of carefully worked out ‘rules’ to help
them respect each other’s boundaries. Gay men in open
relationships have long been pathologised by psychologists
as fearing commitment or emotionally immature; there is
no evidence to support this. Open gay relationships can be
as psychologically healthy as closed ones.”
Dominic Davies is the director of Pink Therapy
www.pinktherapy.com. He has been in an open,
long-term relationship for over eleven years.
monogamous relationship, don’t be afraid to ask for it. And
don’t be afraid to work for it either. If guys would put as
much energy into having a monogamous relationship as
many of us put into shagging around, there would be a lot
more success stories out there.
No monogamous relationship is perfect. I think the trick is
not to give up and throw it all away just because one of you
slips up - we are only human. If you stay committed to one
another and move on you may be surprised how far you can
actually go.”
Cary James is the editor of health promotion
magazine FS. Download the latest issue at
www.gmfa.org.uk/fs
ROD WATSON
“For many gay couples, a long-term monogamous
relationship is the epitome of a successful relationship. For
many other gay couples, the word monogamous in that
sentence is irrelevant; there are other factors which they
value as deeming their relationship successful. Research into
gay men’s relationships has found that there are a multitude
of types of relationships. There isn’t a simplistic open or
monogamy dichotomy; rather, a great range of relationships
RICHARD ISAY
are created to suit the needs of the men involved.
“While HIV and AIDS remain
A consistent finding from research is that the longer a gay
a serious and growing health
couple stays together, the more likely the partners are to
problem, particularly for
have sex outside the primary relationship. For the majority
younger gay men, this is not
of men in a sexually open relationship, there is a set of rules
the main reason to strive for
defining the boundaries of the relationship. These rules
a committed relationship. The
mostly concern honesty, emotional attachment to other
most important reason is that
partners, threesomes, and safe sex. What matters to gay
the sustained devotion of one
men is that partners adhere to their own rules.
other person is the best cure
The Terrence Higgins Trust is supportive of a range of
for the impoverished self-love relationships. The type of relationship you want is up to
of those gay men who were hurt in childhood by parental
you and your partner(s). Negotiating your sexual
indifference, misunderstanding or lack of empathy and then relationship can also provide an opportunity to
by peer and society’s rejection.
discuss HIV status. If you or your partner is
Striving for sexual, as well as emotional fidelity, even if one unaware of your own status, I’d strongly
does not always succeed, helps to express commitment,
advise being tested for HIV, and other
maintain passion and engender the trust of one’s partner.
sexually transmissible infections as
Love always requires the belief that one is worth effort to
well. Knowing your status (and that
find it and the courage and self discipline to sustain it.”
of your partners) is valuable for
Richard A Isay, MD is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry the decision making process
at Weill Cornell Medical College, in New York City.
around safe sex, whether
He is the author most recently of Commitment and you’re negotiating
Healing: Gay Men and the Need for Romantic Love monogamy
or an open
(2006) and of two previous books, Becoming Gay
relationship.”
(1996) and Being Homosexual (1989).
Rod Watson is
the Acting Head of
CARY JAMES
Health Promotion for
“Monogamy is not an easy
the Terrence Higgins Trust.
choice for a lot of gay boys to
make. Many guys feel an open www.tht.org.uk
relationship is the only realistic
option they have, even if they
DR ALEX VASS
would prefer a one-on-one
“Research on gay men across the UK shows
arrangement.
that about half are in a relationship, but the
I was once in a relationship
same research also shows that three out of four guys
where I was actually the
had more than one partner in the previous year. So,
one who suggested an open
the facts appear to indicate that a lot of gay guys are not
relationship just to save myself the stress of wondering
monogamous when in relationships – but we probably all
if he was out shagging around or not. The problem was I
knew that already.
really didn’t want an open relationship at all, so while my
There is no template for gay relationships, which itself is
partner was out shagging around, I was at home becoming liberating because you can negotiate how you want to run
more and more resentful. I didn’t have sex with other guys
your relationship and not be guided by convention. Sex
because I didn’t want to. He slept with other guys because
with one partner will become less interesting over time
he thought I was… perhaps understandably since I
and so sex outside the relationship – together or alone – is
suggested an open relationship in the first place! Also, by
commonplace. This has obvious risks in relation to picking
shagging around he felt he didn’t really have to commit fully up sexually transmitted infections and bringing them back
to the relationship. The results were fatal to the relationship to your boyfriend, plus it needs both partners to be in total
and it ended in a morass of suspicion, accusation, and
agreement.
bad feeling. The moral of the story is that if you want a
Many relationships last because of this freedom but others
&
fail over time because one partner wants to play more than
another.
Monogamy is my personal ideal because love should be
able to conquer lust. And health-wise you can also chuck
out condoms if you are both HIV negative. Monogamy
probably has its place in every relationship at some point;
it’s how long it can last that’s the question! The gay world is
highly sexualized and to stay monogamous in the long term
takes effort and sacrifice.”
Dr Alex Vass is the author of Gay Sex, Gay Health
(2006)
TIM FOSKETT
“I think that both open
relationship and monogamous
relationships are viable
options. Research in the
USA has shown that 72% of
gay male couples that had
been together for more than
five years had some kind of
negotiated non-monogamous
relationship. Which means
28% were monogamous. I think every couple has to find an
arrangement that works for them.
I think they are both healthy and right for different people.
There can be difficulties because social conditioning
programs us to believe that monogamy is the ‘right’ answer.
But even for heterosexuals (the people it was designed
for) there is widespread infidelity and considerable deceit.
Interestingly, it is often the deceit that people find most
painful.
Developing the communication skills to navigate through
the difficult emotional terrain that goes with intimate
relationships is the most important and ‘healthy’ thing to
do. This is where many couples come unstuck because
they haven’t been taught how to do this either by
their own families or by schools and colleges.
In terms of HIV prevention, I think preaching
monogamy would be an unhelpful red
herring. Gay men don’t listen to
preachers very much anyway,
and the key with HIV is what
you do with your sexual
partners, not how
many you do it
with. Unprotected
anal intercourse with
someone of a different
status to your own is still a
very efficient way of passing
on the virus. And we know that
a significant amount of HIV still gets
passed on in committed relationships
because people assume both partners are
negative, and therefore don’t test together before
they stop using condoms.
Personally speaking I’ve had both open and
monogamous relationships, in different ways, in different
relationships, and I’ve been both monogamous and nonmonogamous in the same relationship at different times.
One of the things that keeps relationships alive for me is to
have an ongoing dialogue with my partner(s) about what is
right with this person at this time.”
Tim is Groupwork Manager at PACE and a
psychotherapist. Upcoming PACE workshops
include When Positive Meets Negative (Fri 29
Feb-Sun 2 March), and Sexual Healing (Friday 28
March-Sun 30 March). Enquiries to workshops@
pace.dircon.co.uk or 020 7700 1323
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to escape the feeling that the band have struggled to
recapture their creative peaks.
Well, relief all round then… REM’s 14th studio album is
their best in over a decade. Recorded in Dublin, Vancouver
and hometown Athens, and produced by Jacknife Lee
(Snow Patrol, Bloc Party) and the band themselves,
Accelerate demonstrates that Michael Stipe and co. and
have learnt how to rock out again. Clocking in at just
under 40 minutes, these 11 punchy tracks are a raucous
but melodic delight. The opening trio of songs (including
opening single ‘Supernatural Superserious’) are all loud and
upbeat stompers, instantly boasting the classic REM sound
characterised by Peter Buck’s jangly fretwork and Stipe’s
vocals. The quiet-loud-quiet template of ‘Hollow Man’
takes things down a peg, but there’s no let up in melody
department, while the short ‘Houston’ is darker and more
brooding, with an almost spoken vocal line. The title track is
another mid-album highlight, which lyrically reinforces the
theme of frustration that runs through the album. ‘Where’s
the rip chord, the trap door, the key? Where is the cartoon
escape hatch for me? No time to question the choices I’ve
made, I’ve got to follow another direction – accelerate!’ It’s
a possible future single, as is ‘Until The Day Is Done, which
is again less frenetic but naggingly catchy.
Accelerate is a big-sounding and ambitious record, tinged
with the band’s trademark melancholy and wonderment.
More importantly for the listener, it’s an album that you’re
likely to want to return to again and again. DH
REM
Accelerate (Warners)
When REM’s contract with Warners came up for renewal in
1997, the label re-signed them for a rumoured $80million
– at the time the most expensive recording deal in history.
It must have caused some distress to the label’s accountants
that since that time the band have failed to match the
commercial success of their early 90s masterpieces, Out Of
Time and Automatic For The People. While the albums Up,
Reveal and Around The Sun have had their fans, it’s difficult
Don’t be put off by the
whiff of ‘trendier than thou’ hype that currently surrounds
New Yorker Andrew Butler, who together with a rotating
collective of guest vocalists makes up Hercules & Love Affair.
Emerging from the NYC art scene and signing up with the
fêted DFA label has ensured plenty of column inches in the
style press, and the somewhat outlandish suggestion that
he’s single-handedly help trigger a disco revival.
Their eponymous debut album is a slick and accomplished
offering, which goes some way to explaining the
excitement around the act but also keeps that hype in
check. All those disco comparisons can be traced directly
back to ‘Hercules Theme’, which is a delicious homage to 70s
disco, with stabbing strings, synthesized brass, and breathy,
orgasmic vocals. It’s ‘Yes Sir I Can Boogie’ crossed with the
theme tune from The Professionals. If only the whole album
was as good as this. Much of your enjoyment of the rest
will depend upon your appreciation of the voice of Antony
Hegarty (of Antony & The Johnsons fame), as he features
on five of the ten tracks. At his best, he comes across like a
pansexual Nina Simone (‘Easy’), while on other tracks he’s a
second-rate Sylvester (‘Raise Me Up’).
Butler is a man who clearly loves music, and has analysed
the beats that makes us dance, from disco brass and Cuban
funk to Asian-influenced tom-tom shuffles. This debut may
be a hit and miss affair, but there’s enough passion and
knowing to edge it ahead of the electro pack. DH
Out: 10 March
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MOBY
Last night
(Mute)
Whatever fondness you
might feel for Moby, or
however much you might still treasure your copy of Play,
could anyone really claim that his subsequent output has
either bettered or even rivaled that 1999 masterpiece? If
that album was the culmination of his preceding decade
of musical exploration, both 2002’s 18 and 2005’s Hotel
sounded a little unfocused and anaemic by comparison.
Last Night, sadly, continues his meandering path towards
musical irrelevance. In fact, on certain tracks here he’s all
but admitted as much himself. ‘Everyday It’s 1989’ sounds
exactly as its title suggests. It’s an old-skool house track; a
great exercise in nostalgia that old school ravers may love,
but will probably prompt nothing more than an indifferent
shrug from anyone else. The same criticism could be
levelled at ‘I Love To Move In Here’ and ‘Disco Lies’, which
sound like the sort of lightweight house tunes you might
have picked up on a pirate rave station circa 1990. The one’s
without sufficient oomph to achieve crossover success.
Other tracks elicit adjectives no more passionate than
‘efficient’ and ‘slick’, such as the big diva vocals of ‘Live For
Tomorrow’ or opener ‘Ooh Yeah’. Highlights – if one were to
be generous – include the dark, hypnotic groove of ‘Alice’
and the bluesy vocals and echoey beats of ‘I’m In Love’,
while closer ‘Last Night’ is a lush electro ballad in the vein of
Vangelis’‘Love Theme’ from Blade Runner. Sadly, it’s a little
bit too little and too late. One for die-hard fans only. DH
Out: 24 March
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THE B-52S
Funplex (EMI)
For an indication of The
B-52s legacy, you need
only glance at the remixes
for the band’s new single, ‘Funplex’, the title track of their
first album in 16 years. Peaches, Scissor Sisters and Cansei
de Ser Sexy have all been influenced by the Athens natives’
skewed fusion of pop, surf, avant-garde, amateurish punk
and white funk. The parent album clatters out of the traps
with the genuinely exciting ‘Pump’, pivoted on a thrillingly
propulsive synthesiser hook, proving they can still rock even
if these days they’re a little more ‘OAP’ than ‘CSS’. Similarly,
‘Funplex’ also hits the aural G-spot, with reassuringly batty
lyrics, and frontman Fred Schneider’s campy declaiming cry
of ‘Faster pussycat thrill thrill, I’m in the mall on a diet pill’,
pitched perfectly against Cindy Wilson’s recognisably shrill
vocal harmonies. It’s precisely how you’d imagine a B-52s
comeback single to sound in 2008.
