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M A G A Z I N E<br />
<strong>July</strong> <strong>2016</strong> ISSUE 29<br />
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Welcome to your local magazine<br />
Dear neighbours<br />
If you're reading this, it's <strong>July</strong>, or very nearly. As I<br />
write it's 23 June, press day for the magazine but<br />
more importantly, the day we decided whether to<br />
be European or not.<br />
LoveEast isn't political and has no intention of<br />
being so, but I hope we convey one simple<br />
message and that is the celebration of difference<br />
and diversity. We regularly write stories about<br />
the talented people who live here, many of whom<br />
are of different cultures and nationalities. They all<br />
have one thing in common and that is they have<br />
contributed hugely to what makes East London<br />
so special.<br />
Linh Vu is a case in point (p4). Her family were<br />
Vietnamese boat peope who escaped from a<br />
Communist regime, but who achieved great things<br />
against the odds. The welcome she received<br />
when she arrived here is cause for reflection,<br />
considering the political campaigns we've just<br />
witnessed.<br />
I hope you enjoy this month's edition and get to<br />
find out a little more about the area you live in<br />
and the people who surround you.<br />
Julie<br />
Julie Daniels<br />
T: 07752 288405<br />
E: julie@nutshellpublications.co.uk<br />
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C O N T E N T S<br />
4<br />
Linh Vu's escape from<br />
Vietnam to a new life<br />
in Hackney<br />
8<br />
Potter perfection with<br />
ceramicist Jo Davies<br />
12<br />
Style & Substance:<br />
locals in focus<br />
32, 34<br />
Eat, drink, be merry.<br />
The best of local food<br />
& wine<br />
36<br />
Check out our legal,<br />
business, fitness and<br />
wellbeing advice<br />
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East life<br />
Linh at home in Hackney<br />
Linh Vu fled Vietnam in the 70s along with many thousands<br />
of 'boat people'. Isabelle Gerretsen hears her story<br />
Linh Vu was seven years old when she and her<br />
father, Vu Khanh Thanh, fled the communist<br />
regime in Vietnam. In the middle of the night they<br />
boarded a flimsy wooden boat to set out across<br />
the South China Sea.<br />
After the communists won the Vietnam War in<br />
1975, Linh’s family started to plan their escape.<br />
Her father was a philosophy lecturer in Saigon<br />
and he knew it wasn’t long before the communists<br />
would send him to a camp to be "re-educated".<br />
“Most people who ended up in those camps didn’t<br />
survive,” Linh says.<br />
In 1979 she left her home and her mother,<br />
younger brother and sister behind. They were<br />
only reunited five years later.<br />
“I was very frightened,” Linh recalls. “We were<br />
dressed as local villagers and had to hide in the<br />
reeds waiting for a signal from the boat.”<br />
They spent weeks at sea. Most of the time they<br />
remained on the lower deck, hiding from pirate<br />
ships. “I didn’t know where we were going.” They<br />
were finally rescued by a British naval ship and<br />
taken to a refugee camp in Singapore. After a<br />
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We had to hide in the<br />
reeds waiting for a signal<br />
from the boat<br />
few months they were moved to another refugee<br />
camp, this time on Thorney Island in West Sussex,<br />
where they lived for three years.<br />
Linh’s father spoke fluent English and became the<br />
interpreter and head social worker of the camp.<br />
His important role meant that she was sent to an<br />
English school in the local village where she easily<br />
made friends. “In Thorney Island I felt a sense of<br />
belonging,” she says. “Everyone was incredibly<br />
empathetic towards Vietnamese refugees. The<br />
people in the village even threw us a Christmas<br />
party with presents.”<br />
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When the camp closed they moved to a council<br />
flat in Hackney. Linh’s dad set up the An Viet<br />
community centre, dedicated to supporting<br />
the Vietnamese immigrants, and when the rest<br />
of the family moved to London he opened the<br />
legendary Huong Viet restaurant there. Linh and<br />
her husband Colin, whom she met while they<br />
were both studying architecture, followed in her<br />
parents’ footsteps. Until recently they owned<br />
Namô (now Viet Vu) in Victoria Park village, before<br />
passing it on to her brother, Toan.<br />
Linh has been back to Vietnam to visit relatives<br />
and retrace her family’s roots. Her parents have<br />
never been back. “They have always said, ‘We left<br />
for a reason and we’re not going back while the<br />
country is still communist,’” she tells me. There<br />
is also the worry that it would be unsafe for her<br />
father to return to his village in North Vietnam.<br />
“He left forty years ago but the people there don’t<br />
forget and still bear grudges.”<br />
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What makes you most proud?<br />
How my dad set up the Vietnamese Community<br />
Centre in early 1980s to help Vietnamese<br />
refugees resettle and become self-sufficient.<br />
Where do you hang out in East London?<br />
Victoria Park village.<br />
Drawings by Linh Vu<br />
Best coffee in these parts?<br />
The Deli Downstairs in Victoria Park.<br />
Best restaurant?<br />
Vu Viet restaurant of course! 178 Victoria Park, E9.<br />
How has the area changed?<br />
It has become smarter, but it’s hanging onto its<br />
integrity... just, thanks to all the great locals and<br />
traders who still live and work in the area.<br />
Anything you would change?<br />
The one-way system.<br />
The area’s best-kept secret?<br />
Sublime's Other Half: a men's pop-up clothes and<br />
gift shop. 174 Victoria Park Road.<br />
If East London were human?<br />
Joseph's technicolor dream coat – any dream will<br />
do!<br />
East London in a word?<br />
Resilient.<br />
One of Linh's drawings depicting the food she ate on the<br />
British naval ship: apples, crackers and Heinz tomato soup<br />
Catholic with Confucian Tendancies, Linh's father's account<br />
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Image: Matthew Booth<br />
Gilded Finch bowls<br />
Christine Preisig meets local ceramicist Jo Davies<br />
Jo Davies's love of ceramics was<br />
kindled as a young teenager<br />
at school when she had the<br />
opportunity to work on a<br />
pottery project.<br />
The intensity of the work<br />
and the encouragement of<br />
the teacher changed her. “I<br />
just loved the material, its<br />
malleability and the fact that I<br />
could be so autonomous with<br />
just the hands as my tools,” she<br />
explains.<br />
Ceramic is a very complex<br />
material. There are different<br />
clays, many ways of firing it and<br />
that’s before you start to think<br />
about the glaze, where the<br />
possibilities are infinite. While<br />
studying in Bath and later at the<br />
Royal College of Art, she came<br />
to love those tricky elements of<br />
her craft.<br />
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A harder nut to crack for her<br />
was the fact that ceramic<br />
traditions, such as British studio<br />
ceramics, Stoke-on-Trent bone<br />
china or South East Asian<br />
traditions, seemed to weight<br />
heavily on what is seen as the<br />
right or wrong way to produce<br />
ceramics. Jo rebelled against<br />
that. She wanted to work more<br />
creatively, artistically – with a<br />
mind unclouded by traditional<br />
requirements.<br />
Jo comes from a sculptural point<br />
of view. “I wanted to be an artist<br />
– with a capital A – and was<br />
probably massively pretentious,”<br />
she says. Her earlier pottery<br />
work was mainly wall pieces,<br />
and nothing with a practical use.<br />
This changed during her time<br />
at the RCA when she started<br />
to focus on making functional<br />
ware. Vases are her favourite<br />
things to make. “They are nice<br />
sculptural vehicles that have a<br />
use – just about.”<br />
Over the years, Jo has<br />
developed a unique aesthetic<br />
that fuses simplicity with<br />
humorous details. She works<br />
exclusively in hand-thrown<br />
porcelain and sticks to her<br />
signature black and white glazes<br />
(with occasional gilded gold leaf<br />
details).<br />
It's fascinating to see how she<br />
morphs a basic piece of clay<br />
into a sophisticated object.<br />
Guided by Jo’s skillful hands,<br />
the clay on the throwing wheel<br />
takes the shape of a cone<br />
before it is transformed into a<br />
beehive and then opened up to<br />
give it a vessel shape.
