E9
magazine magazine
November 2014
Q&A: artist and designer Alex Chinneck Gardening: make your own bird feeder Community cooking: Made in Hackney
Recipe: autumnal roasted squash
Your free guide to what's happening in E9 and the surrounding areas
Fireworks and autumn fun in this month’s essential guide to E9
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Welcome to your local magazine
Dear neighbours It’s November and we can look forward to crisp mornings, autumn leaves, fireworks, mulled wine and the pleasure of our green spaces all to ourselves. It’s great to see our parks fill up during the warmer months, and to realise what a draw they are for people from all over London, but it isn’t it nice to have them to ourselves again? In this month’s magazine there’s a comprehensive What’s On guide to theatre, children’s activities, art events and great firework displays. It’s been a long while since we’ve seen the spectacular displays of Victoria Park, but this year you may want to visit Clissold Park to see what promises to be a great event. There is a charge, though, so if you’re looking for free events, try Weavers Fields or Millwall Park. So, inside we have a delicious autum recipe from Elliott Lidstone (p20) and Susan Birtwiste’s great review of Fish House (p30). Andy Waterhouse gives some sound advice for keeping your pet safe and happy during the firework season (p28) and Sonia Lambert meets some of the people who keep E9’s services running (p16). My favourite gardener Loraine Hourdebaigt creates another little gem for you or the kids to make this month, and which will keep the birds happy and fed through the winter (p27).
Julie Daniels @E9magazine facebook.com/E9magazine
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Q&A: with artist Alex Chinneck
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What’s on in November
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Feature: community cooking with Made in Hackney
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Feature: from New York to Hackney
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What to do with the kids
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Noticeboard
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We are E9: the people who keep Hackney running smoothly
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November calendar
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What to eat: perfect autumn food
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Fitness: why you need yoga
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What’s on in November
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What’s on in November
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Gardening: how to make a simple bird feeder
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A dog’s life: keep your pets happy during the fireworks season
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Hackney bites: Fish House review
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My Hackney and scale. The bigger projects started two years ago with the broken window sculpture, followed by the slidng house in Margate. Alex sets himself enormous challenges, which give him the experience and confidence to move on to the next grand idea. The hovering piazza is his biggest challenge to date and was created with the help of 100 other people.
Photo: Stephen O’Flaherty
Q&A with artist and designer Alex Chinneck Alex doesn’t do things by half. His art grabs your attention. It makes you stand and stare, with its mixture of grand-scale architecture, precision engineering and magic, just as you can see, below right, in the floating Covent Garden piazza he created for one of London’s busiest squares. Other projects have included a sliding house in Margate (a building that is literally sliding onto the pavement), a melting house in Southwark made of wax bricks that were heated every night so that the building slowly melted to the ground, and, familiar perhaps to Hackney residents, Telling the Truth through False Teeth, his broken windows sculpture in Tudor Road (far right). Alex’s Bedfordshire upbringing is a long way from his chosen career. It was thought he would probably become a professional cricketer and there were no artistic leanings in his family: his father is a PE teacher, and his mother works in a college. It was the influence of his art teacher at school and perhaps a rebelliion against what was expected of him that changed all that. He studied painting at Chelsea College of Art but became frustrated with that form of expression because it felt restrictive – he liked the physical, 3-dimensional form better. But also he thinks he just ran out of things to paint! His work evolved from the smaller, gallery-space products, to the larger stuff, growing in ambition 4 E9 magazine NOVEMBER 2014
He lives in Hackney with his partner, fashion design Lu Flux, Bert the dog and their just-born baby girl, Bloom. He talked to Julie Daniels about his work and the buzz he gets from living in London’s most creative borough. What drew you to Hackney? A friend’s dad owned a flat here, so that’s why I first came. What kept me here was that it was exciting to be immersed in a world of alternative characters and places. I took comfort in how unpolished it was. I find real charm in imperfection and I think that’s what made me stay. Does the area influence your work? It’s inevitable that the architecture that surrounds and contains us has an effect. I’ve spent the last eight years living on industrial estates and that visual language is unquestionably present in my work. There’s often this narrative of fatigue or dilapidation that typically comes with those areas, so the the best example of this is the broken windows sculpture on Tudor Road. In terms of progress, I get my biggest buzz out of the City and l like how Hackney is close to it. I use the idea of distorting reality and presenting the everyday world in extraordinary light.
