Dr Duckie at the RVT

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I’ll present my doctoral findings on the power of queer fun and homemade mutant hope machines in a free event on Saturday 11 May.

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Queer Fun event at the RVT

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I’m working with Duckie to put on an afternoon of Queer Fun – whatever that is.

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The upper frontage of the Royal Vauxhall Tavern

Read our application to make the RVT a listed building

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Read RVT Future’s 30,000-word application, which I wrote, to make the Royal Vauxhall Tavern the country’s first building to be listed for its LGBTQ heritage

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The upper frontage of the Royal Vauxhall Tavern

Don’t let the RVT’s owners close it and blame the community!

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The property developers who own the iconic London LGBTQ venue are trying to pin its possible closure on the campaigners fighting to save it

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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

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“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

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RVT boss opposes listing application – but need he worry?

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Why making the RVT a listed building needn’t jeopardise its commercial viability

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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 Royal Vauxhall Tavern

Nine questions the property developer buying the RVT won’t answer

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 James Lindsay has confirmed that Austrian property development company Immovate “has invested in the RVT”. But Immovate, which specialises in residential and commercial renovations of historic properties, refuses to discuss its plans for one of London’s oldest and most iconic LGBTQ venues. Lindsay bought the Royal Vauxhall Tavern in 2005 in partnership with Paul Oxley. In September, Lindsay […]

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Has the RVT been bought by an Austrian property developer?

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 The new owners of iconic queer performance venue the Royal Vauxhall Tavern include an Austrian property development company that specialises in luxury flat developments in areas of historic interest, according to a post on a Facebook page maintained by fans of the venue. The post, which was published last night (October 29 2014) to the Future […]

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Articles about the RVT for QX and NPH for the Guardian

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  Just a quick update on a couple of pieces that ran this week. QX Magazine picked up my post from last weekend about the future of the Royal Vauxhall Tavern and ran it as a spread in their latest edition. Happily, we were able to update it to include the news, which broke a couple of […]

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