May 2017

LOVEEAST 

M A G A Z I N E 

May 2017 ISSUE 38 

Free 

Oh what a night 

The #Artskickers Awards party in pictures. 

Plus – secrets of the River Lea, what's on 

in May, eating in, eating out, and our 

guide to great wine 

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Dear neighbours 

Welcome to your local magazine 

And what a night it was. The culmination of a 

huge amount of hard work came to its glittering 

conclusion last month at the #Artskickers Awards 

ceremony at The Stage in Shoreditch. 

Our judges, including Olivier Award-winning 

actress Denise Gough, artist Gavin Turk and poet 

Lemn Sissay, turned up in their finery and a great 

night was had by all. We were entertained by 

Hackney singers Amaria Braiithwaite and Nesah 

Gonzales (without doubt stars of the future), as 

well as the brilliant Hackney Empire Community 

Choir and Project Insrumental. 

Our hugely entertaining emcee Kat B (you'll 

recognise him from the Hackney Empire pantos) 

did the winners and nominees proud. The night 

was a huge success and LoveEast is very proud to 

have been part of it. 

See the pics on p8 and read all about our 

worthy winner of the Community Superhero 

(organisation) award, Core Arts, on p6. 

C O N T E N T S 

6 

Meet the founder 

of award-winning 

superheroes, Core Arts 

8 

Oh what a night! The 

#Artskickers Award 

winners in pictures 

24 

A grand East London 

day out along the 

banks of the River Lea 

Also in this month's edition we have a wideranging 

what's on guide, there's food, wine and 

music to discover in East London (check out the 

East Side Jazz Club on p26), plus there's a great 

piece on the ever-changing River Lea on p24. 

Julie 

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Good times and great 

jazz in Leytonstone. 

Nice! 

34 

Susan Birtwistle's 

in pizza heaven at 

Martello Hall 

Cover image: Artskickers Awards nominee Amaria 

Braithwaite performs at the awards party 

Photo by Grant Silverman at Grant Frazer 

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The Artskickers Awards 

# 

A superhero 

on a mission 

Core Arts harnesses creativity and gives its members the chance to engage with those who have similar interests 

Sophie Baggott talks Paul Monks, Core Arts founder and 

winner of the #Artskickers Community Superhero award 

It’s 25 years since the artist Paul Monks came 

face to face, by chance, with what he now sees as 

the true purpose of art. In 1992 his organisation, 

Core Arts, was born in a dusty, vacant space 

within Hackney Hospital and is now decades into 

its work promoting positive mental health and 

wellbeing through creative learning. 

This year Core Arts was voted 

'Community Superhero (organisation)' 

at the #Artskickers Awards – and a 

worthier winner is hard to imagine. 

In true superheroic style, Paul saw 

the award as a tool to broaden the 

scope of Core Arts’ public profile. “It’s 

always great to be able to highlight 

the arts’ value, especially at times when 

they’re not as supported,” Paul said. “We 

need a constant drip feed to get our message 

out there, which has a knock-on effect for 

fundraising.” 

Sharing the potential of the arts is all-important 

to the founder, who added: “It’s a continuous 

education for those who can make a difference 

to Core Arts: to help them see the power of the 

arts.” 

On arriving in Hackney a quarter of a century ago, 

Paul was an artist seeking a reason for the 

arts. The result of this search was, in his 

own words, “totally unexpected”. He 

happened to meet a few long-term 

psychiatric patients while working in 

his Hackney Hospital-based studio, 

which swiftly grew into a haven 

for curious patients to express 

themselves creatively away from the 

grind of the psychiatric ward. 

“They gave me a new interest in creativity,” 

Paul said, who views Core Arts as running with 

a mutual dynamic between members and 

co-ordinators. “We all have common goals,” he 

observed. The organisation not only harnesses 

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the creative streak in its members (whether 

that’s in art, music or writing) but, vitally, gives 

everybody the chance to engage with those who 

have similar interests. 

“The organisation lets our members share with 

each other what they’re doing,” Paul explained. “As 

long as you’ve got an honest endeavour, there’s 

an opportunity to find what’s right for you.” 

Core Arts holds fantastic exhibitions and events 

to display the creations. “Members’ creativity is 

often just in the moment and the result could be 

forgotten,” he said. “They might sit and write a rap, 

then simply put the piece of paper aside.” 

Before founding Core Arts, Paul had been 

teaching in a girls’ school, where he noticed 

the students were under constant pressure to 

achieve – piling an immense amount of stress 

onto them. He perceived this environment as a 

total contrast to his encounters with patients in 

Hackney Hospital, where creativity seemed to flow 

in a more spontaneous way. 

Paul Monks chatting to Deborah Curtis (founder of House of 

Fairy Tales) at the Artskickers Awards party (see overleaf) 

“We want to convert our space into a centre 

of excellence,” he said. “Our vision is what our 

members want, not what we might think they do.” 

