March 2017

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M A G A Z I N E
March 2017 ISSUE 36
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The beautiful art of book-making
The Artskickers Awards
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Celebrating the unsung heroes
of East London’s arts scene
Deadline for entries Monday 6 March 2017
Are you an Artskicker?
do you know an Artskicker?
We want to hear from you!
WWW.ARTSKICKERSAWARDS.COM
JUDGES INCLUDE: ✦ SHARON D. CLARKE MBE Olivier Award winner and star of Hackney Panto ✦
DEBORAH CURTIS Artist, founder of The House of Fairytales ✦ DENISE GOUGH winner 2016
Best Actress Olivier Award ✦ SUSIE MCKENNA Hackney Empire ✦ JOHN MULHOLLAND editor,
The Observer ✦ RENNELL SHAW Musician ✦ LEMN SISSAY MBE Poet & Chancellor of University
of Manchester ✦ GAVIN TURK Artist ✦ ZABOU Street Artist ✦
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Welcome to your local magazine
Dear neighbours
I can't quite believe it's three years since I
published the first edition of E9 Magazine. It's
changed a bit since then... not least the title. What
became LoveEast continues to evolve and is a
very different magazine to the one that dropped
through letterboxes back in 2014.
The biggest change was the design. Ilka Dickens
did me proud there, and she continues to forge
ahead with her beautiful creations. You can see
more of her and other makers' work at the Urban
Makers' pop-up shop at Fount London (see p21).
It would be great to get some feedback from
readers, so please do drop me a line if you feel
the urge to tell me what you like or what you'd like
to see in future editions.
A fitting gift to celebrate LoveEast's third birthday
is our involvement with the #Artskickers Awards.
This is the amazing brainchild of Angie Gough
(aka @TheArtsCrusader), and its mission is to big
up individuals and organisations who are doing
fantastic things to engage people with the arts in
East London. Head over to p13 to read all about
how to enter, who the judges are and what's in
store for the lucky winners. Best put your skates
on, though, nominations close on 6 March.
Julie
Julie Daniels
T: 07752 288405
E: julie@nutshellpublications.co.uk
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C O N T E N T S
6
Meet one of East
London's nastiest
criminals
10
The beautiful art of
book-making
13
Calling all #artskickers.
Get those nominations
in now!
24
Funerals – East
London-style
30
Crushed avocado on
sourdough: a yummy
Mother's Day treat
Twitter: @LoveEastMag
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Cover photo: London Centre for Book Arts
To advertise in LoveEast please call 07752 288405 or email julie@nutshellpublications.co.uk for further information.
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East life
Search for the
smoking gun
Sophie Baggott meets Julian Woodford, author of the
thrilling crime biography The Boss of Bethnal Green
Image: George Woodford
Cast aside Sherlock, there's
a sharper detective in town –
historian extraordinaire Julian
Woodford.
Not only has he exposed the
East End's vilest gangster –
Joseph Merceron, who hid in
history’s shadows until now –
but Julian has also tracked down
long-lost relics (including a
pistol, pictured above, fired in a
royal assassination attempt).
What’s more, he has that vital
ounce of empathy missing in
Baker Street's has-been.
Best of all, Julian hasn't left it to
a mere sidekick to record his
findings. No offence, Watson.
Julian has laid bare his
research in a thrilling
biography: The Boss of Bethnal
Green.
“The more I found out about
Merceron, the more I realised
how truly evil he was,” Julian
says.
Merceron, aka the
“Boss”, was born
in 1764 to a
pawnbroker
and property merchant. The
1800s saw him evolve from a
greedy landlord into a parish
“blood-sucker”, with exploits
ranging from bullock-racing to
stripping a severely disabled girl
of all she owned.
Ultimately, after decades of
milking poor relief funds as a
local government treasurer,
he faced a trial for fraud and
perjury.
It was in these legal transcripts
that Julian learned about
Merceron’s cruel embezzlement
of Mary Cheesman, termed an
“idiot” for her mental disabilities.
"Surely his worst crime," Julian
says.
On top of this, Merceron had
his half-sister incarcerated in an
asylum.
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Imagine a concoction of the
notorious East End gangster
Kray twins and fraudster Robert
Maxwell, then you’ve got an
inkling of Merceron’s character.
In the early 1900s, husbandand-wife
sociologists Sidney
and Beatrice Webb wrote what
little description existed of
Merceron’s crimes.
Their dry passages didn’t cut it
for Julian, though, who set out
to investigate further and pen
a richer, justifiably appalling
narrative.
Julian’s journey towards
publishing The Boss of Bethnal
Green is itself a dynamic story,
full of coincidences and nearmisses.
My meeting with him even
conjured up an odd twist of
its own. We realised that the
would-be assassin of King
George III, James Hadfield, had
been sectioned in Bedlam –
which had once stood right
where we sat in Liverpool
Street.
Hadfield had been deemed "not
guilty" of trying to kill the king
due to mental instability.
"It was the first record of such a
court verdict," Julian says.
His pistol found its way into
Rocque map of Brick Lane area
Merceron’s hands, as did most
objects of any worth in East
London at the time. Eventually
it reached Merceron’s living
descendants.
Through The Times’ obituaries,
Julian came across a handful of
family members.
