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Nordic Music Days showcases pioneering contemporary music performances and workshops by Nordic composers, performed

by British artists. Free events from September 28-October 1 include the launch at 6:45pm (September 28), Northern Lights musical sculpture, the virtual orchestra: Sibelius 360, Northern Lights lounge.

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Now in its seventh year, the Crafty Fox is adding two autumnal markets to their calendar: Design Circus as part of the Brixton Design Trail (September 23 and 24 from 11am-5pm), and the Peckham festival (September 16 and 17 from 11am-5pm). A treasure trove of handmade, artisan and lovingly curated treasures –the Design Circus, in Brixton, also has roaming performers, music, installations, and drop-in family workshops. The Department store, 248 Ferndale Road, SW9 8FR. Entry: £1.

The Peckham Crafty Fox market boasts art prints, homeware, ceramics, textiles, jewellery and gifts from over 50 makers, spread across two floors at the Bussey Building, 133 Rye Lane, SE15 4ST. Entry is free.

Hear Irish folk singer, songwriter and guitarist Christy Moore live as he performs songs from across his career, of over 25 solo albums at the Southbank Centre. September 13 and 14, at 7:30pm. Tickets: £27.50-£37.50. www.southbankcentre.co.uk

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ROYAL TREATMENT Back by popular demand, Royal Vauxhall returns to the RVT, telling the untold story of Princess Diana, Freddie Mercury, and Kenny Everett’s secret night out at the iconic gay club. The cabaret commemorates the 20th anniversary of Princess Di’s death by reliving the night of her life. August 30, 31, and September 6 and 7 at 8pm.

Tickets: £10-£15.

Phone: 020 7820 1222. vauxhalltavern.com

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Following the release of their critically acclaimed debut album Imagined Hymns and Chaingang Mantras, the Little Unsaid are performing at the Omeara on September 12.

Hot off the heels of a packed out performance at Glastonbury this summer, the band, compared to Nick Cave and Leonard Cohen, has been mentored by the likes of Four Tet and Gilles Peterson. 6 O’Meara Street, SE1 1TE. www.omearalondon.com

PARADISE ON EARTH

Stranger than Paradise celebrates their 14th anniversary at the Hootananny on Saturday 16 September. Lineup includes Dom Durner and the Dynamite playing jazz, gypsy, Spanish and Italian music, Rhino and the Ranters with Cow-Punk, Gospel Blues, and a mixture of Roots, Rock and Roll and Bluegrass, delivish Detroit diva Scarlette O’Harlette, DJ Ms Manray and special guest DJ Rouni from Switzerland . Headliners the Urban Voodoo Machine Marching band started out as a funeral marching band, but have evolved to a New Orleans/Mardi Gras/touch of gospel sound packed with enough punch to wake the dead. And it’s a party so there will be cake. 9pm-3am. Free before 9pm, £3 after. 95 Effra Road, SW2 1DF.

SOUL SHAKEUP

The first Saturday of the month is northern soul night at Clapham’s Bread and Roses. Host DJs Curtis Taylor and Jonathon Dabner are welcoming DJ Richard Anker back to the decks, playing northern soul, Rhythm and Blues, Motown and Boogaloo all on original vinyl.

Saturday 2 September, 9pm-midnight. www.breadandrosespub.com

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Book your tickets to the 61st BFI London Film Festival, featuring the European premiere of Breathe on opening night (October 4). Andy Serkis makes his directorial debut with the inspirational true story, starring Andrew Garfield (Hacksaw Ridge) and Claire Foy (The Crown). This year’s American Express Gala film is Battle of the Sexes, starring Emma Stone and Steve Carrell, as women’s world tennis champion Billlie Jean King and ex-men’s champ Bobby Riggs, following the 1973 match that became one of the most watched televised sports in history. Battle of the Sexes premieres on October 7. The BFI London Film Festival runs from October 4-15. The full programme is being announced in August 31. www.bfi.org.uk/lff

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TART UP

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Lordship Lane is tarting itself up with the arrival of Tart London. Starting out life as a market stall at Herne Hill Farmer’s market, the company opened its first shop in Clapham, and is now expanding to launch a second store on 65 Lordship Lane. Founded by Head Chef at Stationers Hall and a former Facebook exec who describe themselves as “two guys avoiding a mid-life crisis", the café opens in mid September with a launch party, and 50 percent off for the first week. Tart will open for early morning commuters serving Volcano Coffee Works, and stay open late on Friday and Saturday nights.

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SPOTLIGHT

By Becky Morton

Getting to grips with it T

he cult world of women’s wrestling has been brought to a new audience by Netflix series GLOW, based on the true story of an ‘80s female wrestling franchise in L.A. But wrestling isn’t just an American craze – the sport is growing in the UK too. To find out more the Weekender spoke to Amy Samardzija from Bermondsey, otherwise known as Candyfloss, who started wrestling when she was just 15 years old.

“I first watched WWE on TV when I was about 11 and it was different to anything I’d ever seen before. I loved the performance aspect and the theatrics so I decided to give it a go,” she said.

Amy describes wrestling as an “art form” rather than a sport, with costumes and characters a central part. But the acrobatics and carefully choreographed moves require just as much dedication as any professional athlete.

By the time she was sitting her GCSEs Amy was training four times a week with Progress Wrestling School in Brixton. A year later she had her first match and has since travelled to shows across the country. Now she’s finished college she plans to do an apprenticeship but her dream is to become a full-time pro.

Training is demanding and encompasses strength, cardio and acrobatics. It is also essential to avoid injuries in what can be a dangerous sport.

“I know people who have got concussion, dislocated shoulders. Last year I landed badly and fractured my elbow which meant I was out of training for four months,” she said.

“It’s important to trust the

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people you’re wrestling because you’re really putting your life on the line.

If someone doesn’t catch you properly it can be really dangerous.”

Such intense training regimes mean close friendships are often formed between female wrestlers and Amy cites this as one of her favourite aspects of the sport.

“I’ve performed with people from all over the world and made some really good friends as it’s more about putting on a show than competing,” she explained.

During the two years she has been wrestling Amy has seen the popularity of the sport grow.

“It’s still not as big in the UK as in countries like America but new shows and promotions are popping up all the time,” she said.

In London there are now even several all-female training schools and WWE featured its first ever women’s tournament this summer. But wrestling is still very much male-dominated. When Amy first started she was the only girl at her training club and now she still trains with only a handful of other women.

Not that this phases the seventeen-year-old.

“I’m one of the youngest but because I have more experience I get the chance to help the new girls who join since the coaches are all men.”

But Amy is keen to stress women shouldn’t let this put them off.

“The whole idea is to stand out and be different so it can really boost your confidence.

I’d encourage women not to be afraid to give wrestling a go.”

Progress Wrestling School runs beginner training courses in Brixton.

For more information visit www.progresswrestling. myshopify.com

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Gig guide

Saturday 2nd September, SE27

Saturday 16th September, SW9

The Wargs at Book & Record Exchange 20 Norwood High St, SE27 9NR, 8pm-1am, £5 Perambulate your way to this lovely independent record shop as it transforms into a licenced bar, dance club and, more recently, a gig venue at night. Playing live are The Wargs, the latest musical adventure from Kath Gifford, formerly of Moonshake , Stereolab & Snowpony, whisking up a blend of country tinged, experimental post rock psychedelia. DJs play till close.

Fri

Belly Box at Cafe Cairo 88 Landor Road, SW9 9PE, 9pm-2am, £6

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Saturday 2nd September, SE27

House of Bamboo at the Portico Gallery 23A Knight's Hill, SE27 0HS, 7pm-midnight, £5 It’s rocking in Norwood tonight with a cluster of DJs spinning copious quantities of Soul Classics, Tamla Motown, Northern Soul, Seventies Grooves, R&B and Latin.

Platter rotators include David Diston, Adam Jenkins, Tom Ambrose and Neil Stroud. They’ll be no need for USB leads, touchscreens and new-fangled controllers, as this lot stick to tried and trusted lovely vinyl.

With a dress code of “clowns, top hats, tea pots, paper bags, tigers and drag pigs,” this is unlikely to prove a smash with the nu-Brixton crowd, but if you’re after a mad mash up of Glasto vibes, Boomtown madness, bizarre performance and cabaret, this unusual night at Café Cairo is worth a visit.

Saturday 16th September, SW2

Sunday 2nd September SW2 Live Jazz at the Effra Hall Tavern Kellett Road, Brixton, SW2, 8.30pm11.30pm, Free One of the few traditional pubs left anywhere in the area, this locals’ boozer tucked away from the main drag is one of the best places to wind down after a mad weekend. Grab yourself a Guinness and enjoy the old Brixton vibes.

Tuesday 5th September SW9 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.

Thursday 7th September SE22 Watson's General Telegraph Forest Hill Tavern, 108 Forest Hill Rd, SE22 0RS, 8pm, Free Shuffle up the hill to this well stocked, on-trend bar and flap your moveable parts to the sound of hot swinging live Trad Jazz, daddy-o.

Friday 8th September, SW2

Southbound at Electric Brixton Town Hall Parade, Brixton, SW2 1RJ, 11pm5am, £12

10th Birthday Weekend at Hootananny 95 Effra Road, Brixton, SW2 1DF, 9pm-3am, £5

Old school Brixtonites will remember it as the Hobgoblin and before that the George Canning, but the Hootananny folks are now celebrating their tenth anniversary at this big boozer with a bustling garden on Effra Road. After a backfiring Scottish themed start, the venue soon settled into becoming a great live venue for roots, rock and reggae bands, DJ nights and the wonderful monthly Brixton Book vibes of the 414, you really should make the effort, if only once. Easily one of Brixton’s oldest clubs – it’s been here over 30 years - its future is now in doubt as evil developers want to flatten this friendly, two-room Coldharbour Lane club and turn it into bloody luxury flats. Because we need more of them. This Friday night is a benefit for Cancer Research UK, and invites trance loving punters to don their day-glo pants and swirl their glowsticks with gusto till 7am.

Jam. Their weekend of celebrations sees renegade roots and dub producer Wrongtom mashing up with legendary breakbeat/jungle MCs The Ragga Twins on Friday night. Also on the bill are organic rootsy vibesters The Hempolics , Bristol rocksteady and vintage ska 6 piece Count Bobo with DJs Emily Dust and Wrongtom spinning Reggae to Dancehall to Global bass bangers all night. Here's tae ye, Hoots!

and sharp witted Myra Dubois.

Sunday 10th September, SW2

Saturday 9th September, SE15

Southbound proceed into the Electric for their first birthday anniversary with a bill that celebrates the best in South London bass culture over the last year. Headlining the show is the influential US record producer, DJ and rapper, Pete Rock. One half of the critically acclaimed group Pete Rock and CL Smooth, Rock’s solo career garnered him worldwide respect, and he’s acknowledged as one of the greatest hip hop producers of all time. Monsieur Rock is joined by High Focus heavy hitters Jam Baxter, Leaf Dog, BVA and Verb T.