Look out for future events at corearts.co.uk 

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Paul becomes emotional when talking of the 

many former Core Arts members who now tour 

the country as advocates of the arts. “It’s amazing 

when people pop in and explain what it meant to 

them,” he said. The organisation has developed 

from a dozen people to 770 as of last year, and 

Core Arts often have to turn away would-be 

members. 

“The timetable has grown to 70 workshops a 

week,” Paul said. The organisation is all about 

improving quality constantly, aiming for the 

highest possible quality of teaching and a brilliant 

service. “Our board trustees are mainly current 

or ex-members,” he mentioned, adding that they 

often attend workshops so as to have a fully 

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Pictures: Grant Silverman at Grant Frazer & Louise O’Gorman Photography 

Gary Conway, Marketing Director at The Stage EC2, judge 

Rennell Shaw and The Arts Crusader (aka Angie Gough) 

Gavin Turk with Future Artist (5-12) winners Ahadu De Nardi- 

Jones and Carla Roos from Gayhurst Community School 

Time to party, 

#Artskickers! 

Artskicking teacher Sharlene Carter shed a few tears (didn’t 

we all?) when collecting her award from emcee Kat B 

Founding members of TWIST, winners of the Future Artist (13- 

18) award, which was presented by actress Denise Gough 

DiAndre Banks kicked off the ceremony with a spine-tingling 

performance along with singers Naloua and Penvision 

Emily & Ben of Hoxton Street Monster 

Supplies with Digital Mums' Kathryn Tyler 

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Brian & Marie of Dalston Eastern Curve 

Garden made an emotional speech 

Clapton’s finest, Future Artist nominee 

Amaria Braithwaite performed


# 

The Judges, Ruff Sqwad and Artskickers Awards founder Angie 

Gough enjoyed the knees-up 

Giving us a #KickUpTheArts were Kickstarter winners Prince 

Rapid and Ebbs from the Ruff Sqwad Arts Foundation 

Community Superhero Kenneth Greenway from Tower Hamlets 

Cemetery Park, who also won the “shirt of the evening” 

Paul Monks of Core Arts Hackney accepts the Community 

Superhero award from John Mulholland and Kat B 

Young Hackney singer Nesah Gonzales brought the evening 

to a close with a powerful rendition of India Arie’s Thank You 

Lemn Sissay MBE presented Yinka Shonibare MBE with the 

Chief Artskicker Award. Takes one to know one ;) 


East London makers 

Building Crafts College 

Stonemason Nancy Peskett 

shows Christine Preisig 

around the Stratford centre 

Stonework, historic repairs and conservation 

have always fascinated Nancy Peskett, 

a stonemason and teacher at the 

Building Crafts College in Stratford. 

Tired of the mainly computerbased 

work at the architect’s 

practice, Nancy contemplated 

changing careers. When the 

credit crunch hit the profession 

in 2009, she felt it was time to try 

out something new and decided to 

specialise in stonework. 

Her starting point was a year long, full-time 

diploma in stonemasonry at the college. She 

then went on and refined her skills working for 

a small company while also developing her own 

work. 

Nancy immediately felt at home at the college as 

a student and was excited to go back when she 

was offered a job as a stonemasonry tutor. Now 

she combines teaching there with her own work. 

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The college was founded in the 17th century by 

the Worshipful Company of Carpenters, a City 

livery company that trained young people in 

building crafts and conservation. To this day, the 

college has a national reputation for excellence 

in providing education in carpentry, joinery, 

stonemasonry, modern site construction and 

historic building conservation. 

In the bright and spacious workshops 

there’s a spirited buzz in the air 

that’s created by the working 

rhythm of the students and their 

tools. The college introduces 

its students to machinery but 

the focus is on developing their 

manual skills. 

“Most tutors would agree that the 

value of the hand work is enormous,” 

Nancy says. 

The student body is broad, spanning diverse 

backgrounds and ages. At this time, students are 

between 16 and 67. “It’s a really healthy mix and it 

creates a unique atmosphere,” Nancy says. 

The study programmes include apprenticeships 

for young people, full and part-time diploma 

courses – for both young and adult learners who 

might be changing careers or want to specialise

East London makers 

in one particular skill – and specialist courses for 

experienced students. 

The college also offers popular evening classes 

in wood and stone carving, letter cutting and 

woodwork that are aimed at beginners who want 

to try out one of those crafts. 

What Nancy likes about teaching as well as 

creating her own stone pieces is the process of a 

project, not just the end result. 

As a teacher she loves seeing a student progress 

and become independent. As a stonemason she’s 

fascinated how every project is different. 

She needs to push her skills each time she takes 

one on, as there is always something new – the 

stone, the technique or the building she’s working 

on. 

For more details on the Building Crafts College and 

the range of courses see thebcc.ac.uk or email info@ 

thebcc.ac.uk 


Style & Substance 

Debbie Newland-Bull... 

is a community nursery (at Scallywags) 

manager, mother, forest school leader 

& known by the parents & staff who 

collaborate to run the nursery as a bona 

fide saint. 

What's important to you? 

Equality, justice, fairmindedness, 

acceptance and celebration of diversity, 

collaboration, understanding and 

communication. 