Therein lies the problem. Apparently the B-52s elected
producer Steve Osborne after hearing his work on New
Order’s Get Ready, and the problems that dogged that
return also arise here: faced with the mocking shadow of
history, Funplex spends 11 tracks doing exactly what you’d
expect of it, meaning that a lot of it passes in a pleasingly
inconsequential blur. While there are some strong tracks
here (‘Ultraviolet’, ‘Juliet Of The Spirits’), halfway through the
constant roof-raising grates, as it starts to sound like sound
like your drunk mother hosting an ailing soirée, and through
a clenched-teeth grin insisting ‘Come on everybody – get
up and dance! It’s a party!’ GR
Out: 24 March
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HERCULES &
LOVE AFFAIR
Hercules & Love
Affair (EMI/DFA)
Out: 31 March
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sociologist and A’n’R man,
before settling for life as
a popstar with Army Of
Lovers. He’s now a founding
member of Bodies Without Organs (BWO), Sweden’s
next big pop export. Michael Turnbull managed to pin
him down to talk about his career…
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INTO THE WILD
Sean Penn directs this
expansive and atmospheric
true story about college
dropout Christopher
McCandless. At the beginning
of the 1990s, the young man
decided to give away all his
money and turn his back on
the world, opting instead to
hike into the North American wilderness and re-engage
with nature. Penn avoids overly romanticizing what at
times was clearly a stubborn and self-centered quest.
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THE COUNTERFEITERS
An award-winning and
gripping true story. Karl
Markovics plays an expert
counterfeiter in pre-war
Berlin. Arrested by the Nazis
for being Jewish, he finds
himself in a concentration
camp. However, he is then
handpicked to work in a small
team assigned the task of producing fake foreign currency
that the Germans want to use to de-stabilise enemy
powers. Should he help or refuse to collaborate?
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Rodriquez and Josh Brolin star
in Robert Rodriquez’s gory
tribute to grindhouse zombie
horror, which in the US was
released as part of a double
bill with Quentin Tarantino’s
Death Proof. The film is
intentionally B-movie in style,
and provides more than enough gore to keep splatter
fans happy. That said, aficionados may find the finished
product lacking in genuine suspense or scares.
BREACH
Chris Cooper, Ryan Phillippe
and Laura Linney star in
this excellent, slow-burning
thriller, based on the real
case of a scandalous security
violation at the heart of the
FBI. Phillippe plays the young
rookie, eager to get ahead in
the Bureau, who is assigned
to the task of trying to expose his boss and mentor
(Cooper) as a double agent who’s been selling information
to the Soviet Union.
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successful musicals (Cats?), but one of the more unusual
ones comes to the Hackney Empire this month with
the debut of The Sister Wendy Musical. Yes, the
show concerns itself with that Sister Wendy, the South
African-born nun who shot to fame in the early 1990s
after presenting a series of art history programmes
on the BBC. The show follows the story of this media
phenomenon, who became a household name with
her televised tours of the UK, Europe and America,
spreading her homespun philosophy that ‘art is meant
for everyone’. From the Gilbert and Sullivan inspired
‘Botticelli’s Birth of Venus’ to the joyous gospel sound
of ‘Touch A Celebrity’ via ‘Sister Wendy’s Rap-ture’, the
score to The Sister Wendy Musical is composed in styles
as various as the artworks depicted in the show. An
all-singing, all-dancing cast bring this poignant parable
about the world’s only ‘nun critic superstar’ to life in vivid
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vintage champagne, adultery and vicious Tory politics at
the Ritz, Howard Brenton’s play paints the portrait of a
brilliant, witty but complex man, at times comically and,
in the end, tragically out of kilter with his times.
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SYMA TARIQ REVIEWS THE CINNAMON CLUB
The Old Westminster Library, 30-32 Great Smith Street, SW1
020 7222 2555 www.cinnamonclub.co.uk
The Level 7 dining
area (top) and tapas
bar (above)
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I have always been suspicious of “fusion” food that attempts to adapt the cuisine of my
childhood. As a purist, I had the impression that tarted-up Euro-curries valued aesthetics
over richness and spice, toning down the chilli and ghee. However, The Cinnamon Club
serves modern Indian cuisine which scores high on ingenuity while staying true to the
flavours of the region. Head chef Vivek Singh creates a gorgeous and diverse mix, and it is
no surprise that his restaurant is a regular haunt for the policymakers and politicians across
the road.
Housed in the Old Westminster Library, the interiors are classic and retain many original
features, with the mezzanine area above the main dining room providing book-lined
privacy. The bar downstairs – hosting a private party on the evening of my visit – is
decidedly modern, with an award-winning interior design, and a glass projection wall for those Bollywood classics you’ve
been secretly hoarding.
The restaurant clientele was perhaps a bit too Whitehall-ish to provide a backdrop for a special date, but the attentive
service and the exhaustive menu is enough to make you want to return again and again to try more. To start, we opted for
the sweet potato cake with ginger, chillis and curried yoghurt (£7.50) and crab risotto with truffle cappuccino and pan fried
king prawn (£9.50), the latter from guest chef Eric Chavot. The cakes were exquisitely spicy, the risotto delicate. It was hard
to choose the mains from the awe-inspiring list, but we finally decided on the roast breast of pheasant with tandoori spices
and moong kedgeree (the accompanying tomato fenugreek sauce was a great touch), and spiced crusted halibut with a
perfectly balanced green spiced sauce and lemon rice (both £26). My dining companion Edd, a visual artist, cooed over the
presentation colours, and both portions had richly combined, euphoria-inducing flavours.
The drinks list was impressive; the cinnamon bellini (£9) was a champagne cocktail specialty that went down a treat.
Finding the right wine for South Asian food is tricky; but the restaurant’s many pairing suggestions were inspired. Also, do
make sure you leave room for dessert. The traditional mango and pistachio kulfi (£7.50), was fresh and beautiful.
The Cinnamon Club is for food-lovers who appreciate choice, surprise and quality when dining. If, like me, you have an
aversion to fusion cuisine, a night out here might quickly make you think again.
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RETRO BAR
The alternative bar
celebrated its tenth
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Forget the chilly
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One of London’s most groundbreaking,
important and legendary gay club
nights, Popstarz has a large and loyal
following. Launched back in the 1995,
it has survived both the Britpop scene that
gave birth to it, and the tragic death of its
founder, Simon Hobart. It’s move from the
Scala in King’s Cross (its home for the last
half a dozen years) to Sin on Charing Cross
Road begins another momentous chapter
in its history… and the relaunch party
was always guaranteed to be a busy affair.
That said, even seasoned launch attendees
were stunned by the length of the queue
that greeted them when the new residency
kicked off on Friday 8 February.
“We had a queue stretching round to
Denmark Street by 9.30pm”, confided
promoter Tommy Turntables, when we
caught up with him soon after the doors
were opened. “We’re regretfully gonna have
to turn quite a few away tonight – we won’t
be able to squeeze everyone in!”
Needless to say, the venue’s three rooms
quickly filled to capacity, keeping the over-
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stretched bar staff busy all night. Sin is
smaller than The Scala, but it’s a West End
location that’s perfectly suited to hosting
Popstarz. The glamorous ‘Indie Ballroom’
is all blood red, with gold and gilt-edged
mirrors lending a feel of bohemian
grandeur. There are more gold drapes and
pop art pictures adoring the adjoining
‘Pop Room’, while up a narrow staircase
you’ll find the new ‘Rave Room’, which
is decked out in fluorescent psychedelic
murals and UV lights. With its soundtrack
of old skool rave, we’re sure we weren’t
the only ones to have a few flashbacks
up there!
Indie and rock tunes rule on the main
floor, and the club attracts a very mixed
crowd of studenty boys and girls, emo
kids, scene glitterati and Hoxton/
Shoreditch-style trendies, with the odd
celeb mingling with the homo hoi polloi
(we spotted Dan Gillespie Sells from The
Feeling at the launch bash). If anything,
the move to Sin re-affirms its position
at the heart of the weekend scene,
and over-stressed bar staff aside, the
relaunch was a huge success.
“It was a great night and it was
a great seeing people’s reaction
to a venue they have walked
past a thousand times but
have never been inside,”Tommy
Turntables told us afterwards.
“It’s a forgotten gem right in
the middle of town. The main
teething problem was the 1,700
people outside that didn’t get in,
so it looks like we may have to
open up some of the other rooms
at Sin but we’ll wait and see how
it goes in a few weeks after the
initial madness has died down.”
Get along each and every Friday
night, and check the press or
website for details of guest PAs and
special parties.
Popstarz, every Friday at Sin, Charing Cross
Road, WC2 (opposite the Astoria). www.
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donned Speedos and swimsuits for the occasion
(we even spotted a couple of them shivering
outside in the smoking gardens – oh, the power
of nicotine!). Each arch was comfortably busy,
with DJs Jon Byrne, Alex Logan and Joe Egg
taking care of the third arch, where they spun an
eclectic mix of pop, retro and indie. Christian M
tore up the main floor, and was joined by very
special guests The Sharp Boys, who made their
XXL debut at 3am and spun a fine selection of
sharp cuts!
The club is currently organising more special
events, including a big party on Saturday 16
March to celebrate both St Patrick’s Day and
the birthday or promoter Mark Ames. It’s also
planning the return of Fusion, its occasional
bank holiday dance session. It will be back on
Easter Sunday (23 March), with very special
guests the Freemasons making a return to
the London Bridge arches – check www.
sundayfusion.com for more details
XXL, The Arches, 51-53 Southwark Street,
SE1. www.xxl-london.com
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Some things are guaranteed down at XXL.
The world’s most famous club for bears
and their admirers, you can be sure that
the flagship Saturday nighter will attract
a huge crowd of bears, stocky hunks,
muscle boys and everything in between
- ‘One club fits all’, as its motto proclaims. You can
also be sure that resident DJ Christian M will be
spinning a selection of the best uplifting vocal
anthems on the main floor, while the bar staff
will be rushed off their feet keeping the boys
well lubricated.
Beyond that though, the management
always like to throw in a few surprises,
and they host regular special events
and themed nights to provide a
bit of variation. While other clubs
might be suffering a wintry freeze,
we got along to XXL for its Beach
Party at the beginning of February,
and found the temperature to be
positively roasting. Beach accessories
and inflatables hung from the ceiling,
and a handful of brave souls even
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Any newcomer to King’s
Cross pub and club
Central Station is likely
to not appreciate just how
much the venue has grown
since its launch in the early
90s. Some of us can still
remember attending the
opening night, when the
pub featured nothing more
than its ground floor bar.
Since then it’s gained a
proper stage, a basement
disco, a ground floor bar, an
outside garden area, and
a reputation for providing
one the best nights out in
London. It’s definitely one
of the capital’s premier
cabaret bars, and also hosts
a variety of different club
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community and sports
groups, and has organised
everything from charity
jumble sales and bus trips
to gay history talks and
film screenings. However,
one thing has remained
constant, and that’s the
guiding hand of owners
and business partners
Martin and Duncan
(pictured bottom right).
Each year they throw a
big party to celebrate
the venue’s anniversary,
and in February they
organised a suitably
fun-filled (and drunken!)
night to mark its 16th
birthday. The packed venue
was treated to cabaret
from venue-favourites
Topping & Butch, while
DJ Chris Reardon spun
a special 16th birthday
set in the basement,
including plenty of fondly
remembered dancefloor
hits from yesteryear.
Martin (resplendent in a
gold Indian silk frock coat)
and Duncan were both
delighted with the turn out.
“It was a fantastic night
and was great fun – a big
thanks to everyone for
all their support over the
last 16 years,” said Martin.
“We’ve got another big
refit planned, and that will
probably start towards the
end of March, but don’t
worry – we’ll be staying
open throughout!”
Central Station, 32
Wharfdale Road, N1.
020-7278 3294.
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For many years now, one of our favourite hangouts
in the West End has been the Retro Bar, tucked away
on George Court, just off The Strand. This traditional London
pub is spread over two floors, and exudes personality
due to its funky décor. The walls are plastered with stylish
B&W photos of alternative rock and pop icons – everyone
from Morrissey and Courtney Love to Patti Smith and
David Bowie. The venue attracts a suitably eclectic mix of
customers, from Arctic Monkeys-loving young students
through to… well, those who can still clearly remember
punk the first time around! Thankfully, the all-encompassing
jukebox stocks thousands of different tracks – more than
enough to keep everyone happy.
The late Simon Hobart originally launched the venue as
the Popstarz Bar, but it became the Retro Bar ten years
ago, and has been presided over for most of that time by
manager Wendy Leston. Never one to let an excuse for a
party slip past, she and her team organised a big bash to
mark the venue’s first decade, inviting no less than 25 guest
DJs to work behind the decks. It was a right who’s who of
the alternative club scene, as the likes of DJs Lush, Dee Dee,
Princess Julia and others spun short, but electric, sets. For
this one-off party, admission was £5, but all proceeds went
to Macmillan Cancer Support.
“How was the night?” asked Wendy afterwards, “It was
absolutely fantastic actually, really moving and sweet. Lots
of DJs and karaoke singers, and a surprise performance from
David Hoyle. It was great.”
