Nightlife

Klub Verboten is part of a new wave of events taking a younger, modern and more inclusive approach to kink and fetish – but dated regulations and social stigma is making it hard for them to survive.

I grew a moustache, threw on an old brown shirt and got ready to dance the night away.

From Tate Lates to SOPHIE at the Southbank Centre, more arts venues are putting on electronic music nights. But is this a product of London’s continuing refusal to invest in nightlife?

The dance moves you might break out at Notting Hill Carnival this weekend are at the centre of an increasingly urgent debate about cultural copyright.

Ball pits, Lego, galumphing through assault courses – why are so many adults still obsessed with infantile nights out?

We spoke to organisers and punters about the importance of proper security at unlicensed events.

I mixed 'n' blended down the River Thames at 11AM on a Saturday, surrounded by people shitfaced on prosecco.

I'm not proud, but it worked.

On a 20-minute journey between Sweden and Denmark, people from both sides come together to drink and dance (to ABBA, naturally).

"Local students here can really party. They're very resilient."

Sure, a committed bouncer can get you chucked out of a pub. But what does it take to get barred from, say, theatres or shops?

Bars and clubs in rural areas in the Netherlands were closing, until young Polish migrant workers arrived – ready to work and party.