What do you love about the East End? 

I love going to Victoria Park – it really is the 

people's park. I like The Hub café and the 

warm staff there. I enjoy how it's cut into 

different quarters & looks forward as well 

as recognising its rich history. 

Stuart Patterson... is "Jack of 

all trades, master of none" (the latter I find 

hard to believe), co-owner of LOVE VINYL 

record shop, DJ, promoter. 

What's important to you? Well, I 

can't say Reynagh (his beautiful partner) 

because that would make me sound soppy. 

Happiness in all things, yes, in one word, 

HAPPINESS. 

What do you love about the East End? 

The communities' constant evolution. 

The positive side of gentrification. 

The non-profit art movement. 

The music. 

The nightlife. 

Interview & portraits by Lady Ray, lrcphotography.co.uk 

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What to do 

Festivals & Flowers 

The lucky kids of Dalston get their own flower 

show – but you don't have to be a Dalstonite 

to enjoy this fabulous event. This year kids can 

also join in the Dalston Children’s Festival, with 

events and activities taking place all over the 

neighbourhood on Saturdays 28 May and 4 June. 

Download the programme for the Children’s 

Festival at dalstonchildren.org.uk 

On Saturday 28 May, children can bake their own 

pizzas in the Dalston Curve Garden’s wood-fired 

oven with chef David from Latto’s Pizzas (12-3pm), 

join textile artists Emamoke Ukeleghe and Yemi 

Awosile to make their own Botanical Bag, inspired 

by the garden and sow lots of lovely flower seeds 

to help keep the butterflies and bees happy this 

summer. 

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, 

Clapton or Victoria Park 

Has your little 

one got the 

acting bug? 

Dalston Flower Show for Children continues with 

free drop-in workshops for half-term holidays, 

Tuesday 31 May – Friday 3 June, 2-5pm. 

The workshops are free, but Dalston Eastern 

Curve Garden asks that you support their 

children’s programme by making a donation to 

help cover costs. The garden is at risk, so please 

do all you can to keep them going. More details at 

dalstongarden.org 

Baby Opera 

Yes, really! Fogonogo, an interactive opera for 

babies and toddlers, is on 20 May at the Museum 

of Childhood. It costs £8 per child, £2 per 

accompanying adult and £5 per extra adult. Book 

at spitalfieldsmusic.org.uk 

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. 

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taster class 

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See www.actingbugs.co.uk 

for our timetable and venues 

and to book a free taster class 

Museums 

In May half term at the Museum of Childhood 

there will be workshops and free family activities 

inspired by the Rachel Whiteread’s celebrated 

artwork Place (Village). From 29 May to 2 June 

choose from print workshops, design your own 

colourful townscape and using block printing. £5 

per child, age seven-plus. Also, there's the Little 

Lantern Houses workshop, children aged four and 

above can create illuminated paper houses. £7.

with the kids 

Pop along to the Geffrye Museum and become 

a Geffrye Explorer. Fun family activities at the 

museum every Saturday and Sunday, 12.30pm to 

4.30pm. 

Music & 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 

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 turn up 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 suitable for ages 

12+. 6-9pm, £20 per session. 

wonderlandceramics.com 

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 

Lee Valley Riding Centre leevalleypark.org.uk/go/ 

horseriding/, Aldersbrook, aldersbrookriding.co.uk 

(with "riding picnics" in Wanstead Flats), Mudchute 

Equestrian Centre, mudchute.org/equestriancentre, 

or Docklands Equestrian Centre in Beckton 

docklandsequestriancentre.com 

Swimming 

It's May and the sun will be out (think positively), 

so it's off to London Fields Lido. Too cold? There's 

Mile End Leisure Centre, York Hall or the beautiful 

Aquatics Centre at the QE Olympic Park. 

Events may change so please do check on times/ 

availability online or via the websites or phone 

numbers provided. 

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Birthday Parties, team 

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MON TUE WED THU 

What's on in May 

1 (-31) 

Mast Brothers 

chocolatiers factory 

tours, 3pm and 5pm, 

£10, Redchurch Street 

8 (-12) 

Submit to Love, 11am- 

7pm. Headway's first 

pop-up shop featuring 

exhibitions, workshops, 

creative events, plus 

gifts designed by 

brain-injury survivors. 

93 Kingsland Road, E2. 

headwayeastlondon.org/ 

page/stl-shop 

8 

Tots art and rhythm 

workshop, 10-11.30am, 

£30/5, Cuttlefish 

Studios, Walthamstow. 

07535 326157 

Stowtellers, 7.30- 

9.30pm, £3, Welcome 

Centre, Walthamstow 

15 

Yeast in the East, 6.30- 

10pm, from £37, Host, 

Leyton High Road. 

Besty, 7-11pm, £9, , 

mothclub.co.uk 

22 

Lambert, 8pm, £7.50, 

Vortex Jazz Club, Gillett 

Square, vortexjazz.co.uk 

29 

Board games night, 

6.30pm, £2, William 

Morris Gallery, E17. 

