Clubbing
‘Much better vibe’: Manchester’s phone-free nightclub reviving the rave spirit
Inspired by Berlin clubs, the phone ban at Amber’s has been embraced by clubbers seeking deeper connections
Hannah Al-Othman North of England correspondent
30, Mar, 2025 @1:00 PM
Stop using ‘macho and outdated’ term ‘bouncer’, says UK security boss
Head of Security Industry Authority calls for shift in perspective as number of women working in sector grows
Sammy Gecsoyler
10, Mar, 2025 @5:51 PM
‘Everyone knew who he was’: James Hamilton, the ‘eccentric aristo’ who catalysed British club culture
He outed Norman Cook as Fatboy Slim, imported turntablism and made BPM a staple of dance journalism. Pete Tong and Gilles Peterson remember a pivotal figure
Alexis Petridis
10, Mar, 2025 @1:00 PM
Bushwick, Brooklyn: Rising rents, all-nighters and ‘crazy-ass outfits’ in the US’s most exciting neighborhood
The largely Latino neighborhood has become known as the home of New York’s young and reckless creative class. Now it sits at a crossroads
Vanessa Mártir, Michelle Lhooq, Alaina Demopoulos and Rich Juzwiak
08, Mar, 2025 @1:00 PM
Rave, games and showers of Coco Pops: a night out at Liverpool’s Bongo’s Bingo
The city’s madcap mix of bingo, dressing up and dancing has become a cultural phenomenon, bucking the trend of a declining UK club scene and expanding nationwide
Miranda Sawyer
02, Mar, 2025 @11:00 AM
Leigh Bowery! review – a colossal display of shapeshifting outrageousness and originality
The late Australian performance artist’s huge retrospective is packed with outlandish costumes, stylish photographs, emotive writing and evocative video footage, but what is most striking is his singular artistic vision
Laura Cumming
02, Mar, 2025 @9:00 AM
‘It was wonderfully innocent’: Boy’s Own, the fanzine that defined the acid house generation
A new book collects every single issue of the mag that started as an in-joke among friends and became a subcultural behemoth. Its creators recall the parties, the music, the fashion, and being ‘right on one, matey’
Daniel Dylan Wray
14, Feb, 2025 @1:00 PM
Come early, leave early: a gen X dance party that ends at 10pm is taking off across the US
Founded in Chicago by two friends in their 40s, Earlybirds Club gives people an opportunity to let loose without interfering with responsibilities
Lois Beckett in Los Angeles
08, Feb, 2025 @3:00 PM
What if you never come down? The 90s clubbers who wouldn’t let the night end – a picture essay
In the late 1990s, Mischa Haller began taking pictures of British nightlife during the hours after the clubs had shut – from drunken revellers scoffing pizza to ravers blissed out on the beach
Tim Jonze
04, Feb, 2025 @7:00 AM
‘A living, breathing work of art’: Leigh Bowery by those who knew him best
The performance artist shocked 1980s London with his surreal outfits, outlandish lifestyle and collaborations with Lucian Freud, dancer Michael Clark and others. As a major exhibition opens at Tate Modern, family and friends talk about Bowery’s larger-than-life legacy
Sean O’Hagan
02, Feb, 2025 @6:00 AM
‘People are still doing it, but nobody talks about it’: queer collective Duckie break the chemsex taboo
The legendary nightlife group known for their groundbreaking nights at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern in London are back – and restarting the conversation about the controversial subject
Louis Staples
27, Jan, 2025 @9:58 AM
‘Professionals’ to some, ‘a shambles’ to others: can the UK’s biggest nightclub stay open?
Drumsheds can host as many as 15,000 people in a former Ikea and is lauded by many – but following a licensing review, there are concerns it’s too big to function
Ed Gillett
14, Jan, 2025 @11:50 AM
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