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They gone and merge One of our favourite mobile phone brands, LG has raised the bar yet again. Launched in jeans with chinos to create… the Jeano™! October is the LG-KC910 – the world’s slimmest 8 megapixel camera phone! Yes, the three OK, so we’re not entirely sure about the Jeano name more megapixels than last year’s best-selling LG Viewty. The fully touchscreen phone boasts itself, but we are quite liking the actual trousers, which top-of-the-range camera capabilities (auto and manual focus, xenon fl ash, face tracking, come in a range of autumnal colours – such as indigo etc), Dolby Mobile for music, assisted GPS and Wi-Fi. Incredibly, the whole thing is only blue, graphite gray and moss green – and a selection 13.95mm thick. of fabric options. www.lge.co.uk Dockers® Jeano™ is now available in leading retailers such as Selfridges, House of Fraser and online at www.houseoff raser.co.uk priced at £60. IN A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY… Because we know that many of you are sci-fi fans, we were interested to be sent a review copy of the rather excellent The Making Of Star Wars, an exhaustive and defi nitive account of the story behind the world’s most famous sci-fi fi lm. The 455-page tome includes interviews with all the major players involved in the production of the movie – including MUSIC MACHINE writer-director We’re not, we have to admit, entirely sure as to the purpose of Sony’s new “Rolly” – its George Lucas ‘unique dancing portable audio player’ – but given that we’re gay men, we’re feeling – a forward by Peter naturally drawn to the combination of music, movement and fl ashing lights. You can Jackson and 30 play all your favourite tunes and watch the device go through customised choreography pages of pictures. routines. “The motion is achieved through six moving parts made up of wheels, arms It’s a must-have and shoulders, that work in unison with two rings of light capable of emitting over 700 book for any self- diff erent colours,” apparently. We didn’t even know there were 700 diff erent colours in respecting sci-fi fi lm the spectrum! buff . Priced £249, Rolly will be available in Sony Centres and from www.sonystyle.co.uk in both Available for £14.99, The Making Of Star Wars black and white colour options from mid-October. by J.W. Rinzler is published through Ebury Press. & =C baV]^ >@=2C1BA ' =C :743ABG:3 bT`]\b =C bT`]\b 27/@G CALENDAR HIGHLIGHTS// OCTOBER 2008 14 OCT Although it hardly set the charts alight, we love Cyndi Lauper’s Bring Ya To The Brink album. 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The exhibition will provide an exclusive fi rst look at a long-running artistic relationship between the photographer and singer, and coincides with the publication of a book of the same name. O’Neill fi rst met Elton when he was still Reginald Dwight, but had just set out on his path to fame and glory. Over the next few PHOTOGRAPHY © TERRY O’NEILL – ELTONOGRAPHY: A LIFE IN PICTURES – WWW.PROUD.CO.UK years, O’Neill took literally thousands of images of Elton, both on and off stage, gaining unprecedented access to the superstar. ‘Terry was ‘court photographer’,” Elton has recently said of this stage in his career. “I’m so glad he was with us throughout the madness: in his evocative and stylish photos he captured those moments as no other photographer could.” Many of these images have never before been seen in public, and Eltonography, the book, will feature over 200 images – some of which you can see fi rst at Proud Camden. 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Statuephilia runs until January the exhibition all month at the John Jones Project Space, 4 2009. www.britishmuseum.org SAT 04 OCT: BVSASQ`Sb Morris Place, N4. www.johnjones.co.uk >]ZWQS[O\¸a0OZZ =C bT`]\b 27/@G ! =C 27/@G bT`]\b HIGHLIGHT EVENTS// OCTOBER 2008 20 SEPT-30 NOV: “Homotopia is thrilled to You couldn’t have failed be presenting the Tom of to notice that Liverpool is Finland Retrospective which currently enjoying a year of is set to be the blockbuster cultural festivities. One of show of the festival. Tom the best times to visit is this was the most important gay autumn, when the city also artist of the 20th century hosts its annual Homotopia creating iconic images of gay arts festival. One of the male sexuality which have highlights of Homotopia resonated in pop culture for in 2008 is a very rare and generations. 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For every ‘I’m Outta Love’ and ‘Left Outside Alone’ you can bet your bottom dollar there’s a ‘Welcome To MyTruth’ waiting right around the corner. Quite often there will be a big single and then ‘the little lady with the big voice’™ will disappear again. Having parted ways with Sony BMG after the release of her greatest hits collection in 2005, the people at Mercury, her new label, are obviously hoping for big things with Heavy Rotation, having hooked her up with some of music’s biggest producers. While there’s no Timbaland or Pharrell, there is Rodney Jerkins, Ne-Yo, JR Rotem and a bunch of others who have a fine pedigree from crafting hits for the likes of Rihanna, Pussycat Dolls, etc. The results are a mixed bag. The first single, ‘I Can Feel You’, feels like a departure from her previous work and heads in a more R&B/pop direction than rock or soul. That’s not necessarily a bad thing when the song is this good – it’s just that anyone could sing it. It’s the same with the title track – it could have been a leftover from Britney’s Blackout album, but is this really what we want from Anastacia? The production swamps her voice at times, but on numbers like ‘I’ll Never Love Again’ and the Winehouse-esque ‘Just TheWay I See it’, she is allowed to take main stage and let rip. Unlike her previous hit singles, it actually seems to be the ballads that stand out here - just listen to the track dedicated to her newly acquired step-children, ‘You’ll Be Fine’. If they get their deserved airplay, Heavy Rotation is full of potential singles. Welcome back Anastacia. MT OUT: 27 October +++++ SUGABABES OASIS PETER, BJORN AND Catfights And Dig Out Your Soul JOHN Spotlights (Island) (Big Brother) Seaside Rock Exactly a year since the Although much of their (Wichita) release of album number appeal is rooted in the Those who have been five – 2007’sChange – Heidi, Keisha and Amelle are back fact that they can churn out dependable and familiar- turned on to Swedish trio Peter, Bjorn and John by the 2006 with their sixth studio album. They’ve roped in another sounding hits, wouldn’t it be nice if the Gallagher brothers breakthrough hit ‘Young Folks’, may be disappointed by collection of current pop producers, including Steve Booker occasionally – just occasionally – surprised us? Dig Out new album Seaside Rock, which find the Stockholm-based (Duffy) and Sweden’s Klas Ahlund (Robyn), and together Your Soul – the band’s seventh studio album – finds the band returning to their muso roots. The accompanying have created an album that’s somewhat funkier and lads again teaming up with producer Dave Sandy, who press release helpfully explains that all three members were Motown-influenced than some of their more electro-tinged did such sterling work on the back-to-basics Don’t Believe inspired by the ramshackle charms of the school orchestras classics. Bad news for fans of such past hits as ‘Freak Like TheTruth. If that album was Oasis by numbers, this album they used to play in, noting: ‘The timbre of a bunch of Me’ or ‘Push The Button’ – this is more in the vein of ‘Red is… well, pretty much the same. OK, the sound is heavier youngsters trying to play saxophone and failing is a good Dress’. You’ll already know lead single ‘Girls’… even if you and some of the beats are a little more groove-oriented, sound. The sound of a violin being played by a beginner haven’t heard it. They’ve sampled that song from the Boots but it’s still their trademark ballsy rock’n’roll with some who hates it is superb.’ Oh dear. advert, with the ‘here come the girls’ chorus. It’s shaping up psychedelic trimmings. Lead single ‘The Shock Of The Thankfully, the resulting instrumental work is a lot more to be a huge hit. However, in the same way that Change Lightening’ pretty much sums up most of what’s on offer, palatable than you might first presume. This is an album was somewhat dominated by ‘About You Now’ (and failed with opening numbers ‘Bag It Up’ (no, not the Geri Halliwell for those who love obscure 60s film soundtracks, or Air’s to yield up any further top ten singles), Catfights And song) and ‘TheTurning’ being similarly dense but naggingly Moon Safari. Highlights include opener ‘Inland Empire’, Spotlights may also struggle to repeat the success of its lead hypnotic grooves. ‘Falling Down’ even finds Noel flirting which sounds like Damon Albarn on one of his world single. The epic ‘Sunday Rain’ stands out as an a highlight – with Chemical Brothers-style beats, in the vein of ‘Setting music trips, crossed with Portishead’s ‘Machine Gun’. The a melodramatic torch song with a huge orchestral backing. Sun’. Each member has contributed a track, with Liam’s cutesy ‘Say Something (Mukiya)’ is all steel drums and ‘You On A Good Day’ is an innocuous, upbeat piece of pop, ‘I’m Outta Time’ standing out as the album’s most mellow atmospheric bass, while ‘Needles And Pills’ boasts recorders while the funky ‘No Can Do’ uses a sampled riff from old moment. Gem Archer’s sitar-influenced and guitar-free ‘To and amateurish glockenspiels. Three of the tracks are spoken rare groove track, but sounds slightly anemic and under- BeWhere There’s Life’ is another dubby, bass-heavy groove, word monologues, with each band member wanting to produced. ‘Murder One’ somewhat dubiously compares a while Andy Bell’s ‘The Nature Of Reality’ is probably the honour the particular area of Sweden from which they broken heart to first degree murder. It’s annoyingly catchy duffest track on offer; a loud but dull Led Zep pastiche. It’s originate. It’s a sweet idea, but somewhat lost on anyone and sing-a-long-able, but not exactly classic. an album that will delight fans, and given the fact that all who doesn’t understand Swedish. ‘Girls’ is a great track, but perhaps in their rush to get an 180,000 tickets for the band’s UK tour sold out within an If you’re a fan of Sigur Ros, you’ll probably find much to album out before Christmas, much of what else is on offer hour, maybe that’s enough. admire here, but given the esoteric nature of the work, it’s here sounds a little rushed. AG Out: 6 October appeal is likely to be very limited. 