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Believe it or not, the end of 2016 is nigh. Kick off December with dinner aboard the Prince regent, a trip to the RA for some culture and a foodie’s take on a literary salon. And because we’re feeling nostalgic, we’ve got a playlist of UJ’s favourite albums of the year. Headphones in, press play, and let’s get ready for the weekend!
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| This Weekend’s Picks |
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| • FRI Jackmaster • SAT Abstract Expressionism at the RA • SUN A Foodie’s Salon |
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| | Top 5 | | | Albums of 2016 | |  | | 1. A Tribe Called Quest’s final ever album, We Got it From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service. How could we leave it out?
2. The incredible debut 99.9% from Kaytranada, the Haitian producer that’s been keeping our heads bopping all year
3. Freetown Sound, 2016’s most soulful release from UJ fave Blood Orange
4. For All We Know by British singer-songwriter Nao, which was playing in UJ headquarters all summer
5. Last but not least is Blonde, Frank Ocean’s long awaited (and totally immersive) follow up to Channel Orange
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| | DRINK | | | Pick & Cheers | | | Sponsored Listing | |  | | | Hosting a party? Check out Pick & Cheers, a new cocktail service which brings the cocktail bar to you. Just in time for Christmas, this fuss-free, affordable cocktail service offers Londoners the opportunity to host a party with a difference. From a NYE soirée to a pre-Christmas whisky masterclass, each package offers a unique selection of cocktails, made by a professional mixologist. It’s time to celebrate in style – or if you’re feeling super organised, plan ahead for 2017.
| | | | Head here to get your party booked in.
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| | BOOK NOW | | | The Reindeer 2016 | |  | | | This might be the ultimate collaboration. Sarabande, the Lee Alexander McQueen Foundation, have teamed up with Bistrotheque to create a seriously impressive festive dining experience. Each dish from the four course menu (which features a selection of canapés, smoked goats cheese, roast beef and fermented apple sorbet) is paired with a specially selected Ketel One cocktail, and all proceeds go to help emerging creatives working with the charity. We’ve got a feeling this is going to sell out quick, so book now!
| | | | The Reindeer 2016, from £110, tickets and more information available here.
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| | Friday | |  |  |  | | | EAT: | | DANCE: | | London Shell Co. | | Jackmaster at CLF Art Cafe | | | As of today, the London Shell Co.’s first floating restaurant is open. The seafood connoisseurs are permanently docked in Paddington for Morecambe Bay oysters, smoked roe, queen scallops and home-cured smoked salmon, washed down with one of their signature London-focused cocktails. All aboard!
| | Get ready to head south as much-hyped club night Numbers comes to Peckham’s CLF Art Cafe. Dance all night to charismatic Glaswegian DJ Jackmaster, Italian producer Passarani and Berlin-based Korean artist Peggy Gou.
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The Prince Regent,
Sheldon Square,
W2 6EP
| | 11pm-5am
£15 + BF
133 Rye Lane,
SE15 4ST
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| | New Year’s Eve Ball | | | Last Dance with Dippy at the Natural History Museum | | | Sponsored Listing | |  | | | Ring in the new year at the Natural History Museum’s first-ever New Year’s Eve Ball. The Museum’s iconic main hall will transform into a prehistoric party venue with a twist, with its most famous resident Dippy the Diplodocus taking centre stage. Dance among the dinosaurs and shake some tail feathers to music provided by Guilty Pleasures DJs. Get your face painted, request a song and have a T.rexcellent time counting down to midnight in the unique surroundings of the Museum. For a night to remember, upgrade to the VIP package which includes a sumptuous three-course meal.
| | | | New Year’s Eve Ball: Last Dance with Dippy at the Natural History Museum takes place from 8pm-1am on 31st December, Cromwell Rd, SW7 5BD. To find out more and to book, click here.
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| | Saturday | |  | |  | | | SEE: | | GO: | | Abstract Expressionism at the RA | | South London Record Fair | | | Take in some culture before December gets going and party season really kicks in. Featuring work from some of the greats including Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock, Clyfford Still and Willem de Kooning, it’s a must-see. Make sure to get down before it closes at the start of 2017.
| | If you missed out on the Independent Label Market last weekend, get your vinyl fix at the south London Record Fair, which comes to Elephant and Castle’s Corsica Studios this Saturday. With stalls from south London institutions Church, Rhythm Section, Rye Wax ad YAM Records, you’ll definitely discover some gems.
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£17
Burlington House,
Piccadilly
W1J 0BD
| | 1pm-7pm
Free entry
4/5 Elephant Rd,
SE17 1LB
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| | BOOK NOW | | | Après Ski Brunch at Bodo’s Schloss | | | Sponsored Listing | |  | | | A brunch with snow cannons, reindeers, and bottomless champagne served by snowmen? It could only be done by Bodo’s Schloss. Get down to the west London institution this Saturday for an alpine extravaganza and fill your ski boots with suckling pig, pulled pork, charcuterie, and of course, fondue. Afterwards, work it all off on the in-house ski simulator. Psst… enter the code PROMOTER when you book and tickets will be £40 instead of £55.
| | | | Après Ski Brunch at Bodo’s Schloss, 2A Kensington High St, W8 4PT. Tickets can be purchased here.
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| | Sunday | |  | |  | | | TRY: | | RELAX: | | Casa Cruz’s Feasting Menu | | At the Table’s Food Salon | | | Given how hard it is to get a booking at Casa Cruz for dinner, we were pretty excited to hear about the Notting Hill spot’s new weekend lunch menu. Go for the octopus carpaccio or vitello tonato if you want something light, or if you’ve come hungry, go for the feasting menu which offers whole fillets of beef and sea bass. Book now before everyone else does.
| | In need of a break from hectic Christmas shopping? Take refuge in At the Table’s salon in Soho. Offering a foodie’s take on a 17th century literary salon, The Food Salon is a place to relax and unwind. Intellectuals can engage in talks and debates about British food culture and listen to prose readings, or you can just curl up on an armchair and enjoy a good cuppa and some seriously well-curated magazines in the reading room.
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123A Clarendon Road
W11 4JG
| | 30th November-6th December
11am-late
3 Denham Place,
W1D 7DT
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| | DO NOT DISTURB | | | PUENTE ROMANO BEACH RESORT AND SPA | | | Sponsored Listing | |  | | | Already fed up of the cold? So are we. If you’re in need of some vitamin D and some me time, we say head to Puente Romano in Marbella. If you feel like being active there’s yoga, biking, tennis, and a boardwalk for running. Not feeling so spritely? Relax in the quaint old town, or closer to home at the hotel’s Six Senses spa. Read about our time there here.
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