East London makers<br />
She smoothly and effortlessly<br />
pulls up the sides and brings<br />
them to a clear form. Once the<br />
object has dried a bit overnight<br />
it becomes more receptive<br />
and can be further shaped and<br />
sculptured. “I slowly move and<br />
build tension in the body of the<br />
piece to really sharpen up the<br />
form."<br />
Image: Layton Thompson<br />
She uses sponges and her<br />
hands to make sure the final<br />
piece reflects the liquidity<br />
of the clay and the flow of<br />
the throwing process. This<br />
procedure happens over the<br />
course of a few days until it is<br />
ready to go into the kiln. Once<br />
it comes out it's sanded and<br />
then glazed. The glazes have<br />
a very liquid, satin and tactile<br />
feel and further enhance the<br />
tension of the piece. For Jo, the<br />
way an object feels is as equally<br />
important as the way it looks.<br />
Asked if she’s still a bit rebellious<br />
she admits to feeling a bit of<br />
an outsider in ceramics. Having<br />
said that, she acknowledges<br />
that she has just been selected<br />
for the Craft Potters Association.<br />
“I’m glad that they like what I’m<br />
doing but, oh my god, this is<br />
Jo at work in her studio<br />
I could be<br />
autonomous,<br />
with just the<br />
hands as my<br />
tools<br />
pottery establishment. It is a bit<br />
weird.”<br />
Jo offers tuition in wheel-thrown<br />
porcelain as well as a kiln firing<br />
service. Studio visits are welcome,<br />
please get in touch with her to<br />
arrange.<br />
A full range of items can be<br />
bought from her webshop:<br />
jo-davies.com<br />
Images: Far left, middle Matthew Booth; right<br />
Layton Thompson<br />
From left: Twist Pendant lampshade; Imelda half light; Jo at the throwing wheel<br />
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What's on in <strong>July</strong><br />
MON TUES WEDS THURS<br />
Weekly<br />
Pilates, 6.15pm and<br />
7.30pm. Hackney Forge.<br />
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Global Games<br />
3.30-6.30pm. FREE.<br />
Gillette Sq., Dalston.<br />
For all ages.<br />
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Toddler Street Dance &<br />
Krump, 3.30-5.30pm.<br />
FREE. for Kids taster<br />
classes at the East<br />
London Dance School.<br />
4<br />
American Bingo Club<br />
6pm. FREE. Ace<br />
Hotel’s Miranda club,<br />
Shoreditch.<br />
11<br />
Foraging Plants,<br />
10.30am-3.30pm.<br />
£16-20. Tower Hamlets<br />
Cemetery Park.<br />
11<br />
Wellbeing sessions<br />
10am-4pm. £5. Vicky<br />
Park community centre.<br />
Contact Rose<br />
rsrssll@hotmail.com<br />
18<br />
Edinburgh Preview<br />
Season, 8pm. £10.<br />
Hoxton Hall.<br />
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Weekly<br />
Drop-in Volunteer<br />
Day, 9.30am-4pm.<br />
FREE. Tower Hamlets<br />
Cemetery Park.<br />
Hackney Harmony<br />
Community Choir<br />
7-9pm. Practise at<br />
Hackney City Farm.<br />
Contact magik_tree@<br />
hotmail.com<br />
Yoga 10.30-11.30am.<br />
Mum and Babies yoga<br />
with Clare at Hackney<br />
Forge, E9.<br />
Woodburner Music<br />
Night, 7-11pm. FREE.<br />
Dalston Curve Garden.<br />
5, 12, 19<br />
Storytime for Under-5s<br />
10am-11.30am. FREE.<br />
Vicky Park community<br />
centre, Gore Rd, E9.<br />
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Ady Suleiman, 7.30pm.<br />
£11 adv tickets.<br />
Oslo Hackney.<br />
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Cuttin’ It, 8pm. £15/£12<br />
conc. Until 30 <strong>July</strong>, a<br />
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Weekly<br />
Gingerline<br />
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Karate<br />
6.15-7.15pm<br />
Beginners classes for<br />
kids & adults, Chats<br />
Palace. 1st class free.<br />
Book 07789 961 674<br />
Adult Pottery<br />
7-9pm. £15. Drop-in<br />
session at Hackney<br />
City Farm.<br />
Ping Pong<br />
11am-12pm. FREE. For<br />
over-50s at Dalston<br />
CLR James library.<br />
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Morning Gloryville<br />
6.30-10.30am. £18.<br />
Oval Space.<br />
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18-22<br />
Furniture restoration,<br />
5-day course for £455.<br />
The School of Stuff on<br />
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Wellbeing<br />
Massage, reflexology,<br />
mini manicure, mini<br />
pedicure. Book: Rose,<br />
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Coffee morning<br />
10.30am-12pm. FREE.<br />
Vicky Park community<br />
centre.<br />
Weekly<br />
Pilates (mixed ability)<br />
7.30pm. Hackney Forge.<br />
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Line Dancing<br />
5-6pm. £2.50. Sundial<br />
Community Centre.<br />
11 Shipton Street.<br />
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Yoga<br />
6.30pm. Haggerston<br />
Park. For more info visit<br />
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Mum & Baby Post-natal<br />
Yoga, 11.30am-12.30pm.<br />
£8/ £35 for 5.<br />
Vicky Park. wrayaj@<br />
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Coffee, cake & book group<br />
10.30-11.30am. FREE.<br />
Hackney Central library.<br />
28<br />
After Hours: Foraging<br />
6.30-8.30pm. £10-<br />
12. Tower Hamlets<br />
Cemetery Park.<br />
7, 14, 21, 28<br />
Knit & Natter, 1-3pm.<br />
FREE. Vicky Park<br />
community centre.<br />
Materials supplied.<br />
28,29<br />
Indie band Spector, 8pm.<br />
£12 adv tickets. Moth<br />
Club. mothclub.co.uk<br />
28, 29, 30<br />
Ross Sutherland: Party<br />
Trap, 7.30pm. £6.<br />
60-min Edinburgh<br />
preview at Shoreditch<br />
Town Hall.<br />
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Nicola Croucher is a local yoga &<br />
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What's important to you?<br />
Helping people to build inner strength, a<br />
deeper level of calm, peace and joy, and to<br />
find a deeper connection to the world.<br />
What do you love about the East End?<br />
My Saturdays where I teach at the beautiful<br />
London Fields yoga studio. Afterwards, I get<br />
some Gujarati food from Broadway Market,<br />
then I hop on my pink bike 'Princess' & off I<br />
go on my own cosmic journey.<br />
Didier Oliveira is partner of The<br />
Pattern shop on Hackney Road, which<br />
has an in-house taylor and sells vintage &<br />
designer clothing. Didier is a purveyor of<br />
fashion, ex-model and all round great guy.<br />
What's important to you?<br />
Loyalty, friendship & love. Everyone needs<br />
love instead of war.<br />
What do you love about the East End?<br />
I love Ridley Road market, I couldn't live<br />
without it. TFC I love! The market is the heart<br />
of Dalston & a part of my weekly life.<br />
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Well Street Market<br />
With your support a new and better Well Street Market can<br />
return to East London, writes Julie Daniels<br />
Nestled between Victoria Park, London Fields and<br />
the new Fashion Hub is Well Street. It's difficult to<br />
say "Well Street" without wanting to add "market"<br />
but sadly the stalls, along with the word, are a<br />
distant memory.<br />
Fortunately, there is a<br />
determination to change all that.<br />
Well Street Traders and Residents<br />
Association (WESTRA) are calling<br />
on locals and businesses to<br />
back their Spacehive campaign<br />
to crowd-fund the return of<br />
the historic market – as well<br />
as providing local training and<br />
employment opportunities.<br />
Well Street Market will be more than a market.<br />
It’s an innovative, exciting and bold project to<br />
encourage and support the local community.<br />
It's Well<br />
Street's time<br />
to shine<br />
WESTRA hope to transform Well Street into a<br />
bustling hive of activity, regenerating the area and<br />
making it a "go to" destination.<br />
It will become a market street filled with amazing<br />
produce, and a space that unites the community.<br />
There will be hanging baskets<br />
filled with flowers in summer, and<br />
Christmas lights twinkling through<br />
the winter. It will once again be a<br />
street to be proud of.<br />
Young entrepreneurial talent<br />
will be nurtured in the Teenage<br />
Market – providing a free platform<br />
for locals to showcase their talent.<br />
There will also be a Student<br />
Makers Market giving free economic and business<br />
training to local creatives – making Well Street the<br />
place to find amazing unique design pieces.<br />
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Well Street Market<br />
Integral to Well Street will be a live music stage,<br />
where locals can book performance slots. The<br />
market will also develop a music mentoring<br />
programme encouraging new routes into work.<br />
WESTRA is also collaborating with The World<br />
Bee Project to bring rooftop hives to Well Street,<br />
producing honey to be sold on the market.<br />
The group’s ideas were informed by what local<br />
people wanted from their market. Alongside a<br />
demand for fresh local produce at affordable<br />
prices, people spoke of wanting a market they<br />
felt part of and welcome at, and one that also<br />
provided opportunities for local people.<br />
“Well Street Market will bring a huge amount of<br />
positive change to the community, along with<br />
benefiting local business," said Greg Kirk of The<br />
Grand Howl café. "It’s Well Street’s time to shine.”<br />
Well Street needs your support<br />