Merceron’s great-greatgranddaughter
was just shy of
her 94th birthday when he got
in touch with her. He recalls
how this extraordinary lady,
Susan Kendall, had said simply:
“You’d better hurry over to
Wiltshire, I’m 93!”.
Susan hoped Julian’s book might
lift what seemed to be a “family
curse”, so put him in touch
with her nephew – a military
chaplain.
Together they hauled an old
tin chest down from the attic.
This mysterious box opened
to reveal the Hadfield's gun,
once a treasured possession of
Merceron himself.
Over a decade in the making,
The Boss of Bethnal Green is the
kind of book that makes you
contemplate the city where so
many millions live.
How many more strange flukes
or branches of family trees lurk
around the corner? What other
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East life
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truth?
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What makes you most proud of East London?
People from all backgrounds setting an
example to the world of how to get along.
Where do you like to spend most time?
Anywhere with a view of Hawksmoor's
marvellous churches.
Best coffee?
The Organic Coffee Cup stall outside Christ
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Best restaurant?
It has to be Leila's on Calvert Avenue.
What changes have you seen in the area?
Too many ugly office towers at the expense of
affordable houses.
Is there anything you'd change?
Bulldoze the office towers.
If East London were human who would it be?
My friend The Gentle Author of Spitalfields
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up a mirror to the wonderful diversity of East
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East London makers
Every trick
in the book
Christine Preisig visits the UK's first – and so far only –
open-access book arts centre in Hackney Wick
Four years ago, artists Simon Goode and Ira
Yonemura opened the London Centre for Book
Arts (LCBA) in Fish Island, Hackney Wick.
The centre provides a space where artists,
designers and hobbyists can use the specialised
and often hard-to-come-by equipment needed
for making books.
It was after Simon finished his BA in
book arts when he found out that
outside of school, there was nowhere
he could access the machinery and
tools needed to continue making art in
book form.
Book arts centres have a long-standing tradition
in the US so Simon set out on a three-month
trip to visit some of the institutions there. What
he found inspired him and Ira (who he met on
his travels) so much that they decided to open
Britain’s first and only self-funded, open-access
book arts centre.
“Here in London – mainly in West London – there
is this funny, niche bookbinding culture," says
Simon.
"They are very strict traditionalists who make
books that are very, very traditional and
expensive. But here at the LCBA, we want people
to make their own books the way they want to.
We want the widest possible audience in our
centre.”
The two artists’ motivation is to promote
book arts, often thought to be a dying
craft, as a lively and vibrant art form that
can take many shapes.
The centre encourages self-publishing
and supports a creative community via
collaborations and education.
Workshops taught there include the traditional
book-making crafts such as letterpress printing
and bookbinding but also paper marbling,
boxmaking and foil block printing.
Book art is interdisciplinary and involves a
wide range of techniques. No wonder a lot of
equipment is needed for it.
Ira and Simon have been accumulating it over the
years. Some of it is ancient and some – like the
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East London makers
Images: London Centre for Book Arts
neatly ordered miniscule letterpress type – might,
in fact, have been produced in the type foundry
that used to be situated nearby and that was part
of the printing industry that had a long history in
Fish Island.
Visit LCBA’s website to find a full listing of the
workshops on offer, or stop by to browse the shop
and watch the makers at work.
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The Artskickers Awards
#
Three of our prestigious judges, above, and below, Freida Pinto and Russell Tovey show some artskicking love
Nominate your #artskicking heroes now, says Angie Gough
Woohooo! Nominations are
rolling in for the #Artskickers
Awards and the prizes just get
better and better. Here’s what
you or the #Artskicker in your
life could WIN just by getting
involved…
Shortlisted nominees will be
invited to join Zabou, Gavin
Turk, Renell Shaw, Susie
McKenna, Denise Gough,
Deborah Curtis, Sharon D Clarke
and the rest of our judges for
a right fancy ceremony on
Wednesday, 29 March, at the
Stage EC2. It’s happening on the
site of Shakespeare's original
Curtain Theatre in Shoreditch,
which is pretty dang special.
Winners will receive a one-ofa-kind
award – created by local
artist Caroline McCambridge
– and customised by street
artist and judge Zabou. A totally
original work of art.
Winners will also be featured
right here in LoveEast
magazine and rewarded with
a specially tailored bundle
of goodies donated by our
judges, sponsors and a host
of generous East London
businesses who happen to love
#Artskickers.
We’ve got …
Vouchers * Theatre tickets *
Flowers * Sparkly Stuff * Coffee
* An actual real life Social
Media Manager * Art Supplies *
Once-in-a-lifetime experiences
involving famous people
(shhhhh....)
Selected FUTURE ARTISTs (ages
5-12 and 12-18) will participate
in their very own exhibition or in
a rooftop concert at Bootstrap
Gallery in Dalston. What a way
to launch a career!
ALL nominees will feature on
the #Artskickers Wall of Fame in
Shoreditch after the event.
What are you waiting for?
For all the details and to
nominate now head to
artskickersawards.com
Swoosh!
To see who's been nominated
and to find out more follow
@TheArtsCrusader on Instagram,
Facebook and Twitter
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The Artskickers Awards
#
CGI images: The Stage
The stage is
set for the
#Artskickers
Awards
The Stage's 37-floor apartment block, along with raised park and art wall
Can art and property development live happily together?