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French director Louis Leterrier takes the helm, while Edward Norton takes on the Bruce Banner role in this big budget action flick that once again visits the Hulks origins. LivTyler, Tim Roth and William Hurt star in this better-than-average superhero tale. 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Box offi ce 0870-060 6632. www. >@=5@3AA0G/:7437<>@=5@3AA theambasadors.com/trafalgarstudios WHISTLE STOP 3dS`gP]RgZ]dSaOPWbQV³]`ObZSOabOTc\\g TOQb]` Blowing Whistles is set to PWbQVO\RZ]\UPST]`S>O[/\\eOaa\W^W\UVS` 7\abSOR^WbgbVSQ]abO`a 3[WZg9]aZ]aYWVOa return to the West End with eOgbV`]cUVbVSC9¸aUOgQZcPa8]O\@WdS`aeOa T]ZZ]eSRbVSaV]e]dS`T`][bVSCAOa@caaWO\ a new run at the Leicester aV]]bW\Uc^bVSCAabO\Rc^Q][SRgQW`QcWb [OYSc^O`bWabO\ReO\\OPSaW\US`AdSbZO\O Square Theatre from 23 <]eObOUS%#aVS¸aP`]cUVbO\Se^ZOgOP]cb O\RC9BD¸a !" !# =C 4==2 bbVS`S A NIGHT IN PROVENCE DAVID HUDSON REVIEWS CLOS MAGGIORE 33 King Street, Covent Garden, WC2. 020-7379 9696. www.closmaggiore.com I’d never heard of Clos Maggiore before my fi rst visit there. Unlike some establishments, it’s never been achingly trendy, and from what I can gather, has just been quietly going about its business for the last decade. For the last three of those, it has been presided over by head chef Marcellin Marc, formerly of the Michelin-starred Provence restaurant Clos de la Violette. Here he off ers a similarly exquisite selection of French cuisine, fans of whom think it an injustice that Clos Maggiore has been largely overlooked by food critics and Michelin judges. The Clos Maggiore Perhaps it’s the venue. Housed in an old Georgian conservatory townhouse just a stone’s throw from Covent Garden Piazza, there’s wood panelling throughout, while if you sit in the centrepiece conservatory, you’ll fi nd yourself amongst a breast with foie gras terrine, served with young leaves upon perfect, if not a little intoxicating. jungle of branches and blossoms tacked to the walls and which sat a fried quail’s egg (£8.90). It looked, and tasted, The wine list has over 2,000 bins, and would take you a ceiling. Some will inevitably fi nd the eff ect unbearably divine. For a main, I had a perfectly cooked, unbelievably whole night to peruse, but there’s thankfully a sommelier twee, others delightful. It’s the sort of place you might take white slab of pan-fried Icelandic halibut, served with on hand to help. If you’re turned off by the prices, don’t be your parents for their wedding anniversary, if you were smoked aubergine caponata and a zesty drizzle of Sauce – the restaurant also off ers an excellent three-course fi xed feeling fl ush. Vierge (£19.50). My friend was utterly seduced by treacle menu at £19.50. We nibbled on an amuse bouche of breadsticks with caramelised breast of Gressingham Duck, served with a As you’d expect, the staff were unfl inchingly courteous tapenade, goat’s cheese and truffl e oil while we perused pink grapefruit crumble and ruby port sauce (£18.50). yet warm. The customers were a mixed bunch, but the menu. We started with a rémoulade of Dorset Crab Pink grapefruit crumble sounds odd, but it worked. We mainly suited and booted, and we were tickled that John with Marjoram (£11.50), served with tiny brown shrimps, fi nished with chocolate and coff ee layered cake with a Cleese was sitting at a table next to us. Clos Maggiore has avocado and a decidedly old-fashioned cocktail sauce. Food slightly watery espresso ice cream (£7.50). My companion’s reputation as a secret gem, but it’s a secret that’s slowly snobs might sneer, but I loved it. My companion had pigeon cherry soup with vanilla ice cream (£6.90) was pretty damn spreading. !$ =C bbVS`S 4==2 !% =C 4==2 bbVS`S rather than outstanding, but gastropub just off Exmouth 0007. A stylish and upmarket gay-friendly cinema restaurant, worth a visit for the décor. Market. Sunday lunch is packed vegan and raw food restaurant off ering well-priced gastropub EATING OUT Cheaper at lunchtime than the with Clerkenwell-istas and – popular with London’s health- staples on the food menu, and OUR FAVOURITE RESTAURANTS AND evening. www.gilgameshbar.com the food is top notch. www. conscious and conscientious free fi lm screenings – everything GAY-FRIENDLY DINING OPTIONS theeaston.co.uk diners. Approx. £24 per head. from recent blockbusters to La Porchetta, 141-142 Upper www.safrestaurant.co.uk arthouse documentaries. www. Street, N1. 020-7288 2488. Green and Red, 51 Bethnal roxybarandscreen.com Great value pizza and pasta Green Road, E1. 020 7749 9670. Tinseltown, 44-46 St John CENTRAL First Out, 52 St Giles High Street, Farringdon, EC1. Want a Royal Teas, 76 Royal Hill, Street, WC2. 020-7240 8042. double cheeseburger and Mars Greenwich, SE10. 020-8691 Amato, 14 Old Compton Street, Long-running, gay-run café Bar Milkshake at 5am? Then 7240. Delightfully charming café Soho, W1. 020-7734 5733. Busy and bar, serving homemade 24-hour, subterranean American off ering tea, scones, cakes and café and patisserie, off ering vegetarian dishes, coff ee and diner Tinseltown is the place other delights for an eclectic pasta dishes and a huge array cakes. Lots of gay magazines, to head. Round the clock diner crowd. Brit camp fabulousness. of cakes. Very popular with gay community info and fl yers. (24/7) popular with late-night www.royalteascafe.co.uk Soho. www.amato.co.uk www.fi rstoutcafebar.com clubbers – very near Fabric. Cool when quiet but avoid if The Stonhouse, 165 Balans, 60 Old Compton Street, Floridita, 100 Wardour Street, there’s a queue for entry. www. Stonhouse Street, SW4. Lovely W1. 020-7439 2183. The nearest W1. 020-7314 4000. Large, tinseltown.co.uk Clapham gastropub with great Soho has to a gay restaurant, glamorous Cuban-themed steaks, burgers, salads and busy throughout the week and restaurant and bar, with regular SOUTH sandwiches. Approx. £22 a head. open throughout the day and music acts and even occasional www.renaissancepubs.co.uk/SH night. Traditional British dishes drag. Approx. £36 per head. Bonnington Café, 11 Vauxhall with Meditteranean and Asian www.fl oridita.co.uk Grove, SW8. Cheap, cheerful Upstairs Bar and Restaurant, fl ourishes. Approx. £28 per head. and very gay-friendly co- 89b Acre Lane, SW2. Hidden See also the nearby Balans Café L’Autre Pied, 5-7 Blandford operatively run vegetarian café gem and local secret. Critically at 34 Old Compton Street. www. Street, Marylebone Village, W1. in Bonnington Square. Pig out acclaimed, eclectic European balans.co.uk 020 7486 9696. Chic, stylish, on three courses for £10! http:// menu, with emphasis on French upmarket restaurant from the American style at Ed’s Easy Diner s208303316.websitehome.co.uk cuisine. Limited choice but menu Bodeans, 10 Poland Street, same team that created the changes daily. Open Tue-Sat. W1. 020-7287 0506. Cheap and Michelin-starred Pied-à-Terre restaurant, with possibly some Fiesta-style restaurant with El Panzon @ The Dogstar, www.upstairslondon.com cheerful barbecue restaurant, on Charlotte Street. Winner of of the biggest pizzas in London! Mexican food and a huge tequila 389 Coldharbour Lane, SW9. with counter service upstairs and the BMW Square Meal Award Sister branches in Finsbury Park selection - with basement Authentic Mexican and Tex-mex WEST restaurant down below. Popular for Best New Restaurant Spring and Bloomsbury. Approx. £17 bar and dancefl oor area for restaurant and fantastic prices with visiting Americans, plus the 2008. Approx. £40 per head (or per head. afterwards. www.greenred.co.uk in the trendy Dogstar bar. Don’t Balans Knightsbridge, 239 odd bear from the nearby Kings take advantage of the lunch and miss the burritos or the taco Old Brompton Road, SW5. 020- Arms! Branches also in Clapham, pre-theatre fi xed-price deals). Little Bay, 228 Belsize Road, Kenza, 10a Devonshire Square, plate to share. Approx. £14 per 7244 8838. Very gay-friendly Fulham and Westbourne Grove. www.lautrepied.co.uk NW6. Wonderfully down-to- EC2. 