Through crowd-funding WESTRA aim to raise<br />
£82,000 in start-up costs, and are on track to<br />
receive a pledge from the Mayor of London<br />
of up to £20,000. There’s been support and<br />
encouragement from the GLA’s regeneration<br />
team, together with Hackney Council, but they<br />
need local residents and business to back the<br />
project and pledge their support so that the<br />
market can be up and running later this year.<br />
It’s an all or nothing campaign, and that means<br />
that unless WESTRA reach their goal of £82,000<br />
they won’t receive a penny.<br />
“We want to celebrate all the energies of our<br />
community and again make it an exciting place to<br />
be," says Kay Richardson, WESTRA’s Development<br />
Manager. "We’ll create pathways into work and<br />
support local makers and producers; making it an<br />
exciting, dynamic and creative new place for the<br />
community to be proud of. We need locals to get<br />
behind the project and pledge.”<br />
The Spacehive campaign is scheduled to end on 10<br />
August. Time is running out and every penny counts,<br />
so please do help this worthy cause. Make your<br />
pledge at:<br />
spacehive.com/well-street-market<br />
Images, clockwise from top left: Winter Festival 2015;<br />
Jackie Dacres (Rekindled); Greg Kirk and Ben Cochran<br />
(the Grand Howl); Nick Stephens (The Gun)<br />
LOVEEAST JULY <strong>2016</strong> 17
What's on in <strong>July</strong><br />
FRI SAT SAT SUN<br />
Weekly<br />
Night Tales 5pm start.<br />
£3 entry. Hepscott<br />
Road, Hackney Wick.<br />
Victoria Park Craft<br />
Beer Tour and<br />
Tastings, 7-10pm. £35.<br />
designmynight.com<br />
Pottery hand-throwing<br />
6-9pm, adults & kids<br />
12+, Wonderland<br />
Ceramics, E9.<br />
1<br />
New Queer Visions<br />
6pm. Celebrate LGBTQ<br />
with the East End Film<br />
Festival. Club Miranda,<br />
Ace Hotel.<br />
1<br />
Slidy Slide<br />
£15. World’s Longest<br />
Tunnel Slide at the<br />
Arcelormittal Orbit.<br />
1, 8, 15, 22<br />
Networx Computer class<br />
2-4pm. FREE. Vicky Park<br />
community centre.<br />
8<br />
Bowie Post-Glam, £5 per<br />
ticket. Pre-Pop night at<br />
Shacklewell Arms.<br />
15, 16<br />
Lovebox, at Vicky Park.<br />
loveboxfestival.com<br />
22, 23<br />
Anniversary Games<br />
return to Olympic<br />
Stadium. Prices vary,<br />
britishathletics.org.uk<br />
Weekly<br />
Roman Road Yard Mkt<br />
10-4pm. Roman Road<br />
Yard market has some<br />
exciting new traders<br />
including the great NLR<br />
vinyl stall.<br />
Geffrye explorers<br />
12.30-4.30pm, ages<br />
3-11yrs. geffryemuseum.org.uk<br />
2<br />
Film show, 1.30-6pm.<br />
£12.50/£10 conc. Forty<br />
Years of Film in the<br />
East End showcases at<br />
Whitechapel Gallery,<br />
London E1.<br />
9<br />
Bird Barmy Army, 10am-<br />
12.30pm. Meet at the<br />
V&A building in Victoria<br />
Park.<br />
9<br />
Dalston Music Festival,<br />
£15-25. Look out for<br />
details coming soon!<br />
dalstonmusicfestival.com<br />
9<br />
East End Fringe Festival<br />
Month-long festival<br />
begins today.<br />
eastlondonfringefest.co.uk<br />
9, 30<br />
Walk Hackney leads a<br />
local history walk. Meet<br />
at Dalston Junction<br />
station at 11am.<br />
2 hours, £8 per walker.<br />
9<br />
Shuffle, 10am. Free-£24.<br />
24-Hour Festival in Bow.<br />
shufflefestival.com<br />
30<br />
Urban Beekeeping<br />
Workshop, 10am-<br />
3pm. £73.45 per<br />
ticket. Woodberry<br />
Wetlands. Book via<br />
woodberrywetlands.<br />
org.uk<br />
23<br />
Urban Makers East<br />
11am-5pm. Summer<br />
market at Mile End<br />
Ecology Pavilion.<br />
Original art work,<br />
homewares, ceramics,<br />
textiles, jewellery and<br />
loads more. Plus the<br />
Mini Makers Room<br />
is back with fun and<br />
entertainment for the<br />
children.<br />
30<br />
Make your Mark<br />
11am-1pm. Make Your<br />
Mark on Vicky Park with<br />
the community park<br />
rangers. Meet near St<br />
Agnes Gate.<br />
30<br />
World Cup '66. Again.<br />
2.30pm. Relive the<br />
World Cup ‘66 Live<br />
at the Rio Cinema in<br />
Dalston<br />
Weekly<br />
Kidzmania, 10am-6pm.<br />
£2-5 entry.<br />
kidzmania.co.uk<br />
3, 10, 17<br />
Children’s Street Dance<br />
9.15-11.55am. £5-8. Js<br />
Dance Factory,<br />
jsdancefactory.co.uk/<br />
shoreditch<br />
10<br />
The Kenton, Time Out’s<br />
2015 Most Loved<br />
London Pub. Euro <strong>2016</strong><br />
final, 8pm.<br />
17<br />
Citadel festival, Tickets<br />
from £55. Vicky Park..<br />
citadelfestival.com<br />
London-Southend bike<br />
ride, 7-10am. £20.<br />
Starting at Vicky Park.<br />
bike-events.com<br />
St Joseph Hospice’s<br />
Summer Knees Up <strong>2016</strong><br />
12-5pm. London Fields.<br />
24<br />
Summer Festival at<br />
Museum of Childhood,<br />
11.30-4.30pm. Drop-in,<br />
all ages.<br />
24<br />
Roman Road Festival<br />
Street food, designermakers,<br />
workshops,<br />
Roman Road pop-up<br />
choir and more.<br />
31<br />
Bengali New Year<br />
Celebrate at the<br />
Boishakhi Mela,<br />
Weavers Fields.<br />
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What's on at Museum of Childhood<br />
If you’re looking for something<br />
creative for the kids to do this<br />
summer, there are still places<br />
available on the Museum of<br />
Childhood's two artist-led<br />
summer camps. Children can<br />
create films, make giant toy cars<br />
and have messy fun. Split into<br />
two age groups (5-10 and 8-11),<br />
the camps will run weekdays<br />
from 25 <strong>July</strong> to 5 August and<br />
cost from £80 for two days. Full<br />
details and booking information<br />
are available online.<br />
Red Riding Hood © Sonya Hurtado<br />
Fairy tales, festivals and family fun<br />
Don't miss Tales, a new display<br />
of work by local Hackney<br />
photographer Sonya Hurtado,<br />
which opens on 23 <strong>July</strong>. The<br />
series of 12 images explores the<br />
imaginary world of childhood,<br />
set in the context of fairy tales<br />
and children’s stories. The<br />
photographs are conceived<br />
almost like paintings, full of<br />
colour and vibrancy, with<br />
inspiration from surrealism,<br />
film and much more. The<br />
manipulation of shadow, light<br />
and colour creates a playful<br />
and at times almost sinister<br />
atmosphere.<br />
Not to be missed is the<br />
museum’s annual summer<br />
festival on Sunday, 24 <strong>July</strong>.<br />
Whatever the weather, there<br />
will be a colourful mix of live<br />
entertainment right on your<br />
doorstep. The museum will<br />
come alive with a buzzing<br />
programme of live music,<br />
dance, walkabout acts, designer<br />
stalls, food, face paints, henna,<br />
rickshaw rides, games and lots<br />
for kids to make and do.<br />
For full details and to book a<br />
place on the summer camps<br />
visit vam.ac.uk/moc/whatson<br />
V&A Museum of Childhood<br />
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London, E2 9PA<br />
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LOVEEAST JULY <strong>2016</strong> 19
Arts<br />
Photos: Angie Gough<br />
Angie Gough discovers how to make<br />
kids (and their grown-ups) Appy happy<br />
this summer<br />
With summer holidays and the<br />
prospect of long days at home<br />
(or car journeys to more exotic<br />
places) on the horizon, I thought<br />
I’d share my recommendations<br />
for apps and online options<br />
to keep the kids happy. I’m<br />
so often torn between letting<br />
my three loose on the laptop<br />
and feeling like a bad parent,<br />
but there is loads of inspiring<br />
stuff online that really does fire<br />
imaginations and give the kids a<br />
#KickUpTheArts.<br />
Apps<br />
When it comes to apps, there<br />
are plenty of free ones for all<br />
ages, but our favourites are by<br />
developer Toca Boca. They're<br />
affordable (some, not all, are<br />
free), beautifully designed and<br />
fun to explore. Kids can design<br />
their own creatures, make their<br />
own music, or even get creative<br />
in the kitchen. No matter the<br />
app my three invariably recreate<br />
in real life after a session with<br />
Toca Boca.<br />
MoMA Art Lab on iPad<br />
MoMA Art Lab is a window into<br />
the wonderful world of the<br />
museum’s modern art collection<br />
and full of simple, beautiful<br />
activities that introduce art<br />
techniques and, rather uniquely,<br />
encourages creativity between<br />
friends and family members. It’s<br />
free and it’s loads of fun.<br />
Tate’s Noisy Neighbours app<br />
is filled with really vibrant<br />
illustrations and allows users to<br />
create their own characters and<br />
record sounds, which makes it a<br />
big hit in our house.<br />
As to be expected of an arty<br />
farty powerhouse like Tate,<br />
it has a great kids' section<br />
on the website – they bring<br />
kids together with artists like<br />
Hackney resident Camille<br />
Walala, film the results and<br />
suggest simple, creative projects<br />
worth doing on a stay at home<br />
kinda day.<br />
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Arts<br />
YouTube<br />
A firm family favourite at Arts<br />
Crusade HQ is Art Hub for<br />
Kids. American Dad Rob is an<br />
illustrator who does a weekly<br />
drawing tutorial with his two<br />
kids and pops it up on his<br />
fantastic YouTube channel for<br />
viewers to draw along. Rob<br />
takes things so slowly that<br />
it really is foolproof and the<br />
sense of satisfaction the kids<br />
get from drawing their favourite<br />
