London

Archipelago

Seen-it-done-it date
Place to meet The key to impressing these ‘been there, done that’ types is to surprise them. What better shock than arranging to meet in the middle of an impromptu pillow fight? The Pillow Fight Club (www.geocities.com/londonmobs/) meets up for just that. Seriously.
Where to eat Archipelago’s (110 Whitfield Street, W1, 020 7383 3346) menu covers bugs, crocodile and peacock. The only way you’ll fail to impress is if your date was raised in the bush.
What to do Most climbing groups are apolitical. Not Red Rope (020 7385 6478/www.london@redrope.org.uk). Your date will be all the more comfortable knowing that the people holding their rope would never let a fellow comrade fall.
Later on The Torture Garden (www.torture garden.com) offers the opportunity to gawp at grown men and women in head-to-toe latex and pig costumes. If your date’s seen all this before, you may need to have a bit of a chat…
Where to end up The Sanderson (50 Berners Street, W1, 020 7300 1400) is still the most surreally impressive hotel in London. Feature continues