The Retro Bar, 2 George Court, WC2. 020-7321 2811.
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schedule of promotions.
Upstairs, the Library
Bar affords a comfy,
warm environment to
sip cocktails and nestle
on a sofa with a loved
one, while the bustling,
contemporary-designed
ground floor is a lively
eclectic mêlée of twinks
with alcopops, suited
businessmen and club
kids.
The basement Ku Klub
plays host to different
theme nights and is
where you’ll find live
band sessions, the
karaoke competition,
Boogaloo Stu’s Shinky
Shonky, Dusty’s O Zone,
Ruby Tuesday’s for the
girls and much more.
Never one to shy away
from a party, the Ku
calendar is punctuated by
big theme nights, such
as their St Patrick’s Day
two-day marathon on
Sunday 16th and Monday
17th March, and Easter
weekend, when they are
open ‘til 3am every day
from Thursday 20th March
until Easter Sunday.
Twelve months on and
they are busier and more
popular than ever, so who
knows what the next
12 hold in store. Happy
Birthday Ku!
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Is it a year already since
the Ku crew upped sticks
and moved to their plush
new pad on Lisle Street?
Well, apparently so, and
on 14th February the
team broke out the
red balloons and pink
champagne (well it
was Valentines Day)
to celebrate their 1st
anniversary. And they
certainly had much to
celebrate, as over the
last 12 months the Ku
Bar has really taken
root in its new location
and is flourishing.
Offering something
for everyone, the
new Ku has three
floors presenting
a comprehensive
The Ku Bar, 30 Lisle
Street, WC2. 020-7437
4303. www.ku-bar.
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Friday’s in London have
always been a difficult
slot to promote and keep
busy, but down in Vauxhall
the Alex and Minty show
– also known as A:M – is
going from strength to strength
thanks to new branding and
positioning in the market to
make it different to Fire’s other
successful nights. Production
values are always high at Fire
thanks to the superb creative
genii of Edna (Orange) and
Andrew Harris (Juicy), and
Alex Erfan has done wonders
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these other brands. From the
frock-coated Glendora at the
door welcoming and carefully
selecting those that should be
there (gorgeous muscle boys)
and those that really shouldn’t
(hen parties), to the multiple
mirror ball mobiles and logos
bedecking the venue, to current
IT-Girl about town Minty, the
whole shebang now screams
“we’re here to party”.
Aural stimulation covered
a multitude of sins… a
blindingly uplifting opening
set from Stevie B gave way to
a harder one from D’Johnny
followed by audio magic from
The Oli. Johnny even had a
tenner thrown into the DJ
box by an appreciative punter
– well we tip waiters for good
service, so why not DJs?
Over in arch 2 mad Swede
PerQX wreaked electro
mayhem on the decks before
handing over to Paul Heron for
a full set that was just bouncy,
bouncy, fun, fun, fun!
A:M runs every Friday
night at Fire, South
Lambeth Road, SW8.
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BLACK CAP
The Black Cap is
renowned for being the
premier cabaret venue
in north London. Indeed,
where establishments
others have come and
gone, the Cap has endured
for decades, entertaining
its punters with stand-up
comedy, live vocalists and
drag.
Whilst the fare on offer
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may not have changed
much – you still can’t beat
a good bit of dragalicious
lip-synching – the venue is
constantly being improved
and modernised to cater
for the changing needs of
its customers. We popped
along there a couple of
weeks ago as the latest raft
of refurbishments were
unveiled and celebrated
with a spectacular twohour show that featured no
less that six artistes.
Although not extensive,
the improvements included
a new wall between the
stage and the corridor
leading to the smoking
area meaning performers
are not now upstaged
by a stream of tobacco
burners crossing in front of
them. There are also new
chandeliers and mirror
balls over the bar area,
improving the lighting, and
new giant plasma screens
along the length of the bar.
But back to the show …
quite such a large number
of talented entertainers are
rarely assembled together
and between them they
covered most genres.
Kandi Kane Baxter played
hostess, introducing Lola
Lasagne (resplendent in
a pearl sequined evening
gown), and acid-inspired
slapper Roxy Tart. Le Gateau
Chocolat was good enough
to eat and the Lady Imelda
turned in her usual playfully
operatic numbers. The night
was rounded of by the
brilliant Lizzy Drip.
The Black Cap has always
been a popular venue, and
these new improvements
only serve to enhance the
experience. However, the
pub’s main attraction is truly
its cabaret, which remains
world class.
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Camden High Street,
NW1. 020-7428 2721.
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shindig at Sin with a
brand new line-up of DJs
that sees the likes of the
Rebel Rebel boys mixing
up that uplifting guitar
mix, Scottee spinning
those twisted nu-rave
rounds and Princess Julia
taking a special turn in the
Pop Room. Expect plenty
of studenty queer boyon-boy and girl-on-girl
shenanigans – and now
just across the road from
Soho!
Popstarz is every
Friday at Sin, 144
Charing Cross Road
(opposite The
Astoria) from 10pm.
Discounted entry
flyers available from
Trash Palace.
www.popstarz.org
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01 TABLE | KAREN RYAN
Karen Ryan is one of Britain’s hottest design exports right now, serving numerous
international apartments with a unique dose of quirky-come-quaint furniture. Each piece
is made of several reclaimed bits of old furniture from here and there, spliced together
attractively. Invest in some and add a bit of colour to you world.
RRP £POA
www.rabih-hage.com
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02 SOFTWALL | B&B ITALIA
The Softwall is described as a “functional sculpture-like piece” by its Italian manufacturer.
As a dividing wall, it conquers; as a sculpture, it’s unique. Add or subtract your magazines,
leaflets, flyers or slippers when necessary. Or add them for effect; it’s like designing your
own wallpaper.
RRP (starts from) £2,500
www.bebitalia.it
04 EGG CHAIR | FRITZ HANSEN
The Egg Chair made headlines after playing
an integral ‘diary room’ role in the debut
season of Big Brother. Since then, it’s become
one of the most sought-after flea market
coups. Understandably, the leather-upholstered
version is particularly coveted…
03 CAFFETTIERA | ALESSI
Make the most of lazy Sunday
mornings at home with an
espresso maker that looks
tastier than the coffee it
pours… A staple of what one
would call the Alessi Essentials,
this fifties-style chrome
Caffettiera is a real design
classic and is now enjoying a
long overdue comeback.
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06 JELLO FOX FIGURINE / JELLO FOX
China Design Now is a major new exhibition
coming to the V&A from 15 March. Not only can
you admire some great, contemporary design
in the galleries, you can purchase some yourself
in the V&A shop, including exclusive designs
by Han Feng, Wang Yiyang and He Jianping.
We particularly like this ‘Peace Of Mind’ poster
(right - £18) by Lam Hong and these Jello Fox
collectable toy figurines (below - £75).
RRP £18 (Peace Of Mind Poster), £75 Jello Fox
www.vandashop.com
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07 LOOP CD SHELF | ISOKON
Featuring a coveted curvaceous element, the
Loop CD shelf by Chiswick-based manufacturer Isokon
is part of a Scandinavian-style furniture set (the coffee table is
equally as cute) made famous in the 90s by BarberOsgerby. Available in
oak, birch and walnut, it’s almost little piece of art. Well, we think so.
RRP £ 230-250
www.housetohome.co.uk
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05 FELT LAMPS | TOM DIXON
Tom Dixon was the runaway
success story of last year’s 100%
Light exhibition. His Copper Ball
light (featured in a previous edition
of Out) made an impression on
peers and consumers alike. This
latest creation, perfectly suited
to alpha-male décor, is made of
pressed felt and comes as a lamp
or pendant shade.
08 GAIVOTA ROCKING CHAIR |
BODIE AND FOU
The latest addition to Bodie and
Fou’s international catalogue of
award winning furniture is an
arresting combination of ergonomics
and elegant style. On top of that,
designer Reno Bonzon’s rocking
chair is also eco-friendly (it’s
made using a plywood
manufacturing process)
and of course, it’s extremely
comfortable!
RRP £ 199.50 (lamp)
www.nest.co.uk
RRP £820
www.bodieandfou.com
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HIGHLIGHTS
TURNMILLS CLOSES
One of the scene’s biggest dates in the calendar this March has got to be the very final
Trade party at Turnmills. This groundbreaking and world famous club was the first
official afterhours party when it launched back at the start of the 1990s. It earned itself a
global following, and ran for many successful years at the Farringdon venue. It only returns
now for occasional parties, and as promoter Laurence Malice explains, the planned
closure of Turnmills prompted him to arrange one last Trade event at the venue.
“When I heard the news that Turnmills was to close as a venue it was with a heavy heart.
To have been associated so closely with a building in which I achieved and accomplished
so many of my dreams and clubbing aspirations, it makes me realise just how lucky I was
to have been in the right place at the right time. Alas, the world moves on and progress is
imperative in the machinations of life.”
The final Trade party at Tunrmills will take place on Saturday night/Sunday morning
15th March 2008, and it will be a celebration of the club’s 17-year history, looking back
at past glories and on to future success. Expect huge production values and spectacular
pyrotechnics for this final blow-out and the largest DJ line up that Trade has ever employed
for one single event. You would be very wise to book tickets in advance, as this event is
almost guaranteed to sell out – check www.ticketweb.co.uk
The event will be preceded by a free ‘Official Trade-Future Pre-Party’ on Saturday 15
March from 10pm till 6am at new venue The Apothecary, 3 Vale Royal, King’s Cross (next
to Egg). Free tickets will be offered to those on the Trade data base, so to sign up, visit the
website at http://www.tradeuk.net/contact.shtml
Although this is the final Trade party at Turnmills, Laurence assures us that it’s certainly not
the end of Trade. “Trade will move forward with a fresh, bold approach; remoulded for the
21st century, with new management, inspirational ideas and exciting concepts aimed at
welcoming and bringing onboard the next generation of Trade babies.”
For more details, keep checking www.tradeuk.net or the tradeuk spaces on
myspace and facebook.
HOME
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HOME
The Enclave (25-27 Brewer Street, W1) is a new metrosexual Soho
hangout, just a few doors along Brewer Street from Prowler Soho.
This intimate venue is aiming to offer an exclusive, members clubstyle atmosphere, but is open and welcoming to all. Fully trained
staff offer table service, and are happy to advise on wine and
cocktails. Besides the ground floor bar, there’s also a basement
club space that can hold up to 80, and which the management
claim has a unique LED light system. There’s a private space at the
back of the ground floor which is available for private hire, plus a tapas
and canapé-based food menu.
“The Enclave is set to bring back an air of style and sophistication to the Soho scene,” says
proprietor Chris Theodoridis. “Trends are changing and there is a greater demand for venues
that combine all aspects of a night out rather than just the one. At The Enclave you can
enjoy a quiet drink with friends or dance the night away – there’s something for everyone.
Essentially we want people to view as their regular, their home away from home.”
For more details, check www.enclavesoho.com
INNER SPACE
World famous Ibiza club
Space is currently engaged
in world tour, bringing a taste
of Iberian club culture to host
venues across the globe. It
hits London on Saturday 1
March, and has chosen to
touch down at Area – easily one of London’s best clubbing
spaces. This will be the start of a new residency at the venue
from the Space team, and the launch party – the Space
London Fiesta – is sure to be an extra busy affair! Doors
open at 11pm (closing at 7am), and on the main floor,
beneath the new laser ceiling, you’ll find Space resident
Jonathan Ulysses joined by London jocks Steve Pitron and
The Oli. DJs David Jimenez and Gonzalo will be joined
by Ibiza’s Alex Ross in the second room, which has been
dubbed ‘Raw – The Sound Of Now’.
You’ll find Area at 67 Albert Embankment, Vauxhall, SE1,
with advance tickets just £12 from www.clubtickets.com
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Following the hugely successful reunion of Take That, you’ll
probably already be aware that Irish fivesome Boyzone
have now got back together. In their five year career together,
Ronan, Mikey, Keith, Shane and Stephen scored over a dozen
top five hits, including six number ones. They are currently
preparing for arena tour, but will be stopping off at G-A-Y on
Saturday 1 March to perform their one and only club gig. The
boys always went down a storm at the club, and were keen
to make a return visit. Expect renditions of such classics as ‘No
Matter What’, ‘Words’ and ‘Love Me For A Reason’.
G-A-Y takes place at the 2,000-capacity Astoria, at 157
Charing Cross Road, WC2. For more details, check www.
g-a-y.co.uk
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Long-running and famed lesbian
bar.
COMPTONS, 52 Old Compton
Street, W1. 020 7479 7961.
Leicester Square tube. Noon-11pm.
A Soho institution. Large, traditional
gay boozer on two floors.
DISCOTEC, The End, 18 West
Central Street, WC1. 020-7419
9199. Famed and long-running
Thursday nighter, running at
gorgeous, designer, two-roomed
venue The End.
