Evening Standard - ES Magazine

Devour two stellar new books and some tremendous­ly good tacos in CAPITAL GAINS

1 Taco TIME 2 LIFE LESSONS

- BY JOANNA TAYLOR

Tacos Padre in Borough Market is now kitted out with a fully fledged al fresco set-up, perfect for gobbling heaps of fish mextlapiqu­e with salsa verde along with scallop, sorrel and aguachile tacos. Winchester Walk, Jubilee Place, SE1 (tacospadre.com)

Fashion stalwart Anya Hindmarch has released the hilarious memoir If In Doubt, Wash Your Hair: A Manual For Life, featuring everything she’s learnt during her time as a designer, mother and very clever businesswo­man. £18.99 (Bloomsbury)

3 BILLIE SCENES

The bad news is that Billie Eilish’s new album, Happier Than Ever, won’t be with us until July. The good news is that in the meantime you can peruse her eponymousl­y titled first picture book. ‘Billie Eilish’ (£20; Hachette)

4 BRILLIANT Bloomin’

Get stuck in to National Garden Day celebratio­ns this Sunday with a dawdle through Flower Station garden centre’s Open Day and a workshop hosted by The Flower School, in Hampstead Garden Suburb. Free entry. 9 May. 788A Finchley Rd, NW11 (gardenday.co.uk)

5 Fair GROUND

Skip along to Carousel’s cosy outdoor garden for Thomas Straker’s pop-up, Right Then, where the concise and wholly delicious Italian-style menu will have you begging for seconds and thirds. Tickets £17.50. 71 Blandford Street, W1 (carousel-london.com)

6 STEVENS THE KING

You can now listen to the entirety of Sufjan Stevens’ ninth studio album,

Convocatio­ns, a whopping 49 tracks exploring the anxiety, uncertaint­y, isolation and loss the artist has felt over the past 14 months. Available on Apple Music and Spotify

7 Tagli-ALONG

Still can’t seem to bag a table? Why not tuck in to the Banquist at-home box, featuring everything you need for a pre-recorded, Michelin-starred cook-along with the likes of chefs Theo Randall and Gareth Ward. From £89 (banquist.com)

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