Photo: Jeff Moore
My Hackney How does E9 compare to other areas? Other than Bedfordshire, I’ve only lived in Hackney and I guess things feel more possible in a city like London. What I like about Hackney is that it seems full of people who try to make those things possible. I think Hackney feels like the perfect live/ work space. Some areas just feel domestic; and others feel commercial. Hackney feels like it’s right in between the two. You can really charge yourself off that energy. What makes you most proud? I guess the things that make me proud are the thigs that make me happy. That’s Lu, Bert and now Bloom. My only pleasures come from these guys. I never really have a moment where I’m proud of myself. Anxiety gets in the way. What are you working on? We’re preparing to go to Belgium to make the main sculpture for the European Capital of Culture next year. We’ll be removing the glass from dilapidated buildings and installing large tanks, filling them with water and thousands of fish, then illuminating them at night so the buildings look like they’re flooded with water. We’re also working on a huge project with Camden council – a full-sized windmill, broken from its base, with the sail stuck in the ground and the windmill sticking up. The sail stays still and the windmill turns around. Best coffee (or tea) in these parts? My favourite tea is at a Turkish restaurant, Solche, on the corner of Broadway Market near the canal. They do the nicest spicy chai lattes. What do you do at the weekend? Apart from walking the dog and working I can’t think of a single other thing I’ve done. But walking the dog is where I do all my thinking. Where do you eat out? There’s a Turkish restaurant half way up Hackney Road – it looks like a kebab shop and it’s a shisha place. It doesn’t look great but the food there is really good. Then there’s a sandwich hut down the A12 just past Hackney Wick on the way to Bow, which does the best sandwiches in London. The best thing about where you live? It forever feels interesting. It’s really nice to be
immersed in the transition. But just the people and the places that share a similar ethos to the way we live our lives. Is there anything you would change? We live in a borough of imagination, innovation and creativity, and yet the architectural developments are devoid of all those qualities. We need to preserve the old factories, which are a really important part of the history and heritage of East London. Alternative architecture is strangely discouraged and the mundane and monotonous is encouraged. We’re in danger of ripping down everything that’s charming about the architectural landscape. It’s criminal. I would change the planning policies before it’s too late.
Photo: James Champion
Hackney’s best-kept secret? It must be the Marshes. I guess when you own a dog, the park on a summer’s day is a stressful place. There are lots of people and food around, so it’s nice to go to places where it feels like a secret and you’re allowed an escape from that. If Hackney were human? It would be a multicultural artist in their late thirties, with a Whippet. Hackney in a word? Eclecticism. Sadly, Alex’s broken window sculpture on Tudor Road, E9, is being pulled down in a few months, so make sure you go to see it before it disappears. www.alexchinneck.com E9 magazine NOVEMBER 2014 5
What’s on in November The Hundred We Are
Until 8 November, 8pm.Three Until 8 women, three stories. A young Nov radical, a middle-aged housewife and an old sage battle to make sense of their lives through memory, imagination and fantasy. www.theyardtheatre.co.uk
Bird Barmy Army
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Saturday, 1 November, 10am– 12.30pm. Discover what feathered friends are living in Vicky Park. Meet at V&A Building.
Psycho
Saturday, 1 November until 24 December. Darren Coffield’s pictures and ceramics explore themes of celebrity, identity and perception with a psychological twist. Residence Gallery, 229 Victoria park Road, E9. 1 Nov – 24 Dec
Undream’d Shores
Saturday, 1 November and Sunday, 2 November, 7.30pm. Grand 1, 2 Union Orchestra’s 25 well-known musicians and singers are joined by 120 performers from across East London, weaving stories of migration past and present into a rich tapestry of music and images. Hackney Empire. www.hackneyempire.co.uk
Fireworks...
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Sunday, 2 November, 7pm, at Weavers Fields, E2 and Millwall Park, E14. Both displays start at 7pm sharp; ending 7.30pm. Free.
Candlelit Sutton House
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Thursday, 6 November, 7pm. Explore the house by candlelight and relax with a drink in the lovely café-bar. No need to book.
The Phoenix & the Carpet
7-10 November and 14-16 November, 6pm. Tea Break Theatre bring to life E Nesbit’s classic tale in a follow-up to their 2013 sell-out hit, Five Children and It. Directed by Katharine Armitage. Sutton House. Booking Essential. www. nationaltrust.org.uk/sutton-house/ From 7 Nov
Dolly House
Saturday, 8 November, 8pm. A new hit comedy from Oliver Samuels, Jamaica’s King of Comedy, and the man behind Who a Di Don? and Embassy Saga. www.hackneyempire.co.uk
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... And More Fireworks
Saturday, 8 November. What promises to be a spectacular 8 bonfire night celebration to be held at Clissold Park. Prices £7.50 (Adult), £2.50 (child), non-residents £8.50 (Adult), £3.50 (child), plus £1 per ticket online, £1.25 per ticket over the phone, no fee in person. Buy your tickets through Hackney Empire: www.hackneyempire.co.uk/3841/shows/hackneyfirework-pyromusical.html
What’s on continued on p25
An “outstanding” independent school for children aged 3 to 11.
Sewardstone Road, Victoria Park, London E2 9JG. www.gatehouseschool.co.uk 020 8980 2978 6 E9 magazine NOVEMBER 2014
Community cooking
Pupils at work with Natural Chef, Ceri Jones, pictured left
Made in Hackney want to teach the community how to cook and eat healthily. Rhowena MacCuish sampled a class
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n our fast-paced society of convenience foods and microwave meals many of us have forgotten, or perhaps have never learnt, how to cook from scratch. With household budgets being squeezed tighter and tighter, many people feel that they simply can’t afford to eat good high quality food. However, this is a bit of a misconception. Buying pre-made meals is often more expensive and not half as healthy as buying raw ingredients and cooking them from scratch.
about healthy food and cookery skills. They show them how to cook affordable, healthy, organic and nutritious plant-based meals.
