With dramatic numbers of venue closures and a lack of interest from Gen Y in alcohol, drugs and hardcore partying, UK nightlife has seen a steep decline. So do UK clubbers now prefer more socially acceptable forms of leisure or are they simply responding to an increasingly regulated climate?
Emmajo Read is a writer and copywriter based in London. She has a bachelor’s degree Sociology and a master’s in Cultural and Critical Studies. For Canvas8, she’s written about everything from sex and solitude to pet parents and veganism. She’s also written for Protein and DJ Magazine.