Halfway to Heaven Review: The Name Is Doing a Lot
Halfway to Heaven Review: The Name Is Doing a Lot | A Villiers Street gay bar with a cabaret basement, a devoted crowd, and the most emotionally mature branding in the West End
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Nelson’s Review: They Preserved Him in a Barrel of Brandy
Nelson’s Review: They Preserved Him in a Barrel of Brandy | Nelson’s body came home from Trafalgar in a cask, and the sailors are said to have drunk from it
Village Review: The Word Is Doing Something Specific
Village Review: The Word Is Doing Something Specific | Gay villages exist in almost every major city, and the word was chosen deliberately, and it means what it says
Friendly Society Review: They Were the Welfare State Before the Welfare State
Friendly Society Review: They Were the Welfare State Before the Welfare State | Millions of working men paid a few pence a week into a club that would bury them – and the NHS made them obsolete overnight
Freedom Review: A 3.7, and We Are Going to Defend It
Freedom Review: A 3.7, and We Are Going to Defend It | Twelve hundred people, a low number, and a venue that is being punished for exactly the thing that makes it useful
Yard Review: A Yard of Ale Is a Trap
Yard Review: A Yard of Ale Is a Trap | Two and a half pints in a trumpet-shaped glass, and the bulb at the end delivers the last of it all at once