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QX_1089_Cover.indd 1 19/01/2016 15:58 BOWIE Tony Fletcher one half of TheMenWhoFell2Earth

Those of you who know us well will understand just how saddened we have been by the death of our hero David Bowie…

I was well into my teens before I discovered him (being a boy from Liverpool, The Beatles and very much John Lennon were my idols growing up), but it was around the time I was getting into the Britpop bands he had long before paved the way for that my passion for Bowie began. It’s really hard to pinpoint exactly what it was that grabbed me about him (well there was that time my Mum took us all to see Labyrinth)… Not that he hadn’t already at this stage created all these dreamlike characters to be fascinated over... Or that he had these huge songs/video’s that I had grown up loving on the radio/telly… But i guess really thinking about it, his androgynous beauty (which I have always had a soft spot for) must have been a massive part of it during my deep down sexuality discovery too, as I certainly did fancy him long before I realised that I was actually gay. Moving to London, where I got to dance to his music for the first time on the floors (and stages) of Duckie and Popstarz and a brief period living in New York where I spent hours at my now-favourite record store (Rebel Rebel in the West Village) gave me plenty opportunity to further indulge in this passion. Upon returning from this stint in NYC, I thought: “how great it would be to put my own little queer-Bowie-tinged parties on around London?” What followed was beyond anything I could have hoped for and has, on many levels, defined the past 10 years. After teaming up with two great mates who shared in my musical tastes, we set on the difficult task of finding a home for this night out and almost gave up hope, before stumbling on an amazing basement of a little pub just off Cavendish Square, which is where our adventure together began. Fast-forward a few months and with the help of some other RR kids we It has been had involved along the way, we where throwing the most fun monthly gay indie disco, which was attended by the friendliest bunch of likeminded a tough kids and I was up there playing my hero’s tunes to my heart’s content. Rebel Rebel (the club that is) only actually ran for just over 3 years, week, but but still many years on it did seem to have a really fond place in people’s hearts, which was the main reason we did the 10 year / last ever party last summer. We have since gone on to launch our other it’s also Bowie-inspired party TheMenWhoFell2Earth which has just celebrated it’s 5th birthday @ East Bloc and we are still DJ’ing around town under been so the same name, none of which would have been possible without his inspiration in the first place. It has been a tough week, but it’s also been so wonderful to see the wonderful world’s response to his sad passing, the likes of which I doubt I will ever witness again in my own lifetime. to see the He certainly won’t be forgotten by any of us, thanks for everything Dave, wherever you have gone… #RIPdb world’s response to his sad passing.

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QX_1089_Bowie.indd 2 19/01/2016 17:00 Princess Julia Queen of the Scene

If you’re like me, somehow it doesn’t feel like Bowie has slipped from our mortal coil. I keep reading stories and hearing tales of his escapades as though he’s still very much with us. The mass homage we’re currently experiencing is testament to a person who affected generation after generation and decade after decade down the line much like he inspired me in ’72 as a very young girl watching Ziggy Stardust sing Star Man on TV. Like every fan, Bowie has created the soundtrack to my life, set the foundation and attitude to exploring numerous possibilities of self expression whether they I also be in music or style or indeed in written word, art and performance. Those Bowie feel elated to have been alive tentacles stretch everywhere. I feel sad like everyone else, I also feel on this planet the same time elated to have been alive on this planet the same time as Bowie and somehow be part of and experience the effect he as Bowie and somehow be has had on us. He put the energy in, he continually looked at ways of expressing his part of and experience the sensibilities with a forward thinking attitude. His legacy is a treasure trove still being effect he has had on us. discovered.

David Bowie was the first pop star I was exactly like Bowie’s – and he was tall, aware of. Not a fan of – not at first, skinny and handsome enough to carry anyway – but aware of. ‘Hunky Dory’ it off. Then came ‘Young Americans’, was released in ’71 – on December and with it, Kevin adopted Bowie’s 17th, the day I should’ve been born Soul Boy style, theThe Thin White Duke. coincidentally, except that I was two Then Kev was diagnosed with Non and a half weeks overdue which meant Hodgkins Lymphoma. He died before I ended up being a Capricorn, like his twenty-first birthday. My brother and David. I was nearly two years old when I inherited his records. It was ten months ‘Hunk Dory’ came out. My mother before ‘Scary Monsters’ was released. bought it. ‘Changes’, ‘Oh, You Pretty Kev never saw the ‘Ashes to Ashes’ Things’, ‘Life On Mars’, they all became video, co-starring the inimitable Steve instant classics, but it was the track Strange. But I did. I was eleven. It had ‘Kooks’ – Bowie’s paean to his infant a huge effect. I became obsessed with son, Zowie – which made me smile and New Romantics, started dabbling with gurgle and toddle around in circles. make-up, and within a couple of years I My mother’s brother, Kevin, seventeen was a fully-fledged, nightclubbing New years younger than her, was ten when Romantic, dancing off my face to ‘Let’s I was born. Uncle Kevin was obsessed Dance’, when I should’ve been having with Bowie. I mean OBSESSED. Every sleepless nights worrying about having millimetre of his bedroom walls, even done no revision for my impending his ceiling, was covered in pictures of O-level mocks. I was living my own Carl Stanley his idol. We’d go to my grandmother’s ‘Teenage Wildlife’ – hopefully Bowie Author every Saturday, and the first thing my would have approved. I never met elder brother and I would do is run up Bowie, but I did do Iman’s make-up a to our beloved, cool, Uncle Kev’s room, few years back. She has a great sense where he’d still be in bed, and leap on of humour; we laughed a lot that day. I vividly recall him like overexcited puppies. I probably The biggest compliment I’ve ever had heard my first swear words from Uncle was Iman saying, ‘You remind me of Kev. Each Bowie incarnation naturally my husband’. I still think of Uncle Kevin Ziggy’s menacing ended up on Kev’s wall – I vividly recall almost every day. I play Bowie almost Ziggy’s menacing stare looking down at every day. My world was sadder stare looking me, Aladdin Sane’s futuristic red flash without Uncle Kevin. The world would and downcast gaze, that sprawling half- have been duller without David Bowie. man Diamond Dog with its genitals on But they’ll both live on forever in mine. down at me. display. Uncle Kev even had a mullet Everything is hunky dory.

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QX_1089_Bowie.indd 3 19/01/2016 17:00 QX 1089 MASTER 1.indd 4 19/01/2016 16:44 QX 1089 MASTER 1.indd 5 19/01/2016 16:45 The who, what, why, where & when of gay London… THE INFORMER ThinkWell

Last Thursday, Jonny Benjamin, the man who created the #FindMike campaign, launched a new mental health workshop ThinkWell, which is focused on educating 13 to 18-year-olds in wellbeing and mental health. His aim is to empower and encourage young people to discuss and look after their mental wellbeing and simultaneously challenge the stereotypes and stigma associated with it. “Mental health is one of the last taboos in our society,” he says. “I know first hand the prejudices and stereotypes that surround it. I’m determined to change this for younger people and get people talking about mental health. It’s something we all need to engage in.” The workshop ThinkWell will be launched nationwide and deliver a dynamic 100-minute session delivered direct to young people by both a highly trained workshop leader and a qualified therapist. It has been designed to provide a safe and supportive environment to talk about mental health, demystify many of the stigmas - and silence - around this issue and provide information and signposting for young people. “I never had any mental health education at school,” says Benjamin. “I didn’t even know what mental health was whilst growing up. If I had had a workshop such as ThinkWell come to my school I think I would have sought help sooner and felt able to talk about what was happening. Instead I suffered in silence, leading to an eventual breakdown after becoming psychotic and ultimately taking me to the point of wanting to end my life. I hope to try and stop other young people from going through what I did by ensuring every pupil has mental health education, just as they do physical education. I believe that it should be a compulsory part of the curriculum.”

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QX_1089_Informer.indd 6 19/01/2016 16:46 Student Pride

National Student Pride 2016 is now less than a month away and already promises to be a weekend packed full of LGBT festivities, oh and QX are media partners btw. The team behind the award-winning event are now pleased to announce that rounding off the weekend of events on Sunday 7th February will be an exclusive film screening of Milk. It will be followed by a Q&A with Harvey Milk’s nephew, Stuart Milk, who is also a global human rights/LGBT civil rights speaker and advocate in his own right. He is the co-founder of the Harvey Milk Foundation, which looks to empower organisations around the world fighting for LGBT equality. Hatti Smart, Student Pride’s co-chair, who’ll be hosting the Q&A after the film, said: “I’m so excited to meet such an important global activist. I’m not ashamed to say I cried a lot at Harvey Milk’s powerful story in the film Milk. I can’t wait to open the floor to questions from Harvey’s nephew Stuart Milk.” The film screening will be held at The University of Westminster’s Regent Street Cinema, the first cinema to open in Britain.