Recognising these problems Joshana Lovage, the daughter of health food shop owners, and Sarah Bentley, a permaculture graduate, created Made In Hackney in 2012, with the aim of bringing healthy, sustainable, local food to all. Made In Hackney is a local community group who help underprivileged people – and anyone who will benefit from learning
I attended a fantastic class taken by Ceri Jones (pictured above, far left) a recently qualified Natural Chef and food writer, of naturalkitchenadventures.com. I was very impressed with the presentation and welcoming nature of the class. The students were all able to take part in various aspects of cooking the day’s
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Cookery classes and courses run regularly throughout the month and are very popular, so booking in advance is recommended. Classes include relaxed, fun lessons in budget cooking, preserving, foraging, bread-making, fermenting, food growing and much more.
Community cooking recipes; it was team spirited with help and advice from Ceri when required. Within two hours the group had prepared and cooked three recipes to serve a dozen people. With the cooking done, everyone sat together to chow down on the delicious efforts, which were mighty fine indeed! Community Sunday classes are run by a volunteer teacher, while the six-week courses and master classes are taken by a paid teacher. All classes are hosted by volunteers who assist the teacher taking the class. Community classes are free, but with a suggested donation of £5 to cover the cost of ingredients. If you are interested in volunteering or would like to attend one of the classes or courses, head along to their website, below. Photos: Rhowena MacCuish www.scrumptiousfoodphotography.com
3 Cazenove Road, London, N16 6PA 020 8442 4266. www.madeinhackney.org
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From NYC to Hackney
Hackney may be closer to New York than you think, says Geneviève GrantThompson
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was born in New York City, and though I haven’t lived there for many years, it will always be the blueprint of home for me.
In all the different places I’ve lived, I’ve looked for the SoHo, Chinatown, Little Italy, and East Village of any city I inhabit. Each neighbourhood reflects a different part of yourself, if you can only unlock its gifts. London was a closed book to me until I moved to Homerton. I finally began to see likenesses, and in and around the neighbourhoods of E9, I began to find my home. I found that Chinatown vibe on Mare Street, where you can buy cheap pak choi, rice noodles, quality tofu freshly cut from a big block, and you get the impression you might get a better price if you spoke Vietnamese or Cantonese. I haven’t found my London version of Little Italy but maybe I’m looking for the wrong thing. For the New Yorker, Italian food is the comfort food for the masses, and you’re never more than a 10-minute walk from a really good calzone or slice of pizza any time of day. Indian food is the Italian food of London. You can sit in a lovely restaurant and 10 E9 magazine NOVEMBER 2014
be served tandoori dishes on white tablecloths, have it delivered to your door if you’re feeling like a homebody, or stagger into a curry house after a night of drinking with friends. Williamsburg used to be old warehouses that only crazy starving artists and squatters were willing to inhabit. Since the ‘90s they’ve become a haven of hipness, offering local trade, quirky cafés and street markets. Sound familiar? Head to Hackney Wick for the 2010 version of that story. SoHo always had its old families; locals who kept the village alive. They stayed as SoHo went from bustling village to ghost town in the suburban exodus of the 80s, and now is vibrant again as more people come alive to its warm wonders. Victoria Park village anyone? All I have to do now to feel completely at home is find those strangers who will talk to you on the bus. Oh wait – I’m the stranger. Looking forward to chatting with you on the 55. Geneviève is a life coach, aromatherapist, poet – and much more besides. Find out more about her at: www.genevievek.com
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WHAT TO DO Chess
Chess is the most popular strategy game in the world and a great game for children to learn. If you are aged between 7 and 11 years old and like chess, or would like to learn, contact Hackney Central Library. Why not try it out and see for yourself? All players are welcome – from beginners to the more advanced. (Hackney Library, 1 Reading Lane, E8, 020 8356 4358)
Theatre
Hackney Children’s Theatre is Hackney’s newest theatre space for young audiences. Situated in the 700-year-old St John at Hackney church, the theatre hosts monthly performances for children and their families.The theatre’s aim is to be affordable and fun, showing new and exciting theatre made for children. Find out more at: www.facebook.com/hackneychildrenstheatre
Cycling
Cycling Club Hackney run Saturday morning coaching sessions for their 8-13-year-old members.There’s also a group for 13+ development riders. Meet 10am at the club HQ, 6 Olympus Square, Nightingale Estate, E5. Cost £2. CCH are also offering coaching to 6-8-yearolds on Saturday mornings. Note: there are limited spaces and parents must stay with their child. For membership details, go to the website: www.cyclingclubhackney.co.uk
Art
Artist Katherine Tulloh runs an art club for children in her home ─ or at nearby Well Street Common if the weather is fine. Classes take place after school in term time only. Sessions for 5-7-year olds are on Tuesdays, 4pm-5pm, and for 8-11-year-olds, on Mondays, 4pm-5.30pm. Call Katherine on 07909 961 877 or email her at katherine@herechickychicky.com
Children’s Centres
The three centres in E9 are Wentworth (the nursery school is in Harrowgate House, Cassland Road, and the children’s centre is in Granard House, Bradstock Road, www.wentworth.hackney. sch.uk), Gainsborough on Berkshire Road 12 E9 magazine NOVEMBER 2014
(www.gainsborough.hackney.sch.uk/childrenscentre), and Morningside on Chatham Place (www.morningside.hackney.sch.uk/childrenscentre), but there are many others nearby. All of them run drop-in play sessions, and a range of activities and support for families.
