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Welcome to our newly-polished,h bright and welcoming Greenwic Market. The cleaned and re-laid cobble stones and restored roof provide once again a spectacular backdrop to London’s favourite arts and crafts markets. Our hot food traders now have their own special food court in the Pavilion Market just off Durnford Street, where new gardens and public seating provide a welcome space for all our visitors to relax
THANKS: Gillie at the new Pavilion Court
and enjoy the Market buzz. We have all had our challenges over the past eighteen months as the work took place – noise, dust and delays to name a few – and I would really like to thank the traders, the shopkeepers and all our customers for their loyalty and support. Do come and see us – we are having a celebratory afternoon of surprises on Wednesday 20 April, from 3pm to 7pm, and would love to see you there!
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A beautiful new piece of public art will be unveiled this month at the heart of newly-renovated Greenwich Market. Sculptor Michael Speller – who has lived here for 30 years – has created Encompass, which puts Greenwich’s place “in a global context”. The 2.3m bronze sphere is made up of 210 figures of people linked together. Michael explains: “I’ve tried to capture the support that they have received from Greenwich Hospital. The immediate figurative images might conjure up sailors climbing the rigging of a tall ship. “The sphere as a whole sits on a crown of support referring to the founding and financing of the original Hospital by King William and Queen Mary in 1694, which later became the Royal Naval College and is now a thriving University campus.” Michael said: “‘I’ve been fortunate enough to have seen my sculptures travel to many parts of the world. “So the opportunity to deliver Turn to Page 10
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NEWLY-renovated Greenwich Market re- opened. A new Greenwich Market Cookbook has ITALbeen published to celebrate the flavours of HO NWICH opens officially this month EE – with public artSPalso A COLURFUL HISTORY OF GR the food from around the world available there. and a new dedicated food area to add to The changes are marked by a special pull-out major improvements to its roof and cobbles. inside this paper, produced in association with Amazing cartoon & contest: Page 11
The historic Market – trading for nearly 300 years – will host a high-profile opening event on Wednesday April 20. A new bronze sculpture – Encompass by Michael Speller – will be unveiled. The Pavilion, a new section with gardens and HISTORIC: Fruit & veg traders of past and today’s new glass roof seating for its popular Street Food stalls, will be
Market landlords Greenwich Hospital. Gillie Bexson, its Head of Property who has overseen the changes, said the revamped site is “a spectacular backdrop to London’s favourite arts and crafts market.” Pull-out - See inside
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o Olympia, and a rather important date. Good luck to brilliantly funny comedy writer Tony Kirwood, who this month pitches his idea for the book of The Blog Of Samuel Pepys - a favourite part of our paper for many readers – Dragon’s Den-style to agents and experts at the London Book Fair Authors’ Event. Pepys Blog – chronicling the famous diarist’s befuddlement at the modern world – deserves an even wider audience. ot a spare room? Please help the excellent CF Trust raise money this month by offering B&B to a London Marathon runner. It’s a great iidea and an even greater cause.
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here’s what YOU ask US I heard there’s a lot of work going on at Greenwich here and christened at St Alfege Church. In fact Market...are they building the new hotel they were Queen Elizabeth played under the oak that bears her talking about? Not any more! Greenwich Hospital, name in Greenwich Park. Queen Elizabeth granted us which owns the site, has renovated the roof and Royal Status in February 2012. cobbles and has added a new smaller market – The What should we do today? You’ve picked up a Pavilion – next door in the old Frys Court yard which Greenwich Visitor – good start. Next visit the Tourist opens this month. It will be the base for the Market’s Information Centre. It’s about to relocate from Pepys well-known Street Food stalls, while the rest House into the Discover Greenwich centre concentrates on arts, crafts, designer-makers next door at the Old Royal Naval College. and collectibles. There’s been a market Get advice, buy tickets for boats, tube, here since the 1300s. Find out more in DLR, rail, buses and coaches, book our pull-out this month. tours, buy tickets for London Is the Foot Tunnel working yet? attractions. WANT TO ADVERTISE? After Greenwich Council’s botched Is anyone using the cable car £11.5million refurb, the 114-yearHAVE A STORY? yet? Cheek! The Emirates Air old Greenwich tunnel reopened in Line isn’t much use for getting 2012. But problems persisted. A Call Matt on 07802 743324 about – and it often shuts in high friends group Fogwoft.com has winds – but is a futuristic attraction Matt@TheGreenwich pushed the Council for we love. improvements. Lifts are said to be Visitor.com working better and lift alerts and a Wasn’t the Olympics in Greenwich? movement management system is There was a controversial 20,000-seater imminent. However when we walked through stadium in Greenwich Park 2012 for the Greenwich Foot Tunnel last month a new equestrian events. Hard to see much evidence of it electronic sign said the lift was working when it now though (or a promised Olympic legacy, sadly). wasn’t. Greenwich Council still has much to do. Will Museums. Are they free? Yes – except the Fan the new system cool competing demands of walkers Museum, which has no public funding but a worldand cyclists? We’ll have to wait and see. leading collection of fans. And the Wernher Collection I read that Greenwich is a World Heritage Site? Yes, of art at Ranger’s House, run by English Heritage. it won World Heritage Site status in the 90s. It means There are some paid for shows at the National our treasures are so good, they’re protected by the UN. Maritime Museum. You pay to stand on the Meridian And it’s a Royal Borough? Yes. We have 1,000 years Line inside the Royal Observatory too. And it’s 20p of Royal links. Henry VIII and Elizabeth I were born to use the loos in Greenwich Park!
