READING the news this week that The Arches in Glasgow is set to re-open, my mind was catapulted back to sweaty, euphoric nights on that dancefloor, stripped to the waist, T-shirt tucked in the top of my jeans, when water not beer was the order at the bar.
This we should remember; The Arches was first and foremost a creative space which used to host club nights to fund its other, more meaningful work. To understand that heady and alluring mix of boundary-stretching creativity, art, and music that emerged from Midland Street we have to have a quick history lesson.
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