Student Pride will run from 5th - 7th Feb. More information and tickets can be found at www.studentpride.co.uk.

Andrew Hayden-Smith Running London Marathon for Leukaemia CARE

Actor, TV presenter and celebrity awareness ambassador for Leukaemia CARE, Andrew Hayden Smith, will kick off his ambassador duties, by racing in the 2016 Virgin Money London Marathon event for Leukaemia CARE. He’ll be running in memory of his dad, who sadly passed away after his battle with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) in November 2015. Andrew has been given one of the charity’s guaranteed London Marathon places and will join Leukaemia CARE’s team of 153 runners. “I’ve witnessed first-hand just how important it is to have charities like Leukaemia CARE on hand to offer support when people need it most,” says Andrew. “By taking on this challenge, I aim to raise awareness for the charity and to encourage other people to say yes to a challenge and to do all they can to raise money which will ultimately help to fund resources to help patients and their families cope right through from their diagnosis, to treatment and beyond.”

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QX_1089_Informer.indd 7 19/01/2016 16:46 Men in Knickers

The MenWhoFell2Earth, our favourite extraterrestrials , are touching down at East Bloc again on the 23rd. This time around, they’re bringing along queer dance party peddlers Knickerbocker! The Men caought up with the Knickers to find out what’s in store!

Just who are Knickerbocker? session. Plus our friends are lazy and don’t do Aaron: A very late night? The crisp morning Knickerbocker is two fags from up north on dress up very well, so it’s intentionally a pretty sun on my supple skin as I sleep it off on a the decks (aaronzimbra and Alex Lawless) scruffy night. Partying is political - with so many park bench. and a big dyke from Scotland on hosting queer venues closing we wanted to create a Alex: Best reason to stay home? My lesbian duties (Katy Baird). We run our club night new queer space for London. flatmate just got a puppy. I have to stay at The Yard Theatre in Hackney Wick every Tell us about the musical mantra for home to stop it pissing everywhere. other month. your night. You’re made the gods of disco We loved your 3 word manifesto We like dancing to alt-pop, dance-punk night life for one night only - what ‘queer dance party’. What makes for and house so wanted to throw all this into happens? a great queer dance party? one coherent night. A typical night starts FREE POPPERS FOR ALL REFUGEES. The night has a house party vibe. Last time with pop, Roisin, Robyn, Annie, then move 2nd time round for you guys doing Katy dished out shots of tequila off her tits into indie dance territory, DFA Records, our Room 2 at East Bloc. What’s and a guy turned up with a laser for us: he Planningtorock, Cut Copy, Jamie xx, gonna go down? just scaled the sound system and plugged Hercules, Cyril Hahn remixes, and towards We’re dusting off the .wavs as we speak. it in. We encourage that DIY approach. the end it gets housier: Lindstrom, Fred Falke, There’ll be a bit more house than usual; the The venue is brilliant; it’s got a great sound Black Devil Disco Club. That’s a typical night. Eastbloc crowd like to get sweaty, and who system. Plus it’s tucked away, so people are Like us, you guys are massive LCD are we to deny them that? committed when they get here. They come Soundsystem fans, right? What Knickers or boxers (see what we did specifically for our party. do you think of James Murphy’s there)? How did you get together? What explanation for re-forming? Alex: ever since I got some black M&S made you decide you wanted to run We loved James’ statement. It’s all down to briefs in my Christmas stocking I haven’t a club night? whether they can deliver the goods. They’ve looked back. I guess that makes me a We’ve been friends for years and got sick of released three perfect albums - so if the new Knickers man. going to sausage-fest fag nights called things record tarnishes that perfect run, there’ll be Aaron: Nappy. like PORK SWORD. We wanted to see if we trouble, but we’ve got faith in them. Can leather daddies wear could make an inclusive queer night, which all What’s the best thing about a very knickerbockers? our disparate friends could enjoy but that didn’t late night out in London Town? Where we’re from a Knickerbocker is an ice read on a flyer like a safe space counseling What’s the best reason to stay home? cream, so technically that’d be sploshing.

MenWhoFell2Earth is on Saturday 23rd January at East Bloc (217 City Road, EC1V 1JN), from 10:30pm – 6am. £6/£10.

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QX_1089_MenWhoFellToEarth_Knickers.indd 8 19/01/2016 16:54 QX 1089 MASTER 1.indd 9 19/01/2016 16:47 ORANGE ON AIR Woop! Tony English is back on Orange Radio, we caught with the legendary DJ/ presenter to find out what’s happening THE FITNESS across those Orange airwaves.

What was the highlight for dancefloors across the globe. But the Orange Nation show in my top 3 track have to be: 2015? After a three year break it’s been Micky Friedmann & Sagi Kariv WITNESS great returning, it’s bigger and Feat Geez - The Message better, joining forces to present the Orange Nation show every TWKD - Feel My Face Saturday night feels like I have (Taito Tikaro Private Remix) It’s the New Year and always a great time for a change; never been away. The show perhaps a new moustache style? Amongst the top New provides a weekly highlight from Mark Knight + Prok & Fitch Year’s resolutions is getting in shape and Homostash’s the sound of Orange Nation’s - Into My Life Fitness Edition will make sure that you and your global events. Every week I am moustache stay in great form! Their line-up will make you joined by one of Orange Nation’s Who do you expect will be move ‘til you sweat and we all know there ain’t no better leading resident DJs and when huge in 2016? workout than dancing up a storm! the internationals are in town, For the main room sound, Micky Resident DJ and founder Tafkanik (who is awesome) you’ll hear them with me too. It’s Friedmann is really coming into as well as Julian Von Petrovosky (who is an ultra-glam the only show on the airwaves his own and producing some babe), Junior Moura (who is PROPER FIT), Andrew Moore that gives a true reflection on brilliant music. Since he sent (who is fit and SCOTTISH), Nu Age Ape (who is an ape what is happening on the global me his new track ‘Let the beat’ hybrid primarily focused on vinyl archaeology & beat dance floors. with Geez a few months back I digging) and Carly Foxx (who is an Australian LADY) will As the radio presenter have been receiving some great bring the beats. The top floor will pound a mix of deep and long standing Orange feedback on it. For the darker house & nu disco right into you, while the bottom hungrily Nation resident what can sound, Adrian Hour has finally takes in the finest tech house and techno. we expect from the radio come through. Been hammering To top that, the multi-talented George Griefy will show in 2016? his work for the last 5-6 years be presenting some amazing visuals! George is super- Since the launch in the summer of and it’s really good to see him cute and splits his time between London and Greece. 2015 the show has been well and getting such successes with his His work features simply staged photographs, heavily truly been developing it’s place. collaboration with Mark Knight. influenced by minimalism and surreal scenes. His motto I continue to be approached by But all in all, I expect the Orange is “I take photos, I love plants and I wish I didn’t have listeners when I am out and about Nation show to continue to grow to eat.” Love it. with praise for the show or one along with the Orange Nation Homostash; for homos, straights, boys, girls, of our DJ’s so we must be doing brand. We have already got inbetweenies, homo sapiens and the moustachioed. something right. 2016 will see some huge parties pencilled into Expect sexy moustachioed folks and free fake some exclusive live broadcasts the calendar this year including moustaches on the door for those who can’t grow one! from the likes of the As One the return of the AS ONE festival, exclusives sets at Ministry Easter festival, which will see of Sound and loads more from a collaboration of the some of across Europe, which you will the worlds biggest gay brands. only get with Orange Nation. Exciting times ahead! There will also be competitions and the occasional interview so stay tuned and keep up the much- appreciated support. What were your top tracks for last year? The show may be a little different from the club but I always try to For pre-sale tickets and event HOMOSTASH: Fitness Edition is on Friday 22nd provide an accurate reflection information visit January at Dalston Superstore (117 Kingsland High of what is happening on our www.orangenation.co.uk Street, E8 2PB), 9pm - 3am. £5 entry, queue jump for those with REAL moustaches.

