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The party's not over yet!

Top January gigs

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Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!

What to look out for in 2018 Page 3

Get on the starting line to fitness New Year, New You Pages 17-22

Cinema ● Theatre ● Comedy ● Arts ● Music ● Food & Drink

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Go with the flo Grammy-nominated Floacist talks poetry & soul before Hideaway gigs in Streatham homeland

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New Year

Get ready for the year ahead with an LGBT festival in Clapham, family raves, and Peckham hitting a new level of hipster

By Laura Burgoine MINI MARATHON

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Families in Southwark can get a cardio fix at the Little Half: a fun, family friendly mass participation event that will see 4,000 people running a 2.4 mile course. It is part of the Big Half Festival taking place on Sunday 4 March 2018. The event starts in Southwark Park at 12.30pm and finishes, along with The Big Half, at the iconic Cutty Sark in Greenwich.

It’s the perfect challenge for first-time runners, children and anyone looking to get more healthy and active. The Little Half is not a race and there will not be an official time so you can just take part and have fun. Afterwards, you can head to the Big Festival in Greenwich Park. Applications are open now: Call 020 7902 0200.

Or register at www.thebighalf.co.uk

NEXT LEVEL Transforming the empty multi-storey carpark famed for housing Frank’s café on the rooftop, Peckham Levels is the area’s newest creative, business, and foodie district. The six-year project is providing studios and offices for a number of independent businesses from yoga studios to kids clubs to street food bars and cafes.

Vegetarian and vegan canteen Wildflower is a go-to spot for daytime food, while street food favourites Other Side Fried are serving signature burgers seven days a week (12-11pm). www.peckhamlevels.org

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LGBT ARTS FESTIVAL

Sundance film festival London returns from May 31-June 3 at Picturehouse Central, with international and UK premieres of films from the 2018 edition of the renowned Sundance film festival in Park City, Utah.

Get your festival pass for £125 at www.picturehouse.com/ sundance

Clapham’s Omnibus is hosting a festival of theatre and music that champions achievement and possibility for everyone. Running from February 2-28, the 96 festival features 16 productions and performances of and relating to LGBTQ+ progress, resilience and art. Tickets start at £5. Omnibus Theatre, 1 Northside, Clapham Common, SW4 0QW. Phone: 020 7498 4699. www.omnibus-clapham. org

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TUNE UP London’s first Tuneless Choir is launching in Vauxhall, for those who can’t sing in tune but love to do it anyway.

The choir is being set up by Jazz vocalist and singing teacher Talibah Rivers is planning a wide variety of songs for the launch night, from Amy Winehouse’s ‘Valerie’ to some Elvis and Abba classics.

The choir will meet at the Tea House Theatre, 139 Vauxhall Walk, SE11 5HL. Launch night is Wednesday 10 January: doors will open at 7pm with singing starting at 8pm.

Big Fish Little Fish is holding a big family rave at Fire / Lightbox in Vauxhall on Saturday 27 January to launch their Camp Bestival warm-up south of England tour.

The fancy dress theme is 'Sailing the Seven Seas' to fit in with Camp Bestival’s nautical theme.

Expecting about 800 guests, DJs 2 Bad Mice will play the main room while Baker & Beale play a techno set in the tunnel with light up LED ceiling.

2pm-4:30pm. Admission: free for babies, £12 for adults. www.bigfishlittlefishevents. co.uk

Ongoing choir sessions are every second and fourth Wednesday evening of the month, from 8pm until 9.30pm.

Pay as you go: £10 per session/£8 in advance.

Contact Talibah on 07752 522636 or www.tunelesschoir.com/londonvauxhall. londonvauxhall@tunelesschoir.com

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SPOTLIGHT

By Laura Burgoine

Go with the Flo at the Hideaway

“The Hideaway is minutes from my mother’s house; I was living in America when it was built and thought I’ve got to get in there,” Flo told the Weekender. Now based in Hastings, Flo is excited to come back to her old stomping ground.

“Usually when I play, I’m carting my family across to West London. I’m loving the lay out at Hideaway; it’s a really nice spot,” she said.

Flo shot to fame as one half of the late ‘90s R&B duo Floetry, but her career actually started with spoken word. “I wanted to create a show I’d loved to have gone to as a younger poet,” she said.

The residency follows from a soldout night at Hideaway in September.

“After Floetry had moved on to do other things, and I made my first and second solo album, I felt myself ready to do other things, and get back on the road,” Flo said. “When you want something from the world, it’s good to go about an offering, rather than just taking. What’s been immeasurable in offerings are those

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open-mic spaces where I’ve been able to work on my craft,” she said.

“I wanted to give something back for open-mic and particularly poetry.”

The events marries Flo’s two passions: music and poetry. “I wanted to invite as many people as possible to perform, so we’d have a varied blend and it could move the way our mind does,” she said. With 20 poets, split into two vortexes, the spoken word night attracts “the most incredible audience who come out to listen, and laugh and disagree.”

“We have poets from all different walks of life, different genders, and cultures. It’s not the same cadence of voice. What we’ve really created is a beautiful first Thursday of the month where we have poets coming from America, Italy, Ireland... It’s such a beautiful tribe.”

Flo has just celebrated the third year anniversary of the spoken word events. “We’ve hosted over 300 poets,” she said. “Now at Hideaway, once a month, we come and we kind of give a bit of protective layering to get through the next month,” she continued.

Flo does “blocks of travel” nowadays but it’s a far cry from the early years of her career. “I did ten years of just touring. That was perfectly set in my twenties,” she

said. “Now there’s not so much tap dancing. It’s vigorous work.”

“I started traveling from birth. My father was in the army so I was an army brat. And for the performance aspect I went to the Brit school, for me it was heaven,” Flo recalled.

At 19 she became a performance poet, and by 21 she left for America with her Floetry bandmate Marsha Ambrosius.

“Marsha, at the time, was singing and she produced really hot tracks. But I didn’t feel inspired to run to a record company in England and say I have this great idea; there didn’t seem to be an avenue and I knew there were stages elsewhere,” Flo said.

