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    17 Cultured As Fuck Things To Do In London This Summer

    Cool for the summer.

    1. Eat matcha taiyaki cones at Bake.

    2. Catch a film at Rooftop Film Club.

    3. Drink rum cocktails on Ladies & Gentlemen's Rum Boat.

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    Yes, that's me. In this video I am enjoying rum cocktails on a wonderful canal boat, which is great but it does rather look like I've hired the entire boat just for myself and am making the staff sail me around in a kind of misanthropic-Heathcliff-on-a-rum-boat situation. You should definitely go and fill it with your friends instead. The boat is moored at the new Ladies and Gents rum pop-up, and it's £15 for an hour cruise, which includes a drink.

    Or if you get seasick, there's also a beautiful pop-up bar on land, plus a seafood stall with fish finger butties and deep-fried shrimp.

    Price: Drinks from £7, £15 for a boat cruise plus a drink

    When: Until 30 July

    Where: King's Cross

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    4. Go on an ice cream tour with Chocolate Ecstasy Tours.

    5. Drink garden cocktails at Bread Street Kitchen.

    6. Drink rose and bergamot cocktails at The Sanderson.

    7. Eat chocolate kiwi ice creams at Dominique Ansel.

    8. Take a boozy sunset speedboat tour with Thames Lates.

    9. Eat a fancy Vietnamese dinner at Go Viet.

    10. Have a day out at the Horniman Museum.

    11. Go on a picnic at German Gymnasium.

    12. Watch Black Cat Cabaret at Underbelly.

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    I love a bit of summer cabaret and Black Cat are one of the best. They'll be at Underbelly this summer season, which is one of the best seasonal theatre pop-ups in London. The whole thing is inspired by vintage Montmartre and Parisian Belle Epoque hijinks, and usually sells out super fast so get your tickets while they're hot.

    Price: £22.50

    When: Until 22 September

    Where: South Bank

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    13. Summer drinks at The Hyde Bar.

    14. Go on a secret gin dining experience at Juniper Manor.

    15. Experience proper gastropub food at The Pig's Ear.

    16. Drink some sparkling red wine at Fiz.

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    Have you heard of sparkling red wine? Apparently it's big on the continent, but I hadn't heard of it until Fiz (a new pop-up sparkling wine bar in Lights Of Soho) started serving it. Maybe I'm just terribly uncultured? Well, my uncultured, non-red-sparkling-wine-drinking self is over now. Now I am the new, cultured Emma, who drinks sparkling red wine and goes "oh, you DIDN'T know about sparkling red wine? Clearly you haven't been holidaying in Spain enough dahling."

    Anyway. Sparkling red wine is surprisingly delicious, and the bar you can find it in is also very good. They do normal sparkling wines too, if red sparkling wine is a bridge too far for you.

    Price: From £4.50 a glass

    When: Until end of August

    Where: Soho

    17. Eat ice cream eclairs at Melba.