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QX_1089_Homostash.indd 10 19/01/2016 17:08 QX 1089 MASTER 1.indd 11 19/01/2016 16:48 For full listings see Musts & Maybes, pages 50-5434-37 or the What’s On section at www.qxmagazine.com CLUB NEWS For listings on the go, download the free QX GAY LONDON app at the iTunes store.

Right, you beardy homos. Put down your iPads and step AWAY from the Kiehl’s gentlemen’s manicure kit. Stop riding fixie bikes and telling people you’re lumbersexual and going on about…who…Chet Faker? Is that a person? Did we just make it up? Because beards are like, SO 2015. It’s all about moustaches now! Yeah! Moustaches are cool, and FASHIONABLE and just sleazy enough to be a little bit sexy. Wink, wink! Nudge, Friday 22nd January nudge! Eh! EH?! Homostash is at Dalston Superstore, Homostash with DJs Tafkanik, JVP, Dalston Superstore, 117 Kingsland High Street, the totes gorge Andrew E8 2PB. 9pm – 3am. Tafkanik Moore, and, well…more! Free before 11pm, £5 after.

Well, we’re inclined to agree with Bloc Bar’s kickstart to the weekend. Thank fuck it IS Friday. Time to slam a few beers at your desk (responsibly) then head to Camden for some more gorgey drinks, gorgey boys and gorgey tunes from the delightful Dave Robson. SCUSE FINGERS.

Friday 22nd January Bloc Bar, 18 Kentish Town Road, NW1 9NX, Thank F*ck It’s Friday! 9pm – 3am. Free before 10pm/£5 after

Saturday 23rd January TheMenWhoFell2Earth The now notorious queer clubbing experience TheMenWhoFell2Earth is back! This time round they’re pulling out all the stops: That Jamie Head and that Paul Heron are DJing. They’ve had more DJ sets than you’ve had Oyster card tickets! Played at more venues than you’ve illegally downloaded Grimes EPs! Spun more tunes than you’ve…well, you get the picture. Get down to East Bloc to hear their hits at TMWF2E. Ted Rogers and Cain Jennings will be there too, they’re both totes adorbs. Doe-eyed and completely not innocent.

East Bloc, 217 City Road, EC1V. 10:30pm – 6am. £6 before 12, £10 after.

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_QX1089_Club News 2 columns.indd 12 19/01/2016 18:23 For full listings see Musts & Maybes, pages 34-37 or the What’s On section at www.qxmagazine.com For listings on the go, download the free QX GAY LONDON app at the iTunes store. CLUB NEWS

Saturday 23rd January XXL

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C’mon you beary lot, it’s XXL time again! Run down to the river armed with a pot of honey and a checkered shirt and a hairy disposition. There’ll be Wayne G on the decks, some super-duper Pulse, 1 Invicta Plaza, SE1 9UF. tunes and a hedonistic, gorgeous, happy, gay, beary atmosphere! Perfect Saturday night innit! 10pm – 6am. £8 for members, £15 for guests.

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_QX1089_Club News 2 columns.indd 13 19/01/2016 17:19 For full listings see Musts & Maybes, pages 50-5434-37 or the What’s On section at www.qxmagazine.com CLUB NEWS For listings on the go, download the free QX GAY LONDON app at the iTunes store.

Saturday 23rd January The Glory's First Birthday

Carry on up Kingsland Road to queer performance mecca The Glory! It’s their FIRST BIRTHDAY! 12 months of glitter shitting, sequin spitting, drag queen dredging, drink swilling, fashion forwarding, general queer art faggot dyke NONSENSE. They’ve won awards! They’ve been featured in magazines other than this one! And they haven’t been turned into a Pret yet! Celebrate a year of what is now already one of East London’s most recognizable haunts. There’s loads going on, including Jonny Woo and Rudi Douglas giving a David Bowie tribute, with extra aural delights from John Sizzle and Severino, who’s a totes amaze DJ.

The Glory, 281 Kingsland Road, E2 8AS. Pub doors 5pm, show time 8:30pm. Pleasure pit opens 10pm. Free before 10, £5 after. Severino

Saturday 23rd January R&She

Are you man enough for them? Toni Braxton’s on the poster this time round. We’re hoping Tamar will show up. GET YOUR LIFE! As always team R & SHE are back with another night dedicated to the QUEENS of R&B & HIP-HOP from the 90’s to present! This will be their last party at TIPSY for six weeks as the boys are working on Winter Pride and the Mighty Hoopla festival in the coming weeks. So, Neil Prince, David Oh and QBoy say LET US SHOW YOU THE WAY to MAKIN’ YOU HIGH with a MORE THAN A WOMAN playlist to make you PULSE all night. LET IT FLOW!

Tipsy, 20 Stoke Newington Road, N16 7XN, 9pm – 3am. Free before 10pm, £6 after.

Sunday 24th January Beyond

What do you get when you stick a load of dancing hedonistic gays in the most famous nightclub in the world? BEYOND, that’s what! At inimitable Ministry of Sound. Fat Tony UNTZ, UNTZ, UNTZ! It’s all about shirtlifting house and deep penetration techno. It’s got the best soundsystem, the hottest boys and the most bangin’ atmosphere. Can’t say no to that! Chrissy Darling will be on the door. She looks like a womble crossed with the xenomorph from the Alien movies. Ministry of Sound, 103 Gaunt Street, SE1 6DP. Doors 5am. £11 adv tickets. Gonzalo and D'Jonny 14 qxmagazine.com

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Words and Photos by Joel Ryder

‘I don’t know where I’m going from here, but I promise it won’t be boring’, I bet you’ve all said that at least once at the start of a night out and then ended up at XXL, which we can tell you is far from boring! It was David Bowie appreciation night and DJ’s Christian M Morris, Alex Logan, Joe Egg and David Robson saw to it that Mr Bowie was remembered in style. Playing big room remixes of his best work in the main arch, while keeping it real in the second arch with pure Bowie realness. The lightning faces were thundering across the dance floors and flashing in the dark corners, Pulse was booming! We can’t wait for next weeks incarnation of XXL and we’re taking a good guess that neither can you!

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QX_1089_Club Reviews.indd 16 19/01/2016 17:10 QX 1089 MASTER 1.indd 17 19/01/2016 18:06 A:M 15/01/16 Fire Nightclub, South Lambeth Road, SW8 1RT

Words by Jaime Domingo Photos by Mark Storey

Like Madonna, the secret of A:M’s continued success has always been its ability to constantly reinvent itself, pushing boundaries to maintain an enviable reputation for always being fresh and current. With Louise Port in control, and doing a grand job, this is truer than ever. We do love coming down to a funky Orange night, and lucky us, we got to do it twice this week. Who knows what we’ll be doing next weekend, but we’re gonna need a week to recover, that’s for sure! Thanks you juicy little Oranginas.

“A:M’s continued success has always been its ability to constantly reinvent itself.”

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QX_1089_Club Reviews.indd 18 19/01/2016 17:11 QX 1089 MASTER 1.indd 19 19/01/2016 16:56 Orange 17/01/16 Fire Nightclub, South Lambeth Road, SW8 1RT

Words by Jaime Domingo Photos by Mark Storey

Fifteen years, still going strong and still putting Sunday clubbing on the map. Orange has been refuelled and has more “Orange has energy than ever before thanks to Fat been refuelled Tony, who continues to strive in keeping Orange fresh by introducing up-and-coming and has more talents blended with true Orange heroes. Sunday nights are never dull and boring! energy than ever Unashamed, unadulterated Uplifting Funky House Music to end your Weekend and kick before.” start your week, delivered by the likes of Fat Tony, HiFi Sean, Paul Martin, The Oli, Terry Brian, Mayes and Masters, Paul Heron, Dayne Harper, D’Johnny, Luke Donington, Ania Iwinska, Sam DMS, Gonzalo Rivas, Zach Burns, MisWhite and then some! Always an electric funky vibe for those that just don’t want the House to end and want savour every last delicious drop of dance!

