LEARN MAGIC THE STRAND
GET HYPNOTISED MARYLEBONE
Learn a trick or two in your lunch break from the experts at Davenports Magic. They do magic displays all day and are only too happy to show you how to bamboozle your mates at the next party.
Feeling homesick? Want to be more confident or want to give up smoking? Get cured by visiting a hypnotherapist. The Therapy Lounge has 11 hypnotherapy practices in the London area, where they could help with a whole host of issues and send you back to work feeling better.
FREE
£95
Open 9.30am-5.30pm Davenports Magic, WC2N 4HZ Charing Cross davenportsmagic.co.uk
By appointment 1-7 Harley Street, W1G 9QD Bond Street thetherapylounge.com
WATCH A SHORT FILM ACROSS LONDON Get cultured during your lunch break and watch one of 60-plus short films across 10 days and 22 venues at the London Short Film Festival. Each of the films is less than five minutes long and has a budget of under £500. It’s a great chance to dip your toes into another world for a few minutes – a much-needed, mid-day dose of escapism. £7.50
Jan 4-13 Times and venues TBA
shortfilms.org.uk
EXERCISE YOUR BRAIN EUSTON
BECOME A DRUM AND BASS DJ CROYDON
Challenge your grey matter with one of the lunchtime lectures at University College London. UCL offers 40-minute lectures twice a week on topics ranging from sustainable energy to sex work.
Learn how to spin, mix and use all that complicated-looking equipment with FlashBackZ. They’ll even throw in a few cheeky production techniques, and all within a 45-minute slot.
Tue & Thur, 1.15-1.55pm Gower Street, WC1E 6BT Euston; Russell Square bhavan.net
By appointment Park Lane, CRO 1JA East Croydon 07747 520224
RELAX WITH MEDITATION COVENT GARDEN
LUNCHTIME SINGING CLASSES LAMBETH
Go to a creative meditation session with Inner Space. Their expert tutors will guide you through a half-hour relaxation session, which is said to build confidence and make you feel rejuvenated for the afternoon.
Are you a star in the shower but never gone mainstream? How about a three-month singing course in your lunch hour? You’ll learn how to do group harmonies, improve rhythm and pitch, and interpret songs in your own style.
Bad day at work? What better way to offload some anger than with a lunchtime boxing class? Tokei Gym offers conditioning and cardio workouts with trained professionals who teach real boxing techniques. If you’re feeling it, stay on and give a bag a piece of your mind. Classes are open to both men and women and all abilities from beginner to expert. You may like it so much you take it up as a sport.
Weds & Fri, 1-1.30pm 36 Shorts Gardens, WC2H 9AB Covent Garden innerspace.org.uk
Next course starts Jan 10, 1pm Morley College, SE1 7HT Lambeth North morleycollege.ac.uk
Weds, 1pm Lion Court, SE1 2EN London Bridge tokeicentre.org
FREE
EAT SOMETHING WEIRD ACROSS LONDON Try something you usually wouldn’t this lunchtime. Restaurants around the city dish up all sorts of bizarre bites. At Bibendum you can chow down on deep-fried calves’ brain with Thai dipping sauce, or if your stomach dares you could try ducks’ tongues at Viajante or garlic locusts at Archipelago. Take some friends with you and see who’s brave enough to take the plunge – you never know, you might be pleasantly surprised. £20
Various times Bibendum, Michelin House, SW3 6RD; Viajante, Town Hall Hotel, E2 9NF; Archipelago, 110 Whitfield Street, W1T 5ED South Kensington; Bethnal Green; Warren Street bibendum.co.uk; viajante.co.uk; archipelago-restaurant.co.uk
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FREE
£20
£50
BOX FOR AN HOUR LONDON BRIDGE £10
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