We are delighted to announce that we have had some lovely articles donated to us to aid in raising money for The Outsiders Org.

Last night I went to Slimelight to check out the visiting LA fetish club Perversion. On the whole it was a fairly good night out, although more for the mix of music than any other factor.

Another summary article, this time a selection of the many photographers who post 'seeking models' adverts to the site. Some are paying, most aren't. Some want serious BDSM shots, some want fetish clothing pics. A few of them can show examples of previous work, most can't or don't. If you want to be a fetish model, read the offers and see if any of them are of interest to you... and please, be careful if you do decide to follow up on any of these opportunities - check things out beforehand, take a chaperon with you, etc.

People have submitted a number of short requests lately asking about clubs and shops in various towns/areas. If you know any good places to go in the following places, please leave a comment with some information: Portsmouth, Southport, Southampton, Leeds and Menorca (?!)

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.