“The idea of black people doing entertainment in a certain way: soul, gospel, hip hop, there’s actually an industry for that in America,” she continued. “Here, it would be very difficult for a black girl to get signed, pushed and supported singing something like Amy Winehouse’s Back to Black –which is a fantastic album, and very much a lover’s rock album in its feeling, sound and musicality.”

As a musician Flo has sold over 2 million records and worked with Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, and Earth, Wind and Fire, just to

name a few. “It hasn’t stopped me but in terms of reality, I’m a seven time Grammy nominated artist and the fact does remain that I’m not signed by Island Records,” she said.

“I’m a very proud British person, I’m a proud Windrush descendent.”

Flo convinced Marsha to accompany her to America: the land of opportunity. “I was led to where there was a thriving spoken word industry. The live circuit was there,” Flo said. Atlanta boasted really well established open mic jam sessions.

“We went on a two week trip and spent five days in Atlanta, and eight days in Philadelphia where there was the roots movement, neo soul, a touch of jazz. Big Narstie’s jam session was $5 to get in and you could see anyone from Jill Scott, to Jazmine Sullivan at 14 with her Mum bringing her.

It was just a scene; a plethora of musicians of an exceptional quality,” she said.

Marsha and Flo went on to work with Michael Jackson to produce

the 2002 single Butterflies. “Jazzy Jeff who owns Touch of Jazz made a bunch of songs, including Butterflies. He just happened to be one of Michael Jackson’s best friends,” Flo said. “Four months later we were in the studio with Michael; he insisted both of us be in the session. We spent two weeks with him in the Hit Factory in New York, and it was a beautiful period of time.

He gave us so much advice on being an artist; it was a great honour and privilege.”

Anyone can apply to perform at the spoken word night: send an example of your work to tfpflo@ gmail.com and request to be in a particular month’s Flo. The Floacist presents FLO: Spoken Word Vortex is on Thursday 4 January at 8pm at Hideaway,2 Empire Mews, Stanthorpe Road, SW16 2BF. Admission: £5.

Recommended to book tickets in advance.

Phone: 020 8835 7070. www.hideawaylive.co.uk

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even time Grammy nominee Natalie Stewart –known to her fans as the Floacist- is returning to her Streatham roots to host a monthly spoken word event at the Hideaway Jazz club.

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Brixton Buzz Monday 1st January SE17 Tief NYD at Corsica Studios 5 Farrell Court, Elephant & Castle, SE17 1LB, 9pm-5am, £10

Hardcore clubbers are invited to start the New Year off in the same manner that they left the last one, giving it some maximum elbow grease on the dancefloor to a soundtrack of thumping techno.

Chopping out the big tunes for 2018 is Glasgow duo, Optimo, backed by Moxie and Henry Wu.

Monday 1st January

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Craig Charles Funk & Soul Club at JAMM 261 Brixton Road, Brixton, SW9 6LH, 5pm-midnight, £17 Smeg legend Craig Charles brings his Funk & Soul Club to JAMM, backed by Disco Freaks, Mixmaster Morris and Brick City Funk DJs.

Wednesday 3rd January SW2 Gypsy Nights at Upstairs at the Ritzy Brixton Oval, Brixton, SW2 1JG, 8pm-11pm, Free A night of world-spanning music hosted by the Melange Collective summoning evocative melodies and hypnotic beats from Africa, the Balkan, Middle East, South America and further afield. And maybe even Bognor. Performed by Melange, and featuring variously Arabic Oud, cello, guitar, sax, accordion and percussion instruments, the music flows from jazz to free improvisation.

Thursday 4th January

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Live Jazz at the Prince of Wales 469 Brixton Rd, SW9 8HH, 11pm-3am, Free Popular with locals and musicians, it’s a perfect stop for night owls with an insatiable thirst for beer, live jazz and a bit of dancing. Open till 3am and admission free, the only downside is the annoying demand for Photo ID scanning on entry.

Friday 5th January

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Rick Leon James at Off The Cuff 301-303 Railton Road, Herne Hill, SE24 0JN, 8pm-1am, £10

Friday 5th January

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DJ night at the Brown Derby 336 Kennington Park Road, Oval SE11 4PP, 9pm-midnight, Free Taking its name and style cues from a chain of LA diners from the 1920s, the Brown Derby is a welcoming retro bar right next to Oval tube station. There’s an almighty selection of spirits at the bar - along with some decent real ales - with DJs spinning selections of ska, northern soul and rock and roll every Friday night.

Friday 5th January

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Saturday 6th January

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Sunday 7th January

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Gig guide

David Bowie - Let’s Dance at The Dogstar

389 Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, SW9 8LQ, 9pm-2am, £5

6th January

Eclectic Fridays at Gigalum 8 Cavendish Road, Clapham Common, SW4 9DW, 8pm-midnight, Free Apparently “designed for the discerning musical palate”, the Gigalum DJs promise to whisk up the best in global beats and diverse sounds that come with a cast iron guarantee to get you moving and a-grooving like a poppers-snorting dervish with ants in his pants.

Cohesion at Club 414 414 Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, SW9 8LF, 11pm-8am, £5/10 Stock up on your glowsticks and head off to this psytrance all-nighter in one of Brixton’s longest running clubs.

Open Mic Jam at the Effra Hall Tavern Kellett Road, Brixton, SW2, 9pm-10.45pm, Free This traditional boozer tucked away from the main drag is one of the best places to wind down after a mad weekend. On Sundays, Lauren Dalrymple hosts and performs at this popular jazz/reggae Open Mic session. Just rock up with your instrument and register to perform.

Monday 8th January SW9 Bowie’s Birthday at the Prince of Wales 469 Brixton Rd, SW9 8HH, 7pm, Free On what would have been Bowie’s 71st Birthday, the Prince is hosting a live performance from tribute band Cats from Japan, who’ll be playing the best of Bowie’s back catalogue.

