The logo for RVT Future, the campaign to ensure a thriving future for the UK's oldest LGBTQ pub and iconic performance space.

London LGBT venue closures – don’t let the RVT be next!

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After the shock closure of the Black Cap, a new campaign – RVT Future – launches to support the Royal Vauxhall Tavern, the UK’s oldest LGBT pub and cabaret space

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The Black Cap (Image: Wikipedia Commons)

The Black Cap closure: what we know so far

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Some clarification about the closure of the Black Cap – and it’s not all bad news

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The Black Cap on Monday April 13 2015, the day its closure was announced

It’s official: Black Cap operators confirm closure of iconic LGBT pub

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The Black Cap’s owner Faucet Inn confirms the pub was sold last December and has been closed without notice.

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Virgin Xtravangzah (Photo Paul Grace)

The spirit of Easter: ritual, rebellion and rising again

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A review of Easter queer cabaret shows in London including David Hoyle at Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club, Pussy Faggot at the Glory and Virgin Xtravangazah at the Black Cap

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The Black Cap (Image: Wikipedia Commons)

EXCLUSIVE: Black Cap regains protective community-asset status

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conic LGBT pub and cabaret venue the Black Cap has had its status as an asset of community value restored by Camden council, giving some protection against redevelopment

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Dressed as a Girl

Five highlights from BFI Flare 2015

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Festival report on BFI Flare London LGBT Film Festival 2015 including Dressed as a Girl, The New Girlfriend, Tab Hunter Confidential, 54: The Director’s Cut, Save the Tavern and Something Must Break

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Some ice cream

So what if you didn’t like Looking or the Joiners Arms? Solidarity isn’t a matter of taste

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Screw your consumer preference. It’s not about whether you like pistachio. It’s about whether you want to live in a world without ice cream.

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BFI Flare London LGBT Film Festival 2015 preview for Sight & Sound

BFI Flare 2015 preview for Sight & Sound

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A preview (first published in Sight & Sound) of the 2015 edition of BFI Flare London LGBT Film Festival, including I Am Michael, 54: The Director’s Cut, Dressed as a Girl and a range of archive and documentary work

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Antoine Olivier Pilon as Steve in Xavier Dolan's Mommy

Mother love: Xavier Dolan interview for Sight & Sound

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An interview for Sight & Sound with Xavier Dolan, the young Quebecois director whose films are marked by domestic powerplay, exuberant aestheticism, lustful violence and his recurring obsession, mother love

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Sing For Your Life at the Vault Festival until March 8 2015.

Review: Sing For Your Life, the roadkill taxidermy cabaret musical

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Roadkill taxidermy cabaret musical Sing For Your Life is uncanny, grotesque and sometimes charming – a rousing howl of injustice that still has its problems, including shortchanging the cabaret form

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