Children's chess taster, 

12.30-3.30pm, FREE, 

The Hub, Vicky Park 

Weekly 

Storytime for under-5s, 

10-11.30am, Victoria 

Park Community 

Centre, 5 Gore Road 

Mindful music for 

3-11s, 4-5pm, Poplar 

Union, 2 Cotall Street, 

poplarunion.com 

2 

Tea dance, 1-4pm, £5, 

Score Centre, Leyton 

leytonorienttrust.org.uk/ 

score-centre 

9 

Gabby Young & Laucan, 

8pm, £10, Rich Mix 

16 

Othello, 7.30pm, 

£12.50, contemporary 

re-telling, Wilton's 

Music Hall. "...one of 

the best I have seen" 

(The Observer) 

23 

HogWhats quiz 

night, 6.30pm, £20, 

Concrete, Shoreditch 

concretespace.co.uk 

Wildflower walk, 6.30- 

8.30pm, £10-12, Tower 

Hamlets Cemetery 

Park, fothcp.org 

30 

Fishing taster day, 

11-3pm, FREE, for 

8-16 years, Vicky Park, 

02073 647968 

Weekly 

Ping pong for over 50s, 

11am-12pm, FREE, 

Dalston CLR James 

Library 

Pop-Tales, 4-5pm, build a 

story for 4-10s, at Poplar 

Union, 2 Cotall Street, 

E14 (East London's new 

arts & events venue) 

poplarunion.com 

3 

Wax batik workshop, 

11.30am & 2.30pm, FREE 

with RSVP, Ace Hotel 

10 

Death Café, 2pm, St 

Joseph's Hospice, Mare 

Street. Part of Dying 

Matters Week. To book 

your place, email 

c.learner@stjh.org.uk 

17 

Wellbeing, 10am-4pm, 

pedicure, manicure, 

reflexology, massage. 

£5 charge. Vicky Park 

Community Centre. 

Contact Rose (rsrssll@ 

hotmail.com) to book. 

24 

Coffee morning, 10.30am- 

12pm, Vicky Park 

Community Centre, 5 

Gore Road 

31 

Lydia Ainsworth, 8pm, 

£8.50, The London 

Brewhouse, Helmsley 

Place 

Weekly 

Kids' pottery, 4.30- 

5.30pm, £10, 

wonderland 

ceramics.com 

Kundalini yoga class 

7pm, Quaker House in 

Leytonstone. £12 inc 

yogi tea & biccies after. 

Pre-book: Sue 07717 

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4 

Bert & May's Supper 

Club, 7.30pm Vyner 

Street. bertandmay.com 

4 

Comedy for Depression, 

Union Chapel, Islington. 

comedyfordepression.com 

4 (-28) 

Counterpoint, Exhibition 

by Ivy Panesar & Philipa 

Day. Stone Space, 

Leytonstone. 

11 (-14) 

Anatolian Cultural 

Festival, Clissold Park 

18 

Jokes not gags, 7-10pm, 

£5, The Gallery Café, 21 

Old Ford Road 

25 

Art in the public 

realm, 7pm, £9.50, 

Whitechapel Gallery 

Priests play, 7.30pm, £8, 

oslohackney.com 

Open mic, 7pm, FREE, 

The Gallery Café, Old 

Ford Road. 


