The Rakish Gent RECOMMENDS ...
What to do, where to go and to wear whilst doing it for this weekend …
DINE/ 14 Hills, London
There are much worse ways to spend the weekend than brunching 14 floors above London whilst a resident DJ plays house as you dine
LISTEN/ There’d Better Be A Mirrorball - Arctic Monkeys
Preferably on repeat over the weekend as we prepare for the imminent launch of the new album The Car.
WEAR/ Fear of God ESSENTIALS at MR PORTER
Not content with creating the sweatshirt that every man and his Mum is wearing, Fear of God have set their eyes on your autumn wardrobe with this cable knit in soft-cotton blend with slouchy and oversized credentials.
WATCH/ Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power on Amazon Prime
According to reports, Amazon paid Tolkien’s estate a record-breaking 250 million dollars for the rights to the story for this new series, which is carved from the appendices of The Lord of the Rings. Worth a watch to see if you can follow the plot.
SHOP/ Vuori, Covent Garden
Activewear and athletic clothing built for performance and comfort (with the added bonus of looking just as good on the yoga mat as they do at the juice bar afterwards) has just opened its first retail space outside of the us on Long Acre. They say that summer bodies are built in winter, so we recommend stocking up on the superb selection of workout gear
SEE/ Who Killed My Father at the Young Vic
Returning home to the small, conservative town in the north of France where he grew up as a gay teenager, a son finds his dying father virtually unrecognisable from years of alcoholism, social deprivation and grueling manual labour. He starts to wonder: who’s responsible?
This UK premiere is adapted and directed by the award-winning Ivo van Hovefrom the anger-soaked, internationally acclaimed book by Édouard Louis. Tickets from £12.50
READ/ Empireland by Satnam Sanghera
An invaluable introduction to the murky world of empire, providing thought-provoking discussion on how it shaped modern Britain. Sanghera’s brilliant book inspired the recent Channel 4 documentary Empire State of Mind and is the result of years of meticulous research.