SE21 February 2021 by SE Magazines

The only Community Magazine for Dulwich Village & West Dulwich Established 2006

Issue 171 - February 2021 In this issue Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s On Garden Talk Food & Drink Fitness Tips Around Dulwich Pets Corner Callia Quartet The Last Word

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Welcome to SE21 As always there is a change of events since the last time I wrote this column. We are now in our third Lockdown and so many businesses have had to close again. It is so very difficult to know what to do when we don’t have any dates of when this will all change. I really do have to thank the businesses who are still able to advertise with me, as I couldn’t continue the magazine without your support. Our events pages start on page 6 this month with six full pages of online events you can “go” to. Again, everything is subject to change, so please do check ahead. But most events have already adapted they way they host their events and we can do so much from our own home! I mentioned last month about our newly updated website which covers the whole area: www.arounddulwich.co.uk. Do check our daily events calendar, as events are added all the time. You can also sign up for updates, so you don’t miss any of our stories and you can even add your own events via our Submit an Event button. To find out more, please go to pages 18 & 19. The Callia Quartet have been busy planning their next event. You can find out more on page 31. The Last Word this month goes to Lucy Melvin, a violinist with the Callia Quartet, see pages 32 & 33. Until next time.

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Contents Welcome ..................................................................... 3 Events Calendar.......................................................... 4 What’s On.................................... 6, 8, 10, 28, 29 & 30 Garden Talk ............................................................. 12 Food & Drink ........................................................... 14 Fitness Tips............................................................... 16 Around Dulwich Feature...................................18 & 19 Pets Corner .............................................................. 20

Dulwich Hamlet Football Club ................................. 21 Interiors..................................................................... 22 Financial Matters ..................................................... 24 Education News....................................................... 26 Callia Quartet............................................................ 31 The Last Word .......................................................... 32 Index ........................................................................ 34

March Deadline - 15 February (please allow an extra two days if design is required) To advertise in SE21 please contact Angela Burgess on 020 8693 9040 or e-mail: angela@semagazines.co.uk for further information. You can download our media pack from our website: www.semagazines.co.uk. Printed by Stephens & George Ltd ©SE Magazines Ltd All rights reserved. No reproduction can be made without permission. “This Publication is manufactured from (ECF) Elemental Chlorine Free pulp; sourced from certified or well managed forests and plantations, printed using vegetable based inks” “The fibres in this paper can be used up to a further seven times in the production of recycled paper. Please recycle this publication when it’s usefulness has been exhausted” Front cover image ©istockphotos.com SE21 - February 2021 | 3

Events Calendar - February Monday

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&ART art classes, see p6. Zoom Portraiture @ Dulwich Art Group, Life Drawing & see p8. Painting see p6. Rootcamp: Veg Growing for Honor Oak WI, see p6. beginners see p8. Coping with Anxiety, see p6.

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Zoom Portraiture @ Coping with Anxiety, Dulwich Art Group, see p6. see p8.

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BNI Adventurers Online Meeting, see p8. &ART art classes, see p10.

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BNI Adventurers Online Meeting, see p8.

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6th Zoom Life Drawing & Painting, see p10. &ART art classes, see p10.

Supporting Your Dyslexic Learner, see p8.

Coping with Anxiety, U3A Open meeting BNI Adventurers Online Meeting, see p8. via Zoom p28. see p6. &ART art classes, &ART art classes, see p29. Life Drawing & see p29. Painting see p6. Stay At Home Quiz, The Arts Society Dulwich, p29. AC Grayling: The see p28. Supporting Your Good State - Village Frostquake Dyslexic Learner, Books Live Stream, Village Books Live see p8. see p28. Stream, see p5.

Honor Oak WI Craft Meeting, see p29.

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Weekly Horniman Market see p10.

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Rootcamp: Veg Growing for beginners see p29. Weekly Horniman Market see p10. Zoom Life Drawing & Painting, see p10.

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Zoom Life Drawing & Painting, see p10.

21st Weekly Horniman Market see p10.

Yoga Workshop @ Oru Space, see p5.

Life Drawing & Painting see p6.

22nd Cultivating Understanding & Reducing Stress, see p30.

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Zoom Portraiture @ Coping with Anxiety, BNI Adventurers Dulwich Art Group, see p6. Online Meeting, see p8. see p8. Life Drawing & A Town Called Solace Painting see p6. - Village Books Live U3A Open meeting Stream, see p5. via Zoom p30. What a Lovely Smart Business Supporting Your Send-off: Planning Networking with Dyslexic Learner, a Meaningful Cooking with Scissors. see p8. Funeral, see p30. See p30.

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27th Zoom Life Drawing & Painting, see p10.

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28th Weekly Horniman Market see p10.

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Forthcoming Events Further details where available can be found in the News and Events pages 6, 8, 10, 28, 29 & 30. Please read as not all the events can fit on the calendar! 4 | SE21 - February 2021

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The frozen winter of 1962, when London milkmen made deliveries on skis, and how Britain emerged a different country. Wednesday 24 February - 3pm A Town Called Solace with Mary Lawson

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What's On - February Notice Please note that all this information was correct at the time of going to press. However please do check details ahead, as the lockdown may be extended and this could affect some events.

Tuesdays 2, 9, 16 & 23 February: Coping with Anxiety

Tuesdays 2, 9, 16 & 23 February: Life Drawing & Painting 6pm-7:30pm. A drop-in series for young people (18-25) with anxiety. Online sessions. The group is a safe space to discuss any anxietyrelated feelings, emotions, and everyday experiences of dealing with the burden of anxiety. Anxiety can really diminish the quality of everyday experiences, from school, work and relationships. We invite people to find a safe space to share their feelings and thoughts. By sharing the problems are often lessened and become easier with support of others. The group is hosted by two assistant psychologists from Circle Psychology Partners. They will offer participants some exercises which help in dealing with anxiety and difficult emotions. Book at: https://www.bellhouse.co.uk/allevents 7pm-8.30pm. This is an online drawing & painting session conducted via Zoom. Long pose life painting and drawing. A single pose held for three hours with 5 minute model breaks every 25 minutes. This class will be run by Freya Tate, a wonderful artist with a sharp eye and a playful line. The session will be life model focused but Freya will introduce chaotic elements to challenge you and move your drawing on to higher levels. The Dulwich Art Group & School, 4a Champion Hill SE5 8AH. www.dulwichartgroup.co.uk.

