Your Weekend And How To Spend It: 29th June – 1st July
Pssst… guess what’s only a day away, guys? THE WEEKEND!!! I know, right? Here’s a smattering of stuff to be getting up to…
Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen
Bring Your Bodies
Ditch dieting, set aside the spanx and bring your beautiful body to the Anti Diet Riot Club’s first Fat Girl Clothing Festival at the Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen. The event, with body positive influencers like Megan Jayne Crabbe (aka @Bodyposipanda), Lottie L’Amour and Love from Danica, will also feature a festival fashion market brands focused on plus size women together and embracing all rebels, especially those whose clothes are size 14 and above. Expect a clothing swap shop, cocktails, empowering talks, workshops, braiding and brow bars, alcoholic candy floss (yesssss), Orange Buffalo street food, photobooths and DJs spinning some empowering tunes.
Saturday 30th Junehox
Where: 2-4 Hoxton Square, Hoxton, N1 6NU
Website: Get tickets here...
Regent Street
Life On The Streets
I’ve got an app that tells you the most polluted spots in London, and generally the biggest spike of noxious gasses (beside in the Handbook office after Emily’s been on the bean salad) is the corner of Regent Street. So it’s pretty ideal that throughout July, and for the sixth consecutive year running, Sundays on Regent Street will be car free. Starting this Sunday, Summer Streets will give Londoners the chance to wander freely along this Georgian marvel while the shops will be getting in on the carnival feel with lululemon offering fitness classes, a dozen food stalls from the likes of Danish bakery Ole & Steen and Gordon Ramsay’s Heddon Street Kitchen will pop-up and Tommy Hilfiger have promised to bring along a massive Scalextric track. I’ll take that over sky-high nOx gasses.
Sunday 1st July
Where: Regent Street, W1B 4EA
Website: www.regentstreetonline.com
New Union Square
Get In The Market
Property developer EcoWorld Ballymore has announced the return of the Embassy Gardens Market. This Saturday New Union Square in Nine Elms will play host to the market, a collab with Shepherd’s Market, showcasing locally-sourced food and drink from some of the capital’s finest shops, accompanied by live music, a spinning challenge, a superior selection of world cuisine and plenty more.
Saturday 30th June
Where: New Union Square, Nine Elms, SW8 5DA
Website: www.nineelmslondon.com
InterContinental London Park Lane
Art Of Champagne
In this weather you have to stay hydrated, and how better than with Champagne? Throw in a bit of culture and you’ve the perfect excuse to pour Perrier-Jouët down your gullet like it’s a storm drain in rainy season. Welcome to Masterpiece. Guests at InterContinental London Park Lane can enjoy a unique experience this summer, with a welcome bottle of Perrier-Jouët Belle Époque, then the following day the butler will bring a Champagne brunch to your room before the chauffeur arrives to escort you to Masterpiece, in the grounds of The Royal Hospital Chelsea, enjoying the exquisite artefacts on show, including learning the intricacies of the art of creating Champagne, with a private talk and tasting from Perrier-Jouët Ambassador, Jonathan Simms. Finally, a bottle of Perrier-Jouët Blanc de Blancs N.V. will be waiting back at the Champagne Perrier-Jouët terrace. Sounds like a reasonable way to spend a day…
Runs until Thursday 5th July
Where: One Hamilton Place, Park Lane, London, W1J 7QY, United Kingdom
Website: www.parklane.intercontinental.com
Boom Cycle, Battersea
Cycling's A Drag
Boom Cycle’s Duncan will be hosting a pride ride with DENIM, a performance troupe known for its drag shows and musical performances (they’re hilarious). DENIM are all about showing the power of being true to your identity in a time of global division, while partying hard at the same time, making their appearance at Boom Cycle Battersea for an afternoon performance as much as ‘must’ as their Q&A afterward about self acceptance and celebrating your true identity.
Saturday 30th June
Where: Units 1&3 Arches Lane, Circus Village, Battersea, SW11 8AB
Website: Book your ride here...