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Next time you’re storming towards Soho listening to Jump by Madonna at 7pm on a Saturday, or stumbling across Old Street on your way to a hook up at 7am on a Sunday, or, if you’re one of those weird people with a job, when you’re on your way to Pret for lunch, keep a weather eye on the city’s phoneboxes. Obviously no-one actually USES phoneboxes anymore, except to piss in, or to hide in when it’s raining. They’re good for a sneaky post- Not only THAT, but clubbing snog too. Everyone they’re giving YOU still sees them, and loves something too; take photos them, and appreciates them. in as many of the eleven They’re landmarks! Part of the different ad locations as you furniture of our weird, insane, can, and they’ll give you a horrid, rude, wonderful, month’s free membership for ridiculous, frenetic city. every ad you find! Just post Recon Well now they’re even it on Twitter with the hashtag MORE iconic, because #Reconphonebox and are not they’re gonna have gay mention @reconnews. Or if fetish adverts on them! Yes, it’s Instagram, @reconfetish. our pals over at supercool, It’s like an Easter egg hunt! only all supersexy gay kings of Except really gay. And with kink Recon have started an leather. we look advertising campaign on the It’s gonna be all go for city’s phoneboxes! Amaze! Recon with Fetish Week for in a Hopefully they’ll shock some 2016, from July 10th – 17th. Italian tourists. And turn Which SEEMS like a long company, some others. way off, but it’ll be on us before you know it! Time they’re all flies when you’re…erm…in a sling. we look They also had a great year in 2015, with their for in a annual World AIDs Day campaign raising over man. £12,000 for GMFA. So…charitable, sexy, cool AND on point. Recon are not only all we look for in a company, they’re all we look for in a man. Where do we strap in?

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QX_1089_Recon.indd 22 19/01/2016 18:46 QX 1089 MASTER 1.indd 23 19/01/2016 16:57 The Hoist 09/01/16 Arches 47b and 47c, South Lambeth Road, SW8 1RH

Words and Photos by Victor Hensel-Coe

It might have been a cold rainy night in January but that didn’t stop the gear heads showing up at the arches of The Hoist for a night of kink and drink. The main arch was occupied by leather hotties and rubber piggies for HARDER, the gear party where you can get your boots shined whilst watching gimps grovel, kinky cubs get cuffed, and hard-core players get their arses worked over with the biggest paddles you ever saw. Meanwhile in Bar Berlin, Stark Bollock Naked raged on attracting a varied crowd from muscle men to hipsters, all with one thing in mind- getting some hot action in the heart of Vauxhall. The Hoist is alive and well at the start of 2016, so get off your apps and get into town!

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QX_1089_Club Reviews.indd 24 19/01/2016 17:12 QX 1089 MASTER 1.indd 25 19/01/2016 16:58 RAISING THE BAR

Old Ship West 5 17 Barnes Street, Limehouse, 56 Pope’s Lane, South Ealing, E14 7NW W5 4NT Village It’s the gorgeous, mahogany-imbued, We LOVE popping over to the leafily 81 Wardour Street, Soho, W1D 6QD leather-upholstered Old Ship, in London’s civilized South Ealing for a drink at West trendy, culturally diverse Limehouse 5. They play host to all sorts – drag race Nestled at the end of Old Compton street district. You can access Limehouse via queens, scene faves, smokin’ hot X-Factor is the chintzy, gorgeous, chintzily gorgeous the DLR, which is quite fun. It’s sort of like contestants…the list never ends! On Friday Village Bar! Great for totes glam drinking a slow rollercoaster with no loops. So 22nd they’ve got Yara Sofia (pictured) with your pals! On Saturdays they’ve got maybe not that fun. Whatevs. Anyway the – the sparkling wildcard of season 3 of pop chart bangers and commercial dance Old Ship is a stalwart of the community, Drag Race. She wears weird things on her with Soho sirens Heidi Liscious (pictured) great for a raucous weekend night or a head, and neon contact lenses, stuff like and Robyn Banks, as well as their WORLD salubrious post-work pint. that! She’s great, go see her! FAMOUS go-go boys.

George & Dragon 2 Blackheath Hill, Greenwich, SE10 8DE Counter Arch 50, 7 – 11 South Lambeth Kings Arms Over in scenic Greenwich, there’s a gay Place, SW8 1SP 23 Poland Street, W1F 8QL boozer called the George & Dragon! They’re open late, it’s a friendly, fun, camp Buttery chicken! Juicy steak! Frosty glasses The Kings Arms is one of Central London’s vibe and they’ve got some of the most well- of prosecco! It’s all there, at Back Counter! hidden gems! Tucked away just behind established drag and cabaret acts in the Sit for a nice civilized meal before getting Oxford Circus, it’s a gay boozer with an city. This Saturday, don’t miss one of our down and dirty in Vauxhall. Or sit and undeniably cruisey vibe – but that’s cool faves Baga Chipz (pictured). Voice of an combat comedowns AFTER getting down with us! It’s super cosy and really warm angel, mouth of a tart. Last time we saw and dirty in Vauhxall. Their ambient and welcoming, with lovely carpets and her she was hurling a bowl of pea soup lighting, affable waiters and mouthwatering old-school upholstery and stuff. Go check across Old Compton Street. Don’t ask. food will remedy the most vicious of woes. it out!

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QX_1089_Raising The Bar.indd 26 19/01/2016 17:05 QX 1089 MASTER 1.indd 27 19/01/2016 16:59 Quebec presents Kelly Wilde 10/01/16 12 Old Quebec Street, Marble Arch, W1H 7AF

Words and Photos by Joel Ryder

‘Crikey! It’s time for a bash down at the watering hole mate!’ Is what we imagine it said on Kelly Wilde’s birthday party invitation. Celebrating another ring on the tree of life and still looking half her age, Kelly rocks it no matter where she is. Every stage is like Glastonbury, the City of Quebec being no different on this chilly Sunday evening. Commanding the brand new stage after their full refurbishment, Kelly got even the most dormant of punter raising their hands or on their feet with her pure enthusiasm and vocal ability. This flyer sung some great classics to us pines and plus current tracks like Uptown Funk. We love Kelly and the Quebec, see you next time!

“Kelly got even the most dormant of punter raising their hands or on their feet.”

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QX_1089_Bar Reviews.indd 28 19/01/2016 17:20 QX 1089 MASTER 1.indd 29 19/01/2016 16:59 SCREEN TEST by Jack Leger ROCKY’S BACK!

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QX_1089_Review Section.indd 30 19/01/2016 16:58 QX 1089 MASTER 1.indd 31 19/01/2016 17:00 #JULIASAYS... by Princess Julia

I’m always on the lookout for hot and happening events and parties... and it’s still only January! This month we’re mourning the Hard Cock Life © Peter Fingelton sad demise of David Bowie who I think it’s true to say has a Swiss mag dedicated to the Junior Moura, Andrew Back this month QUEER on left a legacy of self-expression documentation of club culture since Moore, Nu Age Ape and Saturday 23rd at the cute still referenced today. The art 2011. 8 till late! Carly Foxxx. Wear a Mascara Bar, 72 Stamford Hill. of dressing and self-expression, moustache and que jump! Paul Michael Bowden and gender fluidity and music continues Children of the night get in to Sam Fenn DJ the night away to live on in the spirit Bowie set the Transister January Sale Blimey Hard Cock Life Winter playing a selection of ‘queer DIY cornerstones for. which has moved this month to Roof Party are doing it for 10 and queercore’ that means all your VFD (Vogue Fabrics) on Friday hours on Saturday 23rd. Start indie faves from 9pm-3am. Fancy something a bit abstract? 22nd. Join DJ Bamboo and DJ off at 5pm on the penthouse of I stumbled across this happening Chicken for a trans/queer sexy the Ace Hotel then move on Back at East Bloc on Saturday Release Zweikommasieben dance party from 10pm onwards. down to the basement club for 23rd TheMenWhoFellToEarth Magazine #12 with Dale non-stop action till 3am. DJ’s with DJ’s Jamie Head and Paul Cornish, SSSS, Mumdance Over at Dalston Superstore and performance Munroe Heron plus residents and a guest & Logos, intrigued? Well pop it’s Homostash - Fitness Bergdorf, Micky Roots, Josh takeover from Knickerbocker. along to Cafe Otto up in Dalston edition time on the 22nd where Cole, Cummy Bear, Mark Hosting Cain Jennings and on Thursday 21st for a night of they’re mixing up some serious Ashley Dupe, Jeremy ‘Hard friendly face on the door Ted revelation and the latest issue of beats with DJ Tafkanik, JVP, Cock’ Stubbings and Cally. Rodgers! Happy Days!