Tuesday 2 February: Honor Oak WI We meet on the first Tuesday of each month, currently via Zoom, at 7:30pm. twitter.com/honoroakwi www.facebook.com/groups/honoroakwi/ Honoroak_WI Email: honoroakwi@gmail.com 6 | SE21 - February 2021

Wednesday 3 February: &ART weekend, holiday and after school art classes

3:45pm - 5:15pm. &ART weekend, holiday and after school art classes for children aged 5-12 years old. The Scout Hut, 212 Bellenden Road, Peckham, SE15 4BY. https://www.andart.london.

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What's On - February Wednesdays 3, 10, 17 & 24 February: ZOOM PORTRAITURE @ Dulwich Art Group & School

Thursdays 4, 11, 18 & 25 February: BNI Adventurers (online meeting)

6.30am-8.30am. Are you looking to grow your business? We have kept £9.4million in the local economy this year alone. We’ve changed the way the world does business…… now it is Dulwich’s turn. Please contact Hayley on 07843 989728 for more information. 2pm-5pm. This is an online life drawing class with the Dulwich Art Group. This is a clothed portrait session conducted via Zoom to allow for interaction between participants. The Dulwich Art Group & School, 4a Champion Hill SE5 8AH. www.dulwichartgroup.co.uk.

Thursday 4 February: Supporting your Dyslexic Learner – Learning Styles

Wednesday 3 February: Rootcamp: Veg growing for beginners 5:30pm - 7pm Always wanted to grow your own veggies, but have no idea where to start? Whether you’ve got a sunny windowsill, small balcony or larger garden, Rootcamp is for you. A package containing a variety of seeds and other useful bits will arrive with you ahead of the virtual workshop. Then you’ll get your hands dirty, learning how to sow, grow and care for your vegetable plants in a fun and informative environment. This 1.5 hour session will be led by Eliza Nicholas, a garden designer, home grower, and winner of Pro-Landscaper’s 30 Under 30 2020. Bring a cup of tea and all your vegetablegrowing questions! Tickets are £24 each, including the workshop and seed package. Book via https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rootcampveg-growing-for-beginners-tickets-135837364213 8 | SE21 - February 2021

10am - 12pm. Tina will help you understand how you can best support a child at home and at school. Children with dyslexia may learn differently from you. This course has been designed to help you understand how you can best support a child at home and at school. Future sessions include: • 11th February – Reading Skills • 25th February – Study Skills • 4th March – Writing Skills • 1th March – Developing and Supporting Numeracy Skills £20 per session or £100 for all 6 (one has already taken place in January). Book at: https://www.bellhouse.co.uk/allevents 10

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What's On - February Thursday 4 February: &ART weekend, holiday and after school art classes

Saturday 6 February: &ART weekend, holiday and after school art classes 9am-10.30am. &ART weekend, holiday and after school art classes for children aged 5-12 years old. The Scout Hut, 212 Bellenden Road, Peckham, SE15 4BY. https://www.andart.london.

Sundays 7, 14, 21 & 28 February: The weekly Horniman Market 4pm-5:15pm. &ART weekend, holiday and after school art classes for children aged 5-12 years old. The Scout Hut, 212 Bellenden Road, Peckham, SE15 4BY. https://www.andart.london

Saturdays 6, 13, 20 & 27 February: Zoom Life Drawing & Painting

10am-1pm. This is a drop-in drawing and painting session with the Dulwich Art Group conducted via Zoom with limited studio slots. Untutored sessions with a long pose generally held for three weeks giving the artist a chance to produce a more considered piece of work. Our models are carefully chosen and are lit with professional lights. Advice is always on tap but we tend to leave you to your own devices unless encouraged. 4a Champion Hill SE5 8AH. www.dulwichartgroup.co.uk. 10 | SE21 - February 2021

10am â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 3pm. The weekly Horniman Market is open to provide food items including fresh fruit, vegetables, cheese, bread and meat. Market stalls will be positioned outdoors at a safe distance from each other to ensure we can maintain a two metre social distance for all customers and traders. Strict and enhanced hygiene measures are in place with all traders. We also ask that you sanitise your hands at each available stall and only touch produce you intend on buying. The Market will be accepting card payments only. Please note, the Horniman Gardens and Gardens toilets are open, with the usual Gardens opening hours. www.horniman.ac.uk. 100 London Road, Forest Hill, SE23 3PQ.

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Light Up The Winter Garden With Silver Plants Garden Talk with Janine Winlaw | Instagram @janinewinlaw

ilvery foliage adds real drama to the garden on a winter’s day. It shines out in the pale light, lifting the garden, and looks magical when frosted. The shimmery grey tones contrast with dark, evergreen shrubs as well as rusty browns of dead seed heads and grasses. Here are my favourite evergreen plants for winter interest.

Small Shrubs Convolvulus cneaorum. A useful and attractive evergreen shrub with shiny silvery foliage and masses of white flowers from late spring to summer. Pretty with Erigeron karvinskianus. Lavandula angustifolia. As well as those heavenly scented summer flowers, the winter structure provided by well-pruned lavender is a huge strength. This variety with its steely-grey woolly leaves is particularly good for winter foliage. Best in full sun with well-drained soil. Santolina chamaecyparissus. An excellent neat rounded subshrub with grey/white foliage and yellow button-like flowers in summer. Clip in spring to keep it neat. Best in a well-drained sunny site.