SAT SUN MON TUE 

May 

1 

BANK HOLIDAY 

Chocolate factory tours, p19 

2 

Under 5s 

storytime, p19 


3-11s, p19 

Tea dance, p19 

East Side Jazz p26 

6 

Spring fair, p22 

Bird Barmy Army, p22 

Tweed Run, p22 

Hackney in Harmony, 

p22 

Spring market, p22 

7 

Running Club, p22 

Live jazz, p22 

Vintage sale, p22 

Hackney Autobiography 

launch, p22 

8 

Chocolate factory tours, 

p19 

Tots art workshop, p19 

Stowtellers, p19 

Submit to Love, p19 

9 

Under 5s stories, p19 


3-11s, p19 

Gabby Young & 

Laucan, p19 


13 

Yoga, p22 

Be Wild Club, p22 

Fairtrade 

refreshments, p22 

14 



Boishakhi Mela, p22 

Embers Collective, p22 

15 


p19 

Yeast in the East, p19 

Besty, p19 

16 

Under 5s storytime 

p19 


3-11s, p19 

Othello, p19 


20 

Musical rumpus, p22/23 

Make your own lotions 

and potions, p22 

Whittling and plaster 

cast footprints, p22 

21 



Bubble Rush, p22 

Flea market, p22 

22 

Lambert, p19 


p19 

23 

HogWhats quiz, p19 

Wildflower walk, p19 

Under 5s storytime, 

p19 


3-11s, p19 

27 

Flower show, p22 

Botanical drawing, p22 

Town Hall tour, p22 

28 



29 

BANK HOLIDAY 

Board games, p19 

Kids chess taster, p19 

Chocolate factory tours, p19 

30 

Fishing taster day, 

p19 

Music for 3-11s, p19 


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WED THU FRI 

3 

Wax batik workshop, p19 

Ping pong for over 50s, p19 

Pop-Tales, p19 

10 

Death Café, p19 



4 

Bert & May's Supper Club, 

p19 

Under 5s session, p19 

Pottery class, p19 

Kundalini yoga, p19 

Comedy for depression, p19 

11 

Anatolian Cultural Festival, 

p19 




5 

Everything East, p22 

Well Street Kitchen, p22 

Computer class, p22 

Spin class, p22 

12 

Prosecco Springs, p22 



Balance Festival, p22 

17 



Wellbeing (manis, pedis, 

massage £5), p19 

18 

Hip hop quiz, p19 

Jokes Not Gags, p19 




19 

The Big Sing, p22 

All Things Gin, p22 



24 

Coffee Morning, p19 



25 

Art in the public realm, p19 

Open mic, p19 

Priests play, p19 




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31 

Lydia Ainsworth, p19 



Art events 

General events 

Outdoor events 


What's on in May 

FRI SAT SAT SUN 

Weekly 

Networx computer 

class, 2-4pm, Vicky 


Centre, 5 Gore Road 

Drop-in spin class, 

11am, £7 nonmembers, 

YMCA 

East London, creche 

available 

5 

Everything East, 7.30- 

9.30pm, FREE, Luna 

Lounge, Leytonstone, 

feat acts showcased 

on the Shoredtich 

radio show 

5 (6, 26 and 27) 

Well Street Kitchen, 

6.30-10.30pm, open 

for dinner for first 

time 

12 (-14) 

Prosecco Springs, 

from £35, London's 

first ever Prosecco 

festival, Oval Space, 

proseccosprings.com 

Balance Festival, 10am, 

from £24, wellbeing, 

& fitness, Old Truman 

Brewery, balancefestival.com 

19 

The Big Sing, 4.15pm, 

FREE, drop-in, all ages, 

Museum of Childhood 

All things gin, 

6-10.30pm, £5, 

Geffrye Museum, 

designmynight.com 

6 

Spring fair, 11am-3pm, 

Mossbourne Victoria 

Park Academy 

Bird Barmy Army, 

10am-12.30pm, FREE, 

for 13+ yrs, Vicky Park, 

meet V&A building 

Supper party, from 

4.30pm, £31, Eat Right 

Lounge host, Bethnal 

Green, grubclub.com 

Hackney in Harmony, 

6.30pm, FREE, charity 

concert, St John of 

Jerusalem, Lauriston 

Road 

Haggis Horns, Mirth 

Marvel and Maud, 

Walthamstow, 

mirthmarvel andmaud. 

com 

Spring market, 11am- 

5pm, FREE, Oval 

Space, E2 9DT 

The Tweed Run, 10am, 

12-mile bike ride 

requiring participants 

to don their finest 

tweed attire, tweedrun. 

com 

6, 13, 20, 27 

Good life yoga, 10- 

11am, £12, Proud 

Archivist 

13 

World Fair Trade Day, 

10am-4pm, and Hot 

& cold drinks, cake, 

biscuits and cream 

scones to share. Vicky 


Centre, Gore Rd, E9. 

Be Wild Forest Saturday 

Club, 10am-1pm, 

£12, 5-11yrs, Epping 

Forest, suntrapcentre. 

weebly.com 

20 

Musical Rumpus: 

Fogonogo, 10.30am, 

1.30pm, 3.30pm, £8 

kids, £2 adult, for 

0-3 yrs, Museum of 

Childhood 

Whittling & plaster cast 

footprints, 10am- 

12.30pm, FREE, 

for 3-12yrs, Tower 

Hamlets Cemetery 

Park, fothcp.org 

Make your own lotions 

and potions, 1-4.30pm, 

£16, Geffrye Museum 

27 (-2) 

Dalston Flower Show 

for Children. Yes, the 

kids get their very 

own flower show, and 

this year they can 

join in the Dalston 

Kids' Festival at the 

very fabulous Dalston 

Curve Garden 

27 

Botanical and nature 

drawing, 2-4pm, £15, 

The Create Place, 

29 Old Ford Road, 

stmargaretshouse. 

org.uk 

Crouch End Walks tour 

Shoreditch Town Hall, 

11am, £6.50 

Weekly 

Wynwood Running Club, 

9am, meet at the Art 

District, 2a Chingford 

Road, tweet 

@wynwoodartd 

Live jazz, 4.30-7.30pm, 

FREE, Nag's Head 

7 

A Hackney Autobiography 

launch, 5-7pm, Sutton 

House, Homerton High 

Street, info@on-therecord.org.uk 

Currents by Mayumana, 

from £10, last chance 

to see UK premiere, 

Hackney Empire 

East London Vintage kilo 

sale, 11am-4pm, £3, 5 

Old Ford Road 

14 

The Boishakhi Mela, 

12-7pm, FREE, Weaver's 

Fields, towerhamlets.gov. 

uk/mela/whatsOn.htm 

The Embers Collective, 

7-9.30pm, £13, an 

evening of Norse 

mythology, Sutton 

House, Homerton 

21 

East London Bubble 

Rush, 12-5pm, £10, East 

London Bubble with St 

Joseph's Hospice, 5k 

course in the Olympic 

Park. Sign up on 

Eventbrite 

Hackney flea market, 

11am-6pm, FREE, at 

Abney Hall, Stoke 

Newington 

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Culture corner 

What's on at the Museum 

of Childhood 

Fogonogo, an interactive opera for babies and 

toddlers, is on 20 May. It costs £8 per child, £2 per 

accompanying adult and £5 per extra adult. Book 

at spitalfieldsmusic.org.uk. 