Reading
Don’t forget the libraries. Find out what’s on at www.hackney.gov.uk/libraries-whats-on.htm
Kickboxing
Monday afternoon Kickboxing for 3-5 and 6-11-year-olds at the Hackney Forge. Call Maria for details on 07872 188 655.
Farms
At city farms (in South Hackney, or further afield in Stepney, Spitalfields and Mudchute) you can introduce your kids to the pongs and pleasures of real farm animals. Stepney City Farm has a great café, as well as a farmers’ market every Saturday from 10am-3pm. www.stepneycityfarm.org, www.hackneycityfarm.co.uk, www.mudchute.org www.spitalfieldscityfarm.org,
Dancing
There’s ballet for children at the Hackney Forge on Tuesdays from 4pm-4.45pm. Call Malfalda on 07550 722 693 for details. Also at the Hackney Forge you’ll find Saturday Street Dance and Musical Theatre classes. 12 noon-1pm, 1.15pm-2.15pm and 2.30-3.30pm Call Lisa on 07985 945 335 for details.
Music
Piccolo music for babies and toddlers runs Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays in the V&A building in Victoria Park. The toddler class is at 10am and the baby class at 11am ─ just drop in. For more info call Stefanie on 07708 451 314. Suzuki Hub runs music lessons for kids (violin, viola, cello or flute). Suzuki Hub, 116 Weymouth Terrace, E2 8LR. www.suzukihub.com.
WITH THE KIDS Tiny Tempo, music classes for babies and toddlers, is at the Royal Inn on the Park, every Wednesday at 1.30pm.
Tennis
What could be simpler way to keep the kids busy? £2 for an hour of tennis at the Victoria Park tennis courts. Just drop in, all abilities welcome and equipment provided. No booking required. Mondays, 4pm for 5-8-year-olds, and 5pm for 9-12-year-olds.
Acting
If you’re looking for something a little different to do with your pre-school-age child, try Hackney Forge on a Wednesday morning. Cbeebies actress Samantha Seager runs acting classes for little tots. www.actingbugs.co.uk
Cinema
Every Saturday morning the Hackney Picturehouse hosts a family-only matinee of a children’s film. Kids’ Club is for children aged 3-12 years. Membership is £4 a year, including the first visit free. Tickets for members and accompanying adults are £1.50 each. Fancy Toddler Time? The programme features 30-minute shows for kids and their parents/carers. Admission £3 per child and accompanying adults are free when they become members of Toddler Time. Call 0871 902 5747).
julie@nutshellpublications.co.uk
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Noticeboard Come aboard the Ark
American born Homerton resident Lisa Devaney has just published her first book In Ark: A Promise of Survival, a futuristic dystopian cli-fi tale.
Mya Brand is in a race against climate change as she tries digitally to archive humanity’s life stories before the planet is destroyed. She struggles, until one day she is abducted by an eco-survivalist community called Ark, which promises that her dream of preserving humanity’s stories will come true. Is Ark the solution for climate change or the problem?
A gift for charity
Branch on the park in Victoria Park Road has just launched a beautiful collection of jewellery for St Mungo’s Broadway and their Rebuild Shattered Lives appeal.The charity is raising money for homeless women. Branch owner Julia Cook designed and made the collection, called Unity (its theme is love, peace and protection), and each piece has a “cuddle catch” – hands and arms that form an embrace. Julia has also designed a flower pendant drop to symbolise peace.
Lisa’s book is available to buy at Victoria Park Books.
Flourish in retirement
The new Victoria Park Community Centre opened recently and part of their programme will be to offer sessions on wellbeing on Wednesday afternoons from 2pm to 4pm, 12 November through to 17 December. If you’re keen to learn how to get the best out of your retirement, while enjoying an afternoon on appreciating life and the effect it has on our wellbeing (led by Karen of Green Space Coaching), then this is definitely for you. Venue: 5 Gore Road (by St Agnes Gate), E9. 14 E9 magazine NOVEMBER 2014
What a fab idea for Christmas presents, and with the added bonus of doing something great for charity. Buy at the shop or through the website, below. Prices are from £10 and 25% will go to the charity. See the full collection at Branch on the park, or here: http://blossomingbranch.myshopify.com/collections/ st-mungos
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We are E9
Sonia Lambert talks to some of the people who brave the rain and keep things running smoothly in E9
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I’ve been working this area for two years. It’s very nice. These people recycle properly, you know. We just get on with it. When it’s raining the job has to be done.
