• Flatpacks and floorfillers: how an Ikea became one of the world’s biggest nightclubs

    Flatpacks and floorfillers: how an Ikea became one of the world’s biggest nightclubs
    The furniture giant’s ex-London flagship is now a giant venue – boasting a Batman movie set and not a Billy bookcase in sight. Our writer hits the dancefloor on opening night to ‘chuck out his chintz’When Ikea opened its gigantic flagship store in Tottenham in 2005, at one minute past midnight on a February Thursday, six people ended up in hospital. Thousands of bargain-hunters had flocked to the London outpost, lured by the promise of leather sofas for just £45, re

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