What To Do This Weekend 14.08.25

Regularly voted among Lima’s best restaurants, Fan has brought its inventive ‘neo-Nikkei’ cuisine to W11. Friends and founders Romina Parra, Santiago Won and Jorge Sasaki blend Japanese precision with Peruvian flair – and a dash of Chinese influence – in an ever-evolving menu of refined small plates. Expect razor clams with smoked yellow chilli, prawn and truffle gyoza with fungi butter, and hamachi tiradito with scallop emulsion. It’s BYOB until the licence lands, but we hear pisco sours will follow shortly.

6 Chepstow Road, Notting Hill, W2 5BH

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With Blondie in Camera 1978, the Barbican Music Library shines a spotlight on Blondie’s breakthrough year. Featuring 50 backstage and on-stage images by photographer Martyn Goddard, the show captures the energy, style and attitude that propelled Debbie Harry and her band to global fame. Alongside the photographs, visitors can explore rare memorabilia, album artwork and posters from PR Alan Edwards’s private archive. The upshot is an evocative portrait of a band at its creative peak.

Barbican Music Library, Barbican Centre, Silk Street, EC2Y 8DS; 14th August 2025 – 5th January 2026

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Shanghai-born skincare house LAPO has landed in London with its signature 12-step custom facial. Beginning with an in-depth 3D skin analysis, treatments are tailored from over 700 possible combinations, blending advanced technologies like ultrasonic scrubbing, LED therapy and microcurrent brightening with time-honoured Asian massage techniques. The result? Skin that’s refined, resilient and radiant – all in one deeply relaxing session.

LAPO, Moray House, 23–31 Great Titchfield Street, Fitzrovia, W1W 7PA

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Ncuti Gatwa and Edward Bluemel star in Liz Duffy Adams’s taut historical drama, imagining clandestine encounters between playwrights Shakespeare and Marlowe in 1591. Against a backdrop of political unrest and creative rivalry, the pair are bound together by ambition and suspicion. With poetic dialogue, tense pacing and an atmospheric staging, this limited-run production is already tipped for awards.

Wyndham’s Theatre, Charing Cross Road, WC2H 0DA; until 1st November

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Luxury resale destination Bessette is hosting its first London pop-up, offering up to 70% off a curated edit from Prada, TOTEME, Jil Sander, By Malene Birger, Róhe and more. Fresh stock is added daily, though early visitors spending over £250 will also receive a complimentary luxury gift – a further incentive to browse before the best pieces go.

237 Brompton Road, Knightsbridge, SW7 2RW; 15th-19th August

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NYC’s Atomix – crowned the best restaurant in America – is joining forces with two-Michelin-starred KOL for one day only. Chefs Junghyun Park and Santiago Lastra have come together to create a tasting menu spanning gim bugak with sea urchin and marigold rice, sundubu with sweet shrimp and razor clams, and lamb rack with koji mole. Seats are strictly limited for a true once-in-a-lifetime dinner.

KOL, 9 Seymour Street, Marylebone, W1H 7JZ; Tuesday 19th August

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For one week in September, London opens its doors to over 800 buildings – from Downing Street and the BT Tower to Leadenhall Market and Nunhead Cemetery. This year’s programme features guided tours, architectural walks and ballot-only access to some of the city’s most intriguing addresses. Whether you’re drawn to cutting-edge design or historic grandeur, it’s an unparalleled invitation to see the capital from the inside. Booking open this week.

Various London locations; 13th-21st September 

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Old Spitalfields Market’s free summer workshops are keeping young minds busy with hands-on LEGO sessions. This weekend’s ‘London Landmarks’ theme invites little builders to recreate the capital’s icons with expert guidance from Bricks McGee. Next weekend, the focus shifts to fantastical creatures – so there’s every reason to return.

The Market Mezzanine, Old Spitalfields Market, 16 Horner Square, Spitalfields, E1 6EW; 15th-18th August

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Next Wednesday (20th Aug), Bicester Village hosts a one-off pottery workshop led by designer Henry Holland. Inspired by the Village’s countryside charm and Holland’s playful, colour-driven style, the session invites guests to create their own ceramic piece in a relaxed, sociable setting. Refreshments will be served, and the event is free – but spaces are limited, so early booking is recommended.

50 Pringle Drive, Bicester, OX26 6WD; from 10.30am

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