Delroy Robinson, recycling collector
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We’re here doing general gardening – mowing, strimming, pulling the plants and flowers up, replanting, a bit of tree pruning as well. We re-do these beds twice a year. I enjoy it. We work all weathers, always outside. It annoys me when we plant the flowers, and then dogs run through, off the lead, and rip all the plants up...
Steven O’Halloran, gardener
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We are E9
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I’ve been doing this milk round since 1982. It’s a bit wet today. All weathers; it comes with the job. I’m knocking 62 in a couple of weeks. You can’t really compete, can you, with the supermarkets? And, come two years’ time, we won’t have glass bottles any more, they’re stopping production. It’s probably a lot cheaper to produce the plastic. They’re doing everything to lose the tradition. Perhaps I’ll get a job in Tesco’s!
Steve Denham, milkman
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I’ve been doing the job for about 18 years – it’s hard work, especially this time of year, with all the leaves. I do Church Crescent and Groombridge Road, and by the park.
Simon Lewis, street sweeper
Sonia’s novel, Three Mothers, is available by order from local bookshops, and you can read more from Sonia in her blog at sonialambert.wordpress.com E9 magazine NOVEMBER 2014 17
November calendar Monday
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Bonfire Night
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See Sutton Hou candlelight (p6)
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11 Until 15 November: Belfast Boy, Arcola Theatre (p24)
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12 Flourish in retirement, Victoria Park Community Centre, 5 Gore Road, London E9 (p14)
18 Until 23 December: Laura Lea Design pop-up shop, 363 Roman Road, E3 Until 13 December: Stink Foot at The Yard Theatre (p24)
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19 Flourish in retirement, Victoria Park Community Centre, 5 Gore Road, London E9 (p14) Until 13 December: Samuel Becket’s First Love at the Arcola Theatre (p24)
25 Until 4 January 2015: Christmas Past: 400 years of seasonal traditions. Geffrye Museum (p24)
26 Flourish in retirement, Victoria Park Community Centre, 5 Gore Road, London E9 (p14) The Enslaved African, Sutton House (p24)
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1 “Psycho” exhibition. Until 24 December at the Residence Gallery (p6) Bird Barmy Army (p6) Undream’d Shores, Hackney Empire (p6)
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7 Dates throughout November: The Phoenix and the Carpet, Sutton House (p7)
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2pm-4pm. Networkx computer skills class, Victoria Park Community Centre, 5 Gore Road, E9
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Remembrance Sunday
16 Big Fish Little Fish monthly family rave (p24)
21 2pm-4pm. Networkx computer skills class, Victoria Park Community Centre, 5 Gore Road, E9
22 Until 4 January 2015: Mother Goose at the Hackney Empire (p24)
28 2pm-4pm. Networkx computer skills class, Victoria Park Community Centre, 5 Gore Road, E9
Undream’d Shores, Hackney Empire (p6)
Fireworks spectacular at Clissold Park (p6)
2pm-4pm. Networkx computer skills class, Victoria Park Community Centre, 5 Gore Road, E9
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Firework Displays at Weavers Fields, E2 and Millwork Park, E14 (p6)
Dolly House, Hackney Empire (p6)
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23 Peter and the Wolf at the Hackney Prom (p24)
29 Lauriston School Winter Fair (p25) The Wonderful World of Jules Verne (p25)
30 Travel back to Christmas 100 years ago at Sutton House (p25)
Make your mark on Vicky Park (p25) E9 magazine NOVEMBER 2014 19
What to eat
Elliott Lidstone, head chef at The Empress, cooks up the perfect autumnal dish
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am a huge fan of autumn. If I have time on my way into work in the morning, I take a walk through Victoria Park – breath puffing in the crisp blue sky against a backdrop of red and orange leaves. (We’ll ignore the fact that I’m more often wedged on a bus, while it tips it down outside!) In many ways, although autumn marks the end of summer, it’s a time of fresh beginnings. The new 20 E9 magazine NOVEMBER 2014
Michelin Guide gets released, which is always a nerve-wracking moment (although I’m pleased to report that that we managed to retain our Bib Gourmand for another year). And as school kids everywhere fill fresh exercise books, I plot new menus using the fantastic ingredients of the season, from game and great mushrooms to earthy greens, like cavalo nero. I’d have always mentioned blackberries as a classic autumn
What to eat ingredient, but, this year, I barely got a look in with the ones along the canal – they’d ripened midsummer before I’d even noticed. I recently got a whole deer into the kitchen, which was a pleasure to work with. Buying big game in its entirety is, admittedly, not a reality for most home cooks, but it ensures that there’s no waste and means that you get creative with all parts of the animal. This recipe is one for the veggies, though. Beautifully autumnal, it combines perfect little squashes you can get from the Deli Downstairs up the road, with goat’s cheese and hazelnuts. A perfect summer-meets-winter dish; just right as the evenings start to draw in. Give it a whirl.