characters is pretty ace. Try it,<br />
no matter the age.<br />
Make Film Play is another<br />
YouTube channel worth a look<br />
for video tutorials on how to<br />
bring art to life.<br />
Blogs & Websites<br />
Craftwhack is a blog run by New<br />
Yorker Jeanette Nyberg and she<br />
nails it for ages 8-15 with a great<br />
sense of humour in all that she<br />
does. She’s my go-to gal when<br />
it comes to seeking inspiration<br />
for easy-to-do activities, most<br />
recently making giant flowers<br />
for a Frida Kahlo-themed<br />
playdate. Yes, really.<br />
The Artful Parent, Allie No Flash<br />
Cards and Babble Dabble Do<br />
are three more worth a look-see<br />
for arty farty inspiration with an<br />
educational slant.<br />
Instagram is an absolute<br />
goldmine when it comes to<br />
creative inspiration for kiddos<br />
and adults alike. Check out Susy<br />
Rugg, aka @HandyWithScissors<br />
– an Australian who makes the<br />
funnest stuff with everyday<br />
recycled materials – her<br />
imagination knows no bounds<br />
and the projects are all simple<br />
and worth hanging on to after<br />
they’re done. @ArtFido is<br />
another account that distracts<br />
and amazes my kiddos. Visit it<br />
to see why. You’ll find me on<br />
there as @TheArtsCrusader too<br />
of course ;)<br />
IRL<br />
For anyone who prefers to get<br />
their art kicks In Real Life, Art<br />
Bash and Lemon Art Lab are<br />
two Hackney-based art clubs,<br />
happy to give the kids you love<br />
a #KickUpTheArts this Summer<br />
and beyond.<br />
Happy holidays folks. Swoosh!<br />
Read more on theartscrusader.<br />
blogspot.co.uk<br />
Kiddos Oisin & Edie (hiding) following Art Hub For Kids<br />
View of the bandstand in Victoria Park ©Heather James 2013<br />
Heather James: art<br />
Original artwork • giclée prints<br />
greetings cards • available for sale<br />
www.plantin.co.uk<br />
art@plantin.plus.com<br />
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MON TUES WEDS THURS<br />
Art events<br />
General events<br />
Outdoor events<br />
<strong>July</strong><br />
4<br />
Pilates, p10<br />
Global Games, p10<br />
Toddler Street Dance<br />
& Krump, p10<br />
5<br />
‘Drop-in’ Volunteer Day, p10<br />
Hackney Harmony Community<br />
Choir, p10<br />
Yoga, p10<br />
Woodburner Music Night, p10<br />
6<br />
Gingerline, p10<br />
Chats Palace, p10<br />
Adult Pottery, p10<br />
Ping Pong, p10<br />
Morning Gloryville, p10<br />
7<br />
Pilates, p10<br />
Line Dancing, p10<br />
Yoga, p10<br />
Mum & Baby<br />
Yoga, p10<br />
11<br />
Pilates, p10<br />
Global Games, p10<br />
Foraging, p10<br />
Wellbeing sessions,<br />
p10<br />
12<br />
‘Drop-in’ Volunteer Day, p10<br />
Hackney Harmony Community<br />
Choir, p10<br />
Yoga, p10<br />
Woodburner Music Night, p10<br />
13<br />
Gingerline, p10<br />
Chats Palace, p10<br />
Adult Pottery, p10<br />
Ping Pong, p10<br />
14<br />
Pilates, p10<br />
Line Dancing, p10<br />
Mum & Baby<br />
Yoga, p10<br />
Knit & Natter, p10<br />
18<br />
Pilates, p10<br />
Global Games, p10<br />
Edinburgh Preview<br />
Season, p10<br />
Furniture restore, p10<br />
19<br />
‘Drop-in’ Volunteer Day, p10<br />
Community Choir, p10<br />
Ady Suleiman, p10<br />
Woodburner Music Night, p10<br />
Storytime, p10<br />
20<br />
Gingerline, p10<br />
Chats Palace, p10<br />
Adult Pottery, p10<br />
Ping Pong, p10<br />
Furniture restoration, p10<br />
21<br />
Line Dancing, p10<br />
Yoga, p10<br />
Mum & Baby<br />
Yoga, p10<br />
Knit & Natter, p10<br />
25<br />
Pilates, p10<br />
Global Games, p10<br />
26<br />
Community Choir, p10<br />
Woodburner Music, p10<br />
Cuttin' It, p10<br />
27<br />
Chats Palace, p10<br />
Gingerline, p10<br />
Adult Pottery, p10<br />
28<br />
Book group, p10<br />
Foraging, p10<br />
Spector, p10<br />
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FRI SAT SUN<br />
1<br />
Night Tales, p18<br />
Pottery & hand-throwing, p18<br />
New Queer Visions, p18<br />
Longest Tunnel Slide, p18<br />
Networx Computer class, p18<br />
2<br />
Roman Road Yard market, p18<br />
40 Years of Film, p18<br />
3<br />
Kidzmania, p18<br />
Children’s Street Dance,<br />
p18<br />
8<br />
Night Tales, p18<br />
Craft Beer Tour,Tastings, p18<br />
Bowie Post-Glam, p18<br />
Pottery & hand-throwing, p18<br />
15<br />
Night Tales, p18<br />
Craft Beer Tour, Tastings, p18<br />
Networx Computer class, p18<br />
Lovebox, p18<br />
Pottery & hand-throwing, p18<br />
9<br />
Roman Rd Yard Market, p18<br />
Bird Barmy Army, p18<br />
Dalston Music Festival, p18<br />
East London Fringe Festival, p18<br />
Walk Hackney, p18<br />
Shuffle, p18<br />
16<br />
Roman Road Yard market, p18<br />
Update Your Upholstery, p18<br />
Lovebox, p18<br />
10<br />
Kidzmania, p10<br />
Children’s Street Dance,<br />
p18<br />
The Kenton, p18<br />
17<br />
Kidzmania, p18<br />
Kids’ Street Dance, p18<br />
London-Southend bike<br />
ride, p18<br />
St Joseph Hospice’s<br />
Summer Knees Up, p18<br />
22<br />
Night Tales, p18<br />
Craft Beer Tour, Tastings, p18<br />
Networx Computer class, p18<br />
London Anniversary Games, p18<br />
Furniture restoration, p18<br />
23<br />
Roman Road Yard market, p18<br />
London Anniversary Games, p18<br />
24<br />
Kidzmania, p18<br />
Roman Road Summer<br />
Festival, p18<br />
Museum of Childhood’s<br />
Summer Festival, p18<br />
29<br />
Night Tales, p18<br />
Spector, p18<br />
Ross Sutherland, p18<br />
30<br />
Roman Road Yard market, p18<br />
Walk Hackney, p18<br />
Beekeeping Workshop, p18<br />
Ross Sutherland, p18<br />
31<br />
Kidzmania, p18<br />
Bengali New Year, p18<br />
LOVEEAST JULY <strong>2016</strong> 23
Urban beekeeping<br />
Dale Gibson holding a beehive frame at one of eight hives on the roof of his home<br />
Urban beekeeping is a<br />
thriving industry, discovers<br />
Rhowena MacCuish<br />
As with many artisan products, people are<br />
catching on to the fact that raw honey is a very<br />
good thing indeed. Naturally, the taste exceeds<br />
that of its processed cousins and contains far<br />
more nutritional benefits.<br />
I recently met Dale Gibson, who runs Bermondsey<br />
Street Bees. He's carrying on a tradition of<br />
beekeeping that's almost a thousand years old.<br />
"Dating back to when the Cluniac monks built<br />
Bermondsey Abbey in 1082," he tells me.<br />
Dale rears healthy bees in harmony with<br />
sustainable surroundings, then harvests their<br />
honey as a raw artisan food. "Both are immensely<br />
satisfying occupations. Beekeeping draws on<br />
many manual skill-sets, as well as a sensitivity<br />
to the natural world. Done properly, it forges a<br />
remarkable link between human beings and bees.<br />
We currently face a big problem in that there is<br />
simply not enough forage for the bees to gather<br />
food from. In central London alone there are<br />
over 3,000 hives per 10km². Each hive needs a<br />
staggering 20kg of pollen and 50kg of nectar just<br />
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to survive – and that's before any honey can be<br />
harvested for us to enjoy.<br />
Bermondsey Street Bees is helping to combat this<br />
problem and works with government schemes,<br />
local councils and community groups to plant<br />
suitable forage and turn wasted space into<br />
thriving habitats that benefit bees and in turn all<br />
kinds of other wildlife.<br />
Check out what community groups such as<br />
Sustainable Hackney are doing in terms of<br />
planting bee-friendly trees and plants, and head<br />
to bermondseystreetbees.co.uk for their handy beefriendly<br />
planting guides.<br />
To get your hands on their exquisite awardwinning<br />
honeys visit the Bermondsey Street<br />
Festival in September, or Maltby Street Food<br />
Market.<br />
Honey bees at work
JAMES’ STORY: PART 4<br />
I never thought I would enjoy it<br />
quite this much.<br />
But I’m here after 10 months, up to 4 times per week.<br />
If you want to exercise on a small budget, with<br />
professional tuition, on your own terms, amongst<br />
all the very normal people of Hackney, then look no<br />
further. London Fields Fitness is where it’s at.<br />
the end<br />
£30=130<br />
classes p/month<br />
fitness classes - spin - personal training<br />
FIND OUT MORE AT<br />
londonfieldsfitness.com / @londonfieldsfit<br />
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Urban Makers East<br />
Urban Makers East are back with not one but two<br />
makers markets. LoveEast finds out more<br />
Urban Makers East are returning to the stunning<br />
Mile End Ecology Pavilion on Saturday, 23 <strong>July</strong><br />
to host their summer market. They will be<br />
showcasing a hand-picked selection of designermakers<br />
and artists. Savvy shoppers can expect to<br />
find an exciting range of original art works, screen<br />
prints, homewares, ceramics, textiles, jewellery<br />
and contemporary miscellania. Their Mini Makers<br />
Room will be back with summer-themed free craft<br />
activities to keep the kids entertained.<br />
Expect workshops, outdoor kids' activities and<br />
the ever popular Urban Makers Feast with artisan<br />
food, coffee, ice cream and summer cocktails.<br />
Trade for Free<br />
Once again they're calling out for up-and-coming<br />
designer-makers to apply for a free stall. So if you<br />
have been trading for less than 12 months and<br />
have never taken part in a market before, please<br />
apply. They will offer all the support you need,<br />
before the market, during and after. It’s a great<br />
opportunity for a fledgling designer.<br />