Friday 8th September, SW9

Tranceform at Club 414 414 Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, SW9 8LF, 11pm-7am, £5/£10 If you’ve never experienced the unique

Gazebo at Canavan's Peckham Pool Club 188 Rye Lane, Peckham, SE15 4NF, 10pm4am, £6 Creating the kind of ripples that only Charlie Big Potatoes skimming house sized pebbles can create, the Gazebo DJs will be bringing the noise to this wonderful small venue in deepest SE15. Expect a full-on night of lively house and electro beats with none of this, “let’s slow things down for a smooch” nonsense.

Saturday 9th September, SE11 Duckie at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern 372 Kennington Lane, SE11 5HY, 9pm-2am, £6 One of the most provocative and funny cabaret nights in London, the long running Duckie club mixes’n’mashes burlesque and musical acts in front of an appreciative and packed gay/mixed crowd. Keeping crowd suitably stoked is the Readers’ Wives DJs, who play a wondrous mix of The Cure, the Smiths, Le Tigre and other loveable indie pop hits. Performing live is ‘Rotherham’s finest export since Paul Shane,’ the caustic

No Frills Band at The Windmill 22 Blenheim Gardens, Brixton, SW2 5BZ, 7pm, Free Roaming Brixton folkies The No Frills band invite musicians of all styles and abilities to join them in a round the table session.

Fuelled by ale, the band explore many music traditions, including Irish, Welsh, English and Scottish folk, plus American old time, bluegrass and western swing, French, Yiddish, East European, Scandinavian, Greek, Turkish, Balkan and more.

Tuesday 12th September, SE5 Jazz Jam at The Junction 171 Coldharbour Lane, SE5 9PA, 8pm11pm, Free The strummin’, tootin’ and percussin’ starts at 8pm and keeps on throwing shapes and improvising until close. With an accomplished house band featuring Luke Fowler on double bass, Paul Canton on drums and Ross Anderson on guitar, expect some top notch musicianship

in an affordable, independent boozer.

Recommended.

Thursday 14th September, SW

Fox's Late Night Hang at Prince Of Wales 469 Brixton Road, SW9 8HH, 11pm-3am, Free For thirsty night owls with a penchant for raw, exuberant jazz, there’s no better place in Brixton than Ruben Fox’s late night show at the Prince of Wales on Coldharbour Lane. Open till 3am with free admission, it’s our favourite pre-weekend haunt, but the new requirement for Photo ID on the door is a pain

Congo Faith Healers at the Blues Kitchen 40 Acre Lane, Brixton, SW2 5SP, 10pm2.30am, £10 An evening of ‘dirty savage swamp infested gypsy blues’ is promised by the Congo Faith Healers, who conjure up a mélange of voodoo vocals, trumpet grooves and rockabilly swing. Taking over at 1am is resident band The Beekays, who stick to a more conventional diet of classic rock and roll, with unnamed DJs playing till 2.30am.

Shame the entry fee has just soared to a tenner.

Saturday 16th September, SW16

Streatham Soul Club at the White Lion 234 Streatham High Road, SW16 1BB, 7pm-1am, Free It’s gonna be sweet soul all night in this indie pub that serves as a community hub, with the Streatham Soul Club throwing down the dance classics.

Sunday 17th September, SW9 Grass Roots Live Music at Club 414 414 Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, SW9 8LF,3am, Free/donations Hosted by UB40 trumpet-player Patrick Anthony, backed by a talented house band, you can expect a night of uplifting blues, reggae and ska in front of an busy, old school mixed Brixton crowd. It’s open till late, so it’s a perfect way to round off the weekend.

Friday 15th September, SE11

DJ Night at the Brown Derby Duckie 336 Kennington Park Road, Oval, SE11 at the 4PP, 10pm-1am, Free Royal Offering a profusion of tempting spirits at Vauxhall the bar – along with some decent real ales – this retro themed bar hosts DJs spinning selections of ska, northern soul, bluegrass, country, and rock and roll every Friday night.

Friday 15th September, SW9

Hip Hop vs Dancehall at JAMM 261 Brixton Road, Brixton, SW9 6LH, 10pm-4am, £10 The Doctor’s Orders presents an onslaught of hip hop versus dancehall with special guests 1xtra’s DJ Cable and Jamie Rodigan joining residents Mo Fingaz, DJ Raskal, MC Pranksta in a six hour battle for musical supremacy.

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Gig guide Offline Takeover at the Dogstar

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23rd

389 Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, SW9 8LQ 10pm-4am, £5

September

DJs Jizzy Rascal and Editor from Brixton’s famous Offline Club bring the noise to the Dogstar’s main room, throwing down a swaggering, sweaty, fun packed mix of fistin-the air party bangers. Expect your nether regions to oscillate wildly to a sonic feast of dance monsters, pop thumpers, drum’n’bass floorshakers, and booty-quivering anthems guaranteed to get your arms waving in the air like a platoon of speed-infused semaphore signallers on a sugar rush.

Monday 18th September, SE24

Heads Up Jazz Jam at Off The Cuff 301-303 Railton Road, SE24 0JN, 8pm11pm, Free Musicians looking to 'trade licks' and 'throw some shapes' are invited to assemble in Herne Hill to make sweet improvised music under the arches.

Thursday 21st September, SW16

The Getup at the Hideaway 2 Empire Mews, Streatham, SW16 2BF, 8.30pm, £10

Station, Fire Breathers and a Project X Dwarf with the site making a point of saying that “all drinks will be served in red cups.”

Which is nice. DJs will be providing suitably racy drinking music, hurling down a party mix of House, Bass, Hip Hop, RnB, Grime and Bashment across three arenas.

Friday 22nd September, SW8 Grime Originals at Fire Arch 39, Parry Street, Vauxhall, SW8 1RT, 10am-6pm, £5 A grime all-nighter in this large, multi-room railway arch venue sees a strong line up including MCs President T, Gods Gift, Maxwell D, Riko Dan and Discarda, DJs Maximum, Sian Anderson and Mak10, plus a Garage Originals set with special guests in Room 2.

Friday 22nd September, SE1

Freshers House Party at The Coronet Theatre 28 New Kent Road, SE1 6TJ, 10pm-5am, £10-£14 This all-night onslaught of youthful hedonism comes equipped with a veritable arsenal of attention grabbing amusements for the 2,500 fresh faced students lured into the alco-pit. Amongst the attractions are a Bucking Rodeo Bull, Hot Tubs, Beer Pong

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Rooftop Closing Party at the Prince of Wales 469 Brixton Rd, SW9 8HH, 8pm-4am, £10 Concrete Music are closing the PoW’s rooftop for the season with a 90s styled party. Slip into your finest vintage Ellesse, Asics and Umbro clobber and get ready to bust some crowd swooning moves to Hip Hop, Old Skool Dance, House, UK Garage, R&B and more.

Friday 22nd September, SW2

House Night at Gremio de Brixton St. Matthew's Church, Effra Road, SW2 1JF, 10pm-3am, Free Get shaking, a-quivering and convulsing to an evening of disco, classic and upbeat house delivered via the medium of “DJs on rotation,” accompanied by an unspecified “live saxophonist.”

Saturday 23rd September, SW4

With a new single about to drop on cult Canadian label Funky Pops Records, The Getup are heavyweights in the Hammond Funk genre. With a rock solid reputation for their irresistible grooves, infectious melodies 1010

Friday 29th September, SW9

Saturday Sessions at Gigalum 8 Cavendish Road, Clapham Common, SW4 9DW, 8pm-midnight, Free Never ones to knowingly undersell themselves, the venue promises “pure fist pumping, heart pumping glory” in what they insist is “London's free number one music venue” where punters can expect an “evening of sheer musical nirvana.” Despite the daft hyperbole, the bar by the Common has a mighty Funktion One system (they’re very good) with resident DJs Hilton Caswell and Ben Yong banging out a half ton of classic soulful house music.

Friday 29th September, SW11

believe that Soul transcends all cultural and linguistic barriers. Inspired by the pentatonic scale, they blend a selection of Nubian 'songs of return' from the 1970s to today with original material and traditional music of central Sudan.

Thursday 28th September, SE17

Unconscious Archives Festival at Corsica Studios 5 Farrell Court, Elephant & Castle, SE17 1LB, 9pm-2am, £TBC

Outland at the Clapham Grand 21-25 St John's Hill, Clapham, SW11 1TT, 7pm-2.30am, £20 In celebration of the Blade Runner 2049 film release a week later, Synthwave jumps into its Sinclair C5 and splutters into the Grand for a night of Retro 80s, Sci-fi and spacey sounds.

Friday 29th September, SE27

Shirley Feelgood at the Railway Tavern 7 Station Rise, Tulse Hill, SE27 9BW, 8pm1am, Free Formerly resident at the much missed Mango Landin’, Ms Feelgood will be dispensing a pleasing blend of dance, funk, soul and singalong 45s from her impeccably curated record bag.

Friday 29th September, SW9

Beyonce to Britpop at Upstairs at Market House 443 Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, SW9 8LN, 10pm-3am, £5 There’s going to be another jam-packed night upstairs at the Market House as DJ Editor and Ben Port pump out their

Sunday 24th September, SW4 Blues Jam at Bread & Roses 68 Clapham Manor Street, Clapham, SW4 6DZ, 5pm-8pm, Free Deep rooted blues in the heart of Cla’aaam with harmonica legend Errol Linton and guitarist Dave Wilson inviting musicians to get musically jiggy with the band.

trademark category-catapulting selections of dance zingers and pop tunes to keep the floor bouncing like an extra-springy Zebedee after a WD40 bath.

Saturday 30th September, SW2

Living For The Weekend at Effra Social 89 Effra Road, Brixton, SW2 1DF, 9pm-1am, Free With an interior unchanged since the dark days of milk-snatching Thatcherism, flammable clothing, Ceefax and Angel Delight, the Effra Social laughs in the face of austerity with DJ Marcus Harris spinning a wealth of New Wave, House and Disco tunes.

Saturday 30th September, SW9

HAAi at Phonox 418 Brixton Rd, Brixton, SW9 7AY, 9pm-4am, £10 Resident DJ HAAi (pronounced ‘Hi’) continues her residency of eclectic house, disco and other toe-tapping tunes in the former Plan B/ Wimpey Bar in Brixton. Bring photo ID or the security will be saying ‘BAAi.’

Saturday 30th September, SW2

Brixton Dub Collective at Upstairs at the Ritzy Brixton Oval, Brixton, SW2 1JG, 8pm-1am, Free Featuring key south London musicians led

by Tulse Hill’s man of mystery Tagara, the space-reggae-brass Brixton Dub Collective promise guest DJs, surprise musicians and grooves galore.

Brixton Dub Collectiom at the Ritzy

Monday 25th September, SE5

Folk Jam at The Old Dispensary 325 Camberwell New Road, SE5 0TF, 8pm1am, Free Small, friendly, affordable and unfussy, this traditional Irish boozer is the perfect setting for the weekly Folk Jam where anyone can join in with the band.

