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Weekend Guide February 24 - 26
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The dreaded month of February is almost over. Not sure how to celebrate? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered with a new menu at Skye Gyngell’s pastel paradise Spring, a Saturday night party with Lonelady at Somerset House and a Sunday lunch with charcuterie experts Cannon & Cannon. And if that’s not enough, we’ve put together a list of our fave interior design shops for you to lust over. Time to weekend.
 
This Weekend’s Picks
 
• FRI Optimo at Village Underground • SAT Do Ho Suh at Victoria Miro
• SUN The Barbican’s Craft of Film
 
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Top 5
 
Interior Design Shops
 
 
1. Labour and Wait for timeless, functional homeware with a retro twist

2. SCP for statement-making contemporary furniture

3. Notting Hill’s Cloth Shop for all your textile-based needs

4. Darkroom for design-led pieces that think outside the box

5. Atelier Abigail Ahern for her famously-real faux flowers
 
 
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Friday
 
 
 
TRY:DANCE:
Spring’s Scratch MenuOptimo at Village Underground
 
Skye Gyngell’s majestic, marble-clad Spring restaurant is usually a treat night only affair, but her new ‘Scratch’ menu changes all that. It’s £20 for three courses, and aims to use up the rest of the biodynamically grown Fern Verrow farm ingredients from the previous night’s menu to create dishes like salt cod croquettes and acquacotta. Yesterday’s bread becomes tomorrow’s bread pudding: we like. Glaswegian DJ duo JD Twitch and JG Wilkes return to Village Underground for another night of chaos. Known for their eclectic mix of rock, pop, techno and house, you never know quite what to expect from the pair, which only makes seeing them play more fun. This time around they’ve bought iconic San Francisco DJ Solar to join them in the booth.
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5.30-6.45pm
Somerset House,
Lancaster Place
WC2R 1LA
£12 advance
10pm-6am
54 Holywell Ln,
EC2A 3PQ
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SHOP:
 
SAMPLE Spring
 
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Heads up design lovers; the Spring edition of SAMPLE is coming to the Greenwich Peninsula Garden. Celebrating the beginning of the new season (which, let’s face it, is obviously an excuse to buy new things) SAMPLE showcases a curated selection of designers from all realms: fashion, beauty, art, design and homeware. Spring is literally in the air, as the garden will be filled with specially-picked foliage from the Royal Horticultural Society. Plus, located just around the corner, Stevie Parle’s CRAFT London will be hosting a special 3-course SAMPLE menu throughout the weekend. Just in case all that shopping makes you hungry.
 
 
SAMPLE takes place on Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th March at Greenwich Peninsula, SE10 0SQ. Nearest tube North Greenwich.
 
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Saturday
 
 
 
PARTY:SEE:
Shutters Down! at Somerset HouseDo Ho Suh, Passages
 
As part of her Somerset House residency, Manchester-based songwriter LoneLady brings her Shutters Down! club night to London. The Deadhouse – Somerset House’s secret subterranean chapel – will be transformed with an atmospheric installation, whilst LoneLady and friends will be playing tunes inspired by post-industrial landscapes. South Korean artist Do Ho Suh brings his incredible fabric city to N1’s Victoria Miro Gallery. His signature life-size pieces of architecture have caused a bit of a stir in the capital, so you better either get down early or be prepared to queue. It’s so worth it, but don’t say we didn’t warn you!
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7-10.30pm
£8 + BF
The Deadhouse,
Somerset House,
Lancaster Place
WC2R 1LA
Tues-Sat
10am-6pm
16 Wharf Road
London N1 7RW
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DON'T MISS:
 
Rail House Café’s Soft Launch
 
 
If you’ve been keeping up, you’ll already know about the opening of Rail House Café, the new venture from the team that brought us Riding House Café and Village East. Now, we have details of their unusual ‘honest policy’ soft launch: running from Monday 27th Feb until Friday 3rd March, you can pay whatever you choose. #UJLoves.
 
 
Bookings open now, 8 Sir Simon Milton Square, SW1E 5DJ
 
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Sunday
 
 
 
EAT:WATCH:
Nape by Cannon & CannonSaturday Night Fever at the BFI
 
We brought you news that these guys were opening a few weeks back, but now the Borough Market charcuterie experts’ restaurant is finally open. Of course, it’s meat meat meat on the menu, but we’ve just heard there are also toasties (Welsh sobrasada, cow’s curd, pickled fennel and Wiltshire ham with Keen’s cheddar and leeks) and also doughnuts from Bread Ahead. How to beat your Sunday hangover? A walk along the river and a feel-good movie. The BFI Southbank supplies just that this weekend, with a one-off screening of Saturday Night Fever. There’s cheesy disco. There’s dancing. There’s John Travolta in a jumpsuit. What more can we say?
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21 Camberwell Church Street,
SE5 8TR
8.40pm
£8.35-11.75
Belvedere Rd,
South Bank,
SE1 8XT
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