They are also curating a market for the annual<br />
Roman Road Festival on Sunday, 24 <strong>July</strong>. A free<br />
stall is up for grabs here, too. Please see their<br />
website for further details and how to apply.<br />
romanroadlondon.com/festival/<br />
Photo: © L’ETABLI<br />
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Urban Makers East<br />
What inspired you to start Urban Makers East?<br />
As makers ourselves, living in the creative and<br />
vibrant East End, we realised that there wasn’t<br />
anywhere local to showcase our designs. There<br />
were larger markets, but nothing affordable nearby<br />
to support designers like ourselves from the Bow,<br />
Hackney and Mile End areas.<br />
What's been the highlight so far?<br />
Our Spring Market at Mile End Ecology Pavilion was<br />
a real highlight for us. Everything came together<br />
so well. The traders, workshops, food sellers, the<br />
people who came to the event, children enjoying<br />
our Mini Makers Room and the Pond Dipping; it was<br />
all fantastic. We were thrilled that so many people<br />
came to support local independent traders.<br />
Why did you decide to offer a free stall?<br />
We have been there and we know how daunting<br />
it can be to take the leap and start trading at a<br />
market. It can be expensive and the worry is that<br />
you won’t make any money on the day to recoup<br />
all your expenses. It’s not just the market costs, it’s<br />
the props to make your stall look good, insurance,<br />
the money it takes to make enough stock to sell at<br />
the market – it can all get stressful.<br />
What's next for Urban Makers East?<br />
We're already planning our Autumn and Christmas<br />
Markets. We're hoping to expand our Urban<br />
Makers Feast section of the market and have more<br />
wonderful street food traders and make it a real<br />
destination for the weekend. It’s an exciting time<br />
for us, if a little busy!<br />
Any advice for designer-makers just starting up?<br />
Come to one of our social events – they're a great<br />
way to meet fellow designer-makers for advice and<br />
inspiration. We are always available, through social<br />
media, phone or happy to meet for a chat.<br />
urbanmakerseast.co.uk<br />
LoveEast Magazine is the proud sponsor of Urban<br />
Makers East<br />
Urban Makers East Summer Markets will<br />
be held on Saturday, 23 <strong>July</strong>, from 11am-5pm<br />
at the Mile End Ecology Pavilion, and at the<br />
Roman Road Festival on Sunday, 24 <strong>July</strong> from<br />
11am-6pm.<br />
Founders Jo Croucher, Julia Redgrove and Ilka Dickens<br />
Delivering the finest seasonal flowers from<br />
our shop in Victoria Park village. Specialising<br />
in weddings, events, gift bouquets, and<br />
signature posies and plants<br />
Larkspur & Lavender, 211a Victoria Park Road,<br />
E9 7JN. 0208 533 6589 or 07951 890424<br />
larkspurandlavender.com<br />
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What to do<br />
Museums<br />
Victorian Seaside Summer at the Ragged School<br />
Museum – every Wednesday & Thursday 27 <strong>July</strong>-<br />
25 August, 10am-5pm. Free.<br />
raggedschoolmuseum.org.uk<br />
Free drop-in activities every day at The Museum<br />
of Childhood, including arts and crafts, tours, trails<br />
and storytelling. For ages 3-12 years. Plus don't<br />
miss their Summer Festival on 24th. Cambridge<br />
Heath Road, E2. Plus: check out p19 for this<br />
month's extra activities.<br />
Want to be a Geffrye Explorer? There is lots of fun<br />
to be had between 12.30pm and 4.30pm every<br />
Saturday at geffrye-museum.org.uk<br />
Pottery<br />
On Sundays: Weekly drop-in children's pottery at<br />
Drama and story-telling<br />
classes for under 5s<br />
Has your little one<br />
got the acting bug?<br />
Join Sam Seager<br />
(Bobby from Cbeebies<br />
Me Too!) and her team<br />
First class is FREE<br />
Every Wednesday morning at<br />
Hackney Forge, 243a Victoria<br />
Park Road, E9 7HD<br />
Email Sam at info@actingbugs.co.uk and<br />
get your child's imagination buzzing<br />
www.actingbugs.co.uk<br />
Hackney City Farm, 11am-1pm and 2-4pm. £5.<br />
Goldsmith's Row, E2.<br />
Hand-throwing classes at Wonderland Ceramics<br />
every Friday evening, wonderlandceramics.com<br />
Stories<br />
Storytime for the under 5s at Victoria Park<br />
Community Centre every Tuesday from 10am to<br />
11.30am. 5 Gore Road, E9. FREE.<br />
Third Tuesday of the month: 4-5pm. .<br />
Chatterbooks reading group (ages 8-12) at<br />
Clapton library. Call 020 8356 7480 for more info<br />
Karate<br />
Beginners' classes at Chats Palace. First clas free.<br />
Book 07789 961674<br />
Building<br />
Free Mini Builders at Shoreditch Library for under<br />
5s and parents.<br />
Swimming<br />
London Fields Lido offer swimming lessons and<br />
they’ve started giving stages 3-8 swimming classes<br />
again. Go to betterlessons.org.uk for details and<br />
booking. Plus of course, there's Mile End Leisure<br />
Centre, York Hall in Bethnal Green and the<br />
gorgeous Aquatics Centre, QE Olympic Park.<br />
Children's Centres<br />
Wentworth on Cassland Road (wentworth.<br />
hackney.sch.uk), Gainsborough on Berkshire Road<br />
(gainsborough.hackney.sch.uk/childrens-centre),<br />
and Morningside on Chatham Place (morningside.<br />
hackney.sch.uk/childrens-centre). Meath Gardens<br />
Children's Centre, 1 Smart Street, E2; Mile End<br />
Leisure Centre, The One O'Clock Club (Vicky Park<br />
near boating lake); Overland Children's Centre, 60<br />
Parnell Road, E3.<br />
Yoga for babies...<br />
Baby-focused classes using massage, classical<br />
yoga postures, stretches and balances adapted<br />
to their stage of growth. Fridays, Royal Inn on the<br />
Park, E9.10.45am-11.45am. £6.50. Karen: firsttouchmassage@hotmail.co.uk,<br />
07902 227 669.<br />
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with the kids<br />
Yoga for babies... and their mums<br />
Yoga for Mums and Babies, every Tuesday<br />
at 10.15am with tea and biscuits afterwards.<br />
Hackney Forge, E9. 07958 645 978 or email<br />
clare@clareday-yoga.co.uk<br />
Acting<br />
Diddy Bugs. Try Hackney Forge on a Wednesday<br />
morning. Cbeebies actress Samantha Seager runs<br />
acting classes for little tots. actingbugs.co.uk<br />
Music<br />
Piccolo music for babies and toddlers, Mondays,<br />
Wednesdays and Fridays in the V&A building<br />
in Victoria Park. Toddler class 10am, baby class<br />
11am. Just drop in. Stefanie, 07708 451 314.<br />
Baby Music Class in the Straw Bale building at<br />
Hackney City Farm. 10-10.45am and 11-11.45am.<br />
babymusicclass.co.uk<br />
Dancing<br />
Toddler Street Dance at eastlondondance.org<br />
Wiggly Jigglers at Rich Mix. Creative movement for<br />
0-2yrs. Call 020 7613 7498 to book.<br />
There’s ballet for children at the Hackney Forge<br />
on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Call Mafalda<br />
on 07550 722 693 for details and check out<br />
mafaldaballetblog.blogspot.com<br />
Activity times may change, so please do check on<br />
times/availability via the websites or phone numbers<br />
provided after each entry.<br />
Piccolo<br />
Singing, Music & Dancing<br />
A truly fun-packed<br />
45 minute drop-in<br />
session for babies<br />
and toddlers,<br />
featuring action<br />
songs, puppets &<br />
musical instruments.<br />
“It’s simply<br />
effervescent!” Now in<br />
its tenth year!<br />
Come along and join the fun!<br />
Every Monday, Wednesday & Friday<br />
V&A Building, children’s playground Victoria Park, opposite The Royal Inn Pub,<br />
Grove Road, Hackney E9 7HJ<br />
Drop - in £5.00 per child, siblings £2.50, Term time only<br />
For more information contact Stefanie on<br />
07708 451314 or s_guselli@sky.com<br />
Join the Victoria Park<br />
Summer Art Camp with<br />
Wonderland Ceramics<br />
from Monday, 25 <strong>July</strong> to<br />
Friday, 19 August (for 8<br />
to 12-year-olds).<br />
Price is £39 per day. Discount for 5<br />
to 9 days (£37 a day), or £35 a day if<br />
booking 10 days.<br />
The children will enjoy a new craft<br />
activity each day, from ceramic painting<br />
& throwing on the potter’s wheel, to<br />
felting, casting and screen-printing –<br />
and a play in Victoria Park playgrounds.<br />
wonderlandceramics.com/wp/art-campvictoria-park/<br />
info@wonderlandceramics.com<br />
020 8985 1214<br />
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Gardening<br />
provides year round access, and<br />
makes mowing simple. Beech<br />
hedges either side add volume<br />
and structure, and over time will<br />
frame the wilder area beyond,<br />
where apple, plum and cherry<br />
trees form a diminutive orchard.<br />
Native grasses and beautiful<br />
weeping birch trees soften<br />
the far corners, sheltering an<br />
informal seating area of sunken<br />
railway sleepers.<br />
From a tired and unused space (below) to year-round beauty<br />
If your garden needs a new lease of<br />
life, we can help, writes Izi Glover<br />
This was a particularly<br />
serendipitous garden project,<br />
that began back in March when a<br />
LoveEast reader from Bow asked<br />
us for help with their back<br />
garden. The old decking in their<br />
five by seven metre patch had<br />
long given way, and they were<br />
looking for some inspiration<br />
so that they could enjoy their<br />
outside space once more.<br />
After a good chat, we came up<br />
with a plan. Floriferous borders<br />
were number one on the list,<br />
with plants to give lengthy<br />
