What to do in London this weekend
The weather remains somewhere between passable and pleasing — and that means London is coming alive for summer. The city's historic gardens are springing to life with seasonal tulips, plus several film and music festivals are returning to the capital this weekend. For something more intimate, there are new restaurant openings and yoga workshops taking place from north to south, for every type of city dweller.
After the roaring success of Joséphine Bouchon in Chelsea (Giles Coren hailed it a 'seriously wonderful' restaurant), the Lyons-born chef Claude Bosi and his wife, Lucy, are bringing their French neighbourhood bistro concept to well-heeled Marylebone. At this tightly packed, buzzy bouchon, you can feast on a set menu of French classics, from pork rillettes or leek
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