In this case they can, writes Julie Daniels
I recently met Gary Conway, head of marketing
at The Stage – a new residential, office and retail
complex being built on the site of Shakespeare's
Curtain Theatre in Shoreditch.
The Stage is a stupendous £750m Shoreditch
complex developed by Galliard Homes. Sitting
in their beautiful marketing suite, the glamour
of where I am is countered by the real downto-earthness
of the man I'm talking to. Gary's
Stepney-born dad was one of the founders of
Galliard and East London is still very much part of
the company's DNA.
There’s an openness about Gary and his
colleagues that you wouldn’t expect from such
a big developer. It’s still very much a family affair
and they seem genuinely thrilled to be giving
something back to the community. "We like
relationships," says Gary. "We're very 'what you
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The Artskickers Awards
#
see is what you get' and we're the least corporate
animal you'll ever meet."
The Stage are the main sponsors of the
#Artskickers Awards. If you're a regular LoveEast
reader you'll know all about the awards and their
very talented creator Angie Gough (aka
@TheArtsCrusader). It's her (and LoveEast's)
mission to celebrate the many unsung heroes of
East London’s arts scene.
It’s fair to say that there can be a certain
scepticism about a property company sponsoring
an arts award, but the development plan speaks
for itself.
Galliard (along with partners Cain Hoy, McCourt,
and Estate Office Shoreditch) are building The
Stage – 412 apartments, offices, retail and leisure
spaces, including a rooftop public park – in
London's hippest location. But the jewel in the
community crown is that they are contributing to
the preservation of one of England’s cultural gems
– the remains of Shakespeare’s Curtain Theatre.
In the midst of the sparkly new buildings will be a
public square to show off the recently excavated
1577 Elizabethan playhouse – the place where
Henry V was first seen, Shakespeare performed
and Elizabeth I visited.
The public square and sunken amphitheatre
The Curtain Theatre under excavation
Photo: Cain Hoy
A heritage centre will display artefacts found when
the theatre was being excavated, and there will a
glass viewing platform above the remains, as well
as a sunken amphitheatre providing a venue for
performances.
So when we approached The Stage for help with
the #Artskickers Awards, they were well and truly
in the culture groove and wanted to do all they
could. This includes giving over the Shoreditch
Streetart Wall (now owned by the developers)
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to showcase nominees, hosting a glittering
ceremony for the winners at the glamorous Stage
HQ and generally giving financial help, practical
support and great publicity.
"So what's in it for The Stage," I asked. "Well, we
really liked Angie," says Gary. "She's very inspiring
– and it provides us with some real culture which
is lacking until Shakespeare arrives! To be honest
we thought 'Wow, this is amazing for us'."
The feeling is definitely mutual.
Deadline for entries: 9.30am, 6 March 2017.
To hear from our judges, find out about prizes
and keep in touch with the #Artskickers, follow
@TheArtsCrusader on Instagram, Facebook and
Twitter.
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What's on in March
MON TUE WED
Weekly
Gymnastics class,
5.15-7.15pm, £4.50,
for ages 2-15, YMCA,
642 Forest Road
Get fit, 6.30-8.30pm,
Matchroom Stadium,
Oliver Road, for men
35-65
Tumble Tots, 1.30-
3pm, 6-24 months,
Comberton Children's
Centre, E5 9PU
6
London Spelling Bee,
7pm, £5, The Book
Club, Shoreditch,
adults only
6-7
Collaborative
performance
composition workshop,
10am-1pm, £35/50,
two days, Chisenhale
Dance Space
13
Learn to sew, 6.30-
9.30pm, £90, make
pyjamas, TS Studio,
thethriftystitcher.co.uk
20
Wanstead Backgammon
Society, 7.30-10pm,
FREE, The Duke of
Wanstead, all abilities
welcome
Wiggly Jigglers, 1pm.
£4 drop-in, for ages
0-2, Rich Mix
Weekly
London two-pound
drawing class,
2pm, Frizzante,
Hackney City Farm,
drawingclass@
monstersmith.com
7
Shhh Dating Party
East, 7-9.30pm, from
£18, Farr's School of
Dancing, E8
Baby-friendly fitness
class, 11-11.45am, £96
for 12-wk block, Unit
8 Broadway Market
Comedy show,
7.30-10pm, £15,
Queen Mary
University, Mile End
Road
7-18
Frankenstein, £10-
20, new production,
Wilton's Music Hall,
wiltons.org.uk
14
Just Another Girl On
The IRT, 7pm, Genesis
Cinema
21
Lil' Pillow Talk,
7-9pm, knitting party,
Hoxton Square Bar,
woolandthegang.com
Chatterbooks reading
group, 4-5pm, ages
8-12, Clapton library,
020 8356 7480
1
Morning Gloryville,
6.30am, £12-18, Oval
Space, brownpaper
tickets.com/event/
2856868
Me For Queen, 7.30pm,
£5, Me For Queen
piano soul folk gig,
Paper Vintage, 352
Mare Street
1-2
Fairy stories and
traditional tales of film,
10.30am, £1-3, Rich
Mix, part of World
Book Week
8
Terraza Takeover:
Castilla y León,
6.30pm, £20, tapas
& wine experience,
Tapas Brindisa,
Shoreditch
15
Middle Eastern cookery
course, 6-9pm, £75,
E5 Bakehouse,
Hackney, e5bakehouse.