colour and interest – foxgloves,<br />
aromatic Nepeta (catmint),<br />
hardy Geranium "Johnson’s<br />
Blue", Japanese anemones and<br />
wafting Mexican feather grass.<br />
Roses add height and drama<br />
– Rosa glauca with its hint of<br />
the wild and Rosa "Fru Dagmar<br />
Hastrup" for its pointed hips and<br />
fragrance. A lawn extends from<br />
the existing patio paving to the<br />
rear of the garden, making a soft<br />
relaxation space and giving a<br />
good year-round eyeful of green.<br />
Paving set into the lawn edges<br />
Our landscapers worked hard<br />
and fast, and within a few days<br />
the new garden was complete.<br />
Our customers told us that on<br />
the first weekend they kept on<br />
popping outside just to see their<br />
new garden. We hope they enjoy<br />
it for years to come.<br />
Tasks for <strong>July</strong><br />
Give greenfly the brush off, or<br />
squirt them with a weak solution<br />
of water and washing up liquid.<br />
Keep the weeds down! Try a little<br />
weeding more often to prevent<br />
weeds from setting seed and<br />
increasing their numbers.<br />
Izi Glover is a Hackney<br />
gardener at London Fields and<br />
Gardens. Email her at info@<br />
londonfieldsandgardens.com<br />
Waiting for transformation<br />
A sketch for inspiration<br />
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Featured restaurant<br />
Advertorial<br />
The Westbridge is a stylish<br />
boutique hotel serving<br />
delicious modern cuisine<br />
If you like glamorous surroundings, great food<br />
and faultless service, you can't go wrong with<br />
The Westbridge Hotel. Situated in the heart<br />
of Stratford, you'll find luxury accommodation<br />
and contemporary dining in a relaxed, informal<br />
atmosphere.<br />
The boutique hotel has received the TripAdvisor<br />
Certificate of Excellence, and that's enhanced<br />
by 5* Facebook reviews. Its unique character<br />
and friendly attentive staff are evident from the<br />
moment you arrive. This is a real gem in Stratford.<br />
afternoon tea and dinner. The menu is carefully<br />
put together to satisfy a range of tastes, and all<br />
dishes are prepared in-house from fresh, locallygrown<br />
produce.<br />
Starters include courgette, garden peas and<br />
mozzarella arancini, grilled chicken salad with<br />
pomegranate and quinoa, steamed mussels, and<br />
extra spicy chicken wings. Mains include all-time<br />
favourite T-Bone steaks marinated in house,<br />
mushroom risotto, grilled salmon and classic beef<br />
burger with brioche bun. Desserts are light and<br />
fresh and include delicious lemongrass crème<br />
brulée with biscotti.<br />
It is a halal, BYOB restaurant without corkage fee.<br />
The Westbridge Hotel, 335-337 High St, London E15<br />
2TF. 020 8108 3479. thewestbridge.com<br />
The building is Grade II listed, dating back to the<br />
1740s, and is in a great location – just minutes<br />
from the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Westfield<br />
Stratford City, ExCeL Exhibition Centre, the City<br />
and the O2 Arena.<br />
The focus of the hotel and restaurant is on great<br />
customer experience. There is also a private<br />
courtyard where guests can enjoy full service from<br />
the restaurant – weather permitting.<br />
The restaurant is open seven days a week from<br />
7am to 10pm, and serves breakfast, lunch,<br />
One of the restaurant's dishes, mushroom risotto<br />
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The wine guide<br />
sold in supermarkets, but wines tend to come<br />
with a higher price tag if they come from ecoconscious,<br />
small producers who carefully oversee<br />
the entire process from grape to bottle.<br />
Region<br />
Italy is the only country in the world in which<br />
every single political region produces wine and<br />
has its own specific appellation. Every style of<br />
Italian wine is rooted in the geography, climate<br />
and culture of its corresponding region and vice<br />
versa. So, if you like Tuscany, for instance, look<br />
out for a Chianti or a Brunello, or if you feel like<br />
exploring a seaside region such as Puglia or Sicily,<br />
go for a Primitivo or Nero d’Avola.<br />
Three authentic wines from Vinarius<br />
Wine expert Eugenio<br />
Ciccarelli's helps guide you<br />
to the perfect bottle of<br />
Italian wine<br />
Italy can be the most exciting place in the world<br />
to choose a bottle of wine from. History and wine<br />
are virtually synonymous there. Like nowhere<br />
else, the country boasts thousand of wine styles,<br />
grape varieties and producers. Of course, buying<br />
Italian wine can also be overwhelming due to the<br />
sheer number of names, appellations and areas.<br />
So here are a few quick tips that should steer you<br />
in the direction of a great bottle of vino italiano.<br />
Price<br />
With certain exceptions, the price of a bottle can<br />
be a useful indication of the quality of a wine. The<br />
majority of Italian wines imported into the UK are<br />
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Classification<br />
Italian wine classification is quite complicated<br />
and very strict. At the top of the quality pyramid<br />
are bottles labelled as DOCG (Denominazione di<br />
Origine Controllata e Garantita), which means that<br />
the wines are produced under very rigorous rules<br />
and supervised and guaranteed by a government<br />
body. Only around 7% of total Italian wine<br />
production comprises DOCG-level wines, and<br />
this includes most of the famous names (Barolo,<br />
Brunello, etc.). For a very safe choice, opt for a<br />
DOCG, which can be recognised by the sticker<br />
on the neck of the bottle.<br />
Grape varieties<br />
There are around 1,300 grapes varieties around<br />
the world that you can use to make wine, and<br />
almost all come from the Mediterranean area.<br />
Italy alone possesses 400 grapes used in wine<br />
production from the very popular and widespread<br />
(Sangiovese, Pinot Grigio, etc), to the very rare<br />
or even nearly extinct. Yet all of them come<br />
complete with a particular character and history.<br />
This provides the chance to experiment and<br />
be inspired by the unparalleled diversity of this<br />
blessed country for a lifetime. Why not ask for<br />
a Ruché (which is also a DOCG), a Grechetto, a<br />
Pecorino, a Coda di Volpe or a Grignolino? Drink,<br />
learn and enjoy: the choice is endless!<br />
Eugenio Ciccarelli is a qualified winemaker and<br />
specialist Italian wine buyer for Vinarius.<br />
Vinarius is a wine merchant and enoteca located at<br />
536 Roman Road, London, E3.<br />
vinarius.london
Rowing boats and<br />
pedalos for hire, Victoria<br />
Park West Lake<br />
Use it or lose it<br />
Personal training with Michelle Crawford<br />
Children welcome if you can't get childcare<br />
Fighting Fit Studio, 15 Bow Wharf, E3 5SN<br />
michellept.wordpress.com<br />
07805 612127<br />
Regal Boat Hire Ltd<br />
07852 127895<br />
info@regalboathire.co.uk<br />
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Eating in<br />
fish or vegetable stock. Add the<br />
cooked pasta, 1 tablespoon of<br />
lemon juice and give the pasta a<br />
good mix. Check for seasoning.<br />
The sauce should coat the back<br />
of the spoon but not be too<br />
thick. Add more stock if the<br />
mixture looks dry.<br />
Once the pasta is heated<br />
through. Serve immediately<br />
with the pickled cucumber and<br />
sprinkle with chopped parsley.<br />
Waterhouse Restaurant<br />
and Cookery School:<br />
waterhouserestaurant.co.uk.<br />
For info about Shoreditch Trust:<br />
shoreditchtrust.org.uk/Home<br />
Crab Tagliatelle<br />
The Waterhouse Restaurant is<br />
host to Shoreditch Trust's Blue<br />
Marble Training Programme,<br />
providing opportunities and<br />
support for vulnerable young<br />
people to access careers in<br />
food. The restaurant is open for<br />
breakfast and lunch, and hosts<br />
the Waterhouse Cookery School<br />
in the evening.<br />
One of our popular summer<br />
dishes is crab tagliatelle. Look<br />
out for the Marine Stewardship<br />
Council (MSC) logo in your local<br />
supermarket to ensure you’re<br />
buying sustainable, wild-caught<br />
seafood.<br />
Method<br />
For the pickled cucumber, peel<br />
and de-seed the cucumber.<br />
Halve lengthways and slice into<br />
half-moon shapes 5mm thick.<br />
Add the vinegar, icing sugar,<br />
salt and parsley and mix well.<br />
Pick through the crab meat on<br />
a metal tray by pressing and<br />
pulling the meat towards you.<br />
Repeat this three times to make<br />
sure no shell is left. (Top tip:<br />
using a metal tray will enable<br />
you to hear if there is any shell<br />
left in your mix as you press the<br />
crab onto the tray.)<br />
In a bowl, mix together all the<br />
ingredients for the crab mix and<br />
season. Cover and leave to chill<br />
in the fridge.<br />
In a large pan, place 750ml of<br />
water to boil and add pasta. If<br />
using fresh pasta, cook for a<br />
few minutes until the tagliatelle<br />
floats to the top. If using dried<br />
pasta, cook for 7-10 minutes<br />
until the pasta is al dente.<br />
In a large frying pan, heat up<br />
the crab mix with 100ml of the<br />
Ingredients (for 4- 6)<br />
For the crab mix<br />
250g picked white crab meat<br />
1 shallot, finely chopped<br />
1 red chilli, finely chopped<br />
½ lemon, zest and juice<br />
1 tablespoon fresh parsley,<br />
finely chopped<br />
50g mascarpone<br />
Salt & pepper,to taste<br />