Wednesday 27th September, SE15

Alsarah & the Nubatones at the Bussey Building 133 Rye Lane, Peckham, SE15 4ST, 8pm, £15 Described as “the new star of Nubian pop” by the Guardian, Alsarah & The Nubatones

Promising “artists working with electronic music as medium across an atypical trajectory mixing live performance, noise, sound and light compositions,” there’s a fascinating night in store at Corsica. Music hackers are going to love Yaxu’s broken techno being spawned from live coding, plus they get to squeeze Tara Pattenden’s wearable synthesizers. It’s also the album launch for Berlin artist Ziúr (Planet Mu), who apparently fuses “sonic textures and brainy beats into a functional dancefloor framework intended for loud systems.”

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MUSIC

By Laura Burgoine

Life and soul of the party S

oul songstress Hilary Mwelwa is returning to the Hideaway for two nights.

The north London based singer, who goes by the stage name Hil St Soul, released her debut album Soul Organic in 1999, which featured a cover of Aretha Franklin’s Until You Come Back To Me. The track has been played on Jazz FM and Soul and Smooth Jazz radio stations all over the world for over 17 years.

“I have four albums, so I select songs from each of those albums for my gigs,” Hilary told the Weekender. “I include songs people know –there are some songs you can’t get from like Smile. There are standard songs I have to perform, and I mix it up with my own.”

The performer plays at the Hideaway about twice a year.

“The audience are really up for it, the acoustics are amazing, and it’s a very good size venue –not too big, not too small,” she said.

Hilary has a band of six musicians. “With my own stuff I can do quite stripped down, but with the classic soul songs it’s very produced material, there’s a lot going on. Sometimes I’ll have a six-piece band and a guy on trumpet.”

crazy selection of vinyl from the ‘70s.”

A BBC Music review of Hilary said “it’s rare in the soul arena for UK based acts to give the Americans a run for their money but Hil St Soul seem on track to do just that.” Aren’t British people making soul music? “I don’t know.

Music is music,” she said. “I’ve got a nice little fan base in America.

I guess Motown was Detroit, the south is bluesy, I’m not really sure where soul came from.”

The early part of her career was spent touring in the US, and all over Europe, including Glastonbury. “I played with Macy Gray in Norway or somewhere like that. It was a festival and she was the headlining act. I was fortunate to perform on the same stage.

It’s just surreal, especially when you’re just starting out.”

Hil St Soul is playing at the Hideaway Jazz Club, 2 Empire Mews, Stanthorpe Road, SW16 2BF, on September 1 and 2 at 9pm. Admission: £15. www.hideawaylive.co.uk

With a long career, including performing alongside James Brown, D’Angelo, Macy Gray,

and Boys II Men, Hilary says she’s always been soul minded.

“Soul has always been my

foundation. That’s my roots. I grew up listening to that music.

My Dad’s a soul head; he has a

For more information about Hil St Soul visit: www.hilstsoul.com Download The Sweetest Pain now for free via https://hilstsoul. bandcamp.com/releases

Levi goes back to his roots Brixton musician, chef and TV personality Levi Roots made a splash on Dragon’s Den with his Reggae Reggae BBQ sauce.

Now it’s his refined musical taste that’s making waves with a new compilation album Reggae Reggae Hits, featuring his favourite music from Bob Marley and the Wailers, Shaggy, Johnny Nash, and many more.

Levi was asked to curate 60 reggae anthems for the album. “It was fantastic to be asked to do it, especially if you come from the music world,” he told the Weekender. “To choose your favourite songs, and put it together; it’s a great opportunity.”

It’s not about new songs. “I wouldn’t say they’re my favourite songs, they’re my favourite memories,” he said. “When you’re at a barbecue you don’t want to hear new music.

You want to know all the words, and hear music that brings back great memories.”

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The album includes some of Levi’s own songs, including A Message to you Rudi, and Don’t Worry Be Happy, alongside classics Baby I love your Way, UB40’s cover of I Got You Babe, I want to wake up with you, and Sean Kingston’s Beautiful Girls. “I know the public I’m targeting with this album. It’s all hits, there’s hardly anything on there that wasn’t a massive hit,” he said.

Narrowing the list down to just 60 was the hardest part. “It was so difficult. I had to leave a few things out. I love Desmond Dekker, but Desmond has had so many top hits, more than Bob Marley. I left four in, but I’ve taken about five out. They sent 100 tracks, I had to whittle it down.”

“I added a few new ones that wasn’t on their repertoire. This is my album,

I’ve got to get these in, this is my greatest memories, and I hope it stirs up memories for people.”

The Jamaican born Brixtonite opened his first restaurant in 2015 in Westfield Stratford City, following the release of his Reggae Reggae Cookbook in 2008. “I do a lot of cooking now,” he says. “My mantra is put some music in the food. I want people to be around the barbecue

this summer and put this album on.”

His recipe for success is “don’t cook with a frown on your face. Put some music on and get a good vibe.”

Staying true to his south London roots, Levi still calls Brixton home.

“It’s important to be grounded. A lot of people make it and before you know it they move to north London,” he said. “I made a promise that if God ever blessed me, I want to see the same people l I’ve always seen.

It was Brixton market that inspired me to make my Reggae Reggae sauce, buying products from Electric Avenue. And I went to school there, my Mum was there, I love the Village, and I go to Lambeth Country Show every year.” He doesn’t always perform though. “I try not to hog the stage in Brixton!”

Levi Roots Presents Reggae Reggae Hits, available now from Amazon on BMG. £9.99. www.amazon.co.uk

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ARTS & entertainment

By Laura Burgoine

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incoln-based actress Sue Hodge is saying Allo Allo again with a new stage show.

The actress shot to fame playing waitress Mimi Labonq in David Croft’s BBC sitcom, set in a café in Germanoccupied France during World War II. “This show is the truth behind the making. The cock-ups, and outtakes and things you don’t know,” Sue told the Weekender. “It’s set to music, sort of a Grandma’s parlour thing –some of the songs are recognisable like Thank Heavens for Little Girls but then there’s a Mimi Labonq theme that I wrote and an Allo Allo can-can that mentions every character.” Sue is married to the musical director Keith, who plays the piano in the stage show.

“I’ve done a couple of cruise ships, which is where I put this idea together; I thought wouldn’t it be better if I had a show rather than just doing a Q and A and it went absolute diamond.”

The performer has also written a memoir, from the perspective of Mimi.

“It’s about the day she got asked to join this new family and travelled from France to London. It’s the truth, but written from her rather than me,” she continued.

Mimi joined the sitcom in the fourth season and stayed on until the final episode. “I’ve never let her go,” Sue said. “Everybody always thinks ‘I need the big break or Tinseltown’ and then they spend years afterwards in denial trying to get rid of the character that made them famous or complaining about being typecast but I’ve never let her go. I’ve used her,” she said.

Sue was 28, performing in a new Shakespeare company’s production of a Midsummer Night’s Dream when she was spotted by casting director.

“I didn’t know anything about it until the following year, when my agent said David Croft would like a meeting with you.”

‘Allo ‘Allo was filmed in Lynford Hall in Norfolk, which was the setting for a number of BBC shows including Dad’s Army, Love on a Branch Line,

New Yorker Rafael Klein, a sculptor and painter, has lived in England for 35 years, most of those in Nunhead, writes Michael Holland...

He has a wife and two grown daughters and his artwork can always be seen at several places around the borough of Southwark, notably the beautiful entrance to Nunhead Station he created.

Life was rosy with commissions for sculpture coming in and his paintings selling steadily. But then Donald Trump wanted to build a dividing wall between the US and Mexico, and a majority of British people wanted to create a division between us and mainland Europe on the back of an immigration ticket. From one single thought about how the world was changing, Rafael decided he wanted to make work about the family of

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Labonq fest for Mimi and You Rang My Lord. “They used to turn the hall into whatever period it was. They turned it into the chateau [the main set for ‘Allo ‘Allo] at the front, and the back was used for exterior shots,” Sue explained. “We all used to live there for three months of filming. They’d say batten down the hatches; the ‘Allo mob are back in town.”

It’s clear that the vibe off-set was as hilarious as onscreen. “We were monsters. It was like a horrible school outing. We were pranksters, and we’d been given this gold dust on a plate. It was absolutely marvellous,” the actress recalled. “We were worn out. We would live, eat, sleep, drink this programme. When the TV series stopped, we went straight into the stage show, and then we were scheduled to come back on TV. For six years, this was my life.”

The stage show proved as successful as the television hit. “A lot don’t translate from screen to stage

but, ‘Allo actually did. I’ve never ever heard laughter in a theatre like the ‘Allo stage show. We even got the Royal Family there–Prince Edward came to see it.” The show was a hit with the royals. “The Queen mother stopped a dinner party at Clarence House once and they wheeled in a monitor so she could watch –she was such a fun,” Sue laughed. The stage show also toured around Australia in 2007. “We’re very big down under,” she said. “We did six months all over Australia. We went to Perth twice because of the demand, for a six week run, and they were queuing down the streets. The chap who ran the theatre in Perth said we’d made him his first million.”

The ‘Allo gang are still close knit.

“It was an extraordinary time. We still all meet up and we do lots of charity events, which is lovely. We were so fortunate to have this and it’s lovely give to keep it alive,” she said.

The show is hugely popular in

Bulgaria, Poland, France, and Holland and came in at thirteen on BBC2’s Britain’s Best Sitcom, in 2004. “ We all got flown out to Bulgaria two years ago because a lady I met said ‘if you came out with ‘Allo, it would be like the Beatles,’ and it was. We were absolutely mobbed.”

The actress can’t really escape Mimi wherever she goes. “People come up and shout ‘Mimi’ or staff at hotels say ‘good moaning’ to us. I was in a cab recently and I gave the wrong directions and the cab driver said ‘you stupid woman.’”

Sue Hodge’s Allo Allo Again! Is at the London Museum of Comedy, the Undercroft, St George’s Church, Bloomsbury Way, WC1A 2SR, on October 1.

Admission: £18.50.

020 7534 1744. museumofcomedy. ticketsolve.com Sue’s book is out

now: www.amazon.co.uk/MimisMemoirs-Allo-S-Hodge

Nunhead artist in Rochester mankind. ‘I thought that humanity,’ began the artist when we met at his exhibition in Rochester Cathedral, ‘was about togetherness, not building walls.’ He has since spent the past two years creating that family in steel.

Now, with Trump as President and Brexit under way, Rafael is unsure whether he will be allowed to stay here because he is still technically an American citizen. He has already spent thousands of pounds on becoming British on the insistence of his English family, but it hasn’t been as straightforward as he hoped.

But Klein is as tough as the work he creates, although his creations do have smoother edges than this

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artist who knows the mean streets of New York. The structures have a soft, flowing look to them, they invite you to touch - stroke them even.

In fact, as we talked in front of his monumental Quartet, four figures conjoined, he stopped to point out a lady touching a sculpture. “Look!

Look!’ he whispered excitedly - and in reverence to our surroundings - ‘She’s touching… I wish more people would do that.’

Family Tree is inspired by the thought that we are all connected.

The huge sculptures can breathe and be free in the space a cathedral can provide. Like the stained glass windows, they allow the viewer to simultaneously look at them and

through them, because they do not block your view but add to it.

