This is interesting, in a weird kind of way. Someone has posted a list on the Internet claiming to be the keywords for the Echelon system (a system that detects potentially terrorist phone calls). I had a quick look through it just out of general curiousity (no, I don't make bombs for a hobby!) and I noticed that one of the words listed is 'Fetish'...

Last night we went to the Torture Garden, perhaps no big deal if you live in London, but they came to visit us up-north and put on a night in Sheffield. For those of you who don't know, Sheffield has been devoid of club events for years, so when an opportunity like this came up we just had to go.....

A Safety Guide for BDSM Beginners - Written with the benefit of hindsight

suzie from FIST writes "(1) I am looking for and need 6 sexy horny dancers for the FIST tent at London Mardi Gras which is Saturday June 30. I am paying £75 each plus free ticket to the park. (area to change and chill out plus free drinks). Please email as soon as possible if you are interested."

Well the London_Based BDSM Room/Community had their last munch in a new venue and were a little nervous if this change of venue would change the attendance which had been averaging around about 50 or so people. The time came and MRK the munch organizer started to do his "thing" which for those of you that have never been lucky (or unlucky) enough to view it is a little like a party host on speed.

This article is intended primarily for people who run fetish and BDSM related groups online, particularly those using the Yahoo Groups service which we've probably all heard the rumours about recently. It's also relevant to people running small events or other groups that don't yet have an online presence. Finally, I hope it will interest people who use this kind of group service to stay in touch with other people in the fetish scene, through one or more of the many groups that now exist...

I know through reading months of postings on usenet that there is quite a wide interest in depilation, and that many are keen to find a permanent solution, but I think we've finally found the answer.

Hi my name is Nigel and I am a researcher for Yorkshire TV who are making a six part series called "Pleasure Seekers" we are looking for people who are into all kinds of sexual fetish. I am primarily looking for people who are into food sex, mud or oil this can be a couple or a group of people to take part in the programm.

There have been a lot of rumours flying around recently about the Yahoo Groups service... people are saying that Yahoo will be removing all groups that contain 'adult' content - including any groups of this kind that were originally using the eGroups service, which Yahoo recently aquired. I contacted Yahoo customer services to ask for more information about these rumours, and their reply is republished below.

We have just returned from a weekend at The Edge. For ophelia and myself this has been a period of introspection and greater understanding of ourselves, and we both feel that we wish to possibly help others in their journey into a new world. We are writing our own accounts with no collusion or indeed access to the other's account. This is my viewpoint.