In May half term there will be workshops and free 

family activities inspired by the Rachel Whiteread’s 

celebrated artwork Place (Village). From 29 May to 

2 June choose from print workshops, design your 

own colourful townscape and using block printing. 

£5 per child, age seven-plus. 

Or in the Little Lantern Houses workshop, 

children aged four and above can create 

illuminated paper houses for £7 per child. 

Meanwhile, adults can learn about the rich history 

of the East London’s Boundary Estate, and its 

residents, in an evening event on 25 May. 

Paper houses by Frances Barry 

Visitors can explore the exhibition Searching for 

Ghosts and listen to a fascinating talk from Sarah 

Wise. It costs £7 including a glass of wine/beer. 

V&A Museum of Childhood 

Cambridge Heath Road 

London E2 9PA 

vam.ac.uk/moc/whatson 

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A River Lea walk 

Simon Myers 

Best kept secret in the East 

Ruth Keating 

If you fancy a very East London 

day trip this summer, head 

south by foot or bike to explore 

the rapidly changing lower River 

Lea. 

Access is improving all the 

time and you can now enjoy 

a gentle potter past a mix 

of green scenic stretches, 

intriguing industrial heritage 

and brand new housing 

developments all the way from 

Hackney Wick and the Queen 

Sally Ramsden takes a walk along the 

ever-changing River Lea 

Elizabeth Olympic Park to the 

Thames. 

South of Three Mills the river 

turns tidal. It’s wilder here and 

much more unpredictable than 

the tranquil, canal-like waters 

further north. 

Just before Bow Creek, 

instead of turning west onto 

the Limehouse Cut towards 

Canary Wharf, head along the 

eastern banks of the Lea via 

the new ramp at Twelve Trees 

Crescent and the latest stretch 

of the Leaway path. 

Persist south past a couple 

of large distribution centres 

and you’ll know you’ve arrived 

somewhere unusual when 

you encounter an in-your-face 

Damien Hirst art piece. 

regeneration project with a 

remarkable ability to garner 

support from all quarters. 

Five years ago the picture 

here on the Newham side of 

the Lea couldn’t have been 

more different. Instead of 

the colourful boats, enticing 

community gardens, gallery 

space and pop-up café of today, 

all you would have seen at Cody 

Dock was a patch of polluted 

wasteland littered with old 

shipping containers. 

Since then the lost dock and 

surrounding land have been 

transformed by hundreds of 

volunteers into a haven for 

ecology, creative endeavour 

and, on Sunday mornings, 

wellbeing activities, all with a 

backdrop of sweeping views. 

‘Sensation’ marks the 

entrance to Cody Dock, 

a gem of a community 

There’s a community boat being 

refitted ready for launching 

this autumn and ambitious 

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A River Lea walk 

Oliver Savory 

long-term plans for studios for 

creative enterprise, a visitor 

centre, industrial heritage 

archive and new moorings. 

The organisation behind this 

vibrant initiative, the Gasworks 

Development Partnership 

(GDP), is leading the way in the 

kind of redevelopment that will 

increase rather than detract 

from the unique character of 

the lower Lea. 

Recent funding from the 

National Lottery, Thames Water 

and The Big Issue Foundation 

means GDP can now take 

things to the next stage and 

Cody Dock looks set to become 

a highly distinctive creative 

quarter. 

Meanwhile, the Leaway path on 

the eastern shore of London’s 

second river is on course to 

continue to the Thames next 

year. 

For now, go up the road past 

Star Lane DLR for a pleasant 

riverside pit stop in Bow Ecology 

Park and from here, it’s a short 

stroll to Canning Town. 

You can cross to the ‘island’, 

surrounded by water on 

three sides, to admire the 

new buildings which the Royal 

Ballet are soon to make home. 

From here it’s a short walk to 

Trinity Buoy Wharf featuring the 

Thames' only lighthouse, art 

installations, views of Greenwich 

and two excellent eateries. 

Sally Ramsden runs, mind, 

body and nature wellbeing 

sessions at Cody Dock, Sundays 

10-12am. Next dates: 14 May, 

9 and 30 July. £7/£5 advance 

bookings and concessions. 

naturalconnection.org.uk 


All that jazz 

Good times... 

great jazz 

Or why not come to our 

R'n'B All-Stars Night featuring 

members of the Jools Holland 

R'n'B Orchestra? Then there's 

our our Jazz Big Band Night or 

our Liane Carrol Night. 

