article_snippet: Purple light bounces off the white walls in the massive foyer of London's Royal Academy; punk music falls down the stairs and Kenneth Anger's homo-erotic biker short Scorpio Rising is playing on a TV screen.
article_snippet: I remember going to Seditionaries, (Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood's 70s punk shop) on the King's Road, and it felt a bit scary, but that was part of the thrill," She says.
article_snippet: Around 9:00 pm, security guards are shepherding the reluctant crowd out of the building, into the cold night.
article_snippet: On the steps, a particularly drunk kid tries and fails to goad someone into a fight, while the less inclined start hailing cabs and mapping how to move the night into Soho.
article_snippet: It was brief and short-lived, but that light burned bright.