Press and Media

Our campaign to re-open the Black Cap has been featured in a lot of press reports and other media, including:

• The Black Cap: we salute you (Wasqueer, 14 April 2015)
• Community protest planned over Black Cap closure (Attitude, 16 April 2015)
• Protest against the closure of the Black Cap (Pink News, 16 April 2015)
• Protesters to hit the streets this weekend over closure of Black Cap (the Camden New Journal, 17 April 2015)
• The Black Cap protest: Drag queens and LGBT activists gather to save iconic London gay bar from developers (the Independent, 18 April 2015)
• Drag queens don flamboyant costumes to protest against closure of north London gay pub (the Evening Standard, 18 April 2015)
• In pictures: the Black Cap protest (This Is Cabaret, 18 April 2015)
• Protesters and cabaret stars take to streets to voice anger over closure of Black Cap (the Camden New Journal, 18 April 2015)
• Drag queens take to the streets to protest against closure of gay pub (ITV news, 18 April 2015)
• LGBTI Londoners protest closure of iconic gay venue (Gay Star News, 18 April 2015)
• Videos of speeches from the protest (Rainbow Hamlets, 18 April 2015)
• Black Cap closure sparks rousing protest outside iconic venue (Not Television, 19 April 2015)
• Black Cap memories – video includes clips from London Live coverage of the 18 April protest (Brittlejam, 2015)
• What next? 9 ways forward for the Black Cap campaign (Not Television, 19 April 2015)
• Latrice Royale and I need your help saving the Black Cap (Morgan McMichaels & Latrice Royale, 19 April 2015)
• London’s LGBT community protested the closure of an iconic drag pub (Vice, 20 April 2015)
• Drag Race queens join fight to save London gay bar the Black Cap (Gay Star News, 20 April 2015)
• Picture gallery: LGBT campaigners rally to keep The Black Cap pub open (the Ham & High, 20 April 2015)
• Petition to save Camden pub gains 4,000 signatures (the Morning Advertiser, 21 April 2015)
• New owner of iconic gay pub The Black Cap reveals venue’s future (the Ham & High, 22 April 2015)
• Meet The Heroes Rescuing London’s Disappearing LGBT Nightlife (Buzzfeed News, 24 April 2015)
• Squatters take over Black Cap after legendary Camden Town gay bar left empty for months (the Camden New Journal, 4 June 2015)
• Inside the squatted Black Cap (Not Television, 6 June 2015)
• Mother Black Cap’s Revenge (QX, 17 June 2015)
• Trendy cafe chain The Breakfast Club set to open in Black Cap (the Camden New Journal, 24 June 2015)
• War of words: Fans of the Black Cap vs The Breakfast Club restaurant (the Camden New Journal, 3 July 2015)
• Review into iconic Camden pub’s ACV listing (the Morning Advertiser, 7 July 2015)
• Black Cap’s council protection hangs in the balance (Not Television, 7 July 2015)
• Black Cap keeps council protection despite owners’ efforts (Not Television, 9 July 2015)
• Asset of Community Value status upheld for Camden Black Cap (Pink News, 9 July 2015)
• Protected status of Black Cap is upheld after owners launch legal challenge (the Camden New Journal, 13 July 2015)
• Open letter from Black Cap campaigners to owners: let’s talk (Not Television, 26 August 2015)
• ‘Re-open the Black Cap’ call as Breakfast Club diner deal falls through (the Camden New Journal, 26 August 2015)
• Black Cap supporters launch community buy-out bid (Not Television, 7 October 2015)
• Camden protest to call for iconic gay, lesbian and transgender venue to reopen (the Ham & High, 27 October 2015)
• Vigil held for Camden lesbian, gay and transgender pub The Black Cap (the Ham & High, 3 November 2015)
• Survey shows ‘loss of Black Cap is felt around the world, not just in Camden’, say campaigners (the Ham & High, 8 February 2016)
• Bar operators set to open new venue in former Black Cap pub in Camden Town (the Camden New Journal, 18 February 2016)
• The Black Cap is set to reopen as a chain straight bar (QX, 19 February 2016)
• Plans submitted to develop Camden’s Black Cap pub (the Ham & High, 19 February 2016)
• Respect Black Cap’s history, pub firm told as it prepares new venue at famous bar (the Camden New Journal, 26 February 2016)
• Campaigners and pub operator battle over plans to reopen iconic Camden pub (the Morning Advertiser, 29 February 2016)
• Here’s how to reopen the Black Cap (Not Television, 29 February 2016)
• Black Cap campaigners tell new operators to keep bar as LGBT venue (the Camden New Journal, 7 March 2016)
• Lily Savage star Paul O’Grady calls for Black Cap pub to be re-opened as it was (the Camden New Journal, 17 March 2016)
• Paul O’Grady wants the Black Cap back in original form (the Gay UK, 18 March 2016)
• The Black Cap closure – one year on how you can help (the Kentishtowner, 21 March 2016)
• The Black Cap closure (almost) a year on – how you can help (Not Television, 21 March 2016)
• Stephen Fry calls for Camden LGBT venue to re-open (the Ham & High, 8 April 2016)
• Black Cap anniversary (Chris Clark, 9 April 2016)
• London Gay Men’s Chorus – video from the anniversary vigil (Chris Clark, 9 April 2016)
• Black Cap pub, May 7th 2016 vigil (Chris Clark, May 2016)