Tuesday 9th January

There’s a night of drinking and dancing in store as Brixton’s Offline Club once again celebrates the life of the magnificent David Bowie, with all profits from the event going to local music charities. DJs will be playing Bowie’s hits, album tracks, obscurities and more, and mixing in tracks from some of his musical influences and the artists he inspired. There’ll also be ARKIVE at White Horse 94 Brixton Hill, Brixton, SW2 1QN, 9pm-midnight, Free BRXTNFNK and their DJing chums will be frantically rummaging through their record collections like crack-addled squirrels looking for a long-buried fix.

Friday 12th January

SW2

The Franklys at The Windmill 22 Blenheim Gardens, Brixton, SW2 5BZ, 8pm, £5

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Live Jazz at the Cable Bar & Café 8 Brixton Rd, Oval, SW9 6B, 8pm, Free This weekly event sees jazzy/blues bands take to the bijou stage in this charming little café/bar by the Oval.

Hula hoop your way down to the Bussey for a night of Hawaiian Bop, with DJs Richio Suzuki and Oscar Romp spinning ska, rockabilly, vintage R&B and rock 'n' roll – and all on delicious slabs of 45rpm vinyl. Playing live on stage is Trinidadian Calypso, 60s Soul and Cuban Mambo kings, the hard rocking ten piece combo, Natty Bo and the Top Cats.

Saturday 13th January SW11

Thursday 11th January SW2

9pm-3am, £3 Mr Cecil Reuben is back with another Roots Rock Reggae special, this time headlined by Italy’s award winning Lion’s Cage, mashing up some foot shuffling, booty-limbering live reggae.

videos and photo projections, Bowie bunting, facepainter to apply Bowie-style makeup and a live singalong acoustic set of Bowie hits with Nick Stephenson. Fans are invited to dress up in the Bowie look of their choice, with free shots dished out for the best efforts. All profits from the show will be going to two Brixton youth music charities; Raw Material and School Ground Sounds.

Thursday 11th January SW2

Lion’s Cage at Hootananny 95 Effra Road, Brixton, SW2 1DF,

Mega-session muso Rick is so blooming clever his bass guitar has no less than six strings for maximum funkiness. The natty hat wearing maestro has thundered along to a host of big names including Amy Winehouse, Jessie J and Tinie Tempah, and he’s now pursuing his own thang by writing, recording and producing 'The Purge.”

Sat

Some Weird Sin are back with another punky rock'n'roll party at Brixton’s finest small venue. Headlining the night is classic old-school rockers The Franklys, thrusting out some “riotous girl rebellion,” backed by punk’n’roll vendors, Long Teeth, glam posters The Snides and dreamy grunge merchants Hussy.

Friday 12th January

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Hawaiian Bop at The Bussey Building 133 Rye Lane, Peckham, SE15 4ST, 10pm-5am, £10

Saturdays at the Clapham Grand 21-25 St John's Hill, Clapham, SW11 1TT, 10pm-3am, £10 Get ready to sweep, strut and sashay in the direction of the dancefloor and bust out your finest twerking hip-thrusts to an uncomplicated amalgam of crowdpleasing party classics, with house DJs spinning Hip-Hop to House, Disco to R&B.

Sunday 14th January

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Monday 15th January

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No Frills Sunday Session at The Windmill 22 Blenheim Gardens, Brixton SW2 5BZ, 7pm, Free With roaming Brixton folkies, the No Frills Band at the helm, this lively, round-the-table session invites musicians of all abilities to join in with new and traditional songs. Like a musical Whicker’s World without the airfare, expect to hear an earful of sounds from around the globe.

Folk Jam at The Old Dispensary 325 Camberwell New Road, SE5 0TF, 8pm-1am, Free Relax and get stuck into the affordable booze at this small, friendly and unfussy traditional Irish boozer where anyone can join in with the band for the weekly folk jam.

Thursday 18th January SW16 Zeeteah Massiah at Hideaway 2 Empire Mews, Streatham, SW16 2BF, 8.30pm, £10

Saturday 13th January SW16 Polar Bears Can Dance at Pratts & Payne 103 Streatham High Road, SW16 1HJ, 9pm-2am, Free Named after the two most memorable landmarks from Streathams past; the now destroyed Pratts department store and madam Cynthia Payne, Pratts & Payne hosts DJs every Saturday night, serving up soul, disco, funk and reggae.

Drawing on her Bajan roots and lifelong love of reggae, Zeeteah Massiah has enjoyed a No.1 dance hit in the USA and has sung with everyone from Tom Jones to Robbie Williams. This show is expected to sell out, so book early.

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Brixton Buzz Friday 19th January

SW4

Feral Friday at Fu Manchu 15 Lendal Terrace, Clapham, SW4 7UX, 10pm-3am, Free We can’t make head or tail of the guff on their website, but “good rhythms and jams” appear to be on the cards in this curious mix of dim sum restaurant and nightclub.

Friday 19th January

Gig guide

SE27

Burns Night at Portico Gallery 23A Knight's Hill, West Norwood, SE27 0HS, 7pm-11.30pm. £10 A rousing, kilt-lifting night of dancing, pipes, and all things Och Aye The Noo is in store in West Norwood, with musical hosts Ceilidh Tree conjuring up stomping fiddles, a piper, accordion and expert caller to guide dancers through the moves.

We’d rather chow down on our own underpants than eat the stuff, but fans of haggis will be catered for, and there’s also oceans of mulled wine, whisky and local ale at the bar to wash it all down with.

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Jamnesty International at Hootananny

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95 Effra Road, Brixton, SW2 1DF, 9pm-3am, £5

Saturday 20th January SW9 Hip Hop Charity Fundraiser at Cafe Cairo 88 Landor Road, SW9 9PE, Free/£3 It’s nowhere to be seen on the Brixton hipsters’ radar, and that’s a ruddy good thing because this intimate, Eastern themed, multi-room bar/ club has long been one of the area’s hidden gems. Quirky, offbeat and always interesting, Saturday’s show is a hip-hop charity fundraiser for Shelter UK. There’s also live acts from the UK and Poland, 16-bar rap challenges with cash prizes and open mic sets.

