Raymond's Revuebar is usually thought of as Soho's superior strip club. It stages not mere skin shows but Festivals of Erotica, it sells Dunhill or Lambert and Butler cigarettes, and it gets itself listed in the daily papers under Theatres. Svens and Ottos have no need to look shifty when they sidle into Raymond's. This is no quick stop-off for provincial wankers. Raymond offers leisured pornography for the international connoisseur.

LRB 3 September 1981 | PDF Download