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If art week has turned into art month, we’re better off for it; celebrating creativity in the capital is never a bad thing. So if you missed Frieze, we hope you find some time to check out some of the exhibitions and art activations around town. Have great weeks all.
xx Taryn and Team UJ xx
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 | |  | | | Corporate > Wellbeing | | LA, LDN, Global | | | So, the owner of Whole Foods has launched a health and wellness club in LA called Love Life, the owner of Spotify has launched an almost-affordable body health scanner called Neko in London, and somehow, WeWork’s Adam Neumann has raised investment again, this time to open co-living spaces called Flow, which have a number of wellbeing-ish services under the (rather annoying) banner of ‘conscious community’; Flow is currently in Florida (Ft Lauderdale and MIA) and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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|  | |  | | | Drinks | | New collaborations | | | We’ve noticed a few places and a publication that have launched their own drinks lately, including Paradise Soho’s new wine (Paradies, a Riesling made in collaboration with Modal Wines); Side Hustle’s limited-edition tequila (made in partnership with multi-award-winning tequila brand El Tequileño); and Sausage Press’s new English fizzy red wine called ‘Skin in the Game’ (made in collaboration with Walthamstow’s Renegade Wine), which is limited to 150 bottles and coming out 30 October on DELLI.
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| | |  | | | The Buddha of Suburbia | | The Barbican | | Sponsored listing | | From October 22, director Emma Rice brings her unique and joyful style to Hanif Kureishi’s award-winning 1990 novel, exploring family, friends, sex, theatre and, ultimately, belonging, in a critically acclaimed production of The Buddha of Suburbia.
South London in the late seventies. High unemployment, high inflation, food shortages and strikes. But despite the winter of discontent, 17-year-old Karim’s life is about to explode into glorious technicolour as he navigates a path to enlightenment. Or at the very least, Beckenham.
The RSC and Wise Children’s ‘glorious and intoxicating five-star’ (The Times) production of The Buddha of Suburbia transfers for a limited four-week season from 22 October to 16 November. Watch the trailer here.
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|  | | | Dosa | | Around Town | | To note | | Just Opened
In Mayfair: Chef Akira Back has just opened his 14-seater chef’s table, Dosa, at the Mandarin Oriental Mayfair, serving a Korean-inspired tasting menu; The White Horse is Hedonism’s new wine bar; and Guy Ritchie’s Punch Bowl has new owners and has been revamped and relaunched. In Bermondsey, Amy Poon has just opened her first home at Spa Terminus – we can’t wait – and on Shaftesbury Avenue, the Boxer brothers, Jackson and Frank, are reopening their spot, Below Stone Nest, in mid-October (so, now) with a new look, highball-focused drinks, and vegetable-forward snacks menu.
Events
Behind is hosting a 10-course, four hand, two Michelin star seafood dinner tonight and tomorrow night, with João Oliviera from the creative VISTA restaurant in Portimão, Portugal; on the 22 and 23 October, rising star Iris Jordán Martín of Ansils, a restaurant in the heart of the Pyrenees in the Benasque Valley, will be the guest chef at Barrafina Borough Yards, book here; from now until 28 November, Tuesdays will be a lasagne party at Papi; this Sunday, Clotaire Poirier, one of France’s rising culinary stars, will be at Orasay as part of the guest chef series, with a lunch set menu, tickets here; and on 10 November, Claridge’s will be hosting a one-off Rare High Tea with some of London’s finest chefs including Santiago Lastra and Thomasina Miers, with a charity auction that includes the “last table” at Noma’s final season this spring – all raising money for Rare Charity. Ticket details here.
Coming Soon
It’s Bagels have been busy. Following their recent Notting Hill opening comes another new location, on Berwick Street in Soho this month. On 4 November, Samyukta Nair (Socca, MiMi Mei Fair, KOYN etc.) is opening Nipotina, a neighbourhood Italian restaurant on South Audley Street and on 6 November, Bottarga, by the Pachamama Group, will open in Chelsea and will be a more casual version of their Mediterranean zēphyr in Notting Hill. In December, Don’t Tell Dad will be another bakery by day, restaurant by night, this time in Queen’s Park on foodie Lonsdale Road.