Roasted autumn squash, cracked wheat, goat’s cheese and hazelnuts – serves 4
Method Roast the squashes in a medium/high oven with a little olive oil, sea salt and black pepper until they are cooked through and starting to take colour (be conscious though that different types of squash cook at different times). Cook the cracked wheat in twice the volume of water to grain, or in vegetable stock if you prefer. Once cooked, mix it with the herbs and seeds and season to taste. To plate, simply put the mixed cracked wheat on the bottom of the plate and arrange the squash on top. Crumble, grate or chop the cheese over the top, combine the dressing ingredients separately and spoon it over the top to give the dish a good acidity to cut through the cheese, squash and cracked wheat.
The Empress, 130 Victoria Park Road, London, E9 7LT. 020 8533 5123 www.empresse9.co.uk
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Fitness
Are you stressed, overworked, inflexible in mind or body? You should try a yoga class, as Zoe Sharp, a teacher at London Fields Fitness Studio, explains
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n ancient science that is enjoying a pretty powerful renaissance, yoga is not just about tying yourself in knots.
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(associated with the flight or fight response), reducing the production of stress hormones and allowing the body to put itself into a state of repair. Whether you’re juggling a few too many balls and find yourself burning out, or you’re an intense exerciser needing to ensure adequate recovery, an asana practice will put back in what life takes out. Longer held poses build strength in little-used muscles (think bodyweight training) and deep stretches restore blood flow to areas that have
Fitness tightened from over- or underuse.The best thing about yoga, though, is that no matter how much you practise, it will have an impact. Just a class a week, or even 10 minutes of video yoga a day, will see you feeling bendier, stronger, and clearer headed. And if that’s not enough, each class ends with a few minutes of relaxation – and what’s better than getting to have a lie down? Next month: What kind of yoga is right for you?
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What’s on in November Belfast Boy
Tuesday 11 November to Saturday 11-15 15 November. Martin Hall is having Nov trouble sleeping. Since fleeing from Belfast, his brothers have fallen in and out with the law, his mother has had her heart broken, and he’s struggled with his sexuality. Now he must relive it with a psychologist over one unforgettable hour. Arcola Theatre 24 Ashwin St, London E8 3DL. 020 7503 1646.
Little Ravers
Sunday, 16 November, 2pm4.30pm. Big Fish Little Fish monthly family raves at Shapes, 117 Wallis Road, E9 5LN. DJs, ball pools, craft area and freebies. Tickets £8 for adults and £4.50 for children. www.wegottickets.com/event/293076
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Stink Foot
18 November to 13 December, 8pm. “I know you’re not the kind of boy who likes to lie. But it’s always nice to win.” Neo has been sent to an island miles away from the Trojan War. His mission is to trick the castaway who lives on the island into coming back to the fight. Neo doesn’t like lying but is tempted by the prospect of glory: if he wants to grow up, he has to get his hands dirty. The Yard theatre, www.theyardtheatre.co.uk 18 Nov 13 Dec
Design pop-up
From 18 November till 23 December: Laura Lea Design is opening a pop-up shop in Roman Road. A great opportunity to get some Christmas shopping done –and it’s local. Art, textiles, ceramics and homeware. Venue: Anchor & Hope, 363 Roman Road, E3. 18 Nov 23 Dec
First Love
Wednesday 19 November to Saturday 13 December. A man, a woman, a recollection. First Love is one of Samuel Beckett’s most masterful stories. Arcola Theatre 24 Ashwin St, London E8 3DL. 020 7503 1646.
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Mother Goose
Saturday, 22 November to Sunday, 4 January. Packed with the usual sparkle, spectacle, mayhem, comedy and incredible original music performed by a live band, Hackney Empire’s must-see pantomime is officially open for bookings. www.hackneyempire.co.uk
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Hackney Proms
Sunday, 23 November, 11.30am. Hackney Proms is opening the season with an unusual production of Prokofiev’s classic children’s tale Peter and the Wolf. It will be performed by London Winds – a stunning combination of virtuoso players who also enjoy active solo careers.You can book tickets online now and find out about upcoming concerts this season. www. hackneyproms.co.uk Venue: Stoke Newington Town Hall. Stoke Newington Church Street, N16.
