SE22 April 2019

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Issue 170 - April 2019 In this issue Events Calendar - P4 What’s On - P8 Garden Talk - P12 Food & Drink - P14 Dulwich Festival Preview - P18 Children’s Activities - P26 Around Dulwich - P32 Dulwich Hamlet FC - P40 The Last Word - P48

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Welcome to SE22 Photograph by Jermyn Photography

The fantastic Dulwich Festival is back next month, with a packed diary of events. We have a sneak preview for you on pages 18 & 19.

We have a new business profile this month featuring the Dulwich Music Festival. Read all about it on pages 10 & 11.

There are plenty of events on this month too, so make sure you take a good look through the news pages, starting on page 8. Remember we also have more events on our website www.arounddulwich.co.uk.

The Last Word goes to the lovely Debs Henry-Pollard who runs a local coaching company, Catching Fireworks. Find out more on page 48.

Many of you will have seen the colourful banners up around the area from the LoveED competition. See the whole collection on page 51.

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Contents

Welcome ..................................................................... 3 Events Calendar ......................................................... 4 Noticeboard ................................................................ 6 What’s On ............................. 8, 22, 23, 30, 31, 42 & 43 The Dulwich Music Festival ........................10 & 11 Garden Talk .............................................................. 12 Food & Drink ............................................................ 14 Fitness Tips .............................................................. 16 Dulwich Festival Preview ............................18 & 19 Councillors Column .................................................. 24 Children’s Activities .........................................26 & 27 Digital Skills .............................................................. 28

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Around Dulwich .................................................. 32 The Horniman Museum ...................................34 & 35 Education News ...................................................... 36 Bell House Events .................................................... 37 Dulwich Picture Gallery ..................................38 & 39 Dulwich Hamlet FC .............................................. 40 Financial Matters ..................................................... 44 Pets Corner .............................................................. 46 The Last Word .......................................................... 48 Index ........................................................................ 50 LoveED Collage ......................................................... 51

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Events Calendar - April Monday

1st Tea & Time, see p8.

Back to Baby Concert, see p8.

Tuesday

Wednesday

2nd

3rd

Thursday

Friday

4th

5th

9th

Tea & Time, see p8.

Livesey Bridge Club, see p8.

The Dulwich Players present Tartuffe, see p30.

Goose Green Coffee The Arts Society Morning @ St John’s Church p30. Dulwich Illustrated Lecture, see p31.

Laugh Train Livesey Bridge Comedy, see p30.

Alden Patterson & Club, see p22.

Dashwood @ The Spring Garden Talk - Ivy House, see p31.

Helen Yemm, p30.

15th Livesey Bridge Club, see p8.

10th

16th

17th

The Merry Nude Life Drawing Class, see p8 Laugh Train Comedy, see p31.

12th

18th

19th

Dulwich Runners Club, see p22.

Goose Green Coffee Morning @ St John’s Church p31.

22nd

23rd

Easter Monday

The Merry Nude Life Drawing Class, see p8 Laugh Train Comedy, see p42.

24th

30th The Merry Nude Life Drawing Class, see p8

25th

26th

Goose Green Coffee Dulwich Folk Dance Morning @ St Club, see p42.

John’s Church p42.

1st

7th The Peckham Society AGM, see p23.

14th

Emmanuel Wildlife Garden Group, p23.

Singaround @ The Ivy House, p31

20th

Parkrun, Peckham Rye ParkPa&rk Dulwich 9am, P8.

21st Easter Sunday

Emmanuel Wildlife Garden Group, p23.

Smart Business Networking with Cooking with Scissors.

6.45pm Upstairs @ The Palmerston www.cookingwithscissors.co.uk

Tea & Time, see p8.

Livesey Bridge Club, see p22.

Parkrun, Peckham Rye ParkPa&rk Dulwich 9am, P8.

Sunday

Horniman Easter Fair, see p34.

2nd

27th

Pop-up Feast @ Tart see p43.

Parkrun, Peckham Rye ParkPa&rk Dulwich 9am, P8.

28th

Crystal Palace Artists’ Open House see p43.

U3A Meeting, see p42.

29th

13th

Good Friday

Babble Talks Love Factually, see p31.

Nunhead WI Meeting, see p31.

Tea & Time, see p8.

Livesey Bridge Club, see p18.

11th

The Merry Nude Life Drawing Class, see p8

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Tea & Time, see p8.

6th

Goose Green Coffee Dawn Chorus led by Morning @ St Peter Frost, p23.

John’s Church p22. Dulwich Folk Dance Give & Take Event Club, see p23.

Dulwich Runners @ EDCC see p23.

Club, see p22.

Laugh Train Easter Crafts for Plosive Comedy in Secret Histories: p22. see Comedy, Kids, see p23.

Dulwich with Shappi Damian Barr with Khorsandi & Harry Vintage Sale, see p23.

Sarah Perry, see p22.

Honor Oak WI, Hill, see p23.

East Dulwich WI 7.30pm, see p22.

Dance On! see p23. @7.30pm, see p22.

The Merry Nude Life Drawing Class, see p8

8th

NEW Dulwich WI meeting, see p30.

Forest Hill Women’s Institute,

Saturday

Luke Jackson, Andrea Kempson, Les Elvin @ The Ivy House, p43.

3rd

SoLo Craft Fair, see p43.

Ladies Tennis Taster, see p43.

4th

Art @ 57, Art Market, see p43.

5th

Laugh Train Comedy, see p43.

Forthcoming Events Further details where available can be found in the News and Events pages 8, 22, 23, 30, 31, 42 & 43. Please read as not all the events can fit on the calendar!

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What's On - April Mondays 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29 April: Tea and Time Tea and Time is a club, aimed at anyone over the age of 60 who would like to meet other folk in the local area on a Monday between 10.3012.30 at Christ Church, Barry Road, East Dulwich.

Arts and craft, music and chat are on offer.

Refreshments can be bought on site ranging from sandwiches to a cooked meal – all at a reasonable price. First session is free thereafter £5 per session. ALL WELCOME. www.teaandtime.org sue.beynon@yahoo.com

Peckham Rye & Dulwich Park Parkrun

Monday 1 April: Bach to Baby concert series to celebrate 200th birthday of ‘tech savvy’ Queen Victoria 10.30am. St Barnabas Church, SE21. Throughout April and May, Bach to Baby is celebrating the 200th birthday of Queen Victoria with a special series of family concerts for age 0+ in Dulwich. Babies, children and their grown ups will be transported inside the palace walls with music from the Queen’s favourites, Mendelssohn and Strauss, into the Savoy Theatre of Gilbert and Sullivan fame, and on to the cobbled streets with songs from the Victorian Music Halls. Bach to Baby concerts are always at family friendly times, usually late morning, and no concert is complete without crying, feeding, dancing and nappy changing! To for more details visit: www.bachtobaby.com/dulwich-village-musicconcerts-for-baby-and-family

Mondays 1, 8, 15 & 29 April: Livesey Bridge Club 6.45-10.00pm Sydenham Community Library, Sydenham Road, SE26 5SE. Come and play duplicate bridge. No partner necessary as a steward/host is available. www.bridgewebs.com/livesey/

Tuesdays 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30 April: The Merry Nude Life Drawing Class

Saturday Mornings 9am 6, 13, 20 & 27 April A FREE weekly timed 5k run, which is open to all standards of runners; it is not a race.

PECKHAM RYE start is near the Colyton Road entrance of Peckham Rye park and run three laps of the gardens. www.parkrun.org.uk/peckhamrye DULWICH PARK start is Queen Mary's Gate on the south side of the park. This is the entrance on the South Circular (A205), Dulwich Common. www.parkrun.org.uk/dulwich 8 | SE22 - April 2019

The Clock House, East Dulwich every Tuesday from 7-9pm. The Merry Nude run a range of Life drawing classes across London and have a wide social media following and attendance.

Classes are open, relaxed and perfect for all experiences. We particularly love the fresh perspectives new drawers can bring and don’t believe that there is one way to make an image.

We create fun and playful drawingexercises with brilliant models of all body types each week to fantastic music. We encourage people to grab a drink and a scribble and try something new for a couple of hours. https://benedictromain.wixsite.com/ themerrynude/clock-house Instagram @themerrynude To get your listing here contact: angela@semagazines.co.uk

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Horniman Easter Fair Sat 20 & Sun 21 April, 10.30am– 4.30pm Easter Trail Storytelling Animal Corner Arts & Crafts Market Family activities

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Piano Competition May 18th 2019

The Dulwich Music Festival The Dulwich Music Festival Hits the High Notes with a Piano Competition for Beginner Pianists in May. Welcome The Dulwich Music Festival started in 2012 and has grown in popularity from a one-off piano competition to quarterly competitive music events in Dulwich and also at venues across London such as the Horniman Museum in Forest Hill and Handel & Hendrix Museum in Bond Street. Entries are now open for a piano competition in May offering young beginner pianists a performance platform with a child-friendly audience and encouraging adjudicator feedback from the composers themselves. ‘Piano For All’ is for pianists that have recently started learning the piano and would like to gain their first experience of performing in public.

The competition will be held on Saturday May 18th at St. Barnabas Parish Hall in Dulwich Village and is open to all young pianists in the surrounding area.

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We have chosen lots of fun pieces by composers Rosa Conrad, Marcel Zidani and Olly Wedgwood who will give you feedback and lots of helpful tips. You can even ask Rosa to accompany you for the Duet performance!

South London-based classical musician and music teacher Lorraine Liyanage established the Festival in 2012 to address the lack of any performing arts festivals for her piano students in the surrounding area. The festival attracts great support from local businesses that sponsor a trophy and we now have an impressive collection of awards to present each year.

“The Festival is reinventing the old-fashioned image of classical music competitions and creates a celebration of all things piano in an unstuffy and encouraging atmosphere” says Lorraine.

www.dulwichmusicfestival.co.uk

Entries can be made online and the numbers are limited for each class so early entry is advised.

Other upcoming events include our annual Piano Competition held at Kingsdale Foundation School in West Dulwich this Autumn. Entries open in Summer. Keep an eye on our web site for more information.

Our festival is a member of the British & International Federation of Festivals that was incorporated as a charity in 1921 and has been helping to create millions of performance opportunities by supporting amateur festivals globally. www.dulwichmusicfestival.co.uk @SEPianoFestival @DulwichClassicalKeyboardFestival

“The Dulwich Music Festival is extremely well-run, thanks to Lorraine’s superefficient administration. The atmosphere is extremely friendly and unstuffy, which makes a refreshing change. Highly recommended!”

Graham Fitch, pianist, adjudicator and author “The atmosphere has been brilliant, it’s really supportive. Everyone is here to show what they have learned on the piano and give it their best shot. They get really lovely feedback from the adjudicators.”

Claire Harris, Piano Teacher “I see myself as an encourager. I am there to applaud the work they have put in and encourage them on the road to being expressive in music and learning confidence and poise.”

Nancy Litten, Adjudicator, British & International Federation of Festivals “Trinity College London is really delighted to be involved with the Dulwich Music Festival as we really love to support young players learning the piano and their journey as they go through the grades.”