020-7929 5533. Delightful head. www.elpanzon.co.uk restaurant, off ering British and www.bodeansbbq.com earth and charming restaurant and sumptuous subterranean Mediterranean dishes. Approx. Ristorante Biagio, 189 serving Modern European Middle Eastern restaurant a The Loft, 67 Clapham High £28 per head. www.balans.co.uk Cha Cha Moon, 15-21 Piccadilly, W1. 020-7434-1921. cuisine at very reasonable prices stone’s throw from Liverpool Street, SW4. 020-7627 0792. Ganton Street, Soho, W1. 020 Great, authentic Italian food (particularly at lunchtime). Street station. Arabic interior and Upmarket and stylish restaurant, The Fat Badger, 310 7297 9800. Newly-opened in contemporary and smart Excellent value for money. mezza menu – approx. £35 per bar and late-night haunt. Portobello Road, W10. Upmarket noodle restaurant from Hong surroundings, spread over four head. www.kenza-restaurant.co.uk Classic British dishes and lots of and classy gastropub, serving Kong-born restaurateur Alan Yau fl oors. Approx. £32 per head. Pick More Daisies, 12 Crouch cocktails. Approx. £40 per head. fi ne British cuisine. Good Sunday (Hakkasan). Great selection of www.ristorantebiagio.co.uk End Hill, N8. Californian café bar Les Trois Garcons, 1 Club Row, www.theloft-clapham.co.uk roast. www.thefatbadger.com soup-based dishes, wok-fried - great for a weekend brunch noodles and sides. As an opening Stef’s, 3 Berners Street, W1 020- or Sunday lunch – attracting promotion, all main dishes are 3073 1041. Huge, gay-friendly trendy-ish North London crowd. currently just £3.50! Italian – formerly Linda’s Pasta www.pickmoredaisies.com Bar on Poland Street – moved to Coff ee, Cake & Kink, 61 the other side of Oxford Street in World Café, 130 Crouch Hill, Endell Street, Covent Garden, 2007. Pizza and pasta heaven. Haringey, N8. 020-8340 5635. WC2. 020-7149 2996. ‘The only Trendy, chic, gay-friendly café kinky café gallery in the UK’, Wagamama, 10a Lexington for Crouch Hill crowd, serving this small little café features Street, Soho, W1. 020-7292 snacks, main meals and fab erotic art exhibitions, books, 0990. Our favourite branch cappuccinos. prints, Fairtrade coff ee, pastries of the noodle chain, off ering and cakes. Naughty, but nice. cheap, healthy Japanese delights EAST Open 11am-8am Sun-Thur and – great gyoza and… well, 11am-11pm Fri-Sat. www. noodles! £16 per head. Check Bistrotheque, 23-27 Wadeson Sun, stars and Cha Cha Moon coff eecakeandkink.com website for other branches Street, Bethnal Green, E2. - www.wagamama.com Modern, contemporary classy Whitechapel, E1. 020-7613 The Riverside, 5 Hamilton S&M Café Portobello, 268 Ed’s Diner, 12 Moor Street, W1. restaurant with basement bar 1924. A former Victorian boozer, House, 5 St George Wharf, Portobello Road, W10. 020-8968 020 7434 4439. Delightfully NORTH and cabaret room, and fi ne stuff ed with baroque decor Vauxhall, SW8. Great pub food 8898. The sausage and mash kitsch, American-style 50s diner, dining upstairs – modern British and antiques, creating a camp, in upmarket, riverside gastropub café (hence S&M!). Great British at the Shaftesbury Avenue end Gilgamesh, Camden View, cuisine and French bistro dishes culinary haven near Old Street. that boasts terrifi c views of the grub in kitsch café surroundings. of Old Compton Street, great Camden Stables Market, Chalk – approx. £35 per head. www. British/French menu. www. Thames. There are also branches in for burgers and milkshakes. Farm Road, NW1. Huge, ornate bistrotheque.com loungelover.co.uk Islington (N1) and Spitalfi elds Check website for details of and lavish pan-Asian restaurant Roxy Bar and Screen, 128- (E1). www.sandmcafe.co.uk other central London branches with one of London’s most The Easton, 22 Easton Street, Saf, 152-154 Curtain Road, 132 Borough High Street, SE1. – www.edseasydiner.co.uk stunning interiors. Food good WC1. 020-7278 7609. Cool Shoreditch, EC2. 020 7613 020 7407 4057. 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Many happy returns to Barry, Jimmy, Liam and 4:=1932B=53B63@/B/@BG/B3557<97<5A1@=AA the Stepney bar - which recently celebrated its 23rd birthday! The party was a special joint promotion between legendary clubs DTPM and Trade, and fans of both nights dressed up and got down at the stylish King's Cross venue. Check our review of the event on page 54... "% @3D73E =CbbVS`S @=;3@3BC@<32B=:=<2=<:/AB;= After a long break from the mercury almost popped the scene, Rome returned from our thermometer. House in September with its music and club anthems from own unique brand of Fabio and guests eventually stylish clubbing. Following persuaded the social butterfl ies the closure of Piccadilly’s CC to take to the fl oor which soon Club (it’s been turned into became an uplifting jamboree an upmarket cocktail bar), of Sunday night revellers who promoter Fabio White and his weren’t about to let the arrival crew have taken up a new of soggy September dampen residency at Lo-Profi le in their ardour. Soho. The venue may have Considering it’s a diffi cult changed, but it was good to see time for clubs in general, that the crowd hadn’t. Without but especially for occasional doubt, the night attracted, one one-off s without a regular of the most attractive bunch following, Rome was the fun of clubbers we have seen and frolicsome party we love to accumulated in an age, and attend… bring it back soon! when supplemented by the scorching models and dancers www.romeinlondon.com from Fierce International, "& =C bbVS`S @3D73E PHOTOS AND WORDS © CHRIS JEPSON/LONDONCLUBLAND.COM "' =C @3D73E bbVS`S E67:3=B63@1:C0A/@367B0GB631@327B1@C<16 HEAVEN 7B¸A0CA7<3AA/ACAC/:C<23@B63/@163A¬ That subterranean assembly of cuties in various behemoth: Heaven is to states of undress. Soulful pop the gay scene what the princess Natalia performed her FTSE100 is to the City. When new track ‘Perfect Day’, before it’s up then all is bubbly and rushing back out on the road happy, but when times are to support Girls Aloud on their tough then she battens down current tour, and downstairs the hatches and rides out on the main stage hot new the storm. While other West electro-disco girl group End venues are struggling Scarlettes performed their Eric through the current brutal fi scal Prydz collaboration ‘Pjanoo atmosphere, at Heaven a couple Fever’. DJ Nick Tcherniak kept of weekends ago, we were the anthems and trademark pleasantly surprised to fi nd an Heaven House pumping on the oasis of opulence and plenty. main fl oor while elsewhere Powder-wigged and sequinned in the club pop, r’n’b, hip go-go’s sprinkled glamour and hop and electro tastes were glitz throughout the club while also all catered for by the the fabulous Miss Dusty O resident jocks. Heaven is truly a (pictured right) worked her pop subterranean Shangri-la. magic in the Starbar playing hits old and new to a packed www.heaven-london.com WORDS AND PHOTOS © CHRIS JEPSON/LONDONCLUBLAND.COM # =C @3D73E bbVS`S B63@=G/:D/CF6/::B/D3@< A>=@BA2/G7A<=E47@;:G0/19 RVT =<B635/G1/:3<2/@¬ Despite a somewhat foreboding sky, the Taverners and friends turned out in force for the Royal Vauxhall Tavern’s Sports Day 2008. The rain held off , and the sun actually made an appearance, as proceedings were opened by the tossing of a golden handbag by Lambeth’s Mayor Angie Meader. Held in conjunction with gay men’s health charity GMFA, Sports Day is now a regular event and mixes the traditional with the downright ridiculous! Twelve teams competed this year in events as diverse as the egg and spoon race, space hopper relay, 50 metre mince, sack race, tug of war and drag relay with points being awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd. Hostess Timberlina needed a cattle prod at times as marshalling the contestants was a bit like herding cats (try it and you’ll see what we mean), but after much tussling and the raising of more than £4,000, the Sodomites were declared the winners while the Mighty Metamorphic Zebras collected the trophy for the team that raised the most money overall. Another raging success for all concerned! It being the RVT Chillout’s birthday weekend, at 6pm the fabulous Lonnie Gordon performed on stage knocking out her big hits ‘Love Eviction’, ‘Gonna Catch You’, ‘Happening All Over Again’ and ‘No Regrets’. With a tear in her eye from the thunderous applause she received her ‘Big Time’ encore went down a storm and paved the way for DJ’s Simon Le Vans and Andy Almighty who kept the party going till well in to the small hours. The Royal Vauxhall Tavern, 372 Kennington Lane, SE11. 