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Why a Friday night in London feels like a second life

Last Friday, after a 12‑hour shift at the hospital, I slipped into the basement of a former Victorian warehouse in Shoreditch. The club was small—only 300 seats—but the sound system was a beast: a 200‑watt subwoofer that made my chest throb, and a lighting rig that could have been ripped straight…