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There is NO new music out this week. None. Kylie – Timebomb Gwen Well, Sia’s got that new one she fished out “Drive.” This was an interesting point in Kylie’s Stefani – of Rihanna’s swimming pool, but you know career. It wasn’t even attached to an album or What You what…I don’t like Sia. There, I said it. I anything. Often, the best tracks aren’t. In the Waiting think her music is generic, and that whole video she struts down Old Compton Street in a For anonymous thing she’s got going on is cheap pair of denim hotpants. We’ve all been there. I To finish our and attention-seeking *lights cigarette*. love this song so much. It might be my favourite trio, this solid song in the world. I remember it came out on gold nugget And ANOTHER thing. People are still giving the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Weekend, when of pop Katy Perry the time of day. Why? Why is this everyone was getting wasted. I woke up at 11am perfection happening? She is not a pop star. She will on Monday morning with my face stuck to a from Gwen. never be a pop star. There is nothing behind veggie feast pizza, and this song playing on loop. Just flawless. those eyes. No talent. No substance. No class. Fast-paced, No fucking way. Neon Jungle – Braveheart wild, rocky, Neon Jungle breaking up is without doubt the poppy, So since there’s no new music out this week greatest tragedy that occurred in 2015. Their punky... (or at least, none that I like), I’ve decided to contributions to the world of music, fashion and in terms disclose something very valuable – the three the cultural zeitgeist will never be forgotten. of musical best pop songs ever made. There is no arguing Everyone loves this song. Every. One. Loves. milieu, it this. I don’t need to justify myself. They just This. Song. It’s a winner at after-parties. It’s a heralded a bridge from early noughties alt-pop, are. The fact that they were all released within winner at drunken brunches. It’s a winner at to late noughties electro-pop. A subtle change, a few years of each other, when I happened club nights. It’s a win fucking win. I’ll say no but a change all the same. Charli XCX is trying to be at an age where I was listening to a lot more, I’ll just leave you with this pearl of wisdom her best to bring things back around. I’ve always of pop music, is nothing more than a happy from the girls; I’m on that late night come and loved Gwen, it’s a shame she’s so fucking coincidence. get. I’m on that ripped jeans cigarette. boring these days. 32 qxmagazine.com

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QX 1089 MASTER 1.indd 33 19/01/2016 18:14 Your guide to the week’s best BAR, CLUB & CABARET events in London

21 Dec - 27 Jan MUSTS & MAYBES

THURSDAY 21ST JANUARY NW1 9NX. 5pm-2am, £5. Cabaret 2am. FREE b4 10pm, £3 after. Popu- 10:30pm, £5 after. Pop perfection CLUBS & EVENTS from one of London’s best perform- lar South London cabaret/club spot. and hot floor fillers as Ku’s hot 3 Clam Jam at Dalston Superstore: ing troupes. Candy at The Village: 81 Wardour spin the tunes in its downstairs base- 117 Kingsland High St, E8 2PB. BackCounter: South Lambeth Road, Street, W1V 3TG, 5pm-2am. Snap ment club spot. 9pm-2:30am. Free. The Premiere Vauxhall, SW8 1SR. 12pm-3pm. The cackling pop & chart with Heidi Lis- Eurofest at The Vauxhall Tavern: 372 Thursday night for lesbians and their perfect way to start or end your night cious and the gorgeous gogo boys. Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11 gay boyfriends. in Vauxhall. Gossip at West 5: Pope’s Lane, South 5HY. 9pm-3am. £5 AND £8. Euro- G-A-Y Porn Idol at G-A-Y Heaven: Official Room Service Pre-Party at Ealing, W5 4NB. Open from 8pm. fest, the UK’s biggest Eurovision and Villiers Street, WC2N 6NG. 10pm – Circa: 62 Frith Street, Soho, W1. FREE. Ealing’s hugely popular club, Europop club night, is four years old! 5am. Amateur strip night with £100 4pm-4am. Thursday’s are the new bar and cabaret spot. prize money! To enter email info@g- Friday’s at Soho’s intimate bar/ BARS & CABARET a-y.co.uk club spot with the most amazing DJ FRIDAY 22ND JANUARY Thank F*ck It’s Friday! at East Bloc: #KIT at Eagle London: 349 Ken- booth in town. CLUBS & EVENTS 217 City Road, Shoreditch, EC1V nington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11 5QY. City of Quebec: 12 Old Quebec Street, Le Coq at East Bloc: 217 City Road, 1JN. 11pm-6am. £5 b4 midnight 9pm-3am. Members free, under Marble Arch, W1H 7AF, 12pm-3am. Shoreditch, EC1V 1JN. 11pm-6am. then £5. Hits and glitz all night. 25’s free in trakies, sports, rugby or The newly refurbished venerable £5 b4 midnight then £10. £5 after TONIGHT: David Robson footie kit, £5 after 10pm. Eagle’s institution of the gay scene rocks out 4am. This week at Le Coq we have Friday Night Fever at BackCounter: Sports Fetish night. some pop classics for an evening Mistamaker kicking things off with South Lambeth Road, Vauxhall, SW8 Klub at Ku Bar Lisle Street: 30 Lisle of fun. RnB before Motherload’s Guy Wil- 1SR. 12pm-3pm. The perfect way to St, WC2H 7BA. 10pm-3am. FREE. Winter Pride Pre-Party at Comptons of liams moves it to house and disco. start or end your night in Vauxhall. The party continues ‘til late in the Ku Soho: 51-53 Old Compton Street, Wut? Club’s Attack Attack Attack to Bridge Bar: 8 Voltaire Road, SW4 basement. Soho, W1D 6HN. 12pm-2am. The close. 6DH. Open from 4pm. Free. The Gravity Afterhours at Fire: 39 Parry grand dame of Soho. TONIGHT: A:M at Protocol: 6a South Lambeth end of the working week oasis. Street, London SW8 1RT. 1am-8am Tasty on the Decks from 8:30pm. Place, SW8 1SP. 11pm-11am. £4 b4 Karaoke at Central Station: 37 Wharf- (Thursday night/Friday morning). G-A-Y Bar: 30 Old Compton Street. 1am, £8 b4 6am with QX ADVERT / dale Road, Kings Cross, N1 9SD. Gravity is set to shake the clubbing 12pm-2am. Free entry. Popular pop NUS / Conc, £13 others. The origi- Open from 6pm til 3am or later... rules once again, giving Thursday music bar with non-stop hits on the nal Saturday morning afterhours FREE The super-friendly Kings Cross nights a new lease of life. screens and a fun, flirty atmosphere. beast that continues to light up the bar. DJs ‘til late. Hosted by DJ Chris Le Chien Noir: A Cabaret Fundraiser For Pub Queerz at The Glory: 281 King- weekend. TONIGHT: Hosted by Reardon Mental Health at The Vauxhall Tavern: sland Road, Haggerston, E2 8AS. Louise Port. Circa: 62 Frith Street, Soho, W1D 372 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11 Doors 5pm, quiz 8pm. Free. Campy Homostash at Dalston Superstore: 3JN. 4pm-4am. Soho’s intimate but 5HY. 7pm-11:30pm, Pay What You loopy free pub quiz! 117 Kingsland High Street, E8 2PB. packed-out bar/club spot watches Can. In aid of Rethink Mental Illness. Backing The Stars at Halfway 2 Heaven: 9pm-3am. Free b4 11pm, £5 after. Munroe Bergdorf and friends werq Featuring: Ragina, Doug Segal, Lou 7 Duncannon Street, Charing Cross, Homostash is back for another the floor! Safire, Kiki Lovechild, Lena Mae, WC2N 4JF. Popular central London homo-age to the humble upper lip Comptons of Soho: 51-53 Old Comp- Rich Stokes, RedSarah, WildVixen & karaoke fun with Kevin Walsh. adornment! ton Street, Soho, W1D 6HN. 9pm- Sadie Sinner Showtime at 8pm. Men Inc. with HiFi Sean & SugarBear 2am. The grand dame of Soho. Room Service at Club 49: 49 Greek The Light Lounge: 1 Newport Place, at Eagle London: 349 Kennington TONIGHT: Zach Burns from 9pm. Street, Soho, W1D. 10pm-3am. WC2H 7JR. 5pm-11:30pm. Enjoy Lane, Vauxhall, SE11 5QY. 8pm- City of Quebec: 12 Old Quebec Street, Don’t you dare miss this fiercely the Ku Group’s newest venuve; a late. Free before 10pm - £5 after. Marble Arch, W1H 7AF. 12pm-3am. social, sexy club spot, playing edgy boutique cocktail bar. 2-4-1 cocktails Free for Eagle London members The newly refurbished venerable and upfront house. Expect hot gogo 5-7pm all week. before midnight. Men Inc. the UK’s institution of the gay scene rocks out eye candy and hosted by fab scene The Soho Square: 11 Soho Square, hottest all-man party social sizzles some pop classics for an evening faces. Soho, W1D 3QE. 4pm-late. Last this January with a fresh DJ line up, of fun. entry 1am. Soho’s multi-floored gay international performers and world George & Dragon: 2 Blackheath BARS & CABARET wonder. exclusive events. Hill, SE10. 8pm-4am. The friendly The Family Fierce at Bloc Bar: 18 Kent- Two Brewers: 114 Clapham High Klub at Ku Bar Lisle Street: 30 Lisle St, Greenwich local. DJ Tony Tim on the ish Town Road, Camden, London, Street, SW4 7UJ. Bar open 4pm- WC2H 7BA. 10pm-3am. FREE b4 decks playing 80s and 90s camp