com
22
Ingeenium's Wild
Things, 8pm, £8/10,
performed by Victoria
Park Singers, St
John of Jerusalem,
intothewild.bpt.me
29
Coffee morning,
10.30am-12pm, Vicky
Park community
centre, 5 Gore Road
THU
2
Lindy hop class, 8-9pm,
£9/ £35 x5, Chats Palace,
cookiesjam.com
Throwback Thursday,
7pm, FREE, Dalston
Social, 8 Stoke
Newington Road
9
Girlhood, 6.30pm at
Museum of Childhood
16
Gascoyne Lives, 6.30-8pm,
FREE, film screening
exploring community life,
Hackney Museum
16
Spitalfields' Nippers,
6.30-8pm. A talk by The
Gentle Author, Museum
of Childhood
Swing Your Heart Out,
6.30-10pm, £5, Geffrye
Museum geffrye-museum.
org.uk
16-18
London Beer Week, £10,
ovalspace.co.uk
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Bar Counter launch party,
7-11.30pm, FREE, Red
Gates, 12 Stour Road, E3
Walk over hot coals and
broken glass, £25. Are
you brave enough for
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What to do
Dancing
Toddler street dance, kids' ballet, Glee Club and
acrobatics. There's a whole lot of fantastic things
going on at stratford-circus.com
Try some ballet and contemporary dance
classes with the East London Dance School
at the Chisenhale Dance Space in Bow.
eastlondondanceschool.co.uk
Get those kids hopping, skipping and jumping at
Chisenhale Dance Space's Creative Movement
Classes. chisenhaledancespace.co.uk/creativemovement/
Ballet for children at the Hackney Forge on
Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Call Mafalda on
07550 722 693 for details: mafaldaballetblog.
blogspot.com
Museums
Lots of great things to see at the Museum of
Childhood, including a talk by the Gentle Author
on 16 March about Spitalfields' Nippers by Horace
Warner.
Become a Geffrye Explorer! Fun family activities at
the Geffrye Museum every Saturday and Sunday,
12.30pm to 4.30pm.
Music and Drama
Piccolo singing, music & dancing for babies and
toddlers runs every Wednesday and Friday, V&A
building, Victoria Park. Toddler class 10am, baby
class 11am. Drop-in. Stefanie 07708 451314.
Baby Music Class in the Straw Bale building at
Hackney City Farm. 10-10.45am and 11-11.45am.
babymusicclass.co.uk
Diddy Bugs. Try Hackney Forge on a Wednesday
morning. Cbeebies actress Samantha Seager runs
acting classes for little tots. actingbugs.co.uk
Follow us on
Join Cbeebies actor Samantha Seager
(Bobby, Me Too!) and her team
for fun filled, interactive drama
and storytelling sessions
for 2-5 year olds at one of our
classes in Stoke Newington,
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Has your little
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See www.actingbugs.co.uk
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and to book a free taster class
Music with Maddy at the Hackney Museum every
from 10am-11am. Reading Lane, E8.
Pottery
Every Sunday there are drop-in children's pottery
sessions at Hackney City Farm. There's no need to
book, just come along ready to get messy.11am-
1pm and 2-4pm. £5. Goldsmith's Row, E2.
Hand-throwing classes at Wonderland
Ceramics every Friday evening. The classes are
suitable for ages 12+. 6-9pm, £20 per session.
wonderlandceramics.com
Tumbling & Climbing
Tumbling Bay playground, north of the Olympic
Park: rock pools, tree houses, wobbly bridges.
To the south there's the gigantic red rocks to
climb, oversized swings and giant sandpits. Then
walk over to Here East canalside for some light
refreshments at The Breakfast Club or any of the
other great eateries springing up there.
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with the kids
Stories
Storytime for the under 5s at Victoria Park
Community Centre every Tuesday from 10am to
11.30am. 5 Gore Road, E9. FREE.
Yoga for babies...
Baby-focused classes using massage, classical
yoga postures, stretches and balances adapted
to their stage of growth. Fridays, Royal Inn on the
Park, E9.10.45am-11.45am. £6.50. Karen: firsttouchmassage@hotmail.co.uk,
07902 227 669.
...and their mums
Yoga for Mums and Babies, every Monday at
10.30am with tea and biscuits afterwards.
Hackney Forge, E9. 07958 645 978 or email
clare@clareday-yoga.co.uk
Riding
From Lee Valley Riding Centre on Lea Bridge
Road leevalleypark.org.uk/go/horseriding/ to
aldersbrookriding.co.uk, where the children can
go on a 'riding picnic' in Wanstead Flats. The
Docklands Equestrian Centre in Beckton is also a
great place docklandsequestriancentre.com
Swimming
London Fields Lido offer swimming lessons and
stages 3-8 swimming classes. Go to betterlessons.
org.uk for details. Plus Mile End Leisure Centre,
York Hall or the gorgeous Aquatics Centre, QE
Olympic Park.
Events may change so please do check on times/
availability via the websites or phone numbers
provided after each entry.