Saturday 20th January SE27 Soul Night at Book & Record Exchange 20 Norwood High St, SE27 9NR, 8pm-2am, £3 This fully-licensed vinyl record store and book exchange slides the record racks against the walls for their monthly soul night with Luke P, Michael Johnson and Pete W spinning heavy soul, funk, reggae and freestyle tunes. Intimate, agreeable and fun, it’s a bit like an old fashioned pub lock-in without the dodgy geezahs.

Prepare for an action-packed evening in aid of Amnesty International with top notch DJs and great live acts animating the dancefloor into a mass of pogo-stick propelled Zebedees. The line up includes hip-hopster Carpetface and The Unity Cypherband,

Thursday 22nd January SW2 Open Mic at the Hand In Hand 61 New Park Road, SW2 4LA, 8pm, Free Blossoming new talents are invited to shimmy on to the stage and give it some welly at this no-fuss Open Mic night in the smartly refurbished Hand In Hand.

Friday 26th January

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Friday 26th January

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Open Mic at The Junction 171 Coldharbour Lane, SE5 9PA, 8pm-11pm, Free Now offering live music every night of the week, the Junction is a great addition to a pub-starved neighbourhood. On Mondays there’s a splendidly laid back open mic night, where folks are invited to strut on stage and see if their talent impresses or depresses.

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Garage Sessions at Electric Brixton Town Hall Parade, Brixton, SW2 1RJ, 11pm-6am, £15

Watson's General Telegraph Forest Hill Tavern, 108 Forest Hill Rd, SE22 0RS, 8pm, Free Shuffle up the hill to this well stocked, ontrend bar and flap your moveable parts to the sound of hot swinging live Trad Jazz.

DJs at The Joiners Arms 35 Denmark Hill, Camberwell, SE5 8RS, 2pm-5pm, Free Chill out on a Sunday afternoon by grabbing a beer, rummaging through vintage clothing and listening to vinyl-only DJs in this great traditional Camberwell boozer.

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Thursday 25th January SE22

House Night at Gremio de Brixton St. Matthew's Church, Effra Road, SW2 1JF, 9pm, Free Unspecified DJs accompanied by a real, living saxophonist spin Housey /Latin House music in this tapas restaurant/ bar lurking in the crypt of St Matthew's Church, a short saunter from the centre of Brixton.

Sunday 21st January

funky soul disco rattlers Electric Spank, a thunderously rocking Aurora Dawn (Alabama 3) and the Screaming Skulls, plus DJ Random working the wheels o’steel into a frenzy of trouser-removing hiphop bangers and classic b-boy funk breaks.

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Kahn & Neek at Phonox 418 Brixton Rd, Brixton, SW9 7AY, 9.30pm-4am, £10 Instrumental grime, rootsy dub and dancehall dons, Kahn & Neek bring a slice of Bristol’s underground scene to Brixton. Keeping true to the traditions of sound system culture, the duo pledge to bring a dubplate and vinyl operation, showcasing the darker forms from across the 140bpm spectrum and beyond.

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There’s more garage on offer than a Kwikfit fitters convention, with a swagger bag full of PAs, MCs and DJs revving up the UKG, Grime, Bass and positive energy all night.

Acts include Shola Ama , Kele Le Roc , Lady Stush , Noodles, Mike ruff cut Lloyd and Sunship.

Friday 26th January

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Bowie to Béyonce and Beyond at Upstairs at Market House 443 Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, SW9 8LN, 10pm-3am, £5 There’s going to be another jampacked night upstairs at the Market House as DJ Editor and Jizzy Rascal pump out their trademark categorycatapulting selections of dance zingers and pop tunes to keep the floor bouncing like an extra-springy Slinky on roller skates.

Saturday 27th January SE11

Duckie at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern 372 Kennington Lane, SE11, 9pm-2am, £6Hosted by the New Jerseyborn Amy Lamé (now the London Night Tsar), Duckie remains one of the most provocative and funny cabaret nights in London, with unexpected burlesque and musical acts playing to a packed gay/mixed crowd. The live entertainment will be coming from glitter enthusiast Hannah Riley and Ian Street. Personning the decks is the Readers Wives DJs, who can be relied on to whisk up a wondrous, retro-loving selection of tunes, covering anything from Kate Bush, Joy Division, the Cure, Rapture and the Smiths. And that’s all fine by us.

Sunday 28th January

SW9

Grass Roots Live Music at Club 414 414 Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, SW9 8LF, 10pm-3am, Free/donations

Hosted by UB40 trumpet-player Patrick Anthony, backed by a talented house band, this you can expect a night of uplifting blues, reggae and ska in front of a busy, old school mixed Brixton crowd. It’s open till late and a big hit with locals.

Monday 29th January SW9 Open Mic at the Queens Head 144 Stockwell Road, SW9 9TQ, 8pm-10pm, Free All styles and genres are welcome at this open mic night in the cleaned-up Queen’s Head, which tempts punters in with ale and cider priced at just £3 a pint.

Tuesday 30th January

SE5

Jazz Jam at The Junction 171 Coldharbour Lane, SE5 9PA, 8pm-11pm, Free The strummin’, tootin’ and percussin’ starts at 8pm and keeps on throwing shapes and improvising until close in an affordable, independent boozer.

Recommended.

Wednesday 31st January SW2 Laid Bare at Upstairs at the Ritzy Brixton Oval, Brixton, SW2 1JG 7.30pm, Free A night of saaarf Landahn talent curated

by Rami Radi with a bumper bag of local musicians, singers and rappers showcasing their talents in a warm and friendly environment.

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THEATRE

By Laura Burgoine

Hunker down in the bunker T

he Bunker on Southwark Street has a bold new spring season in store for theatregoers. Artistic director Joshua McTaggart takes the Weekender through the year ahead.

“We have four main house shows; this is the first time since we launched that we have a curated season of four shows,” Josh said. “We’re keen to go back to bodies of work.”

The season opens with Olivier and Tony award-winning writer Terry Johnson’s Ken, which transfers from Hampstead Theatre following a highly successful run in their Downstairs studio last year.

