This freshly launched space in Primrose Hill, north-west London, has been open for a month and is causing a stir amongst aesthete addicts.

Originally only supposed to last throughout Frieze week and perhaps the week after, due to its popularity it has remained open till December. Founded by James Brett, the Museum has taken art to a different dimension by swerving the subject towards ‘outsider art.’ Yet, despite Brett being a keen collector of this form of work, he is quick to dismiss this term, declaring it “too loose and inaccurate.” Brett argues that his artists are “not always artistically talented, but they tell the truth and the truth finds the form.” Indeed, there is a wide variety of styles and quality of works taking up every inch of the walls of this museum.

To help their search the Museum of Everything asked leading artists and cultural figures such as Annette Messager, Nick Cave, Jarvis Cocker and Mamma Andersson amongst others, to help choose artists which have influenced their own works.

The most intriguing part of The Museum of Everything is that most of these two hundred drawings, paintings, sculptures and installations were never meant for show, creating an uncontrived result and giving the illusion that this 10,000 sq ft former Dairy houses an array of secret works.

Until Wednesday 23rd December

www.museumofeverything.com

Sharples Hall st, London, NW1 8YL

Otylia Roberts has been established in London for over 30 years. 

She’s the lady credited with introducing the Brazilian waxing technique to the UK so where better than her swanky new George Street salon for a spot of below the belt grooming. 

With a client roster that reads like an issue of Hello Magazine from Victoria Beckham to Gwyneth Paltrow, I was certainly in good company. 

A Brazilian isn’t for the faint-hearted but at least her favoured hot wax technique uses natural beeswax with added soothing agents, is more effecitive at removing hair than strip wax and is also a mite less painful which has got to be good.   

Otylia started her career as a nurse before her change of direction into the world of beauty – something that’s actually quite reassuring as it goes! 

She’s thorough … very thorough and it does feel a little like a visit to the gynaecologist but the results are definitely worth any minor indignity. 

She briskly applies powder and soothing gels as she works so following the inevitable initial inflammation, there’s no adverse reaction at all and all you’re left with, as the Johnson’s ad goes, is baby soft skin. 

So much more alluring than baby gorilla.

www.otyliaroberts.co.uk

Food experience company Bompas & Parr and leading cognac brand, Courvoisier, are hosting an unusual experimental show where they will be building an architectural punch bowl filled with 1000 litres of Courvoisier’s winning cocktail and is large enough to row a boat across.

 The exhibition will involve flooding 33 Portland Place and the experiment aims to create a multi-sensory experience, similar to that of the scratch and sniff cinema shows earlier this year. Visitors of the installation will be offered the opportunity of not only stepping onto the rowing boat to scull across the surface but also to enjoy a glass of the prize punch.  However extraordinary idea this might appear back in 1694 Admiral Edward Russell also created a punch bowl so large that a boat was needed to serve the enthusiasts attending. 

The show will be open to the public from 9^th to the 10^th December at 33 Portland Place, London W1 and all money raised will go towards the architectural charity Article 25, a charity which gives architectural and building advice to aid agencies, NGOs and communities in disaster situations.  To purchase a ticket go to

 www.jellymongers.co.uk/punchbowl.html

The Trafalgar Square Christmas tree is set to be unveiled on Dec 3rd but pipping it to the post on the 1st is none other than John Galliano who has partnered up with iconic London hotel, Claridge’s to create the most fashionable tree in the capital.

The Claridge’s elves are already hard at work realising the acclaimed Dior creative director’s Christmas vision but just as you’d expect, it promises to be no ordinary fairy topped tinsel fest.

If the designer’s sketchings are anything to go by, the tree is set to fust Oriental with Art Deco, featuring leaves and orchids in silver, white and blue sparkling with shards of crystal as if it’s been turned to ice by the Snow Queen herself.

See you there … any excuse for a glass of champagne and we’re propping up the bar with Christmas bells on!

www.claridges.co.uk

49 Brook Street
London, W1K 4HR
020 7629 8860

For the past few years Dr. Martens have been trawling the streets of London again. From teenagers to adults, there seems to be a revival since their popular birth in 1960. The reason behind their success lies in their effortless unisex style, which combines contemporary and heritage.

Created by Klaus Marten, when he was nursing a broken foot, Dr Martens has had such a deep association with youth culture that even books have been written about them. The historical weight attached is an incomprehensible mix of Victorian and punk former times, transforming us from the skinhead and Goth subcultures of the 90s to the stylistically ‘unpolished’ teenagers today. It’s no wonder that fashion devotees Net A Porter are selling them online.

Comfortable and timeless whether it’s the new trend, vintage or classic collection, they each carry the distinct product details of individuality.  ‘Made in England,’ from the vintage collection, is an example of just another nod to the legacy behind Dr Martens. Paying homage to the first ever Dr Martens boots, the vintage collection uses the same visible raw edges and darker soles by using Quillon leather and is hand crafted by cobblers using the original stitching machine operated back in the 60s.

Former Banshees fronter Siouxsie Sue, the Mekons and Henry Rollins have all been seen in them, for despite coming in a assortment of colours and styles the Dr Martens manage to project in all of them a tough charm, unrivalled by other footwear.

Dr. Martens Vintage collection is available at all select premium retailers.