The Gallery @ Turnmills (London)

I used to love coming down from Manchester to Turnmills! They were the best ever club nights I had experienced in the UK especially with nights like Trade. What an experience, which I will treasure for the rest of my life. Pity I can't get hold of those very rare Trade CD's as my final memento!

The Gallery is held every Friday night at Turnmills on the corner of London's Clerkenwell Road. The night runs from 10.30pm to 7.30am and entry costs between £8 and £12 depending on what time you turn up and whether you are a member or not. The nearest tube station is Farringdon, which is about a 5 minute walk away and there is plenty of night time parking in the streets around the club on yellow lines. If you want to get in quickly expect to turn up early, even before 10.30pm. Otherwise be prepared to queue for around an hour, although to be fair in my opinion this is one of the only negative points to the night. So what exactly can you expect from The ...  Read the complete review

The Gallery at Turnmills is probably amongst the elite of the UK clubscene without quite getting the recognition it deserves when rubbing shoulders with the likes of Cream, Home, Ministry et al. This is in spite of long attracting A-list names to an arena boasting wall to wall sweat and a distinctly un-London-like attitude and atmosphere. However, admittedly the abiding memories of the Clerkenwell Road outfit are its out and out pokiness. No room at all to swing a domestic animal of the moggy variety, which when you've lost three stones in weight owing to slight perspiration, can be a little uncomfortable. Just a series of pokey, single-file staircases ...  Read the complete review