Birthdays
We’re going to do this in order of seniority: The Savoy has turned 135! Details of celebrations to come. Tamarind have turned 30 and to celebrate, they have a stunning new terrace and central bar that is, importantly, open year round. Carousel is 10, marking 350 guest chef collabs, from over 100 cities. Decimo – the Spanish/Mexican restaurant on the 10th floor at The Standard – just turned five, and have launched a revamped menu and concept. And lastly, Claridge’s (excellent) Restaurant has turned one! They have a new menu that includes dishes ‘that feel like old friends’ including a fish pie, Dover Sole, lobster spaghetti, and a seafood tower.
Other News
The London Shell Co’s boat-based restaurants in Paddington, The Prince Regent and The Grand Duchess, have closed. They’ll now be focusing on their Swain’s Lane fishmonger/restaurant site and other land-based events and activities. Freddie Janssen’s Snackbar restaurant has also closed – we can’t wait to see what she does next. The Wolseley is now doing brunch; Lyle’s is now serving an à la carte menu alongside their set menu; The Hoxton Shoreditch will now offer out-of-hours (10:30PM-7AM) bagel deliveries to guests from the legendary Beigel Bake nearby; and if you like olive oil, try this Sommelier’s Selection of oils from Italy, Greece, Spain and Lebanon.
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| | |  | | | Devil Wears Prada | | A New musical | | Sponsored listing | | GIRD YOUR LOINS! A new musical based on the blockbuster film and bestselling novel, The Devil Wears Prada features an original score by Elton John, lyrics by Shaina Taub & Mark Sonnenblick, book by Kate Wetherhead and direction & choreography by three-time Tony Award winner Jerry Mitchell (Kinky Boots, Legally Blonde, Pretty Woman, Hairspray). Tony Award nominee Vanessa Williams, best known for her celebrated TV roles in Ugly Betty and Desperate Housewives and as an award-winning singer, will play the iconic role of Miranda Priestly, editor-in-chief of Runway magazine. She’s joined by Georgie Buckland, making her West End debut as Andy, Amy Di Bartolomeo (Six) as Emily, and Matt Henry (Olivier Award winner for Kinky Boots) as Runway’s Creative Fashion Director, Nigel.
You know the story, but ‘fresh out of college, aspiring journalist Andy scores a job at the prestigious Runway magazine working for fashion’s most powerful and terrifying icon — editor-in-chief Miranda Priestly. Sacrificing her personal life to meet Miranda’s impossible demands, Andy finds herself seduced by the glamorous world she once despised. How far will she go to succeed… and will it be worth selling her soul to get what she’s always wanted?’
Hilariously fun and fabulously stylish, The Devil Wears Prada tells an inspiring story about discovering what kind of person you truly want to be. Watch the trailer here.
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|  | | | 'The Entrepreneur' | | Kith x Giorgio Armani | | Out now | | | This is kind of an interesting pairing and they’ve divided the collection into four archetypes: the artist, the entertainer, the traveller, and the entrepreneur.
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|  | |  | | | Park Hyatt London River Thames Residences | | News | | Round up | | | Bustronome. On paper, you’d think this is all wrong – fine dining on a sightseeing bus – but we’ve done the one in London, and it’s a great way to see the sights; they’ve just launched in NYC, with Vegas about to join LDN and Paris routes. The Park Hyatt London River Thames (in Nine Elms, close to Battersea Power Station) just opened and is the brand’s first London hotel; they have residences, too. In Sicily, in an attempt to attract tourism year round, they’re running 33 different (very reasonable) historic train journeys from now until 8 December. And lastly, should you find yourself in Bangkok, Michelin-starred chef Oliver Limousin will be curating a unique dining experience focused on inventive combinations via Latin American flavours with French techniques, served in a tapas format at Coba, opening 7 November. What will they think of next…
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|  | |  | | | Art now! | | Get your fix | | As we mentioned earlier, if you missed Frieze (the annual Ruinart Art Bar preview night there, showcasing their Carte Blanche commissioned artists, is always a highlight and our sign that autumn has arrived!), here are some other exhibitions and art-ivities to check out.
