How to make friends in your thirties? Fight them, of course

Brutal war games inside a Northern Quarter basement

Dear members — we sent our resident triple-threat Dani Cole (writer/photographer/woman-about-town) to document the highs and highs of a club allowing players to take each other on in battle, and perhaps make some new friends along the way. Are we describing Fight Club?

We are not! It is far more wholesome than the concept outlined in the Chuck Palahnuik novel (/1999 Brad Pitt movie, depending on how you like to ingest your pop culture) and arguably much more fun, too.

But first: the possibility of communal heated spaces to combat the cost-of-living crisis this winter, and more, in our news roundup.