In honour of The Gaucho International Polo try some Flash Hobbying. Turn up and get a stick, ball and hobby horse and start playing polo.

If you want to go to the main event at the O2 on March 21st tickets are priced between £22.50 and £72 per person (inc booking fees).

Following the success of the launch in November the Wild Life night returns on Friday 9th March. Wildlife brings a night of Tech, House, and Garage. Taking place in Designersblock, a discreet and unique venue in Hoxton, still to be discovered by many of the locals its well worth checking out.

Headliners Disclosure are returning fresh from their European tour supporting SBTRKT, counting Zane Lowe, Annie Mac and Nick Grimshaw as fans they are currently receiving lots of airplay on Radio 1, XFM and Kiss FM. Amongst others F.E.A.R will be supporting, an emerging talent from West London fresh from BPM festival in Mexico, their unique style is getting them noticed and 2012 is destined to be a very big year for them.

A laid back, party atmosphere awaits, expect an eclectic mix of music, Jungle Juice cocktails and Hoxton hipster attendance.

£7 before midnight, £10 after

Til 23 December 2011
Film screening event: Thursday 15 December, 7pm

Lee Maelzer makes paintings about the human need to record events and places and the visual languages. For her first solo exhibition at Poppy Sebire Maelzer will show new works that further develop her fascination for the mediated image; whether that held in the mind, the camera, or the physical archive.

The London-based artist is known for her odd, beautiful and technically adept means of describing facets of the everyday in paint; this particular body of work reflects the experience of flipping through a pile of photographs.

Poppy Sebire
All Hallows Hall
6 Copperfield Street, SE1 0EP
Open Tuesday to Saturday 10am-6am

1. The Unique View
High Timber is located on the banks of the Thames by the Millennium Bridge with views of Shakespeare’s Globe and Tate Modern. Come midnight you can watch the London fireworks from High Timber’s private terrace.

2. Extensive Wines
The restaurant has it’s own cellar where diners are taken to choose their wines from over 45,000 bottles made up of 900 bins ensuring you’ll get the best wines for your budget and taste.

3. Indulgent Menu
Chef Justin Saunders has created a six course menu using seasonal produce with suitably celebratory ingredients such as fois gras, truffles and langoustines (full menu below).

4. Elegant Eating
High Timber seats 80 people in a glass fronted dining room. The interiors play on the name (taken from Timber Street) with wooden furniture and neutral furnishings make the room informal and elegant.

5. The Price
6 course meal + a glass of Champagne + private view of the London fireworks = £99 per person

The Menu:

Smoked Salmon Blini, Chive Creme Fraiche
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Mosaic of Game and Fois Gras, Madeira Gel, Brioche
or
Risotto of Pumpkin and Truffle (v)
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Poached Halibut, Langoustine, Bisque Sauce
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Fillet of Cumbrian Dry Aged Beef, Anna Potato, Roasted Carrot, Perigord Truffle Sauce
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Lasagne of Winter Roots, Girolle Mushrooms, Celeriac Cream (v)
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Hot Chocolate Fondant, Cherry Gel, Warm Brandied Cherries
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Illy Coffee, Home made Petit Fours

Make your booking here
Email info@hightimber.com
Call direct on 0207 248 1777

For one Sunday each month the J Sheekey oyster bar will transform into a speakeasy hosting music and comedy for diners. Located on St Martin’s Court in Covent Garden the evenings are designed to pay homage to their theatreland roots.

Hardeep Singh Kohli, the Scottish comedian, writer and broadcaster is curating the season. He says: “Anyone attending the Sheekey’s Speakeasies should expect the unexpected. The atmosphere is relaxed and playful… perfect for a Sunday evening. We plan to offer unusual entertainment of the highest order. That and braised octopus.”

Diners can enjoy comedy alongside a seasonal menu for £30 per person and just so you know Sheekey’s octopus comes sautéed with chorizo.

Details:
Sunday 2nd Oct/6 Nov/4 Dec/15 Jan/5 Feb
7pm-10pm
Performance at 7.45 ( 3 x 10 mins acts with 1/2hr intervals)
26 Seats only
£30 per person in advance
Price includes food, cocktail, performance

Do you have a free Sunday this month or planning a Brick Lane trip? This free exhibition by Tom Ferrie is just off Columbia Road and is showing his landscape and portrait photographs taken in Namibia.

Tom is a freelance photographer based in London who has travelled extensively around South East Asia, India, Europe, Central America and Africa. Most recently he went on a 4 month road trip from Namibia through Southern and Eastern Africa ending in Uganda where he took these photographs.

Details
Shipton Street Gallery, Shipton Street, London E2 7RZ
Sundays only 11am-2pm to September 25th
Free entry

Paintings in Hospitals is dedicated to reducing sickness, anxiety and stress, through the display of art in healthcare facilities across the UK. The work of our charity supports the lives of many thousands of people each year by bringing interest, warmth and colour into clinical environments which might otherwise appear cold and sterile in the hope that the art displayed in clinical environments will improve the outcome of treatment and the well-being of staff and patients.

This is an exhibition of available artwork from Paintings in Hospitals’ London Collection and contains several fantastic new additions, including works by Gillian Ayres, Patrick Hughes, Ian Davenport and Posy Simmonds. Artwork from the Children and Young People’s Collection will also be on display, including digital animations selected in conjunction with the Tate Gallery.

Book for the Lunchtime Curator’s Tour on Friday 5 August from 1.30 until 2pm.

Details:
Mon – Wed & Sat: 11am – 6pm
Thurs & Fri: 11am – 8pm
Menier Gallery, 51 Southwark Street, SE1 1RU

Artist John Rose will be exhibiting a collection of outstanding contemporary photographic based works at Gallery 27 on Cork Street.

The artist, who focuses on the movement, texture and tranquillity of water, will be exhibiting his series Water MMXI which explores, with incredible intricacy, the fleeting moments of moving water.

Rose brings a perceptive originality to contemporary photography; he understands and captures the inherent seasonal elements that affect the look of the water and the way it moves. The weather creates a ceaseless variety of colour, pattern and texture, all of which are translated flawlessly into print by the artist.

Details
11-16th July 2011,
Daily 10am – 6pm
Gallery 27, 27 Cork Street, London W1S 3NG

After a practically food-free Taste of Spain on Regents Street another opportunity to celebrate Spain is here thanks to Tapas Fantasticas, the award winning Spanish food and Rioja wine festival.

Wine and food lovers can taste wines from some of Rioja’s most famous vineyards and try a selection of tapas from Spanish restaurants in London. Activities include live cookery demonstrations by José Pizarro, tasting workshops with wine experts Olly Smith and Susy Atkins, live Spanish music and a shaded area for children.

Details:
Saturday: 12 – 8pm
Sunday: 12 – 6pm
Potters Fields, Tooley Street, The Queenswalk, Southwark, London SE1 2AA
Free Entry