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What's on in March
FRI SAT SAT
SUN
Weekly
Pilates in the park,
11.30am, £10,.The
Clubhouse, Vicky Park
Children's games club,
4-5pm, for ages 5+,
Dalston CLR library
Drop-in rucksack music
group, 10-11am, £4.50
per child, for 0-4yrs,
Springfield Park café,
Clapton
3-5
Vikings & Valkyries: A
Puppet Project, FREE,
Leytonstone library,
wfculture.eventbrite.
com
3
Hackney table tennis
club, 7-9pm, over-
16s, Clissold Leisure
Centre
World Book Day, Ann
Tayler Children's
Centre, 1-13 Triangle
Road, E8
Public tours, 12-1pm,
FREE, The Machines
Room, 45 Vyner Street
17-19
Talented Art Fair,
6pm, from £6, Old
Truman Brewery,
talentedartfair.com
31
Johnny Flynn & The
Sussex Wit, £17, 7pm,
St John-at-Hackney
church
Weekly
Yoga glow, 10am, £10,
under the neon lights,
God's Own Junkyard,
Walthamstow
Walking for health,
10.30-11.30am, FREE,
no booking required,
meet at GP surgery,
45 Wanstead Place,
E11
4
Paint a mural, 10am-
4.30pm, graffiti
workshop, from £21,
Hackney Downs
studios, hackneyarts.
com
British Military Fitness,
8.45-9.45am, FREE,
meet at Victoria Park
Royal Gate East
HoopTone fitness
class, 1-2pm, £10,
Shoreditch Town Hall,
hoops provided
Saturday Storytime,
2-4pm, FREE,. Harrow
Green community
library, for 3-11yrs,
with snacks
11
Brewery tour and
beer tasting, 3pm,
£15, The Five Points
Brewing Company,
fivepointsbrewing.
co.uk/tours/
11
Spring wild food
foraging, 11am-4pm,
£28, meet at the
Pavilion café, Vicky
Park. hackneyarts.com
11
Barnardo's 10k run,
10am-1pm, from
£11, Queen Elizabeth
Olympic Park
11
The 2007 Indie Disco,
9pm-3am, The
Mangle, London
Fields
11
Work on a furniture
project, £85, School
of Stuff, Shacklewell
Lane, schoolofstuff.
co.uk
11
An evening with
Christopher Biggins,
7pm, Vicky Park
Community Centre
18
Bow Beasties, 10am-
12.30pm, FREE, club
for ages 3-12, Tower
Hamlets Cemetery
Park
25-26
Magical Museum
Sleepover, 7pm-9am,
£45, for ages 7-12,
Museum of Childhood
25
Family day, 1-4pm,.
FREE, William Morris
Gallery, Walthamstow
Weekly
Children's Pottery drop-in
class, 11am-1pm &
2-4pm, £5, Hackney City
Farm
5
Wake up gigs, 1-5pm,
parents £12.50, kids
£5.50, Tea Building,
Shoreditch, 07541
906743
Mick's Garage Sale,
12-5pm, FREE, Queen's
Yard, Hackney Wick
Acoustic Sunday, 2-8pm,
The Crypt Café in De
Beauvoir
12
Zine Fair, 4-11pm, FREE,
Moth Club, part of
International Womens
Week
Hackney Record Fair,
11am-6pm, Epic,
Dalston
26
Mamma Mia!, 7-10pm,
FREE, Boondocks
Cinema Club,
Mother's Day special,
boondocksldn.com
Traces of the Future
exhibition, 10am-5pm,
last chance to see the
show, Nunnery Gallery,
Bow
POP-corn short film
night, £4-6, Poplar
Union, email for your
film to be considered,
popcorn-film@
poplarunion.com
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Culture corner
What's on at the Museum
of Childhood this month
New exhibition Searching For Ghosts features
work by local and internationally renowned
photographer Tom Hunter. It brings together
children who live on Tower Hamlets Boundary
Estate (built in1898) and residents who have lived
in the area for up to 95 years.
The last of the films in the Watch Talk Think Film
season is Girlhood, 15 (2014). It's showing on 9
March. Doors open at 6.30pm and tickets are £7.
On 16 March, 6.30-8pm, The Gentle Author is
giving an introductory talk on Spitalfields’ Nippers
by Horace Warner. Tickets are £7.
The museum has two events for board game
lovers. Settlers of Catan Day with Mindsport
Olympiad takes place on 18 March from 10am-
5pm. Tickets for ages eight and up are £7.
Donnybrook Court residents by Tom Hunter
Pandemic Live! Can you help save humanity? takes
place on 23 March, 6.30-9pm. Join award-winning
comedians and help them save the world. It's just
for adults and costs £10.