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Christmas Past
400 years of seasonal traditions in English homes. Tuesday, 25 November to Sunday, 4 January 2015 10am-5pm. Each year, the museum’s period rooms are transformed with authentic festive decorations, lighting, greenery and music, giving a magical glimpse into how Christmas has been celebrated in English homes over the past 400 years. This free exhibition is accompanied by a full programme of events for all ages. Geffrye Museum, 136 Kingsland Road, Hackney, E2 8EA. Free admission. More details: www.geffrye-museum.org.uk 020 7739 9893. 25 Nov 4 Jan
The Enslaved African
Wednesday, 26 November, 7:30pm- 9pm. Immersive theatre performance. Total Insight Theatre presents the life of Olaudah Equiano, from when he was enslaved at the age of eleven to becoming one of the most famous and influential black Londoners. Full price £10. Concessions £8. Early Bird £5. Age group: 16+. Sutton House, Homerton High Street, E9. Tickets through www.totalinsighttheatre.com
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What’s on in November Winter Fun at the Fair
Saturday, 29 November, 12 noon5pm. Come along to Lauriston 29 School Winter Fair and enjoy Christmas crafts, Santa’s Grotto, Donkey rides, tombola, cakes, tea, mulled wine, and more. Adults £1 and children free. Lauriston School, Rutland Road, E9
Make Your Mark
Saturday, 29 November, 10.30am– 1pm. Join the Community Park 29 Rangers to help carry out some practical conservation in Victoria Park. Lunch will be provided. For more information please call 020 7364 4504 or email joelle. copeland@towerhamlets.gov.uk. Meet at the Outdoor Classroom, near St Agnes Gate (Gore Road, E9)
Cinema Club
Saturday, 29 November. Check the Hollywood Spring website for details of the screening of The Fabulous World of Jules Verne, with a live rescore by The McCarricks. Venue to be confirmed. www.hollywoodspring.com
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WW1 Christmas
30 November 12:00pm Frontline Football – WW1 Christmas. Travel back to Christmas Day 100 years and take home your own hand-made wartime keepsake. Make your own soldier’s identification tag and play a game of table football. Sutton House. More Information, call Gemma Bending on 020 8525 9066, or email: gemma.bending@nationaltrust.org.uk
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Gardening
Loraine Hourdebaigt looks at some jobs for November and creates a delightful bird feeder for you or the children to make
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ith the passing of October, it looks like winter is really starting to settle in. The festive season is just around the corner, and you might already be starting to panic about what to get aunty for Christmas. So this November, take a break from the overcrowded shops, and get warm working in the garden. Although on the surface the garden seems asleep, there is much happening below ground. The bulbs you planted last month, for instance, are starting to produce roots and foliage to prepare for the fabulous spring display. You shouldn’t limit yourself to bulb planting, however. It’s now the very best time to plant trees, shrubs and perennials and because they don’t need energy to produce showy leaves and flowers, they will concentrate on their root systems, guaranteeing that they are well established by next spring. Why not plant a fruit tree this November? Here at Growing Concerns, we have a selection of trees bare-rooted, which are a cheaper alternative to a potted trees. Dig a deep and wide hole for your tree, pack soil and well rotted farmyard manure around the roots. If your tree is in an exposed spot, you should invest in a tree stake, which will prevent it from wind damage. Give it plenty of water, and I promise you a fantastic, healthy tree come spring, along with your first crop of fruit. So how else can you get yourself busy in the garden this month? Tidy up your garden to prevent
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pests and diseases in the next growing season. Gather up the last of the fallen leaves and dispose of them in your brown bin. As tempting as it might be, avoid adding them to the compost heap: they might spread diseases, should you have any. Now is also a good time to clean pots, tools, water butts, and decks or paved areas. This November, take advantage of the borders being clear to edge your lawn, either with an edging tool or a small spade. You might want to set a line and post before starting, to make sure you cut the edge you desire, straight or curved. Once this is done, aerate the lawn, it will make maintenance easier come next spring. There are some specific aerating tools on the market, but I just like to use a digging fork; it does the job just as well! Finally, we’ve all noticed that it is definitely getting colder, and your garden birds will be feeling hungry, with their food sources now getting lower, so it’s time to give them a little helping hand. Children will love making this simple bird feeder, but what they will love more is watching the birds enjoying what they have made.
Growing Concerns, 2 Wick Lane, E3 2NA. 020 8985 3222 info@growingconcerns.org
Gardening How to make a bird feeder What you will need: A jar of ‘no added sugar’ peanut butter, or lard Bird seed A tea cup A spoon and a small mixing bowl Some twine for hanging the bird feeder
In a bowl, mix together half a cup of seeds with peanut butter or lard, whichever you are using. Mix thoroughly until the seeds are coated with the peanut butter.
Next, fill the cup with the mixture, making sure to press it well down. Here, I have used an old tea cup, but it can be any other small container you like, and can hang up. You could also spread the mixture onto a pine cone, stuffing it into the gaps.
Using some twine, hang your bird feeder to a tree branch, or in a high, quiet spot. I’ve decided to put a stick into the cup for the smaller birds to use as a stand.
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Now try and identify the birds visiting your home-made feeder, and don’t forget to refill the cup once they’ve munched their way through it!
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A dog’s life
Andy Waterhouse explains how to make your pet’s life a little easier during dark nights and fireworks
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ireworks! Great fun for us, but your dog may find them very upsetting. When we see an anxious child, we say, “Don’t worry. It’s alright.” But if we say that to our dog, he may think we are rewarding the stress by our tone of voice.