XXL FUSION
As always, XXL will be pulling out all the stops for its St
Patrick’s Day celebrations, which just so happen to coincide
with the birthday of promoter and head XXL honcho Mark
Ames. The partying will take place on Saturday 16th March,
and is traditionally one of XXL’s busiest nights… not to
mention merriest!
The whole team are also gearing up for their next Fusion
party, which will be taking place on the Sunday of the
Easter Bank Holiday weekend (23 March). Once again, the
very special guest DJs will be the Freemasons. The duo
are possibly the most in-demand dance producers and
remixers in the business at the moment, having achieved
such amazing success with the likes of Beyonce and Kelly
Rowland. They’re also responsible for one of the best tracks
on the new Kylie album (‘The One’). More special guests
are still being finalized, but for more details, keep checking
the website at www.sundayfusion.com
Finally, the other recent news at XXL was the
announcement that the XXL Extreme session has now
gone weekly. You’ll find it running every Thursday evening
at The Arches from 7pm till late. A more hardcore and
raunchy version of the flagship night, all those attending
are encouraged to adopt the leather, rubber, industrial,
military or skinhead dress code. www.xxl-london.com
VENUES:
CENTRAL LONDON
FRIDAY
NIGHT DIVA
79 CXR, 79 Charing Cross Road,
WC2. 020 7734 0769. Leicester
Square tube. Mon-Sat 1pm-3am,
Sun 1pm-10.30pm. Cover charge
after 11pm. Large, cruisy, late-night
bar.
ADMIRAL DUNCAN, 54 Old
Friday Night Divas is a
Compton Street, W1.
020 7437 5300.
new monthly spectacular that’s
Leicester
being arranged to take place at the Soho
Revue Bar, kicking off on Friday 28 March. The
launch evening will feature live performances
from top US comedienne and jazz singer Lea
DeLaria (pictured), the Tony-award-winning
Cady Huffman, West End star Zee Asha
and newcomer Meg Massey. Doors
will open at 7pm, with tickets
costing £35 or £25 through www.
lastminute.com or www.ticketweb.
co.uk (08700 600 100). Check
out the Soho Revue Bar at 11-12
Walkers Court, W1.
www.sohorevuebar.com
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Square tube. Friendly, traditional
gay pub.
ASTORIA, 157 Charing Cross Road,
WC2. 020-7734 6963. Tottenham
Courtg Road tube. Huge, former
theatre, with 2,000 capacity. Now
home to G-A-Y club nights. www.
g-a-y.co.uk
BARCODE, 3-4 Archer Street, W1.
020 7734 3342. www.bar-code.
co.uk. Piccadilly Circus tube.
Mon-Sat 4pm-1.30am. Sun until
10.30pm. Dance bar on two floors,
with club-style basement.
Comedy Camp stand-up night each
Tuesday.
THE BOX, 32-34 Monmouth
Street, Seven Dials, WC2. 020 7240
5828. Leicester Square tube. 11am11pm. Stylish and award-winning
gay café bar popular with scene and
muscle queens.
CANDY BAR, 4 Carlisle Street, W1.
020 7494 4041. Tottenham Court
Road tube. Mon-Thu 5-11.30pm.
Fri & Sat 5pm-2am. Sun 5-11pm.
THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON,
77 Wardour Street, W1. 020 7439
1274. Piccadilly Circus tube.
Mon-Thu noon-11pm, Fri & Sat
noon-midnight, ‘til 10.30pm on
Sun. Traditional and fun gay pub
over two floors.
THE EDGE, 11 Soho Square, W1.
020 7439 1313. Tottenham Court
Road tube. Noon-1am, Sun 2pm11.30pm. Stylish, hip gay bar
spread over four intimate floors,
with regular nights from top DJs.
THE ENCLAVE, 25-27 Brewer
Street, W1. Intimate, lounge bar
and basement club, offering
members-bar atmosphere but
open to all. www.enclavesoho.com
ESCAPE, 10a Brewer Street, W1.
020 7734 2626. Piccadilly Circus
tube. 5pm-3am. Cover charge after
11pm. Every night’s a party at this
late-night video dance bar.
EXILIO, LSE Underground,
Houghton Street (off Kingsway),
Aldwych, WC2. Saturday night gay
Latin and salsa night.
FIRST OUT CAFÉ, 52 St Giles
High Street, WC2. 020 7240 8042.
Tottenham Court Road tube.
10am-11pm. Sun 10.30pm. Over
20 years old and still going strong.
Long-running community café bar.
FREEDOM, 66 Wardour Street,
W1. 020 7734 0071. Piccadilly v
Circus tube. Opulent style bar, with
late-night club promotions for a
metorsexual crowd.
www.freedombarsoho.com
FRIENDLY SOCIETY, 79 Wardour
Street, WC1. Trendy and unique,
intimate basement bar, which
attracts a mixed crowd.
G-A-Y BAR, 30 Old Compton
Street, W1. 020 7494 2756.
Leicester Square tube. 12pm12am. Huge, poptastic gay bar,
with a multitude of video screens,
pop tunes and drinks promotions.
www.g-a-y.co.uk
G-A-Y LATE, 5 Goslett Yard,
off Charing Cross Road, WC2.
Tottenham Court Road tube.
11pm-3am. Late-night sister
venue to G-A-Y Bar – more video
screens, camp pop fun and cheap
drinks.
GEISHA, 75 Charing Cross Road,
WC2. 020-7734 6887. Recentlylaunched, designer gay bar – a
riot of pink and oriental chic! Open
noon-midnight seven days a week,
with DJs nightly. www.geisha-bar.
co.uk
GHETTO, 5-6 Falconberg
Mews, W1. 020-7287 3726.
Subterranean, trend-setting gay
club venue, with nightly alternative
promotions.
THE GREEN CARNATION,
4-5 Greek Street, Soho,
W1. 020-7434 3323. New,
three-floored late night gay
venue, with bar, dancefloor
and nightly promotions. www.
greencarnationsoho.co.uk
HALFWAY TO HEAVEN,
7 Duncannon Street, WC2. 020
7321 2791. Charing Cross tube.
Mon-Thu noon-11pm, Fri & Sat
12pm-12am. Old-style gay pub
spread over two floors.
HEAVEN, The Arches, Villiers
Street, WC2. Charing Cross Road
tube. Huge, world-famous gay
club. www.heaven-london.com
THE
KINGS ARMS,
23 Poland Street,
W1. 020 7734 5907.
Oxford Circus tube. Mon-Thur
12pm–11pm, Fri-Sat 12pm-12am,
Sun 12pm-11.30pm. London’s bar
for bears and blokes. Traditional
atmosphere, pool table upstairs
and BearHug each Friday.
KUDOS, 10 Adelaide Street, WC2.
020 7379 4573. Charing Cross
tube. 3pm-11pm, Sat noon-11pm,
Sun noon-10.30pm. Beautiful and
stylish café bar (great food!), with
clubbier vibe and video screens
in the basement. Popular with
Asian crowd.
KU BAR, 30 Lisle Street, Leicester
Square, WC2. 020 7437 4303.
Leicester Square tube. Large,
upmarket gay bar spread over three
floors, open till 3am daily.
www.ku-bar.com
LO-PROFILE, The Basement,
84-85 Wardour Street, W1. Swanky,
sophisticated, 400-capacity
late-night basement bar and club
space – from the people that
bring you gaydar.co.uk. Open till
2am midweek, 4am weekends,
and 10.30pm Sundays. www.
gaydarprofile.com
LONG YANG CLUB, the
basement, Thai Square, 21-24
Cockspur Street, Trafalgar Square.
Sunday evening club for Asian
men and their admirers. www.
lyclondon.com
THE PHOENIX, 37 Cavendish
Square, W1 (behind Debenhams
on Oxford Street). Straight pub with
TRASHVILLE
Trailer Trash continues to pull
in a crowd of kooky club kids,
Hoxton whores and Shoredtich
degenerates each Friday night
to On The Rocks on Kingsland
Road, E2. ‘A dirty East-end gay
ravebox for trucker boyz, roller
grrls and assorted fabulous
fashion kids’, hosts Mikki Most,
Hannah Holland and Ian Robinson
spin the distorted disco and
electro sounds and are joined each
week by special guests. Visitors
behind the decks in March include
Thomas Von Party and Matt Walsh
(7 March), Casper C (14 March),
Skulljuice and the Lovely JonJo (21 March)
and Husley & Gunz (28 March).
Doors are open from 10.30pm till super late, with
admission just £3 before 11.30pm and £5 after.
Check www.clubtrailertrash.com or www.myspace.
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basement club, which plays host to
gay indie night Rebel Rebel once
a month (www.clubrebelrebel.
co.uk).
PROFILE, 56 Frith Street, Soho,
W1. Tottenham Court Road tube.
Stylish, big gay bar, owned by the
team at Gaydar.co.uk - spread over
three floors, with internet access
and Gaydar radio.
THE QUEBEC, 12 Old Quebec
Street, WC1. 020-7629 6159.
Marble Arch tube. Huge pub, on
two floors, attracting an older
crowd. www.thequebec.co.uk
RETRO BAR, 2 George Court,
WC2. 020 7321 2811. Charing
Cross tube. Mon-Fri noon-11. Sat
5pm-11pm, Sun 5pm-11pm.
A traditional boozer for the gay
scene’s indie, alternative and
student-types – Tuesday’s pop quiz
is an institution.
RUPERT STREET, 50 Rupert
Street, W1. 020 7292 7141.
Piccadilly Circus tube. 12-11pm, Sun
10.30pm. Large, designer style bar,
popular with professional gay boyz
and post-work crowd.
SHADOW LOUNGE, 5 Brewer
Street, W1. 020-7287 7988.
Piccadilly tube. Exclusive, gorgeous,
late-night bar and club for A-list
gays and celeb-spotters.
www.theshadowlounge.com
SOHO REVUE BAR, 11 Walkers
Court (off Brewer Street), W1.
020-7734 0377. Legendary Soho
cabaret club, attracting very gay
crowd with nightly cabaret, gigs
and burlesque.
TRASH PALACE, 11 Wardour
Street, W1. 020 7734 0522.
Piccadilly Circus tube. Sun-Thu
5pm-midnight. Fri & Sat 5pm-3am.
Indie, rock and trash fun on two
floors – very popular with students
and alternative club freaks.
VILLAGE, 81 Wardour Street, W1.
020 7434 2124. Piccadilly Circus
tube. 12-1am, Sun 11.30pm. Late
night door charge. Soho’s original
gay café bar, spread over four floors,
and now with basement dancefloor
and discos.
THE YARD, 57 Rupert Street, W1.
020 7437 2652. Piccadilly Circus
tube. Mon-Thur 4pm-11pm, Fri
& Sat 1pm-11pm, Sun 1pm1.10.30pm. Busy gay bar with
hugely popular courtyard area,
outdoor balcony and loft bar.
HEAVEN MARCHES ON
March promises to be another dynamic month for Heaven, with
many more changes promised at the club’s flagship Saturday nighter.
“On the main floor we are giving our resident DJs Pagano and Nick
Tcherniak slightly longer set times,” explains spokesperson Wilmien
Bos, “while we will also be introducing new and International talent
as guests, keeping it the most cutting edge house floor in town.”
You can also expect stylish cabana boys on the podiums… or in the
cages, showers or catwalks! Dusty O has been welcomed back to
the Pop room for a new Saturday night residency, alongside Manny
(pictured together above), while Chi Chi Con Carne will be doing
live shows with the go-go’s. The Departure Lounge will also be
enjoying some refurbishment, all in order to keep it the
most fabulous VIP room in the West End.
Admission is £10 before midnight with a flyer,
£12 after, or £5 after 3am. For more
details, check www.heavenlondon.com
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NORTH LONDON
THE BLACK CAP, 171 Camden
High Street, NW1. 020 7428
2721. www.theblackcap.com.
Camden Town tube. Shufflewick
Bar: Mon-Thu Noon-1am, Fri-Sat
12noon-2am, Sun Noon-10.30pm.
Club: Mon-Thu 10pm-2am, Fri-Sat
10pm-3am, Sun 10pm-1am. Longrunning, famed gay pub – probably
the most famous cabaret pub
in London, with nightly DJs and
entertainment.
CENTRAL STATION, 37
Wharfdale Road, N1. Tel: 020 7278
3294. Kings Cross tube. Mon-Wed
5pm-2am, Thur 5pm-3am, Fri
5pm-4am, Sat 1pm-4am, Sun
1pm-12am. Big gay bar on three
floors, with ground floor cabaret
and infamously cruisy cruise nights
in basement.