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until 4am. TheMenWhoFell2Earth, Jamie Head, with live entertainment, dancers and Hill, SE10. 8pm-4am. The friendly Femsesh! at The Glory: 281 Kingsland Knickerbocker & Ted Rogers DJs. Greenwich local. Road, Haggerston, E2 8AS. Doors Lazertitz at Dalston Superstore: 117 G-A-Y Heaven: Villiers Street, WC2N The Glory 1st Birthday at The Glory: 5pm, show 8pm, club 10pm-2am. Kingsland High St, E8 2PB. 9pm- 6NG. 10pm – 5am. £5 entry wrist- 281 Kingsland Road, Haggerston, Free b4 10pm, £5 after. TONIGHT: 3:00am. Free b4 10pm/£5 after. bands available from G-A-Y Bar. E2 8AS. Doors 5pm, club 10pm- Mr Teds & John Sizzle Get ready girls! The Lazertitz gang Sweatbox: Foam Party at 1-2 Ramilies 2am. Free b4 10pm. Sizzle, Woo Friday Night Live at Halfway 2 Heaven: are back in 2016 and better than Street, Soho, W1F 7LN. 24 hours. and Jerk! are on hand with the rest 7 Duncannon Street, Charing Cross, ever! 24hr pass £17, 48hr pass £19. Un- of The Glory family to raise a glass WC2N 4JF. From 9pm. Tickets from Beyond Midnight at Ministry: 103 wind and release some tension after to their first birthday. £10. With DJ Little John & Sandra. Gaunt Street, SE1 6DP. From a stressy week with the all the fun Rose Garden’s Saturday Market slash Ku Bar Soho: 25 Frith Street, WC1D 11:59pm (Saturday Night/Sunday of the foam at Sweatbox’s original Swap Shop at Halfway 2 Heaven: 7 5LB. Open till 5am. Ku Bar’s little Morning). £11 advance. Beyond weekly party. Duncannon St, WC2N 4JF. Open brother stretches across two floors starts 2016 with a HUGE 12 hours ‘til 3am. Rose Garden and DJ Little for that perfect Soho warm-up drink- marathon special featuring Tom BARS & CABARET John from 4pm. Showtime at 5pm. ing session and a little dance with Stephan + Beyond residents. Saturday Night Fever at Bloc Bar: 18 Followed by Xanadu from 8pm, the downstairs DJs. R&She at Tipsy: 20 Stoke Newington, Kentish Town Road, Camden, Lon- Camp Disco. The Light Lounge: 1 Newport Place, Dalston, N16 7XN. 9pm-3am, Free don, NW1 9NX. 12pm-3am. Free Ku Bar Lisle Street: Chinatown, WC2H 7JR. 5pm-12am. Enjoy b4 10pm, £6 after. R&She are back b4 10pm, £5 after. Massive tunes WC2H 7BA. 8pm-5am. One of the Ku Group’s newest venuve; a with another night dedicated to the from the across the decades and London’s hottest gay bars and clubs, boutique cocktail bar. 2-4-1 cocktails QUEENS of R&B & HIP-HOP from genres! TONIGHT: Martyn Fitzgerald with the hottest boys both behind the 5-7pm all week. the 90’s to present. BackCounter: South Lambeth Road, bar and in front of it, stretching over Two Brewers: 114 Clapham High R18 3rd Birthday at Eagle London: 349 Vauxhall, SW8 1SR. The perfect way three floors. Street, SW4 7UJ. 10pm-4am. FREE Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11 to start or end your night in Vauxhall Ku Bar Soho: 25 Frith Street, WC1D b4 10pm, £7 after. South London’s 5QY. 9pm-4am, Free before 10pm Bridge Bar: 8 Voltaire Road, SW8 5LB. Open till 12am (3am last legendary club & bar. - £6 after. Free for Eagle London 6DH, 4pm-12am. Free. Snug gay Friday of the month). Perfect for that Fadoodle at The Village: 81 Wardour members and under 25’s before bar in a railway arch, offering Soho warm-up drinking session and Street, W1V 3TG, 5pm-2am, Free. midnight. Get ready for a night of cocktails, wines and light meals, plus cheeky dance with downstairs DJs. Into the Deep in the basement and ‘Unrestricted’ pleasure as R18 heats outdoor seating. The Light Lounge: 1 Newport Place, Funhouse upstairs with Heidi Liscious up the end of your month with a Central Station: 37 Wharfdale Road, WC2H 7JR. 5pm-12am. Enjoy and the Go Go’s. huge load of man on man action. Kings Cross, N1 9SD. Open ‘til the Ku Group’s newest venuve; a West 5: South Ealing, Pope’s Lane, XXX rated shows, deep and dark 4am. FREE b4 10pm. Cabaret then boutique cocktail bar. 2-4-1 cocktails W5 4NB. Open from 8pm, FREE. beats. With Xtra Special Guest Hans DJs ‘til late. 5-7pm all week. The popular West London club, bar Berlin & Secret Surprise Guest + DJ Circa: 62 Frith Street, Soho, W1D The Old Ship: 17 Barnes Street, and cabaret spot. Mally Clark. 3JN. 4pm-4am. Soho’s intimate but Limehouse, E14 7NW. 8pm-12am. The Yard: 57 Rupert Street, Soho, Duckie at The Vauxhall Tavern: 372 packed-out bar/club spot watches Cabaret: 8.45pm. Free. Local gay W1D 7PL. Open till 1am. FREE. Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11 Munroe Bergdorf and friends werq bar in East London’s Limehouse, Renowned as one of Soho’s most 5HY. 9pm-2am. £6. Duckie’s flag the floor! The Soho Square: 11 Soho Square, unique and popular destination ship rock ‘n’ roll honky tonk. City of Quebec: 12 Old Quebec Street, Soho, W1D 3QE. Midday-3am. Last venues, with terrific outdoor space. Klub at Ku Bar Lisle Street: 30 Lisle Marble Arch, W1H 7AF. 12pm-3am. entry 2am. FREE b4 10.30pm. Four St, WC2H 7BA. 10pm-3am, FREE The newly refurbished venerable floors of fun! DJs spin a blend of SATURDAY 23RD JANUARY b4 10:30pm, £5 after. The party institution of the gay scene rocks out commercial, house, pop and chart CLUBS & EVENTS continues in Ku’s basement club with some pop classics for an evening remixes. Guilty pleasures upstairs. XXL at Pulse: 1 Invicta Plaza, South- hot pop and floor fillers from the of fun. Two Brewers: 114 Clapham High wark, SE1 9UF. 10pm-7am. £15 DJs. TONIGHT: DJ Anthony May all Comptons of Soho: 51-53 Old Street, SW4 7UJ. 10pm-4am. Free guests, £8 members. Big, bear night the way from Madrid. Compton Street, Soho, W1D 6HN. b4 10, £8 after. Cabaret and club- that’s open to everyone in super club Savage at Metropolis: Strip Club, 235 5pm-2am. The grand dame of Soho bing ‘til late at the famous venue. Pulse. TONIGHT: Wayne G. Cambridge Heath Road, E2 9NN. pulling in a more blokey crowd. House Party! at The Village: 81 Suck My... Dirty Disko! at East Bloc: 11pm-5am. £5. Weekly Saturday TONIGHT: HiFi Sean from 9pm Wardour Street, W1V 3TG, 5pm- 217 City Road, Shoreditch, EC1V club night from the Sink The Pink G-A-Y Bar: 30 Old Compton Street. 3am. Chunky funky techno in the 1JN. 11pm-6am. £5 b4 midnight crew. 12pm-2am. Free entry. Popular pop basement with Paul Heron and snap then £10. £5 after 4am. East Bloc’s Glitter Bomb at The Shadow Lounge: music bar with non-stop hits on the crackling pop upstairs with Heidi longest running night is back with a Brewer Street, Soho, W1G 0RF. screens and a fun, flirty atmosphere. Liscious. vengeance. TONIGHT: Paul Heron, 10pm-3am. Let disco do its dance George & Dragon: 2 Blackheath West 5: South Ealing, Pope’s Lane,

