Hi there. I work for Marie Claire magazine and am researching a feature called The New Dirty Weekends, about couples, who go abroad at the weekend, or for longer to fetish clubs.

Wow - Still buzzing nearly a week later. I'd like to say a big thankyou to Westward Bound for our first 'Late-x' party last Saturday. What an event! Despite us both being pretty outgoing types (!?) we were not sure if we'd enjoy it - however 4 hours later we knew we had found what we wanted.

Although we have had a little expose in the local press, we are still going ahead with our munch on February 18th. The Watford Observer has decided to make us front page news with a very tenuous link to valentines day. Although the article was light hearted and not negative in any way, we will be keeping a tighter reign on the door.

I'm not new to 'things fetish' but I am new to wanting to go to a fetish ball - Can anyone advise of forthcoming fetish balls in the North of England ?

The usual Burns Night grand assembly of The Firm took place as usual at a 2 floor inn called 'The Lamb' situated in Pentonville on a dry thawing Saturday night.

Having read (and heard) much about this fetish/club night I decided to find out for myself what it is like. We arrived a little after ten to a warm welcome from Tony (the organiser)...on making our way through to the main dance area we found several 'stages' to dance on, and a cross in one corner. The club is clean, as are the ladies loos *S*. The music is dance/trance and is loud...but it makes a rather pleasant change! The crowd was friendly if sometimes a little on the young side....and no....it never got really crowded.

I am a researcher on the 2nd series of Comedy Gameshow, 'Your Face or Mine', for CH4.

A group of us have adopted Club L'Amour as our monthly fetish home. For me, it supplies what I want in a fetish club: comfort, relaxation, the chance to watch people having sex as well as doing BDSM scenes, and an air of quiet decadence that the bigger nightclubs lack.

From the Fist Mailing List (mailinglist@fist.co.uk):
Great News...........FIST is back!! at Imperial Gardens. Yes, that is right, seems that the powers that be were happy with our behaviour at the last FIST (our closing party) so if we keep that up we can carry on!!

Update: This event has been cancelled, according to email received from FIST today (18-01-2003).

I was really looking foreward to attending my first fetish club in four months. I was just praying that my now over sensitive buttocks were up to the challenge. I had actually heard quite a lot about Wicked, and relished the chance to return to Cynthia's, my favourite fetish venue. The only thing which slightly played on my mind, was the price. As a community we technically qualify as a minority, and on occasion are exploited because of this. At £25 for a years membership and £20 entrance fee it would have to be something very special to justify such a bold price tag.