• Iconic Black Cap plans “may not become a reality” (the Morning Advertiser, 18 July 2016)
• Developers cancel plans to turn London’s Black Cap into a cafe (Pink News, 21 July 2016)
• Victory for Black Cap campaign as developers pull out (Not Television, 21 July 2016)
• In-depth: the pubs bought with off-shore cash (the Ham & High, 16 September 2016)
• There are plans to re-open iconic LGBT pub The Black Cap (Time Out, 19 January 2017)
• Fresh bid to re-open famous Black Cap bar is unveiled (the Camden New Journal, 20 January 2017)
• Could iconic gay bar the Black Cap re-open soon as LGBTI venue and theatre? (Gay Star News, 20 January 2017)
• Loudest Whispers St Pancras, 3rd February 2017 (Chris Clark, 3 February 2017)
• Mystery Black Cap pub admirer applies for building to be listed (the Camden New Journal, 8 February 2017)
• Faulty Towers: understanding the impact of overseas corruption on the London property market (Transparency International, March 2017) – PDF download
• Calls to reopen iconic Black Cap pub as links to Russian billionaires’ offshore cash revealed (the Ham & High, 9 March 2017)
• Revealed: The Russian billionaires’ money in LGBT pub The Black Cap (Pink News, 9 March 2017)
• Camden: Black Cap campaigners to sing songs outside pub two years after closure (the Ham & High, 20 April 2017)
• Protesters to sing at London’s Black Cap pub two years after its closure (Pink News, 20 April 2017)
• Black Cap Pub 2nd Anniversary ‘Sing Out’ vigil (Chris Clark, 22 April 2017)
• Black Cap could ‘re-open as cabaret venue and gay bar’ after progress in talks (the Camden New Journal, 25 August 2017)
• New hopes for Black Cap as campaigners and owner reach agreement (Not Television, 25 August 2017)
• Fresh hopes for the iconic Black Cap in London (the Gay UK, 27 August 2017)
• The Black Cap: finally set to reopen as an LGBT+ venue? (the Kentishtowner, 12 September 2017)
• Black Cap could reopen (Camden Town, 12 September 2017)
• All aboard the Bang Bus: London’s outrageous, queer late night trip through time (Huck, 9 October 2017)
• The Black Cap is looking for new bosses (the Gay UK, 17 October 2017)
• Who has £1 million to bring Black Cap bar back to life? (the Camden New Journal, 18 October 2017)
• Owners say London’s Black Cap pub will take £1 million to restore (Pink News, 25 November 2017)
• Fairytale of the Black Cap HD1080 (Chris Clark, 16 December 2017)
• What’s the latest with The Black Cap? (Camden Town, 14 January 2018)
• Three years after its closure, The Black Cap still stands empty, unused (the Gay UK, 9 April 2018)
• Why the Black Cap must still reopen as an LGBTQ venue (the Kentishtowner, 11 April 2018)
• Protest to mark three year anniversary of Black Cap pub closure (the Camden New Journal, 12 April 2018)
• We are still the Black Cap (QX, 19 April 2018)
• Unrealistic asking price blocks re-opening of iconic Black Cap, campaigners claim (the Camden New Journal, 4 June 2018)
• A litany for the Black Cap (Rev. Kate Harford, 16 July 2018)
• The Guilty Feminist episode 110: Drawing a line, planting a flag (the Guilty Feminist, 13 August 2018)
• Loss of Her Upstairs means there are ‘no queer venues left in Camden’ (the Camden New Journal, 22 August 2018)
• Closure of Her Upstairs underscores need for safe spaces, writes Camden LGBT Forum member (the Ham & High, 23 August 2018)
• The Black Cap (Georgie Worth & Rosalind Chaston, January 2019)
• Mystery new operator on brink of signing deal for Black Cap (the Camden New Journal, 10 January 2019)
• We Are The Black Cap campaign retrospective (Love Camden, February 2019)
• Love The Black Cap? Two dates for the diary (the Kentishtowner, 13 February 2019)
• Camden’s solidarity against homophobic hate crime in wake of bus attack (the Camden New Journal, 13 June 2019) – content warning for photo of blood & injury
• Black Cap must be cabaret venue, council planners rule (the Camden New Journal, 15 July 2019)
• Rival bids to buy Black Cap pub as famous venue is put up for sale (the Camden New Journal, 21 November 2019)
• We victims of hate crime can use anger as a force for good (the Guardian, 18 December 2019)
• Outsidermas: Charities hosting ‘sober space’ for homeless LGBTQIA+ community on Christmas Day (the Ham & High, 23 December 2019)
• LGBT+: ‘We won’t give up until the Black Cap reopens’ (the Camden New Journal, 12 February 2021)
• New owners of Black Cap building pledge to help get famous bar open again (the Camden New Journal, 10 June 2021)
• The Cap: ‘There’s life in the old girl yet’ (The Camden New Journal, 24 June 2021)
• Black Cap campaigners get to see inside famous bar shut for six years (the Camden New Journal, 14 October 2021)
• #Wearetheblackcap – the battle to save the Black Cap continues (QX, 10 November 2021)
• The Black Cap (Honey & the Hex, 1 December 2021)
• LGBT+ CAMDEN: ‘The closure of the Black Cap has been appalling,’ says its former manager (the Camden New Journal, 4 February 2022)
• The Good Fight: saving The Black Cap & Camden’s LGBTQ+ spaces (the Camdenist, 18 March 2022)