This is the penultimate venue on a tour of the country’s major cathedrals, with the final exhibition in Wells where he will also give a talk about his art books at the Literature Festival there.

After that it will be back to sorting out his status as a Brit and his next exhibition. There was a hint that he may show a couple of pieces in a new Bermondsey gallery if it is spacious enough to not smother the work.

Family Tree is at Rochester Cathedral until September 30th.

Admission: Free. rafaelklein.com

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THEATRE

By Laura Burgoine

Olga Marchenkova, Artemiy Belyakov and students of LRBS Photo: Igor Zakharkin

Tutu cool for school Clapham's Russian ballet dancers to put on West End show for youngsters

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lapham’s London Russian Ballet School (LRBS) has joined forces with the world famous Bolshoi Ballet to stage a special performance at the London Palladium, enabling 800 children from Lambeth and surrounding areas to visit a theatre for the first time.

Leading Bolshoi dancers, including Ekaterina Krysanova, Semyon Chudin, Maria Alexandrova and Vladislav Lantratov, are participating in an outstanding programme with Clapham’s LRBS students that includes the premiere of a new work and the spectacular classic Don Quixote.

LRBS director Harriet Pickering said the school aims to make ballet more accessible. “The school is a charity so we put everything back into the school,” she said. “We try to make it possible for anyone to attend our school.”

Their students dance at a “very high level.” “Our teachers are mainly from the most famous

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companies in Russia, and trained in the Soviet generation when Russian ballet was technically really incredible,” Harriet explained. “Our artistic director Evgeny Goremykin danced with the Bolshoi Ballet for 20 years and so he passes on the technique and knowledge he himself received.”

"We want our students to have choices in life and we educate academically as well as teaching ballet. If you’re going to be an artist, you must be educated. It is important to see dancers on stage who have received a cultural and rich education,” Harriet said.

"It’s a very competitive world; we hope our students will all dance professionally but maybe they will decide to go to university instead, or when they have finished their ballet career they could change paths, so at least they’re equipped for the modern world.

Our students are well rounded individuals who have choices as well as being technically very well trained to a high standard. They love their work.”

The school has a strong

outreach program in Lambeth where they perform regularly for local school children. “As part of this performance at the London Palladium, 800 children will visit a theatre –many of them for the first time. Their first experience of ballet will be at a really high level with some of the greatest dancers in the world dancing for them while our students will perform with these wonderful artists,” Harriet said. “Ballet students practice every day in a class because they want to perform on the stage, and this is an opportunity for our students to develop as artists as they will see the very best, and dance alongside them. What an amazing experience for them.”

Harriet hopes attending the performance will inspire some future young ballerinas to start taking classes –and particularly male dancers. “We want more boys!” she said. “The long-term objective is people will see the school and see its work and think ‘they might make it possible for me to dance’.” 70 percent of their students receive subsidised

training, which is around a 40 percent reduction on term prices.

It’s ideal to start ballet at age ten; from age 14 upwards students may study at LRBS vocationally but they also take children for after school ballet lessons. “We have children who come every day after school and we recruit them into the school from age 14 full time. We have small GCSE groups as well. It is very hard work but we find the students love it and just flower before our eyes.

It is wonderful to see,” the director said.

The plan is to have more performances, like the Palladium event, next year. “It is a wonderful opportunity to work with these inspirational artists from Russia.

It is a very simple vision: they show their art for young children in a theatre setting, nothing more nothing less,” Harriet said. “We want ordinary people to come along, and that’s why the tickets are £20, £30 or £50, to make it accessible, and affordable for ordinary people.”

“We have to make an effort to do these things; to give people

educational and enriching experiences, something outside of their own life. Russian ballet is extremely beautiful. We’re very excited about this.”

The new piece of choreography created for this performance is then being taken out as part of the school’s outreach work –a mix of contemporary and classical styles.

London Russian Ballet School started in 2010, and has just received planning permission to develop its site on Clapham Manor Street.

The school also has classes for adults who really love its uncompromising approach: “It’s incredibly good for you, and total relaxation when the mind and body work together.”

Romantic Revolution is at the London Palladium, Argyll Street, W1F 7TF, on Monday 18 September at 7:30pm.

Admission: £20-£50. Phone: 0844 412 4655. www.london-palladium.co.uk For more information on LRBS, visit:

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Family

By Christian Fisher

Monkeying around We head for new heights at Battersea's Go Ape

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y legs are wobbling as much as the platform I’m standing on. With arms outstretched I begin to shuffle along a very narrow log. Looking down at the clear 45 foot drop beneath me I suddenly remember that I have always been afraid of heights.

I’m sure, like many people, the temptation to confront and defeat a fear of heights was the main appeal when booking a place at the Go Ape obstacle course. The thought of swinging through the trees via zip wires and negotiating wobbly rope bridges was just too good to miss. But the prerehearsed Tarzan vocals quickly became a frightened whimper.

With the highest part of the course just under fourteen metres above the ground you won’t want to look down to spot the rest of your tribe. If a full combination of obstacles and heights are really not your thing then there are a variety of routes to take ranging from easy to extreme. All together the course covers a spiralling distance of 730 metres, in three stages.

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family there is a Tree Top Junior option right beside the main course which peaks at six metres and is open to all ages.

Before being allowed anywhere near a safety harness each participant is required to read a list of rules and safety guidelines when signing in. All harnesses are tightly adjusted by a qualified instructor to fit each individual.

And a recap of the safety rules, with practical demonstrations, is carried out in a safe miniature

course environment before being allowed to proceed to the main course. The attention to safety is highly reassuring.

Two hefty safety clips dangle down between your knees from the waist of your safety harness (and occasionally bash into your shins). One of these clips slots onto a safety line as soon as you ascend the steps to begin each of the three sections of the course. There is no way to disconnect from the safety line

other than to walk down the steps to ground level at the start or the end of each of the three sections. The second clip acts as a safety backup that you can use each time you step off a platform to take on a zip wire or a wobbly suspended obstacle.

Feeling so reassured at this point by the safety equipment and the confidence of the instructors, I totally forgot about my fear of heights and was ready to leap off a 45 foot platform.

It’s a good idea to wear sturdy shoes for this activity. Sandals, slip off, open toes and heels will not go down well at the pre-course briefing and will most likely result in an early trip home. The same goes for personal items such as mobile phones and keys which may fall and injure members of the public walking below the course.

Lockers are provided and staff can also look after larger items such as backpacks and handbags.

The Tree Top Adventure course is broken into three sections from easy to hard. Some of the obstacles include suspended stepping stones, rope bridges and balancing logs. To add a little bit more adrenaline to the

experience, if you really need to, you can try negotiating these obstacles without holding on to the safety lines with your hands for that extra feeling of vulnerability.

Some of the tree top platforms are so high that they sway slightly as you stand on them; it feels like standing in the crow’s nest up a mast of a tall ship.

The site instructors keep a close eye on every section of the course throughout the day to make sure that nobody is breaking the rules or to help anyone who may need help.

Go Ape has created a very safe and well-designed course that has something to offer to all ranges of confidence and ability. The Tree Top Adventure course can take up to two hours, and the junior course around one hour. With a long and fast zip wire at the end of each section you’ll be screaming like Tarzan through the trees of Battersea Park.

Go Ape Battersea is at Battersea Park, SW11 4NJ. Admission: £27 for baboons (age 10-15), and £35 for gorillas (16+).

Phone: 0845 519 1672. www.goape.co.uk

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Books Many people will be familiar with the Dunkirk evacuations.

But crucially your book covers what happened afterwards. Can you sum up the events in the book for us?

Author of the month

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s Christopher Nolan’s latest film Dunkirk hits theatres, Saul David has just released a painstakingly researched account of the fallout of Dunkirk with south London publisher Endeavour Press.

In After Dunkirk, the Bath-based British academic historian and broadcaster foregrounds the overlooked 51st Highland Division, left behind on the French shores long after the epic rescue operation depicted in the recent cinematic epic.

We spoke to him about the methods and motivation behind his latest work of nonfiction.

It concentrates on the dramatic story of the famous 51st (Highland) Division, an elite Scottish formation that was serving in the Maginot Line when the Germans broke through the French lines and cut off the rest of the BEF and the best French armies in Belgium in May 1940. The Highland Division fought on after Dunkirk - as did thousands of other British troops - in a series of defensive battles in northern France and was eventually forced to surrender to General Erwin Rommel’s 7th Panzer Division at the little Norman seaport of St Valery on 12 June 1940. More than 1,000 Highlanders were killed; a further 10,000 spent five years in German POW camps.

Some of the accounts are vividly recreated with specific weapons, injuries sustained etc. Can you tell us a little more about how you researched the book?

I wanted the story to be told in the words of those who were there,

and eventually tracked down and interviewed more than a hundred former members of the Highland Division from across the UK. I also gathered scores of diaries, letters, memoirs and official documents so that I could chart, for the first time, the dramatic and tragic story of this doomed division. I began the research when I was 25, and the book was originally published three years later. The look on the face of some of the veterans when a young fresh-faced ‘historian’ appeared on their doorstep - they were clearly expecting someone much older - was a sight to behold.

Can you say something about Churchill and the political situation with regards to the book?

I hugely admire Churchill. Only he could have got Britain out of the hole it found itself in in late May 1940, a time when many of his Cabinet colleagues wanted to sue for peace.

But his willingness to sacrifice the Highland Division for political ends was not his finest hour. He insisted that the Highlanders remained in France after Dunkirk in the hope that they would encourage the French to fight on. This, however, was only justifiable if there had ever been a realistic chance of keeping France in the war. In my view there was not.

Most of the signals Churchill was getting from the French political and military leaders at this time were to

the effect that defeat was inevitable and it would be followed by an armistice. One Highland officer wrote: ‘It has always been abundantly clear to me that no Division has ever been more uselessly sacrificed. It could have been got away a good week before but the powers that be…had come to the conclusion that there was a capacity for resistance in France which was not actually there.'

What did you think of the recent Christopher Nolan film about Dunkirk? And what's your next project?

I loved the film. What it lacked in narrative coherence it more than made up for as a visceral cinematic experience. You really felt you were back in 1940: in the seat of a fighter plane, the wheelhouse of a small boat and on the shell-torn beaches of Dunkirk. It took a few liberties with the historical record, but what feature film doesn’t? Talking of films, I’m very excited about my next project: the story of a top-secret unit of US/ Canadian commandos who are given mission impossible in the mountains of Italy and pull it off. The working title is: The Force. I’m off to the US to begin my research tomorrow. It should be in the bookshops (and hopefully on the silver screen) in 2019.

After Dunkirk is available to buy as hardback, paperback and eBook from Amazon.

Endeavour Press is a leading independent digital publisher, specialising in Crime/Thrillers, Romance, Historical Fiction and History.

As well as working with new authors they also publish a number of bestselling authors, including Charles Spencer, Gilda O'Neil, Saul David and Patrick Bishop. With offices on Borough High Street, Endeavour has partnered up with the Weekender to promote their books within the local community.

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Saturday 16 September

Village vibes Your guide to this year's Bermondsey Street festival

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Bermondsey Street Festival returns for its 11th year on September 16 for a day of food, cheer and beer.

