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C'mon, admit it. You're Schragered out. Sick of paper-skinny girlies sipping thin drinks at The Sanderson's Long Bar or daintily avoiding fusion-minimal nibbles at Asia de Cuba? We've got the inside track on where the boys are hanging. |
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Fun lunchtime tradition: The Great Spitalfields Pancake Race. 12:30pm. Dray Wk E1 |
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A late night gig from the riff-heavy rockers Death From Above 1979 at White Heat at Infinity Club. 8pm-3am. 10 Old Burlington St, W1. £5. |
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Arty mood music at 93 Feet East from French Don Nino. 7:30pm. 150 Brick Lane, E1. £5. 08700 600 100 or online. |
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The Waldorf (acquired from Le Meridien last January) is unveiling a £30m refurbishment that's a curvy Edwardian belle to Ian's waif-er thin supermodel. A team of designers - including Aukett's Jane Johnson for the lobby - have spent Hilton's money on turning the Aldwych's white elephant into a twenty-first century mecca of cool. The Palm Court has been gloriously restored and there's 300 bedrooms where you have a décor choice - the ultimate consumerist option - "design" or "contemporary". But the icing on the how-cool-is-this-cake is definitely Homage. |
Arty words, dance and food at the monthly Sweet'n'Sour at 291 Gallery. 7-11pm. 291 Hackney Road, E2. £3. |
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Bush Theatre preview black comedy hit from the Fringe, Take Me Away. 8pm. Shep's Bush Green, W12. £11. 020 7610 4224 or online. |
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In a paean to fin-de-siècle Vienna, Homage - a fluid space that stretches from the Bar to the Grand Salon's dining room - has an eclectic interior, blending original features (the Patisserie's an oak-panelled haven) with modern art from Bruce McLean, Martin Fuller and Sir Peter Blake. Theatreland just got hip. You heard it here first. The Waldorf
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Dashing electro duo Client is hosting Being Boiled @NHAC with their synthpop sounds & airbrush cool. 8pm-1am. 21 Notting Hill Gate, W11. £5. |
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Tsunami fundraising Cabaret at Hackney Empire features Blockheads, circus, comedy & more. 8pm. 291 Mare St, E8. £10. 020 8985 2424. |
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