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Garden Talk with Janine Winlaw

Wildlife Gardens Turn your garden into a haven for wildlife with a few simple steps. Here’s how.

1) Attract more bees and butterflies. Planting pollen - and nectar-rich plants such as salvia, rudbeckia, lavender, nepeta, foxgloves and sedum will keep your garden buzzing with pollunating insects that help seed and fruit production. Bees struggle to get nectar from double flowers, so try to opt for open-shaped flowers such as daisies where possible – ideally in their favourite colours - yellows and purples!

2) Grow a meadow. Butterflies and bees are partial to areas of wildflowers, particularly native varieties, so if you have room for a patch of wildflower meadow in your garden you’ll be a big hit with bees and insects. You can scatter a seed mix of annuals such as grasses, poppies and love-in-the mist or go for a perennial meadow of buttercups, or buy ready made turf (pictorialmeadows.co.uk) have a good range. Even simply allowing a patch of lawn to grow longer will provide shelter for small mammals and food for butterfly caterpillars.

3) Plant a tree. If you’re thinking of buying a tree, go for native varieties such as a crab apple (Malus 'Red Jade', 2m high, is perfect for small gardens.) rowan or silver birch to help attract birds and insects, providing flowers fruit and seeds as well as shelter. Planting a few together help create a woodland habitat for a wider range of wildlife 4) Don’t be too tidy. Allow perennials to go to seed to provide winter food for seed-eating birds – they particularly love the round seedheads of echinops. Piles of leaves and rotting logs also provides food and habitats for hibernating worms and beetles.

5) Avoid chemicals. Look for alternatives to slug pellet and pesticides with organic methods of control such as wool slug pellets or slug killing nematodes. Chemicals kill beneficial species as well as harmful ones. Avoid using herbicides by hand weeding and applying mulch.

6) Attract more birds. Hang a bird feeder filled with unsalted peanuts and seeds from a branch – or try feeders which suction onto your window for a close-up view - the squirrels will struggle with that!

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And you’re still in time to put up nesting boxes in your garden to encourage birds to breed – try to put them somewhere sheltered from too much heat or cold.

7) Have a water feature – ponds are great for encouraging wildlife but even a simple bowl will encourage frogs and dragonflies - and many birds may use them to drink and bathe in. Use plants like water lilies and broad leaf pondweed to develop your underwater ecosystem and make sure there’s a sloping side so that frogs and toads can easily get out. A bird bath will also provide a useful water source for drinking and washing.

8) Plant a hedge. Instead of a wooden fence or exotic hedge, think of using a native hedge such as hawthorn, blackthorn or hazel to provide nesting sites and winter food such as berries and hips for hungry wildlife.

9) Plant berry-bearing shrubs. Plants such as cotoneasters, holly, pyracantha, skimmia, and Viburnum opulus provide a good food source for birds.

10) Plant climbers. Ivy provides shelter for birds, nectar in winter and berries in spring. Honeysuckle and clematis also have lots of nectar for butterflies and birds also eat the seeds.

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Food & Drink with Suzanne James

Vegan (or Not) Spinach & Ricotta Cannelloni!!

Spinach is at its very best between March and June. Now is the time to buy whole bunches of the stuff - look for leaves that are crisp and dark green, and avoid those that are yellow, limp, or wilted. Don’t worry about a bit of mud, it’s easily washed off and then dried in a salad spinner. If buying pre-washed, packaged spinach, inspect the bag for any slimy or yellow leaves, and also check the expiration or a "best if used by" date.

Always buy organic spinach if you can. This is a simple version of a classic recipe that is super easy to make. The basic recipe is vegan, but it is very easy to adapt it if you wish to by adding 300-400g of Ricotta cheese to the Béchamel sauce and a sprinkling of Parmesan over the top!

Cooking time 1 hour 10 minutes Serves 8

Ingredients • 3 Cloves peeled garlic • 100g Roasted cashew nuts • 100g Spinach • 2 Sweet potatoes boiled & mashed • Juice of half a lime • 1 tsp salt • 75ml Sunflower oil • 75ml Water • 3 tsp oil • 3 tbsp white flour • Pinch of salt • Pinch of black pepper • 350ml Soy milk • 2 Cloves garlic chopped finely • 1 Red chilli • 1 ½ tbsp oil • 2 Tins of chopped tomatoes • 1 tsp salt • Pinch of black pepper • 1 tbsp maple syrup • 250g Cannelloni tubes • Vegan cheese to top • 300-400g Ricotta for the Béchamel Sauce if you’re not making the vegan version • Grated Parmesan to top if you’re not making the vegan version

Method 1) Preheat the oven to 180°C. 2) First step is to make your spinach pesto – add 3 cloves peeled garlic, cashew nuts, spinach, lime, 1 tsp salt, 75ml sunflower oil and 75ml water to a blender and blend together.

3) For vegan béchamel, add 3 tbsp oil to a pan on a high heat along with 3 tbsp flour, a pinch of salt and a pinch of pepper and cook for 1 minute.

4) Once the roux starts to clump together add in the soy milk (& ricotta cheese if not following the vegan recipe).

5) Bring to the boil, stirring all the while and then knock off the heat.

6) Combine with the spinach pesto and the mashed sweet potatoes and set aside.

7) Make your tomato sauce by adding 1 ½ tsp oil to a pan on a high heat. Add 1 finely chopped red chilli and 2 cloves finely chopped garlic.

8) Fry for about a minute until the garlic starts to turn gold and then add the two tins of chopped tomatoes and mix through.

9) Season with 1 tsp salt, a pinch of black pepper and 1 tbsp maple syrup and bring to the boil. Remove from the heat.

10) Use a piping bag to squeeze the spinach and sweet potato béchamel sauce into the cannelloni tubes – make sure you fill them up really well, so they are not full of air.

11) Lay the tubes on their sides and submerge with the tomato sauce.

12) Top off with a covering of vegan cheese (or a sprinkling of Parmesan if you’re not vegan!) and cook in the oven for 25 minutes.

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Fitness tips with Leanne Spencer

Is stress bad for your mind, body & wellbeing?

The answer, of course, is yes. But why?

When we’re in a stressed state, we release different hormones, predominately cortisol, which can have a negative effect on our body composition because cortisol instructs the liver to secrete glucose into the bloodstream (in effect to get us ready for action because it thinks we’re in a threat state). We then have elevated glucose in the blood – which is not great for our energy levels or our body composition (our weight management).

But stress can also affect the entire body from top to tail. It can switch on and off genes that we don’t necessarily want switched on or off, it can significantly affect our overall health through our genetic expression, which I think is fascinating!

It also affects the nervous system – the autonomic nervous system. There are two branches to this nervous system: sympathetic and parasympathetic.

Sympathetic is our fight, flight, freeze response. That’s our threat state, and when we’re stressed, we’re in a sympathetic dominant state.

Parasympathetic is our rest and digest, and that’s the state we want to be in most of the time, but not all the time. It’s important to move from a sympathetic to parasympathetic to sympathetic to parasympathetic dominant state. That’s what we were designed to do.

As ancestral people, we weren’t always relaxed and chilled out by the campfire, but we weren’t always being attacked and chasing predators either, so our body is used to working between those two types of nervous system states. But the issue is when the stress becomes prolonged and elevated. It’s fine to be stressed some of the time - that stress could be a deadline, a very stressful event, a health scare, or it could be a workout. There are different types of stress.

A workout puts us into that stress state, but it’s hermetic – it has something that could be bad for us, but in a small dose has a positive effect.

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In order to change our physiology, we want to take ourselves into a stress state through exercise (as an example) every now and again provided we get suitable recovery. It’s ok to have stress if it’s not prolonged, and it’s not elevated for long periods of time, and you build in enough recovery; That really is the key.

Most people I speak to or observe, don’t get enough recovery. If you can try and make that stress spikier by building in lots of recovery in between, you’re going to find that it has a far less detrimental effect on your health.

To summarise, stress is very bad for the body if it’s prolonged and elevated. It can change our gene expression. It can affect the nervous system, which in turn, effects just about the whole body.

Manage your stress well; meditation, movement, exercise, good food, time to yourself – all these things are really crucial. Have a look at your diary, see where you can put in microbreaks to take your foot off the gas every now and again.

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Dulwich Festival 10-19 May 2019

Preview

T

he Dulwich Festival returns this May with its annual celebration of Art, Music, Theatre, Literature and Walks for all. In a time of uncertainty, this year’s theme is ‘Belonging’ and the community event has something to appeal for everyone aged 0-100 years!

As always the Festival also celebrates the local artistic community with the ever-popular Artists’ Open House taking place across both weekends when over 200 artists invite the public into their homes and studios, providing a close up and personal dialogue and insight into their art.

The Festival is also a celebration of the local history and architecture as local treasures such as the Dulwich Picture Gallery, Bell House, Dulwich College and Christ Chapel, amongst others, play host to the events.

For music lovers, The Harlem Meer Cats are back! Recreating the music heard at the Cotton Club in the 1920’s and 30’s, these musicians play the great hits of Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway among others. The sounds are infectious, mysterious, seductive, at times menacing, yet always swinging!

Dancers will be most welcome, as indeed they will be at the ever-popular Festival Ceilidh. The wonderfully uplifting Festival of Choirs will also feature in this year’s line-up.

Adam Norsworthy also returns to the Festival after two previous sold-out shows. Regarded by many as one of the country’s finest Blues singersongwriters, he will be playing a first set with LSO

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second violinist Tom Norris and then a full band set with his group The Mustangs, one of the UK’s most established Blues bands.

At over 400 years old, Christ’s Chapel is one of the hidden gems in Dulwich and will be hosting both a Chapel Organ open afternoon, featuring the exquisite organ built in 1759 and thought to be the oldest surviving example of the famous organ builder’s, George England’s, work. Acclaimed ensemble Onyx Brass will also perform at the alluring venue. A highlight of the festival, the concert promises a wide variety of music to woo all tastes.

80 years ago 10,000 children came to Britain as unaccompanied refugees on the Kindertransport from Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia, escaping Nazi Europe. Following a screening of some extracts of interviews, the panel discussion with two former Kinder, chaired by Dr Bea Lewkowicz, Director of the AJR Refugee Voices Testimony Archive, will explore how the Kinder adapted to life in Britain and how they dealt with being separated from their families and their homes. The photographic exhibition ‘Sill in our Hands’ which features 10 Kinder will be on display.

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For literary lovers, join a discussion with the editors of Words in Pain, Jocelyn Catty and Trevor Moore, with readings from their embellished centenary edition of the collected letters of Olga Jacoby, a writer, thinker and rationalist who wrote them ‘under the sentence of death’ due to a terminal heart condition. The proceedings will take place in the elegant setting of Bell House.

For younger members of the community the children’s art competition and concert return plus Kingsdale will play host again to the Youth Concert where local schools/music groups showcase their incredibly talented young musicians.

Award-winning children’s theatre will be on offer at St Barnabas Parish Hall with the fantastical tale of Tommy Foggo – Superhero - a magical multimedia tale of a life saved by music based on a true story, composed by award-winning Stephen Deazley and ‘extraordinary cellist, virile baritome and compelling actor” (Daily Telegraph), Matthew Sharp. A family entertainment not to be missed.