There will be more than a hundred stalls serving craft beers from local breweries and street food, including favourites such as Village East, Tanner & Co., Southwark Brewing

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Company, The Woolpack, Tower Tandoori and Cakehole.

The famous dog show, sponsored by collar makers and groomers, Holly &Lil, will also be returning to Leather Market garden along with three music and dance stages, which will see performances from South London Jazz

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Orchestra, Salsa Oracle and Donna Maria’s maypole dancing.

New for this year is a wellbeing area hosted by Dimbleby Cancer Care offering free therapies including massage, reiki and reflexology as well as group sessions in yoga, mindfulness and meditation.

The event, run entirely by volunteers from the community, will showcase the best of Bermondsey’s shops, galleries, businesses, restaurants and bars.

The festival runs from 11am-6pm at Bermondsey Street, SE1.

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The famous Bermondsey Street dog show returns again this year to pick out Southwark’s best pooches.

Owner of Holly&Lil collar makers and groomers Elaine Jones has been running the show since the festival first began ten years ago. This year’s event will be judged by dog trainer Robert Alleyne, as seen on the BBC’s Dog Borstal. Categories include The Lily Class for Best Pedigree Gal, The Eddie Class for Best Pedigree Boy, The Holly Class for Best Mashup for mongrels, and the Gus Class where anything goes and dogs can show off their tricks and talents, as well as an award for Best in Show. Prize winners receive a Holly&Lil voucher and all entrants receive a rosette.

Elaine first opened Holly&Lil on Bermondsey Street 12 years ago, selling unique handmade leather dog collars.

The shop was named after Elaine and her business partner’s own dogs. The pair started out making collars for their pets with the company growing from there. Elaine designs all the collars herself, which are made in England. Two

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Return of the pouting pooches years ago she opened a second shop on Tower Bridge Road, offering dog grooming.

“When we first started out the festival was tiny and everyone on the street was involved,” said Elaine. “Now we have

to limit the number of entrants to 20 per class and we get people from all over – one of the winners last year was from Brighton.”

The dog show runs from 2 – 4pm in Leather Market garden.

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Café society There’s a new kid on the block in Bermondsey Street, and it’s not short on small plates or style, writes Laura Burgoine...

No 83 Bar and Kitchen has moved into the café space at the Fashion and Textile Museum, run by independent company, Leafi, who have nine cafés and restaurants, including the café in Foyles Charing Cross. “Museums are our speciality,” manager Richard Shaw says. The Geffrye in Hoxton, Turner Contemporary, and St John’s Smith Square are all on the company’s portfolio.

The Bermondsey Street space has been freshly painted a Gulf Stream blue, with piles of luxurious cushions, and new furniture. On the recent Tuesday morning I had coffee with Richard, Leafi founder Liam Farrell, and the company director Rod Kemp, they were stringing up cactus fairy-lights, and laughing about the flamingo and Eiffel Tower snowglobes Liam has collected for each table. Since taking over, they’ve installed a kitchen, created a new menu, which will change monthly, and sourced as many local suppliers as possible.

“This is our first high street venture,” Richard says. “Bermondsey Street is known for food and drink and what we offer reflects that.”

Homemade cakes are made on site, served alongside Hackney based Square Root Soda, and bread from Maltby Street bakers St John.

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Until the end of September, Weekender readers can get 10% off their bill at No 83 Bar and Kitchen.

Just say the password: fashion to your server, to take advantage of the discount.

No 83 Bar and Kitchen The Fashion and Textile Museum 83 Bermondsey Street SE1 3XF Phone: 020 7407 8664 http://leafi.co.uk

They also use artisan jam from England Preserves, which is handmade in Bermondsey.

The latest menu includes fresh juices for a fiver (flavours include Zesty Zandra, Green Machine, Rivera Reboot and Ula Zula), which are available for takeaway, and all-day breakfast items like avocado on sour dough (£6), house hash with duck egg (£7.50), buttermilk pancakes (£5), or beef kofte (£8).

Open seven days a week, the café will be serving until 11pm on Thursday, Friday, and

Saturday nights with a small, high quality wine list of Italian, French, and Chilean wines, and craft beers courtesy of Shoreditch Blond lager, Bethnal Pale Ale and Brick Lane lager.

I can attest for the coffee, from Extract Coffee Roasters, which is excellent.

The chic, relaxed spot is a welcome addition to the high-fashion street. Whether you fancy a post-exhibition vino or a leisurely, healthy weekend brunch, I suspect No 83 will be the kind of place that’s always in fashion.

Leafi founder Liam Farrell

COMPETITION: No 83 Bar and Kitchen is giving away a lunch for two, with one bottle of wine, to a lucky Weekender reader.

To enter, email laura@weekender.co.uk

by September 20.

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SE16 new builds making waves

Talk to people from Rotherhithe, and they’ll tell you Canada Water is a tube stop, writes Laura Burgoine...

Or that bus station. Talk to property developers, and they’ll insist Canada Water is a destination. At an exclusive preview of the new luxury development London Square Canada Water, the Weekender got a glimpse into what lies ahead for the rapidly changing area.

There’s already Southwark Council’s £2 billion masterplan, which includes developing a new town centre, 900 new homes, a state of the art library, and public plaza, with the Shard’s Irvine Sellar one of the developers involved. At the same time, lunchtime street food carts have been popping up on the square, alongside bigger venues like the very cool Hawker House street food market, and Printworks –a 6000-capacity superclub housed in the old Metro and Evening Standard printing

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press warehouses. Printworks has played host to everyone from Gorillaz to Stormzy to Mulberry catwalk models, and was used for the filming of Star Wars: Rogue One followed by a Secret Cinema Star Wars event. Canada Water is putting itself on the map; build it, and they will come. And boy are they building.

The ‘luxury collection’ on Quebec Way, which is due for completion in the first quarter of 2018, has 95 one, two, and three bedroom apartments, designed by Assael Architects. One bedroom apartments start at £520,000.

The modern new build has ‘hit and miss’ brickwork (that’s an architectural style), and every flat has either a balcony or a roof terrace, and access to a communal courtyard, and onsite concierge.

Spread across a one acre site, the ground floor spaces will be rented out to offices or businesses, so there might be an onsite café/ deli/bar. Maybe even a Waitrose,

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which is real estate speak for ‘your property just went up in value.’

The area has grown alongside Canary Wharf, and developers predict it’s the city workers and Canary Wharf types who’ll be in the market for London Square.

Half of the apartments are already sold, with a lot of foreign investment from Asia, and the Middle East.

I viewed a showroom of the one-bedroom apartments. A very decent size, light, and super modern, all the apartments have hard wood floors, fitted kitchens

with Siemens appliances, and underfloor heating. The flats are identikit, though if you buy early you can have a choice of carpet colour and bathroom colour schemes. Like the sea of suits in Canary Wharf at lunchtime, everything is basically grey or taupe. It’s ideal if you don’t want to make any design decisions.

Everything is done for you, and it’s done well. Forget the endless trips to B&Q, and the trail of dodgy tradesmen that most new buyers grapple with –all you’d have to do is pick a sofa from Loaf or Made,

and move right in.

The balconies are a real selling point, boasting views of Canary Wharf and the city, with enough room for an outdoor dining set. The whole place feels like a boutique hotel. It’s stylish and neutral inside, and quiet and leafy outside. Sales and Marketing Director at London Square, Rebecca Littler said they expect to see considerable interest from professionals working in the City or Canary Wharf.

“With Canada Water on the cusp of significant regeneration, savvy buyers understand that a property in the area has excellent investment potential and everincreasing rental yields,” she said.

One bedroom apartments start from £520,000, two bedroom from £615,000, and three bedroom from £850,000.

For more information call 0333 666 0106 or visitwww.londonsquare.co.uk

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Streatham

film festival 16-23 September

Annie Hall 7pm, Streatham Wine House, 53A Streatham Hill, London SW2 4TS.

La La Land

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8pm, the Rookery, Covington Way, SW16 3BX. Set in modern day Los Angeles, this original musical about everyday life explores the joy and pain of pursuing your dreams. It’s an outdoor screening, so bring a picnic and enjoy the Ryan Gosling and Emma Stones romance under the stars.

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The Secret Life of Pets 12pm, British Home, Crown Lane, SW16 3JB.

Introduction to acting for film 2pm, Horse & Groom, 60 Streatham High Rd, SW16 1DA. Presented by CLIP Theatre this two-hour workshop will give you an insight into how actors do their job, and offer specific tips for working on screen. Using cameras to help us understand how the craft of acting works for film, this workshop is for aspiring actors, and those who wish to learn more about public presentation, or those who just want to know more about how the magic happens. Places are limited - booking is essential.

To book email: fun@cliptheatre.com

Voiced by comedy superstars this is a film about the lives our pets lead after we leave for work or school each day. Buggy friendly and snacks on sale for The British Home charity.

Take in the neurotic cult classic in the Streatham Wine House’s film cellar.

Beating the original Star Wars for the Best Picture Oscar, Woody Allen starred in, wrote and directed this film, acting opposite Diane Keaton. You can’t beat it for Woody Allen wisdom: “you should be thankful that you’re miserable, because that’s very lucky, to be miserable” and “everything our parents said was good is bad. Sun, milk, red meat, college.”

MONDAY 18 SEPTEMBER Toni Erdman 7:30pm, Horse and Groom, 60 Streatham High Rd, SW16 1DA.

TUESDAY 19 SEPTEMBER I Am Not Your Negro 7:30pm, White Lion, 232 Streatham High Rd, SW16 1BB.

Places are limited - booking is essential. To book email: fun@cliptheatre.com Stop Making Sense 9pm, White Lion, 232 Streatham High Rd, SW16 1BB.

In 1979, James Baldwin wrote a letter to his literary agent describing his next project, "Remember This House." The book was to be a revolutionary, personal account of the lives and assassinations of three of his close friends: Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. At the time of Baldwin's death in 1987, he left behind only 30 completed pages of this manuscript.

Filmmaker Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished in this astonishing film about race relations that Empire described as "a staggering achievement...and...an exhilarating blast of focused fury."

Before The Flood + Talk 8pm (doors open at 7pm), Horse and Groom, 60 Streatham High Rd, SW16 1DA.

It's the 30th anniversary of Stop Making Sense, the multi-platform masterwork from Talking Heads and the best concert film of all time.

Moonlight 8pm (doors open at 7:30pm), the Railway, 2 Greyhound Ln, SW16 5SD.

“Climate change is the single greatest threat to a sustainable future but, at the same time, addressing the climate challenge presents a golden opportunity to promote prosperity, security and a brighter future for all” -BAN KI-MOON Secretary General, United Nations. Follow Leonardo DiCaprio as he travels around the globe to witness first-hand the devastating effects of climate change and what can be done to solve the climate crisis. This event will have a Q+A plus talk from Lambeth for a Cool Planet after the film.

Captain Fantastic 8pm, British Home, Crown Lane, SW16 3JB.

Beauty and the Beast 2pm, British Home, Crown Lane, SW16 3JB.