BIRDS OF A
FEATHER…
Since its name change, The
Eagle (formerly South Central)
in Vauxhall has been pushing
itself as London’s premiere
cruise venue. You’ll now find a
selection of atmospheric cruise
parties throughout the week, with nights such as the Monday Cruise Chill Out, the Tuesday ‘Bootcamp’,
the Wednesday DLF session (that’s ‘Dirty Little Fuckers’!), and the Thursday Black’n’Blue party (with free
entry for all those in leather, rubber or denim). Get along on Saturdays for a ‘12-Hour Cruise Marathon’ from
4pm till 4am, when admission is just £2 for members (£4 non-members). Outside promotions at the venue
include the popular Tonker session each Friday night, for dance lovers, bears and musclecubs, and the
hugely popular Horse Meat Disco each Sunday, when the cruising is put aside in favour of Jim Stanton’s
weekly disco celebration for all electro kids and funky hunks.
The venue’s popular beer garden is currently undergoing a complete refurbishment, but the management
will be hosting a reopening party at the beginning of March to unveil the new design. In their drive to
continue improving the venue, they’ve also just overhauled and replaced the bar’s cooling system, and they
reckon that their beers, ciders and stouts on tap are now the coolest in Vauxhall!
Check www.eaglelondon.com or become a friend via the myspace page at www.myspace.com/eagle349
CLUB KALI, The Dome, 1
Dartmouth Park Hill, Tufnell Park,
N19. World’s biggest lesbian and
gay Asian music night, running
every third Friday of the month.
www.clubkali.com
COSMO LOUNGE, 43 Essex Road,
N1. Tel: 020 7688 0051. Angel tube.
Sun-Wed 2pm-Midnight, Thu-Sat
2pm-1am. Long, narrow, intimate
gay bar popular with locals girls
and boys.
THE GREEN, 74 Upper Street, N1.
Tel: 020 7704 0713. www.thegreen.co.uk. Angel tube. Mon-Wed
4pm-midnight, Thu 4pm-1am, Fri
12noon-2am, Sun 11am-midnight.
London’s first ‘gay-stropub!’ Stylish,
Islington bar, serving full food
menu and wide range of drinks and
cocktails. Mixed, chilled crowd.
KING EDWARD VI, 25 Bromfield
Street, N1. Tel: 020 7704 0745.
Angel tube. Sun-Thu 12noon12midnight, Thu 12noon-1am,
Fri-Sat 12noon-2am. Very
long-running gay pub, with ‘local’
atmosphere and character, plus
popular beer garden.
KW4, 77 Hampstead High Street,
NW3. 020-7435 5747. Large, cost,
traditional old gay pub, with regular
entertainment, beer garden and
food. www.kw4.co.uk
THE LOAD OF HAY, 207 Pinner
Road, Watford, 01923-441113.
Watford‚s only gay pub, with
big beer garden and regular
entertainment! www.loadofhay.
co.uk
MA1 BAR, Central Station, 37
Wharfdale Road, King’s Cross, N1.
Intimate, sleazy men-only cruise
bar, open throughout the week.
www.ma1.co.uk
THE OAK BAR, 79 Green Lanes,
N16. 020-7354 2791. Manor
House tube. Friendly, divere gay bar
with late-night club promotions,
open ‘til 3am at weekends. www.
oakbar.com
PLAYPIT, 76 Caledonian Road,
N1. Intimate, King’s Cross sleaze
and cruise club. Open Thur-Sat
9pm-3am, Sun 3pm-7pm and
8pm-1am.
www.londonplaypit.co.uk
THE SCALA, 275-277 Pentonville
Road, N1. 020-738 2336. King’s
Cross tube. Large former cinema,
now huge club and live gig venue
– home to Friday night indie/rock
club Popstarz. www.popstarz.org
SOUTH LONDON
AREA, 67-68 Albert Embankment,
SE11. Gorgeously-designed, hard
dance club and cabaret rooms,
with eclectic roster of different gay
club nights throughout the month.
(Chunk, Matinee, Bootylicious...).
www.areaclub.info
BARCODE VAUXHALL, Arch 69,
Albert Embankment, SE11. 0207
734 3342. Vauxhall tube. Open 7
days a week. Mon-Thu 4pm-1am,
Fri-Sun 4pm-4am. Recently opened
and very popular club bar, with
dancefloor and mezzanine chill-out
space.
CLUB COLOSSEUM, 1 Nine
Elms Lane, Vauxhall, SW8. Huge,
late-night venue for after-hours
crowd – hosting various one-off
promotions such as the monthly
Future.
CRASH, 66 Albert Embankment,
SE11. 020-7793 9262. Large hard
dance club beneath railway arches
– hosts different nights (Queer
Nation, etc) each weekend.
THE EAGLE, 349 Kennington
Lane, SE11. 020 7793 0903. Mon,
Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat 9pm-late, Tue
7.30-10.30pm, Sun 4pm-2am.
Vauxhall tube. Large, club-bar with
nightly promotions. Horse Meat
Disco (Sundays) is particularly
popular.
EGO, 82 Norwood High Street,
SE27. 020 8761 5200. West
Norwood BR. Sun-Thu 8pm-late,
7pm-4am. Door charge on
weekend. Large, popular bar and
club, attracting big crowds at
weekends.
FACTORY, 65 Goding Street, SE11.
Stylish, railway arch Vauxhall venue,
hosting occasional dance and
cruise nights.
THE FORT, 131 Grange Road,
SE1. 020-7237 7742. Small cruise
club, open till 11pm throughout
week, with regular boots-only and
underwear parties.
www.thefortlondon.com
FIRE, South Lambeth Road,
Vauxhall, SW8. Vauxhall tube.
Infamous, late-night gay venue
beneath the Vauxhall railway
arches, host to the likes of Rude
Boyz, Orange, A:M, Juicy and
Gravity. Open around the clock at
weekends. www.allthingsorange.
com or www.fireclub.co.uk
THE GEORGE & DRAGON, 2
BlackheathHill, Greenwich, SE10.
020 8691 3764. www.gandd.org.
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372 Kennington Lane, SE11.
020 7840 0596. Opening times
vary. Vauxhall tube. Door Charge.
Huge, traditional and historic gay
pub, with long history of hosting
cabaret. Packed to rafters on
Saturday (Duckie) and Sunday (the
post-club Chill-Out).
THE STAG, 15 Bressenden Place,
SW1. 020 7828 7287. Victoria
tube. Mon & Tue midday-midnight,
Wed-Fri midday-2am, Sat 5pm2am, Sun 4pm-midnight. Dark
and atmospheric gay bar in Victoria
– weekend cabaret.
K HOLE
Dragster Miss Kimberley has announced a new series of cabaret dates every Thursday night
at Freedom on Wardour Street. Launching on 21 February (doors at 8pm), Miss K and
guests will take over the basement space of this gorgeous venue, bringing you live music
from both established and up’n’coming acts. Things will kick off with entertainment from
Holly Penfield, Tranny Danny, Zac Black and S-J. The launch night will be hosted by celebrity
socialite Lord Brian Kelly and BBC Wild Life presenter Anneka Tana-Svenska, and will act as
a promotion and support event for the Crusaid Shop (www.crusaidshop.com). DJ Ben
Parkes and Manny will be on the decks until 3am playing camp show tunes and classics.
Advance tickets are £12 from www.clubtickets.com
You’ll find Freedom at 66 Wardour Street, W1, and for more details check www.
freedombarsoho.com
uk. Deptford Bridge DLR. Mon-Thu
4pm-1am, Fri & Sat 4pm-4am, Sun
4pm-2am. Late-night pub with
nightly entertainment and popular
cabaret nights.
HIDDEN, 100 Timworth Street,
SE11. Railway arch club venue,
home to infamous Hard On night
once a month (www.hardonclub.
co.uk).
SHOWING OUT
Oklahomo is the name of the new Sunday night promotion taking
place at the gorgeous Geisha (75 Charing Cross Road, WC2). Taking
over this state-of-the-art bar each Sunday evening will be BBC DJ
Baylen Leanoand, Timberlina and Le Gateaux Chocolat, with will
be spinning the music and performing live. As the name of the
session suggests, the theme of the night is showtunes… so expect
plenty of “showstoppers and show-offs!”The event is aimed at all
theatricals and West End wendies, and there’s free drinks on offer for
anyone who turns up in their stage makeup, while the more talented
individuals out there are even encouraged to get up and belt out
a song or two.
Since its launch in December, Geisha has slowly been
picking itself up a following, with a growing
number of Soho reprobates attracted by the
neon pink and chrome interior, regular
drinks offers and cutting-edge
scene hosts and DJs. Catch more
showtunes and live entertainment
with Zak Black each Wednesday,
plus Heidi Liscious’ Icon Night
each Thursday, paying tribute
to all of pop’s best divas.
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THE HOIST, Arch 47c, South
Lambeth Road, SW8. 020 7735
9972. 10pm-late. Door charge and
strict dress code. One of London’s
most famous dress-code and cruise
clubs and packed with men-only
crowd. Open Friday-Sunday and
occasional Thursdays (SM Gays).
JACKIE’S JUKEBOX, Rivoli
Ballroom, 350 Brockley Road,
SE4. First Saturday of the
month, 7pm-midnight (£7).
Gay ballroom and Latin dancing
night, attracting up to 300
dancers a month to the delightful
and glamorous 1950s-style Rivoli
Ballroom in Brockley. Crofton Park
BR. www.therivoli.co.uk
KAZBAR, 50 Clapham High Street,
SW4. 020 7622 0070. Clapham
North tube. Mon-Thu 4pmmidnight, Fri 4pm-1am, Sat noon1am, Sun noon-midnight. Clapham
video bar, popular throughout the
week and DJs at weekends.
LITTLE APPLE, 98 Kennington
Lane, SE11. 020 7735 2039.
Kennnigton tube. Open 7 days a
week. Small, traditional gay boozer
for local gay boys and girls.
MANBAR, 82 Great Suffolk Street,
SE1. 020-7928 3223. London
Bridge tube. Late-night cruise bar
(with showers!) for men-only.
www.manbar.info
STONEWALLS, 286 Lewisham
High Street, SE13. www.
stonewalls.info. Mon-Wed
5pm-1am, Thur 5pm-2am, Fri-Sat
5pm-4am, Sun 5pm-12.30am.
Large, late-opening gay pub and
club, with regular entertainment
and cabaret.
cabaret bar and disco.
BISTROTHEQUE, 23-27 Wadeson
St, E2. Tel: 020 8983 7900.
Bethnal Green tube. Very mixed,
gay/straight crowd of trendy
metrosexuals. Great bar, restaurant,
plus separate cabaret room.
CHARLIE’S BAR, 124 Globe
Road, E1. Tel: 020 7790 1007.
Whitechapel tube. Recently
refurbished, Moroccan style
– friendly, local gay bar.
THE JOINERS ARMS, 116
Hackney Road, E2. Tel: 020 7739
9854. Debauched decadence
– old-skool boozer popular with
post-club crowd at weekends.
KINGS HEAD, 11 Church
Street, E15. Tel: 020 8534 0197
Stratford BR and tube. Intimate
and welcoming East End gay pub
– regular cabaret.
THE TRAFALGAR ARMS,
148 Tooting High Street, SW17.
020-8767 6059. A spacious, lively,
attitude-free pub. Excellent food
served all day. Weekly DJs on Friday
and Saturday nights. Karaoke on
Wednesdays.
THE OLD SHIP, 17 Barnes
Street, E14. Tel: 020 7790 4082.
Limehouse DLR. Open from 7pm
Mon & Tue, from 6pm Wed-Sat,
from 4pm on Sun. Small, local,
traditional pub, with regular
cabaret.
THE TWO BREWERS,
114 Clapham High Street, SW4.
020 7498 4971. Clapham Common
tube. Mon-Thu 5pm-2am, Fri & Sat
5pm-4am. South London’s most
famed gay cabaret venue. Large
bar and separate dancefloor room.
Busy at weekends.
www.the2brewers.com
BJ’s WHITE SWAN,
556 Commercial Road, E1. Tel: 020
7780 9870. Limehouse DLR. Mon
9pm-1am Tue-Thu 9pm-2am,
Fri-Sat 9pm-3am, Sun 5.30pmmidnight. A large, long-running
gay pub and club, open throughout
the week and legendary across
London! Fun, friendly, and loaded
with East End charm. Wednesday’s
Amateur Strip is an institution.
www.bjswhiteswan.com
XXL, The Arches, 53 Southwark
Street, SE1. www.xxl-london.com.
London Bridge tube. Huge club for
bears, big men and admirers, on
Saturday and Wednesday, plus the
monthly XXL Extreme party.
EAST LONDON
THE ANGEL, 21 Church Street,
E15. Tel: 020 8555 1148. Stratford
BR and tube. Big gay pub, always
popular at weekends, with regular
cabaret, DJs and disco nights.
THE BACKSTREET, Wentworth
Mews, off Burdett Road, E3.
020-8980 8557. Over 20 years old
– small but legendary dress code
leather club, open Thur-Sun.