The Festival Fair on Goose Green will provide fun for all the family with a wide range of stalls and activities including the cheerful community chain of pom-poms and the much- loved donkey rides. The Love West Dulwich and Dulwich Park Fairs will take place on the final weekend of the Festival with a whole host of excitements for all the family.

For another family friendly outing, join the London wildlife Trust for a spring orchard tree care event and picnic. The orchard is being developed by The Dulwich Estate to mark 400 years since Edward Alleyn founded a school, chapel and almshouse in Dulwich. The day promises nature-themed activities for all. To celebrate the 400th anniversary of the death of Burbage Road’s namesake, Richard Burbage, local artist Lionel Stanhope will be creating a mural of the actor, artist and co-founder of the Globe theatre.

The Handlebards are a troupe of cycling actors who perform a charmingly chaotic and environmentally sustainable Shakespeare plays across the globe.

Join them for the original take on Much Ado About Nothing. Also taking inspiration from the great Bard, Tim Crouch will perform his one man show, I, Malvolio which re-imagines Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night from the point of view of its most notoriously abused steward. It’s a charged, hilarious and sometimes unsettling rant from a man adrift in front of a cruel audience. Part abject clown, part theatrehating disciplinarian, Malvolio asks his audience to explore the pleasure we take in the suffering of others. You can learn more about Dulwich’s Street Art through the Street Art Walk. Other walks taking place throughout the Festival include Ian McInnes’ insight into Dulwich’s Georgian heritage, Lette Jones’s Tree Walk and Brian Green’s History walk.

The Dulwich Festival would not survive without the huge amount of support and enthusiasm from a huge array of volunteers. If you would like to join the happy team, please do get in touch via the web-site or social media. Your festival needs you! Booking is highly recommended for all Festival events, which tend to sell out ahead of the Festival itself so please visit the website for all information: www.dulwichfestival.co.uk Catch the film made of last year’s Festival by visiting our Twitter or page or Facebook Enjoy the wonderful sights caught last year via Instagram.

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What's On - April Tuesday 2 April: Laugh Train Home Comedy with Lou Sanders 8pm-10pm (doors open at 7.30m). Lou Sanders (Alan Davies As Yet Untitled’, Live from the BBC, Comedy Up Late, Russell Howard’s Good News), with Paul Duncan-McGarrity (Finalist, Amused Moose Laugh Off), and MC Evan Desmarais. The Honor Oak, 1 St German’s Road, Forest Hill, SE23 1RH. Tickets: £6-£7 Advance online / £8 on the door. www.

LaughTrainHome.com.

Tuesday 2 April: Honor Oak Women’s Institute 7.30pm. We are now meeting at The Lodge Cafe, Stanstead Lodge, 260 Stanstead Road, SE23 1DD. Access via Northwood Rd on the first Tuesday of the month from 7.30pm.

Wednesday 3 April: Goose Green Coffee Morning We meet every Wednesday from 10:30 until 12:00 at St. John’s Church by Goose Green. Come and meet others over tea, coffee and cake. Find us at 62a East Dulwich Road SE22 9AT. On the 2nd Wednesday of each month there will also be a short talk given by an interesting speaker.

Wednesdays 3, 10, 17 & 24 April: Dulwich Runners Club Dulwich Runners meet every Wednesday night at the Edward Alleyn Clubhouse, 83-85 Burbage Road, SE24 9HD at 7.15pm (for 7.30pm). We have various groups that run between 4 and 10 miles on different routes each week. There are groups for a variety of paces to suit all levels of ability from beginners, those looking to build on the parkrun bug to experienced racers. We have a rota of established club runners to run with new members. Guests are very welcome and encouraged to try us out with a small £1 fee for all runners each Wednesday they run. The Club House has shower and changing facilities, off road parking and a bar offering hot and cold drinks for post run socialising. For more details including our tuesday night track training at Crystal Palace and other events please visit https://www.dulwichrunners.org.uk To get your listing here contact: angela@semagazines.co.uk 22 | SE22 - April 2019

Wednesdays 3, 10, 17 & 24 April: Livesey Bridge Club 6.45-10.00pm Sydenham Community Library, Sydenham Road, SE26 5SE. Come and play duplicate bridge. No partner necessary as a steward/host is available. www.bridgewebs.com/livesey/

Wednesday 3 April: East Dulwich WI Meeting An exciting programme of guest speakers, activities and entertainment lined up for members this year. You can check them all out over on our events page. We meet on the first Wednesday of each month at The Lodge, above East Dulwich Tavern, 1 Lordship Lane, East Dulwich, SE22 8EW. 7pm for a 7.30pm start.

The EDWI is currently open for new members.

Why not try us out – you can come along to 3 meetings before committing yourself (£3 fee per night). email: edwicommittee@eastdulwichwi.co.uk or visit www.eastdulwichwi.co.uk.

Wednesday 3 April: Secret Histories: Damian Barr with Sarah Perry 7-8.30pm. Inspired by real events, You Will Be Safe Here uncovers a hidden colonial history and present-day darkness while exploring our capacity for cruelty and kindness. This is the debut novel from Damian Barr, whose awardingwinning memoir, Maggie & Me, was about coming of age and coming out in Thatcher’s Britain. He is the creator and host of the marvellous Literary Salon. We are thrilled that Damian will be with us on the evening before the publication day of You Will Be Safe Here. He will be talking about his novel with Sarah Perry, author of Dulwich Books favourites, The Essex Serpentand Melmoth. Both You Will Be Safe Hereand Melmothconsider the links between hidden legacies of history and the present.

Don’t miss what is sure to be a fantastic discussion about this wonderful debut novel and about how fiction can be used to illuminate the past. Dulwich Books, 6 Croxted Road, West Dulwich, SE21 8SW. Tickets £10 (Admission) and £22 (Admission + copy of You Will Be Safe Here) www.eventbrite.co.uk.

What's On - April Thursday 4 April: Dulwich Folk Dance Club (Country Dancing) Caller Michele Odell. 8 – 10 pm. St Barnabas Parish Hall, Gilkes Place, Dulwich Village SE21 7BT. Get a Spring in your step! Dust off those dancing shoes and come country dancing!

Exercise for mind and body and lots of fun. No partner-or experience-necessary: We guide you through the dances. Just come along and make new friends. Contacts: Wendy 020 8769 9832; John 020 8693 2873. johnhblase@aol.com. Visit dulwichfolkdancing.com.

Friday 5 April: Plosive Comedy in Dulwich with Shappi Khorsandi & Harry Hill Plosive’s flagship stand-up night, bringing the best in alternative comedy to south east London. Shappi Khorsandi – star of ‘Live at the Apollo’, ‘I’m a Celeb’ and ‘QI’ – headlines April’s show. Plus big-collared comedy loon and former ‘TV Burp’ host Harry Hill, ‘Mock the Week’ and ‘Live at the Apollo’ star Dane Baptiste and ‘8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown’s Jayde Adams.

Age restriction: 18+. 8pm (doors 7.15pm) at The MCT at Alleyn’s, Alleyn’s School, Townley Road, Dulwich, SE22 8SU. Price: £17 (plus booking fee). https://plosive.seetickets.com.

Saturday 6 April: Give and Take Event 11am-2.30pm. A free community event promoting reuse and recycling. East Dulwich Community Centre, 46-50 Darrell Road, SE22 9NL. Bring items 111pm ONLY on DAY OF EVENT. Take items: 11-2.30pm.

BRING unwanted items in good condition and easy for someone else to carry home. TAKE away things you need. Typical items include CD’s DVD’s, books, small electrical items, buggies, bikes, lamps, plants and kitchenware. No PAINT OR FOOD. We reserve the right not to accept items. Refreshments on sale.

Further information call 020 8693 4411 or email: edcc2010@gmail.com. Funded by the East Dulwich Community Centre Association.

Saturdays 6, 13, 20 & 27 April: Emmanuel Wildlife Garden 2pm-4pm. Help is needed to maintain these interesting sites, tools available. For further information contact John Cotter on 020 8244 8724.

Saturday 6 April: Easter Crafts for Kids at Wigwam Toy Shop 10am – 1pm. Join Wigwam toy shop in West Dulwich for their annual Easter crafts event. Children can enjoy making Easter cards, crafts and colouring. The event is free of charge and parents are asked to stay with their children. Drop in at any time. 109 Rosendale Road, SE21 8EZ. 020 8676 4815.

Saturday 6 April: Vintage Sale Amazing Sale of vintage and pre-loved quality clothing, jewellery, accessories and shoes. 10am to 5pm Free Entry. Great selection of items from 1930s to present day for women and men of all different ages, shapes and sizes. Sensible prices from £3 to £50. All proceeds will go to St Christopher’s Hospice.

The Old Dairy Health Centre, 19B Croxted Road SE21 8AZ (close to The Dulwich Trader).

Saturday 6 April: Dance On! 7.30pm, Vaughan Williams Auditorium, JAGS, 144 East Dulwich Grove, SE22 8TE. Lambeth Wind Orchestra presents an evening of dance music featuring live dance performances. Included in the programme will be Gershwin’s An American in Paris and the fabulous Latin American rhythms of Danzon No.2,

by Arturo Marquez. Tickets £10 (£7 concessions) on the door, or £8 (£5 concessions) if bought in advance from www.lambethwindorchestra.org.uk

Saturday 6 April: The Peckham Society Dawn Chorus led by Peter Frost 5am – 6.30am. Meet outside the Café on the Rye SE15 3UA. Encounter the song birds and the water fowl on the lake. Welcome the migrants back from Africa, the blackcaps and the chiff-chaffs. FREE, non members welcome. www.peckhamsociety.org.uk

Sunday 7 April: The Peckham Society AGM 3pm. Lecture 3.30pm. A celebration of The Old Kent Road. Guest speakers to be announced. Goose Green Centre, St John’s Church, Goose Green, SE22 9AT. This is an important route going back to prehistoric times, better known as being part of Watling Street in Roman times. And now the route of the Bakerloo line extension and the massive investment that will take place. A panel of experts will feature the important aspects of preserving the heritage and using the resources to be used to the common good. Free admission, non members welcome. www.peckhamsociety.org.uk 30 SE22 - April 2019 | 23

SE22 Councillors - with Jon Hartley

Funding Updates

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t the most recent Dulwich Community Council meeting, my fellow Dulwich Hill Councillor Maggie Browning and I were able to assign funding to local projects via the Cleaner Greener Safer fund, Neighbourhood Fund and Highways Capital Investment fund.

These snappily titled local council budgets are a really important way for us as your representatives to be able to support good ideas from the community and protect and enhance some local services that are under increasing pressure.

This year we were able to provide funding towards improvements in Goodrich School playground and St Clement’s orchard, support the Plastic Free Dulwich initiative, and resources for the local Police team. We also reserved funds to deal with any extra street cleaning that’s required in the area, supported developing local resident groups, promoting links between different generations and funded traffic speed restrictions.

Adding to an initial grant last year, we were glad to be able to fully fund improvements to the pathways in Dawson’s Hill park, making them safe and accessible. The need to make the park accessible for all was identified as the key priority following site visits with a steering group of local residents who use the park and a wider consultation. Thank you to everyone who was involved.