For the pickled cucumber<br />
1 cucumbers<br />
½ tablespoon icing sugar<br />
25ml white wine vinegar<br />
½ tablespoon fresh parsley,<br />
finely chopped<br />
Salt, to taste<br />
For the pasta<br />
500g Fresh or dried tagliatelle<br />
1 tablespoon lemon juice<br />
Vegetable or fish stock<br />
Fresh parsley, finely chopped<br />
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Eating out<br />
The Darkhorse<br />
There are sharing plates and<br />
small plates, neither something<br />
I’ve ever been too great at, but it<br />
did mean fried Padron peppers<br />
with our drinks, which are super<br />
tasty and not found as often<br />
enough.<br />
Warm English asparagus with girolles and soft boiled egg<br />
An East Village restaurant that's reassuringly<br />
grown up, finds Susan Birtwistle<br />
What a great name, but an<br />
area I had no idea how to get<br />
to. Bike was an option, but<br />
didn’t fancy riding home alone<br />
along the canal. The answer<br />
my friends, is Uber. I know<br />
I’m late to the party but what<br />
a revelation, even with those<br />
slightly alarming looking photos<br />
they send of the driver.<br />
My driver and I set off to what<br />
is the very furthest side of the<br />
Olympic Park. It’s another world,<br />
especially having driven through<br />
the familiar grunge and graffiti<br />
of Hackney Wick. For some<br />
reason I was expecting an old<br />
pub. No. This neighbourhood<br />
is brand spanking new and all<br />
a bit other worldly, reminding<br />
me of when the Docklands was<br />
first developed. Here it’s a highly<br />
manicured landlocked Utopia.<br />
No pubs just glass-fronted<br />
modern blocks.<br />
Once inside we were served<br />
by a wonderful Michael Ball<br />
lookalike. He didn’t break<br />
out into song, but he was<br />
reassuringly grown-up. I noticed<br />
many of the staff were, which<br />
is nice.<br />
Owners Ian Goodman and Lee<br />
Glen know that being interesting<br />
and interested keeps you<br />
young, and they’re doing this by<br />
opening their first restaurant,<br />
having worked in the industry<br />
for more than 30 years.<br />
Of course the food is modern:<br />
Italian and Spanish with a bit<br />
of seasonal British thrown in.<br />
Then I ate some delicious<br />
warm English asparagus. I’ve<br />
particularly loved asparagus this<br />
season, pretty much eaten my<br />
body weight with the amount<br />
I’ve got through. Next up was a<br />
veal escalope with artichokes,<br />
beautifully done and delicious.<br />
No pudding, but I did stay and<br />
enjoy another drink just to<br />
ensure my Uber home was<br />
totally worthwhile.<br />
Small dishes £4.95-£8; mains<br />
£12-£17.50.<br />
The Darkhorse,16-19 Victory<br />
Parade,East Village, E20 1FS.<br />
thedarkhorserestaurant.com<br />
The waiting area inside Darkhorse<br />
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Legal eagle<br />
so that they can care for your<br />
child in the event of the death<br />
of all people previously holding<br />
parental responsibility – or in<br />
the case of the person who has<br />
died having a residence order<br />
(custody).<br />
Advertorial<br />
Dealing with nappies and night feeds is<br />
hard enough, but what about the legal<br />
aspects of having a baby, writes<br />
Emma Baillie<br />
Returning to work<br />
Nothing is probably further<br />
from your mind, but for many<br />
of us the time to return to work<br />
eventually arrives. Generally<br />
you are entitled to return to<br />
the same job on the same<br />
pay. Your holidays have built<br />
up whilst you have been on<br />
leave and can be added to the<br />
period of maternity leave or<br />
taken at another time. Many<br />
returning mums want to work<br />
flexible hours. There is no<br />
entitlement to flexible working,<br />
but employees who have been<br />
in post for at least 26 weeks<br />
(including maternity leave) have<br />
the right to request it.<br />
Having a child is one of the<br />
biggest events of your life. While<br />
you're pregnant there is no<br />
shortage of people telling you<br />
how your soon-to-arrive bundle<br />
of joy will change your life – but<br />
what about the legal stuff? Here<br />
are some tips on what you need<br />
to do once the baby comes.<br />
Register the birth<br />
This has to be done within<br />
42 days of the birth. If you’re<br />
unmarried make sure both<br />
parents register the birth.<br />
An unmarried father (or other<br />
second parent) does not<br />
automatically have “parental<br />
responsibility” – which is the<br />
right to be consulted about<br />
important decisions on the<br />
child, such as schooling, religion,<br />
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etc, unless they are named on<br />
the birth certificate. Providing<br />
the parents are still together<br />
this will not usually present<br />
a practical problem, but this<br />
does also cover the right to give<br />
consent, perhaps for medical<br />
treatment, and in an emergency<br />
that could be really important if<br />
Dad is the one on the scene.<br />
Make a will<br />
This is an opportunity to provide<br />
financially and practically for your<br />
child. Financially, you are likely<br />
to want any assets (including<br />
perhaps a life insurance payout)<br />
to be held on trust for when<br />
your child is an adult. Practically,<br />
you will need to appoint a<br />
guardian. This will give parental<br />
responsibility to another adult<br />
Emma Baillie<br />
Emma Baillie is a solicitor<br />
and head of family finance<br />
at TV Edwards. Contact her<br />
at 020 3440 8347 or email<br />
emma.baillie@tvedwards.<br />
com for more information.<br />
tvedwards.com, 35-37 Mile<br />
End Road, E1 4TP
Money matters<br />
with many differenttypes of<br />
people and business sectors.<br />
It basically helps keep you in<br />
the loop and informed of what’s<br />
new and what’s trending, both<br />
at home and abroad.<br />
Facebook<br />
Using Facebook gives us the<br />
freedom to expressourselves<br />
without space limitations,so<br />
it’s ideal for uploading pictures,<br />
videos and sharing content.<br />
We have been recommended<br />
through Facebook, and this has<br />
led to more clients coming on<br />
board –agreat result.<br />
The power of social media cannot be<br />
underestimated, says Alan Patient<br />
Whether you’re a start-up or an<br />
established business, learning<br />
to use social media effectively<br />
will bring great rewards. I’m sure<br />
there are many thousands of<br />
East London businesses already<br />
using Twitter, LinkedIn, etc, to<br />
great effect. But if you’re not<br />
one of those people, you may<br />
find our experience helpful.<br />
Two years agowe took ourfirst<br />
steps into the world of social<br />
media. Alongwith our shiny new<br />
website, we have seen great<br />
benefitsfrom using LinkedIn,<br />
Twitter and Facebook.So how<br />
does it work for us and what<br />
have we gained?<br />
LinkedIn<br />
As Chartered Accountants we<br />
really enjoy LinkedIn. It’s mainly<br />
set-up for professionals to use<br />
as a networking tool,but it’s also<br />
useful for giving out advice and<br />
gatheringinformation on certain<br />
topics such as tax and VAT.<br />
Some of the team: Chris James, Svitlana<br />
Matviychuk and Alan Patient (right)<br />
We have gained many clients<br />
and business connectionsas<br />
a result of using it regularly by<br />
posting advice, and commenting<br />
on posts written by other<br />
businesses and individuals.<br />
Twitter<br />
We have found Twitter helps us<br />
communicate with and follow <br />
people on all levels. We connect<br />
Social media has played an<br />
important part in the growth<br />
of our practice. I would highly<br />
recommend that you use it<br />
regularly but make sure that<br />
your posts are meaningful to<br />
the sort of people you want to<br />
attract. Use it as a tool to give<br />
advice, join in discussions and<br />
generally build up relationships<br />
with existing and potential<br />
clients.<br />
If you want to talk in more<br />
detail about this, or any other<br />
accountancy matter, please<br />
do get in touch. Our first<br />
consultation is free (as is our<br />
tea and cake).<br />
Next month<br />
My working day at Alan Patient<br />
& Co Ltd.<br />
Alan Patient & Co<br />
9 The Shrubberies<br />
George Lane<br />
South Woodford<br />
E18 1BD<br />
020 8532 9843<br />
alanpatient.com<br />
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History hangout<br />
Sculptures giving a nod to London Fields' history – and the only sheep you'll find there now<br />
Stephen Selby guides us along the legendary Porters' Path<br />
Back in1800 Hackney was a country village<br />
surrounded by fields and abundant apple<br />
orchards. Cricket was first played on London<br />
Fields in 1802, making it one of the oldest<br />
surviving pitches in London. But before the<br />
cricketers came, London Fields was probably the<br />
most significant point, and only resting place, for<br />
the livestock traversing the ancient Porters' Path.<br />
Once rested, the herds would reassemble by<br />
the Cat & Mutton pub (The "Shoulder of Mutton<br />
and Cat"), which is the beginning of today’s<br />
resurrected Broadway Market*.<br />
Here, the spirit of the long gone livestock is now<br />
represented by its abundance of restaurants and<br />
food shops.<br />
Perhaps as far back as the Romans, or even<br />
