Not being a fan of dance music, or one to go out dancing to djs when there are so many gigs to be at instead, you might be wondering what I am doing writing about The End. This is, after all, a club run by Mr C from the Shamen, and although they check your bag on the door, and it has UV lights in the toilets (these prevent you being able to see your veins and therefore from shooting up, I have been informed - I always thought they were just to be pretty!), there are also mysterious shelves over the loos and signs up telling you what are the latest bad batches of E to be avoided. So not exactly my scene as I'm usually to be found in the dirty little indie venues around Camden.

I can't speak for any of the other nights, but contrary to other people's reports, Trash at the The End is not expensive. It's £4 to get in if you get there early, (and later with NUS), £5 (I think - or at least it used to be) later. However it is worth getting there early so you can grab a leather sofa to pose on with your friends. The only thing I ever drink is vodka and tonic, which is £2.40 - this is cheap for central London, really cheap for a club, and amazing when you discover that the vodka is Smirnoff Blue (45% proof!). Did I mention I love this club?

Trash is a very cool club so they only allow very cool people in. Hence what is described as the "frightening door policy". It's mostly populated with one third fashion victims (i.e. wearing it like they wear it on the catwalk - if you wondered who did actually wear socks with high heels, this is where you'll find them), one third impossibly indie people (hard to describe if you don't know the type but they all look alike), and one third people doing their own thang. Vintage is always a good bet, as is anything home made and anything just *different*. It's hard for me to describe as I never have a problem getting in, it being the only place I can wear a lot of my clothes (or at least with admiration rather than ridicule). You'll probably be turned away if you're wearing ordinary clubbing clothes - a lot of flesh doesn't go down well in the ultra-skinny indie circles - or just look too ordinary. You're best bet if you've not been before is to choose a rock idol (madonna, debbie harry, courtney love etc) and copy their look, and then once you're in you can get an idea of what everyone else is wearing. It does get very hot in there but a lot of people dance in jumpers - don't ask me how! The other option is to wear all dark clothes with one really really fabulous piece of jewellery, and then people will fall over you all night asking where you got it. It's easier to get in the earlier you get there, and on nights when they're not holding promotions. However if they're not sure about whether to let you in and they ask what bands you like, just say the strokes and suede and you should be fine.