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A young prince, imprisoned in the form of a beast, can be freed only by true love. What may be his only opportunity arrives when he meets Belle.

Captain Fantastic's thought-provoking themes, and an absorbing starring turn from Viggo Mortensen, add up to an aboveaverage family drama with unexpected twists. This is an outdoor screening in the beautiful gardens of the British Home. Bring a blanket, bring a picnic. Snack son sale to support the home.

A German comedy that made international headlines and garnered global awards including an Oscar nomination. A practical joking father tries to reconnect with his hard working daughter by creating an outrageous alter ego and posing as her CEO's life coach. Awkward moments and laughs a plenty.

An Introduction to Directing for Film 7pm, Horse and Groom, 60 Streatham High Rd, SW16 1DA. From working with actors to how to plan and execute filming a scene, this workshop will take you through the ABCs of how to direct for film from script to screen. If you’re an aspiring film maker, this workshop is for you.

Nominated for 8 Oscars and winner of 3, including Best Picture Moonlight is a tender, heartbreaking story of a young man's struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality.

B-Movies

17th September

12pm-6pm, Deli Lama, 241 Streatham High Rd, London SW16 6EN. Always a festival highlight, a day of the weird and wacky B-Movies. Food and drink available.

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Inside Peace

pit your film wits and win big. Team size limited to 6. ÂŁ2 entry per person.

FRIDAY 22 SEPTEMBER

Streatham location and a prop. You make a film on whatever you can and come back 48hrs later. Screenings and awards Thursday 28th.

48Hr Film Contest opens, 7pm, White Lion, 232 Streatham High Rd, SW16 1BB. The ever popular film making competition is back. You get a line of dialogue, a

Grease 7pm, Telferscot School, 93 Radbourne Rd, SW12.

Are you a Pink Lady or a T-Brid? Sing-along -a Grease in Telford Scott playground

(or gym hall if the weather is bad.) BBQ and drinks on sale to help the PTA. Dress up and Hot Rod-making competition.

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Resevoir Dogs

7:30pm, the Hideaway, 2 Empire Mews, Stanthorpe Rd, SW16 2BF. An evening of music and film in association with the Little Big Peace Festival. Four inmates, Trinidad, Chase, Luke and Dave, doing hard time in a Texas prison as they embark on a journey of personal discovery! A heart hitting film, showing how people can turn their lives around from a place of anger and violence to a place of peace and well-being.

THURSDAY 21 SEPTEMBER Bill Evans - Time Remembered Turnstyle Records, 227 Streatham High Rd, London SW16 6EN.

A fantastic documentary from Bruce Spiegel celebrating the life and work of the Jazz Piano genius Bill Evans. Full of interviews, photos and excerpts from greats like Tony Bennett, Gary Peacock and Joe LaBarbera.

The event includes and the chance to listen to some of Turnstyle Records favourite Bill Evans tracks on vinyl.

Film Quiz 8pm, The Manor Arms, Mitcham Ln, SW16 6LQ So you think you know your Ingrid from your Ingmar Bergmans? Back for its third year,

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11pm, Rebel Inn, 7 8a Streatham High Road, SW16 1BS. Quentin Taratino's masterpiece turns 25 and the Rebel is having a party. Get out your best suits, shades or come in the character colours. Swear jar at the ready. As a Reel Rebels screening, feel free to heckle the baddies and cheer on your heroes. Plus A Stuck In The Middle dance off.

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SATURDAY 23 SEPTEMBER My Life As A Courgette 1pm, Horse and Groom, 60 Streatham High Rd, SW16 1DA.

Claude Barras’s Oscar-nominated debut, is a lovely stop-motion animation set in a French orphanage, is expressive, subtle and beguiling. The film is in French with subtitles.

Talk- tour, DJs party event to support film fundraiser for Brixton movie 9pm, Rebel Inn, 78a Streatham High Road, SW16 1BS. The Rebel Inn are bringing cult classic Times Square to the pub in collaboration with REBEL DYKES a work in progress documentary about a bunch of kick ass post punk dykes in London in the 1980s.

The collective will be raising fund for the film by leading a walking tour of the Brixton squats bringing queer history alive on the streets of London. The film in the evening is free with introduction talk from the film makers and with DJs after. The film will start at 8.30pm.1980s dress up encouraged and rewarded.

SUNDAY 23 SEPTEMBER

The Princess Bride 7:30pm, St Margarets, Barcombe Ave, SW2 3BH.

Sing 1:30pm, the Hideaway, 2 Empire Mews, Stanthorpe Rd, SW16 2BF.

An absolute classic fairy tale adventure about a beautiful young woman and her one true love. He must find her after a long separation and save her.

Scarlett Johansson and a star cast of animated animals belt out wall-to-wall pop hits that will entertain kids and adults alike.

Adult Life Skills 7pm, Batch &Co, 54 Streatham Hill, SW2 4RD.

Before she was The Doctor, Jodie Whittaker starred in this perfect British comedy from director Rachael Tunnard. Anna is stuck: she's approaching 30 and having an early-mid life crisis - one that's seen her regressing to a teenager, living like a hermit in her mum's garden shed and wondering why the suffragettes ever bothered. A funny and touching little film, the perfect way to wrap up the weekend.

MONDAY 25 SEPTEMBER David Lynch the Art Life 9:15pm, 23rd September

The Hamlet, 10 Streatham High Rd, London SW16 1DB.

A portrait of the artist as a young man.

With family photos and cine footage, David Lynch recalls his family background and the beginning of his career as an artist and painter, moving into experimental film.

2:30pm, Horse and Groom, 60 Streatham High Rd, SW16 1DA. Hundreds of thousands of Turkish cats roam Istanbul freely. This is the story of seven of them. See the joyful feline documentary that is winning hearts everywhere.

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Food & DRINK

By Michael Holland

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In the Market for great food By the time I had walked up Anerley Hill to Crystal Palace Market I was ready for a drink. But Anerley is some hill so all I could manage was water. ‘Cold, and plenty of it, please,’ I rasped.

My lunching companion, Fiona, was already there, equipped with tape measure and writing pad, ready to measure up and take notes! She had somewhat misconstrued my invitation to lunch as some sort of DIY mission! Don’t ask.

Crystal Palace Market is all about great meat and fish. You can see the elegant swimmers on a bed of crushed ice at the front of the open kitchen, and the menu tells you exactly where the meats come from. Fiona declares she is a vegan straight after the waiter informs us there is no Crystal Palace Market Salad. I coughed, spluttered and took a hefty swig of an extremely smooth Pinot Noir. Fiona sipped on her water.

‘I bet the Goats’ Cheese Croquettes are nice,’ I said hopefully.

Fiona is not a complainer; she’d had a good week and no salad deficit was going to spoil that. The croquettes were actually ‘wonderful’, she said after her first course. They looked

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good too.

I began with the Seabass and Crab Ceviche. It came with a mango sauce that was both unexpected and very good.

Bolstered by recent good fortune, Fiona had lots to tell, so I was updated on her ongoing creative projects, council disputes (won), furniture disputes (won), allotment poachers and a device that helps her concentrate more and hear better. I was just about to mention that she

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misheard me and brought a tape measure to lunch when our main courses arrived.

Across the table was a sea of green. My fellow luncher had opted for the last remaining vegetable option: Gnocchi with a Creamy Mint and Pea Puree and Green Beans. A plate of gnocchi always looks good to me, even when it is just one colour.

I chose the Lamb Chops (Devon).

They were not those petite, one-bite cutlets, but thick and juicy slabs of

meat. Beautiful. All three of them.

And the salad that accompanied the chops had the most delicious dressing. Our server explained that it was created from grain mustard, orange, lime and lemon juices.

So simple but so effective. The lunchtime rush had diminished somewhat by now and the sun had broke through the clouds, so we sat chatting and sipping at our respective drinks. Our informative waitress appeared behind me and like a devil on my shoulder uttered those dangerous words of temptation: ‘Would you like to see the dessert menu?’

Fiona, who had been unable to finish off all her gnocchi, made a noise of surrender and mentioned something about being too full, but I’m a professional and made of sterner stuff. ‘It won’t hurt to have a little look, will it?’

From that point on it wasn’t difficult to lure Fiona in. In fact, it was she who chose the Pineapple and White Chocolate Sauce for sharing! It was like a trip back to the days of fondues, except this was chunks of pineapple to be dipped in a sauce of white chocolate. How could you not fall in love with that?

The Crystal Palace Market is very special. All the food looks good, as well as tastes good.

Monday - Thursday there is an attractive Lunch Set Menu (2 courses £9.95; 3 courses £12.95)

the damage Water £3.30 Pino Noir x 2 £14.50 Croquettes £6.50 Ceviche £9.00 Gnocchi £11.00 Lamb Chops £15.00 Green vegetables £3.50 Pineapple & White Chocolate £5.50 Americano £2.30 TOTAL

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HEALTH

By Laura Burgoine

New gym raises the bar A

new boutique gym is raising the bar in Bermondsey and Rotherhithe; the Weekender went down for a trial run.

The Lodge Space has been built on the site of the old Southwark Park Keeper’s lodge. It’s very swanky for a gym –a far cry from Seven Islands, down the road, with its hospital lighting and worn-in yoga mats. The Lodge Space is all wooden floors, pristine equipment, and imported Indian furniture. It’s also deceptively big with a custombuilt yoga studio with floor to ceiling windows overlooking the park, a training room for classes, including TRX and aerial yoga, downstairs therapy rooms for Gong Bath meditation sessions and holistic therapies, and a sprawling café offering Ozone coffee, salads, and low sugar treats, all made fresh on site. The café steps out onto a walled garden, which will play host to events, pop-up restaurants, and a fire pit.

We began with a HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) class, and were sweating within minutes, which is always a good sign. It was a constant, tough workout that flew by, aided by a great play list and small class sizes. The instructor corrected our techniques and posture and made sure we warmed up and stretched properly.

Next up was yoga on the fanciest mats I’ve ever set foot on. Noslip, sweat-proof, these really enhanced the workout. But it was the teacher who really stood out –the Wednesday lunchtime class is a must for local yogis. It’s really dynamic, challenging and so serene looking out on the green of Southwark Park. Again, we had an intimate class of four and the teacher made adjustments and stayed afterwards to give advice and tips. The teachers at the Lodge Space really focus on technique and the importance of doing exercises properly, rather than just going hard and fast.

I was most excited about Glute Camp because, let’s face it, we live in a Kardashian age. The glutes are the biggest muscle in the body, our instructor told us. So it only makes sense to have an entire one-hour class dedicated to them.

The bottom line: this is a really hard class. It combines all the pain of your average Legs, Bums, Tummies class with non-stop toning. There’s pleasingly less lunges and squats than I imagined because, despite what everyone thinks, thousands of squats aren’t the way to buns of steel. Instead, we did a lot of those balletic-type floor exercises with extensions and pulsing, and isometric bridges. After two you’re wincing, by ten you’re crying. In a

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We finished the week with a relaxing Sound Healing Meditation session. Our practitioner Andrea Moretti had an orchestral gong from Germany, and bowls from Nepal, where he studied with a local master.