earlier, animals had tramped along the Porters'<br />
Path to their destiny along the three or so mile<br />
route, stretching from the Lea Valley to the<br />
London dockside.<br />
It was a ceaseless procession of sheep, cows and<br />
heavily-laden supply wagons, leading south from<br />
the fertile Lea Valley. The docile animals waded<br />
through the open ford at Hackney Brook by St<br />
Augustine’s Church. Then diverting from Church<br />
(Mare) Street, their trail passed along through<br />
Sylvester Row and Tower (Martello) Street, to their<br />
last grazing on London Fields.<br />
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History hangout<br />
There must have been never-ending agricultural<br />
traffic passing along the Porters’ Path. Imagine<br />
the clattering of grain wagons pulled by oxen,<br />
interspersed by herds of livestock on the hoof.<br />
Picture the drovers whose high-pitched whistling<br />
would have been heard above the incessant<br />
lowing and bleating. And no one could have<br />
avoided the smell of fresh manure and swarms of<br />
flies. Deep wheel ruts in the seemingly unending<br />
path would turn into quagmires after rain.<br />
The animals were probably diverted along Sheep<br />
Lane back into Goldsmiths Row, at about the<br />
same time the new Regents Canal was being laid<br />
(see yellow line on map, right). The crossing here<br />
is still known as The Cat & Mutton Bridge.<br />
Across Hackney Road at the Nag’s Head to Ion<br />
Square, the trail turned into Birdcage Walk,<br />
Virginia Row (Columbia Road), down to Brick Lane.<br />
Perhaps the first stop would have been at Sclater<br />
(Slaughter) Street to satisfy Shoreditch demand.<br />
Then over Whitechapel Road more unsuspecting<br />
animals would be held at Butcher Row at East<br />
Smithfield. The final stop was at St. Katherine’s<br />
multitudinous reaches where the live animals<br />
would board the sea-going ships to their final<br />
destination.<br />
*(First named Duncan Street 200 years ago when its<br />
first buildings and shop fronts arrived, marking the<br />
beginning of urban development).<br />
Clockwise from bottom left: The Cat & Mutton, 1900;<br />
London Fields today; Laurie and Whittle's Map, 1819; cricket<br />
in London Fields by Joseph O'Kelly, 2007; Cat & Mutton<br />
c1700.<br />
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Fitness<br />
corner, say press-ups, dorsal<br />
raises (back extensions), sit-ups<br />
and squats. Decide how you<br />
travel between the corners, say<br />
a side of each jogging, sprinting,<br />
lunge walking and bear crawling<br />
(all these exercises are easily<br />
Googled). After warming up,<br />
complete as many laps as you<br />
can, doing, say, 20 reps in each<br />
corner. Cool down.<br />
Advertorial<br />
Pilates Named after its founder,<br />
the German physical trainer<br />
Joseph Pilates, this holistic<br />
system of exercise aims to<br />
strengthen you in an even way,<br />
with emphasis on core strength.<br />
Roger Love, a local personal trainer,<br />
continues our A-Z of fitness with... P<br />
Press-ups (push-ups) and pull-ups<br />
These have featured regularly<br />
in this column over the past<br />
months and without apology<br />
because they really are worth it.<br />
A routine of press-ups and pullups,<br />
alongside some squats and<br />
sprints, would be a tremendous<br />
basis for getting fit and could<br />
easily be done in one of our<br />
local parks.<br />
Well Street Common, Victoria<br />
Park and London Fields all have<br />
pull-ups bars. Hackney council<br />
has been consulting the public<br />
about creating an outdoor gym<br />
area in London Fields (replacing<br />
the one in the Broadway<br />
Market-end playground) to<br />
include pull-up bars and parallel<br />
bars.<br />
Hopefully, it will match the<br />
legendary Tompkins Square<br />
Park in New York’s East Village,<br />
the playground of bodyweight<br />
exercise guru Al Kavadlo<br />
(who now, incidentally, has an<br />
app). See.alkavadlo.com for<br />
inspiration.<br />
Parade Square Corners A<br />
mainstay of boot camps, which<br />
can easily be set up for yourself<br />
or a training buddy. Find<br />
yourself a square – maybe a<br />
football pitch in Victoria Park or<br />
a space marked out with cones<br />
or in your own mind – and<br />
designate an exercise for each<br />
“It is effective as it addresses<br />
underlying structural<br />
imbalances in the body which<br />
can create on-going pain and<br />
difficulty with movement. The<br />
whole body is considered.<br />
Lengthened and strengthened<br />
muscles improve posture and<br />
overall fitness and retrain<br />
dysfunctional movement<br />
patterns, restoring optimum<br />
physical function,” says the<br />
Pilates Foundation, summing<br />
things up in a nutshell.<br />
In Hackney, there is a wide<br />
range of classes and teachers,<br />
including my neighbours in<br />
Netil House, Tempo Pilates, who<br />
run their classes on Reformer<br />
machines that offer resistance<br />
or support during exercises. See<br />
tempopilates.com<br />
The Fix physio studio, in<br />
Richmond Road, offers 1:1 and<br />
1:4 classes on mats or machines<br />
with the inspirational Eleah<br />
Waters and Natasha Vieira.<br />
fixlondon.co.uk<br />
Roger Love is a personal trainer<br />
based at Netil House, Westgate<br />
Street, E8. hackneypt.com<br />
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Wellbeing<br />
Advertorial<br />
Make time to nurture your relationships and you'll reap the<br />
benefits, writes Karen Liebenguth<br />
Healthy and supportive relationships help us<br />
to flourish as individuals and as communities.<br />
They are essential for our health and wellbeing,<br />
and yet we often don’t look after the important<br />
relationships in our lives as well as we could.<br />
When our relationships feel difficult, it’s often<br />
because our needs are not met: our need for<br />
understanding, respect, acceptance, recognition,<br />
support, love, trust, and so on.<br />
When someone is not the way we want them to<br />
be, or does not do what we want them to do, we<br />
are quick to react, to judge, to blame, because<br />
deep down we feel upset, disappointed, or even<br />
angry. And when we feel sad and frustrated we<br />
need understanding, love, connection and care.<br />
What truly connects us to others is compassion<br />
We all long for connection and yet it can be<br />
one of the most difficult things to do because<br />
to truly connect with someone, we need to let<br />
our defences down and allow ourselves to be<br />
vulnerable.<br />
How do we nurture our relationships?<br />
n Set aside some quality time.<br />
n When asking someone "how are you?" stop<br />
and listen; be interested in how they really are.<br />
n Smile more at your partner, children, a friend or<br />
colleague (or as many as you like) every day for<br />
a week and notice what happens, how you feel.<br />
n Make time to contact a close friend or family<br />
member you haven’t been in touch with for a<br />
while.<br />
n Notice someone under stress and lend a<br />
listening ear.<br />
Green Space Coaching and Mindfulness<br />
Training offers 1:1 coaching, team building<br />
(MBTI certified) and mindfulness courses for<br />
individuals, and organisations. Karen specialises<br />
in working with clients outdoors, offering<br />
coaching while walking and team-building<br />
workshops, as well as away-days in London’s<br />
green spaces, tapping into the energy of the<br />
outdoors to enhance creativity and insight.<br />
greenspacecoaching.com<br />
Get in touch to book a FREE coaching while<br />
walking taster session in Victoria Park<br />
karen@greenspacecoaching.com 07815 591279<br />
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Useful numbers<br />
Police<br />
Emergency 999<br />
Non-emergency 101<br />
Safer Neighbourhood 020 8721 2937<br />
Utilities<br />
Gas - emergency 0800 111 999<br />
Electrical - power loss 0800 404090<br />
Thames Water 0872 435 5973<br />
Health<br />
NHS Direct 111<br />
Homerton Hospital 020 8510 5555<br />
Royal London Hospital 020 7377 7000<br />
Clockwork Pharmacy 020 8985 1717<br />
Borno Pharmacy 020 8981 0600<br />
Hackney Council numbers<br />
General number 020 8356 3000<br />
Council tax enquiries 020 8356 3154<br />
Parking enquiries 020 8356 8877<br />
Waste removal 020 8356 6688<br />
Tower Hamlets Council numbers<br />
General number 020 7364 5020<br />
Council tax enquiries 020 7364 5002<br />
Parking enquiries 020 7364 5003<br />
Waste removal 020 7364 5004<br />
Local councillors/MP<br />
Local councillors (Victoria) 020 8356 3373<br />
MP (Meg Hillier) 020 7219 5325<br />
Library<br />
Hackney Central Library 020 8356 4358<br />
Bethnal Green Library 020 7364 3492<br />
Victoria Park<br />
Park Services (24/7) 020 8985 5699<br />
Victoria Park rangers 020 7364 4172<br />
Travel<br />
National Rail Enquiries 08457 484950<br />
Congestion Charge 0343 222 2222<br />
Transport for London 0343 222 1234<br />
Vet<br />
Goddard's, Well Street 020 8986 3918<br />
PDSA, Bow 020 8980 5011<br />
Wanstead Veterinary 020 8989 7744<br />
Hospital<br />
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24 <strong>July</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />
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Chartered Accountants • Registered Auditors<br />
9 The Shrubberies, George Lane, South Woodford, London E18 1BD • Tel: 020 8532 9843<br />
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