THE BLACK HORSE, 168 Mile
End Road, E1. Tel: 020 7790
1684. Mile End tube. Mon-Thurs
8pm-1am, Fri-Sat 8pm-3am, Sun
8pm-1am. Late-opening,East End
WEST LONDON
BROMPTONS, 294 Old Brompton
Road, Earls Court, SW5. 020 7370
1344. Earls Court tube. Big, longrunning gay pub and club, open
late throughout week. Regular
cabaret and club nights.
COLEHERNE, 261 Old Brompton
Road, Earls Court, SW5. 020 7244
5951. Earls Court tube. Noonmidnight. Larfge and legendary
pub. The spit’n’sawdust feel has
gone, but still popular with mixed
crowd of male drinkers.
THE CULVERT, 54 Cowley Mill
Road, Uxbridge. 01895 256 690.
Uxbridge tube. Mon-Wed 4pm-1am,
Thu noon-2am, Fri & Sat noon-3am,
Sun 3pm-1am. Regular discos, cabaret,
karaoke and one-off events.
www.theculvert.com
THE HOPE & ANCHOR, 20
Macbeth Street, Hammersmith,
W6. (contact mobile
- 07858281995). New gay pub
for Hammersmith and Chiswick.
Traditional boozer with nightly
entertainment – open noon11pm throughout week.
THE RICHMOND ARMS, 20
The Square, off Princes Street,
Richmond. 020-8940 2118. Longrunning local gay pub, regular
cabaret and entertainment.
TED’S PLACE, 305a North End
Road, West Brompton, W14. 0207
385 9359. Earls Court or West
Brompton tube. Mon-Fri from
7pm-late, closed Sat & Sun. West
London cruise club. Sleazy… but
that’s why the regulars love it!
WEST 5, Popes Lane, South
Ealing, W5. 020-8579 3266. Large,
popular gay pub with Piano Room
and cabaret bar, open till late at
weekends with entertainment
and DJs.
WINDSOR CASTLE, 152 Bath
Road, Hounslow, TW3. 0208577
6590. Large, local gay pub with
regular cabaret and entertainment.
www.windsorcastlehounslow.
co.uk
BARCODE FACELIFT
There are big changes afoot at Barcode in Soho. This long-running
and busy bar is having a total facelift. The ground floor is currently
closed, but the basement bar is remaining open. On 1 March 2008
the new-look ground floor and completely new first floor will open
to the public, and the basement bar will subsequently close for its
own refurbishment. That will take a number of weeks, before the
whole three-floor venue opens its doors with a big party on 24 April
2008. However, as we say, at least one floor of the venue will be open
throughout the redecoration process. And don’t forget, there’s always
Barcode Vauxhall to check out too.
You’ll find Barcode Soho at 3-4 Archer Street, W1.
www.bar-code.co.uk
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Community Organisations is the umbrella membership body
for all LGBT not-for-profit groups and organisations. It acts as
a representative to other agencies on LGBT issues like funding,
policy and engagement; and provides direct support to
members through information, advice, assistance and – most
importantly – promotion of the good work they do. For more
information on groups and charities in your area, visit
www.lgbtconsortium.org.uk and get involved.
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Kairos: 020 7437 6063, www.
kairosinsoho.org.uk. 9 Archer St,
London W1D 7AZ.
Lesbian Gay Christian
Movement: 020 7739 1249,
lgcm@lgcm.org.uk/www.lgcm.
org.uk.
FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN
Think you want to be the
next gay football star? The
London 2008 IGLFA World
Championships begins in
August, and registration
is now open for teams
and individuals. You can
register online at www.
londonwc2008.co.uk. Fees are
discounted for booking early.
GROUPS//ORGS
Albert Kennedy Trust: 020
7831 6562 (London). Housing
advice for under 21s.
Antidote: 020 7437 3523.
Counselling, support groups,
Thurs drop-in, complementary
therapies around alcohol & drug
issues.
BKY - Alternative Jewish
Community: www.bkylondon.
org.uk Regular services and
events
ELOP: 020 8509 3898. Support
and community events in
Walthamstow. Youth, advice,
counselling and groups.
Gay and Lesbian Humanist
Association, (GALHA): 01926
858450, www.galha.org.
Regular London events.
Outrage!: 020 8240 0222.
Political group. Regular
meetings.
Islington LGB Forum:
Rachael: 07989 747824. An
initiative between local police,
the council & victim support.
Jewish Gay and Lesbian
Group: 020 8952 0137.
Lesbian and Gay
Immigration Group: 020
7922 7811, www.uklgig.org.uk.
meetings once a month.
LGBT Choir: 07980 023578. Call
Michael for more information.
London Friend: 020 7837
3337. Groups in Islington.
Quaker London Lesbian &
Gay Fellowship: 020 8675
6740.
Metro Centre: 020 8265 3311,
www.metrocentreonline.org.
Regular groups in Greenwich.
HATECRIME
Gay Police Association:
Action Line 07092 700 000
(24hrs), info@gpa.police.uk.
Galop: 020 7704 2040. www.
galop.org.uk. For victims of
hate crime
HIV//AIDS
Crusaid: 020 7539 3880,
www.crusaid.org.uk.
GMFA: 020 7738 6872. The gay
men’s health charity.
National AIDS Trust: 020 7814
6767, www.nat.org.uk.
Terence Higgins Trust: 07090
422 828. Counselling Services.
SPORTS
Mosaic: 07931 336668. www.
mosaicyouth.org.uk. Youth
group, every Wednesday.
PACE: 020 7700 1323. Groups
promoting lesbian and gay
health and well-being.
Quest LGB Catholics: 0808
808 0234.
Regard: Regard, BM REGARD,
London WC1N 3XX, secretary@
regard.org.uk/www.regard.org.
uk. Disabled LGBT.
Step Out Tower Hamlets:
Social & support group for
gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans
& questioning young people.
5-8pm Tues 079 4633 7160
South London Gays: 020 8672
5268/020 8674 5191. www.
slago.org.uk/slg. A friendly group
with a range of social activities.
Stonewall: 020 7593 1850.
Campaign group for LGBT rights.
GAY LONDON WRITERS
www.gaylondonwriters.com
King’s Cross Rugby Steelers
Cruisers basketball: 020 8960
0750 (Debbie)/ 020 7582 7009,
www.cruisers.org.uk (Jordi).
Mixed basketball.
Frontrunners: 07092 346340,
www.londonfrontrunners.org.
Running group.
Goslings Swimming: 07814
258 055. Gay social (non
competitive) swimming group,
Thur 8.30pm-9.30pm. www.
goslingssportsclub.com
Irons: www.ironsgolf.org.uk .
Gay golfing, events for all levels.
King’s Cross Steelers Rugby
Football Club: 07090 421 367,
www.kxsrfc.com. Gay men’s
rugby.
London Amateur Wrestling:
www.law-wrestling.org
Founded in 1993, this established group of gay male writers meets on alternate Fridays at
members’ homes in central London. Attendees read work in progress, provide constructive
feedback and discuss publishing strategies, in a friendly, supportive and informal
atmosphere. Members are of all ages and levels of experience, but share a common
sexuality and a passion for writing. All manner of writing is welcomed including fiction,
poems, stage and screenplays - even journalistic articles. Subject matter does not have to be
specifically gay - members write about a myriad of topics - but is usually treated from a gay
perspective or sensitivity. Members do not have to present work at every meeting - it is fine
to just come along, listen and give comments. Overseas visitors - long or short stay - are
warmly invited. The group holds an annual picnic in Regent’s Park in the summer as well
as other social events throughout the year. Bottles of wine are encouraged at gatherings, to
“help fuel creative juices”! The group’s website gives a selection of attendee profiles, samples
of their work and photos from past events.
London Guns ‘N’ Roses
Hockey Team: Mixed hockey
for all levels. www.pinkhockey.
com or email: iainkimmins115@
hotmail.com
Out to Swim: 07090 422
526, www.outtoswim.org. Gay
swimming group.
Raiders Softball Club: 07931
721 377, www.rainbowraiders.
com. Mixed baseball in Regents
Park / Primrose Hill area.
Stonewall Football Club:
07090 422 390. Sunday soccer.
HELPLINES
Broken Rainbow: LGBT
National Domestic Violence
Helpline. 08452 60 44 60 (Mon
and Thurs, 2-8pm/Weds, 10am1pm). www.broken-rainbow.
org.uk.
Dazz-elle: 020 8257 3068.
London drug/alcohol support.
Lesbian & Gay Immigration
Group: 020 7922 7811. Every
Mon 12-5pm and Wed 6-8pm.
London Lesbian & Gay
Switchboard: 020 7837 7324
London Friend: 020 7837
3337. Counselling service.
PACE: 020 7700 1323. Health
and well-being. Tel info/support
on Saturdays, 1-3pm.
Stonewall Housing Advice:
020 7359 5767.
Unison: 0845 355 0845/0800
0967 968 (minicom). Works with
LGBT community about work
and employment problems.
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UK NEWS
DRILL HALL’S GRANT
CUT CONFIRMED
Arts Council England has
confirmed, despite numerous
protests, that it will indeed
stop all £250k of leading
London LGBT performance
venue, the Drill Hall’s, grant
from April 2008, leaving it
with an uncertain future. A
fundraising campaign is being
launched to keep the Drill Hall open: www.drillhall.co.uk/save.
Elsewhere, Queer Up North’s protests have thankfully proved
more fruitful and have won it a £97k Arts Council funding
reprieve.
GAY SOHO CENTRE MOOTED
Westminster City Council is exploring the viability of a “one
stop shop” for LGBT residents in London’s Soho district - offering
health and social care services, business support and an
exhibition space, all under one roof. More at
www.westminster.gov.uk/onesoho
FROM LITTLE BRITAIN
TO KYLIE
A walk-on part in Little Britain
USA, a shopping trip with Joan
Collins and a unique Jimmie
Martin chair (pictured) signed
by Kylie Minogue are just
some of the incredible moneycan’t-buy celebrity lots on
offer at the Lighthouse Gala
Auction at Christie’s in London
on 10th March, in aid of Terrence Higgins Trust. Over the years
the event has raised almost £2 million for THT and has become
a highlight of London’s social calendar, attracting celebrity
supporters including Tracey Emin, Joan Rivers, Jerry Hall, John
Barrowman, Kenny Goss, Angus Deayton and Antony Cotton.
A limited number of tickets for the auction are still available,
priced £135 each, from Hannah Monteith - on hannah.
monteith@tht.org.uk or 020 7812 1667.
COP-ON-COP HOMO-HATE HIKE
The Gay Police Association claims to have noticed an increase
in reports of homophobia within the force itself, with calls to
its helpline increasing by around a third: 350 calls this year
compared with 260 last year. Incidents often involve some
kind of religious bigotry, although many officers – like many
civilians, it seems – doubtless fail to report.
NO PIZZA FOR TRANS
Three gay men are suing
pizza chain Pizza Hut for
discrimination after they were
allegedly refused service at a
Blackpool branch - supposedly
since some of the group
of nine gay men and
transsexuals were wearing
women’s clothes. They claim
they were told by staff the
pizzeria had “run out of pizzas”. Pizza Hut says it is taking the
allegation “extremely seriously”.
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HIV
DETECTORS
PINPOINT
PROBLEM
GMFA is launching
a new ad campaign
featuring a makeshift
spoof HIV detector (pictured),
asking men “How Do You Know His
HIV Status?” - designed to highlight the
uncertainty of knowing a guy’s status
for sure and to promote condom usage.
“Making assumptions about status doesn’t
provide protection from HIV, but using
condoms can,” says Matthew Hodson, Head
of Programmes for GMFA.
I OPEN MY MOUTH AND
BITCHY THINGS COME OUT.
I’M REALLY TRYING TO
CURB THAT. IT DOESN’T
MAKE ME LOOK GOOD.
I WAS READING SOME
THINGS I’D SAID AND I
SOUNDED HORRIBLE.
Boy George throws literary
acid at himself, for a change,
in the Daily Mail..
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OUTSPOKEN:
SENEGAL:
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CHAIR ARGUES THAT
WITH LAWS NOW
LARGELY IN PLACE,
THE LONDON PRIDE IS
STILL MORE THAN JUST
A BIG PARTY – AND
CAN EVEN TEACH US A
THING OR TWO....
Five people have been
arrested in the West African
nation of Senegal after a
magazine ran a story about
a gay wedding, including a
photo of two men exchanging
rings. Acts “against nature
with an individual of the
same sex” are punishable
with up to five years in
prison.
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A group of men alleged to
be homosexual have been
attacked by an angry mob in
the town of Mandeville, after
ignoring threats for them to
leave the community. Two
were hospitalised, one with
serious injuries, while another
man is still missing, feared
dead. Sex between men in
Jamaica is illegal, punishable
with up to ten years behind
bars. The island nation
receives millions of pounds
each year in overseas aid and
debt relief from the British
Government.