Larger Shrubs Ballota pseudodictamnus. A pretty subshrub, with woolly pale green to grey leaves. Hard prune in June and it’ll regrow within weeks and have a neat framework throughout winter. Prefers sun and well-drained soil. Looks great with spires of dark blue salvia nemorosa ‘Caradonna.’ Brachyglottis ‘Sunshine’ (Dunedin Group). An easy to grow shrub with attractive silver/grey felty leaves and stems. It also has yellow daisy-like flowers in the summer. It’s tough, unfussy and drought tolerant, and looks good with other Mediterranean plants and herbs. Pittosporum tenuifolium ‘Silver Queen’. This useful shrub has glossy grey-green leaves with white margins creating a pale shining effect. This is not as silvery as many of plants listed here but it’s useful if you’re looking for something bigger and it can tolerate partial shade. 12 | SE21 - February 2021

Grasses & Other Silvery Plants Astelia chathamica ‘Silver Shadow’. This striking silver plant has architectural pale green/silver spear shaped leaves. It’s happy in sun but prefers partial shade so it’s great for brightening up a shady area. Festuca glauca. A compact, evergreen grass with tufty mounds of steely blue foliage and graceful flower spires in summer. Or try the taller Helictotrichon sempervirens. Both are sun lovers and suit Mediterranean planting. Stachys byzantina ‘Silver Carpet’ (lamb’s ear). This furry leaved silver plant makes fab ground cover, creeping along the front of a border, even in winter. Artemisia ‘Powis Castle’. This semi evergreen has lovely light silvery foliage that remains into winter, though it may need a tidy up in spring. It’s gorgeous, but won’t last long if the soil isn’t free draining enough so plant with plenty of grit. A. ludoviciana ‘Silver Queen’ has long thin silvery leaves that hold on into winter.

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Harissa Chicken & Squash Traybake Recipes from Suzanne James | www.suzannejames.co.uk

e are lucky to still be using up butternut squash grown on our allotment last year, they are such a good crop to grow as they store for a month or more after harvesting in a cool dark place. I love this easy traybake which uses chicken, butternut squash and artichokes. It is low-calorie and only takes a five-minutes to prepare so it is perfect for busy weekday dinners.

Ingredients • 180g grilled artichokes in oil • 1½ tablespoons Filippo Berio Extra Virgin Olive Oil • 2 teaspoons of dry harissa spice • 2 cloves of garlic, chopped finely • 1 red onion, diced • 8 chicken thighs • 1 butternut squash cut into chunks – you can leave the skin on as it adds flavour • 150g mixed olives of your choice, roughly chopped • A small pack of cherry tomatoes • Salt and Pepper • Large handful of spinach leaves

Method Heat the oven to 2200C/2000C fan/gas 6. Measure out 1½ tablespoons of olive oil from the grilled artichoke container. Mix this with the Filippo Berio Extra Virgin olive oil, chopped garlic, diced onion and harissa spices Score the chicken skin and put the chicken thighs and squash in a large roasting tin, toss in the flavoured oil and add a sprinkle of salt and pepper. (*tip here is to then rub the spices into the chicken to impart flavour through the thigh) Roast in the oven for 45 mins until tender and golden, then tip the artichokes, tomatoes, spinach and olives into the pan over the chicken. Give everything a good mix with a wooden spoon Return to the oven for 10 mins more to warm everything through and wilt the spinach, blister the tomatoes. Remove from the oven and serve with crusty bread and/or rice. Enjoy! 14 | SE21 - February 2021

In Season This Month Fruit, Nuts & Fungi - Apples, Chestnuts, Pears (late – Concorde, Doyenne du Comice, Conference and Winter Nellis), Rhubarb (forced), Walnuts. Vegetables & Herbs - Jerusalem Artichokes, Beetroot, Brussels Sprouts, Cauliflower, Celeriac, Celery, Chicory, Kale, Leeks, Parsnips, Potatoes, Swede, Turnips. Meat & Game - Duck, Guinea Fowl, Hare, Partridge, Venison. Fish & Shellfish - Brill, Clams, Cockles, Haddock, Halibut, Hake, John Dory, Lemon Sole, Monkfish, Mussels, Oyster, Plaice, Turbot. Going out of season - Cabbage, Cauliflower, Goose, Horseradish, Jerusalem Artichoke, Leek, Parsnip, Rhubarb, Swede, Truffle.

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Should I Be Worried About My BMI?

Fitness tips with Leanne Spencer | www.bodyshotperformance.com

ou have probably heard of BMI in the context of health and weight - especially in the last year or so. I however want to talk about some of the better alternatives to BMI. BMI stands for Body Mass Index, and it’s an equation that’s done to give you a rough indication of whether you are overweight, underweight, or so on. If you’re a very muscular person, your BMI is going to imply you’re overweight, when usually that isn’t the case – it’s because you’ve got the dense muscle mass. Take a bodybuilder, for example, or rugby player. These men and women have hardly any bodyfat on them and yet would be classified as overweight or even obese according to BMI measurements. It’s not an accurate number, but that said, I’m not particularly keen on any number that you can apply to somebody’s body composition (which I think is a better way of describing things). Body composition is how your body is composed of water, muscle, fat, and bone. For most people, we want a little bit more muscle, and in some cases, quite a bit less fat, but body composition is the right term.

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I’m really keen on is functional fitness. Can you do the things that you want to do? Can you climb the stairs in the time that you want to get up the stairs? Can you lift your shopping, lift your children, play with your children? If you can’t do any of those things, then your functional fitness is probably what you need to focus on. Rather than obsessing about a number, focus on your functional fitness and focus on how you feel.

Look in the mirror. Be objective. Are you happy with what you see based on your own measurements, not some warped distortion of what you should look like that’s been propounded to you by the media, for example? Are you happy with how you feel? That’s probably the most critical subjective measure of all. Do you feel fit? Do you feel good? Do you feel happy based on your own personal standard?

