… everyone subscribed. People > Commerce People > Art and Literature Keywords Clubs Humour Impoliteness Politics Satire Sex Taverns Edward ‘Ned’ Ward was a satirist and tavern keeper, most widely recognised as the author of The London Spy … forms of interaction, such as ‘the Mollies Club’, which satirised meeting places frequented by those seeking male homosexual encounters. The majority of clubs, however, are fictitious and lampooned certain kinds of Londoners and their … … Clubs … Humour … Impoliteness … Politics … Satire … Sex … Taverns … Ned Ward …