In-Time Studios is a makeover and photographic studio located in Central London (I don't remember the address). I went there in July before heading out to the Way Out club for the night, and was suitable madeover for the evening ahead...

The site was offline for just under 10 minutes today while a major software upgrade took place... the most visible benefits of this to you will be that (1) you can put a little biography on your user info page, along with adding a .sig to your comments, and (2) the software now allows you to reply to other people's replies, allowing threaded conversations a bit like a newsgroup.

Okay, this is a subject touched on towards the bottom of the Torture Garden review posted below, but then I also got into a big discussion about it on #SubmissionUK as well, so I thought I'd give it some front page space all of its own... If you decide to play (BDSM or sexual scenes) in a public place such as a club, do you have the right to be annoyed when people crowd round to watch?

I went to the Torture Garden Rubber Ball Special this Saturday (23rd September), and I had an excellent time.

Transformations is a specialist shop for transvestites, located near Euston Station in London (turn left out of the top left exit of the station and head down the road about 200 yards). They also have a store in Birmingham and I think one in Manchester too. I have been to the Euston store several times and the one in Birmingham once, and everything below applies to both stores.

Altered Images are a mail order company for transvestite clothing and accessories. I would recommend that anyone thinking of dealing with them is extremely cautious, as my experience of dealing with them (detailed below) has been unsatisfactory in the extreme.

I went to Absolution's June event and had a good time, but problems getting on their mailing list meant that I missed their July / August efforts... my luck was better for September, and I managed to pick up a flyer with details of the uniform theme night on the 1st.

Next Generation is a tattoo and piercing studio in Stony Stratford, which is near Milton Keynes. The shop has been open for a few years now, and is always buzzing (no pun intended), with appointments being made through the week and a first-come, first-served system on Saturdays.

This month at the Bitter Rose in Bradford, there will be a special guest: SinPar from Rubicon Lousiana... so if you'd like to meet her, you'd better get yourself along there!

Absolution have been running fetish nights in the Milton Keynes area for about a year now - last Friday (the 8th of June) they held their first Masked Ball, at Zak's in Wolverton, and I went along...