020 7820 1222. www.rvt.org.uk # =C bbVS`S @3D73E WORDS AND PHOTOGRAPHS BY CHRIS JEPSON/LONDONCLUBLAND.COM CHRIS BY PHOTOGRAPHS AND WORDS #! =C @3D73E bbVS`S /8=7;B63:/AB/@BGE/A/ NAKED ZOO B@C:GAC@@3/:A>31B/1C:/@¬ When two giants of London’s making mayhem and beach- clubland come together (in inspired cocktails, and you get this case Trade and DTPM) the idea! Arriving early for the you just know they’re free drinks (no, we’re not cheap, going to come up with an just good value!), we were unmissable event. So it was there for the evening’s sedate that on the August bank holiday start, but it soon turned in to a we duly ventured north to Egg riotous melee as birdcages were in Kings Cross for the summer transformed into head pieces, spectacular Naked Zoo. The DJ megaphones were used as mass roster read like a Who’s Who of communication devices and vinyl junkies and included such feline-masked lads tottered luminaries as the Gutterslut round en pointe. There were boys, Fat Tony, Quentin Harris, mind-bending sights we never Lady Bianca and about 15 others thought we’d see… lions in playing in no less than fi ve rooms regal Egyptian paraphernalia, for a combined 45+ hours of zebra painted torsos, leopard- cutting edge, mind-stomping, clad trannies… and MC Crystal arms in the air music across more in fl at shoes! Naked Zoo is like genres than Imelda has shoe the mother of all acid trips on a closets. rollercoaster in heels… and we Add to that host David Neon, a loved it! raft of avant-garde performers meandering through the venue www.nakedzoo.co.uk WORDS AND PHOTOS © CHRIS JEPSON/LONDONCLUBLAND.COM #" =C bbVS`S A13<3 ## =C @3D73E bbVS`S =;=>:/G326=ABB=7BA47@AB075/:/AB ;= OMO is now settling in to its all the production team had gone home at the Astoria nicely and front of house to watch the show, progressively getting busier and she was left stranded with no busier week by week. Fridays is mic stand so turned to the wings pop and chart night with superstar saying, “Hello, hello, is anyone drag DJs Lady Lloyd, Dusty O and there?” Then there was the sound Tasty Tim, while Saturdays are jam reproduction which on one track packed with commercial house didn’t meet her expectations, so and club music from maestros Kris she had it turned off and sang di Angelis and Stevie B. We popped an amazing acapella version like in a couple of weeks ago for a only a pro could do. Teething performance from American R&B troubles aside, Kelly Rowland singer-songwriter Kelly Rowland. was stupendous and provided One of the founding members of a huge feather in the OMO cap the best-selling female group of – keep an eye out for more special all time – Destiny’s Child – we appearances over the coming were blown away by her power weeks. vocals and stage presence. As well as banging out the big hits ‘Work’, OMO, every Friday and ‘Still In Love With My Ex’, ‘Dilemma’ Saturday night at the Astoria, and ‘Like This’, she also had a sassy 157 Charing Cross Road, WC2. wit and sparkling banter with the www.omoevents.co.uk audience. At one stage, because WORDS AND PHOTOS © CHRIS JEPSON/LONDONCLUBLAND.COM #$ =C @3D73E bbVS`S B67AG3/@¸A@3/27<5>@723B6/<94C::G READING PRIDE 43::=<3=4/C5CAB¸AAC<<73AB2/GA¬ Despite being one of the country’s (the other main gay establishment), smaller Pride festivals, this year’s plus a couple of cabaret tents, which Reading Pride built on the success played host to the likes of Rozalla, Angie of previous years and was judged Brown, Jason Prince, Jo Frances, Wilma by many to be the best such Fingadoo, Amber Dextrous, Jamie Watson festival yet. Reading Pride fi rst took and Cookie, amongst many others. The place in 2004, and this year’s event tents and stalls were laid out in a circular again took place in the tranquil King’s fashion, so we spent most of the afternoon Meadow, near the town centre. It was lazily wandering the site, checking out preceded by a small parade from the the action in the cabaret areas, chilling nearby Wynford Arms, with around 100 in the beer tents or stretched out on the brave souls carrying a long 100ft-long grass. Reading Pride is regarded by some rainbow fl ag through the town’s main as a poor relation to the bigger festivals shopping district – to the bemusement in Brighton and London, and although of many of the locals! The festivities in the parade through town was a little on King’s Meadow kicked off at noon, and the quiet side, the afternoon festivities although quiet at fi rst, by sunset an provided a truly great afternoon out. We’ll estimated 8,000 had passed though the defi nitely be back next year. gates – 2,000 more than last year. 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There is always a friendly crowd packed with some of the sexiest men of all shapes and sizes, and some of the best cabaret treading the boards. Last month the team celebrated the venue’s 23rd birthday with a whole weekend of festivities. Friday night saw a special ‘wet’ version of their amateur strip competition where a number of East End bits-of-rough took to the stage and bared their wares in a bid to secure the audience vote and the £100 prize, while on Saturday that hoochie momma Laquisha Jonz, resplendent in a velour tracksuit, was playing a selection of r’n’b, hip hop and old skool classics from a knocked-off iPod. She also performed some ludicrous parodies of popular tracks, a particular favourite being ‘Primark is a girl’s best friend’, and recounted tales of life in the Jonz household and her girlfriends salon ‘Unbe-weavable’. Sadly though, it seems the current inclement fi nancial climate has even reached the Jonz residence as her once perfectly manicured tips are no longer adorned with Faberge fakes but have reverted to their Superdrug roots. Luckily, cheap looks good on Ms Laquisha! BJ’s White Swan, 557 Commercial Road, E1. 020-7780 9870. www.bjswhiteswan.com WORDS AND PHOTOS © CHRIS JEPSON/LONDONCLUBLAND.COM $" =C bbVS`S A13<3 $# =C <756BA bbVS`S HIGHLIGHTS PHOTOGRAPHY © CHRIS JEPSON/LONDONCLUBLAND.COM SCENE QUEENS OMO DANCE PHOTOGRAPHY © DICK GOOSE A Night Of A Thousand Scene Queens is a big one-off The culmination of OMO Generations’ search for the hottest new dance talent comes to a club event taking place at the Shadow Lounge on Monday 27 climax this month. On Friday 3 October, the club will be hosting the fi nal of its weeklyDance Off October. Hosted by Miss Kimberley, the event will be a fundraiser competition, with the eventual winner walking away with £500 in cash. The four best dancers for the Breast Cancer Campaign. A follow-up to a similar, from the fi nal will also get themselves regular paid bookings at OMO events. hugely successful event last year, this year’s bash will feature guest OMO Generations has quickly established itself a following, with DJs Dusty O, Tasty Tim and appearances from Leon Lopez, Victoria Wilson, Dusty O, Zac Black, Lady Lloyd off ering an unbeatable selection of retro pop tunes from the past 30 years. It’s Barbara Bush, Richard Newman, the Powder Puff Girlz, Julian followed each week by the Saturday night OMO session, with DJ Stevie B and guests playing the Bennett, alongside DJs such as Stewart Who?, Paul Heron, Luke commercial pop sounds and past hits, with PAs and special guests each week live on stage. Hope and Stevie B, to name just a few. There will be a celebrity OMO can be found at the legendary Astoria club, 157 Charing Cross Road, WC2. auction, plus complimentary drinks from 7-8pm sponsored by www.omoevents.co.uk Camitz vodka. Doors will open at 7pm, with the show starting at 8pm. For more details, check www.theshadowlounge.com RVT KRUSH Following a couple of successful one-off parties,Kimono Krush is WIG OUT taking up a new residency at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern. It will be touching down for its fi rst monthly date on Friday 10 October, off ering The fi fth annual Wig Party a heady cocktail of pop, disco, indie and electro. The night is promoted is due to take place at the by the Sugarlow Boys, Al Dente, MarcwithaC and The Duchess of Pork, Café de Paris on Sunday and the launch night will feature a guest appearance from DJ Jim 12 October. This annual Stanton (Horsemeat Disco), plus performances from Triple Penny. fundraiser for Crusaid has Regular weekly nights at the famous Royal Vauxhall Tavern include been growing in size and Zoe Lyons’ stand-up comedy night each Wednesday, the brilliant profi le since it fi rst launched, Vauxhallville each Thursday, Amy Lamé’s Duckie club each and this year’s event us sure Saturday, the S.L.A.G.S and Chill-Out dance anthems session every to be the biggest yet. The Sunday, plus Timberlina’s Bingo Pub Night each Monday. Regular idea is simple – all those Friday night promotions include alternative bears session Ursus attending must wear a wig every fi rst Friday,Kimono Krush on the second Friday, uplifting of some description. Lisa NRG night Cozmic on the third Butcher, Naomi Campbell, Friday and neo-Weimar cabaret Beverley Knight, Dannii session Kunst on the fourth Friday. Minogue and Vivienne Highlights for October include a Westwood are among some brand new dance show from the of the celebrity names acclaimed Cholmondeleys and helping out at this year’s Featherstonehaughs dance ‘glamouresque’ event – having all designed stunning signature wigs for the offi cial ‘Big Wig’ catwalk parade troupe on Monday to Wednesday staged at the event. Each wig will be auctioned off to a lucky bidder on eBay after the event, to help raise 20-22 October and 27-29 October. further funds. Jonny Woo (see My London on All the money raised from this year’s Wig Party, including ticket sales and donations, will go towards page 6), also returns to the venue Crusaid’s Point of Light in Zambia – helping orphans and vulnerable children in one of the poorest for ‘The Best Of Jonny Woo’ on countries in the world. The fund raising target for this year’s event is £55,000. People can make Thursday 30 October. donations by visiting www.justgiving.com/wigparty while for more details about this year’s www.rvt.org.uk event – check out www.wigparty.org $$ =CbbVS`S $% =C :7AB7<5A bbVS`S Aldwych, WC2. Saturday night gay tube. Huge, world-famous gay over three Latin and salsa night. club. www.heaven-london.com floors, with internet access and GOING FIRST OUT CAFÉ, 52 St Giles THE KINGS ARMS, 23 Poland Gaydar radio. =Cb High Street, WC2. 