Letters from London: Fetish Fun
It’s the great London clean up. One by one, fetish clubs for gay men are closing across London. Places where men who like leather and other fetish gear can meet and – play. In the 1980s there were more than a dozen fetish clubs in London. Now there are fewer than five. The latest to close was XXL Club on the south bank of the Thames. It had some of the best music. And on a Saturday night it would be packed with beefy bears in leather harnesses. No more. Before XXL closed, Bloc South in Vauxhall became victim to the relentless ‘progress’ of building development. And before that, a … Read more