These projects come from suggestions by local people and community groups and the support from the grants can make a real difference.

We are delighted that these area funding streams have been protected in Southwark Council’s latest budget. If you have an idea for our area in the future, we’d like to hear from you.

The Gala Festival will be back in Peckham Rye Park this year (and in 2020 and 2021 too).

Maggie and I have talked to a number of local people about the impact last year, finding a variety of views; and I certainly received mixed responses to my positive mention of last year’s Festival in my last SE22 column!

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Physical damage to the Park is still causing concern nearly a year on and there were some minor incidents of antisocial behaviour. However, the festival is generally thought to have been safely run and was enjoyed by many residents.

Paid festivals of this kind also provide funding that allows the council to maintain parks and free events.

Balancing these concerns means that whilst the festival will continue to be held, the Council’s entertainment license for the event includes a number of conditions. These should ensure improvements to operations and have restricted the festival to two days as people living around the park had requested.

Jon Hartley – Dulwich Hill Ward

020 7525 0208 Email: jon.hartley@southwark.gov.uk

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Aquatots Aquatots run a friendly, comprehensive swimming programme is spread across 29 progressive levels suitable for the early introduction of babies, from 10 weeks old in our Level 1, right through to children of approximately 7 or 8 years in our Child Level 29. We not only teach the children how to swim but also, water confidence and water safety. Lessons available every day of the week in Streatham, Catford and Peckham. Group and sibling discounts available. 0208 688 6488 | info@aquatots.com www.aquatots.com

Funky pre-school dance classes for girls and boys. Learn coordination, rhythm and great moves to funky songs and boost confidence. Classes in East Dulwich, Anne-Marie for a free trial 07973 982790 | www.diddidance.com.

District & Dulwich Twins Club Baby and Toddler Group every Friday 10am-12pm (turn up at any time!), at Peckham Rye Playrooms (SE corner of the Rye).

It is for multiples only, but you do not have to be a member of the club to attend. BYO coffee cup! www.ddtwinsclub.org.

BabyBallet

Dulwich Library Babes & Toddlers

The award winning movement to music, dance & singing programme for boys and girls from 6 months upwards run with a fun, safe and caring environment. Classes in Dulwich.

Call Stephanie 07809 148348 | www.babyballet.co.uk.

Funky Monkey Keyboard Classes

Thursdays 10.30am-11.45am & 1.30pm - 2.45pm 368 Lordship Lane, SE22 020 7525 6220.

Ages 5-11. Christ Church, Barry Road. Wednesdays & Thursdays. 01732 457100 | www.funkymonkey.info.

The Baby Bear Club Mum and baby classes for children under 5s, as well as Dance classes and parties. Dulwich Village & Forest Hill.

Olya@theBabyBearClub.co.uk 07825 710044 | www.thebabybearclub.co.uk.

Baby Massage Baby massage classes provide quality time with your baby and a fun social occasion with other mums. You will learn a wonderful skill which has many benefits. Tuesdays SE19.

Contact Jayne 020 8653 4781 | jayne@2prepare.co.uk www.2prepare.co.uk

Baby Sensory Multi-award winning classes for babies from birth to 13 months. The fun packed programme of sensory delights includes an incredible variety of sounds, sights, textures, music and massage to support your baby’s development.

Classes in SE4 and SE21 on Tues, SE26 on Weds and SE23 on Thurs. Email Sarah: Dulwich@babysensory.co.uk

Bea’s Baby Bop

GDND Ballet & Street Dance For children aged 3 and upwards Dulwich branches in SE22 and SE21 All new pupils receive a FREE TASTER CLASS office@gdnd.co.uk / 07904 424 504 | www.gdnd.co.uk

Gymboree Classes are designed for newborns - 5 year olds, and are led by experienced and nurturing teachers. We run throughout the year at Gymboree East Dulwich. 184 Peckham Rye SE22 9QA. 07538 795023 | eastdulwich@gymboree-uk.com.

Happy Feet Creative Movement Class for Preschoolers. Tuesdays 10-10.45.

The Quaker Meeting House, 34 Sunderland Road, SE23 2QA. Booking required. £6 a class. Contact Emma 07734 414024. www.facebook.com/happyfeetmovementclass/.

HartBeeps

Drop in music classes for babies and toddlers.

Tues/Wed/Friday 3:30-4:30, Wed/Friday 11-12, Friday 10-11, Saturday 10:30-11:30, East Dulwich/Herne Hill, www.beasbabybop.com.

Mondays. Goose Green Community Centre, East Dulwich Road, SE22 9AT. 1.30pm Baby Bells - Suitable from birth to sitting. 2.30pm Baby Beeps Sitting to toddling Thursdays at St Barnabas Parish Hall, SE21 7BT. 1.30pm, Baby Bells, 2.30pm Baby Beeps & 3.30pm Happy House toddling to 4 years, younger siblings welcome. http://hartbeeps.com

Boppin Bunnies

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Interactive Music class for under 5’s led by professional musicians. Monday mornings 9:30am, 10:15am & 11am. Punk Me Up Ceramics Cafe. 34 East Dulwich Road, SE22 9AX www.boppinbunnies.co.uk.

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Physical fitness & martial arts, 5-10 yrs. Herne Hill Methodist Church Hall, 155 Half Moon Lane SE24. Saturdays 2-3pm.

020 7737 2260 | www.siaacademy.com.

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Parents Photography Workshops

French & Spanish classes for 3-11 year olds, in SE21, SE22 and SE24. Ginny Wadding 07940 511034 | www.lajolieronde.co.uk

Hands-on workshops helping parents make the most of their cameras, run by a professional children’s photographer. Babies and pre-walkers welcome in class. Booking essential. Punked Up Cafe. www.timeformums.com | 07753 533577.

Little Superhero Training Practice your Superhero moves! Discover Superhero fun facts!

Any Little Heroes, Boys and Girls aged 2½ - 5½, Come along for a FREE taster session. Mondays & Fridays (term time only) St Barnabas Parish Hall, 23 Dulwich Village, SE21 7BT. Contact Lucy 07813791757 | lucy@littleherocompany.com www.littleherocompany.com

Lucy Sparkles Outstanding music, drama and dance classes and parties for young children. Fun classes where children engage with singing, movement and live music whilst enhancing learning through developing physical, emotional and intellectual skills.

Tues, Weds & Fri classes for different age groups/themes. sarah@lucysparkles.com | 07929 784 719

Maths Mad = fun maths for kids!

Stimulating Times Tables classes for 6 - 11 yr olds. Forest Hill.

We make learning memorable & fun! Call Clair 020 8291 0360 www.mathsmad.co.uk | mathsmadcouk@gmail.com.

Mini Athletics Mini Athletics is the first of its kind. Through 3 progressive classes, children go on a fantastic journey in athletic movement. They are introduced to the basics of athletic movement skills (running, jumping, throwing) in a play based yet structured format. Classes for 2-3, 3-5 and 5-7 year-olds are held in Forest Hill, Dulwich Village, Peckham and Nunhead with free taster session for 1st class. www.miniathletics.com.

Mini Storytellers Mondays, Tuesdays & Fridays 10am The East Dulwich Picturehouse. Ideal for 2-4 years. Price will be £7 drop in (under 12months free with paying child) . £26 for upfront for the month ahead. www.ministorytellers.com.

Monkey Music Award winning music classes for babies and young children.

Established since 1993 families across the UK have grown up with Monkey Music as the ‘highlight of their week’. Enrol in our age specific classes in Dulwich and Herne Hill and claim a reduced £1 membership quoting SE22. Contact Rebecca: 020 8291 4092 | dulwich@monkeymusic.co.uk.

Nimble Arts

Shotokan Sports Karate Karate Classes full of fun and exciting games for children aged 4+, Tuesdays and Thursdays at Ivydale Primary School to learn this martial art. Contact Fabio Pinto. www.shotokansportskarate.co.uk | 07759 034722 fabio@shotokansportskarate.co.uk

Sing and Sign Monday - Saturday. 020 7193 3696 | www.singandsign.com

Sparkle Music Carefully structured and fun music classes for babies, toddlers and pre-school children in SE22. Check the website for current classes. Contact anna@sparkle-music.co.uk. | 0771 1238352

Team Kaizen Dance Academy (8+yrs) Street Dance classes led by industry professionals, classes lead to performances and demonstrations. Classes take place every Thursday at JAGS sports Club, 18.00 – 19.00 & 19.00 – 20.00. FREE TASTER SESSIONS throughout June, to book call 07533 533 297 | www.teamkaizentds.com.

Water Babies Taught by world-class teachers, our multi-award winning programme teaches water confidence and safety skills from birth to 4 years. Our fun, innovative baby swimming classes will start in Forest Hill Pools from September. 020 8858 5242 divein@waterbabies.co.uk | www.waterbabies.co.uk

Wise Kids Yoga Classes for Toddlers, Children and Teens. We teach a lovely mix of hatha, kundalini yoga, mindfulness and Montessori. Classes are held on Tues & Thurs - Parent & Toddler Yoga / Children’s Yoga ages 5 - 8, 9 - 11 and Teen Yoga 11 - 16. Goose Green Clinic. 07957 492407 | www.wisekidsyoga.co.uk.

World of Little Adventures Baby Yoga and Toddler Yoga Classes in the East Dulwich Area.

Email yoga@wola.org.uk or call Hannah 07736 649 146 for class information.

Join Becky every week for a NEW mixed age 45-minute interactive story adventure for 0-5s, with live cello and musical instruments, songs, bubbles, scarves and a chance to dance!

East Dulwich, Nunhead, Brockley. www.nimblearts.co.uk

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Digital Skills - with Brian McGee

Engaging, hands-on workshop?

Five practical tips for structure & success If you’re wrestling with the best way to get your message across, or puzzled as to what steps to take towards that end point, ask for help.

Perhaps an associate or colleague can give you a steer.

4) Tend The Timings Photo: Geralt on Pixabay

You have the industry knowledge, experience and contacts. You understand your clients’ difficulties…

How about putting on a workshop to spread the word about your services? Here are five ideas to help you plan an enjoyable event.

1) Start From The End What do you want to achieve by the end of the session? What would you like attendees to have learnt? How do you want them to feel?

Start with the end. Keep that in mind as you sketch out each element of the content.

2) Swish Of The Curtains A stage manager wants the curtains to close just so. Or what a difference an anchovy can make to a cook’s pasta sauce…

Just as you surprise and delight your clients, how can you do the same with those who come to your workshop?

It might be cake (try Blue Belle Café in Penge).

And who doesn’t like a branded notebook or other useful giveaway?

Whether it’s cake or the excitement of a hot beverage, to paraphrase writer Bill Bryson, little details help create an engaging atmosphere.

3) Enjoyment Leave yourself time to relax and get a decent night’s sleep so you have energy for the workshop.

Have you been looking forward to this event? Say so.

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Attendees may want to chat before, during and after the event. Strangely that time for attendees to get to know each other a little isn’t always factored in.

Allow time for the hands-on part of the event to be, well, hands-on.

Two people want to know how to customise their LinkedIn address? Explain that during the practical part of the workshop.

The 10 people who already have the know-how may get distracted if you give the information to everyone.