020 7240 8042. Street, W1. 020 7734 5907. HOT SEX IN BETHNAL GREEN Tottenham Court Road tube. Oxford Circus tube. Mon-Thur THE QUEBEC, 12 Old Quebec Hot Sex Electro is the salacious 10am-11pm. Sun 10.30pm. Over 12pm–11pm, Fri-Sat 12pm-12am, Street, WC1. 020-7629 6159. name for a hip new East End outing 20 years old and still going strong. Sun 12pm-11.30pm. London’s bar Marble Arch tube. Huge pub, on from Shoreditch reprobates Ben Jamin Long-running community café bar. for bears and blokes. Traditional two floors, attracting an older and Fred Mann. The night launched atmosphere, pool table upstairs crowd. Open till 3am at weekends. in September at the famed Bethnal FREEDOM, 66 Wardour Street, and BearHug each Friday. www.thequebec.co.uk Green Working Men’s Club, and W1. 020 7734 0071. Piccadilly v is set to return for its second monthly Circus tube. Opulent style bar, with KUDOS, 10 Adelaide Street, WC2. RETRO BAR, 2 George Court, outing on Sunday 26 October. A third late-night club promotions for a 020 7379 4573. Charing Cross WC2. 020 7321 2811. Charing and final Autumn party will take place metorsexual crowd. tube. 3pm-11pm, Sat noon-11pm, Cross tube. Mon-Fri noon-11. Sat on Sunday 30 November. Showcasing www.freedombarsoho.com Sun noon-10.30pm. Beautiful and 5pm-11pm, Sun 5pm-11pm. ‘unexpected electro’ alongside live acts, stylish café bar (great food!), with A traditional boozer for the gay the boys tell us that they think the FRIENDLY SOCIETY, 79 Wardour clubbier vibe and video screens scene’s indie, alternative and Shoreditch scene needs a break from Street, WC1. Trendy and unique, in the basement. Popular with student-types – Tuesday’s pop quiz irony and plan to purely offer irresistible intimate basement bar, which Asian crowd. is an institution. dance tunes. Doors will be open from attracts a mixed crowd. 9pm till 2am, and you’ll find the KU BAR, 30 Lisle Street, Leicester RUPERT STREET, 50 Rupert Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club at G-A-Y BAR, 30 Old Compton Square, WC2. 020 7437 4303. Street, W1. 020 7292 7141. 44-46 Pollard Row, Bethnal Green, E2. Street, W1. 020 7494 2756. Leicester Square tube. Large, Piccadilly Circus tube. 12-11pm, Admission is £5. Leicester Square tube. 12pm- award-winning, upmarket gay bar Sun 10.30pm. Large, designer style www.myspace.com/ 12am. Huge, poptastic gay bar, spread over three floors, open till bar, popular with professional gay hotsexelectro with a multitude of video screens, 3am daily. www.ku-bar.co.uk boyz and post-work crowd. www. pop tunes and drinks promotions. rupertstreet.com www.g-a-y.co.uk LO-PROFILE, The Basement, muscle queens. 84-85 Wardour Street, W1. Swanky, SHADOW LOUNGE, 5 Brewer VENUES: G-A-Y LATE, 5 Goslett Yard, sophisticated, 400-capacity Street, W1. 020-7287 7988. CENTRAL LONDON CANDY BAR, 4 Carlisle Street, W1. off Charing Cross Road, WC2. late-night basement bar and Piccadilly tube. Exclusive, gorgeous, 020 7494 4041. Tottenham Court Tottenham Court Road tube. club space – from the people late-night bar and club for A-list 79 CXR, 79 Charing Cross Road, Road tube. Mon-Thu 5-11.30pm. 11pm-3am. Late-night sister that bring you gaydar.co.uk. Open gays and celeb-spotters. WC2. 020 7734 0769. Leicester Fri & Sat 5pm-2am. Sun 5-11pm. venue to G-A-Y Bar – more video till 3am Thursday, 4am Fri-Sat, www.theshadowlounge.com Square tube. Mon-Sat 1pm-3am, Long-running, famed lesbian bar. screens, camp pop fun and cheap and 10.30pm Sundays. www. Sun 1pm-10.30pm. Cover charge drinks. gaydarprofile.com SOHO REVUE BAR, 11 Walkers after 11pm. Large, cruisy, late-night COMPTONS, 52 Old Compton Court (off Brewer Street), W1. bar - always busy after 10.30pm. Street, W1. 020 7479 7961. GEISHA, 75 Charing Cross Road, LONG YANG CLUB, long-running 020-7734 0377. Legendary Soho Leicester Square tube. Noon-11pm. WC2. 020-7734 6887. Recently- social group for East Asian gay cabaret club, attracting very gay ADMIRAL DUNCAN, 54 Old A Soho institution. Large, traditional launched, designer gay bar – a guys and friends. Regular parties crowd with nightly cabaret, gigs Compton Street, W1. 020 7437 gay boozer on two floors. riot of pink and oriental chic! Open and social events. Check website at and burlesque. 5300. Leicester Square tube. noon-midnight seven days a week, www.lyclondon.com Friendly, traditional gay pub. THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON, with DJs nightly. www.geisha-bar. TRASH PALACE, 11 Wardour 77 Wardour Street, W1. 020 7439 co.uk PROFILE, 56 Frith Street, Soho, Street, W1. 020 7734 0522. ASTORIA, 157 Charing Cross 1274. Piccadilly Circus tube. W1. Tottenham Court Road tube. Piccadilly Circus tube. Sun-Thu Road, WC2. 020-7734 6963. Mon-Thu noon-11pm, Fri & Sat GHETTO, 5-6 Falconberg Stylish, big gay bar, owned by the 5pm-midnight. Fri & Sat 5pm-3am. Tottenham Courtg Road tube. noon-midnight, ‘til 10.30pm on Mews, W1. 020-7287 3726. team at Gaydar.co.uk – spread Indie, rock and trash fun on two Huge, former theatre, with 2,000 Sun. Traditional and fun gay pub Subterranean, trend-setting gay capacity. Now home to OMO club over two floors. club venue, with nightly alternative nights. www.omoevents.co.uk promotions, such as The Cock (Fri) THE EDGE, 11 Soho Square, W1. and Wig Out (Sat). www.ghetto- BARCODE, 3-4 Archer Street, 020 7439 1313. Tottenham Court london.co.uk W1. 020 7734 3342. www. Road tube. Noon-1am, Sun 2pm- bar-code.co.uk. Piccadilly Circus 11.30pm. Stylish, hip gay bar THE GREEN CARNATION, tube. Mon-Sat 4pm-1.30am. Sun spread over four intimate floors, 4-5 Greek Street, Soho, until 10.30pm. Dance bar on two with regular nights from top DJs. W1. 020-7434 3323. New, floors, with club-style basement. three-floored late night gay Comedy Camp stand-up night THE ENCLAVE, 25-27 Brewer venue, with bar, dancefloor each Tuesday. Street, W1. Intimate, lounge bar and nightly promotions. www. GAY FRESHERS and basement club, offering greencarnationsoho.co.uk TheTrash Palace crew will be throwing their annual gay THE BOX, 32-34 Monmouth members-bar atmosphere but Freshers Fair on Monday 29 September. A great chance Street, Seven Dials, WC2. 020 open to all. www.enclavesoho.com HALFWAY TO HEAVEN, to network with other gay students, you can also expect 7240 5828. Leicester Square tube. 7 Duncannon Street, WC2. 020 plenty of cheap drinks, free nibbles, live DJs and some 11am-11pm. Stylish and ESCAPE, 10a Brewer Street, W1. 7321 2791. Charing Cross tube. exclusive goodie bags for the first 200 through the doors. award-winning gay 020 7734 2626. Piccadilly Circus Mon-Thu noon-11pm, Fri & Sat The event will run from 7 till 11pm, and will be followed café bar popular tube. 5pm-3am. Cover charge after 12pm-12am. Old-style gay pub by a special ‘Fresh Meet Ball’ at Ghetto’s Frat Party. with scene 11pm. Every night’s a party at this spread over two floors. Trash Palace can be found at 11 Wardour Street, W1, while and late-night video dance bar. Ghetto is next to the Astoria at 5-6 Falconberg Mews, HEAVEN, The Arches, Villiers W1. www.trashpalace.co.uk EXILIO, LSE Underground, Street, WC2. Charing Cross Road www.ghetto-london.co.uk Houghton Street (off Kingsway), $& =CbbVS`S $' =C A13<3 bbVS`S fl oors – very popular with students THE BLACK CAP, 171 Camden MANIC MONDAYS and alternative club freaks. High Street, NW1. 020 7428 2721. Major Mondays is a… well, major new promotion Camden Town tube. Shuffl ewick that has just launched at the Ku Bar. The promotion VAULT 139, 139 Whitfi eld Street, Bar: Mon-Thu Noon-1am, Fri-Sat is aimed very much at London’s student community, W1. Newly-opened, central, 12noon-2am, Sun Noon-10.30pm. and will be hosted by DJ P (WigOut). Expect cheap daytime intimate cruise club, for a Club: Mon-Thu 10pm-2am, Fri-Sat drinks and the best in commercial pop, r’n’b, indie men-only crowd. Open 1pm-1am 10pm-3am, Sun 10pm-1am. and old-skool tracks. Request a tune on Facebook seven days a week. www.vault139. Long-running, famed gay pub (Facebook: Major Mondays), and pick up a free shot com – probably the most famous when it’s played on the night! You can also sign up cabaret pub in London, with nightly for the Ku/OMO Student Super Card, allowing you VILLAGE, 81 Wardour Street, W1. DJs and entertainment. www. discounts on drinks and discounted club entry. Major 020 7434 2124. Piccadilly Circus theblackcap.com Mondays will run each week from 10pm till 3am. tube. 12-1am, Sun 11.30pm. Late Other weekly attractions at the Ku include Ku night door charge. Soho’s original CENTRAL STATION, Karaoke each Monday in the upstairs bar, Ruby gay café bar, spread over four fl oors, 37 Wharfdale Road, N1. Tel: 020 Tuesdays women’s session on Tuesdays, and Boogaloo Stu’s fabulous Shinky Shonky and now with basement dancefl oor 7278 3294. Kings Cross tube. Mon- club night each Wednesday. Guests during the month of October include Dusty Limits (1 and discos. Wed 5pm-2am, Thur 5pm-3am, Oct), Le Gateau Chocolat (8 Oct), Miss Dolly Rocket (15 Oct) and Cherri Shakewell (22 Oct). Fri 5pm-4am, Sat 1pm-4am, Sun There’s more pop at The ‘O’ Zone each Friday, with the glamorous Miss Dusty O, while THE YARD, 57 Rupert Street, W1. 