Lindsay Woods: On ‘Mum Nights Out’ we don’t just go out, we go ‘out-out’

There are certain nights out that are a rite of passage. Your first teenage disco being one, writes Lindsay Woods.

Preparation was key. You patiently compiled your playlist in advance, courtesy of Atlantic Radio 252, on a blank cassette tape; your finger poised to cut off a Boyz II Men number as the last lyric faded and before the DJ ruined it by injecting with, “Coming up next on the ‘Lurrrve Zone’…”