The String Test Then there is the simple string test to see if you are putting on weight. Grab a string to measure your height, fold that length in half and see if you can wrap it around your waist. If your string isn’t long enough to wrap around your entire waist you are more likely to develop health problems. 16 | SE21 - February 2021

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Around Dulwich

Around Dulwich brings you news, articles and events happening in and around the Dulwich a The blog is run by Angela Burgess from SE Mag

id you know we have a fab website alongside our magazines? For years now I have run Around Dulwich alongside the monthly community magazines in SE21, SE22 & SE23. This has always allowed me to promote stories that miss my deadline or help local groups to promote their events. So I am really excited that you can now submit your own events directly on the website for approval. You can upload a photo too and add all the details of where the event is (online or in person), how to

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book, times and any other details. You can now add an event via the Events Page* If you havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t taken a look lately, why not take a look? You can even sign up for updates to be delivered direct to your inbox!

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How To Behave In Public Spaces

Pets Corner with Leonie St Clair | www.londondogstraining.co.uk

would be the first to defend those that wish to own dogs and would never want to see dogs banned from public spaces. However, unless a large numbers of dog owners change their ways, we may see dogs banned from parks in future or control orders issued that require dogs to be kept on a lead in any public space- and what a shame that would be. The current explosion in dog ownership means parks are stuffed with young dogs and levels of control leave much to be desired. In earlier articles I have addressed confusion over socialisation which does not mean lack of supervision. Nor is not about letting young dogs playfight and bombard other dogs and humans at will. That is not true socialisation and it is certainly not appropriate exercise or training. Socialisation is a developmental process where your pup learns about his environment and what is the norm. Teaching boundaries is a valuable part of that process. Allowing your pup to jump on other dogs, children and humans may help to create an antisocial and frustrated adult. Jumping up, mobbing and stealing may be naturally self-rewarding behaviours but we do not want to perpetuate them. Early positive training and control will soon teach your pup more socially acceptable and equally rewarding behaviours. Here is a checklist to promote better dog ownership in public spaces. 1) The park is for all and not everyone likes your dog or puppy. Never allow your pup to just wander up to people. Teach your pup that interaction with humans and other dogs is by invitation and under your direction. Make it fun. Help them to learn that them sticking with you gets a reward (your praise, a treat, a game). 2) Do not let your dog mob or rush at other humans or strange dogs. This especially applies to owners of teenage hounds. Running at another being is plain rude and your youngster may find itself on the receiving end of a severe canine drubbing or an angry human. This is not a great way to teach your pup boundaries. All dogs should earn their freedom by having good recall, self-control and manners.

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3) Attend training early on. There are oodles of online training courses on offer. The beauty of lockdown is that it matters not where the class is held. Online training is great because in the quiet of your home it is easier for you and your pup to learn. Go to www.abtc.org.uk for qualified dog trainers around the UK (look under the Animal Training Instructor section). 4) Use a long line. This way your pup can enjoy degrees of freedom. Pups do need interaction with other dogs but recall them frequently and move on; reward compliance handsomely. Look for suitable off-lead contexts and limit duration. Teach your pups to approach adult dogs and all humans calmly and with respect. Again, focus on getting a bombproof recall. It is for you to decide who your dog interacts with, not them. 5) Don’t stand around chatting while your pooches frolic together in the park- you are setting them up to become canine hooligans. Consider your dog’s needs (a big clue will be in what your dog was originally developed to do). Start to train and develop games and activities around your dog’s innate skills (scenting, tracking, retrieving, distance running). Make ‘you’ the centre of your dog’s world, not other dogs. Older dogs can learn to jog with their owners. Most enjoy the sense of being on a ‘mission’.

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ovid’s clammy grasp has blighted Dulwich Hamlet’s season over the last month or so, with a run of bad results (PCR swab results) leading to the postponement of a slew of recent games. The Hamlet did manage one game during the Merryneum, when they secured a 2-1 away to the double trouble of Hampton and Richmond. But otherwise the club’s balls have remained largely unkicked in anger for a while. The hard fought result against H&R took the Hamlet up to the giddy heights of 10th in the league. And despite not playing since before New Year, results of teams around the team have been sufficiently mediocre that the pride of East Dulwich have barely shifted in the league. This is very solid stuff indeed. With games dropping like a discarded Christmas tree’s needles across non-league football due to the pandemic, questions abound whether this year’s season will ultimately be null and voided. There is no sign of this yet. But we’re afraid there is also very little chance either that crowds will be allowed in to see the men’s or the women’s team for the foreseeable. Despair not though Hamlet fans: the Pink and

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Blues’ top media team will stream any home game that does happen free at www.youtube. com/c/DulwichHamletTV. And they are very good indeed, producing an experience that is the next best thing to freezing half to death on the concrete tundra of Champion Hill. A few off pitch matters to report. Fan and local author Michael Wagg has penned a work of fiction inspired by Dulwich Hamlet’s greatest player, interwar England international Edgar Kail. You can order a copy at https://uk.bookshop.org/ books/edgar-adolf/9780198494911?aid=37. And the club recently marked the very melancholy one year anniversary of the death of Mishi Morath, a fan who was for decades a huge part of club life. We all miss you Mishi. The place is not the same without you. As ever, please keep an eye on the club’s website (www.dulwichhamletfc.co.uk) for updates on fixtures during 2021. And of course you can continue to look pretty in pink and blue by shelling out on merchandise via the Supporters’ Trust website (www.dhst.org. uk). Every pound spent goes to helping secure the club’s future. Up the Hamlet and here’s to getting those shots pumped into our arms.