To see full details and book tickets visit vam.ac.uk/
moc/whatson
V&A Museum of Childhood, Cambridge Heath Road,
E2 9PA
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MON TUE WED THU
March
1
Fairy Stories, p16
Morning Gloryville, p16
Me For Queen, p16
2
Lindy hop, p16
Throwback
Thursday, p16
Fairy Stories, p16
6
London Spelling Bee,
p16
Gymnastics p16
Get fit, p16
Tumble Tots, p16
7
London Two Pound
Drawing Class, p16
Shhh Dating Party East,
p16
Baby fitness, p16
Comedy show, p16
8
Terraza Takeover, p16
9
Girlhood, p21
Swing your heart
out, p16
Gascoyne Lives,
p16
13
Learn to sew, p16
Gymnastics p16
Get fit, p16
Tumble Tots, p16
14
London Two Pound
Drawing Class, p16
Just Another Girl On
The IRT, p16
15
Middle Eastern cookery
course, p16
16
London Beer Week,
p16
Spitalfields' Nippers,
p21
20
Backgammon, p16
Wiggly Jigglers, p16
Gymnastics p16
Get fit, p16
Tumble Tots, p16
21
London Two Pound
Drawing Class, p16
Lil Pillow Talk, p16
Chatterbooks, p16
22
Ingeeniums Wild Things,
p16
23
Bar Counter launch
party, p16
Walk over hot
coals, p16
27
Gymnastics p16
Get fit, p16
Tumble Tots, p16
28
London Two Pound
Drawing Class, p16
29
Coffee morning, p16
30
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FRI SAT SUN
3
Hackney table tennis club,
p20
Public tours, p20
World Book Day, p20
Vikings puppet project, p20
10
Pilates in the park, p20
Children's games club, p20
Drop-in rucksack music
group, p20
17
Pilates in the park, p20
Children's games club, p20
Drop-in rucksack music
group, p20
Talented Art Fair, p20
London Beer Week, p16
4
Storytime, p20
British Military Fitness, p20
Yoga glow, p20
HoopTone, p20
Vikings puppet project, p20
Paint a mural, p20
11
Walking for health p20
Indie disco, p20
10k run, p20
Food foraging, p20
Brewery tour, p20
Christopher Biggins, p20
18
Walking for health p20
Yoga glow, p20
Talented Art Fair, p20
London Beer Week,
p16
Bow Beasties, p20
5
Vikings puppet project,
p20
Wake up gigs, p20
Acoustic Sunday, p20
Children's pottery drop
-in, p20
12
Zine Fair, p20
Hackney Record Fair,
p20
Children's pottery dropin,
p20
19
Children's pottery dropin,
p20
Talented Art Fair, p20
24
Pilates in the park, p20
Children's games club, p20
Drop-in rucksack music
group, p20
25
Walking for health p20
Magical Museum Sleepover, p20
Yoga glow, p20
Family day at WM Gallery, p20
26
Mamma Mia!, p20
Short film night, p20
Children's pottery dropin,
p20
Traces of Future, p20
Mother's Day!
31
Pilates in the park, p20
Children's games club, p20
Drop-in rucksack music
group, p20
Art events
General events
Outdoor events
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History hangout
Dying tradition
Hasina Zaman explains the
history behind the horsedrawn
funeral procession
In East London, a Victorian horse-drawn funeral is
an impressive and iconic sight.
Grief-stricken Queen Victoria set the precedent in
1861 on the death of Prince Albert. She arranged
an ostentatious funeral that set the standard for
public grief.
Such was the demand for mourning wear that
there was a shortage of black crêpe. It was
used in such vast quantities in the 1890s that
Courtauld’s built a textile empire on the sales of
crêpe alone.
It was a dull silk gauze – a crimped and stiff
textured material and mostly dyed the deepest of
blacks. White crêpe was used for the widow’s cap.
Funerals would often consist of a glass carriage
with two or four black or white horses dressed
with plumes of ostrich feathers. White horses
were used for unmarried women and children,
and black for men.
Queen Victoria’s influence was immense and it
was common practice for families to save large
amounts of money for their funerals.
The number of plumes would indicate the
amount spent on the funeral and, for the affluent
families, paid mutes would sometimes be seen
processing with the cortège.
The cortège travelled from the family home to the
church and then to the cemetery. This enabled
people to stop and pay their respects as the
procession passed.
They would stop and face the hearse, bowing
their heads until it passed. Men would take their
hats off.
This style of funeral is still carried out today,
but unfortunately many people are unaware of
the tradition, as we regularly see cars trying to
overtake the slow-moving carriages.
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Secret East
Picture: Louis Saul Langfier (1859–1916) – National Portrait Gallery
A bit of blue
Rachel Kolsky remembers
Hackney's undisputed
queen of Music Hall
2017 sees the 150th anniversary of the
unveiling of the first London Blue Plaque
commemorating Lord Byron.
First administered by the Royal Society of the
Arts, the Blue Plaque scheme is now run by
Historic England.
Over the past 150 years more than 900 plaques
have been placed around our capital city. You
can go blue plaque spotting in Hackney to find
its seven official signs. These are complemented
by around 50 brown plaques erected by the
borough.
The plaque at 55 Graham Road commemorates
the home of music hall artist, Marie Lloyd.
Born Mathilda Alice Victoria Wood in 1870 to
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a theatrical family, she began performing at
the Eagle Tavern, Hoxton.
At the age of 14 she was billed as Bella Delmere
but a year later styled herself Marie Lloyd
and had her first big hit, The Boy I Love is Up in
the Gallery.
Her rise to fame and fortune was swift but not
without controversy. The lyrics of her songs
often had her in front of the censors but she
could transform innuendos into innocence and
her songs continued to be sung.
She performed on all the major London stages
and travelled around the globe. Her later hits
included My Old Man ("...said follow the van") and
Oh Mr Porter.
When, in 1907, London's stage performers
went on strike for better pay conditions Marie
supported them.
In response, the establishment punished her
by excluding her from the first Royal Variety
Performance (1912). Marie’s answer was to hold
her own variety performance billed By Order of
the British Public.
Her personal life was marred by three ne'erdo-well
husbands, although the middle
one was a performer with whom she had a
successful professional partnership.