“It’s about an experimental avante garde artist in the ‘70s and ‘80s with a piece honouring one of our founding fathers of experimental theatre,” Josh said.

Following this, DumbWise Theatre reinvent Electra, reimagining the murderous Greek myth of power and prophecy as a lyrical modern epic with a live punk-rock score. “Dumbwise are a Bristol based company who met at Rose Bruford together, and this is their first production in London,” Josh said. “It’s nice to find companies outside of our bubble in London. Greeks are very musical and lyrical with their plays.”

Next up, Josh is directing the world premiere of Devil With The Blue Dress by Kevin Armento, a play that interrogates the infamous Monica Lewinsky Scandal and is The Bunker's first American production.

“I went to uni in the states.

When we were programming, I was looking for a new play, and emailed my American contacts, looking for female writers and female driven stories,” he said.

“Across the world with all these sexual assault allegations, especially within the arts, there’s still the problematic issue of men in power, and how we respond to women seeking power.”

The playwright Kevin Armento is coming to London to develop the play at the Bunker. “It’s exciting for us. It’s a five female cast, and one

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non-speaking male saxophone player,” Josh said.

The season concludes with Izzy Tennyson’s Grotty, which offers a dark and savage journey that digs

beneath the surface of lesbian subculture in London.

“Our remit is to showcase the voice and case of women onstage,” Josh said. “We’re

looking at different stories out there that aren’t getting a platform to be told, and bringing those voices together.”

Spring season at the Bunker

theatre, 53a Southwark Street, SE1 1RU, runs from January 17-May 26. Tickets: £19.50/£15 concession/£12 earlybird. Season pass for all four shows: £60.

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ARTS & entertainment

By Laura Burgoine

Going Undergound Vaults festival returns with Steampunk circus and Police Cops in Space

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ow in its sixth year, London’s biggest performing arts festival is set to take over Waterloo with 250 individual shows, its first New Writers award, and a series of roundtable discussions tackling gender equality in theatre. One of the founders of VAULT Festival, Tim Wilson, tells the Weekender why this is the most diverse programme to date.

“Attendance goes up every year,” Tim said. “In the sense of capturing London’s attention we’re seeing the difference.”

The arts platform, in the railway tunnels beneath Waterloo station, picked up where the Old Vic Tunnels left off. “The Old Vic Tunnels shut in 2012, and that was the start of the Vaults,” Tim said. “London has a good history of these archways; people hold it close to their heart.”

He highlights Becoming Shades as one show not to be missed.

“It’s steam punk circus noir cabaret, and they’re doing a

show for the whole eight weeks at 9:30pm every night,” Tim said.

“It’s a perfect wild adventure into a totally different visual experience. They’re a rag tag band, who’ve come together into a super group of circus and party promoters.”

Another big new show is Neverland the musical, by the same guys who presented the immersive Great Gatsby last year. “It’s an immersive musical based in Neverland with Hook and all the gang,” Tim said.

1200 people applied to take part in the Vaults this year. “Some shows aren’t made yet when we commission them. We make that clear to audiences when it’s a Vaults original,” Tim said.

The shows are all Fringe-length with a one hour running time.

“That way you can see a couple of things, not spend a huge amount of time and money, and it’s a great night in a cool place where you can see a wide variety of things,” Tim said.

“Come out and cleanse your imaginative palate, and have a

Founder Tim Wilson cold beer and chat afterwards.”

Other must-see shows include: Police Cops in Space; “absolutely brilliantly funny show from an amazing little company who do very physical comedy”, Red Bastard: Lie with Me; “he’s a horrific comedy monster and it’s pretty aggressive audience participation but incredibly funny and very acerbic”, Gypsy Queen: “this particularly speaks to

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LGBT audiences” and the semiautobiographical For a Black Girl “We try to make the festival as broad as possible, and reflective of what a London audience is going to want to see,” Tim said.

“We should hit 65,000 people attending this year; we have to make the festival as broad and inclusive as possible.”

This year eleven Waterloo venues are taking part, including Waterloo East theatre, Network theatre, the Traveling Through Bookshop, and a new space on the graffiti tunnel called the Maze.

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Exposing the tricksters The Weekender has been featuring extracts from the The Good Old Days by Gilda O’Neill, published

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This is the third and final instalment.

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From chapter 7 Con Men, Tricksters, Clairvoyants and Frauds A demand for ever more thrilling experiences was growing and very quickly sitting in the circle at a full-blown seance had become all the rage, with spirit instruments playing, ghostly hands and feet appearing, and fully formed spirits materializing before the excited sitters. Conditions in the seances were carefully controlled, with the low lighting adding to the otherworldly atmosphere and, more importantly, providing cover for the people orchestrating the circle as they slipped prosthetic hands or feet over their own feet and then raised their legs and waved them over the table top without their deception being

detected. The spirits are amongst us!

Coins could be picked up with naked toes and dropped into glass tumblers, so the sitters experienced both a materialization and a clattering sound to astonish them. Spirit writing and numbers would appear on slates — blank ones being swapped by sleight of hand for ones that had already been written on — with the appropriate question having been noted and suitable answers having been palmed to give the correct response to the psychic’s enquiries. Phosphorescent paint would give a suitably otherworldly glow to the spirit emerging from a seance cabinet. Again the circle is blessed! This time with an actual visitation!

The ever-increasing fervour for such demonstrations meant that opportunities to exploit the grieving, the credulous and those merely seeking sensation abounded, and the world of the spirits became ever more — commercially — competitive.

Mediums worked hard and sometimes dirtily to expose their rivals as shams, as did stage

magicians, and learned societies were set up to expose the whole lot of them as confidence tricksters.

