Credit: ceridwen via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe club moved to its current location on Newington Green<\/strong> in 1894, and the building as we now know it (a Grade II listed building designed by club member, Alfred Allen) was completed in 1900<\/strong>. The club dropped its \u2018radical\u2019 title in 1930, becoming a non-political working men\u2019s club. And well\u2026 the rest is history, really.<\/p>\nThe venue is now a community hub, open to all, with a members bar, a snooker hall, and two halls used for social events. Entering the Mildmay Club<\/strong> is like stepping into a retro time capsule, with its perfectly preserved 60s and 70s interiors and nostalgia served up by the bucket-load. It\u2019s had its fair share of screentime over the years, having been used as a filming location<\/a> for the likes of Killing Eve<\/em>, Baby Reindeer<\/em>, and Call the Midwife <\/em>(just to name a few). But the most recent claim to fame <\/strong>is, quite possibly, the most impressive of all.<\/p>\nTaylor Swift\u2019s \u2018Opalite\u2019 music video<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\nThe recently-released Opalite<\/em> music video saw the club transformed into a retro 90s dance hall in which Taylor and Domhnall Gleeson<\/strong> partake in a competition whilst sporting matching shell-suits. The concept of the music video came about in a rather unconventional way \u2013 but then again, would we expect anything less from Swift at this point? Taylor appeared on the Graham Norton Show<\/strong> last year to promote her new album, The Life of a Showgirl<\/em>, and she was joined on the Red Sofa by Domhnall Gleeson, Cillian Murphy, Greta Lee, Jodie Smith, and Lewis Capaldi. During the show, Gleeson made a joke about wanting to appear in a Taylor Swift music video<\/strong> \u2013 and his wish was clearly Swift\u2019s command. She wrote up the script (with Gleeson as the starring role), and sent it over to him the very next week. Don\u2019t ask, don\u2019t get, and all that jazz\u2026<\/p>\nTaylor took to Instagram<\/strong> following the release of the Opalite<\/em> video and said: \u201cI had this thought that it would be wild if all of our fellow guests on the Graham Norton show that night, including Graham himself, could be a part of it too. Like a school group project but for adults and it isn\u2019t mandatory. To my delight, everyone from the show made the effort to time travel back to the 90\u2019s with us and help with this video.\u201d<\/p>\nThe Mildmay Club<\/strong> wasn\u2019t the only London spot to earn itself a role in the music video. Croydon\u2019s Whitgift Centre<\/strong> was also featured, and the south London spot\u2019s unlikely appearance in the video has well-and-truly sent the city spiraling. But more on that another time, hey?<\/p>\n\ud83d\udccdYou\u2019ll find the Mildmay Club at 33-34 Newington Green, N16 9PR.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n