1pm-12am. Big gay bar on three on Saturdays you’ll fi nd new club sessionSurge , off ering ‘non-stop rocket-fuelled disco 020 7437 2652. Piccadilly Circus fl oors, with ground fl oor cabaret funk!’. Finally, the upstairs bar is now also off ering the opportunity to watch ITV-screened tube. Mon-Thur 4pm-11pm, Fri and infamously cruisy cruise nights UEFA Champions League Football matches. GSW (Gay Sportswatch) which aims, in & Sat 1pm-11pm, Sun 1pm- in basement. www.centralstation. conjunction with Stonewall, to provide safe and social venues in city centres for gay people 1.10.30pm. Busy gay bar with co.uk to watch their favourite sports. hugely popular courtyard area, The Ku Bar, 30 Lisle Street, Leicester Square, WC2. www.ku-bar.co.uk outdoor balcony and loft bar. CLUB KALI, The Dome, 1 Dartmouth Park Hill, Tufnell Park, NORTH LONDON N19. World’s biggest lesbian and NW3. 020-7435 5747. Large, cost, days a week. Mon-Thu 4pm-1am, 7pm-4am. Door charge on gay Asian music night, running traditional old gay pub, with regular Fri-Sun 4pm-4am. Recently opened weekend. Large, popular bar every third Friday of the month. entertainment, beer garden and and very popular club bar, with and club, attracting big crowds www.clubkali.com food. www.kw4.co.uk dancefl oor and mezzanine chill-out at weekends. www.ego- space. southernpride.co.uk COSMO LOUNGE, 43 Essex Road, THE LOAD OF HAY, 207 Pinner N1. Tel: 020 7688 0051. Angel tube. Road, Watford, 01923-441113. CLUB COLOSSEUM, 1 Nine FACTORY, 65 Goding Street, SE11. Sun-Wed 2pm-Midnight, Thu-Sat Watford’s only gay pub, with Elms Lane, Vauxhall, SW8. Huge, Stylish, railway arch Vauxhall venue, 2pm-1am. Long, narrow, intimate big beer garden and regular late-night venue for after-hours hosting occasional dance and gay bar popular with locals girls entertainment! www.loadofhay. crowd – hosting various monthly cruise nights. and boys. co.uk promotions such as Bootylicious and Megawoof. THE FORT, 131 Grange Road, EGG, 200 York Way, Kings Cross, THE OAK BAR, 79 Green Lanes, SE1. 020-7237 7742. Small cruise N7. Tel: 020 7609 8364. Kings Cross N16. 020-7354 2791. Manor THE EAGLE, 349 Kennington club, open till 11pm throughout tube. Bespoke club space on three House tube. Friendly, divere gay bar Lane, SE11. 020 7793 0903. Mon, week, with regular boots-only and fl oors, hosting occasional gay club with late-night club promotions, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat 9pm-late, Tue underwear parties. nights and after-hours sessions open ‘til 3am at weekends. www. 7.30-10.30pm, Sun 4pm-2am. www.thefortlondon.com (mixed afterhours every Saturday oakbar.com Vauxhall tube. Large, club-bar night). with nightly promotions. Tonker FIRE, South Lambeth Road, ON THE ROCKS, 25 Kingsland (Fridays) and Horse Meat Disco Vauxhall, SW8. Vauxhall tube. THE GOLDEN LION, 2 Britannia Road, E2. Underground Shoreditch (Sundays) are particularly popular. Infamous, late-night gay venue Street, WC1. 020 78374734. venue that hosts the weekly Trailer www.eaglelondon.com beneath the Vauxhall railway Friendly, local gay pub with Trash club night each Friday – the arches, host to the likes of Orange, regular cabaret and late opening at ‘Dirty Eastend Gay Ravebox!’ www. EGO, 82 Norwood High Street, A:M, Horizon and Gravity. Open LEATHERWOOF weekends. clubtrailertrash.com SE27. 020 8761 5200. West around the clock at weekends. Those big and burly boys at Megawoof will be breaking Norwood BR. Sun-Thu 8pm-late, www.allthingsorange.com or out a sweat on the dancefl oor again on Saturday 4 October. THE GREEN, 74 Upper Street, PLAYPIT, 76 Caledonian Road, This monthly dance session for all lovers of hot house and N1. 020-7226 8895. Angel tube. N1. Intimate, King’s Cross sleaze IN THE SOUP underground fl oor fi llers will be returning toSuper Club London’s fi rst ‘gay gay-stropub!’ club. Open Thur-Sat 9pm-3am, Following successful monthly Colosseum in Vauxhall between the hours of 10.30pm Stylish, Islington bar, serving full Sun 3pm-7pm and 8pm-1am. parties over the summer, new and 6am. Expect a state-of-the art sound system, and two food menu and wide range of www.londonplaypit.co.uk night Soup is due to take up a jumping dancefl oors, with DJsDiddy, Daz Saund, Pagano, cocktails. Mixed, chilled crowd weekly residency at the Star Deep Wolf and David Eph on the main fl oor andOzzieRob, - now run by the same team as The SOUTH LONDON Of Bethnal Green from 17 Sugabear, JoPublic, Dave Jr in the Woof Lounge. With Edge in Soho. October onwards. This East End amazing lasers, an outside terrace for a breath of fresh air, AREA, 67-68 Albert Embankment, rave-pub session features Jim a selection of hot and horny hunks from across the scene KING EDWARD VI, 25 Bromfi eld SE1. Gorgeously-designed, hard Stanton (Horse Meat Disco) and some special drinks off ers, Megawoof continues to pull Street, N1. Tel: 020 7704 0745. dance club and cabaret rooms, DJ Jim Stanton and Dan Beaumont (Disco in the crowds. This will be another Leather Megawoof Angel tube. Sun-Thu 12noon- with eclectic roster of diff erent gay Bloodbath) spinning the ‘sleazy NYC house, bonkers Italo party, with a suggested leather dress code, so expect plenty 12midnight, Thu 12noon-1am, nights (Juicy on Saturdays), one-off noise and amazing disco’. For the launch party on the 17th of leather-clad lovelies at this special party. Fri-Sat 12noon-2am. Very promotions, plus cruise nights like they’ll be joined by very special guest Terry Farley (Junior Doors are open from 10.30pm till 6am, and admission long-running gay pub, with ‘local’ Rude Boyz (every Friday). www. Boys Own), and Severino. is £10 for members, or £13 for guests with a fl yer before atmosphere and character, plus areaclub.info Catch the action at The Star Of Bethnal Green, 359 Bethnal midnight (£14 after). Advance tickets are available from popular beer garden. Green Road, E2, between 9pm and 2am. Admission is free Prowler, RoB, ParisGym, the Kings Arms and South BARCODE VAUXHALL, Arch 69, before 10pm (very welcome in these credit-crunch times!), Central. www.megawoof.com KW4, 77 Hampstead High Street, Albert Embankment, SE11. 0207 then £5 after. 734 3342. Vauxhall tube. Open 7 % =CbbVS`S % =C :7AB7<5A bbVS`S TALLULAH TRIBUTE Wednesdays. THE OLD SHIP, 17 Barnes Thu noon-2am, Fri & Sat noon-3am, Pictured left is Kelly Rowland at the Green Street, E14. Tel: 020 7790 4082. Sun 3pm-1am. Regular discos, cabaret, Carnation , flanked by bar manager Richard THE TWO BREWERS, Limehouse DLR. Open from 7pm karaoke and one-off events. and promoter Aubrey Dobson. Kelly called into 114 Clapham High Street, SW4. Mon & Tue, from 6pm Wed-Sat, www.theculvert.com the swanky Soho bar the day a couple of days 020 7498 4971. Clapham Common from 4pm on Sun. Small, local, after her OMO appearance to be interviewed tube. Mon-Thu 5pm-2am, Fri & Sat traditional pub, with regular THE HOPE & ANCHOR, 20 by Miss Kimberley for her internet TV show 5pm-4am. South London’s most cabaret. Macbeth Street, Hammersmith, - Gimmi the Goss on MOC TV (www.ukmoc. L-R: Green Carnation manager Richard, famed gay cabaret venue. Large W6. (contact mobile com). Kelly Rowland and Aubrey Dobson bar and separate dancefloor room. BJ’s WHITE SWAN, - 07858281995). New gay pub Aubrey Dobson has arranged a big event at the www.the2brewers.com 556 Commercial Road, E1. Tel: 020 for Hammersmith and Chiswick. Green Carnation on Thursday 2 October to Tallulah 7780 9870. Limehouse DLR. Mon Traditional boozer with nightly commemorate what would have been the 60th UNION, 66 Albert Embankment, 9pm-1am Tue-Thu 9pm-2am, entertainment – open noon- birthday of his late, great friend and legendary SE1. 020-7793 9262. Cruisy dance Fri-Sat 9pm-3am, Sun 5.30pm- 11pm throughout week. scene DJ Tallulah, who sadly died earlier this club which hosts monthly parties midnight. A large, long-running year. such as Union Jack and afterhours gay pub and club, open throughout THE RICHMOND ARMS, 20 “We are aware of the fact that this date is still party Love-Union. Plays areas and the week and legendary across The Square, off Princes Street, quite close to his funeral but he had been hot go-go’s. Check www.clubunion. London! Wednesday’s Amateur Richmond. 020-8940 2118. Long- planning a big bash and this date will only co.uk for latest listings. Strip is an institution. www. running local gay pub, regular come around once so come and help blow bjswhiteswan.com cabaret and entertainment. those candles out – one last time!” says Aubrey. XXL, The Arches, 51-53 Southwark “Anyone is welcome and please feel free to Street, SE1. www.xxl-london.com. WEST LONDON TED’S PLACE, 305a North End bring a long a vanilla scented candle to light London Bridge tube. Huge club for Road, West Brompton, W14. 0207 (his favourite) and if you would like to hear bears, big men and admirers, every BROMPTONS, 294 Old Brompton 385 9359. Earls Court or West your favourite track from his repertoire you may offer of DJ’ing and this very special night.” Saturday and Wednesday. Road, Earls Court, SW5. 