For exhibitions:
Outlaws:Fashion Renegades of 80s London at the Fashion and Textile Museum, focusing on Taboo and Leigh Bowery, until 9 March; Tracey Emin, I followed you to the end, at White Cube, Bermondsey, until 10 November; Home of the Braves installation by JC Castelbajac at sketch until 10 November; Lauren Halsey:Emajendat, an exhibition that turns the Serpentine South Gallery into an LA-inspired ‘funk garden’, until 2 March; The World of Tim Burton is opening at the Design Museum 25 October – save the date!
Other activity:
Olympia’s large-scale “Off the Shelf” structure, made by artist Rio Kobayashi in collaboration with engineering firm Webb Yates, will have a variety of events and exhibitions until 28 February, 2025; Tiffany & Co. have taken over Selfridges’ windows until 20 October, with displays from their archives alongside commissioned works by artists including Damien Hirst; MOCO (the Modern Contemporary Museum) just opened in Marble Arch and has an impressive collection including all the big names – Warhol and Basquiat, Haring and Koons (to name a few); and lastly, Mount St. Restaurant has a limited-edition art-inspired ‘Palette to Plate’ three-course menu, available for lunch or dinner (Monday-Saturday) and from 12PM on Sunday.
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|  | |  | | | The Wilde Milan | | Versace Versace Versace | | Open house(s) | | | Opening this month, The Wilde Milan is a new member’s club by Gary Landesberg, an ex-chairman and investor in The Arts Club, in a villa that previously belonged to Santo Versace; there will be several dining spaces, a rooftop, and art and music programming. This past April, during Salone del Mobile, the original Versace design Atelier at Palazzo Versace opened their doors to show their home collection in an immersive showcase called If These Walls Could Talk; and of course, if you’d like to see Gianni’s old home in Miami, it’s now a hotel called The Villa Casa Casuarina.
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|  | |  | | | POP Wars | | The good, the bad, the fun | | We wouldn’t normally cover this, but we’ve noticed there’s a bit of a pop flavour-off going on…
When Fanta x Beetlejuice came through, we thought ‘this looks fun’ (‘tis the season); when we heard the new Shirley Temple 7UP wasn’t terrible, we thought ‘that’s not bad… we do need more sugar-free non-alcoholic options’; and when we noticed the Pepsi Mango ads on black cabs… we thought ‘OOOOOOF’.
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| | |  | | | Louis Vuitton and Le Café Cyril Lignac | | Heathrow Terminal 2 | | | Louis Vuitton has opened a new store and café, in collaboration with chef Cyril Lignac, in Heathrow’s Terminal 2. The aerodynamic pavilion focuses on womenswear, men’s accessories and leather goods, and the café joins the Maison’s over-20 restaurants, cafés, chocolate shops and airport lounges around the world. Time to book a trip.
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|  | |  | | | Boxclever LDN | | New location | | | People swear by this boxing gym! And it has recently moved to Kensington High Street, with intro offers for new clients.
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|  | |  | | | Halloween | | Boo! | | Should you need a costume for a small one, Zara has some pretty great ones this year, and the pumpkins at H&M look festive, too: we’ve got our eye on the Freddie-inspired sweater and shark pumps for ourselves.
Alien | Freddie | Bumble Bee | Pumpkin | Shark
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|  | |  | | | The Row | | Now open | | | Need an excuse to hop on the Eurostar? Now you have one. The Row have just opened their Paris flagship boutique, and it looks, as expected, like a chic, understated affair.
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|  | |  | | | Photo by Derek Ridgers | | | Outlaws: Fashion Renegades of 80s London at the Fashion and Textile Museum
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