20 Great British Days Out Great British Racing BAHOMA Bahoma
Sporting events Want to dazzle as bright as the crown jewels in your glad rags or enjoy a picnic with your family? Horse racing has celebrations for the Coronation weekend covered. With incredible sporting action on track, activities for children, wide ranging food choices and options for all budgets, there’s something for everyone at the races. Horse racing is one of the few sports where under-18s race for free throughout the year, and with adult tickets starting from as little as £16, it makes for a brilliant and affordable day out for all the family. To fi nd your local racecourse, visit:
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GREAT BRITISH RACING
Perfume brand Bahoma is a British perfume brand that takes its approach to sustainability and luxury in its personal care and home fragrance products to a different level. Based in London, Bahoma has its own in-house manufacturing capabilities, allowing the brand to carefully control the quality of its products and, most importantly, where they come from. Once called Britain’s best kept secret, the brand has always been synonymous with complex, lasting, yet kind on your senses fragrances. The latest launch — the Cherry Blossom collection — epitomises Bahoma’s commitment to using natural, sustainable ingredients while also delivering a luxurious experience.
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FRAMELESS Frameless
Art exhibition Frameless, which is currently taking London by a storm, presents immersive art on a scale and way never seen before. It’s guaranteed to entertain and educate children, and will impress adults, too. Frameless brings a unique fusion of multidisciplinary arts, visuals and music, creating a spectacle not to be missed. Situated in Marble Arch, you can enjoy 43 masterpieces within its four galleries, all in one ticket. Prices start from as little as £19.75.
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17 APRIL 2023 BEST OF BRITISH DISTRIBUTED WITH T e Sloane Club THE SLOANE CLUB
Private members’ club Celebrating its 100th anniversary last year, The Sloane Club is looking to the next centennial for the contemporary club member. Work in The Chelsea, a serviced co-working space by day and a buzzy bar with showstopping cocktails by night, enjoy gastronomic delights in The Garden Room, hand-selected wines in The Bar and stay in one of the chic bedrooms. Expect spectacular Asian-European dishes, delicious cocktails and an intriguing event schedule. The club is dog-friendly in all areas, making it perfect for dog owners.
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Boodles
British jeweller It’s exactly 20 years since the renowned Boodles Raindance ring was created, and 10 since the V&A Museum’s jewellery curator chose the classic ring, complete with nine brilliant cut diamonds, as an icon of British jewellery design. Visit today and you can catch a glimpse of the ring in the museum’s permanent exhibition. The Raindance ring possesses the rather desirable qualities of being both fi ne jewellery and an exhibition masterpiece. To celebrate the anniversary, Boodles is delighted to reveal the ‘Raindance’ ring set in platinum, with rare fancy pink and white diamonds. The total weight of the white diamonds is 2.32 carats, while the pink diamonds amount to a quarter of a carat. And it matches the signature Boodles Pink. You could say it’s a downpour of diamonds.
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Regeneration specialists The four City of London Business Improvement Districts — Aldgate Connect BID, Cheapside Business Alliance, EC BID and Fleet Street Quarter — are helping to shape the future of the Square Mile. The local business communities are investing millions and delivering ambitious agendas to support business growth and enhance the local area. Through collaboration with the City of London Corporation, the BIDs are turning their collective will into collective action. Visit the website to fi nd out more:
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BOODLES PRIMERA
Discover Alice Neel at the Barbican Immerse yourself in vibrant paintings of New York’s underground
Alice Neel (1900-1984) painted marginalised New Yorkers
capture from
her apartment. Her vivid paint- ings
Black intellectuals, labour leaders, neighbourhood
pregnant women, children
and
queer couples. Now, the Barbican presents the largest ever exhibi- tion of her work in the UK to date — off ering us a view of the changing social and political context of 20th- century America, as seen through Neel’s eyes. Considered one of the great
American painters, Neel described herself as ‘a collector of souls’, and in the 1960s was crowned ‘the court painter of the underground’. As she gained cult status, her work didn’t go unno- ticed by the government. Her radical portraits (and her membership of the Communist Party USA) meant that she was moni- tored by the FBI for decades. Intrigued? Visit Alice Neel: Hot Off
Considered one of the great American painters, Neel described herself as ‘a collector of souls’
Until Sun 21 May
T e Griddle, showing at the Barbican Art Gallery until Sunday 21 May. T e exhibition comprises 70 of Neel’s enrapturing paintings, shown along- side literature, fi lm and photography which bring her rich and fascinating world to life. Book your ticket today.
Tickets are £18, free for members.
MARXIST GIRL (IRENE PESLIKIS), 1972, OIL ON CANVAS, 151.8 X 106.7, DARYL AND STEVEN ROTH. © THE ESTATE OF ALICE NEEL. COURTESY THE ESTATE OF ALICE NEEL
Barbican Art Gallery, Barbican Centre
barbican.org.uk/AliceNeel
Reviews ‘Remarkable.’
***** – The Times ‘Superbly curated.’
***** – The Observer
‘What a pleasure this all is.’
The Guardian ‘Courageous.’
**** – – The Independent **** RON KAJIWARA, 1971. OIL ON CANVAS, 172.2 × 89.2 CM. ALKAR
CONTEMPORARY COLLECTION (ACC), BILBAO. © THE ESTATE OF ALICE NEEL. COURTESY THE ESTATE OF ALICE NEEL
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