...AND FINALLY
LEDGER DEAD IN ACCIDENTAL OVERDOSE
Talented if occasionally troubled film star, not to mention gay icon to millions, Heath Ledger has
tragically been found dead in the bed of his rented New York apartment - due to an “accidental”
overdose of a lethal cocktail of prescription drugs, including painkillers, sleeping pills and antianxiety medication. The 28-year old Australian-born actor endeared himself to many queer fans
for his Oscar-nominated role in the film, Brokeback Mountain.
GAY BOND BOMBSHELL
A gay artist has got one Anglican priest hot and sweaty
under his dog collar with a new London show of over
50 exhibits – all created by him ejaculating onto paper
and then sprinkling his drying semen with carbon dust. Creator of aptly-entitled Spent,
Jordan McKenzie spurts: “It’s not about the act of masturbation. Yet people either love
it or hate it. The drawings have provoked a real sense of anger and disgust in some.”
Cue Father Cunningham from a local church: “All we can do is pray for the artist - a very
mixed up person.” For a splattering of Jordan’s work: www.
jordanmckenzie.co.uk/spent.htm
GAY BOND BOMBSHELL
Amidst Valentine’s, BAFTAs and Oscars, “Blond Bond” Daniel Craig and Atonement star Keira
Knightley have scooped two gongs they perhaps weren’t entirely expecting – winning the coveted
category of “major British film star I would most love a dream date with”, in a poll of gay UK singles
conducted by gay-PARSHIP.co.uk - Europe’s largest serious dating site for gay men and women. Almost a
third (31%) of gay single men yearn for a romantic one-on-one with 39-year-old Craig; and over a third
(35%) of single lesbians crave the same with 22-year old Knightley.
GEORGE MICHAEL “GOING SOLO” FOR AUTOBIO (HONEST)
Publisher HarperCollins has confirmed it has secured the multi-million-pound rights to a
“no holds barred” autobiography by 44-year old mega-star George Michael, who
will be hoping to exceed his 80+ million records sales – this time in print, when
the book hits shelves next autumn (2009). We are (supposedly) assured he will
write the book “entirely by himself” - warts and all: from his early career in the
closet to his coming out, via police, in an LA lav!
PAUL BIRRELL
Pride London is gearing up for its fifth annual
celebration on 5 July. But is it still relevant? Over the
past few years we have seen a major acceleration in UK
LGBT rights legislation, from the abolition of Section 28
to civil partnerships being granted. Moreover, there is a
vibrant scene, and a much wider general acceptance of
LGBT individuals both
in the workplace
and in the wider
community. So why
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have Pride?
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that things are far OF THE SCENE, CLUB
better than they have PROMOTERS FEAR
ever been for the
LGBT community in THE ANTICIPATED
the UK, it would be a BOOM IN CRYSTAL
mistake to think that
everything is perfect. METH.
Every year in gay
clubs, and at other
events, people are collapsing and dieing from drug use.
GHB is a scourge of the scene, and club promoters fear the
anticipated boom in crystal meth. This excess is walking hand
in hand with a rise in unprotected sex – not least amongst
the 30-45 age group, who seem to have grown jaded with
the safer sex messages of their youth.
LGBT people are also facing prejudice within the LGBT
community. There’s still extensive bigotry against trans
individuals - to the extent that they can feel intimidated
on a scene that should be so welcoming. Racism within
the LGBT community, particularly towards Muslims, is still
rife, and it would be a mistake to assume that this is down
to cultural differences. It’s pure racism. These issues aren’t
unique to LGBT people by any means, but that they are
present within a community that’s had to fight for so long
to get any semblance of equality is truly shocking.
Pride London hopes that it can make a difference
by highlighting all this – as well as fostering wider
understanding and more accepting attitudes of LGBTs
amongst the general public. Our event, because of its size
and prominence, is a unique tool for getting messages
across in a way that other LGBT charities and campaigns
can struggle to do. Our unique mixture of a public parade,
campaigning platform and party events right in the heart of
the UK’s capital city makes it a truly national experience.
We want people to come and enjoy themselves, and see big
name acts on Trafalgar Square, cabaret in Leicester Square,
dance and other stages in Soho, and the sporting, arts and
other events that we also host.We hope we’ve something
for everyone, and it’s all free. But amongst the fun we hope
that our messages get out there and make a difference, as
only the UK’s biggest Pride can.
Pride London’s main parade and rally take place on Saturday 5
July 2008: www.pridelondon.org
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02 Greater London Authority
03 Hampshire Constabulary
03 Staffordshire Police
05 IBM
06 Lloyds TSB
06 Manchester City Council
09 Brighton and Hove City
Council
09 PricewaterhouseCoopers
11 BT
11 Lothian and Borders
Police
13 London Fire Brigade
14 Gentoo Group
14 Home Office
16 Cambridge City Council
17 Accenture
17 Barclays
17 Credit Suisse
17 HM Prison Service
17 London Borough of Tower
Hamlets
17 Sheffield City Council
17 South West Police
24 Citizens Advice
24 Ministry of Defence Police
and Guarding Agency
26 Foreign and
Commonwealth Office
26 Kent Police
26 Time Warner
29 Gloucestershire County
Council
29 Kent County Council
29 KPMG
29 The Co-operative
33 East Sussex County Council
33 Metropolitan Housing
Partnership
33 Metropolitan Police
Service
33 St Mungo’s
33 West Midlands Police
38 Bristol City Council
38 Deloitte & Touche
38 Essex Police
38 Goldman Sachs
38 Shropshire County Council
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43 Greater Manchester Police
43 HBOS
43 JP Morgan
43 Lehman Brothers
43 Merrill Lynch
43 Welsh Assembly
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W5 has great transport links;
Ealing Broadway, Ealing
North and Ealing Common
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GOING OUT
TOP
HANGOUTS
We find the most popular gay
hotspots around Ealing
WEST 5
POPES LANE
This popular gay bar and
night club in South Ealing
is often open late and has a
variety of nights, from karaoke
to cabaret.
www.west5bar.co.uk
PLACE TO BE: EALING
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Ealing is becoming west
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spot for those looking
for value for money,
large houses and
extensive green spaces.
EALING
WHAT YOU CAN
BUY IN THE
AREA
01 THE AVENUE, £249,950
Spacious two-bedroom, purpose
built flat. Near West Ealing and
Ealing Broadway.
Haart 0845 899 9999
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£200,000
A generous-sized studio
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block with parking. The property
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Located in West Ealing, this
is the only street market
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farm produce. It’s open on
Saturdays from 9am-1pm.
www.lfm.org.uk/ealing
THE GRANGE PUB
WARWICK ROAD
This gastro pub in Ealing
Common has probably one
of the best braised lamb
shanks you can enjoy in West
London. A perfect local
for a lazy Sunday.
020 8567 7617
03 GRANGE ROAD, £389,675
A two-bedroom garden flat,
forming part of an Edwardian
detached property (pictured
left). Located close to Ealing
Common, features include own
entrance, large lounge diner and
beautiful landscaped garden.
Townsend
0800 074 0095
SHOPPING CENTRE
BROADWAY
Ealing’s shopping hub has
the perfect mix of high street
and boutique. With the lack
of high-rise buildings, café
terraces are plentiful and
ideal to rest your feet.
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Tower Homes’ Co-Operative House in Peckham Rye
is one of South-East London’s newest Affordable Housing
A stunning new property development caught our
eye this month... and we’re pretty sure you’ll like it too.
Located in West Ealing (London W13), Dominion Plaza
comprises two state-of-the-art towers – seven and twelve
storeys – with a selection of modern one and two bedroom
apartments available on a part-rent, part-buy basis. With
cutting-edge energy saving features (including solar panels
to keep those bills down), every apartment is light and
spacious with a stylish fitted kitchen and a large balcony.
The two bedroom apartments have the added bonus of an
ensuite shower room, and, talking of added bonuses, the
surrounding area boasts 13 parks, plenty of restaurants,
pubs and wine bars and that all important Waitrose
Superstore! Find out more by calling Dominion on 0800 783
2159. Alternatively, email sales@dominion.co.uk or visit
www.dominionplaza.co.uk
One of west London’s most up-and-coming areas
is undoubtedly Acton, and Morris House, a terrific
development of two and three-bedroom apartments and
duplexes is in the heart of the action, close to a myriad of
local amenities with convenient transport links to Fulham,
Chiswick and the West End.
Most apartments feature spectacular balconies or terraces,
and all provide generous living space and loads of natural
light. And because the ground floor is given over to
commercial rather than residential space, you can be
sure that this mixed use, mixed tenure development will
blossom into an extremely lively and creative space to live.
Apartments are available both on a private sale and on a
part-rent, part-buy basis (priority for the latter given to key
workers in nearby boroughs) and you can find out more by
calling Shepherds Bush Housing on 020 8743 7197.
developments. The apartments are tastefully designed and
with a 25% ownership share, priced at just £47,500,
Made up of one and two-bedroom apartments, and located
between trendy East Dulwich and the conservation area
of Peckham Rye, the apartments have been designed to
incorporate the original style elements of the old Co-op
building which used to occupy the site.
To be eligible for one of these homes you’ll need a
minimum single income of £19,000 or a minimum joint
income of at least £21,000. For more information visit
www.housingoptions.co.uk or call 0845 230 8099.
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pied-à-terre at a world-famous address in central London
but, sadly, in this era of rocketing property prices, few of
us will ever be granted that particular wish. Move fast,
though, and you might be in a position to snap up one of
Octavia’s high quality one bedroom apartments in Baker
Street. Available on a part-buy, part-rent basis, this brand
new development is moments away from the fantastic
Sherlock Holmes museum and just a short walk from what
will be you local store... Selfridges. The fleshpots of Soho
are a 20-minute mince or a short bus ride away, so scene
queens will be hard pushed to find a more handy location.
For more info, call Stagnell Fox on 0845 130 1422 or visit
www.stagnellfox.co.uk
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luxury hotel and wanted to
somehow transport the bed
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com
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years by guests who have
stayed at the hotels we supply, we decided to launch
www.thebestbedlinenintheworld.com last year. We
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this is what we offer.
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from 100% Cotton Percale,
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This gives the ultimate
combination of softness and
durability but still easy to
launder.”
Kylie’s bedroom range will have you
singing: “I can’t get you out of my bed.”
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Debenhams, Fenwicks, Bentalls and other independents. Pillowcases start at approximately £6.95, with a double
duvet at £60, king size duvet at £75, and beaded boudoir cushions at £14.95. Check www.houseoffraser.co.uk
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ADVERTORIAL FEATURE
REACH FOR THE SKIES //SHARED OWNERSHIP AT THE PINNACLE
With talk of the housing market slowing due to
affordability, schemes like The Pinnacle, Northampton’s
first inner city living development, are becoming more
and more sought after thanks to the financial benefits
they provide. Many people wrongly assume they are not
eligible for these schemes or that they could be buying an
inferior product; nothing could be further from the truth.
The Pinnacle, located off Bridge Street just five minutes
walk from the train station, is Northampton’s first landmark
tower for over two decades and one of the town’s most
innovative city living developments. Its build quality
is second to none and the interiors are finished to the
highest standard of specification. Buyers will benefit from
apartments that are fully carpeted throughout, spacious
living rooms with balconies large enough to enjoy alfresco
dining for two, open plan contemporary kitchens fully
equipped with dishwasher, combined washing machine
and dryer, oven, hob and free standing fridge freezer. And,
the piece de resistance: a dedicated parking space in the
private, underground car park. Penthouse owners will also
enjoy the luxury of 20-foot roof terraces with far reaching
views across Northamptonshire and two dedicated parking
spaces in the private underground car park.
Mark Johnson, of sales agent Knight Frank, comments:
“Shared ownership or New Build Home Buy as it now
called, is designed to help people who are not a home
owner or who can not afford to keep their current home.
The real benefit is that you raise a mortgage for half of the
value of the property, you then pay rent on the half you
haven’t purchased at a subsidized rate that’s less than half
'$
the cost of a current repayment mortgage. This allows many
buyers the opportunity to get onto the housing ladder
earlier than they had expected or the buy a property they
need rather than compromise”. At The Pinnacle, a number
of the apartments are being reserved for shared ownership
purchasers, and will range in price from £67,500 for a
one-bedroom to £77,500 (50% shared ownership) for
a two-bedroom apartment. “The Pinnacle is a landmark
scheme for Northampton’s historic town centre and will
play a major part in increasing the town’s profile as a young,
exciting place to live and work,” Mark continues. “It is quite
unique to have apartments at this price built to such high
standards and the development is receiving recognition
within the construction industry itself. There are enormous
benefits to inner city living and interest to date indicates
that demand will be high.”
The sales office is open Thursday to Monday between 10.30
am and 5.30 pm (Sundays 11.00 am to 4.00 pm). For all
enquiries call Maria on 0870 609 2675. Alternatively you
can register on line www.
pinnaclenorthampton.co.uk
where you can see a short
version of the virtual fly
though and request a full
version to be mailed to you.
