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Club culture UK nightclubs need financial help – and respect for their cultural importance

Finn McCorry

Club culture has suffered during the pandemic and lost out on government support, but it is also eroded by a lack of acknowledgment of its unique position in the arts

Published: 23 Mar 2021

Published: 23 Mar 2021

London night tsar faces down calls to quit: ‘I will be judged for what I do’

Amy Lamé rejects criticism that she hasn’t done enough to save the capital’s night-time culture hit hard by the lockdown

Published: 2 Aug 2020

You must include gay venue on site of Joiners Arms, planners tell developers

Inclusion of gay pub a condition of planning permission for the first time as London fights loss of LGBT venues

Published: 4 Aug 2017

Club culture LGBT London: what venue closures mean for the capital's future

London has lost many LGBT venues in recent years as rents skyrocket and property development accelerates. But with the mayor’s ‘night tsar’ and new spaces emerging, there are signs of revival for the capital’s queer nightlife

Published: 21 Apr 2017