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CF Trust London Marathon B&B
IT’S nearly Marathon time – your chance to help raise money for a brilliant charity...without even running! 38,000 runners begin the 26-mile race from Greenwich Park and Blackheath and many of them need accommodation here. We’re organising our fundraising Bed and Breakfast event for London Marathon runners with the help of friends in Blackheath, Greenwich and Charlton B&B is offered at £50 for a single or £75 for a double and the money is donated directly to the CF Trust so hosts do not need to deal with any payments. Many of the runners do not even want breakfast as they have special food that they bring with them. The runners we look after are raising money for the CF Trust and hosts and runners have told us that they really had fun meeting each other. The Cystic Fibrosis Trust works tirelessly to find new treatments for young people affected by this condition and incredible advances are being made all the time. But more funds are needed to continue development. Last year we raised nearly £2,000 and this year we are aiming even higher. The London Marathon is Sunday April 24 so guests would be staying on the night of Saturday April 23. If you or any of your local friends can take part this year please get in touch with me on 07768 030833 or by emailing sachabright@ hotmail.com.
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WRITING can get lonely, particularly if you’re working on a lengthy project such as a novel, but it doesn’t have to be a solitary plight.
cranestorm A CRANE is bent double by the power of the day as emergncy services and of Storm Katie here in Greenwich last technicians made it safe (right). month. The powerful winds on Easter Fortunately no-one was hurt. Reader Monday proved too strong for Mike Purdy sent us these the crane above Creek dramatic pictures, taken, Road. Residents were he assures us, from a evacuated around safe distance at a 2.30am and the road Wetherspoons pub stayed shut for most nearby! Cheers, Mike.
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I was halfway through my first novel when I decided to set up Greenwich and Southeast London Writers’ Group. I had no idea whether my book was any good and was tired of being the only person amongst my family and friends who harboured the dream of becoming a novelist, writes ZOE EFSTATHIOU. I desperately wanted to meet other people who shared the same doubts and frustrations, as well as passion and drive. When I set up the group in summer 2014, I never expected it to be as popular as it has become...We now have 440 members and numbers are FOUNDER: Zoe growing steadily every week. We’ve held 64 meetings to date. Every other Wednesday evening we hold critiquing sessions to discuss each other’s work. Most members are writing novels, but we’ve also critiqued memoirs, screenplays, poetry and short stories. We look at five extracts per session, all of which are distributed via email beforehand. For many, reading your work aloud can be a daunting prospect and keeping sessions as welcoming and stress-free as possible is crucial aspect of the group. We also meet fortnightly on Saturdays to write together – that deadline and the company of other writers can prove incredibly motivating. We’ve also begun holding events with industry professionals. This month, members will have the chance to pitch their novel directly to an literary agent during a one-to-one session. Who knew writing could be so social! Info: www.meetup.com/Greenwich-Writers-Group/
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GREENWICH Book Festival returns for its second year next month with two days of talks, workshops and entertainment for adults and children. The event – hosted by the University of Greenwich – is at the Old Royal Naval College on Friday May 27 and Saturday May 28. Visiting writers confirmed include Kate Summerscale, Chris Cleave and local authors Fiona Barton, Alex Wheatle and organiser Alex Pheby. Info: www.greenwichbookfest.com
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court fight A JUDGE will consider a challenge to a new cruise liner terminal here. A resident has applied for judicial review of Greenwich Council’s granting of permission “without adequate assessment of air pollution” for the base last December. The application has now been referred to the High Court. The East Greenwich Residents Association – which is supporting the legal fight – says ships “hotelling” will add to pollution equal to 688 lories idling as they burn fuel to generate power on board. Plans for the new terminal do not include a more expensive electrical onshore power supply. East Greenwich residents’ Association chair Dan hayes said: “It is still our hope that Greenwich council and Morgan Stanley will do the right thing by the community and deliver a clean cruise terminal.” EGRA is backing a crowd funding campaign to help fund the legal fight. Info: www.crowdjustice.co.uk/case/cruise-liner.