020 7370 Brompton tube. Mon-Fri from be able to get a nifty request in with Kris Di The Green Carnation is at 4-5 Greek Street, 1344. Earls Court tube. Big, long- 7pm-late, closed Sat & Sun. West Angelis, DJ Soph (who both joined him on the W1, and the Tallulah tribute will run from EAST LONDON running gay pub and club, open London cruise club. Sleazy… but decks at Salon) and finally Bill Brewster, who 6pm. For more details mail Aubrey at late throughout week. Regular that’s why the regulars love it! we are extremely excited about accepting the [email protected] THE ANGEL, 21 Church Street, cabaret and club nights. E15. Tel: 020 8555 1148. Stratford WEST 5, Popes Lane, South BR and tube. Big gay pub, always COLEHERNE, 261 Old Brompton Ealing, W5. 020-8579 3266. Large, www.fireclub.co.uk 1am, Sun noon-midnight. Clapham popular at weekends, with regular Road, Earls Court, SW5. 020 7244 popular gay pub with Piano Room video bar, popular throughout the cabaret, DJs and disco nights. 5951. Earls Court tube. Noon- and cabaret bar, open till late at THE GEORGE & DRAGON, 2 week, with DJs at weekends. midnight. Large and legendary weekends with entertainment and BlackheathHill, Greenwich, SE10. THE BACKSTREET, Wentworth pub. The spit’n’sawdust feel has DJs. www.west5bar.co.uk 020 8691 3764. Deptford Bridge LITTLE APPLE, 98 Kennington Mews, off Burdett Road, E3. gone, but still popular with mixed DLR. Mon-Thu 4pm-1am, Fri & Lane, SE11. 020 7735 2039. 020-8980 8557. Over 20 years old crowd of male drinkers. WINDSOR CASTLE, 152 Bath Sat 4pm-4am, Sun 4pm-2am. Kennnigton tube. Open 7 days a – small but legendary dress code Road, Hounslow, TW3. 0208577 Late-night pub with nightly week. Small, traditional gay boozer leather club, open Thur-Sun. THE CULVERT, 54 Cowley Mill 6590. Large, local gay pub with entertainment and cabaret. www. for local gay boys and girls - open Road, Uxbridge. 01895 256 690. regular cabaret and entertainment. gandd.org.uk till 1.30am Fri-Sat. THE BLACK HORSE, 168 Mile Uxbridge tube. Mon-Wed 4pm-1am, www.windsorcastlehounslow.co.uk End Road, E1. Tel: 020 7790 HIDDEN, 100 Timworth Street, ROYAL VAUXHALL TAVERN, 1684. Mile End tube. Mon-Thurs SE11. Railway arch venue, home 372 Kennington Lane, SE11. 8pm-1am, Fri-Sat 8pm-3am, Sun to infamous Hard On night once a 020 7840 0596. Opening times 8pm-1am. Late-opening,East End month (www.hardonclub.co.uk). vary. Vauxhall tube. Door Charge. cabaret bar and disco. Huge, traditional and historic gay THE HOIST, Arch 47c, South pub, with long history of hosting BISTROTHEQUE, 23-27 Wadeson Lambeth Road, SW8. 020 7735 cabaret. Packed to rafters on St, E2. Tel: 020 8983 7900. 9972. 10pm-late. Door charge and Saturday (Duckie) and Sunday Bethnal Green tube. Very mixed, PHOTOGRAPHY © RALF OBERGFELL strict dress code. One of London’s (Chill-Out). www.rvt.org.uk gay/straight crowd of trendy most famous dress-code and cruise metrosexuals. Great bar, restaurant, clubs - busy with a men-only THE STAG, 15 Bressenden Place, plus separate cabaret room. crowd. Open Friday-Sunday and SW1. 020 7828 7287. Victoria occasional Thursdays (SM Gays). tube. Mon & Tue midday-midnight, CHARLIE’S BAR, 124 Globe www.thehoist.co.uk Wed-Fri midday-2am, Sat 5pm- Road, E1. Tel: 020 7790 1007. 2am, Sun 4pm-midnight. Dark and Whitechapel tube. Recently JACKIE’S JUKEBOX, Rivoli atmospheric gay bar in Victoria. refurbished, Moroccan style Ballroom, 350 Brockley Road, – friendly, local gay bar. SE4. First Saturday of the 286, 286 Lewisham High Street, month, 7pm-midnight (£7). SE14. 020-8690 7648. Large, late- THE JOINERS ARMS, 116 GUTTER GIGS Gay ballroom and Latin dancing opening gay pub and club, with Hackney Road, E2. Tel: 020 7739 Gutterslut – one of the East End’s most colourful and night, attracting up to 300 regular entertainment and cabaret. 9854. Debauched decadence trend-setting nights – returns to Images in Hackney on dancers a month to the glam Open till 2am Sun-Thur and till 4am – old-skool boozer popular with the first and third Saturday of the month. Catch it next 1950s-style Rivoli Ballroom. Fri-Sat. www.two8six.co.uk post-club crowd at weekends. on Saturday 4 October for another blast of ‘ghetto elektro, Crofton Park BR. www.therivoli. facelifting rave and diet techno’ courtesy of resident Per QX, co.uk THE TRAFALGAR ARMS, KINGS HEAD, 11 Church Elliot J Brown and Nic Fisher, with special guest Jon Sizzle 148 Tooting High Street, SW17. Street, E15. Tel: 020 8534 0197 in the DiscoSlut Room. Miss Crystal MC and Jonny Woo KAZBAR, 50 Clapham High Street, 020-8767 6059. A spacious, lively, Stratford BR and tube. Intimate will be your pole dancing MCs. Doors are open from 11pm SW4. 020 7622 0070. Clapham attitude-free pub. Excellent food and welcoming East End gay pub till 5.30am, and admission is £5 before midnight and £8 North tube. Mon-Thu 4pm- served all day. Weekly DJs on Friday – regular cabaret. after. You’ll find Images at 483 Hackney Road, E2. midnight, Fri 4pm-1am, Sat noon- and Saturday nights. 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Movement: 020 7739 1249, QUEER CROYDON [email protected]/www.lgcm. Croydon Area Gay Society HATECRIME (CAGS) is starting a series of org.uk. open meetings for the local Gay Police Association: LGBT community, featuring Lesbian and Gay Action Line 07092 700 000 prominent speakers such as Immigration Group: 020 (24hrs), [email protected]. Brian Paddick (7 Oct). The 7922 7811, www.uklgig.org.uk. meetings will be free and open to all. They are being meetings once a month. Galop: 020 7704 2040. www. held at 8pm on the first galop.org.uk. For victims of hate Tuesday of alternate months, LGBT Choir: 07980 023578. Call crime. at The Brief pub, 48 George Michael for more information. Street, Croydon. Fuller details HIV//AIDS at: www.lgbtcroydon.ning. London Friend: 020 7837 com. For more about CAGS in general: www.cags.org.uk. 3337. Groups in Islington. Crusaid: 020 7539 3880, www.crusaid.org.uk. GAY SAILING CLUB Quaker London Lesbian & Buoyed up by all those talented British sailors in Beijing? The Gay Sailing & Cruising GROUPS//ORGS Gay Fellowship: 020 8675 GMFA: 020 7738 6872. The gay Association is a sailing club for LGBT people, their families, friends and others. Founded in 6740. men’s health charity. 1980, it is affiliated to boating’s governingbody, the Royal Yachting Association, and now Albert Kennedy Trust: 020 boasts over 300 members from throughout the UK. You do not need to know how to sail to 7831 6562 (London). Housing Metro Centre: 020 8265 3311, National AIDS Trust: 020 7814 join the club: everyone is welcome. Some 100 members are boat owners, mostly of sail or advice for under 21s. www.metrocentreonline.org. 6767, www.nat.org.uk. power cruisers, drawing on other members to help crew their boats, many of whom thereby Regular groups in Greenwich. learn to sail informally. Members who want to take things further often band together to Antidote: 020 7437 3523. Terence Higgins Trust: 020- take approved courses. The club also organises a variety of shore-based training, particularly Counselling, support groups, Mosaic: 07931 336668. www. 78121777. Counselling Services. in the winter months, and is a stickler for safety. It publishes a regular newsletter. Every Thurs drop-in, complementary mosaicyouth.org.uk. Youth month members meet socially, on land, to catch up and to give boat owners and potential therapies around alcohol & drug group, every Wednesday. SPORTS crew the chance to hook up. Such London socials occur on the second Tuesday of every issues. month, at the downstairs bar of Kudos, near Charing Cross, from 8 pm onwards. Prospective One-Up: LGBT under-18 youth Cruisers basketball: 020 8960 members are warmly invited to pop along to chat with existing members so they can gauge BKY - Alternative Jewish group, meets every Monday 0750 (Debbie)/ 020 7582 7009, the swell! Community: www.bkylondon. 4-7pm (based in Hendon - North www.cruisers.org.uk (Jordi). www.gaysailing.org.uk org.uk Regular services and West London) - contact Theresa Mixed basketball. events. (PACE) 07504226793 (mobile). Frontrunners: 07092 346340, London Guns ‘N’ Roses HELPLINES PACE: 020 7700 1323. Health ELOP: 020 8509 3898. Support PACE: 020 7700 1323. Groups www.londonfrontrunners.org. Hockey Team: Mixed hockey and well-being. Tel info/support and community events in promoting lesbian and gay Running group. for all levels. www.pinkhockey. Broken Rainbow: LGBT on Saturdays, 1-3pm. Walthamstow. Youth, advice, health and well-being. com or email: iainkimmins115@ National Domestic Violence counselling and groups. Goslings Swimming: 07814 hotmail.com Helpline. 08452 60 44 60 (Mon POSITIVELINE: 0800-1696806. Quest LGB Catholics: 0808 258 055. Gay social (non and Thurs, 2-8pm/Weds, 10am- HIV info and counselling Gay and Lesbian Humanist 808 0234. competitive) swimming group, Out to Swim: 07090 422 1pm). www.broken-rainbow. (weekdays: 11am-10pm and Association, (GALHA): 01926 Thur 8.30pm-9.30pm. www. 526, www.outtoswim.org. Gay org.uk. weekends: 4pm -10pm). www. 858450, www.galha.org. Regard: Regard, BM REGARD, goslingssportsclub.com swimming group. eddiesurmantrust.org.uk Regular London events. London WC1N 3XX, secretary@ Dazz-elle: 020 8257 3068. regard.org.uk/www.regard.org. Irons: www.ironsgolf.org.uk . Raiders Softball Club: 07931 London drug/alcohol support. Stonewall Housing Advice: Outrage!: 020 8240 0222. uk. Disabled LGBT. Gay golfing, events for all levels. 721 377, www.rainbowraiders. 