XXL

12/12/15: I have a confession to make: despite XXL gracing the international gay scene for many years, and me living a stone’s throw away from it, until this weekend, I had never been.

And it’s not for lack of hearing good things about it either. Thankfully I wasn’t disappointed.

The four sprawling and spacious railway arches of Pulse, the club’s home in Southwark, had been decked out to give them a Christmassy feel. The main room had been placed in the expert hands of DJ’s the Hoxton Whores, who soon roused their punters to a paroxysm of excitement.

Things were hardly less settled in the smaller room, which had been mostly taken over by members of the London Gay Men’s Chorus having their post-Christmas-show party. Those of them who hadn’t lost their voice yet were doing their best to do so by belting along to the dance and pop hits on offer, bringing the atmosphere to fever pitch.

My XXL cherry has well and truly been popped. It was big, it was bold and it was even better than I expected. I can’t wait to go back.

Pulse, 1 Invicta Plaza, Southwark, SE1 9UF

Words by Nicolas Chinardet 

Photos by zefrographica

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