At the age of 52 she was in ill-health
and while performing in Edmonton,
collapsed. She died a few days later
at her Golders Green home.
Her funeral at Hampstead Cemetery
was attended by nearly 100,000 people. A
pub in Hoxton was named after her and when it
closed a bar at the Hackney Empire was named
in her honour.
Tour guide and historian Rachel is always
seeking the human stories behind the buildings.
You will spot her all over London carrying a
large colourful fluffy flower and with a group of
people following behind. golondontours.com

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Eating in
sauté the shallot and leek for
1-2 minutes.
Roughly chop the spinach,
add to the pan and sauté for
another 3-4 minutes. You want
to just about wilt the spinach.
Towards the end season with
some pepper.
To serve, toast the two slices of
sourdough bread, peel the eggs
and cut them in half. Then place
a slice on each plate, generously
spread the bread with the
crushed avocado, add a layer
of sautéed spinach, top with
an egg each, add some garden
cress if you have it, sprinkle
each slice with a tablespoon
of olive oil and finish off with a
pinch of chilli flakes and some
freshly ground black pepper.
Diana Warrings has the perfect recipe for a
Mother's Day breakfast in bed
Diana Warrings is a qualified
nutritional therapist cooking
delicious & healthy food, shared
on irmagreen.com
Ingredients (serves 2)
This dish will leave any mum
with a smile on her face.
She'll not be left short when it
comes to nutrients either as the
combined ingredients are rich
in fibre, good fats, vitamins and
minerals.
Method
Wash the spinach well and leave
to dry on a kitchen towel. Finely
chop the leek and shallot and
leave to sit until ready to use.
Next, peel the avocado, remove
the pit and scoop out the pulp.
Put the pulp into a bowl, lightly
season with salt and pepper,
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sprinkle with the lemon juice
and half a teaspoon of chilli
flakes before mixing everything
together using a fork. You
want to get a semi-creamy
consistency.
Once mixed well, sprinkle with
another squeeze of lemon juice
to prevent the mix from going
brown, cover and set aside.
Next boil the eggs and once
done, rinse with cold water and
leave them to rest.
While the eggs are boiling (five
minutes will give you soft, runny
eggs), heat 1tbsp of olive oil in a
frying pan at medium heat and
2 free range eggs
2 slices fresh sourdough bread
from a local artisan bakery
1 large ripe avocado
10ml (2 tsp) fresh lemon juice,
60g spinach
1 small shallot, finely chopped
1 inch of fresh leek, finely
chopped
1 small tray fresh garden cress
½ tsp of chilli flakes + 2 tsp to
garnish
60ml (4 tbsp) of cold pressed
extra virgin olive oil
Sea salt & black pepper to taste

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Eating out
The ginger one had pancakes,
wolfed them down while
declaring them the best. I
went off piste with an order of
avocado, bacon and two eggs.
This too was declared the best.
It was flawless. DaddyO liked the
chorizo, cornbread, fried egg
and sweet corn very much.
Bistrotheque is the creation
of the one-time fashion
designers Pablo Flack and David
Waddington and they’re still
London’s favourite fashion party
organisers.
They know what looks good,
including the team working the
bar. Their striped tops had them
all looking like part of a Jean
Paul Gaultier advert.
Bistrotheque
Susan Birtwistle samples brunch at a
fun palace for the fashionable
This place is swinging. Brunches
here are now a bit of an East
London institution and so is
Xavier Roide. He’s the bluehaired
pianist tinkling the ivories
underneath an equally showy
floral display.
Xavier’s brilliance is his musical
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I’ve been trying to get to
Bistrotheque for their brunch
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Night time, yes, we’re regularly
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cold light of day.
Bistrotheque is the fun palace
for the fashionable. Brunch
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The brunch menu is
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A lot of people think that when they move in
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On any separation, the property is likely to be
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Alternatively, each person can hold a specific
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Money matters
From April 2018 small business
owners will be required to make
quarterly returns to HMRC for
their income tax.
Advertorial
All businesses, including limited
companies, will be required to
do so by 2020.
This will mean significant
increases in reporting required
for small business owners and
while there are discussions
ongoing with HMRC, it seems
that this will need to be
submitted online.
This is bad news for those
business owners who have
up to now managed to avoid
computer-based record
keeping.
Those who have a good
accountant will be in an
infinitely better position than
those who don’t because
although HMRC are lenient with
late filing to begin with, when
they do start charging fines and
penalties these are hefty.
This was seen with the Real
Time Information (RTI) system
introduced for employers which
currently charges a flat £100
penalty per late submission.
HMRC believes this is going to
make business owners more
informed in an age of internet
Computer
says no?...
Chris James explains why it's time to
find a web-savvy accountant
banking, as they will know how
much tax they need to pay on a
more regular basis.
But sceptics are theorising that
HMRC will follow this up with a
requirement to pay taxes due
on a quarterly basis as well.
If you need an accountant or
just think that changing to a
new one could be beneficial,
contact Alan Patient & Co.
Remember, the first
consultation is free.
Some of the team at Alan Patient & Co
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So now there really is no better
time to make sure that you have
an accountant who can guide
you, ensure you are kept up to
date with your record-keeping
and makes sure you remain on
the right side of new legislation.
This is the case whether you are
a small business owner or the
director of a limited company.
