From the COVID-19 lockdowns to a lack of support from the government, club culture in the UK is fraught with barriers and obstacles. Yet clubs remain essential places and safe spaces for all kinds of communities. So how can nightlife establishments rise from the ashes of the pandemic?
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Jim Ottewill is a freelance music journalist with over a decade of experience writing for the likes of Mixmag, FACT, Resident Advisor, Hyponik, MusicTech magazine, and more. His first book, Out of Space: How UK Cities Shaped Rave Culture, explores the spaces and unlikely locations in which club culture has found a home.
George Kafka is an architecture writer and editor who has written on architecture and the clubbing experience for Electronic Beats, as well as contributing to many other publications and platforms. He currently works at the Design Museum in London, where he is the future observatory curator.
Alex King is a journalist and former staff writer at Huck, a youth culture magazine and website in London. Now based in Athens, he writes about creative subcultures, human rights and activism around the world.
