An interview with myself and fellow Black Cap Community campaigner Alex Green about ongoing efforts to reopen the iconic LGBTQ+ pub, club, cabaret and community space.
New hopes for Black Cap as campaigners and owner reach agreement
Black Cap Foundation and Kicking Horse to work together to find new leaseholder for iconic Camden LGBTQ+ venue, with Night Czar’s support.
Victory for Black Cap campaign as developers pull out
The Black Cap closure (almost) a year on – how you can help
Nearly a year after the Black Cap’s unceremonious closure, its doors remain shut – from one perspective a slap in the face, from another a kind of victory.
Here’s how to reopen the Black Cap
A win/win approach to the shuttered icon: reopen it as an LGBT+ venue whose profits support its leaseholder’s wider plans
Black Cap supporters launch community buy-out bid
Following the collapse of the planned sale of the Black Cap, devotees of the iconic LGBTQ pub hope to bring it into community ownership
Open letter from Black Cap campaigners to owners: let’s talk
#WeAreTheBlackCap offers to work with iconic LGBTQ pub’s freeholders to resolve deadlock over shuttered venue
Black Cap keeps council protection despite owners’ efforts
Camden Council has rejected an attempt by the owners of the shuttered LGBTQ venue to overturn its protective ACV status
Black Cap’s council protection hangs in the balance
The owners of the iconic LGBTQ venue ask Camden Council to remove the community status blocking its redevelopment
Inside the squatted Black Cap
An exclusive report and photos from inside the shuttered iconic LGBTQ venue the Black Cap following its occupation by squatters