Two conjurors praised in the Penny Illustrated Paper for their efforts to expose the sham — albeit in an entertaining and profitable way — were Maskelyne and Cooke. The climax to their show is described: Mr Maskelyne is a determined foe to the spiritualists; and he selects for exposure one of the latest ‘mediums’ who have performed before the London public: the fair-haired Mrs Fay, whose puerile tricks are done

by Mr Cooke with a celerity no‘spiritualist’ could excel. There’s the old familiar cabinet a la Davenport brothers [celebrated ‘spiritualists’ from the United States] with this difference: it is put together before the spectators, who are represented on the stage by two gentlemen who have volunteered to try their best to see how the illusions are managed. Mr Cooke, his limbs bound fast by cords, is seated on a camp stool and tied fast to rings at the back of the cabinet. The

regulation curtain is dropped, and in less than a minute, tambourines are played inside the cabinet, and other so-called spiritualist phenomena occur. The curtain is then drawn up by Mr Maskelyne — who keeps up a running fire of satire against spiritualism and all its works — and Mr Cooke is seen quietly seated and bound as before ... It is the dark seance which most astonishes the audience. Whilst Mr Cooke is still kept a prisoner in the cabinet the gas is turned out, and the hall is in complete darkness for a minute or so. During this time tambourines and banjos, dimly lit by phosphorescent light that throws a halo round them, float over the heads of the spectators, faintly strumming and beating

all the while, and finally fall with a clang on the stage. In another instant the hall is light, and it is impossible to detect the agency by which the banjos and tambourines were circulated in mid-air. As tangible tokens of the dark seance, flowers are discovered in the laps of some of the perplexed visitors; and one of the most agreeable entertainments in town is brought to a close by the assurance that Mr Maskelyne is no ‘spiritualist’

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By Anthony Phillips

Ups and downs of Seesaw

Take a walk on the wild side

The ups and downs of being a child are explored in the Unicorn Theatre's Seesaw, running at the Bermondsey-based children's theatre from January 26.

Youngsters can even take part in sandy art sessions after some performances.

The play, which explores friendship and being young, is suitable for 3 to 6 year olds.

Tickets cost £10 - £12 for under 18s and Adults: £10 - 18. www.unicorntheatre.com

Let your little ones find their wild side at Nature Tots, a Forest School for 18 month to 5 year old's, at Peckham's Centre for Wildlife Gardening.

Children will explore their natural surroundings, discovering animals and their habitats.

Booking is essential. The first taster session is and then Nature Tots costs £72 per person per 6 weeks.

It runs every Monday during term time. www.wildlondon.org.uk/

Rhyme time A session of nursery rhymes, poems and rhyming stories for under 5s and their carers is being held at the Southbank Centre every Friday from January 12.

National Poetry Library puppets, Federico and Firebird, will be on their poem rug, finding out

Wassail away

Make noisy shakers and wassail crowns, ready for the Jolly Wassail at Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses.

When everyone is ready, you can follow the wassail queen in to the orchard, where you can sing and make noise to 'wake up' the sleeping trees.

The free family workshop is from 3pm to 4pm on January 21 and is free.

Donations are accepted. The Jolly Wassail from 5pm to 6pm. www.brockwellgreenhouses.org.uk/

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You can even look at and borrow books from the collection. Rug Rhymes is free and is at National Poetry Library Reading Den, Level 5, Blue side, Royal Festival Hall. www.southbankcentre.co.uk

Family yoga Daddy, Mummy and Me Yoga is at Pop Brixton every Monday, from 11am to 11.45am.

Teachers focus on the children, including breathing games, yoga postures, singing, stories, yoga games and music.

Sessions are free. www.popbrixton.org

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Dare yourself to do the Moonwalk Every year, troops of power walkers storm Clapham Common in decorated bras, covering a marathon (or half marathon) loop around London to raise money and awareness for breast cancer. Founder of the MoonWalk London, and its associated breast cancer charity Walk the Walk, Nina Barough has always been an avid walker but the MoonWalk started as a dream, writes Laura Burgoine...

“I dreamt that I walked the New York marathon in a bra to raise money for breast cancer. I thought a weekend in New York would be fab but I didn’t know anyone with breast cancer,” Nina said. “When I did find my cancer, it was three years I’d had it, and was an aggressive tumour. I had a lot to be grateful for and the decision to do it was very flippant.”

“I feel like I’ve had two lives: before cancer and after.”

Nina had never done a marathon, and never wanted to, but the concept took off fast. “We ended up with 13 of us doing the New York marathon. It was controversial, that 20 years ago, we wore bras,” she said. “You couldn’t go out and buy colourful bras at the time. We’d dye white bras turquoise or pink and you had to have a celebrity designed bra. We had some amazing bras: Terry Wogan designed one, Chris Evans did a few, we had authors, Prime Minister’s wives. It grew organically.”

To train for a marathon Nina knew she’d have to up the ante.

“At the time it was called speed walking and was really big in Europe, and Ireland but walking was seen as a poor relation.

Nobody recognised it as a sport in its own right,” Nina said.

Nina began calling her technique power walking –a term she coined. “It was at that time Spice Girls were at the forefront

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with girl power,” she said. “There is a whole technique. Most people can walk three miles an hour, a lot of people can get to 3.8 or 4 miles an hour, but if you want to get faster then technique is everything.”

Using your arms and entire body correctly is key. “If you’re walking at a certain pace, there comes a point where your body will start to run. But if you keep on walking, and develop the technique, power walking uses the same amount of energy as a runner.”

Power talking uses the entire body. “It’s been described by scientists as the perfect exercise,” Nina said. “It’s a low impact, non-injury forming sport, that increases your heart rate, and you don’t have that pain threshold like with running,” she continued. You can also progress quickly.

“If you walk three or four times a week for 45 minutes, over two

weeks you’ll feel a difference. It creeps up on you, which is very motivating, very positive.”

A lot of people who sign up for the MoonWalk will underestimate it. “It’s no mean feat. 26 miles at night is a long way,” Nina said.

“We provide a lot of support, and a 12-week training plan. We want people to feel fitter. It’s really lovely for people to go out, take on a challenge, and raise money.”

In terms of training, you can’t

start too soon. “The more you do, on the night it means you’re enjoying what’s going on, rather than thinking every step of this is purgatory,” Nina said. “We’ve funded research that has proven changes to diet, nutrition, exercise, and lifestyle habits have an impact in prevention against disease. The ball is in our court.”