FIREPOWER 2 THIS is how the new Firepower museum should look at its new home on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire in 2020. The Royal Artillery museum is leaving Woolwich on July 8 for a new home because of low visitor numbers and rising costs. The new 6,000 square metre building is being masterminded by civil engineering giants Arup. An interactive collection will tell the story of the Gunners’ 300-year-old heritage. Thousands signed a petition to keep the museum here when its closure was announced two years ago. Low visitor numbers were blamed. Greenwich Council announced plans for a new Cultural Quarter soon after.
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Ship story is an opera 1st A NEW opera by award-winning composer Stephen McNeff will have its world premiere here this summer. Banished follows a group of women who were cruelly packed into the foul-smelling hold of a ship at Deptford and transported to Australia 200 years ago after being convicted of petty crimes like stealing a loaf of bread, writes MILES HEDLEY. The work, based on a play by Steve Gooch and with a libretto by renowned director Olivia Fuchs, will be performed by Trinity Laban students at Blackheath Halls. McNeff, who has written a dozen operas, said: “One of the great gaps in opera is works about young women, so this project was predicated on the idea of contributing to the repertoire.” And Fuchs said: “This is a piece about the relationships of women cooped up in a tiny space for months and months on end – and about the transcendence of the human spirit.” Banished, with a cast of 14 women and four men, is at Blackheath Halls from June 28 to July 2. Info: www.trinitylaban.ac.uk/ banished
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A MAJOR exhibition at the Barbican this spring features photographs of Britain through the eyes of photographers from abroad...but here’s our own amazing set. Brazilian architectural photographer Joas Souza has settled in Deptford. And these are the stunning pictures he has captured as he explores his new neighbourhood. There’s a stunning portrait of Trafalgar Road – the busy thoroughfare looks sophisticated lit up in the twilight, overseen by Greenwich Power Station and the towers of London in the distance. Other shots include Cutty Sark under
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a brooding sky reminscent of the oceans it once sailed, Greenwich Power Station sits serenely on the banks of the Thames, and there’s a wonderful view from General Wolfe’s statue by the Royal Observatory. “Greenwich is a gem,” Joas told us. “You can find a bit of almost everything in terms of photography – historic buildings and houses, great landscapes, modern developments, scenarios for a fashion shoot and scenarios to create vintage photographies and movies, underground gigs for those who like to photograph night life and a great Park and a
village to photograph community aspects. If you have a bike, you can cycle along the docks, all the way to the Thames Barrier and grab photos of very hidden views and places – just play the explorer photographer. “Greenwich village gives you the feeling of been living in a countryside town, but at the same time you have a beautiful skyline view of the biggest city in Europe and I really enjoy that. “A photographer could never get bored living here. I love it!”