Alan Patient & Co
9 The Shrubberies
George Lane
South Woodford
E18 1BD
020 8532 9843
alanpatient.com

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Wellbeing
Advertorial
Give
yourself
away
Giving is as good as receiving help, says Karen Liebenguth
Giving time to support or listen to someone,
giving knowledge, respect, regard or praise, giving
care and love...
There are so many ways in which we can express
generosity which are not related to giving money
and yet our hard-wired survival instinct to look
after number one can present a real barrier to
going beyond our own needs and desires for the
benefit of others.
Being kind to ourselves increases the capacity to
give to others. Once we learn to accept ourselves
as who we are, we develop a sense of self-worth
and confidence. With this comes a more open
heart and mind and a capacity to give to others.
We no longer feel threatened when a friend, our
partner, colleague or boss has a different opinion.
We are more open to other people’s views while
acknowledging and respecting our own.
Being generous is not just beneficial for others,
when we give we benefit too.
Practise being generous this week by journaling
for ten minutes every day. Review the last 24
hours, write down what you have appreciated
about yourself in your day, what you have done
well, what hasn’t worked so well and what you
could and will do differently next time. This
strengthens a learning or growth mind-set.
Do you have a tendency to talk more than you
listen? Find opportunities to give someone
listening time, ask someone what’s been
happening for them. Notice whether you stay with
them, listening attentively or if you find yourself
waiting to speak. Notice the effect good quality
listening has on the other person.
And every day seek out opportunities to give
something small to someone – a smile, a wellwish,
a heartfelt “good morning”. Make someone
a cup of tea, offer a helping hand, visit someone
who is ill or unwell, write a letter or pick up the
phone to someone you haven’t been in touch with
for a while.
The list of possibilities goes on. Enjoy the
experience.
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mindfulness training at greenspacecoaching.com
Book a FREE 30-minute taster session in Victoria
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Fitness
Vertical Rush
This is one of the great events
on the London fitness calendar.
It is a sprint (or walk) up Tower
42, the third-tallest skyscraper
in the City of London, originally
called the NatWest Tower.
That’s 932 steps in 42 floors.
You can run or walk and in
2016, the average time was just
under ten minutes.
As well as raising money for a
good cause – housing charity
Shelter – it is a lung-busting,
leg-burning rush of exercise.
Training for it would be a great
base for a fitness drive.
This year’s event is on 9 March
and Shelter says there are likely
to be places available now and
on the day for those who are fit
and ready to go (you will need
to pay £30 to register, and raise
£160 in sponsorship in the six
weeks after the event).
Registration for 2018 opens on
the same day. Shelter also runs
Urban Rush on 1 October. It's
a 15-mile run from the Queen
Elizabeth Olympic Park to
Putney.
Search online for Vertical Rush
or Urban Rush and Shelter for
details.
Modified V-sit
A great abs exercise, this
requires good balance,
co-ordination and an ability
to make sure your abs fire
and don’t rely on the back
to take over, so it would be
a progression from easier
exercises.
You start by laying on your back
with your feet and head off the
Step up your regime
Roger Love, a local personal trainer,
continues our A-Z of fitness with... V
floor and your arms straight
by your side. You then sit-up,
drawing your knees into your
stomach. Keep your arms out
straight for balance as you sit
on your bum.
Then, lower yourself down. If it
is too hard, start with something
easier, such as a reach up.
To do this, lay on your back, with
your legs straight up in the air.
Hold your arms up straight too
and then squeeze through your
abs to reach up towards – not
necessarily touching – your
shoe laces. Tuck your chin in to
avoid using your neck to get up.
Roger Love is a personal trainer
based at Netil House, Westgate
Street, Hackney. hackneypt.com
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Gardening
Advertorial
Sarah Kay explains the key steps to
garden redesign
Designs
on your
outdoor
space
Tender and build
With the final design agreed,
a garden designer can help to
find the right contractor for
your project. I don’t take finder’s
fees so can offer independent
tender management.
A designer can also oversee
your build to ensure that
the integrity of the design is
maintained and the build runs
smoothly.
Planting Plan
This is crucial to a garden's
success. Detailed planting
plans ensure the right plant in
the right place and a visually
stimulating display through the
year.
Maintenance
It’s pointless spending money to
produce a beautiful garden if it
is not maintained. I can provide
maintenance or a monthly plan.
So, you’ve decided that your
garden needs an overhaul. Where
do you start?
Choose a garden designer
Search online for local designers
or ask friends or colleagues
for recommendations. Review
online portfolios and check
customer testimonials. It’s also
good to check references with
past clients.
Initial consultation
This meeting aims to
understand the practical needs
of the space and the stylistic
preferences of the client.
To brief your designer, put
together a visual style board
using Pinterest and have an
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honest idea of your budget.
Following this, I produce a quote
which will include fixed costs for
design and estimates for build,
plants and planting. Designers
may quote differently so it's
important to establish this.
Site survey and design
The next step is a full site
survey with measurements,
soil samples and other site
considerations.
This survey will provide the
basis for a scaled concept
drawing. I provide a concept
design and a mood board with
one set of amends allowed
before producing the final
layouts.
Contact Sarah Kay Garden
Design for an initial
consultation.
sarah@sarahkay gardendesign.
co.uk 07967 201333
sarahkaygardendesign.co.uk

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