Enquiries: call Maria on
0870 609 2675 or visit www.
pinnaclenorthampton.co.uk
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LAW SHOP
please send any questions to
law@outmag.co.uk.
IF YOU HAVE A LEGAL PROBLEM AND NEED THE
ANSWERS VISIT OUR RESIDENT SOLICITOR
GABRIELE GIAMBRONE.
SPERM DONOR OR FATHER?
DEAR GABRIELE
I have agreed to have a baby and donate sperm
with a single lesbian. We have agreed on most
things, but I wanted to know what the norm is
financially. We have agreed that we will both look
after the baby, but she will be the main carer and
have the final say. She earns a lot less than me, so
what should I be expected to pay or is this an area
up for negotiation? I may want to move abroad,
but will the child be able to come and visit? I want
to be completely fair. Can you help?
Tim (by email)
DEAR TIM,
When considering any legal question involving children,
the court prioritises the safety and well being of that child
above all else. If you have a child you will gain rights and
also responsibilities over that child, and the law is there to
enforce this.
Financial care of the child is a responsibility of both parents,
regardless of the status of the child and the relationship of
the parents. Society may view the matter differently but
legally the matter is crystal clear, that financial liability
arises through procreation and you cannot opt out.
There are circumstances where parents can create a formal
agreement regarding the financial arrangements of the
child, and this is a solution you should try to pursue.
However, either parent may approach the Child Support
Agency (CSA) for a calculation as to how much child
maintenance is due. Whilst there may be critics of the CSA,
it is currently all we have. For one child the calculation
is that you pay approximately 15% of your income,
(increasing for each child you have). It is recommended
that if you are sharing the raising of the child, then you
formally acquire parental responsibility. This gives you
rights to make key decisions about the child’s welfare. This
can be acquired through a court order, a formal agreement
which is registered at the court or your name being
registered on the Birth Certificate as the father.
The mother automatically acquires parental responsibility
and should you wish the child to visit when you are
abroad you would be legally bound to obtain the consent
of all parties with parental responsibility. If consent is not
forthcoming, legal action by the court can force this issue,
however, retaining amicable relationships should always be
paramount to avoid adversely affecting the child’s welfare.
You should not rely upon this brief overview as complete
professional advice. Should you wish professional legal advice,
always seek for assistance from a solicitor who is a specialist in
the areas which I have discussed.
For further advice, please speak to Avv. Gabriele Giambrone
at gabriele@gaylawyers.co.uk or call: 0870 0427 631. www.
gaylawyers.co.uk.
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LEGAL NEWS// BISHOP PAYS THE PRICE
Following a tribunal, the Bishop of Hereford, Rt Rev Anthony Priddis, has been ordered to pay
more than £47k to gay youth worker John Reaney (pictured), whose appointment he blocked in
2006, following a humiliating and offensive cross-examination into Reaney’s private life. This
includes £33k for loss of earnings and £7k damages for “psychiatric injury”. The Bishop’s estimated
costs in the case are an additional £50k; and he is also expected to fulfil an undertaking that he
will undergo equal opportunities training. Reaney’s case was supported and funded by gay rights
organisation Stonewall (www.stonewall.org.uk).
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MAZDA RX-8: ROTARY REVOLUTION
Mazda’s four-seater sports coupé, the RX-8, returns
refreshed by an exterior and interior design, and a
performance and sports equipment makeover for the
summer. Taut muscular lines give RX-8 the liberating
look of an athlete in motion while refinements for the
athletically sculpted model include restyled front and rear
bumpers and front facia; sporty, high quality finish front
headlamps and twin circular LED rear lamps; and larger
diameter (90mm) exhaust pipes.
Updates extend to a new five-spoke wheel design,
increasing in diameter to 19” and featuring a symbolic and
sporty design reminiscent of the rotary engine.
On the visual side, a new rear spoiler, side sills and fog
lights are added to give an aggressive appearance, along
with the aggressive-looking forged aluminium alloys
and low-profile tyres. Inside, it gets front Recaro sport
seats with leather side bolsters and colour co-ordinated
stitching to leather-wrapped parking brake handle,
steering wheel and gear knob. For further information
visit: www.mazda.co.uk
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The most stylish Volkswagen ever made – the
elegant new Passat CC – has been unveiled at the
North American International Auto Show. Sharpened
styling is complimented by sharper dynamics courtesy
of an electro-mechanical steering system to suit a more
comfort- or sport-orientated driving style, as at the heart
of the Passat CC is a choice of three petrol and two diesel
engines.
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developing 300 PS and 223 lbs ft of torque channelled
via 4MOTION four-wheel drive and a six-speed DSG
gearbox. A top speed of 155 mph is a stroll while the
Passat CC equipped with the 3.6-litre engine will sprint
to 62 mph in 5.6 seconds. Two new common rail diesel
engines will also be offered in 140 PS and 170 PS guises,
linked to either six-speed manual or DSG gearboxes.
Deliveries start in late summer. For further information
visit: www.volkswagen.co.uk
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experience the gorgeous St Pancras
International rail terminal and the new
high-speed Eurostar services, inspiration
may be provided by the Musée de
la Mode et du Textile in Paris. It’s
the French capital’s fashion and textile
museum, and from now until 21 April
2008 it’s hosting a huge Christian
Lacroix exhibition. The show will
present Lacroix’s personal vision of the
history of fashion from the 18th century
to the present day. It includes 400 items
of clothing, including 80 from the Lacroix
label itself. It’s a must for lovers of fashion
and haute couture, and would make a
great activity to base a long weekend
– gay or otherwise. For more details
about the exhibition, check www.
lesartsdecoratifs.fr - and for Eurostar
services check www.eurostar.com
BACK TO
BLACK
One of the
biggest
events in the
circuit party
calendar is the
annual Black
Party at the
Roseland
Ballroom in
New York,
which attracts
hundreds upon hundreds of leather-clad
and black-clothed men from all across
the globe. This year’s event takes place
on Saturday 29 March 2008, and tickets
went on sale on 15 February. Purchase
tickets, get more details, or watch a
video trailer for the event at www.
saintatlarge.com
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23 AUG-22 SEP
23 SEP-22 OCT
VIRGO
LIBRA
Don’t be too snobbish Virgo.
Just because someone isn’t
draped in designer clobber
doesn’t mean that they are any
less a person than you. If you’re
judging people purely on what
they’re wearing then believe
me, you’re the one who is at
fault. Why might you feel the
need to look down on others?
PISCES
DANIEL CRAIG
02.03.68
Being the person that others
turn towards when they need
a problem solving can be
rewarding, but be careful you
don’t become too weighed down
with the problems of others. You
have your own needs that need
attending, so don’t be afraid to
say ‘no’ from time to time - if true
friends, they should understand.
Independent and
deep, Daniel Craig has
drawn on his Piscean
qualities for the role
of the cool and suave
James Bond. Pisces
are characteristically
imaginative,
mischievous and drawn
to the mystical…
perhaps an influence on
Craig opting to star in
The Golden Compass
last year. He turns 40
on 2nd March.
22 DEC-19 JAN
There are some financial
matters that are preying on
your mind at the moment
Capricorn. Don’t avoid facing up to them. Ignoring them could cause
bigger problems further down the line, while prudent action now
could pay great dividends. We all have to draw in our purse strings
from time to time, so cut down on unnecessary spending.
CAPRICORN
22 NOV-21 DEC
SCORPIO
SAGITTARIUS
Just because you’re feeling
confused and your head is
all over the place, don’t freak
out and turn into a complete
drama queen. You’re seeking
answers to tough questions,
but you and you alone will
come up with the solutions.
Now’s the time for honesty
and a little humility.
It truly is the time to lay the
ghosts of your past to rest.
Don’t delude yourself that they
fuel the fire in your belly, for in
reality they just cast a pall over
everything you’re doing in the
here and now. Stop harbouring
resentments – forgive, forget
and move on, because the
future’s looking rosy.
20 JAN-18 FEB
Surround yourself with
people you really care about
Aquarius, because you need
their support just now. Life can sometimes seem a little bleak, but
keeping your friends and loved ones close can help cushion the
blows. Keep looking forward, and perhaps now would be a good
time to plan something to look forward towards.
AQUARIUS
19 FEB-20 MAR
21 MAR-19 APR
20 APR-20 MAY
21 MAY-21 JUN
22 JUN-22 JUL
23 JUL-22 AUG
PISCES
ARIES
TAURUS
GEMINI
CANCER
LEO
Be much more open minded
when it comes to decisions
regarding your career Aries. You
need to take off the blinkers and
look at every option available to
you. You’ll not always be able to
follow a straightforward path,
and sidesteps may need to be
taken before you can achieve the
results you really desire.
If you really want to experience
romance and love in the way
you perceive others do, then
you’ll need to take some
emotional risks and open up
yourself up a little bit more.
You’re hiding part of yourself by
over-protecting your heart, but
people need a glimpse of what’s
in there.
An illuminating period of
rediscovery is about to dawn for
you Pisces. Allow yourself to see
things in a different perspective
and embrace any changes that
you feel comfortable adopting.
You may find new directions to
pursue with regards to work,
love and friendships – open
yourself up to change.
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23 OCT-21 NOV
When searching for someone
who will truly compliment
you there, you need to have at
least an outline of what you’re
looking for in a partner. Should
they be just like you, or possess
opposing qualities? If you don’t
know the answer, then it may
take a hell of a lot longer to find
that mythical Mr. Right.
Your single-minded pursuit
of what you think will make
you happy is bordering on
the worryingly obsessive.
Be objective and – most
importantly – be very honest
with yourself as to what you
really need and what you can
hope to gain. Over-reaching is
unlikely to lead to satisfaction.
Leo, get yourself out into the
big, bad world. Sat behind a
keyboard may be nice and cosy
and safe but you need to meet
up with real people and work
on your social skills as they’ve
been silently rusting away while
you strike up relationships with
people that you’ll never meet in
real life. Go get the real thing!
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Non-surgical facial enhancements
are all the rage these days, and one
of the leading lights in the field is
Face-Shapers, with practices in London,
Manchester and Liverpool.
Face-Shapers’ Samantha told us about
Greg, 40, who had lost weight in his face
and wanted to enhance his cheekbone
area, plump out his nasal labial fold and
tighten the fatty area around the his chin.
“We used a combination of treatments to
fill and re-contour Greg’s face: Radiesse to
imitate fat and to stimulate the production
of Greg’s own collagen, and Hydragel,
which is a water based gel used as a filler
for re-contouring.”
In addition, Greg opted for hyperhydrosis,
a totally painless, treatment for excessive
underarm perspiration, which is effective
for up to 12 months.
Amazingly, all this took around an hour
and, although there can be some very slight
bruising straight after treatment, results are
pretty much immediate and visible from
day one. It’s safe to say that the benefits to
Greg went beyond the purely physical, and
the therapy offered by Samantha increased
his confidence and helped him to further
tackle personal issues with his relationships.
Face-shapers offer fillers for fat
replacement, using only non-animal
products, for lifting and cheek enhancement
for both cosmetic reasons as well as
HIV-related lypodystrophy. It also offers
stress-reduction therapy. All treatments are
suitable for both men and women
GAYDAR COUNSELLING
“We accept that the use of recreational
drugs is among the more common
problems that affect and challenge our
community today. And as an innovative
company that has both influenced and
changed the way that the gay and lesbian
community communicates with each
other, we will continue to embrace those
problems and to address them in the best
way possible through initiatives such as this.
“Gay media owners are, without doubt,
playing a significant part in raising
awareness of important community issues
such as drug abuse, HIV prevention and
homophobic crime. But we need to work
more closely as a society in general to
identify new channels and develop new
approaches to ensure that young people are
not allowed to forget the risks that they face
from issues such as the use of recreational
drugs”.
For more details, log on to www.
gaydar.co.uk
Have you been partying a bit too
hard? Are you worried about your
drug use? Have you ever thought that you
might benefit from some counselling, but
have been put off by the price or felt shy of
speaking to your GP? QSoft Consulting,
owners of the Gaydar, has teamed
up with the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual &
Transgender mental health charity PACE to
offer free advice and counselling to people
whose lives are affected by drug abuse. A
three-month pilot project was launched
on February 14 in both the gaydargirls.com
and gaydar.co.uk community chatrooms,
providing free online counselling services
for people who use recreational drugs.
The service will give Gaydar subscribers
access to PACE online counselling and
the ability to set up sessions with a PACE
counsellor.
Announcing the project, QSoft Consulting
Managing Director Henry Badenhorst said:
“Organisations that we talk to or work with
consistently make a connection between
our community and the use of recreational
drugs. There is also evidence of a rise in HIV
amongst the younger generation – and
that the two are intrinsically linked.
For more information, visit www.face-shapers.
com or call the team on 0870-442 3033.
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