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| Tue 1 December, 2015 |
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| The Culturist |
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| London’s cultural highlights this DECEMBER |
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| Eat, drink, be merry… you know the December drill. And this month, we’ve got tons to help you on your way. From merry movies to Christmas installations and trees, we’re feeling the Yuletide pinch. Aside from festive fun, we’ve got our usual roundup of new openings and must-dos, which, this month includes everything from a rollerdisco and crazy golf to a secret rave and a new yakitori joint. Enjoy! |
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EAT:
Jidori |
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| Brett Redman is on a roll. Having already given East London its first raw bar this year (The Richmond), the Australian chef is set to open Hackney’s first Yakitori bar. Inspired by the izakayas of Memory Lane in Shinjuku, Jidori focuses on yakitori skewers – using all parts of the chicken – served alongside Japanese small plates and rice dishes. As for the desserts, we can’t look past the soft serves: think matcha and white chocolate and ginger miso caramel with sweet potato crisps and black sesame praline. |
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Soft launches December 4 & 5
Officially opens December 8
89 Kingsland High Street,
E8 2PB |
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DO:
BUMP RollerDisco |
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| Give the ice a rest and instead don the skates at BUMP Rollerdisco on the Southbank. Choose from one of the special club nights taking place in the evenings on Fridays and Saturdays and take advantage of The Mirror-Ball Bar and their winter cocktails and mulled cider. If we had to pick one date, the Dalston Superstore Takeover on December 5 has our name all over it. |
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November 20 – January 17
£7.50 - £10
Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road,
SE1 8XX
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RAUCOUS DINNER
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STK LONDON NYE 2015 |
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| Sponsored listing |
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| Forget nightclubs and overcrowded venues – this year, we think a NYE dinner, but with DJs and live entertainment, is just the ticket. And this year, STK London is doing just that. From 9pm the lights will dim, the music will turn up and the entertainment will begin. For £300 per head, guests will enjoy a welcome Grey Goose ocktail on arrival and a five course set menu with a glass of Dom Perignon Champagne at midnight. DJs will be on the decks until 3am and live entertainment is from London’s premiere dance act The Girly Show. |
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STK London NYE 2015
336-337 Strand, WC2R 1HA
December 31, £300, 9pm – 2am |
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International:
Art Basel Miami |
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| Or, if you would prefer to escape the winter festivities all together, all roads lead to Miami for Art Basel for art by day, parties by night. But, the most exciting news is for our friends in New York. Blade, the on-demand helicopter service known for flying those who summer in the Hamptons and Nantucket at the flick of an app, is launching their by-the-seat, ultra luxe jet service, BLADEone (think Del Toro slippers, La Mer skin products and Todd English catering) from Manhattan to Miami on December 3, in time for the openings. |
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December 3 – 6
Miami, Florida
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Party:
RBMA Secret Rave |
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| Sticking in London? Tweet #0800R1NG2RAV3. Harking back to the bygone era of illegal raves, Red Bull Music Academy is throwing a secret (not so secret) rave on December 4. But pay attention: the event will only be released that day, to those who tweet the hashtag #0800R1NG2RAV3. The lineup will be revealed that day, and those who tweet will receive a reply with location details. Understood? |
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December 4
From 11pm
Location TBC
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PARTY
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RADIO LONDON, NYE |
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| Sponsored listing |
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Escape the mayhem of ground level this NYE and ring in the new year from up high at ME London’s Radio Rooftop Bar. Opening its doors this NYE for a luxe rooftop party, for the first time in Radio’s two year history, guests will be able to experience complimentary Dom Perignon and Grey Goose all night long as well as canapés, an open bar, live DJ and one of the best rooftop views of London. |
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Radio London, 336-337 Strand,
WC2R 1HA, December 31
£500, 8pm-3am
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Watch:
Merry Movies |
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| It wouldn’t be December without a festive screening. This year, we’re donning our Chrimbo jumpers and heading to the Hoxton Hotel’s inaugural ‘Merry Movies’. Held in the Apartment spaces in both hotels (Shoreditch and Holborn), tickets are a bargain £10, which includes a Christmas cocktail and a bag of popcorn (brandy butter or mince pie flavour!). As for the films – it’s all the classics – Home Alone, Love Actually, The Nightmare Before Christmas… |
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December 4 – 27
£10
The Hoxton, Shoreditch
The Hoxton, Holborn
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DO:
Birdies Crazy Golf
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| Bermuda’s on! Rooftop Film Club have gone underground with their latest venture – Birdies Crazy Golf. And it’s no small feat: the nine hole course, in Waterloo’s subterranean vaults, serves up loops and half-pipes, with food by Hawksmoor Knightsbridge’s head chef Richard Sandiford, drinks by Spirited Mixers and live tunes by a host of resident DJs. |
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Now open
£9
The Vaults,
Launcelot Street, Waterloo,
SE1 7AD |
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SEE
Meet Me Under the Mistletoe |
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| Covent Garden has fast become our go-to for outdoor installations (Donald Drawbertson shop fronts, 100,000 balloons) and now their latest installation ‘Meet Me Under the Mistletoe’ by film art director and production designer Michael Howells has us making tracks to the Market Building. And if the 40 mistletoe chandeliers, 320 metres of garlands and around 100,000 pea lights get you in the festive spirit, the Christmas tree – London’s biggest – will. |
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West Piazza, Covent Garden,
WC2E |
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Book Now:
New Year’s Eve at St. John |
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| Speaking of NYE dinners, St. John is throwing their first New Year’s Party! Get there for 7pm sharp and start on Champagne and canapés, before the family style feasting of bone marrow on toast, snails in bacon, pheasant and trotter pie. And, after dessert, it’s time for the ‘DJ and merriment’, until 2am. Tickets are £145 and are sure to go quickly, so act fast. |
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December 31,
£145
6 St John Street,
EC1M 4AY
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SEE
Christmas Trees |
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| From Burberry’s umbrella installation at Claridges and Vivienne Westwood’s rainforest-inspired one at Aqua Shard to floral designer Mark Colle’s 20-footer in the London EDITION, the Christmas tree game has been strong this year. |
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Various venues |
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Relaxed DINNER at Cucina Asellina, NYE |
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For those looking to see the new year in a relaxed setting, make note of Cucina Asellina. The rustic Italian restaurant in the ME London Hotel is offering a four dish regional Italian dinner with unlimited prosecco for £100.
Alternatively, if it’s an early night you’re after, head in before 9pm for three dishes, including a glass of prosecco for £50. Bargain! |
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Cucina Asellina, ME London Hotel,
336-33, The Strand, WC2R 1HA
December 31. £100, from 9pm until close
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| by CS |
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