To date, Nina has power walked about 70 or 80 marathons. “I used to do all of them every year. I’m very active. I’m always

walking and my level of fitness never drops too low. I love that I can, at any time, take on a marathon,” she said.

Nina has always been health focused, and before cancer she was a reiki master and masseuse. “It’s very different when you’re confronted with your own life existence,” she said.

“Even though I got breast cancer, being into health foods and organic foods helped me recover very quickly, and while I was going through treatment it gave me a focus: what I ate was something I could take control of,” she said. “In terms of food –if it’s not organic, it’s not going in.

I’ve been a vegetarian for many years, I’m a big vitamin taker. It’s about making calculated choices for you.”

With the new year rolling in, Nina says “dare yourself to sign up for this year’s MoonWalk.”

“Most of the people who come each year are people who have never taken on a challenge before,” Nina said. “We get all ages. Our eldest walker is well into her 80s; the youngest is 13.

We’re going to help everyone every step of the way with a training plan, and how to buy shoes. Sometimes you sign up for something and you’re on your own. Not with Walk the walk, we want to help you get to the start line in great shape.”

“Women tend to put their lives on the back burner for kids, or whatever else, but this is something they can do for themselves. One of the most common messages I get afterwards is how empowered they feel,” Nina said. “Often people do the MoonWalk, get a bit addicted, enjoy the social, physical, and emotional side of it and compete with themselves, under the safety and umbrella of the charity.”

To sign up for The MoonWalk London on Saturday 12 May 2018 go to www.walkthewalk.org.

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The sense of Thailand The Weekender’s Cat Dillon is so dedicated to her job, she leapt at the chance to review a luxurious massage at Thai Sense Spa in Clapham. It’s a tough job, but someone’s gotta do it.

Here’s what she had to say.

the reassurance that I was enjoying it very much. It was an incredible mix of pain and pleasure. I do suffer with lower back pain from time to time and I felt Ying was very sympathetic to this.

The Thai Sense Spa has ten therapists, eight of whom are from Thailand. There are bars along the ceiling so they can walk along your body, if desired. The experience was very authentic, and it was one of the best massages I've ever had. Not to mention, very reasonably priced.

I would highly recommend using Thai Sense Spa. It’s easy to access by public transport, and has good parking facilities nearby. Just so there is no confusion; there are no steam or sauna facilities.

T

he owners Nigel Bastow and Ann Ninjinda welcomed me to Thai Sense Spa for a onehour deep tissue massage (£45).

First up, I was taken to my room which was nicely warmed; even the mat you lie on was heated! The room was scented with various essential oils. I was very impressed with the cleanliness of the room and the facilities they provide – they even gave me a spare pair of knickers! I did notice they had an adjoining room, which is perfect for couples wanting to massage together.

Ying was my therapist – she was fantastic! She asked if I have any allergies. As

someone with a severe sesame allergy, I’m used to having to inform people

everywhere I go, but it was nice to be asked first. Ying was very caring and kept

asking, along the way, how I felt; the noises I was making must have given her

Thai Sense Spa 8 Ascot Parade Clapham Park Road SW4 7EY Phone: 0207 498 7002 www.thaisensespa.co.uk

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Free yourself of clutter!

Following the indulgences of the festive season you may be facing the New Year with an excess of possessions around you.

What with duplicate gifts, upgrades to last year’s gadgets and the January sales tempting you to stock-up on even more stuff, it’s a great time to work out what you can let go of to make some space.

If not knowing where to move items onto is stopping you from getting started, we’ve pulled together top tips from local members of APDO (Association of Professional Declutterers and Organisers), Chloë Howat of Declutter with Chloë and Katherine Blackler of SortMySpace Ltd to help you out!

SELLING This tends to be the first port of call for many when decluttering.

Be mindful however as your time has a value too; set yourself a time limit to list and sell belongings, and have a ‘Plan B’ if it doesn’t sell.

Local Facebook Groups such as Greenwich Community and

Katherine Blackler

Blackheath and Greenwich Mums are great for shifting furniture and tech.

DONATING · Some charities operate boutique shops like Shelter in Blackheath which sells high-end clothing and accessories. Other charities now advertise top-end designer stuff online, hugely benefitting from the proceeds. · Certain charities (such as Emmaus on Knights Hill SE27) can do PAT testing so will accept

white goods and electricals that you believe to be in working order. · Don’t have a car? Try the ‘Gone for Good’ app. It will pick up both large and small items from your doorstep and take them to a charity of your choice. · Have an old car?

Donate it to 999 Club in Deptford and they invest the scrapage cost

in helping the homeless get back on their feet. · If you have spare tools or unfinished DIY projects try Men’s Sheds which provide an environment for men to regularly gather and fix, repair and upcycle things. You can find them in SE15, SE16, SE17 and SE20.

Chloë Howat

RECYCLING · Many local

recycling facilities will take way more than we first think of and are incredibly well organised. · You can also recycle your clothes through ‘swish’ events or clothes swaps. You take along any good quality items you’ve grown out of and are given a token for each item to then redeem against other people’s contributions! It’s usually a good giggle and a new look for you afterwards.

DITCHING As a last resort there’s your usual rubbish bin or, for bulk waste and unsellable furniture, the local council can arrange bulk waste collections.

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FOOD & drink

By Gabi Gheerbrant

Queen of Tarts Tart

65 Lordship Lane SE22 8EP 020 8299 4989 com www.tartlondon.

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great brunch is the recipe for a great weekend. While it’s hard to imagine brunch without eggs, if you’re over fried, poached or scrambled, it’s time to check out another option: the tart.

Newly opened on Lordship Lane, Tart offers a trendy alternative for your weekending. Starting as a stand in Herne Hill market, the concept –dreamt up by two tart enthusiasts from Brixton, Jason and Adam- now boasts two permanent eateries and is gradually taking over South London one tart at a time. After visiting their East Dulwich branch, I must admit – I am a convert.

