Heaven

It is an amazing institution in our country for 44 years, being the leading HIV charity set up because Terry Higgins became the first named person to die of an AIDS-related illness.

His partner at the time, the wonderful Rupert Whittaker, who's still with us, thankfully, and his friend, Martin Butler, who worked with Terry in Heaven Nightclub and sadly died in February this year.

came together and rather than be angry about the situation, which of course they were, they really turned that into action about the situation and founded a HIV charity, the first of its kind anywhere in Europe, to make sure that there was a response to this virus.

And they got a guy called Tony Whitehead involved.

And that was my sort of entry into the queer scene in London.

So we used to get a minibus and drive to go to Heaven.

I had my 18th birthday party in Heaven.

Heaven.

And, and so that aspect of it-

Heaven's such an institution.

[laughs]

Oh, it was amazing.

Also, they managed to invent a s- a sport, which is a sort of rugby, but call it football, and everyone seems to be watching some...

You know, all these, all these guys are watching some choreographed gay shit in Heaven nightclub.

Anything else? Uh, Bruce Springsteen, never got the cunt.

Uh, Michael Jackson, yes, regardless of sex offenses.

And, well, first of all, this is quite good news, actually.

Heaven Nightclub in London has been given special protected status by Westminster City Council.

This is going to help reduce the risk of it being redeveloped in the future.

The legendary queer venue, which originally opened its doors back in 1979...