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Miles Hedley’s pick of this month’s best events. Our unique 3-month listings begin on Page 14
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PEEP SHOW: Fan with eye holes for masquerade parties
ASTEROID: MISSION EXTREME Hollywood icon Sigourney Weaver - Ripley in the Alien films - narrates this new planetarium show at the Royal Observatory. She takes us on an epic voyage to a rock racing through space and explains how it could help us venture deeper into the universe and protect our own planet. From April 1
ANNIE PUI LING LOK Dance artist Annie teams up at Borough Hall with audio designer James Dunn to stage Metaphors We Live By, a work that uses multiple graduated speakers to create movement in sound as well as in choreography - thus exploring how relationships and meaning can become distorted. April 8
KATE RUSBY The Barnsley Nightingale’s gorgeous voice has won her a host of awards, worship among folkies and mainstream success thanks to her lovely version of The Kinks’ Village Green Preservation Society being used as the theme for TV sitcom Jam And Jerusalem. See her at Blackheath Halls. April 9
INT CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL Enjoy some of the greatest ever compositions when the likes of Solisti Divini, guitar virtuoso Nejc Kuhar and Saiko/Haas Duo play Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Vivaldi and Paganini as well as lesser-known writers like Skerjanc and Ukmar at All Saints and the Church of the Ascension. April 9-25
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Poet, historian and tour-guide Merlin Fulcher leads the first of a two-part walk (the other follows on May 14) around Greenwich, starting at the Old Royal Naval College’s magnificent Painted Hall before checking out Roman and Baroque highlights to get a taste of how people here once lived. April 16
CHRIS BARBER Legend is a much-overused word but it’s the only one that properly describes this 85-year-old who was pivotal in introducing Britain to the blues in the 1950s and thus inspired the likes of Clapton, Beck and Page. The musicians’ musician is due to play the Churchill Theatre - don’t miss it. April 19
JAMES & THE GIANT PEACH Greenwich Theatre hosts Roald Dahl’s evergreen story about a young English orphan who ends up living with a bunch of friendly insects in New York’s Central Park after escaping the clutches of his evil aunts thanks to a magic potion he was given by an old man. Fantastic family fare. April 21-24
BLACK The ever-intriguing Albany hosts international cabaret star Le Gateau Chocolat as he uses music ranging from Purcell and Nina Simone, Wagner to Whitney Houston to reveal his hopes and fears - and his long battle against depression. Rare chance to see a Nigerian sensation. April 21 & 22
WIZZ JONES St George’s Day is a pretty unfashionable institution at the moment but Global Fusion Music and Arts refuse to ignore it and have booked a return visit by the groundbreaking - and brilliant - veteran guitarist Wizz Jones to headline a celebration of England’s patron saint at Mycenae House. April 23
PLAYGROUND Karen Morash wrote this play for her PhD at Goldsmiths University, so it’s a nice touch that her story about politics, class and strife among parents and pupils at a village school in what should be a rural idyll is being staged at New Cross’s London Theatre, a stone’s throw from her campus. April 27-30
PLeasure trovE Fan Museum Treasure show is one not to miss O N E o f t h e g e m s t h a t m a k e s arrival in the West in the 16th century, Greenwich so special has to be The the slump in fan production after the Fan Museum on Crooms Hill, the F r e n c h R e v o l u t i o n , t h e f a n ’s UK’s only museum dedicated to the resurgence with the popularity of the history of fans. fancy dress ball and the decadence of To celebrate its 25th anniversary, the the early 20th century, to the industry’s museum is holding Treasures of The sad decline after the Second World Fan Museum, an exhibition of the War. rarest and most remarkable fans in the Highlights include a 17th century museum’s extensive collection. propaganda fan produced during the Born in Alexandria, Egypt in reign of King Charles II; a 1740 1932, the founder and fan with eye holes that director of The Fan doubles up as a Musuem, Hélene masquerade mask; lace Alexander MBE, began fans made popular by collecting fans at an Queen Victoria in the Crooms Hill, early age and had 1870s; twentieth enwich Town Gre amassed over 1,000 century fans by artists tre Cen fans by the 1980s. George Barbier and With such a diverse Salvador Dali; and a and plentiful collection, m o d e r n f a n Until June 5 creating a small museum embellished with was the ideal way to share feathers by Parisian fan this passion with the wider designer Sylvia Le Guen. world and what better place than If you’re not a fan of fans Greenwich! already, after visiting Treasures of The The museum now boasts a 4,000 Fan Museum, you will be. strong collection, the créme de la The exhibition is visually delightful créme of which has been included in as well as educational and is an ideal Treasures of The Fan Museum. way to pass a leisurely afternoon, The fans cherry-picked for the particularly when followed up with exhibition are not only beautiful works afternoon tea in the museum’s pretty of art, but they also convey the fan’s Orangery. evolution throughout history, and the Treasures of the Fan Museum is at commercial, social and political The Fan Museum in Crooms Hill until influences on the fan industry. June 5, admission is £4/£3. The exhibition illustrates the fan’s Zoe Efstathiou
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tv jan is big news TV’s Jan Leeming is special guest at the next In Celebration! event at the Museum. Twice voted BBC Newsreader of the Year, Jan gives an illustrated talk on her 50-year career on television and in the theatre. She has also been an author and voiceover artist. The hour-long event starts at 7pm with a drinks reception afterwards. A ticket includes admission to the Treasures of The Fan Museum, show. Advance bookings only on 020 8305 1441 or at www. thefanmuseum.org.uk
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Best of Glenn in Blackheath HE’S on the road again – G l e n n Ti l b r o o k , s i n g e r, songwriter and Squeeze founder – has announced a 36date tour this year, including a gig here on his home patch. Glenn will be at Blackheath Halls on Sunday December 11 on the home straight of The Best Of Times tour that will take him from Weston Super Mare to Cardiff. He’s fresh from launching Squeeze’s first new album in 18 years Cradle to the Grave, which featured in Danny Baker’s eponymous sitcom and saw them back in the official album charts.
