Author: RESET team
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Review: You’re in for a feast at 64 Old Compton Street, where mountains of buttery pasta abound
Opened on 3 July 2023 by restaurateur Nima Safaei, 64 Old Compton Street brings a slice of Italy to the heart of Soho, with a menu that makes choosing just one pasta dish a near-impossible task. Safaei is also behind neighbourhood favourites 40 Dean Street and 27 Old Compton Street, and his Soho address delivers…
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10 of the best cultural events in London this October, including Diwali and Halloween
October is one of the best months to be in London, with the city’s cultural calendar ramping up from film festivals and major exhibitions to Frieze, food events and, inevitably, a growing number of Halloween happenings. If you’re looking for something more interesting than another pub garden before winter properly sets in, these are the…
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This Finnish skincare brand is bringing Nordic rituals to London, with an exclusive discount in saunas
Finland has about 3.3 million saunas for 5.5 million people, which makes a hot room and a cold dip as ordinary there as a kettle in a British kitchen. How’s that for a fun fact of the week? It’s more than a national pastime – UNESCO added the country’s sauna culture to its list of…
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One-off feasts and special collabs: Here are 6 food and drink experiences to book this month
There’s a difference between adding a new restaurant to your list and booking something you won’t be able to experience next month. While we’re counting down the minutes for some of these restaurants to launch, there’s plenty of exclusive food and drinks experiences in London this October that are worth bookmarking. Restaurants, drinks brands and…
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Medicube’s new Booster Pro X2 is making a glowing debut in London – for three days only
Medicube is giving glass skin a high-tech upgrade. The Korean beauty brand’s new AGE-R Booster Pro X2 is taking centre stage at its three-day Wellness Club X2 pop-up in London, opening today at UNIT, 3 Hanover Square. Running until Sunday 11 October, the event gives beauty fans a chance to put the latest version of…
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Review: Nettle is joyously championing nature’s best with whole-produce cooking
London has a new rooftop restaurant with a serious connection to the countryside (as incongruous as that might be). Nettle, the latest opening from chef and farmer Will Devlin, landed at The Conduit in Covent Garden on 16 September, following the launch of Birchwood on the ground floor earlier this summer. It marks Devlin’s first…
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100 Things To Do Before You Die is the new Prime Video UK series where two French aristocrats risk it all
No plans to travel, and the autumn chill sending you burrowing under a blanket on the sofa? Let two French aristocrats do the adventuring for you. Brothers Matthias and Bastien Cadéac d’Arbaud road-trip across the Philippines in 100 Things To Do Before You Die, an unscripted series that has been streaming on Prime Video UK…
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New in beauty: our top 6 launches this month, from high-tech beauty gadgets to clever formulas
Forget the celebrity founder. Two of this month’s launches come from a dermatologic surgeon who has spent his career watching wounds heal and a chartered chemist who has spent decades formulating for sensitive skin, and we’d take that CV over a famous face any day. Add a laser eye mask and a foundation made of…
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Café Ciel’s Coffee Club is brewing up exclusive coffee-inspired bakes, for October only
International Coffee Day was yesterday (Thursday 1 October), but Café Ciel is not ready to put its cup down. From tomorrow, 3 October, the café in the courtyard of The OWO is running Coffee Club, a month-long series of collaborations with eight London coffee and bakery names, each of which has created a coffee-inspired special…
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Absolut has a KAWS for celebration with its new Artist Edition bottle
Absolut has handed its apothecary-shaped bottle to KAWS, and the result goes on sale from 1 October. The Artist Edition carries the artist’s XX motif and his CHUM character, and it arrives for a limited time in more than 30 markets, the UK among them. Craig Van Niekerk, Absolut’s VP of Marketing, says the brand…
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