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Somehow, like a silent killer, October has snuck up behind Team UJ and blown our skirts up around our ears. Probably whilst we were all in Spain, pretending it wasn’t happening. But rather than moan about the weather, we’re going to look forward to rusty Autumnal colours, Halloween hijinks and the very serious matter of the X-Factor boot camps. So, for a star-studded weekend we’ve got a Maker of Myth to inspire you, a Sickboy to entice you, Superfreqs to move to, and a Blind Monkey to enthuse you. Eyes on the prize kids, eyes on the prize.
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COMPETITION
Win Signed Sickboy Art Prints
Like your art on the sick side? Then you’ll want to check out Bristolian street artist Sickyboy’s brand new book and box set release, Busted Parachute. The hardcover retrospective comes in a hand-finished wooden box and includes a foreword by Tristan Manco alongside the iconic red and yellow Temple logo, wall slogans, spray-painted caravans and special projects with photographer Viktor Vauthier. To celebrate the release, we have a rare collection of signed Sickboy art prints from the last decade worth £1000 up for grabs. To be in with a chance of winning, simply tell us: What would your trademark graffitti logo be?
The Busted Parachute box set and the special edition will be exclusively available at www.thesickboy.com on October 1, from £125.
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SHOP
Elsa Perretti ® Starfish
A classic design for Tiffany & Co., inspired by the designer’s love of the sea.
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PLAY
The Legend of the Blind Monkey
The guys at Monkey Shoulder whisky are putting on a party with a difference. Boss Blind Monkey is looking for a successor, to be chosen at the Mobster's Ball. If you think you've got the moxy to beat the Boss' challenges, then tickets to the Ball could be yours. Along the way
you will pledge allegiance to one of three 'Families' before solving puzzles, sleuthing clues in bars across the country, and swapping codewords. Get to the Mobster's Ball and you're in with a shot at becoming the new Boss and claiming a mysterious Golden Treasure. Go bananas, doll face.
Begin your adventure at www.blindmonkey.co.uk
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BOOK AHEAD
Hamlet
Forget Jude Law clutching a moth-eared copy of the Shakespearean classic over ramen in Wagamama (yes, we did bump into him there and yes, it was chilli chicken) – this is a serious heavyweight production – and whilst it launches this weekend, its October run has already sold out. So book now for tickets in November and December to see Olivier award-winning Rory Kinnear and director Nicholas Hytner bring the haunted Prince of Denmark to life, minus the soba-noodle soliloquies.
£10-£30, National Theatre, South Bank, SE1 9PX
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SNAP IT UP
Peanuts @ Dover Street Market
Whether you identify with Charlie Brown’s painful sporting skills or flirty Peppermint Patty, you’ll be doing the Snoopy dance of joy with the latest collaboration to hit DSM. Celebrating Peanuts’ 60th anniversary the shop’s windows have been given a little cartoon makeover, with a selection of limited edition products up for grabs from the likes of Mulberry, Lacoste, Converse, Original Fake and Be@rbrick.
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RESERVED
This week’s hottest foodie destination
Tudor Road
Hackney’s hottest supperclub
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Location
A congruously industrial looking building in Hackney is home to this intimate gathering held, every evening from Wednesday to Saturday, in the candlelit kitchen-cum-dining room of bright young chef Ben Greeno.
Vibe
Greeno cooked at Copenhagen institution Noma and with Sat Bains in Nottingham and Nuno Mendes in London before he started hosting these cosy five course dinners for twelve. If you’ve never supperclubbed before be prepared to socialise, it’d be rude not to. And it’s BYO, but the nearby Bottle Apostle usually have a copy of that night’s menu so can help advise you on which wines will go best.
Flavours
This is not, thank goodness, the kind of supperclub where you’ll be served bog standard shepherd’s pie that you could have done a better job of at home. Greeno comes from a stable of chefs who like to explore the undiscovered and pair the unexpected, so there could be mackerel sashimi with emulsion of mussels and lemon cucumbers or slow-cooked eggs with parson’s nose, tender pine shoots and all manner of home-made pickles. All delectable.
Décor
Homely and low-key. Pre-dinner drinks are imbibed around a groovy kitchen workstation
with drawers made from wine crates, or on the spacious roof terrace if the weather’s fine, after which everyone adjourns to a rustic communal table to munch on freshly baked bread with nasturtium-petal butter.
Upshot
You may not feel fit to burst when you leave Tudor Road – this is about quality, not quantity –
but you should be feeling wholly satisfied (at £35 a head, going up to £40 from 11 Oct, it won’t break the bank) and might even have made a few new friends. And Greeno’s plans for a ‘proper’ restaurant (not, apparently, on these shores) are coming together, so go before you miss your chance. |
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Weekend guide by MaM Restaurant Review by SL. |
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