Whatever happens, finish on time.

5) Supple Structure Plan a series of steps with estimated timings? Of course.

Be aware of what’s happening in the room on the day. Slavishly following every planned step doesn’t always give the best result.

Leave yourself a breather before you evaluate how it went. There will be plenty of positives and, inevitably, areas for development. Works in progress, each of us… Here’s to an engaging event that spurs you on to repeat the experience.

Plan, review, plan again. And enjoy! This article is based on a longer blog. If you read it please add a comment. Many thanks. https://briandmcgee.com/marketing/engaginghands-on-workshop-7-practical-tips-for-structureand-success briandmcgee.com | +44 (0)7801 943 007 brian@briandmcgee.com

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We specialise in Wills & Probate, Lasting Powers of Attorney, Conveyancing & Lease Extensions and Family Law. The Lodge, 47 East Dulwich Road, London, SE22 9AN 020 8693 9615 | info@williambaileysolicitors.co.uk

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What's On - April Monday 8 April: New WI in East Dulwich 7.30pm. Dulwich Constitutional Club, East Dulwich Grove, East Dulwich, SE22. For further details if interested in more information please contact Sue Jarvie on suejarvie53@gmail.com.

Tuesday 9 April: Laugh Train Home Comedy with Kate Lucas 8pm-10pm (Doors open at 7.30pm). Kate Lucas (Winner, Leicester Mercury New Comedian of the Year), new material from John Robins (Winner, Edinburgh Comedy Award, Live at the Apollo, Radio X, Mock The Week, Stand-Up Central, Russell Howard’s Good News and more), Nene Edwards and MC Robyn Perkins. The Honor Oak, 1 St German’s Road, Forest Hill, SE23 1RH. Tickets: £6- £7 Adv online / £8 on the door. www.LaughTrainHome.com.

Wednesday 10 April: Goose Green Coffee Morning We meet every Wednesday from 10:30 until 12:00 at St. John’s Church by Goose Green. Come and meet others over tea, coffee and cake. Find us at 62a East Dulwich Road SE22 9AT. On the 2nd Wednesday of each month there will also be a short talk given by an interesting speaker.

Wednesday 10 April: Spring Gardens Talk – Helen Yemm on “The modern cottage garden” 7.30pm. Alleyn’s School, Townley Road, East Dulwich SE22 8SU. This year’s Spring talk will be given by Helen Yemm, who writes the weekly Thorny Problems column in The Telegraph. Helen’s talk, “The modern cottage garden”builds on her experience of establishing gardens in both London and in West Sussex, where she now lives. Helen’s books include the RHS Grow your own flowersand Gardening in Pyjamas: horticultural advice for obsessive dawn raiders. After the talk there will be an opportunity to meet Helen over a glass of wine.

Tickets are £10 each (including a glass of wine) and may be purchased through www.eventbrite. co.uk (search “Dulwich Society”), or by sending a cheque payable to the “Dulwich Society” and SAE to Jeremy Prescott, 142 Court Lane, London SE21 7EB. Enquiries to CarolBritton cjebritton@gmail.com 30 | SE22 - April 2019

Wednesday 10 – Saturday 13 April: The Dulwich Players Present TARTUFFE by Molière Translated by Anne-Lise Vassoille and Jane Jones.

Directed by Anne-LiseVassoille, assisted by Jane Jones. At the Edward Alleyn Theatre, Dulwich College, Dulwich Common, SE21 7LD. This spring, The Dulwich Players are taking to the stage at the Edward Alleyn Theatre, Dulwich College, for a new version of Tartuffe, as translated by two of the group’s members, Anne-LiseVassoille and Jane Jones. Hypocrisy, delusion, pride, betrayal… What’s not to laugh about in Molière’s classiccomedy? We are in Paris in the early 1960s, at a time when the advent of television and rock’n’roll music is at odds with traditions, religion and, well, good old manners. Doors open at 8pm except Saturday 7.30pm. Tickets: £10 (£12 on the door). www.dulwichplayers.org, from Dulwich Players Box Office on 07936 531356 or email: boxoffice@dulwichplayers.org and inperson from Art Stationers, Dulwich Village.

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What's On - April Thursday 11 April: Alden Patterson & Dashwood at The Ivy House

Alden Patterson & Dashwood weave rich vocal harmonies, fiddle, dobro, guitar and mandolin around beautifully written original songs and melodies. Their music takes influence from folk traditions from both sides of the Atlantic with uplifting instrumentals and self-penned songs depicting tales of young travellers, sleepy seas and their affection for home. Door 7pm.

Live music starts 8pm. Tickets £8 (on the door only, no advance tickets). Unbooked floorspots welcome, put your name on the list by the door! www.thegooseisout.com

Thursday 11 April: The Arts Society Dulwich illustrated lecture Museum of The Missing 7.30 for 8pm, James Alleyn’s Girls’ School Sixth Form Centre (parking via Green Dale). Nonmembers £9 at the door. www.theartssocietydulwich.org.uk.

Sunday 14 April: SINGAROUND at The Ivy House

All are welcome, whether to sing or to listen.

It’s an informal and supportive atmosphere, so don’t worry if it’s your first time! Songs of any country or culture welcome. Door 7pm. Singing starts 7.15pm, finishes by 10.30pm at the latest. £2 on the door. www.thegooseisout.com.

Monday 15 April: Nunhead WI meeting We are a friendly and exciting Women’s Institute group, established 2015. If you’d like to join us or pop along as a guest (£3 fee) to our next meeting, we’d love to meet you. We meet upstairs at the Old Nun’s Head pub on the 3rd Monday of each month at 8pm. www.nunheadwi.wordpress.com/about

Tuesday 16 April: Laugh Train Home Comedy with Gareth Richards Gareth Richards (Russell Howard’s Good News. Live at the Electric, The Dog Ate My Homework), with Lewis Schaffer and MC Robyn PerkinsThe Honor Oak, 1 St German’s Road, Forest Hill, SE23 1RH. Every Tuesday, at 8-10pm (doors at 7.30). Tickets: £6- £7 Adv online / £8 on the door. Visit www.LaughTrainHome. com. Closest Train: Forest Hill or Catford. Contact: LaughTrainHome@LaughTrainHome.com

Wednesday 17 April: Goose Green Coffee Morning We meet every Wednesday from 10:30 until 12:00 at St. John’s Church by Goose Green. Come and meet others over tea, coffee and cake. Find us at 62a East Dulwich Road SE22 9AT. On the 2nd Wednesday of each month there will also be a short talk given by an interesting speaker.

Wednesday 17 April: Babble Talks – Love Factually

The Science of Who, How & Why we Love 11.30am. How does your upbringing influence your relationships? Is there a good way to argue? Why do people cheat? How do you know when it’s time to walk away? For the last ten years, Laura Mucha has interviewed hundreds of strangers, from the ages of 8 to 95 in more than 40 countries, asking them to share their stories, feelings and insights about love. Join her to explore what these conversations, as well as psychology, philosophy and statistics, reveal about some of the most difficult questions about relationships. Laura Mucha is an awardwinning poet, author, performer, broadcaster and ex-lawyer who lives in London with her husband and one year old son. Her debut book is Love Factually, The Science of Who, How and Why We Love (Bloomsbury). *NEW VENUE* The East Dulwich Picturehouse, 116a Lordship Lane, SE22 8HD. Tickets £10 ADV. or £12 on the door (subject to availability). www.babbletalks.com.

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Around Dulwich with Sarah Pylas April Round-up

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pring has officially sprung! Grey clouds have given way to sunshine as we all head back outdoors for Easter bonnet parades, chocolate egg hunts, four-day weekends, beer gardens and - most likely - the occasional rain shower! That’s not to say that we hibernated last month – far from it!

SE22 Magazine celebrated its 14th birthday with a big party at The Palmerston. The fizz was flowing all night as local business owners and friends of the magazine turned up to raise a glass and toast this incredible milestone.

Last summer, the East Dulwich Action Group asked locals and visitors to submit their favourite photos that capture the spirit of East Dulwich.

I was honoured to be asked to join the judging panel of this wonderful competition and am very excited to now see the winning images exhibited on lamp posts around the area.

If there was an award going for the best cuppa in ED, then SE Cakery on Upland Road would be a very strong contender! Not a stainless steel teapot-for-one in sight – just a proper big mug of tea with the bag left in! Just how I like to drink it at home.

This month, the Horniman Museum and Gardens will be holding their annual Easter Fair (20-21 April) with fun events and activities for the whole family including art workshops, pond dipping, storytelling sessions, a mini-beast safari and a family bat walk.

The Dulwich Picture Gallery will be exploring the work of David Milne over the school Easter holidays with a programme of holiday camps, workshops and a Great Outdoors family day.

Regular local events include Tea and Time – an informal and fun coffee morning for anyone over the age of 60 at Christ Church on Barry Road (Mondays at 10.30), Goose Green Coffee Morning at St John’s Church (Wednesdays at 10.30) and the Dulwich Runners Club meets every Wednesday night at the Edward Alleyn Clubhouse.

If you have always fancied joining the WI then the Honor Oak group meets on the first Tuesday of the month (2 April), the East Dulwich WI on the first Wednesday of the month (3 April), the New Dulwich WI on the second Monday of the month (8 April) and the ladies of the Nunhead WI get together on the third Monday of the month (15 April). I was a member of the East Dulwich WI for many years and made some great friends, as well as picked up a few new skills! #WIversityforever There’s an opportunity for local professionals to meet and network at the Cooking with Scissors event at The Palmerston (24 April), which I’m hoping to go along to for the first time as I start to grow my own business.

Next month, the annual Dulwich Festival returns (10-19 May) with an exciting programme of events including the popular Artists’ Open House weekends, Dulwich Festival Fair on Goose Green (12 May), Love West Dulwich Spring Fair (18 May) and Dulwich Park Fair (19 May).

Details of all local events including ticket and booking information can be found on our website and on Instagram @arounddulwich. www.arounddulwich.co.uk

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Horniman Museum & Gardens Brick Wonders Until Sunday 27 October

Discover amazing wonders from around the world made entirely from LEGO® bricks. From an ancient Egyptian pyramid to Old London Bridge, and from the natural wonder of a coral reef to the modern marvel of the international space station, travel through history and explore over 50 models made using half a million LEGO® bricks.

Build your imagination at the interactive play areas, and don’t miss two special models of Horniman icons created especially for the show.

Ticket prices: Child £5; Adult £9: Family (up to 2 adults, 2 children) £20. Prices include voluntary 10% Gift Aid donation.

The Lore of the Land Until Sunday 2 June The first exhibition in our new arts space, The Studio, explores our deep-rooted relationship with the natural world.

Artist Serena Korda has worked with a Collective of local community members to create a multi-sensory installation featuring ceramic artworks dispensing scents inspired by the Horniman Gardens, and a soundscape based on recordings of the chemical processes occurring in plants and trees. The exhibition includes a display of 100 objects from the Horniman’s anthropology collection which have been selected by Korda and a Collective of local community members. FREE.

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Sea Nomads Until Sunday 23 June

The Bajau Laut, an ethnic group of Malay origin, are some of the last true marine nomads. For centuries they have lived out their lives almost entirely at sea. Photographer James Morgan highlights efforts to conserve their culture and the spectacular underwater environments they have called home for centuries. FREE.