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Interiors

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Small Room – Big Ideas

ow can you achieve spectacular results at a relatively reduced cost? Why not look at the smallest room in your house; the separate toilet room, if you have one. Take the space for starters; small and compact so the amount of materials and decoration required is therefore proportionate. For example, a new toilet, wash hand basin and radiator upgrade remains significantly cheaper than revamping a small bathroom or shower-room. My advice is to be brave with your decoration. To create a spectacular experience try treating it separately from your other decorations. The room is normally hidden behind a door, therefore the contents are only revealed upon opening. To achieve a room that works well and looks fantastic requires clever design. Colour provides the most immediate impact. Whilst a tendency is to go for lighter colours and plain walls, this can actually emphasise the smallness of the space. By cleverly using mid to darker coloured paints and, in particular, large patterned wallpaper, one can blur the boundaries and create a room of seeming capaciousness. Be bold, use one colour throughout or consider wallpapering both walls and ceiling. Simple architectural additions can create a sum that looks more than the parts. Try adding new skirting boards, which I prefer to be overscaled. Consider a mirrored wall. Panel the door and/or walls. Replace a nasty old handle and key lock to a privacy lock. If your preferred choice is minimalistic, then the same rules apply to you, only with a more restrained materials palette and colour. Lighting creates a mood. Installing discreet and sunken spot lighting, warm LED lighting in hidden areas or, a back lit mirror, adds drama at relatively little expense. Effective lighting is often under specified in a project. Row upon row of inset ceiling lights, which provide too much lighting, produces a harsh atmosphere. Our aim in a toilet

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space is for sufficient ambient lighting to create the right mood to enhance the space. Flooring must be practical and aesthetically pleasing. Linoleum and vinyl are relatively inexpensive, low maintenance, easy to clean, and comfortable underfoot. They can have the appearance of tiling and are a wise choice. Linoleum is made from renewable materials and provides you with bespoke options if preferred. Forbo’s linoleum, under the brand of Marmoleum, also provide you with an array of choices, including bespoke. Vinyl flooring is also extremely practical and robust so search out Harvey Maria who manufacture luxury vinyl flooring. Their rubber flooring of the studded kind is also worth looking at for something different. Other choices of flooring can include tiles, wood, marble and stone, however, watch for the change in level from the outside to the inside when applying such materials. Mood Boards. To kick start your scheme, start with a concept then create your mood board so you do not deviate too far from your initial concept. Today’s choice of sanitary ware, faucets, paints and wallpapers, which includes 100% waterproof wallpaper even removing the need for tiling, provides you with unlimited and sometimes confusing choices. To avoid ending up with a completed project that disappoints, remain true to your objectives. So, start collecting images, devise a concept for your big ideas and before you know it, right there in front of you, your small space will begin its transformation. All that will remain then is its execution and finally, your enjoyment.

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How Deep Is Your Love?

here it is, sat in the middle of February is Valentine’s Day, 14th February! This is the day designated or associated with the celebration of love for that special one or ones in our lives. Moreover, February is a special month, not because it is the shortest in our calendar but it is the month of love and romance. So what have you planned for your loved ones this Valentine’s Day or February 2021? A candle lit meal out? A trip to the theatre? Or that special break? Sadly, the answer has to be none of the above. This is not because of your loss or lack of romance but due to government policy and our national lockdown, Stay at Home policy. Have no fear for this is not the end of the love. In fact it may just be the beginning. Whilst preparing for the lifting of the national lockdown, reflect and ask yourself; what is in place for my loved ones if I died tomorrow? Have I made financial provisions for my loved ones if I was to pass away? Who would make decisions for me if was unable to make decisions for myself? These are not only sobering questions but also serve to challenge the foundation of your love for your loved ones. The same loved ones whom we are keen to adorn with our grand gestures of expressed love; such as buying flowers; or heading out for a candle lit meal; or a trip to the theatre if we were not restricted to staying at home. How secure is the foundation of our love this Valentine’s Day or this February the month of love and romance. Try our estate planning love test. • Do you have a will in place and does it provide for your loved ones? • Do you have any life assurance to provide for your loved ones if you are no longer here? • Who would be able to look after your financial and personal affairs if you could not make your own decisions?

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Perhaps February 2021 may be the month to address your love foundation. If you have always postponed making a Will until someday, please remember that the next time you deliver your grand show of love. However, do not feel alone because a large proportion of the UK population are with you. Depending upon the research you choose to read, over 60% of the UK population don’t have a Will. Yet most of this group would talk about being in love or showing love in February. Really! Research has also shown that some 60% of the UK population do not have any life cover. They do not have life insurance or life assurance. Yes, the two are totally different. Yet most people do not have any or have used them as an expression of love. The position is much more interesting when we turn to how many of the UK population have a Lasting Power of Attorney in place. Research has found that less than 15% of the UK population have a Lasting Power of Attorney in place. This is the lesser known expression of love. If you lose capacity to make your own decisions and do not have a Lasting Power of Attorney (finance and property) access to your finance can be denied to your loved ones, irrespective of whether you are married or are in a civil partnership. Similarly, without a Lasting Power of Attorney (health and welfare) you have transferred by default authority to the state to make decisions about your health and welfare. Maybe the impact of your Will, life assurance and Lasting Power of Attorney will be enjoyed by your loved ones long after the memory of that Valentine’s Day meal.

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Back in the Game Education News from Alleyn's | www.alleyns.org.uk Megan Ellery, Head of Alleyn’s Sporting Performance Pathway, tells us how our children, whatever their age or ability, can return to school sport confidently and healthily after their time away.

aintaining levels of physical activity in children is something PE teachers and parents have wrestled with during the pandemic. As we glimpse light at the end of the tunnel, here are some tips to ensure your child is raring to go when the time comes to return to competitive sport.

Be Cool, Don’t Worry! Most of the world’s top athletes have had a ‘rocky road’ to success. While having a break from sport might have felt like an unwelcome interruption to their progress, it is likely that it has actually been the kind of challenge that will make them an even better sportsperson in the future.

Do What You Can With What You Have With great challenge comes great opportunity. You don’t need to have your own astroturf or netball court to make progress. How can you use this time and the space you have productively? There’s a lot of quality content online but think creatively and who knows – your child may return with a few new skills in their locker!