We also introduce new 

young players and bring in 

contemporary players who are 

shaking things up a bit. 

We want to have musical 

integrity and diversity and not 

just play it safe. 

Where are you based? 

Our current venue is the best 

we have had. We are based 

upstairs in Leytonstone and 

District Ex-Servicemen's Club 

– behind the Red Lion on 

Leytonstone High Road. 

LoveEast talks to drummer Clive 

Fenner about The East Side Jazz Club 

Tell us about the club... 

We‘ve been going for over 

20 years and are open every 

Tuesday night. 

We get between 60 and 120 

people each time. They have 

a good pint or a glass of wine 

while listening to some fantastic 

music. 

As one supporter commented, 

"As a club, you offer pretty 

much all anyone could ask for. 

Great and varied music, friendly 

patrons and reasonably priced 

beers and spirits. Well worth 

the treck over from Camberwell. 

Keep up the good work guys!" 

What if you’re not into jazz that 

much? 

Its always hard to explain to 

people who are not into jazz 

just how good our concerts 

are but our performers have 

played with Jamie Cullum, Van 

Morrison, Jools Holland and 

Sting. 

They’ve sold out Carnegie Hall, 

they’ve backed Eric Clapton one 

night and played at the club the 

next. 

But if jazz really isn't your thing, 

you’ll be very welcome at our 

Cuban music night with maestro 

violinist Omar Puente. 

There are always at least two 

real ales on pump, and the 

bar staff are friendly and the 

beer, wine and spirits are very 

reasonably priced. 

So what's your message to 

people who haven't visited 

before? 

Give it a go! You don’t get many 

opportunities to hear live music 

of this quality in a small, friendly 

club setting and it's just up the 

road and at a quarter of the 

price of Ronnie Scott's. 

We look forward to seeing you 

there! 

The East Side Jazz Club, 

Leytonstone & District Ex- 

Servicemen's Club, 2 Harvey Road, 

E11 3DB. 

Tuesdays, 8.30pm. Tickets on the 

door from £6 to £8. 

eastsidejazzclub.blogspot.co.uk 

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Advertising 

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Architect 

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Fitness 

Going the X-tra mile 

elliptical trainer (better than 

trying to spell that) or crosstrainer. 

It's the fitness machine 

where your feet stay on large, 

flat pedals. Seen by some as the 

poor relation of the treadmill, it 

does have an important place 

in training. It is low-impact and, 

therefore, perfect for those 

recovering from injury or literally 

taking the first steps on their 

fitness journey. 

Yoga 

If the parks, canal paths and 

streets of Hackney belong to 

the runners, the halls belong to 

the yogis. There are seemingly 

dozens of studios offering yoga 

– in a dozen of styles – with 

dozens more independent 

practitioners. 

Roger Love, a local personal trainer, 

continues our A-Z of fitness with... X,Y 

X-jack 

If you are bored of the basic 

jumping jack or need something 

with more bite, try the X-jack. 

For the jumping jack, start with 

your feet together and your 

hands down by your sides. 

Jump your feet out to the side 

and raise your arms above 

your head. Immediately do the 

opposite back to the starting 

position and keep going. 

An X-jack is a great progression. 

You start with feet hip-width 

apart, drop to a squat position, 

so you can touch your toes with 

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your fingers. Then, jump out of 

the squat, straighten your legs, 

land on the balls of your feet, 

and cross your arms across 

your head to make an X. Then, 

keep going. 

You could start off with 30 

seconds of X-jumps and then 

take a 60-second rest before 

going again. Try for 20 minutes. 

You have an instant interval 

session that will torch fat and 

improve your cardiovascular 

system. 

X-trainer 

This is what we used to call an 

From my years in studios and 

gyms, one thing is clear: more 

than many other classes, it 

all comes down to finding 

a teacher whose style and 

personality you hit it off with. 

From what I have seen, good 

local places to start would be 

London Fields Fitness Studio, 

in Mentmore Terrace, The 

Refinery, in Well Street, or 

Stretch in Ada Street. 

London Fields offers classes 

for £5 each. The low price does 

not reflect a lack of quality, just 

a commitment to affordable 

fitness. 

The Refinery offers a large 

variety of high-quality classes in 

funky surroundings. Stretch was 

a pioneer in yoga in Hackney 

and prides itself on the quality 

of its teaching. 

Roger Love is a personal trainer 

based at Netil House, Westgate 

Street, Hackney. hackneypt.com

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Eating in 

asparagus. Turn off the hob and 

leave it to sit for 4-5 minutes. 

Wash and spiralise the carrots 

and courgettes. Place in a sieve 

and once the asparagus is 

ready, drain it into the sieve. 

Using the cooking water to 

blanch the courgetti and 

carrotini leaves them perfectly 

cooked 'al dente'. Add a 

tablespoon of ghee or olive oil 

on top and toss around before 

serving the vegetable spaghetti 

and asparagus onto two plates. 