020 7359 5767. Politics group. Regular meetings. com. Mixed baseball in Regents Lesbian & Gay Immigration Step Out Tower Hamlets: King’s Cross Steelers Rugby Park / Primrose Hill area. Group: 020 7922 7811. Every Unison: 0845 355 0845/0800 Islington LGB Forum: Social & support group for Football Club: 07090 421 367, Mon 12-5pm and Wed 6-8pm. 0967 968 (minicom). Works with Rachael: 07989 747824. An gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans www.kxsrfc.com. Gay men’s Stonewall Football Club: LGBT community about work initiative between local police, & questioning young people. rugby. 07090 422 390. Sunday soccer. London Lesbian & Gay and employment problems. the council & victim support. 5-8pm Tues 079 4633 7160 Switchboard: 020 7837 7324 London Amateur Wrestling: WANTTO GET LISTED? Jewish Gay and Lesbian South London Gays: 020 8672 www.law-wrestling.org London Friend: 020 7837 Please send listings to Group: 020 8952 0137. 5268/020 8674 5191. www. 3337. Counselling service. [email protected] GAY HOCKEY TEAM Looking to get fit and/or make some Centre (on Tench Street, Wapping, E1) new friends? The London Guns ‘n’ Roses on alternative Sundays. There are no Hockey Team (pictured right) is currently membership fees but the organisers ask actively trying to recruit new members. The for £5 for each session from everyone, to gay and lesbian team are looking for new cover hire of the hockey pitch and other members of all skill levels, whether you are costs. For further information please an experienced player or a beginner – “fun contact: [email protected] or is the most important requirement to join [email protected] or take this club,” says organiser Iain Kimmins. a look at Facebook under ‘The London Guns The team trains at the John Orwell Sports ‘N’ Roses Hockey Team’. %$ =Cb`SOQV %% =C <3EA b\Sea PATRICK MEMORIAL The Schools Out and LGBT History Month team have organised a memorial to celebrate the life and achievements of Paul Patrick HUDSON DAVID © PHOTO (pictured). Patrick was instrumental in the birth of both organisations, and continued to be heavily involved until his untimely death in May at the age of 58. The celebration will take place on Saturday 4 October from 3-6pm at the Drill Hall theatre and will include excerpts from his TV and radio appearances. Free admission. Contact chairs@ schools-out.org.uk to reserve a place. http://paul.patrick. muchloved.com TWO CHARGED WITH QUEER SCOUSE TEEN MURDER Gavin Alker and James O’Connor, both 19, have been charged with murder, following what is believed to have been the homophobic beating of 18-year old gay Liverpool hairdresser, Michael Causer, on 25 July. Causer died just over a week later, as a result of serious head injuries. Both accused have been bailed; BRUTAL ASSAULT IN SHOREDITCH a provisional trial date has been set for January 2009. HARMAN REVEALS EAGLE’S PARTNERSHIP In response to a horrifi c assault on a 20-year-old trying to organise a community response. “There’s been a Deputy Labour Leader, Harriet Harman, inadvertently let slip man, East London’s gay community is standing united in its strong fl urry of discussion on this attack. It’s a very diffi cult that the UK’s only out female Labour MP - junior Treasury fi ght against homophobic attacks. thing to hear as a gay person who lives locally and we need minister, 46-year old Angela Eagle - is to register a civil Police believe the victim, simply named as ‘Olly’, was to do something remarkable.” partnership with her partner, engineer Maria Exall. Eagle walking to the George and Dragon pub on Boundary Street Anyone with event ideas should contact Niall Cowley at said she was “taken by surprise” by Harman’s revelation of her on the evening of 28 August with a female companion [email protected] private life at the recent TUC conference, but confi rmed that the when a group of boys approached and smashed a bottle As Cowley galvanises the East End community, police couple were indeed due to register their relationship. over his head. The teenagers then stabbed him seven times continue to investigate the attack. Local MP George in the back and chest. Olly was rushed to Whitechapel’s Galloway said: “This is a sickening and vile assault. There is a DOUBLE GAY SUICIDE ROCKS CORNWALL Royal London Hospital for life-saving surgery, but has yet to rich and tolerant mix in Tower Hamlets and I am determined Two young gay men – 23-year old Daniel Cudd and 21-year regain movement or feeling below the waist. to keep it that way. Everyone needs to accept that people old Roger Irons – were found hanged in Falmouth, Cornwall, While seven youths have been arrested and bailed for the are diff erent.” in what at least appear to be separate incidents, less than attempted murder, Niall Cowley of charity Beatbullying is 48 hours apart. The police are not treating the deaths as suspicious. STONEWALL AWARDS 2008 - OUT NOMINATED HOMOPHOBIC VICTIMS SOUGHT FOR STUDY Gay men who have experienced homophobic incidents, and BVSbVW`RO\\cOZAb]\SeOZZ/eO`RaQS`S[]\geWZZbOYS^ZOQS]\BVc`aROg are either prepared to talk about them or answer an online $<]dS[PS`ObbVSD/W\:]\R]\QSZSP`ObW\UbV]aSeV]VOdSVOR questionnaire, are invited to visit www.homophobiaresearch. O^]aWbWdSW[^OQb]\bVSZWdSa]TZSaPWO\O\RUOg^S]^ZSW\0`WbOW\ BVWa org.uk to aid research conducted by LSE PhD student, Peter gSO`¸a\][W\SSaT]`6S`]]TbVSGSO`W\QZcRSUOgPWaV]^5S\S@]PW\a]\ Dunn. 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Following the huge success of Axel Hotel Barcelona and Axel Hotel Buenos Aires, the latest addition comes with the 2009 launch of Axel Hotel Berlin. This new hotel will be located in the historic district of Schöneberg – the area previously dominated by decadent cabaret bars back BVSEVWabZS`;]c\bOW\SS` in the 1920s and 1930s but which is now home to the city’s gay scene. The owner and Managing Director of Axel WHISTLER MOUNTAINEER Hotels, Juan P. Juliá Blanch, said: “The fi rst time that I came Launched in 2006, the Whistler Mountaineer is part of the Rocky Mountaineer train service. Acknowledged as one to Berlin, looking for the location for our third hotel project, of the world’s most beautiful train journeys, the Whistler Mountaineer follows the Pacifi c Great Eastern rail line, which I realised that this city and the concept Axel had several was built at the beginning of the 20th century to connect Vancouver with the timber and mining region of Prince George. things in common. Berlin is a cosmopolitan city open for The train boasts an open air, old-fashioned ‘Heritage Observation Car’, plus a fi rst-class ‘Glacier Dome’ carriage that’s the new trends with a spectacular gay feel. After travelling dominated by huge windows, allowing you the best views of the stunning scenery. www.whistlermountaineer.com through the city’s streets together with Javier Val, one of the protagonists who made this project a reality, we realised that Schöneberg was the ideal district for Axel Hotel Berlin”. 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Should person that gets you into trouble lovely of theirs? Think of the selfl ess not. Summer may be over but you go for the one that you’ve so much. Fair enough, it’s part of Libran Hugh help that you have sometimes autumn and winter are looking known for years and are your personality and you have Jackman received from others over the good. Some luck is coming your comfortable with? Or do you go to accept that, but work hard to boasts good looks years – is there anyone you way, and a positive approach with the new guy who seems to allow the other, more likeable and an abundance of know who could benefi t from to challenges will pay big fi t you like a glove? And no, you parts shine. Stop obsessing over devilish charm. Born in some of your own time and dividends. Throw yourself in to can’t have both! how others see you. Sydney to parents of English energy just now? new experiences. heritage, he turns 40 this 22 DEC-19 JAN Is it time for a fresh and year. He’s soon to be 20 JAN-18 FEB Being the supremely CAPRICORN realistic assessment of a seen on the big handsome and generally relationship close to you? screen again in AQUARIUS fabulous person that you are Before you start running through some limp list of nice things that Baz Lurhmann’s Aquarius, I’m seeing an excellent autumn ahead… but don’t let this person did about three years ago, can you also look at the list epic Australia, while some well-deserved compliments go to your head or allow you of crappy things that they’d done more recently? Perhaps this self- returns as Wolverine to believe that there’s no longer any need to put in due eff ort. Stay centred loved one needs a bit of a wake-up call? next year. focused and keep your eye on the ball. 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 Watch out for danger that Some recent hard work is going Take some time off from being If you sometimes fi nd that life Just because you bought If you have a suspicion that arrives in beautiful packages. to come to fruition this month so uptight and serious Taurus can be a little suff ocating then yourself new gym gear doesn’t people are talking about you There’s someone who’s very Aries. Yes, at last, all that time – now is the time to truly kick why don’t you reach out for a mean that you’re now instantly behind your back then try to be interested in you, but despite spent not going to clubs, buying back and chill out. Don’t try to little help? Life’s problems can fi t, Cancer sweetie. 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