Stay Broad The best sportspeople come from a foundation of varied training, so mix up your child’s activities and avoid doing the same type of exercise every day. They could try a range of activities such as running, fartlek training, ball skills, higher intensity training, cycling, strength training, yoga... and walking is also good. It will not only make them physically robust and capable, but it will be more fun too! 26 | SE21 - February 2021

Be Patient! If your older child can’t wait to get back into competitive sport and has kept active during lockdown, they might be disappointed to discover that they are a bit ‘rusty’, because even if they kept up their training, starting matches again can be a shock to the system and ‘game fitness’ is hard to replicate. Remind them that everyone is in the same boat, and it won’t be long before they are back on form. They should be kind to themselves, listen to their body, warm up properly and stretch between sessions. There might be a few new Covidrelated rules for team sports, too and they should help their coach or teacher by sticking to them to make sure that sport can continue safely for us all!

Enjoy Every Moment Never let your child lose sight of why we play sport – it’s such good fun! Sport is important for our physical, mental and social health, and it’s a great form of expression and escapism. As soon as your child is allowed back to play, rejoice in the fact that they’re allowed to run around with their friends again!

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What's On - February Tuesday 9 February: A.C. Grayling: The Good State (Live Stream Event) 7pm-8pm.

The foundations upon which our democracies stand are inherently flawed, vulnerable to corrosion from within. What is the remedy? A.C. Grayling makes the case for a clear, consistent, principled and written constitution, and sets out the reforms necessary – among them addressing the imbalance of power between government and Parliament, imposing fixed terms for MPs, introducing proportional representation and lowering the voting age to 16 (the age at which you can marry, gamble, join the army and must pay taxes if you work) – to ensure the intentions of such a constitution could not be subverted or ignored. As democracies around the world show signs of decay, the issue of what makes a good state, one that is democratic in the fullest sense of the word, could not be more important. A.C. Grayling CBE MA DPhil (Oxon) FRSA FRSL is the Master of the New College of the Humanities, London, and its Professor of Philosophy. He is also a Supernumerary Fellow of St Anne’s College, Oxford. He is the author of over thirty books of philosophy, biography, history of ideas, and essays. He has twice been a judge on the Booker Prize, in 2014 serving as the Chair of the judging panel. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, a Vice President of Humanists UK, Patron of the Defence Humanists, Honorary Associate of the Secular Society, and a Patron of Dignity in Dying. Ticket only £8 – access to live stream only Book & Ticket £12– includes a signed copy of The Good State (Book RRP £9.99, collection from Village Books) Book, Ticket, P&P £14 – includes a signed copy of The Good States (Book RRP, £9.99) and postage to any UK address. Book tickets https://www.trybooking.com/uk/ events/landing?eid=16186& 28 | SE21 - February 2021

Wednesday 10 February: Dulwich & District U3A Open Meeting Talk via Zoom

2pm-3:30pm. Veronica Alden on blue plaques in south-east London. Q & A after the talk. More details at: dulwich-u3a.uk/events. Contact: secretary@dulwich-u3a.uk for the link to the Zoom meeting.

Wednesday 10 February

7:30pm-8.30pm. After the success of our online quizzes last year, our host Andrew is back and ready to bring even more fun during lockdown 3.0! Join us from the comfort of your sofa and play along with those at home, or with a team using Zoom. The quiz will be broadcast live from our Facebook page. Follow our page to participate on the night: https://www.facebook.com/linkagesouthwark/ It’s free to take part, but we ask you to please consider making a £5 donation per team to support our work to keep older people connected with their communities during the pandemic by providing telephone befriending, online activity groups and food shopping deliveries. We hope you can join us!

What's On - February Wednesday 10 & Thursday 11 February: &ART weekend, holiday and after school art classes

4pm- 5:15pm. &ART weekend, holiday and after school art classes for children aged 5-12 years old. The Scout Hut, 212 Bellenden Road, Peckham, SE15 4BY. https://www.andart.london.

Thursday 11 February: Bauhaus – 100 Years of Design, 1919-2019

Saturday 13 February: Rootcamp: Veg growing for beginners 2pm-3.30pm

Always wanted to grow your own veggies, but have no idea where to start? Whether you’ve got a sunny windowsill, small balcony or larger garden, Rootcamp is for you. A package containing a variety of seeds and other useful bits will arrive with you ahead of the virtual workshop. Then you’ll get your hands dirty, learning how to sow, grow and care for your vegetable plants in a fun and informative environment. This 1.5 hour session will be led by Eliza Nicholas, a garden designer, home grower, and winner of Pro-Landscaper’s 30 Under 30 2020. Bring a cup of tea and all your vegetable-growing questions! Tickets are £24 each, including the workshop and seed package. Book via https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ rootcamp-veg-growing-for-beginnerstickets-135837364213

Tuesday 16 February: Honor Oak WI Craft Club Our Craft Club runs on the 3rd Tuesday of each month –currently via Zoom at 7:30pm @honoroakwi/ @honoroakwi Honoroak_WI @ Email: honoroakwi@gmail.com

Dulwich Park Runners 8pm-9pm. Online Event. Zoom lecture for members of The Arts Society Dulwich - see: www.theartssocietydulwich.org.uk. For membership details contact: desraetrace@hotmail.co.uk | 020 7274 6106.

Want to keep fit through running? Contact your local club, Dulwich Park Runners. DPR organise virtual activities and provide advice to help with motivation and effective training. enquiries@dulwichparkrunners.com www.dulwichparkrunners.co.uk We hope to be back to our normal full programme of running events soon. DPR-buildng a local running community SE21 - February 2021 | 29

What's On - February Monday 22 February: Cultivating Understanding and Reducing Stress

Wednesday 24 February: Cooking with Scissors (via Zoom)

7pm-8pm. This Bell House webinar will focus on improving our awareness of stress and understanding of its causes and, physiological and psychological responses. The last year has understandably seen a rise in stress for many, but do we understand why we feel stressed, it’s causes and how we can reduce it? Tracy from Way to Wellbeing will help you explore strategies for reducing stress and improving wellbeing. Suggested donation £5. Bell House will send you the Zoom link on registration. https://www.bellhouse.co.uk/events/

8.15pm. An opportunity for local business professionals to meet, make new contacts and gain new business. The last Wednesday of every month. Free Admission. To find out more or register your interest in attending, please email sbn@cookingwithscissors.co.uk.