Easter Fair Saturday 20 April & Sunday 21 April, 10.30am–4.30pm Join in the Easter fun with the whole family at the Horniman Easter Fair! Go on our Easter trail, create something crafty in our workshops, sit down for some storytelling, have your face painted and enjoy family activities across the Gardens. FREE ENTRY.

Outset Teen Tours Saturdays 20, 27 April, 1pm Get a fresh perspective on our collections with these special tours designed and led by a young person. Support by Outset in partnership with Mishcon de Reya. FREE, DROP IN.

Spring Welly Walk on the Nature Trail Saturday 27 April, 1.45-3.30pm Get your wellies on and join us on the Horniman Nature Trail to explore the animals, insects and plants that thrive there in spring. Have a go at sweep-netting, tree-beating and identifying what you discover. Suitable for children aged 5+.

Tickets: Child £3, Adults £5

Horniman Easter Family Art Fun

Big Wednesday: Spring Festivals

Monday 8 April to Thursday 18 April except Good Friday, Wednesdays and weekends, 11am – 3.30pm (last entry at 2.45pm)

Wednesday 17 April, 10.30am-3.30pm

Enjoy free and fabulous craft activities inspired by spring and our Gardens – make masks and caterpillar puppets or Easter chick nests! See the website for details. FREE.

Horniman Explorers Monday 8 April, Friday 11 April and Monday 15 April, 11am-12.30pm, 2-3.30pm Discover the collections that make the Horniman special! Drop into our Hands on Base to take part in short challenges and activities such as trying on clothes, playing musical instruments and drawing museum objects. FREE.

Mini-beast Safari Thursday 11 and 18 April, 11am (Members only), 12pm, 2pm 3pm (45 mins sessions) Join us to hunt for creepy crawlies and bugs on the Horniman Nature Trail and discover the variety of insect life to be found in London in spring. Suitable for children aged 3+. All children must be accompanied by an adult.

These activities are not suitable for prams or pushchairs. Tickets: Child £2.50

Pond Dipping Tuesdays 9 and 16 April, 11am (Members only), 12pm, 2pm, 3pm (45 mins sessions) Join us to explore nature and wildlife in the pond on the Horniman Nature Trail. Suitable for children aged 5+. Tickets: Child £2.50

Big Wednesday: Spring Flavours

A day of exciting activities showing how people around the world celebrate the start of spring with their spring festivals. FREE.

A World of Stories Friday 19 April, 11am, 12.15pm, 2pm, 3.15pm Be whisked away to faraway places and different times in these enjoyable storytelling sessions inspired by the Horniman’s collections. Suitable for children aged 5+. FREE.

Horniman Farmers’ Market Every Saturday, 9am-1.30pm Visit the Horniman to pick-up your weekly essentials direct from independent and local producers. Located in our glorious Gardens you will find stalls selling seasonal fruit and veg, artisan bread, organic meat, craft beer and delicious hot food. We also have regular guest traders specialising in treats such as luxury chocolates, homemade jams and irresistible cakes. FREE ENTRY.

Library Open Day First Sunday of each month, 10.30am–5.30pm Browse our library collections and see some of the library treasures. FREE, DROP IN.

Hear it Live!

Last Tuesday of every month, 3.30-4pm Join us in the Music Gallery to hear performances and talks based on our musical instrument collection, including our 18th-century harpsichord. FREE.

Wednesday 10 April, 10.30am-3.30pm

‘Welcome to the Horniman’

Join us for a day of family activities inspired by some of the wonders growing in our Gardens this spring. FREE.

Tours - Wednesdays & Saturdays 4pm, Sundays 11.30am

Family Bat Walk Friday 12 April, 7-9pm Learn more about bats, our only flying mammal.

Create some bat inspired art and craft and then go on a bat hunt using real bat detectors to discover what species might be living in the Gardens. Suitable for children aged 8+. Tickets: Child £3, Adult £5

Our Visitor Hosts provide a short introduction to the Horniman on these informal tours.

Curiosity Talks

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Education News from Alleyn's

Computer Whizz Kids Robert Payne, teacher of ICT at Alleyn’s, on how to bring on our child’s knowledge of ICT.

Coding If your child is interested in coding there is free online software such as code.org or codeacademy. com, which offer tutorials on developing coding or website building skills. Although the use of tablet computers and smartphones that use ‘swipe’ technology has increased, we should still encourage children to develop their keyboard skills. Keyboarding is important and will be useful, particularly as your child progresses through school.

Talk About It “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember.

Involve me and I learn.” (Benjamin Franklin) Knowledge and experience of using computer systems is important in an ever-changing information society. Our children use a variety of computerbased technologies ranging from tablets, phones and games consoles and while they often seem to teach themselves some of the core computing skills, it is important to encourage them to use these tools effectively, creatively and most importantly, safely.

Here are a few ways that may help to develop ICT knowledge in older primary school age children up into the early years of secondary school.

Computer Literacy Children can develop their creative skills through software applications, and if you follow your child’s particular interests in choosing how they do this they will engage fully. They might choose to design animated stories, games or scientific simulation using software such as Scratch, remix music using GarageBand, or use PowerPoint to create animated presentations on a subject they are interested in.

Global Learning Platforms Some schools now use online tools to support learning. For example, writing platform Pobble allows children to publish their work, and to read and comment on the work of others. Mathletics offers secure group maths games that are targeted to the UK maths curriculum.

Another way to build your child’s enthusiasm for the world of computers is by discussing with them the role of computer use in society, such as in health, commerce and environmental matters. On the way to the local supermarket, spot the many ways computers are used in different settings and discuss how this impacts on people and our well-being.

Keeping Abreast Develop your child’s understanding of computerrelated topics by watching age-appropriate online presentations on computer-related current affairs on sites such as Ted Talk. Furthermore, you can get your child to research major contributors to the field of computers such as Ada Lovelace, Bill Gates and Alan Turing.

And Finally…

With monitoring and age-appropriate discussions, the Internet can offer exciting opportunities for your child to learn, research, and collaborate with people across the world. Here are some suggestions on staying safe while they do: • Keep devices in a family space where you can monitor them • Limit time on devices for both health and safety reasons • Do not allow your child to post personal information on sites or to send photos without your express permission • Use monitoring programmes like Qustodio, Kasperky, Safe Kids or Net Nanny

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Bell House Educational Centre

April Events Pierre Bonnard, The Colour of Memory: Exhibition Talk – Wednesday 3rd April, 7:15pm

Public Speaking for Visual Learners – Sunday 14th April, 2pm

Alan Read returns to Bell House to explore The Colour of Memory – an exhibition on Pierre Bonnard at the Tate Modern, running Jan 23rd to May 6th.

Do you have a fear of public speaking? In this workshop will help you discover simple, proven visual systems to creating, rehearsing and delivering a speech while overcoming your fears.

A Flash of Light: The Dance Photography of Chris Nash – Thursday 4th April, 7:15pm Chris Nash, who has held over 70 exhibitions worldwide, will be talking about his long career creating beautiful images of dance for the likes of the Royal Ballet, Rambert Dance and Michael Clark.

Citizen of Nowhere: John Jukes Johnson Exhibition – Saturday 6th to Sunday 14th April

Touch-Typing for Dyslexia Course – Monday 15th April – Thursday 18th April, 10:30am Touch-typing is a vital skill for children with dyslexia, helping them express themselves in the class room and beyond. We bring you a 4-day touch-typing course for children with dyslexia in Years 5-7.

Foxglove Forest School – weekly sessions, starting Wednesday 24th April, 10:00am Join Holly, Early Years Teacher and Forest School Leader for an immersive outdoor learning experience. Play in our mud kitchen, hunt for bugs or make a magic wand!

Image courtesy of John Jukes Johnson and David Owens Photography www.david-owens.co.uk

A retrospective exhibition of paintings, prints, drawings, combines and ceramics by Dulwichbased artist John Jukes Johnson. Johnson will be in conversation with curator Jon Sharples at 4pm Sunday 7th April and will run a workshop on Printing without a Press at 7pm Wednesday 10th April.

82 Degrees: Violin and Cello Recital – Grand Duo Concertante – Thursday 11th April, 7:15pm Join exciting new baroque partnership 82 Degrees as they explore the expressive limits of the violin and cello at Bell House. Discover the music of Hoffman, Haydn, Biber and Paganini.

The Beekeepers Year: An Introduction – Saturday 13th April, 10am Discover the secret life of a beekeeper, as our head beekeeper leads you through the essentials of a year in an apiary, in preparation for our monthly practical workshops.

Tickets & details at www.bellhouse.co.uk.

Bell House, 27 College Road, Dulwich SE21 7BG.

A Beekeepers Year: April Practical Session – Wednesday 24th April, 4pm Join our head beekeeper as he guides you through the Beekeeping Year with a practical session in the Bell House apiary.

Language Development in Infants: A Workshop for Parents and Babies – Thursday 25th April, 10am Jennifer Warwick, a Speech and Language Therapist, will lead this workshop on language development in babies under 1 year old. This will be a practical session with theory and tips to support your baby.

Adult Mental Health First Aid – Saturday 27th April, 9:30am Join Tracy from Happy Life for a half-day certificated ‘Mental Health Aware’ first aid course and enhance your understanding of wellbeing to better assist yourselves, friends, family or colleagues.

Sunday Supper Class – Sunday 28th April Come together to learn to cook (and then eat!) a delicious vegetarian supper, using seasonal vegetables. Led by Zita Steyn (author of Good Better Green), this workshop will teach you confidence in the kitchen, and is for complete beginners to those who already enjoy cooking.

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Dulwich Picture Gallery

Harald Sohlberg: Painting Norway Until 2 June

@dulwichgallery Gallery Late: Norwegian Nights 26 April, 6pm. Free but ticketed Immerse yourself in Nordic culture, from stunning natural landscapes to folk music and traditional food and drink, and experience the enchanting work of Harald Sohlberg after-hours.

Throughout the evening explore Norwegian identity, landscape, and folklore through popup talks, storytelling, art-making, music, food and drink. Includes entry to Harald Sohlberg: Painting Norway and our Collection.

Easter Nature Creators 9–12 April & 16–19 April, 2-4pm £3 per child; adults free. Suitable for children aged 4–12 years.

The first major show of work by Norwegian symbolist artist, Harald Sohlberg (1869 – 1935), outside of Norway. Arguably one of the greatest masters of landscape painting in the history of Norwegian art, Harald Sohlberg: Painting Norway is timed to coincide with the 150th anniversary of Sohlberg's birth.

And Then The World Changed Colour: Breathing Yellow Until 2 June, part of Harald Sohlberg: Painting Norway Part of Harald Sohlberg: Painting Norway.

Neudecker's latest tank installation, Breathing Yellow, has been specially commissioned in response to the work of Harald Sohlberg: Painting Norway.

Art Camp: Botanical Notebooks 9-11 April, 10am-4pm. £90 for three days.

Suitable for children aged 6–9 years.