Specialising in reiki, hot water massage, and singing bowls sound massage, Andrea is passionate about the healing properties of this therapy. The ancient art plays on the vibrations, and bathes the patient in sound waves. You lie down, in the dark, with a blanket and a lavender eye mask, and it’s like being transported into space. I can only describe it as a total trip, completely consuming and mesmerising. The sound is beautiful; it’s like a live version of the Interstellar soundtrack.

It feels as though you’re being transporting to another realm. When our session came to an end, I sat up, disoriented, and was blurry eyed for about an hour afterwards. It truly felt like a readjustment coming back to reality. It’s a very unique experience, and a sensation well worth exploring.

Classes are £10 pay as you go.

The Lodge 120a Lower Road SE16 2UB Phone: 020 7231 1088 www.thelodge.space

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Tell us what you think about our plans for mental health services NHS Southwark Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and Southwark Council wish to improve mental health and wellbeing across the borough and have now developed a draft Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy.

We have been talking to various people and groups about what matters most to them and how local services can support

improved outcomes across health, social care and other organisations in Southwark. The strategy outlines our priorities for services and the actions we intend to take to improve mental health and wellbeing for children and adults.

We are now asking for feedback and would welcome your comments. We want to know if you think we have got it right and if you agree with what

we would like to do. We will collect everyone’s feedback and use this to finalise the strategy and action plan before it is finally published.

If you’d like to have your say, join us for an engagement event on Monday 11 September, 5.30pm to 8pm, at Blackfriars Settlement, 1 Rushworth Street. For details of how to book, visit our website at www.southwarkccg.nhs.uk call us on 020 7525 7888.

Include asthma care on your Pharmacists to be based in Southwark back-to-school checklist GP practices If your child has asthma you need to think about their health care as they get ready to go back to school.

This is because mid-September is the peak time of year for asthma attacks in children, triggered by them coming into

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Over the school holidays, when people are out of their usual routines, it can be easy to overlook everyday habits, such as using preventer inhalers. This means when children return to

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school, they are often not fully prepared for the viruses that they are exposed to when they are back in the closed environment.

Asthma can be triggered by many things including pollen, perfumes, animal hair and fur, tobacco and common cold and flu viruses. Children without asthma may have a runny nose, sneezing or mild cough. In children with asthma who are susceptible to viruses, the symptoms can cause excessive inflammation of airways which causes a narrowing of breathing tubes, leading to wheezing and difficulty in breathing.

The best way of avoiding this for children with asthma is to make sure the airways can’t over-react to the triggers – which means using the preventer inhaler every day, even if they feel well.

If you think your child needs a preventer inhaler, contact your GP surgery. If you or your child are not sure how to use an inhaler properly, ask a local pharmacist to show you how.

Good hand hygiene will also help reduce the risk of infection once children are back at school and it’s not too early to think about getting a flu vaccine.

The range of services available to patients in Southwark will expand with the introduction of clinical pharmacists in GP practices.

The borough’s two GP federations, Quay Health Solutions in the north and Improving Health in the south, have both been successful in securing funding from NHS England under the Clinical Pharmacists in General Practice programme to provide pharmacists in GP practices.

Pharmacists are experts in medicines. They can resolve day to day medicine issues and consult directly with patients, hospitals and community pharmacies, as well as provide advice and help manage longterm conditions such as high blood pressure. The aim is for the pharmacists to also be trained to prescribe medicines and so provide much needed support to GPs, helping to free up GP time.

Rebecca Dallmeyer, Executive Director of Quay Health Solutions and a pharmacist, said: “We are really pleased to be working with all our member practices and

pharmacists in local hospitals and community pharmacies to deliver integrated and comprehensive medicines services to local people.

By working together we will be able to provide consistent care, where each member of the healthcare team contributes their skills and knowledge to support individual patients and our populations to get the most out of their medicines every day.”

Dr Martin Iu, Director of Improving Health and a GP at Nunhead Surgery, said: “This is an exciting opportunity for our practices and patients to benefit from working with pharmacists, who can support them to manage complex and long term conditions like asthma, diabetes and hypertension. Having them as part of the practice team will provide invaluable expertise and knowledge and will support GPs and practice nurses to provide the best possible care for our patients.”

NHS Southwark CCG is committed to bringing services closer to patients. The pharmacists are expected to begin work within practices during next year.

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P U BL I C N O T I C Es London Borough of Lambeth Report of Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has issued a report following its investigation of a complaint against the London Borough of Lambeth. The complaint was about a Housing matter. The Ombudsman found that there had been fault on the part of the Council, and this had caused injustice to the complainant.

The Council must now consider the report and tell the Ombudsman within three months (or such longer period as the Ombudsman may agree) what it proposes to do.

Copies of the report will be available for public inspection during normal office hours at Olive Morris 18 Brixton Hill, London SW2 1RL, and at Blue Star House 234-244 Stockwell Road, London SW9 9SP, for three weeks starting on 31 August 2017.

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LICENSING ACT 2003 APPLICATION FOR VARIATION OF PREMISES LICENCE Susan Small has applied to the London Borough of Lambeth to vary a Premises Licence, in respect of the following premises: Network Theatre Company 246A Lower Road, London, SE1 8SJ The nature of the variation is as follows: To authorise the following qualifying club activities: Supply of alcohol on Mondays - Fridays from 1030-0000 (a change from 1930-2230) to allow for earlier and later opening during events such as the VAULT Festival.

The record of this application may be inspected during normal office hours by an appointment at the Licensing Section, London Borough of Lambeth, 6th Floor, International House, Canterbury Crescent, London, SW9 7QE, or via the licensing authority’s website, at www.lambeth.gov.uk/licensing A responsible authority or any other person may make representation to the licensing authority in respect of this application.

Representations must be made in writing, either by post to the above address, or by email to licensing@lambeth.gov.uk and must be received no later than 18 September 2017 It is an offence to knowingly or recklessly make a false statement in connection with a licensing application, and the maximum fine for which a person is liable on summary conviction for that offence shall not exceed level 5 on the standard scale (£5,000).

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hen buying a new-build we recommend you research the area and compare it against existing stock.

A premium is payable for a new-build property which will often not be realised if you intend to sell straightaway, and there can often be delays in completion.

However, a new property is an attractive purchase as you may be able to select some of the finishes and fittings and you will be the first owner.

In a booming market investors often buy “off plan” with a view to selling on for a profit before completion. Quite often the developer’s contract is weighted in their favour and they will allow an assignment of the benefit of the contract but not the burden. This means that if you assign your contract

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to another buyer and they fail to complete the purchase the developer can sue you as the original buyer as well as the sub-buyer for breach of contract.

Developers should subscribe to the Consumer Code for Home Builders which gives additional protection and rights to purchasers of new homes.

You should ask to see proof that they do.

We recommend that a reputable firm of solicitors is instructed to carry out the conveyancing which includes advising on the contract and to ensure compliance with planning and building regulations and provide information on the type of newbuild warranty to be provided.

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HOMES & GARDENS

CEREAL KILLER VIEWS FOR £1.5 MILLION

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he Penthouse suites in Greenwich Peninsula’s Waterman building are on sale now for a cool £1.5 million. Greenwich Peninsula developers Knight Dragon have collaborated with Aucoot and Cereal magazine to create a unique concept apartment and penthouse showroom: Abode at Greenwich Peninsula.

The Cereal Abode is a threebedroom penthouse apartment with an expansive, wrap-around roof terrace situated in the Waterman building at Greenwich Peninsula. The architects, Pilbrow and Partners, have made the most of the ever-changing view of the Thames by using full width, floor to ceiling windows and a cantilevered living space that makes you feel as if you’re hovering over the river and the boats below.

Interior fit-out by Tina Norden of Conran & Partners, uses a material palette of polished concrete, brass, marble and black joinery to reference the industrial history in an understated and luxurious way. Set over the fifth and sixth (top) floors of the building, the main living and dining space is at the top of this duplex home. As you enter the room your eyes are drawn to the expansive view of the river Thames. The light, even when overcast, is hard to match, and the sky is reflected off the water and the polished concrete floors. Floor to ceiling sliding windows allow to you to connect with the outside.

The kitchen island provides an additional work area while black stained cupboards and a lacquered brass splashback run along the wall behind.

Impressively, the kitchen extends outside onto the large terrace with a built-in BBQ at the far end making the outside space a true continuation of the living area.

Back inside, the joinery clads the wall leading to a reading area or snug that is partly separated from the main space by a large glass partition, borrowing light from a skylight above the stairs. Follow the hallway around and at the end of this corridor is the master bedroom with a large bathroom, walk-in dressing room and access out onto the terrace. Downstairs there is a second double-bedroom with a bathroom, a third doublebedroom that would also make a good study, a family bathroom and additional storage off the hallway.

There is lift access and private underground parking.

As part of the Greenwich Peninsula community, the owner of this penthouse apartment will also have access to superior shared amenities, such as the 23rd floor terrace, club house and private workspaces. There is a cinema room for screenings with friends and membership to Aperture, which includes a gym, nursery and a shared space for eating, drinking, working or relaxing.

The Cereal Abode apartment is currently available to purchase at £1,550,000 including one parking space. All other flats on lower floors within the same block are now sold apart from this Cereal/ ABODE penthouse apartment and

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two other penthouse apartments (one priced at £1,250,000 and one priced at £1,300,000) – all duplex style.

About Greenwich Peninsula

Developed by Knight Dragon, Greenwich Peninsula is London’s largest single regeneration project.

The £8.4 billion transformation of the Peninsula will, over the coming years, provide 15,720 new homes in seven new neighbourhoods: home to central London’s first major film studio, a new design district, schools, offices, health services and public spaces, all wrapped by 1.6 miles of River Thames.

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HOMES & GARDENS

A woman for all seasons Jackie Power

Bulbs, pruning and sowing as autumn approaches

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he last of the summer months can be hot and humid - but August seems more like autumn. Temperatures have been cool, with strong westerly winds and occasional torrential downpours.

August work continues with

pruning the spring and summer flowering shrubs such as Ceanothus, Lavender, and Honeysuckle once they have finished flowering. To keep Lavender bushes from becoming woody with top heavy foliage - cut down the flower stems after the blooms have finished. These can be dried in

Calendula, also known as pot Marigold

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small bunches – the summery floral aroma will last many months.

As summer begins to slip away – it is time to think about ordering bulbs for spring displays. Daffodils (Narcissus) are popular and there are many different types to choose from; the dwarf ones which are more suited to window boxes/tubs such as the fragrant N. Cheerfulness, or N. ‘Jack Snipe’ and N. ‘Little Beauty’. The larger Daffodils – like N. ‘Cassata’ and N. ‘Fortune’ are for the borders and lovely to grow for cut flowers; once planted they will naturalise and appear each year. Scilla is another spring flowering plant - the dwarf variety S. Sibirica produces startlingly deep blue flowers, it tolerates semi shade and is apparently squirrel proof!

There are still numerous plants to enjoy in the late summer garden such as the bright, cheerful giant Sunflowers. Summer bedding plants – geraniums and petunias continue to give showy displays in window boxes and hanging baskets. Fuchsias have produced exceptional flower displays this season. The Calendula or ‘pot marigold’ is a modest summer annual - with its bright orange or golden yellow flowers; grown in large clumps it’s

always impressive and a delight to see.