Tuesday 23 February: What a Lovely Send-Off: Planning a Meaningful Funeral 7:30pm-9pm. Have you ever thought about your funeral? Do you know what would happen if you, or someone you cared about, died tomorrow? In this online workshop, we’ll go through everything you need to know about funerals. By sharing stories, insights and practical advice, we hope you’ll discover that funerals can be meaningful, personal and cost-effective. We’ll consider: • why we have funerals • what a ‘good’ funeral might be like • how funerals can be meaningful, personal and cost-effective • how to choose the right funeral director for you This session is suitable for people who are: • thinking about their own funeral • preparing to arrange a funeral for someone else • curious about funerals We hope you’ll go away inspired and empowered to arrange a funeral that’s right for you and fitting for your circumstances. This session will be held on Zoom and will last around 90 minutes. It will be led by Louise Winter, an experienced and award-winning funeral director and the founder of Poetic Endings Funerals. There’ll be an opportunity for Q&A at the end of the talk. https://www.poetic-endings.com/ 30 | SE21 - February 2021

Thursday 25 February: Dulwich & District U3A Open Meeting Talk 2pm-3:30pm. Alan Blower on London Parks and Royal connections .More details at dulwichu3a.uk/events. Q & A after the talk. Contact secretary@dulwich-u3a.uk for the link to the Zoom meeting

Community News: Volunteer Opportunity Zoom Group/IT Facilitator Role

Link Age Southwark are seeking ad-hoc or regular volunteers with good IT skills to help bring together their older friends virtually. We need volunteers to provide extra support with engaging some of our service users to access our online activity groups. This could involve calling participants before a group to remind them when it is starting, providing assistance over the phone to anyone struggling to access the online group, being on hand to assist anyone during the group with IT queries such as turning on their video, unmuting etc. and taking a record of attendance. The group sessions are fun and include exercise, singing and chatting, as a volunteer you would be welcome to participate in the activities. If you are interested in helping, email volunteering@linkagesouthwark.org or call 020 8299 2623 to speak to a member of the volunteering team.

Callia Quartet Preparing to perform a premiere during a pandemic

ow will we all remember 2020? The year when everything stopped. The year we were in and out of Lockdowns. The year when everyone decided that baking their own bread was the only way to get through. The highs and lows of home-schooling. When conversations with friends were carried out on doorsteps, at a minimum distance of 2m….. For the Callia Quartet, it was a year of development, and although a time of unpredictability, they used this period to prepare for the plans which they had set out for 2021. In February 2020, they performed the premiere of Thomas Hewitt Jones’ Divertimento. A 5-movement piece, written to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Chamber Players summer school, which 2nd violinist Lucy Melvin runs in Sydenham. They were able to give two performances of this piece before Lockdown. All subsequent performances were either postponed or cancelled, but their focus remained on the next part of the project. They had always hoped that Divertimento would be the first of three commissions, and so the time during the Lockdown periods was used to fundraise for the next 2 pieces. This fundraising was successful and current restrictions allowing, on February 27th 2021 they will perform the premiere of Introduction and Allegro at All Saints, West Dulwich. When the concert was first planned, London had just entered Tier 2. Audiences were still permitted to attend concerts, and able to book seats within their own bubble. All Saints is a very well ventilated venue, and the seats are very well spaced out. They felt confident that within this Tier, audiences could be welcomed back safely to what would be the first live concert in this venue since mid-March 2020. However, London moved through the Tiers, and is currently now in Lockdown. Whilst

in this tier, audiences won’t be permitted to hear the concert in person, but the concert will be recorded, and streamed 5 days later on Thursday 4th March. This means that they will be able to bring the premiere performance of Introduction and Allegro by Thomas Hewitt Jones to you, wherever you may be. The piece is written for string quartet and oboe. The Callia Quartet is collaborating with oboist James Turnbull for this piece. James is a longstanding friend of members of the quartet, and one of the foremost performers of contemporary music for the oboe. This piece is very reflective of the period which we have all been through. It starts with a brooding and intense introduction, followed by an uplifting Allegro, as we emerge back into a world where live music and performances can take place again. Included in the programme are two much more classical works. Mozart’s oboe quartet, and Sibelius’ string quartet no. 1. Both are very youthful and joyful works, and again, express the quartet’s own joy at being able to perform together again. All details about this concert can be found at: www.calliaquartet.co.uk/shows/ www.calliaquartet.co.uk/news Tickets: www.ticketsource.co.uk/callia-quartet/ ALL INFORMATION IS CORRECT AT THE TIME OF GOING TO PRINT.

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The Last Word – Lucy Melvin What do you most value about your street? I live on the most wonderful street. It is like a little country lane, which immediately takes you away from the hustle and bustle, it is very quiet. The street is lined with houses of different styles of architecture. My house is in the middle of a crescent of 1960s built townhouses. I love the modern style of architecture which can be found around parts of Dulwich and Sydenham.

Do you know your neighbours?

Lucy Melvin, violinist. 2nd violinist with the Callia Quartet, violin teacher and Artistic Director of Chamber Players is also a proud mother of two daughters. How long have you lived in the area? I moved to West Dulwich in 2001 (so nearly 20 years of my life has been spent in South London), and then moved to Sydenham in 2006, where I now still live. I was born in North London, and my North London roots are still very strong, but my children are born and bred South Londoners, and we love this corner of London.

What brought you here? Gravity! (As a North Londoner being pulled South of the River, Gravity can be the only possible explanation).

What has changed most during that time? I think that the area has very much stayed the same, but how we see things is very much influenced by current situations. Before my children were born, I led a very busy freelance career, travelling around a lot for work. My life became a lot more localised after having children, and I was able to appreciate all the wonderful assets we have here, such as the Dulwich Picture Gallery, the Horniman Museum and all of the different parks near-by. 32 | SE21 - February 2021

I am incredibly lucky in living in my street. It has always had a special feeling about it. The older teenage children would babysit my own children when they were younger. We have a Summer street party, and Halloween is something that all of the children have gown up looking forward to. Fireworks at New Years Eve etc. It really is like a little village all of its’ own. It became even more special during Lockdown last year. We did concerts in the street, and bingo and quiz events. It became a real focal point for us all, we could see each-other and enjoy some entertainment, all at a safe distance.