• Allow your dog to find (or take him to) what he will consider a safe place. If you use a crate it might be there, or it might be behind the sofa, under the bed, or just in a quiet room – or maybe just cuddling up next to you!
How to deal with the noises
• Have a radio or TV on at normal levels to help cover the upsetting noises and to maintain an air of normality.
• Don’t make an issue of it, but manage your dog’s surroundings so it’s easier for him to be more relaxed and to get out of harm’s way. • Close the windows to reduce the sound level from the fireworks – or other disturbing noises like thunder or nearby building work. • Close the curtains to reduce the impact of sudden bright or unusually coloured lights. 28 E9 magazine NOVEMBER 2014
• You can also distract your dog and get his attention by having a bit of fun play or by giving him a quiet grooming. • Keep you dog away from windows and outside doors. An over-anxious dog could bolt out of an opening door when anybody leaves or arrives.
A dog’s life • And make sure he’s been microchipped (soon to be a legal obligation). If he should panic and accidentally escape, it’s important he can be identified and returned to you. If fireworks and other environmental noises continue to cause your dog problems, you can try desensitising him by gradually, quietly, introducing him to recordings of disturbing sounds – your local pet-shop may have a suitable CD to work with. Behavioural therapy from a one-to-one trainer can also help. Your vet may also recommend calming medication.
unannounced out of the dark. Go to your local pet shop, or do an internet search for “LED safety lights for dogs”. I like to take them into the park at night, so I make sure I also have a light. I have one of those fishing caps that have a set of LEDs in the peak, with a hidden button under the peak to switch it on or off. It makes life much easier as I clear up after they’ve relieved themselves.
Be safe, be seen at night The nights have really drawn in now, so we’ll all be walking our dogs in the dark some of the time. Timmy and Ben always have a couple of mini-lights on their collars (see picture, above left) so I can see where they are, and so they don’t give anyone a fright by suddenly appearing
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Hackney bites This month's great place to eat…
Fish House S
o, a bit of back story for this one. The day before, we’d all been for lunch at Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons for my Dad’s 80th birthday.
Yes, it sounds grand and it was, but for some reason, or for this reason alone, it meant that by the time we turned up at Fish House for late lunch the day after, we were all absolutely starving, so ravenous I could have eaten a horse, but fish would do. So let’s get straight on with the food. Luckily for us the service was efficient. The menu and specials are full of fishy favorites: prawn cocktail, calamari, crab cakes, smoked haddock with poached egg and mash, a saffron and lemon risotto with scallops, mussels and king prawns. Our neighboring table had those last two meals and they looked and smelled delicious; that’s the food rather than the couple. Fish House take their fish seriously and source ethically, with daily deliveries and seasonal catches that include skate, rock oysters, black bream, mackerel, brown crab and langoustines. It’s the sort of menu that back-to-the-wilderness types would look to find, or try and catch themselves while going native by the coast in Cornwall or Aldeburgh. But no coast and none of that sort of nonsense around here. Pleasingly, they’ve managed to resist the seaside restaurant tat. You’ll find no rustic whitewashed wood or those “elegantly” draped fishing nets and ropes. This place is fish and chips with white tiled walls, a stainless steel counter in front of you when you walk in and a stack of cardboard boxes piled high for takeaways.
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But after our previous day we’re all about keeping it simple with one of the great food marriages of all time. Our entire table ordered haddock and chips, kids and adults (they do children’s portions, too). Some of us added mushy peas and there was a giant whopper of a gherkin for the pickle fan. I can tell you, things don’t really get more nourishing than this. The fish is cooked to order and arrives piping hot, beautifully straight forward, without any unnecessary garnish, and I just managed to get a
Hackney bites photo before we all ate in gratifying silence. The only thing I heard somewhere to the left was “oh god, this is perfect”. They were right. The batter was excellent, not greasy and there wasn’t a single bone in any of the portions of our amazingly fresh and flaky-to-perfection fish. The chunky chips and bright green mushy peas were both top notch and we had our own bottle of ketchup on the table (always an important touch) with home made tartar sauce. Yum.
ice cream cornet. It’s Oddono Gelati and it’s lipsmacking good. Strawberry or con leche were our choices for pudding, but the pistachio and vanilla were delicious, and all of them are a whole load tastier than the child-catcher ice cream vans on every gate at Victoria Park.
Fish House is family run, opened by Gabriel Early and Johanna Nylander in June 2007. They wanted a family-friendly eatery for people who live near Victoria Park. It is and they do it very well. It’s a testament to them that it’s always busy and jolly, being a perfect place to take family and friends or even go on your own. If you’re feeling a bit Sartre, where “hell is other people”, you can still treat yourself and get a takeaway for home.
Open 12-10pm 7 days a week. £10.25 for battered fish and chips with mushy peas in the restaurant.
I admit that I’ve known for a while that this also happens to be the best place in the area for an
When Oddono Gelati say “Life’s too short to eat bad ice cream,” I agree and the same could be said of fish and chips.
Susan Birtwistle
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