Place of residence: London N15, NW1, SW1, W1, W10

Venues visited: Admiral Duncan, Circa, Circa Club, Comptons of Soho, Duke of Wellington, Freedom, Friendly Society, G-A-Y Bar, G-A-Y Late, Halfway to Heaven, Heaven / G-A-Y, Ku Leicester Square, Ku Soho, Retro Bar, Rupert Street, The Kings Arms, The Yard, Village, Barcode, The Edge, The Green Carnation, Lo-Profile, Profile, Madame JoJos, Manbar, Shadow Lounge, 79CXR, Dalston Superstore, Vogue Fabrics, George & Dragon, Joiners Arms, Eagle, Fire / Lightbox, Royal Vauxhall Tavern, Barcode Vauxhall, Crash / Union

Others - Too Too Much, Eclipse or Escape, there was also a gay bar near Charing Cross on the corner, it's now a Barrafina restaurant. Candy Bar, The Box on Seven Dials, She Bar, City of Quebec, clubbing nights TTPM at Fabric, Egg in Kings Cross, Fiction Kings Cross, Popstarz at The End in Holborn.

Choice of venue & outfits:

East End was always more hassle to travel to, and the crowd was too 'cool' - they could be quite selective, if you didn't have the shabby chic look, you'd stand out. You had to be a certain look - hipsters, the birth of the hipster - beard, alternative. casual just wasn't for me. I looked ridiculous in skinny jeans.

Soho was close to work, easy to travel home, good vibe - it felt more cosmopolitan - East London felt more 'British' and it was like the 'inside' crowd who knew where to go, whereas because I am from overseas, I felt more comfortable in the more multicultural crowd in Central London. It was also lots of tourists, so it was genuinely more mixed.

I almost always went out after work in Soho - I would be quite dressed down for Wellington, Rupert Street, Village, Comptons - but more dressed up for Shadow Lounge, Freedom and Too Too Much. T-shirt and jeans for dressed down, Admiral Duncan and another bar on Charing Cross Road where there were drag shows which was fun. Dressed up would be a jacket and shirt. Check shirt, white t-shirt, Nudie jeans & Converse shoes.

When I had the chance to dress for a night out rather than just what I was wearing to work that day, I would wear my red or brown leather jacket and t-shirt with Nudie jeans. If I was going to a formal event and then ended up for an afterparty in Soho, I'd be in full black tie, tuxedo or kilt.