The most famous person you’ve met? As a violinist, I have worked with quite a few famous people over the years, but when it comes down to it, they are just every-day people doing their job too (right?). that probably makes me sound really selfrighteous, but it’s true though.

Do you belong to any groups? My work is with the Callia Quartet. 3 out of 4 of us live in South East London. Dorothea lives in Honor Oak Park, and Claire is also in Sydenham. Graham doesn’t live in London, but the other group which he performs with: Classico Latino also rehearses in Dulwich, so he is an honorary S.E. Londoner. The Summer School which I run is also based in Sydenham, and most of the tutors who teach on the course live in Sydenham. There are many musicians here, and you can’t go far without bumping into a colleague or two along the way.

Describe your perfect weekend My weekends before Lockdowns were always pretty busy, either performing concerts, or preparing for various projects which I have on the go, I loved the spontaneity of my weekends. Not having any particular structure, but seizing the moment with

whatever was happening at that particular time. It felt full of fun, and adventure. Since the slower pace which the lockdowns have brought, I am making the most of the calmer time right now. I bought a projector for a family Christmas present, so we now have a new Friday evening treat of movie night, with popcorn, all snuggled up with blankets and a big-screen movie projected on to the wall of the sitting room. Sundays are also lovely family times with a roast lunch, and a time of calm to prepare for the week ahead.

A hot bath at the end of the day, with the lights down low, and essential oils is the thing which is keeping me calm right now.

Where are you to be found on Saturday?

The book I’m reading at the moment..

If I am not performing, then places I love to go to are the V and A - is one of my favourite places. The National Portrait Gallery is another. I love exploring the galleries off Piccadilly, or closer to home is the Fashion and Textile Museum in Bermondsey. I love variety, and taking a trip to see a gallery, or a walk in a park, sometimes you never know what will happen next. There will always be something if you keep your mind open and look around you.

Dressed for War by Julie Summers. A biography of the Vogue editor Audrey Withers, during the war years through to the 60s.

What is your favourite place to eat? As a Sydenham resident, it doesn’t get much better than The Gurkha. One of my colleagues comes from Vienna to teach on the Chamber Players summer school every year (before both COVID and Brexit struck). We would have a Gurkha curry most nights of the week, and it was delicious every time.

Coffee or tea? Where? Cobbs Corner café in Sydenham is great for a lazy brunch. The iced tea is also highly recommended.

Where’s your favourite place to walk? I love being by the river. I love walking around Rotherhithe and exploring the little streets between there and London Bridge. Then from there along to the Southbank, which takes you past Gabriel’s Wharf, which is always lit up so prettily in the Summer, and over looks Bankside Beach. Without being able to travel abroad this Summer, it was fun to discover a beach without the need to leave London at all.

When I want to relax... With the return of home-school and working from home, the struggle is real, but we are managing. The key to this is finding as much time for downtime when ever possible. I have never prioritised this in my life before, but now I think it is essential.

If money was no object.. My house is in serious need of repair. I love it, but there is so much work that should be done to it. Some of my neighbours have returned the original 60s look to their houses, and I would love to do something like that if I could.

My perfect holiday.. It would always be Italy. I am very lucky to have travelled a lot for my work, and there are lots of places that I would love to return to, but for perfection, it would always be Italy for me. I had planned a road trip around France, Switzerland and Northern Italy last Summer, which for obvious reasons never happened. hopefully we will all be able to travel safely again, and I can do that road trip soon.

My secret ambition.. Professionally, my dream job ever since being a teenager was to play in a string quartet, and teach. I do both of those, so I feel incredibly lucky that I suppose I am fulfilling that ambition right now. Long term, I always imagine myself living my old age in Italy. Driving a little Fiat 500 around the Italian hillsides. I might even be persuaded to swap the charity shops of Sydenham for a stylish little Italian boutique, but I have a long way to go until then. For the time being, I am very much enjoying performing concerts with the Callia Quartet, eating curries from The Gurkha, buying party dresses from the charity shops, and spending time (when we are all allowed it again) with my friends here in London. The Callia Quartet will be performing the premiere of Thomas Hewitt Jones’ Introduction and Allegro later this month, it will be recorded and streamed and available online for 1 week from 4th March at 8.00pm. Please see www.calliaquartet.co.uk for all details. SE21 - February 2021 | 33

Index of Advertisers Alexandra Nurseries ..................................................13 Around Dulwich Community Website .......................23 Ayrton Windows & Doors.............................................2 Bells Bathroom and Kitchens.......................................5 Bespoke Windows .......................................................9 Bradley Viljoen Design...............................................23 Casa of Peckham: Eco Wood Stove Specialists..........17 Census March 2021 - Take Part .................................25 Cooking with Scissors ...............................................21 The Dovetail Joint ......................................................17 Dream Doors: Quality Kitchen Facelifts .....................15 Dulwich Carpet Company ...........................................5 Four Winds Maths......................................................11 Entrepreneurs Marketing & Sales System: Business Coaching....................................................................11

Google Reviews for SE Magazines ............................35 Home Instead Senior Care ....................................Back Mac Support ..............................................................11 Marcus Bishop Associates ..........................................9 Piercy & Co ................................................................15 Poetic Endings .............................................................7 SE Magazines: Local Advertising ....................... 9 & 35 SS PC Repairs ..............................................................7 Sky High Builders ......................................................13 Smart Business Networking ......................................21 Stephen Shillito Graphic Design ................................13 Village Book Events .....................................................5 Walsh Glazing.............................................................23 Wandsworth Sash Windows ........................................7

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Education News

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Fitness Tips

Pets Corner

Events Calendar

Garden Talk

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Interiors

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