Family Festival: Love Your Landscape 14 April, 10am-5pm Free for under 18s. Festival plus exhibition entry reflects our standard exhibition prices. Festival only: £8 adults; £7 senior citizens; £6 Friends and concessions

Art Camp: Sensory Sketchbooks 16-18 April, 10am-4pm. £90 for three days.

Unlocking Paintings: The Art of Work Until 28 April Scenes of people at work became incredibly popular in the 17th century. This display offers a snapshot of working life, from fishing and farming to brickmaking and ironmongering.

Pissaro in Dulwich 30 April - 4 August To celebrate the 400th anniversary of the founding of Dulwich College, Dulwich Picture Gallery will host a special display focusing on Camille Pissarro’s view of the school’s main building, painted in 1871.

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Suitable for children aged 10-12 years.

Early Years Art Adventurers 26 April, 10-11am £12 per adult and child. Suggested age: 2–4yrs.

Mini Masterpieces 5 & 18 April, 10-11am & 11.30am-12.30pm £12 per adult and child. Suggested age: 6-24 months.

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Palette and Place

7, 21, 28 April, 2-4pm. £3 per child, adults free Come along to the Gallery every Sunday for a drop-in family art-making workshop. This season's sessions are inspired by Harald Sohlberg: Painting Norway and Mariele Neudecker's new tank installation. This month we're making flower mobiles, building prints and clay medallions. Suggested age: 4-12yrs.

25 April, 6.30-8.30pm £130; £125 Friends & concessions

Lectures & Talks Contextual Lecture: Judaism: What the Future Holds 2 April, 10.30am £12 adults; £10 Friends & concessions This lecture will explore the nature of the contemporary Jewish community; its fragmentation and the opportunities, challenges and perplexities it faces in the 21st century and beyond. Dan Cohn-Sherbok is Professor Emeritus of Judaism at the University of Wales.

In Conversation: Mariele Neudecker and Helen Sumpter 4 April, 7.30pm £12 adults; £10 Friends & concessions German artist Mariele Neudecker and critic Helen Sumpter join us for an in-depth conversation on Neudecker’s latest tank installation And Then The World Changed Colour: Breathing Yellow, created for Dulwich Picture Gallery’s Mausoleum in response to the work of Norwegian painter Harald Sohlberg.

From the Collection: Canaletto and the Marriage of the Sea 6 April, 3-4pm. Free but ticketed Learn more about one of the most enchanting annual festivals of 18th-century Venice, The Marriage of the Sea, told through the paintings of Canaletto in this illustrated talk.

Gallery Road, Dulwich, London SE21 7AD www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk

Taking inspiration from Harald Sohlberg’s work, and in particular, the vividness of his colour palette, explore and develop your own use of colour, and consider how personal responses to place can be conveyed through our palettes.

This exploration will be led by Jo Lewis, and incorporates a variety of mediums from inks and watercolours to acrylic paint, drawing and more.

Nature Journal 27 April, 10am-4pm £60 Artists Zoë Burt and Norwegian-born Marianne Wie created the Nature Journal as a way of connecting creatively with nature throughout the changing seasons. Join them for a daylong workshop and experiment with diverse techniques to inspire your own journal. Ticket price includes your own copy of Nature Journal to take away.

Film: Annie Hall (1977) 8 April, screenings and bar open from 7pm £10; £8 Friends & concessions

Music: Michael Petrov & Erdem Misirlioğlu in Recital 10 April, 7.30pm £22; £20 Friends; under 18s £10 Nominated by the Barbican as a European Concert Halls Organisation Rising Star, cellist Michael Petrov, with pianist Erdem Misirlioğlu, brings to Dulwich Picture Gallery Rachmaninov's Cello Sonata in G minor – a huge, sweepingly romantic piece, that was the composer’s final chamber work – alongside Poulenc's Sonata, written for the legendary cellist Pierre Fournier, and Dutilleux's short Trois Strophes, which were premiered by Rostropovich in 1982.

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Dulwich Hamlet FC - News

Crowds at Champion Hill

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rowds continue to flock to Champion Hill, with league attendances averaging over 2,000 since the club’s return to East Dulwich last Christmas.The Hamlet enters the final month of the season outside of the relegation zone. The team’s place in the National Conference South as not yet been secured, but the club and supporters are confident that we will be traveling to cities like Oxford and Bath again next season.

The Supporters’ Trust recently celebrated International Women’s Day (IWD) and many thanks must go to all those supporters’ who purchased our limited edition IWD scarf at our recent home league fixture against Dartford. The sale of which also raised £900 for two chosen organisations. It was a pleasure, for the Trust, to be able to present Red Box SE London with a ‘big’ cheque for £450 during the half time break at a recent fixture.

Red Box Project who are a community-based, not-for-profit initiative. They aim to support young people throughout their periods by providing red boxes filled with free period products to local schools so that no young person misses school or suffers embarrassment because she has her period.

Beth, who is a volunteer at the Red Box Project, and whose Son is a massive Dulwich Hamlet fan, explained to us a bit more about the charity.

“The Red Box Project gives young women in need - whether for financial or social reasons - the reassurance of being able to take enough products for their entire period. We sponsor and stock a red box filled with period products, spare pants and tights. The box is kept with a designated member of staff in the school and posters placed in the girls' toilets encourage a young woman in need of period products to ask for the red box.”

Beth continued, “In Southwark, we have Red Boxes within most secondary schools and in just over 40% of primary schools. We have donations points at local businesses where people can drop off donations of period products and in East Dulwich you can drop off donations at Rye Books, Goose Green Clinic and Punk Me Up Café.

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Photo: Mark Scoltock and Mel Hughes present RedBox a cheque on behalf of Dulwich Hamlet Supporters' Trust.

Funds that are raised through initiatives such as the Dulwich Hamlet International Women’s Day scarf go towards buying boxes, pants and tights (these items are more expensive and not donated as much as packs of pads). All your donations will go towards ensuring that no child or teenager in Southwark has to deal with the stress and worry of period poverty. For more information about us and what we do, visit our Facebook page RedBoxProjectSELondon “.

The remaining profits of this scarf will be given to a new women in football project that is set to be a huge asset to the local community of East Dulwich. Unfortunately, the project cannot be revealed just yet... but keep an eye out from an announcement from the Football Club in the coming months.

Remaining fixtures at Champion Hill • V Billericay Town – 30 March KO 15:00 • V Hungerford Town – 13 April KO 15:00 • V Welling United – 22 April KO 15:00 Further information on advance tickets purchases can be found on the Dulwich Hamlet official club website. www.pitchero.com/clubs/dulwichhamlet/ www.dulwichhamletfc.london @DulwichHamletFC | info@dhst.org.uk 07951 640099 @dhstorg

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What's On - April Tuesday 23 April: Laugh Train Home Comedy Secret line-up – high profile guest, trying new material and supported by incredible acts to be announced closer to the date! The Honor Oak, 1 St German’s Road, Forest Hill, SE23 1RH. Every Tuesday, at 8-10pm (doors at 7.30). Tickets: £6£7 Adv online / £8 door. LaughTrainHome.com.

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Wednesday 24 April: Dulwich & District U3A ‘From the Black Country to Red China’ 2-4pm. An Inspirational life story from Esther Cheo Ying. Born in pre-Revolutionary China and brought up in the Midlands, Esther Cheo Ying returned to China in 1949 after a traumatic childhood, convinced that there she would find the happiness and sense of belonging she longed for. Sympathetic to the Communist Revolution, she joined the Red Army and then stayed on to work in the new People’s Republic, but could she be truly happy in a country which viewed her as a ‘false foreign devil’ Esther finally settled in the west country and became a headmistress! Herne Hill Baptist Church, Half Moon Lane, London SE24 9HU. u3asites.org.uk/dulwich.

Wednesday 24 April: Goose Green Coffee Morning We meet every Wednesday from 10:30 until 12:00 at St. John’s Church by Goose Green. Come and meet others over tea, coffee and cake. Find us at 62a East Dulwich Road SE22 9AT. On the 2nd Wednesday of each month there will also be a short talk given by an interesting speaker.

Wednesday 24 April: Cooking with Scissors An opportunity for local business professionals to meet, make new contacts and gain new business.

Meets at upstairs at The Palmerston, 91 Lordship Lane, SE22 from 6.45pm – 8.45pm. The last Wednesday of every month. Free Admission. To find out more or register your interest in attending, please email sbn@cookingwithscissors.co.uk.

Thursday 25 April: Dulwich Folk Dance Club (Country Dancing) Caller Sue Hastings. 8 – 10 pm. St Barnabas Parish Hall, Gilkes Place, Dulwich Village SE21 7BT. Get a Spring in your step! Dust off those dancing shoes and come country dancing! Exercise for mind and body and lots of fun. No partner-or experience-necessary: We guide you through the dances. Just come along and make new friends.

Wendy 020 8769 9832; John 020 8693 2873 johnhblase@aol.com. dulwichfolkdancing.com

Friday 26 April: Bach to Baby concert series to celebrate 200th birthday of ‘tech savvy’ Queen Victoria 4pm. All Saints Church, Lovelace Road, London SE21. Throughout April and May, Bach to Baby is celebrating the 200th birthday of Queen Victoria with a special series of family concerts for age 0+ in Dulwich. Babies, children and their grown ups will be transported inside the palace walls with music from the Queen’s favourites, Mendelssohn and Strauss, into the Savoy Theatre of Gilbert and Sullivan fame, and on to the cobbled streets with songs from the Victorian Music Halls. Bach to Baby concerts are always at family friendly times, usually late morning, and no concert is complete without crying, feeding, dancing and nappy changing! www.bachtobaby.com.

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What's On - April Friday 26 April: Luke Jackson, Andrea Kempson, Les Elvin at The Ivy House Award-winning singer/songwriter Luke Jackson is one of the best young artists we have ever seen. With an unmistakable voice and strikingly individual vision, he has been described as one of the most dynamic and exciting live performers of his generation. Andrea Kempson is a London based singer songwriter with a love of folk music, small instruments and stories.

Her music is influenced by the city around her combined with her upbringing in rural Devon.

Les Elvin plays guitar and harmonica in a wide range of styles from across the British Isles, but reflecting Americana influences. Tickets £10/8 advance, £12/10 on the door. Door 7pm.

Live music starts 8pm. For advance tickets and further information. www.thegooseisout.com

Friday 26 & Saturday 27th April: Pop-up Feast @ Tart Join Michelin awarded chef Christopher Bower and his team to celebrate a feast of food for Saint George. Enjoy a seven-course set menu @ £39.50 with optional wine pairing. Vegetarian and vegan option also available. Tart, 65 Lordship Lane, SE22 8EP. To book please go to www.oliveandthyme.events.

Saturday 27 April: SoLo Craft Fair 11-4pm. What better way to enjoy the balmier days than by visiting the picturesque Dulwich village and supporting some local independent businesses. SoLo Craft Fair will be returning to St. Barnabas Parish Hall for their Dulwich Spring Market. The beautiful village hall will play host to 60 indie traders, who will be selling everything from art to jewellery, beauty to homeware, ceramics to candles and more. SoLo Craft Fair have handpicked an incredible, unique range of businesses to partake in this event.

