Tempus Hot List: January 2026

Celebrate the magic of storytelling with The Queen’s Reading Room’s Hamnet collaboration

The Queen’s Reading Room, the charity founded by Queen Camilla, is set to invite book lovers, lovers of history and period drama, to an extraordinary charity evening celebrating the magic of storytelling at The May Fair Hotel on Tuesday, 27 January. This exclusive event, staged in partnership with Universal and Focus Features, will offer guests a rare opportunity to step inside the creative process behind Hamnet, Academy Award winner Chloe Zhao’s adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s book of the same name, which stars Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley. The evening will commence with a champagne reception before an intimate conversation with Maggie, producers Liza Marshall, Dame Pippa Harris DBE and other members of the cast and crew. This will be followed by a private screening of the film. A selection of costumes from the film will also be on display. Finally, each guest will depart with their own copy of the novel as a memento of the evening. If this is one of your most anticipated releases of this month, you’d want to grab your tickets sooner rather than later.

thequeensreadingroom.seetickets.comDine at Corinthia London’s newest restaurant: Mezzogiorno by Francesco Mazzei

Corinthia London is adding a brand new restaurant to its premises this January with Mezzogiorno by Francesco Mazzei. The hotel’s former Northall Restaurant has been dramatically reimagined by designers Afroditi to bring the stonewashed glamour of Calabria and Puglia’s Baroque palazzos to London. Inspired by Italy’s sun-drenched south, the menu will take guests on a journey across the country’s rich culinary landscape, innovating beloved regional flavours and timeless classics using mostly British ingredients. Menu highlights include Scottish crab with Tuscan panzanella, Umbrian white truffle tortelli, the four pastas of Rome (cacio e pepe, gricia, carbonara, and amatriciana) and Mazzei’s famous tiramisu. Guests can also expect a dedicated white truffle menu, an Italian-led wine list, and a lively bar of aperitivi and cocktails created tableside to complete the experience.

corinthia.comTake part in London’s immersive wellness event: the Beauty Triangle Festival

If you’re looking to kickstart your year with a wellness mindset, then the Beauty Triangle Festival is the perfect opportunity to do so. Taking place on 24 January at 180 Studios, the event brings together the UK’s leading voices in aesthetics, integrative health, mental wellbeing and future-forward beauty innovation and is packed with panel discussions, workshops and taster sessions. This one-day event invites guests to explore a world of expert-led education, hands-on treatments, restorative workshops and next-generation technologies designed to elevate inner and outer wellbeing. All attendees will also take away a goody bag worth £200. Grab your tickets now before they sell out!

thebeautytriangle.comEnjoy London’s first ever Michelin-star breakfast menu at Pavyllon London

London’s first ever Michelin-star breakfast menu is here as Pavyllon London at Four Seasons Park Lane has unveiled a breakfast tasting menu. Starting 10 January, the five-course gastronomic experience will be served every weekend at the restaurant’s elegant counter, placing guests at the heart of the kitchen’s morning theatre. Guests can enjoy an array of dishes like the amuse-juice, chai pudding with mango or seasonal granola with berries, before the menu’s main event. There will be a weekly chef’s special, which is a weekly-changing, showstopping breakfast signature that guests can indulge in. The tasting concludes with the restaurant’s much-loved French toast, served family-style, before guests depart with a gift of ‘Les Chocolats de Yannick Alléno’, a gastronomic delight made with birch bark extract. A tea or coffee is also included with the breakfast tasting menu, with vegetarian and vegan options available.

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