Britain | Nightlife

Why raves are enjoying a revival

Britons are partying like it’s 1988

IT’S GROUNDHOG DECADE in Banwen, a small village in Wales. When the makers of the film “Pride” needed a location for an embattled Welsh mining community in the 1980s, they chose the tiny village on the edge of the Brecon Beacons. When 3,000 ravers arrived last weekend, that dubious decade seemed to be making a comeback.

This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Third summer of love”

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