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The Vivienne death: What is ketamine and how popular is it in the UK?

It comes after their family announced the drag artist had died after taking ketamine.

Evening Standard · Mar 17, 2025

The Vivienne's cause of death revealed: 'Devastated' family of tragic Drag Race star release statement

The drag artist and former winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK was found dead at their home earlier this year

Evening Standard · Mar 17, 2025

Drag queen The Vivienne died after taking ketamine, family says

They said James Lee Williams died of cardiac arrest after using the anaesthetic.

Evening Standard · Mar 17, 2025

The Vivienne death latest: RuPaul’s Drag Race stars lead tributes to ‘incredible’ performer

James Lee Williams, the popular British drag performer, has died at the age of 32

The Independent UK · Jan 5, 2025

The Vivienne: Ariana Grande leads tributes for Drag Race UK star as police say death 'not suspicious'

RuPaul's Drag Race UK winner James Lee Williams, known as The Vivienne, has died aged 32

Evening Standard · Jan 5, 2025

RuPaul’s Drag Race star The Vivienne dies aged 32

James Lee Williams, who performed as the drag queen, won the first series of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK.

Evening Standard · Jan 5, 2025

The Vivienne death: RuPaul’s Drag Race UK winner dies suddenly aged 32

Drag artist’s longtime publicist called them an ‘incredibly loved, warm-hearted and amazing person’

The Independent UK · Jan 5, 2025

Purpose-built £3.5m community cafe closed since Covid is a 'waste of space' and 'must be reopened'

Despite previous promises to reopen this year, Croydon Council kept the café shut due to issues with its roof

Evening Standard · Dec 19, 2024

Roy Keane 'assaulted by Arsenal fan' after Man Utd goal disallowed by VAR

Roy Keane denied ever calling himself a “hard man” and insisted he had never gone on to a football pitch intending to injure another player.

Evening Standard · May 29, 2024

“The paganism was never a problem. All of us shared an interest in that side of things”: the story of Sabbat’s cult late 80s pagan-thrash classic Dreamweaver: Reflections Of Our Yesterdays

UK thrashers Sabbat made an overlooked classic with their second album, Dreamweaver: Reflections Of Our Yesterdays

Metal Hammer · May 19, 2024