There will be a popup bar serving refreshments, whilst the children are kept entertained with an activity corner full of toys and crafts. And if you fancy getting creative yourself, there will be a workshop where you can express your artistry skills. Join us on Saturday 27th April 11-4pm, free entry and sweets for all! St. Barnabas Parish Hall, 23 Dulwich Village, SE21 7BT. www.solocraftfair.com. Find us @solocraftfair.

Saturday 27 April: Ladies Tennis Taster 10am-12.30pm. Get into tennis. Drop-in session.

Drinks and nibbles. All standards welcome. Regular players, rusty returners, beginners. Dulwich Tennis Club, Giant Arches Road, off Burbage Road, SE24 9HP. www.clubspeakr.lta.org.uk/dulwichlawntennisclub

Saturday 27 & Sunday 28 April: Crystal Palace Artists’ Open House 11am – 6pm. This Spring, the inaugural Crystal Palace Artists’ Open House will launch and give visitors access to more than 80 artists in their studios and local spaces for the first time. Covering the full spectrum of media – from painting, watercolour, sculpture, design, crafts, and photography – the event will celebrate the local creative community and put SE19 back on the map as a cultural destination for artists, collectors, Londoners and tourists alike.

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Sunday 28 April: Art@57 Art Market 11-5pm. Art@57 is a new Art Gallery in the window of Suzanne James’ private hire venue at 57 North Cross Road, SE22 9ET. It is curated by local Artist Louise Ward. Art@57 aims to showcase the work of local Artists in a rolling programme of exhibitions highlighting the quality of the creativity in and around SE22. People passing by will be able to discover and engage with the work of a different Artist each month. At each market we will have a great mix of exciting and diverse Artworks including embroidery, photography, textiles, ceramics, knitwear, floral prints, greetings cards, paintings, etchings, lino prints and illustration, all designed and made by local Artists. Look out for further announcements about the Artists who will be at each Market by checking out our window at 57, online or follow us on Instagram @artat57. If you are interested in buying any of the Artwork from our window exhibitions, email infoartat57@gmail.com.

Tuesday 30 April: Laugh Train Home Comedy with Glenn Moore With Liam Pickford and MC Robyn Perkins. The Honor Oak, 1 St German’s Road, Forest Hill, SE23 1RH. 8-10pm (doors at 7.30). Tickets: £6- £7 Adv online / £8 door. www.LaughTrainHome.com.

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Financial Matters with David Frederick

All change for employers and their workers

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he start of this fiscal year, 6th April 2019, sees employers facing new payroll legislation. Employers are now required to provide every worker with a payslip and show hours on their payslips if the worker is paid an hourly rate and their pay varies with the amount of time worked.

This change may seem innocuous, the reality is this is a shift from the previous modus operandi for employers. Previously, only employees were required to receive a payslip. Moreover, it was not mandatory that payslips reflected variable hours worked. However, best practice may have dictated that this was the case. This begs the question of what is an ‘employee’ and how does an employee differ from a worker?

An employee is anyone who is engaged by an employer under an employment contract. It should be noted that an individual may be an employee in employment law but have a different status for tax purposes. It has always been the employers’ responsibility to ascertain an individual’s status under employment law and tax law. Just to add to the language merry go-round, it should be noted that all employees are workers, but an employee has extra employment rights and responsibilities that don’t apply to workers who aren’t employees.

Consequently, our deduction must be not all workers are employees.

The new legislation seeks to give all workers the right to a payslip and the presentation of its content without extending any employment rights.

Given our classification of an employee with respect to an employment contract, an individual is classified as a ‘worker’ if: 1) they have contract or other arrangement to do work or services personally for a reward; 2) their reward is for money or a benefit in kind, for example the promise of a contract or future work; 3) they only have a limited right to send someone else to do the work; 4) they have to turn up for work even if they don’t want to;

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5) their employer has to have work for them to do as long as the contract or arrangement lasts; and 6) they are not performing the work as part of their own limited company in an arrangement where the ‘employer’ is actually a customer or client.

Careful examination of the worker conditions leads us to conclude that it is possible that a worker may be a sub-contractor, as the third condition is none other than a sub-contractor relationship given the rights of limited substitutability. It is noteworthy that under the new legislation the government enjoys an exemption from the application to the remuneration of members of the armed forces.

Where workers are paid based upon the hours they work the amount of variable hours worked must be shown on their payslip. Employers can show the total hours worked or a breakdown of hours per hourly rate. Despite this alleged choice given to employers, one suspects that most employers will choose the latter presentation to avoid further questions or potential disputes with workers. Furthermore the legislation continues to allow employers the option over the nature of the payslip; a traditional paper payslip or the emerging popular electronic payslip. The latter being printable by the worker.

The new legislation grants workers the right to take their employer to the Employment Tribunal if they have not received a payslip, or their payslip is deficient in the presentation of the pay information.

The employer may also be faced with the tribunal ordering a repayment of any unnotified deductions made in the 13 weeks preceding the presentation of the claim, even where the employer was otherwise entitled to make the deductions.

Employers are well advised to recall Max Ehrmann’s poem, Desiderata and go placidly amid the noise and haste, of remunerating workers from 6th April 2019.

David Frederick FCCA Principal Marcus Bishop Associates Chartered Certified Accountants

East Dulwich Community Centre Association & Barry Area Residents Association

Give & Take Event A FREE community event promoting re-use and recycling.

Saturday 6th April 2019 11am - 2.30pm East Dulwich Community Centre 46-50 Darrell Road, SE22 9NL Bring items: 11am - 1pm ONLY on DAY OF EVENT Take items: 11am - 2.30pm BRING unwanted items in good condition and easy for someone else to carry home.

TAKE away things you need.

Typical items include CD’s DVD’s, books, small electrical items, buggies, bikes, lamps, plants and kitchenware. NO PAINT OR FOOD We reserve the right not to accept items.

FURTHER INFORMATION 0208 693 4411 | edcc2010@gmail.com Funded by the East Dulwich Community Centre Association

Stephen J. Smith, F.C.C.A. Small Business Accounting Financial Administration & Reporting Payroll VAT Personal Tax advice Tax compliance Inheritance Tax advice Local Chartered Certified Accountant with 25 years small business experience 020 8693 1581 07931 558480 sjsaccountants @tiscali.co.uk www.sjsaccountants.co.uk SE22 - April 2019 | 45

Pets Corner with Leonie St Clair

Park Etiquette

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’ve written on the subject before but park etiquette is such a big issue that I felt an update was due. I still see too many owners wrangling, wrestling and imploring their dogs to behave while the pooch they are allegedly in charge of does its own thing. Of course, they are the owners who actually care how their dog behaves, another category is completely oblivious, especially the type who let their dog off lead and out of range to chase squirrels. The purpose here is not to recount dog’n’park horror stories, though we all have a few, but to list a few guidelines/points for reflection.

1) The park is not right for every dog. Scared dogs, overly aggressive dogs and dogs that are sick or injured might be better off exercised in a more controlled environment. Focus on behavioural work and lots of play at home. If you must, visit the park outside of dog ‘rush hour’. Don’t delay, get help for behaviour issues.

2) If you see an on lead dog in the park do not let your off lead dog approach it. There are areas in the park where all dogs should be on lead. Be helpful and oblige by keeping your dog on a lead in designated areas. Remember, this not only helps people with problem dogs it also teaches your dog that unfettered freedom is not a right in the park.

It gives people who do not like dogs a chance to enjoy the park too.

3) Do not let your dog mob, rush at or jump on strange dogs, or for that matter other members of the public enjoying some park time. This especially applies to owners of teenage hounds and pups. Running at another dog is plain rude and your youngster may find itself on the receiving end of a severe drubbing. Violence is not a great way to teach your pup manners. All dogs should earn their freedom by having good recall, some self-control and manners.

4) Don’t let your dog steal other dogs’ toys or interrupt dogs playing with their owners. It is not cute! Yes, we know that for some dogs the grass is always greener on the other side but this behaviour can lead to fights. At the very least ensure your dog will recall and leave the stolen item on cue. If not, it’s time to find a class.

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5) At the height of summer the park is full of picnickers- if your hound is a food thief control him and use a long line. Do not expect the couple enjoying an al fresco meal to understand that ‘Rover’ doesn’t mean to be rude, he just can’t resist a sandwich!

6) Don’t stand around chatting while your pooches frolic together in the park- you are setting them up to become canine thugs. Instead use this time for some free running but with lots of recall practice along with structured play. Make ‘you’ the centre of your dog’s world, not other dogs.

7) If you have an intact male take extra care- boy will be boys and overly rambunctious play can easily get competitive. As adolescence approaches change the ratio of pup on pup play to more human on pup play.

8) Please do not take an in season bitch to the park. It can cause mayhem- among the girls as well as the boys. Long street walks and jogging will give her the exercise she needs.

Leonie St Clair - www.londondogstraining.co.uk

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The Last Word – Deborah Henry-Pollard Do you belong to any groups?

A few coaching groups and First Friday, a fabulous networking group run by Shona Chambers at Space@61 in Nunhead. It is a wonderfully supportive group of small business owners and has a great ethos and atmosphere.

The one thing you couldn’t do without?

Paper and pen. I know we are in a digital age, but nothing is better for me than the ‘old school’ way of capturing ideas. I have notebooks in every room of the house and always one in my handbag. I am one of the few remaining Filofax carriers!

Describe your perfect weekend A visit to an art gallery or museum with friends; lots of reading and doing nothing. And NOT looking at the clock or the laptop!

Coffee or tea? Where?

Tea - gallons of it! Kanella & Co in East Dulwich and I’ve just discovered Two Spoons Cafe & Bar in Honor Oak Park. Both have great atmospheres and are really friendly places.

The best kept secret...

Deborah Henry-Pollard’s business is Catching Fireworks which she started 10 years ago. She is a coach to creative people and also the author of “What’s Your Excuse for not Succeeding as an Artist”

Our own potential - what we can really be capable of once we know how to work with our fears, Inner Critic and Imposter Syndrome.

Where’s your favourite place to walk?

Since December 2001.

Nunhead Cemetery - atmospheric in any weather, a great way to clear the mind and has some great views over to St Paul’s Cathedral.

What brought you here?

When I want to relax...

I lived in Chester for 10 years but got homesick so came back for a job at English National Opera.

Nunhead was intended to be for 6 months whilst I looked for somewhere north of the river where I had lived before. Now, I can’t imagine leaving south London.

I settle down on the sofa with a pot of tea and watch old black and white films. It takes me into another world and I often get a lot of my best ideas when I am watching them. This is why I always have notebooks around!

The book I’m reading at the moment..

The most famous person you’ve met?

‘What are you looking at?’ by Will Gompertz, about the history of contemporary art. ‘Story Driven’ by Bernadette Jiwa, about finding your meaning and purpose in business by knowing your story.

How long have you lived in the area?

I used to work in theatre, so met people like Kenneth Branagh and Anthony Hopkins through that, plus saw lots of famous people on stage.

Perhaps the most bizarre sighting was many years ago on an August Bank Holiday Monday. I was shopping in Oxford Street and Marlon Brando walked past me, just sauntering along with his hands in his pockets and seemingly not a care in the world. Not something you expect to see when you are preoccupied with buying new towels!

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