Erotica ran at Olympia, Kensington, this weekend. It was open Friday, Saturday and Sunday 1pm-10pm. Basically it was a load of stalls selling sex/fetish-related things. If you had some money to spend, or were a particularly avid window-shopper, I would say you could easily fill a day. There was certainly some brilliant stuff there. But personally, I don't think I could be bothered to go as a customer (I was working there) as I would not have been able to fill more than a few hours looking around, and I don't think a few hours was worth the money they were charging for entry (it was either £15 or £20 I think).

A group of crazy guys in London holding a fun run in their underpants - for charity (of course!). This may be the first of many. This one, on Sunday 8 Dec, is in support of the Terrence Higgins Trust and comes in the wake of World AIDS Day. Grab your undies and trainers and find a few sponsors! Details from underpantsrun@hotmail.com or web site: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/underpantsrun/

From the FIST mailing list - FIST will be shutting down, due to complaints from a member of the public regarding activities at the club. Get along to the last ever FIST event and help them finish in style...

I have always been on the watch for new and better fictional stories about the D/S lifestyle, and I've truely found a winner in 'The Transformation of Tammi'. It is a rare thing when an author can make the spanking lifestyle believeable in a real life scenario. Albert W. Robinson does it well and includes some very erotic scenes as well. The Transformation of Tammi is a must read for everyone.

I am about to produce some 'crushing' video clips for my members site, using fruit and other squishy items. During my research into this fetish I came across a site that offered videos of the 'domme' crushing, amongst other things, a live tarantula spider, goldfish and crickets. The unfortunate crickets were also being burnt by cigarettes, pulled apart by their legs and nailed to trees.

The venue-a disused 'ex-Masonic Temple' restored as a sizish East End Community Theatre a 10 minutes walk from the nearest tube station in the East End in a fairly quiet residential street was only a stones throw from the notorious Old Dark House where this event used to be held before that House Closed sadly in the wake of the demise of Ivor Gold.

I'm currently in the last year of my BSc (Hons) degree Television Technology & Production at the University of Central England. My final year project will research fetishism from several angles such as fashion, culture and sex & power. The research will be presented in a 15 min documentary and I am currently in the situation whereby I am trying to commission this to several terrestrial and cable channels as a series of documentaries involving each issue in more detail.

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Sex Maniacs Ball on Friday last, at Bagleys Warehouse, Kings Cross, London. Initial reactions to Bagleys were one of pleasure. Reception and Cloakroom Service was couteous - although Cloakroom was a little tart and curt initially. 3 jig saw pieces comprised the free side show 'tokens'.

Woo-hoo! We WON the Erotic Award!!!