Calendula also has hidden talents - it is a medicinal plant and probably one of the most useful in the herbalist’s dispensary. Calendula is described as an anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial, anti-viral – and used to treat a range of conditions from inflamed mucous membranes, gastric ulcers to poorly healing wounds, burns, eczema, and acne; Calendula is often found in herbal skin creams. The plant can cause an allergic reaction although rare, but should not be used to treat illness except under the guidance of a qualified herbalist.

Sow seeds for the hardier salad plants such as lamb’s lettuce, Winter density and Lettuce Veneziana to ensure an early supply of tasty leaves; grow these plants in containers and window boxes as a change from the usual ornamentals.

Increase stocks of herb plants for next year - take 4” cuttings of Rosemary, Lavender, Hyssop and Mint. Remove lower leaves (up to about an inch), place cuttings in sandy soil in

containers or directly in open sheltered ground, provide some covering (a cloche) to protect from sun and wind (otherwise the cuttings will dry out and are likely to fail). Keep the soil moist and mist leaves every other day.

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he ‘Bank of Mum and Dad’ will help finance over a quarter of mortgages in the UK in 2017, according to research by Legal and General[1]. The report shows that ‘BOMAD’ is equivalent to the ninth largest mortgage lender in the UK, paying over £6.9bn to help their children onto the property ladder.

Having rented in South and West London for over 10 years, Xiao Wang was keen to get on the ladder, but knew that the property prices in the capital were out of his reach.

Fortunately, his parents were able to provide him with the much-needed cash to boost his deposit, but the 34-year-old was still priced out, and began to look at alternatives to achieve his homeownership dream. This is when he discovered Shared Ownership, and thanks to his parents' support and the scheme from Notting Hill Sales, first-time buyer Xiao was able to afford a two-bedroom apartment at Oval Quarter in SW9.

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later as prices continued to rise.

My parents had offered to help fund my purchase, but even with their help and a new job, London house prices were out of reach.

Shared Ownership seemed like a much more affordable option than buying outright, so I registered with SharetoBuy. com, which is how I discovered Notting Hill Sales, and the Oval Quarter development.”

He continues: “I really liked what Notting Hill Sales had to offer – I loved that they were building new homes in great locations across London and was immediately impressed by the high quality on offer, especially at Oval Quarter - I registered my interest as soon as I viewed in March. The development is in a prime location, with great transport links meaning I can get to work in Piccadilly Circus in less than half an hour. Plus, it’s a brand new development, with a modern specification and all the amenities I could ask for – much more than I thought I could achieve for my very first home in London. I think it is great that Notting Hill is able to deliver this level of quality and make it affordable for everyone.

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I am lucky that they were able to give me a large chunk of my deposit, which helped me to get a smaller mortgage on my share. I am definitely looking to staircase, as I would love to own my apartment outright. The scheme has helped me get onto the ladder, and will help me to move up, by buying in smaller chunks than if I were to have bought on the open market.”

Notting Hill Sales has just launched the final phase of apartments at Oval Quarter. The development is just ten minutes to the heart of the capital, making the location remarkably central but surprisingly quiet and leafy. The development brings more than 800 new homes making the area a smart, central and popular location to live.

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Oval station, just a short walk from home, offers connections on the London Underground by way of the Northern line, which now runs 24-hours over the weekend. Bank, London Bridge, Waterloo (for the South Bank) and the West End are all easily reachable, as well as the Eurostar from Kings Cross St Pancras. With just a quick change to the Victoria line at Stockwell, there are even more connections and destinations to choose from. Fifteen bus routes operate in the local area, including five night buses and two 24-hour services, making the area one of the most well connected in South London.

Just a small selection of apartments remain at Oval Quarter. Prices start from £175,625 based on a 25% share of the full market value of £702,500 for a three-bedroom apartment.

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ROPE STREET, SE16 £925,000 LEASEHOLD An excellent opportunity to acquire this four storey end of terrace town house refurbished to a high standard throughout situated within short walking distance of the Thames Clipper Boat service and is approximately two thirds of a mile from Surrey Quays shopping centre, overground station and Canada Water Jubilee line station.

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Reception/dining room | Kitchen with breakfast bar | Four double bedrooms | Main bathroom | Shower room | Rear garden | Allocated off-street parking.

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BURRAGE COURT, WORGAN STREET, SE16 - £520,000 LEASEHOLD An excellent opportunity to acquire this third (top), floor apartment refurbished to a good standard situated in this well kept sought after gated development close to all local amenities.

The development is situated just a short walk from Surrey Quays Shopping Centre, overground station and Canada Water Jubilee line station leading from Stratford to Green Park/Bond Street, giving easy access to both Canary Wharf and the West End. Two double bedrooms | Master with En-suite Bathroom | Reception | Dock Views | Kitchen | Main Shower Room | Hardwood, laminate and fitted carpets | Entry Phone | Secure Parking EPC Rating: E

BEECH COURT, ACORN WALK, SE16 - £440,000 LEASEHOLD A spacious, newly decorated maisonette forming part of the second and third (top) floors of this purpose built development situated close to major bus routes and is just two minutes’ walk from the Docklands Thames Clipper Boat service and is approximately one mile from Surrey Quays Shopping Centre, overground station and Canada Water Jubilee line station, giving easy access to both Canary Wharf and the West End. Three bedrooms | Large reception/dining-room with small balcony | Kitchen | Bathroom suite | Entry phone | Fitted carpets | Electric heating | Off-street parking EPC Rating: E

HOWLAND WAY, SE16 £1,650 PCM UNFURN/FURN A linked end of terrace two storey house refurbished to a very high standard throughout in this quiet sought after cul-de-sac, situated approximately three quarters of a mile from Surrey Quays shopping centre and Canada Water Jubilee line station. It is also adjacent to Russia Dock ecological parkland.

Two Double Bedrooms with built in wardrobes | Reception | Quality fitted kitchen/breakfast room area | Study/Guest bedroom | Luxury bathroom suite | Rear garden | Two off-street parking spaces EPC Rating: D

SOPHIA SQUARE, SOVEREIGN CRESCENT, SE16 - £1,600 PCM FURN A spacious third (top) floor apartment situated in this impressive waterside development. Sovereign Crescent is situated close to bus routes (C10 and 381) and within walking distance of the Thames Clipper Boat service providing pleasant river transport to Canary Wharf and Blackfriars/Charing Cross and approximately 15 mins walk from Rotherhithe overground station.

Two double bedrooms (master with en-suite shower) | Reception with view of the River Thames | Fitted kitchen | Main bathroom suite | GCH | Communal landscaped courtyard | Secure covered parking EPC Rating: C

HOLYOAKE COURT, BRYAN ROAD, SE16 - £1,575 PCM A ground floor garden apartment refurbished to a high standard throughout in this modern courtyard development. Holyoake Court is situated close to bus routes (C10 and 381) and is approximately three quarters of a mile from Surrey Quays shopping centre, overground station and Canada Water Jubilee line station, leading from Stratford to Green Park/Bond Street, giving easy access to both Canary Wharf and the West End. Two double bedrooms | Spacious reception | Quality fitted kitchen | Luxury bathroom suite | Entry phone | Laminate wood flooring | Paved rear garden | Allocated off-street parking EPC Rating: D

HULL CLOSE, SE16 - £1,350 PCM FURN A well presented two storey end of terrace house positioned in a quiet cul-de-sac close to local amenities.

Hull Close is situated approximately a third of a mile from Surrey Quays shopping centre, overground station and Canada Water Jubilee line station, leading from Stratford to Green Park/Bond Street, giving easy access to both Canary Wharf and the West End. Lobby | Double bedroom | Reception | Fitted kitchen | Bathroom suite | Off-street parking | Large south facing rear garden | Alarm system EPC Rating: D

Chilton Court £285,000 LEASEHOLD A tranquil and peaceful setting for a spacious third floor (top floor) double bedroom apartment situated within a period building forming part of the ever - popular Avonley Village development and presented in good decorative order.

Third Floor (Top Floor) Apartment | Entrance Hall | Light Lounge | Double Bedroom | Kitchen | Three Piece Bathroom Suite | Allocated Parking | Communal Gardens | Walking Distance to Local Transport and Amenities EPC Rating: C

Regency Court £360,000 LEASEHOLD Beautifully presented 3rd floor (top floor) Penthouse apartment offering a bright and stylish interior throughout.

Situated within minutes from New Cross Station, Deptford Bridge DLR and Deptford train station with spectacular views of the London Skyline. | One bedroom | Top floor apartment | Open plan | Double glazing | Modern bathroom | Close to transport | Wrap around balcony | EPC Rating: C

Kings Grove £395,000 LEASEHOLD A bright top floor period one bed flat in a quiet no through road presented in good order close to Queens Road Peckham Station.

Bright & Spacious | Victorian Conversion | Fitted kitchen | Close to transport | Close to local amenities | EPC Rating: D

Buller Close £410,000 SHARE OF FREEHOLD A beautifully presented two bedroom garden flat occupying the entire ground floor of a period property in Central Peckham with a drive to the front.

Period property | Two bedrooms | Front and rear gardens | Close to central Peckham | Modern fitted kitchen | Restored oak flooring | Gas central heating | Off street parking | EPC Rating: D

Pepys Road £490,000 SHARE OF FREEHOLD Endearing two bedroom garden flat with a stunning and sumptuous South-West facing garden and rear patio.

Two Bedroom Period Garden Flat | Bay Fronted Reception | Fitted Kitchen | Gas Central Heating | Close To Local Parks, Shops & Amenities | Excellent Public Transport Links into Central London | EPC Rating: D

Queens Road £595,000 SHARE OF FREEHOLD An exceptional Grade II listed share of freehold two double bedroom & two bathroom maisonette in the heart of New Cross Gate within close proximity to New Cross Gate & Queens Road Peckham Station. | Grade II Listed | Share of freehold | Rear garden | Off street parking | Central Location | EPC Rating: D

Edric Road £810,000 FREEHOLD This is a beautiful three bedroom classic Victorian terraced family home, which has recently been sympathetically refurbished to a very high standard. Located within the sought after Hatcham Park Conservation Area, ideally located for Haberdashers’ Aske’s (Temple Grove) School.

Period Property | Mid Terraced House | Three Bedrooms | Bi-folding Doors onto Patio and Garden | Family Bathroom | Through-Lounge | Restored Floorboards | Quality Fitted Kitchen | Period Features | Spacious Cellar | Family Home | EPC Rating: D

Fairlawn Mansions £548,000 LEASEHOLD Built in the 1880's by the Haberdasher's Company, Fairlawn Mansions is an imposing red - brick Victorian Mansions block in the heart of New Cross Gate. This second floor three bedroom apartment is an excellent example of what Fairlawn Mansions has to offer.

Three Bedroom Victorian Mansion Block Apartment | Bay Fronted Windows | Excellent Public Transport Links (New Cross Gate) | EPC Rating: E