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W5 4NB. Open from 8pm. The side of Bleecker Street, piano bar between 5-9pm. popular West London club, bar and delights. cabaret spot, with added Piano George & Dragon: 2 Blackheath Hill, MONDAY 25TH JANUARY Lounge fun. SE10. 8pm-2am. FREE. The friendly CLUBS & EVENTS Greenwich local. The Duchess hosts Popcorn at G-A-Y Heaven: Villiers SUNDAY 24TH JANUARY the weekly Piano Bar with Ian Parker Street, WC2N 6NG. 11pm-5.30am. CLUBS & EVENTS on the keys. £5 b4 1am, £8 after, Last admission Sunday Social at The Vauxhall Tavern: CK Sunday at Halfway 2 Heaven: 7 3:30am. FREE with wristbands from Royal Vauxhall Tavern, 372 Kenning- Duncannon Street, Charing Cross, G-A-Y Bar b4 1am. Massive mixed ton Lane, SE11 5HY. 2pm-12am. WC2N 4JF. Open ‘til 11pm. Another mash-up with four rooms of top Showtime 5:30pm. £7. London’s award winning Sunday at Halfway sounds, from upfront, progressive busiest social session. TONIGHT: to Heaven! Followed by An Evening house to chart hits, via R&B tuneage. Simon LeVanns & cabaret act Myra with Mrs Moore & Tanya Hyde from The Big Bingo Show at The Vauxhall Dubois. With Liam Chapman & 7:30pm. Tavern: Royal Vauxhall Tavern, 372 Sean Sirrs. New Bloomsbury Set: 76 Marchmont Kennington Lane, SE11 5HY. 7pm, Community Service #fuckmondays at Street, Bloomsbury, WC1N 1AG. eyes down at 8:30pm, Free Entry. East Bloc: 217 City Road, Shoreditch, 4pm-11.30pm. Open all week for Bingo in a pub……with balls!! EC1V 1JN. 9pm-4am. Free b4 the more social gays around the Hot N’ Hairy at Eagle London: 349 Ken- 21.30 £3 NUS/flyer £5. A new Kings Cross/Bloomsbury area. nington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11 5QY. weekly Sunday from the team Old Ship: 17 Barnes Street, Lime- 9pm-2am. Free b4 10pm to all behind Dirty Diana. A new way to house, E14 7NW. 8pm-12am. including Eagle members, guests £5 start the week off on the wrong foot! Cabaret: 8pm. Free. Local gay bar after 10pm, entry includes free coat TONIGHT: Johnny Yihi, Darren in East London’s Limehouse. check and 1st drink included. If body Dynamikz, Tob_ias, Ursula Power of Three at Two Brewers: 114 hair and makes you horny this is the Horse Meat Disco James Hillard & Sev- Clapham High Street, SW4 7UJ. night for you! It’s the hottest Monday erino at Eagle London: 349 Kenning- 4pm-2am. FREE b4 8pm, £4after. night fur fetish sexy social. Hosted by ton Lane, Vauxhall, SE11 5QY, 8pm- South London’s legendary club, bar Luis Busto and Kurt Bearfest. 3am, £6. Every Sunday the Horse and cabaret spot. Hard-Up Mondays at Sweatbox: 1-2 Meat Disco residents transform the Karaoke with Carmen at West 5: Pope’s Ramilies Street, Soho, W1F 7LN. Eagle London dancefloor. Lane, South Ealing, W5 4NB. Open 24 hours. Under 25s FREE all day, Orange at Fire: 39 Parry Street, Lon- from 8pm. FREE. West London’s £16 others. Finding Mondays hard don SW8 1RT. 10pm-8am. £8 b4 giant club/bar/cabaret home invites to handle? Relieve the pressure with 1am with ad flyer or student card. you to chill out here. this discounted day for under 25s (ID 15 years and still going strong and The Village: 81 Wardour Street, required) at Soho’s only gay sauna. still putting Sunday clubbing on the W1V 3TG, 5pm-11:30pm. Wind Klub at Ku Bar Lisle Street: 30 Lisle St, map; Orange has more energy than down with happy hour at the village WC2H 7BA. 6pm-3am. FREE. DJs ever b4. TONIGHT: Glendora. Last Resort at Dalston Superstore: 117 Kingsland High St, E8 2PB. 9pm-3:00am. Dalston Superstore’s Sunday night party series Last Resort presents a queer disco paradise for those not ready to farewell the weekend just yet. Klub at Ku Bar Lisle Street: 30 Lisle St, WC2H 7BA. 10pm-12pm. FREE. The party continues in Ku’s basement club with classic 80s, 90s and 00s tracks from DJ Pablo and the lovely Lady Lloyd.

BARS & CABARET Bloc Cap Sunday at Bloc Bar: 18 Kent- ish Town Road, Camden, London, NW1 9NX. 4pm-1am, Free. Happy Hour 5 8pm. BackCounter: South Lambeth Road, Vauxhall, SW8 1SR. 12pm-3pm. Vauxhall’s new playground. The perfect way to start or end your night in Vauxhall. Circa: 62 Frith Street, Soho, W1D 3JN. 4pm-4am. Soho’s intimate but packed-out bar/club spot with the most amazing DJ booth in town. Comptons of Soho: 51-53 Old Compton Street, Soho, W1D 6HN. 5pm-2am. The grand dame of Soho pulling in a more blokey crowd. Brunch off Broadway at Counter: South Lambeth Road, Vauxhall, SW8 1SR. 12pm-3pm. The funniest brunch this

