The squatters' flag flies outside the Black CAp

Here’s how to reopen the Black Cap

Posted · Add Comment

A win/win approach to the shuttered icon: reopen it as an LGBT+ venue whose profits support its leaseholder’s wider plans

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

Black Cap keeps council protection despite owners’ efforts

Posted · Add Comment

Camden Council has rejected an attempt by the owners of the shuttered LGBTQ venue to overturn its protective ACV status

Read More
#WeAreTheBlackCap protest outside the Black Cap on Camden High St, April 18 2015

Black Cap’s council protection hangs in the balance

Posted · 1 Comment

The owners of the iconic LGBTQ venue ask Camden Council to remove the community status blocking its redevelopment

Read More
It's Vauxhall Question Time with the constituency's parliamentary candidates at the RVT on April 23 2015. Left to right: host Stewart Who?, Labour's Kate Hoey MP, Lib Dem Adrian Hyyrylainen-Trett, Conservative James Bellis, Green Gulnar Hasnain, organiser David Robson (Image David Robson/Twitter)

Vauxhall MP to RVT owners: end the uncertainty

Posted · Add Comment

“We should demand to see owners and get assurance” that iconic LGBTQ venue is secure, says Labour MP – and Tory, Lib Dem & Green rivals agree

Read More
Is just being fabulous enough? A passerby looks at a sign at #WeAreTheBlackCap protest outside the Black Cap on Camden High St, April 18 2015 (Image by paulgrace-eventphotos.co.uk)

What next? 9 ways forward for the Black Cap campaign

Posted · 1 Comment

Nine ways to take yesterday’s protest to mark the shock closure of the iconic LGBTQ venue to the next level

Read More
The Black Cap (Image: Wikipedia Commons)

The Black Cap closure: what we know so far

Posted · 5 Comments

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

Read More
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

Posted · 1 Comment

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

Read More
Plans for redevelopment of the Black Cap have been rejected by Camden Council

Black Cap saved from redevelopment… for now

Posted · 3 Comments

Camden Council has rejected a scheme to turn the first-floor bar and terrace of iconic LGBT pub and cabaret venue the Black Cap into flats

Read More
The iconic image of AIDS activism created by the SILENCE = DEATH Project, also used by ACT UP in the 1980s and 90s (© SILENCE = DEATH Project)

Time to fight back: six ways to defend London culture from property development

Posted · 3 Comments

London’s independent cultural spaces are dropping like flies. But we can start to fight back if we come together to inform, inspire and take action

Read More
 
  • BFI Flare 2024 preview for Sight & Sound !function(d s id){var js fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0] p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js fjs);}}(document 'script' 'twitter-wjs'); (function() [...]
  • All of Us Strangers review for Sight & Sound !function(d s id){var js fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0] p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js fjs);}}(document 'script' 'twitter-wjs'); (function() [...]
  • Passages review for Sight & Sound !function(d s id){var js fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0] p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js fjs);}}(document 'script' 'twitter-wjs'); (function() [...]
  • Lie With Me review for Sight & Sound !function(d s id){var js fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0] p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js fjs);}}(document 'script' 'twitter-wjs'); (function() [...]