HBs (the bar-cum-club seems to have dropped its original "Hampshire Boulevard" name in favour of the acronym), is - we're told - where all the action is in Portsmouth for a gayer...

So. Venue number three this evening and we arrived just in time to catch the tail end of top Brighton cabaret artiste Lola Lasagne doing her fabulous thing on stage. Apparently 11 o'clock means 11 o'clock in Portsmouth… we'll obviously know for next time!

The place got busier as the night went on… and, as with any good night on the town, I have absolutely no idea what time we left - but I think it was only when the lights came up and the music stopped that we finally dragged ourselves out. A great night of chatting, dancing and more chatting out on the smoking terrace… HBs has plenty of nooks and crannies to explore and seems to be where the party's at for the gays at the moment in Portsmouth.