Courgetti & carrotini with 

wild garlic and rocket pesto 

Diana Warrings recommends a seasonal dish 

that will prepare your skin for summer 

May is the perfect month for a 

wild garlic recipe. Only in season 

until July, it can be added to 

soups, salads, omelettes and 

frittatas. 

Combing vitamin A rich greens 

with extra virgin olive oil was 

such a clever idea of the people 

of Genoa, the place where pesto 

was born, as the oil helps with 

the absorption of the vitamin. 

It's vital for cell health so 

prepares skin for the summer. 

Method 

. 

Start with toasting the cashew 

nuts in a frying pan, without oil, 

until golden brown, and leave to 

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cool. Next, rinse the rocket and 

wild garlic well. 

Pat dry with a kitchen towel and 

place in a food processor. Once 

the nuts have cooled down, add 

together with the rest of the 

ingredients and blend until you 

get a pesto-like texture. Season 

with pepper and nutmeg, blitz 

once more and fill a glass jar 

with a lid and set aside. 

If using white asparagus, wash 

and peel before cutting it into 

slices. Green just needs to be 

washed and cut into slices. 

In a small pot bring water to a 

boil, add a little sea salt and the 

Add a few tablespoons of pesto 

and scatter goat's cheese and 

roughly chopped sun-dried 

tomatoes on top. Bon appetit. 

Diana Warrings is a qualified 

nutritional therapist cooking 

delicious & healthy food, shared 

on irmagreen.com 

Ingredients (serves two) 

2 medium sized courgettes 

2 small carrots 

4 Spears of white or green 

asparagus 

1 tbsp of ghee (15g) or olive 

oil (15ml) 

2 sun dried tomatoes roughly 

chopped 

20g goat's cheese, crumbled up 

or cut into small cubes 

Sea salt 

100g rocket 

100g wild garlic 

1 small clove of garlic 

2 sun dried tomatoes, chopped 

50g pan toasted cashew nuts 

1 sprig of rosemary 

150ml extra virgin olive oil 

Freshly ground black pepper 

and nutmeg to taste

The wine guide 

of the vineyards and traditional methods of 

production. 

Taste eruption 

These wines come from idyllic rural locations 

on the top of high mountains, far away from the 

mainstream agricultural districts and intensive 

farming. They are hidden little gems which we are 

happy to discover and share with our customers. 

This month Vinarius announces two succulent 

volcanic wines directly and exclusively imported 

from the producers. Soto de Zemtinar, 

Encomienda de Cervera (rrp £10.45) and Etna 

Rosso, Tenuta Bastonaca (rrp: £22.45). 

In the first case the vineyards are located at the 

hearth of the Volcanic Massif Campo de Calatrava 

in Spain at an altitude between 750m and 850m, 

inside the Maar de Hoya de Cervera National 

Park. 

Etna Rosso is from a very small vineyard on the 

top of the tallest active volcano in Europe (Etna 

in Sicily) and uses 80% Nerello Mascalese, 20% 

Nerello Cappuccio. 

Eugenio Ciccarelli explains 

why volcanic wines are 

worth exploring 

Volcanoes can destroy and create landscape, 

terrify neighbours, and sometime even modify 

our climate. 

Medium-bodied and fresh, the first wine, with a 

soft palate and a lingering finish. Full-bodied with 

a refined tannin and nice smokiness, the second. 

Vinarius is a wine merchant and enoteca located at 

536 Roman Road, E3. It regulary organises tasting 

events, check vinarius.london for details. 

But volcanic soils are full of nutrients (minerals 

in particular) and are usually very dark in 

colour, both of which help vines to bear rich, 

concentrated grapes. 

Although no scientific study has ever shown 

a direct connection between the presence of 

various minerals in the soil and the aromas of 

the final product, wines grown on volcanic soils 

often have several characteristics in common: 

fresh acidity, evident minerality and a distinct 

character and longevity. 

Two additional elements can influence the quality 

of the wine from volcanic areas: the altitude 


Eating out 

Martello Hall 

Nobody likes to see a gold old pub close but Susan 

Birtwistle thinks this pizzeria is a good replacement 

"Shame on you,"’ Harry told our polite and 

delightful waiter. We’d all just got back from Rome 

and he was ready for a pint. Unfortunately for 

him, the old established 19th century pile of a pub 

was now converted into a pizzeria, Martello Hall. 

The chat continued about the loss of our 

traditional local pubs and I do kind of miss them, 

certainly the community idea of them. I didn’t 

frequent the London Fields boozer but I liked it 

being there, for those that did. However, it has to 

be said Martello Hall remains as a local drinking 

establishment, and a popular one. 

I’ve personally tested out the G&Ts on at least 

three occasions, and they’re damn good. It has 

a gin distillery on site, you know. It also has 12 

wines on tap – yep that’s only wine. No beer or 

stout on tap, hence the ‘pint gate’ moment. 

Of course it’s the gentrification. Brand new blocks 

of flats are being built all around and you can see 

that Martello’s slightly flashy interior is a good 

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But we were there to eat pizza. I’d read that many 

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There’s a choice of nine pizzas – have one with 

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Pizzas £8-£15. They also do take-out. 

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