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Largely lost amid the handwringing over Covid-19’s impact on culture has been discussion of the fate of nightclubs. Theatres are in terrible trouble, certainly; museums and galleries likewise. For nightclubs, which have been closed throughout the pandemic, the situation is worse. Indeed, the Night Time Industries Association recently warned that as many as 80 per cent of nightclub businesses wouldn’t be able to survive beyond the end of February without further government support. The date when clubs will in theory be able to reopen, 21 June, seems a very long way off. Of course, it’s always been impossible to completely shut down the nighttime economy – people want to dance – and reproachful news stories about ‘illegal raves’ popping up around the country throughout the pandemic have served to remind some of us that, firstly, we’re too old to know where the illegal raves are and, secondly, that we’d really like to go raving. ....