TRY A NEW WORKOUT: Elysium

Elysium is a new collection of private micro gyms that’s getting ready to spread fast across the capital. Currently in Aldgate and soon to launch in Seven Dials, it offers quiet spaces for fitness enthusiasts and personal trainers – with all the benefits of a high-end gym. If lockdowns have given you a taste for private workouts, you can now meet your PT at Elysium and get to work on the kind of state-of-the-art equipment you probably didn’t have at home.
 
36 Toynbee Street, Aldgate East, E1 7NE & 3 Stukeley Street, Seven Dials, WC2B 5LB

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FEAST IN FRONT OF THE FOOTIE: Brigadiers

Excellent Indian bar-restaurant Brigadiers is launching a Saturday Sports Menu for fans to enjoy while watching the new Premier League season. Inspired by the army mess bars of India, Brigadiers encourages camaraderie. While its art deco design conveys the opulence of Indian club culture, it offers a range of spaces for relaxed socialising. Coming in at £30 a head, the menu includes butter chicken burger with masala fries, and tandoori lamb pot pie with butter naan. For anyone watching at home, the sports menu will also be available to order in via the Ambassador General Store. 

1-5 Bloomberg Arcade, Bank, EC4N 8AR; from 13th August

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TASTE SOMETHING DIFFERENT: On Special At Larry’s

This summer’s hottest chef collaboration series is taking place in Peckham. ‘On Special’ launches this month with Larry’s restaurant hosting an array of culinary talents including Selin Kiazim (Oklava), Nud Dudhia (Breddos Tacos), Rob Casson (King of Feasts, Edinburgh) and Ixta Belfrage (Ottolenghi). Each chef’s dish will appear on Larry’s dinner menu for one week only. This week Selin Kiazim has drawn upon her Turkish Cypriot heritage to offer up crispy pomegranate glazed lamb breast and yoghurt. Next week, Rob Casson has created a ‘Kings Patty Melt’ of juicy beef patty with caramelised onions, pickles, his own burger sauce, and slabs of gouda sandwiched in rye bread.
 
12-16 Blenheim Grove, Peckham, SE15 4QL

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HAVE A LAUGH: Rooftop Comedy Experience’s Big Weekend

The Rooftop Comedy Experience is hitting new heights as it hosts a Big Weekend at Stratford’s Roof East. A stellar lineup of TV funny folk includes Phil Wang, Nish Kumar, Lou Sanders, Ed Gamble and Rhys James. Head on up this Friday (13th August) for an evening with Taskmaster star Phil Wang, or check in on Saturday to see Nish Kumar and Live at the Apollo regular Lou Sanders do their thing. On Sunday, Roof East will host podcast virtuoso Ed Gamble for an early seating, followed by Mock the Week regular Rhys James in the evening.
 
Great Eastern Road, Stratford, E15 1BB; 13th-15th August

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TASTE SOMETHING DIFFERENT: On Special At Larry’s

This summer’s hottest chef collaboration series is taking place in Peckham. ‘On Special’ launches this month with Larry’s restaurant hosting an array of culinary talents including Selin Kiazim (Oklava), Nud Dudhia (Breddos Tacos), Rob Casson (King of Feasts, Edinburgh) and Ixta Belfrage (Ottolenghi). Each chef’s dish will appear on Larry’s dinner menu for one week only. This week Selin Kiazim has drawn upon her Turkish Cypriot heritage to offer up crispy pomegranate glazed lamb breast and yoghurt. Next week, Rob Casson has created a ‘Kings Patty Melt’ of juicy beef patty with caramelised onions, pickles, his own burger sauce, and slabs of gouda sandwiched in rye bread.
 
12-16 Blenheim Grove, Peckham, SE15 4QL

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GO SHOPPING: Dunno.Curated

Dunno.Curated is a new independent store offering vintage fashion and streetwear. With sustainability at its core, it sources designer products and pairs them with celebrated vintage classics. It also wants to help customers curate their own looks based on the eternal Parisian style rule that you must look at an outfit holistically and not just as the sum of individual pieces. Any customer who curates and buys their own outfit will get 20% off their next purchase – and a polaroid picture will be displayed on the Dunno Head to Toe Hall of Fame.
 
8 Berwick Street, Soho, W1F 0PP

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READ THIS: Sinatra & Me: In The Wee Small Hours 

Every detail of Frank Sinatra’s life is captivating: his career, his romantic relationships, his personality, his businesses, his style. But he’s also had an elusive, hard-to-pin-down quality. Until now. Tony Oppedisano was Sinatra’s closest confidant and a member of his management team. His new book is an intimate look at an idol, drawing on the thousands of late-night conversations he shared with Ol’ Blue Eyes. Sinatra’s complex relationship with his father, his conflicts with record companies, his carousing in Vegas, his love affairs with some of the most beautiful women of his era, and his triumphs on some of the world’s biggest stages are all here.

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WATCH THIS: Beckett

On holiday in Greece, American tourist Beckett (John David Washington – Tenet, BlacKkKlansman) becomes the target of a manhunt after a devastating accident. Forced to run for his life and desperate to get across the country to the American embassy to clear his name, tensions escalate as the authorities close in, political unrest mounts, and Beckett falls deeper into a dangerous web of conspiracy.

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DISCOVER A NEW BREW: London Craft Beer Festival

After a year away, the London Craft Beer Festival is back at Tobacco Dock for a two-day extravaganza this weekend. World-class brewers including Northern Monk, Verdant, Mikkeller, Sierra Nevada and Tiny Rebel will all be there, as well as local favourites like The Kernel, Partizan, Gipsy Hill, Signature and Brick. There will also be six brand-new breweries hoping to make a splash. If you’re hoping to discover the next big thing beyond regular beer, Big Drop, Sunday Seltzers and East London Liquor Co will be showcasing their latest creations. Meanwhile, Bleecker Burger, Lucky & Joy, 10 Greek Street and more will be on hand to line stomachs, and there will be DJ sets from the likes of 6 Music legend Craig Charles.

Wapping Lane, Wapping, E1W 2SF; 13th-14th August

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