The café is set in a former French restaurant with beautifully tiled walls. Given that the tart originated in France, it seems a fitting home. A neon sign leads into a cozy sunlit conservatory that provides a serene setting, perfect for spending a peaceful weekend morning sheltered from the high street buzz. I feel that I have found a hidden gem that is yet to be discovered by crowds.

The menu awakens your tastebuds with winning combos such as chorizo and goat cheese or poached pear and gorgonzola. The classic brunch staples - Benedicte or Royal poached eggs and sourdough toast with avocado are also on offer. But

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I’m won over by halloumi and avo with poached eggs and mint aioli on gluten free cornbread for guilt-free pre-tart indulgence.

The Tarts themselves are very reasonably priced and can be served for brunch on their own or lunch with a side of salad. I go for a parma ham, rocket and red onion jam tart, beautifully topped with gorgonzola and tiny poached pears peeking through its gooey surface.

I ask for a side of spelt, green beans, peas, toasted almonds, pesto and feta salad to balance the richness. My companion had high praise for her chorizo, red pepper, tomato and goats cheese tart with za’atar-roasted sweet potato salad, masala yoghurt sauce and toasted seeds. It was a feast. The tarts are lusciously fresh and, accompanied with a salad, make the perfect sized lunch. The coffee is worth a

mention too – if like me, you are a bit of a caffeine snob, Volcano Coffee Works brew won’t leave you disappointed.

With a gluten-free, full flavored raspberry chocolate brownie in hand for afternoon tea, we emerged back on the high street fully satisfied and a bit smug having discovered a secret brunch venue. It won’t stay that way for long!

Halloumi, avo, poached eggs, chilli relish & mint aioli on puff pastry (with chorizo!) £8.15 Chorizo, red pepper, tomato & goats cheese (with salad: £8.75) £5.95 Salad Za’atar £5.95 Parma ham, poached pear, gorgonzola, rocket and red onion jam £5.95 Raspberry brownies gf £3.50 O’Fresco: carrot, apple, turmeric, ginger, lemon £4.50 Latte £2.70 Cappuccino £2.60 TOTAL FOR 2 PEOPLE:

£39.30

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Your local pharmacy - your first stop when winter bugs bite MANY HEALTH complaints, such as coughs and colds, will get better by themselves over time and are best treated at home, with rest. If you need advice on medicines that can help relieve symptoms, your local pharmacist can help.

High street pharmacies and supermarkets stock a range of remedies for common conditions like sore throats and ear pain, and you don't need to visit your GP to get them. Local GPs do not give NHS prescriptions for medicines for short term illnesses or conditions that are widely available over the counter. Also, antibiotics which are only available on NHS prescription are not effective against cold and flu viruses and will not be prescribed by a GP for this purpose.

A pharmacist is a qualified healthcare professional who

can recognise many common complaints and recommend medicines to help you. They can advise on things you can do at home to help yourself and will tell you if your problem is more serious and you do need to see your GP. Pharmacies are usually open later into the evening and at weekends. Instead of booking and waiting for a GP appointment, you can visit a pharmacy any time during opening hours and you don't need an appointment.

Most pharmacies have a private area where you can have a confidential chat with a pharmacist about your condition and your medication.

As well as cough and cold remedies, pharmacies also stock painkillers and products for conditions such as diarrhoea, indigestion and bites and stings.

You can also get your annual flu

vaccination from your pharmacy.

Washing your hands with soap

and water and teaching your children to do the same can help

stop you catching and spreading infections.

Extra GP and nurse appointments in Southwark, 8am to 8pm, 7 days a week

GPS AND nurses in Southwark want to raise awareness of the availability of extra GP and nurse appointments in the borough. Available from 8am to 8pm, 7 days a week,

from two locations in the north and south of the borough, these extra appointments are for most of the normal things people see their GP of nurse for.

The service is called the Extended Primary Care Service and is provided at Lister Health Centre in Peckham and Spa Medical Centre in Bermondsey.

This is not a walk-in service; patients are offered an appointment at one of the centres by contacting their own GP surgery. When their surgery is closed, patients should call the out of hours GP service, SELDOC on 020 8693 9066.

Dr Sharjeel Hasan, GP and clinical lead, North Southwark Extended Primary Care Service said: “The Extended Primary Care Service is an extension of your

own GP surgery. You may not see your usual doctor or nurse but they will have the same skills.

Any doctor or nurse that you see or speak to will, with your consent, have access to your health information and history. This means they will be able to offer the right care and treatment for you.”

“Appointments in the evenings and weekends are more convenient for many patients so, if you’re not sure whether the Extended Primary Care Service is right for you, ask your surgery and they will ensure you are seen in the right place.”

Launched in the south of the

borough in November 2014 and in the north in April 2015, the Extended Primary Care Service is funded by NHS Southwark Clinical Commissioning Group and provided by Southwark’s two GP federations, Quay Health Solutions and Improving Health Limited. GP federations are made up of all the GP surgeries in the borough and work together to improve services and health outcomes for patients.

The Extended Primary Care Service will be able to provide 87,000 additional GP and nurse appointments per year across the borough.

Sharing your care record to get you faster, safer, more effective support and treatment HEALTH AND care organisations across south east London are working to improve your care by connecting two successful electronic care record systems.

Currently, two separate systems offer a secure way of sharing

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information electronically between local staff involved in your care.

This means that not everyone uses the same system and information can only be shared in pockets of south east London.

So, for example, if you lived in Lewisham but receive treatment from Guy’s and St Thomas’

NHS Foundation Trust – your records would not be immediately available to the staff looking after you or making the referral.

Work is underway to link these two systems together – connecting up some 15,000 care professionals across six boroughs to benefit approximately 2 million

people. Only relevant information about you will be securely and instantly shared between the staff who need it.

You can still express your views around how your information is shared and with who, by speaking to the person caring for you or your GP.

Information sharing across south east London is expected to launch in early 2018.

Find out more about information sharing in Bromley, Lambeth and Southwark www.kingshealthpartners.org/ localcarerecord

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