History is made at night

So P rime Minister David Cameron sticks his nose into a current court case and proclaims his support for Nigella Lawson - well of course s...

It's the start of a new term in British student life, and yes no doubt at the end of Freshers Week some students are going out dancing, ...

If anyone got robbed, burgled or raped this weekend in London and wondered where the police were when they needed them - hey, they had other...

Thanks to Google news and other archive searches it is possible to date reasonably accurately when words came to be widely used, at least...

India 'The Delhi Police on Monday busted a gang of snake smugglers and recovered four cobras and about half-a-litre of venom after a ...

A campaign is growing against 'anti-rave' legislation being proposed in the California State Assembly by Assemblywoman Fiona Ma. AB ...

Hanif Kureishi's novel The Black Album (1995) is, among other things, a great snapshot of late 1980s London. Its main protagonist, Sha...

Worrying story from Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph (3 August 2010) about drugs and alcohol testing in pubs and clubs: 'Revellers in...

Following yesterday's story about the threat to the future of the Ministry of Sound, news that another London club is in more immediate ...

The Pleasure Principle by Kane Race (Sydney Alumni Magazine, Summer 2009) is an excellent article on the absurdities of drugs prohibition, ...

Following the cancellation of this year's Big Green Gathering thanks to official pressure, another festival is under attack. On Friday ...

From Bernama.com : 'KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 5 2009- Police who raided a karaoke cum mini discotheque in the city early Saturday morning, foun...

KUALA LUMPUR: Five policemen, including a chief inspector, were among 70 disco revellers arrested by police yesterday after they tested posi...

'HO CHI MINH CITY — It is early evening and another night of singing has begun in earnest at Style Karaoke, a plush club where high-fly...

'Deputy Chief of Pattaya Police Police Sub-Lieutenant Sutham Choasritong and about 30 police officers raided the Hollywood discotheque l...

Stewart Home continues his exploration of the undocumented corners of the 1960s London beatnik scene with a post on West London face, Phil G...

I've posted this before at my south east London blog, Transpontine , but am reposting here as a follow up to the earlier Club UK post o...

Heading out to Kew Gardens over Christmas, we drove through Wandsworth. As always on that journey through South West London, my partner and...

Australia: Riot Police called to Sydney Rave ( In the Mix, September 1 2008 ) 'A secret warehouse party in Sydney’s Inner West was shut...

Only last night I thought to myself, 'why's every one gone quiet about Grooverider? Shouldn't we be making more fuss about him b...