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play the weekend out on a wave of and club. Camden, London, NW1 9NX. 5pm- from 6pm followed by Superstore’s hot pop. The Village: 81 Wardour Street, W1V 1am, Free. Come cosy up with a late-night midweek dose of sleaze 3TG, 5pm-1am. All night happy midweek pint at Bloc Bar. from 9pm. BARS & CABARET hour with 50% off cocktails and Circa: 62 Frith Street, Soho, W1D Klub at Ku Bar Lisle Street: 30 Lisle Cheap Mondays at Bloc Bar: 18 Kent- selected drinks. 3JN. Open ‘til 1am. Soho’s intimate St, WC2H 7BA. 10pm-3am. FREE. ish Town Road, Camden, London, but packed-out bar/club spot with The party continues ‘til late in the Ku NW1 9NX. 5pm-1am, Free. Student TUESDAY 26TH JANUARY the most amazing DJ booth in town. basement. cabaret night, all welcome, hosted CLUBS & EVENTS See you Next Tuesday at Halfway 2 What’s the Taboo at The Vauxhall Tav- by Fagulous & DJ Meth. Bar Wotever at The Vauxhall Tavern: Heaven: 7 Duncannon Street, Char- ern: 372 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, The City of Quebec: 12 Old Quebec 372 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, ing Cross, WC2N 4JF. From 9pm. SE11 5HY. 6:30pm-11pm, Free Street, Marble Arch, W1H 7AF. SE11 5HY. From 7pm, show at See you next Tuesday with Bette but must be booked in Advance. From 9pm. The newly refurbished 8:30pm. £5. Genderbending caba- Rinse and DJ LittleJohn A discussion presented by Index venerable institution of the gay scene ret, live music and performance at The Light Lounge: 1 Newport Place, on Censorship for a taboo-busting rocks out some pop classics for an the monumental Vauxhall Tavern. WC2H 7JR. 5pm-11:30pm. Enjoy evening at London’s best alternative evening of fun. Klub at Ku Bar Lisle Street: 30 Lisle the Ku Group’s newest venuve; a venue. Comptons Says Relax at Comptons of St, WC2H 7BA. 10pm-3am. FREE. boutique cocktail bar. 2-4-1 cocktails Soho: 51-53 Old Compton Street, The party continues ‘til late in the Ku all night. BARS & CABARET Soho, W1D 6HN. 12pm-11.30pm. basement. Quiz Night at The Old Ship: –at 17 Dusseldorf at Bloc Bar: 18 Kentish The real queen of Soho. Bar £2.50 Masterclass hosted by The Wolf Pack Barnes Street, Limehouse, E14 Town Road, Camden, London, NW1 on popular drinks from 5pm. at Eagle London: 349 Kennington 7NW. 9.30pm. Local gay bar in East 9NX. 5pm-1am, Free. £1 a round. Backing The Stars at Halfway 2 Heaven: Lane, Vauxhall, SE11 5QY. 9pm London’s Limehouse. Come and have a drink and boogie 7 Duncannon St. WC2. 7.30pm. – 11:30pm, £5. Come learn the Karaoke at Two Brewers: 114 to DARK/COLD/MINIMAL/SY NTH Karaoke with singer Kevin Walsh on ropes…and the chains, whips, hoods Clapham High Street, SW4 7UJ. Bar WAVE, POST PUNK, GLOOMGAZE hosting duties. and gags. No dress code. Eagle open 4pm-2am. FREE b4 10pm, £3 (and of course, BOWIE). The Light Lounge: 1 Newport Place, London brings you a Masterclass after. Popular South London cabaret/ Comptons of Soho: 51-53 Old WC2H 7JR. 5pm-11:30pm. Enjoy with you will teach and learning the club spot. Compton Street, Soho, W1D 6HN. the Ku Group’s newest venuve; a ‘dark’ arts of BDSM. The Village: 81 Wardour Street, W1V 12pm-11.30pm. Super social pub boutique cocktail bar. 2-4-1 cocktails Disco Spritz at Dalston Superstore: 3TG, 5pm-1am. Happy hour until downstairs, chilled club lounge 5-7pm all week. 117 Kingsland High St, E8 2PB. 9pm. upstairs with guest pianist tinkling The Old Ship: 17 Barnes Street, Lime- 9pm-2:30am. Free. Capelas, Donna the ivories. house, E14 7NW. Local gay bar in Leake and Chaka Khan’t present WEDNESDAY 27TH JANUARY BackCounter: South Lambeth Road, East London’s Limehouse. a weeknight helping of disco, soul CLUBS & EVENTS Vauxhall, SW8 1SR. 12pm-3pm. The Mrs Moore at Two Brewers: 114 and funk. XXL at Pulse: 1 Invicta Plaza, South- perfect way to start or end your night Clapham High Street, SW4 7UJ, wark, SE1 9UF. 9pm-3am. £15 in Vauxhall. 5pm-2am, £3 after 10pm. The BARS & CABARET guests, £8 members. Midweek griz- Whatever Wednesday at Halfway 2 landmark south London cabaret, bar Bloc Bar: 18 Kentish Town Road, zly fun for bears and their admirers. Heaven: 7 Duncannon Street, Char- #GETLAID at Eagle London: 349 Ken- ing Cross, WC2N 4JF. From 9pm. nington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11 5QY. TONIGHT: Whatever Wednesday 9pm-2am. members free, under with Miss Penny and Justin Swift. 25’s free, guests £3 after 10pm. The Old Ship: 17 Barnes Street, Where ladz #GetLaid! Try something Limehouse, E14 7NW. Quiz from horny in the cinema, or some excit- 9.30pm. Local gay bar in East Lon- ing cruise areas to explore. don’s Limehouse. Arthole Presents: Emma Rudge / Uncon- Two Brewers: 114 Clapham High trollable Urge at Dalston Superstore: Street, SW4 7UJ. Bar open 4pm- 117 Kingsland High St, E8 2PB. 2am. FREE b4 10pm, £3 after. 6pm-2:30am. Free. Solo exhibition Popular South London cabaret/club of Emma Rudge’s most recent work spot.

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Locker Room

Cosy sauna in a convenient corner of Kennington. It’s got a rough- Chariots and-ready local feel, and we mean that in a good way! It’s really nice, unthreatening, friendly vibes. Possibly a good place to start Situated in four prime locations around the capital, if you’re not very experienced with saunas and sex clubs and the Chariots is the undisputed emperor of London’s sauna like. Lock yourself into the Locker Room for fun and frolics. empire! More steam, towels and muscles than you can shake a locker key at! If you fancy a younger, 8 Cleaver St, SE11 4DP. more alternative crowd, head to their Shoreditch 11am-12am Monday to Thursday, 24 hours Friday – Sunday location, for older muscle guys Vauxhall is the one, (closes midnight Sunday). and Waterloo’s great for universal 24-hour fun. £13 entry, £20 weekend pass.

Shoreditch: 1 Fairchild St, EC2A 3NS. www.lockerroomsauna.com 12pm – 8am Monday to Thursday, 12pm – 9pm Friday to Sunday. £19 entry.

Vauxhall: Rail Arches 63-64, Albert Embankment SE1 7TP 12pm–8am Monday to Thursday,

then 12pm-8am Monday. © ChrisJepson.com £19 entry.

Waterloo: 101 Lower Marsh, SE1 7AB. 24 hours all week. £14 entry.

Streatham: Rear of 292 Streatham High Road, SW16 6HG. 11am – midnight Monday to Thursday, then 11am Friday til’ midnight Sunday. £15 entry. Stable www.chariots.co.uk Sexy steamy fun tucked away in the heart of London’s classiest shopping district. Who’d have thought it! Perfect to trot down to after work for a bit of unbridled fun. Have a nibble at someone’s saddlebags (see what we did there).

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Sailors Sauna

Limehouse’s Sailors Sauna is a cosy, sexy, salubrious port in the choppy waters of London’s gay scene. They’ve got nice plant pots, with plenty of spaces to chill out, chat, or shag other guys. Hooray! The chairs in their lounge area are proper comfy. They’ve also got a lovely big Jacuzzi to settle down in and have a good old bubble.

570-574 Commercial Rd, E14 7JD. Sunday to Thursday 11am–11pm, Friday & Saturday 11am – 8am. Entry £15.

www.sailorssauna.com Sweatbox

Soho’s only sauna attracts a young hot crowd with its ambient lighting and under 25 discounts. There’s even a mirrored room! And a sling in the basement. Hardcore. Love it. If you fancy more chilled out bubbly fun, they do monthly foam parties too. © ChrisJepson.com 1 – 2 Ramillies Street, W1F 7LN. 24 hours all week. £17 entry 24hr pass, £19 - 48hr pass. £10 for under 25’s.

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Pleasuredrome

Widely regarded as the city’s most salubrious steamy establishment, the world famous sauna provides dirty, classless fun in a clean and classy environment! We particularly like their showers – it’s quite ambient lighting, and the ceiling in there is so high and dark that you can’t see the top. It’s like showering in a waterfall! Gorgeous.

124 Cornwall Road, SE1 8XE. 24 hours all week. £17 entry, £12 under 25’s with proof of age. £12 with QX advert.

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Hi Dr Alex, I am just back from a holiday in Thailand and I’ve noticed that all across my back I have blotchy areas where I seem not to have tanned. It’s like my back is speckled with pale patches. I’ve also noticed a few pale blotches on my chest. It looks pretty weird and I wonder if it might be some kind of infection I picked up over there. What can I do to get rid of it? Thanks

Hi there, From your description it sounds should be applied on to affected like you have skin condition called areas and made into a lather, Pityriasis versicolor (google it to then left for three to five minutes check out some pictures!). It’s very before washing off. This should be common, especially common in repeated daily for five days. hot, humid climates, and is caused However the loss of pig- by the overgrowth of a yeast that ment from the skin that you are is usually present on the skin. In concerned with may persist for untanned white Caucasians, the le- months after treatment. And in fact sions are hyperpigmented and pink it will not really clear until the skin or coppery brown giving a dappled becomes tanned again; how- appearance. In darker skins or, as ever, if the rash is not scaly when in your case, tanned people, the scratched then the infection can be lesions show depigmentation and considered as cleared. If it does are less likely to itch. Often it goes not seem to have cleared then you unnoticed for months until people antifungal tablets are also used – do go in the sun because that’s but you would need to see your GP when it really becomes obvious. about these. Luckily it is pretty easy to treat. This skin condition is not con- The easiest way is to use an tagious and so you don’t have antifungal shampoo Ketoconazole to worry about passing it on to (called Nizoral). The shampoo someone else!

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