London
In the ’60s it was swinging. In the ’70s it was spitting with punk fury. The ’80s was the time of the New Romantics and the decade of the House music explosion. London has always had its finger on the style pulse and still does. Its thriving gay scene is centred in the West End’s Soho around Old Compton Street, but there are small hubs such as Vauxhall and ultra-trendy Dalston. Of the dozens of shops and venues some of the most interesting are the over-fifty-year-old LGBT pub, the Royal Vauxhall Tavern; the hedonistic nightclub Heaven; and alternative hangout, The Retro Bar.