I've never paid to go to Erotica (or indeed its rival). On the occasions I've gone, it's been via a free ticket (ex-work were doing a bucket rattle a couple of years ago, for example) and still felt I deserved money back.

I got another one today, and it's done what I thought was impossible: got worse. There are fewer stalls – the aisles are noticeably wider, with several gaps in places once filled, and upstairs is particularly sparse – and only a handful are worth looking at. I went round the entire place in under 30 minutes. Go tomorrow and it'd cost you £30 to get in.

Argh. It could be so much better and so much less exploitative…