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Women’s War role celebrated A SHOW celebrating the contribution of Greenwich women in World War One will go on the road thanks to a £58,000 Heritage Lottery Fund. Here Come the Girls – Women in Wartime, 1915-18 focuses on women who worked at the Royal Arsenal, nurses and members of Voluntary Aid Detachments in large and temporary hospitals. Actors will take three interactive portable exhibitions on tour across the borough from this month. A new blog page will also tell the stories Royal Greenwich Heritage Trust chief Tracy Stringfellow said: “The role of women here was vital to the war effort. This project lets us explore their role in much greater detail.” Info: www.hlf.org.uk www.greenwichheritage.org
Sell-out show for dance kids MORE than 100 children and young people performed to sold-out audiences as part of a showcase of local talent hosted by Greenwich Dance. Members of its Saturday morning classes and local schools took part in The Future Is Unwritten – a dance, verse and comedy mix presented by writer and performer Maxwell Golden. Members of Dancing t o t h e M u s i c o f Ti m e – Greenwich Dance’s weekly creative dance group for people aged over 60 – also took part. Greenwich Dance’s Saturday morning classes, for children aged up to 12, start again for the Summer term on Saturday 16 April. Info: greenwichdance.
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arrived home safe and sound. “ Meanwhile, Frances and Peter Bussy took us on their tour of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. “This is the temple of Ta Prohm at Angkor, which I believe is the one where Raiders of the Lost Ark was shot. The place is fascinating but we will be glad to get back to some Greenwich weather.” Are you sure about that, Peter? Thanks all of you! Now send us a picture of you and The GV somewhere exotic. Click a pic and email Matt@TheGreenwichVisitor.com.
HIGH HOPES FOR eltham THEATRE £700,000 revamp for 70th anniversary
Get the family bike to basics FAMILY Bike week this month is a great chance to explore the brilliant waterside vistas here and get fit too. Waterway Children’s Centre in Thamesmead is running events from April 4 to 8 (1012). The only advice is: “Bring comfy trainers, gloves and a bike if you have one. Bikes will be provided if you don’t.” On April 8 (10-1) there’s a pop-up bike market, with the chance to buy, sell or swap, plus a creche for under sevens. And on April 9 (9.30-5.30) The Valley in Floyd Road, Charlton hosts a cycle maintenance workshop. Info: cycle-training@
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LOCAL: Bob Hope THESE are the new plans for a £700,000 revamp for the unique Bob Hope Theatre in Eltham as it celebrates its 70th anniversary.
The scheme will improve the foyer and backstage area, add space for rehearsals and workshops and improve access – including for disabled people, writes GAYNOR WINGHAM. It will have an exhibition space for local artists and will also house the largest exhibition of Bob Hope memorabilia in the UK. The Eltham-born Hollywood legend saved the building in 1979 when it was threatened with closure and the theatre took his name. Jennifer Sims, Chair of the Bob
Hope Theatre, said, “This is an exciting project and is the result of much hard work from the volunteers who run the theatre. “It will enable us to enhance our position as a home for amateur companies, a base for professional touring artists and a training ground for many who go on to work in the Arts and related areas.” The theatre has been fundraising and the California-based Bob and Dolores Hope Foundation is also giving some financial support. The theatre building started life as Eltham Parish Hall. Locals had founded the Eltham Little Theatre in 1943 to promote drama, music and arts
in the Eltham area. In 1946 the group found itself without a permanent home and negotiated an annual lease of the Parish Hall. Eltham Little Theatre staged pantos, musicals and plays until 1979 when it fell into financial difficulty. The group asked famous ex-resident Bob Hope – born in Craigton Road in 1902 – for help and the star stepped in. Staffed almost entirely by volunteers, it puts on around 30 of its own productions a year as well as hosting amateur and touring shows. It also has its own youth company and hosts community events including Folk, Blues and Comedy Nights in the bar. Info: www.bobhopetheatre.co.uk
Big change at Tourist Centre BIG changes take place at Greenwich Tourist Information centre this month. The current dedicated centre is being replaced with a desk in a busier part of the same building, where bosses say they can reach more people. The new desk is in the Discover Greenwich centre – which will be rebranded Welcome To Greenwich as part of the transformation, due to take place on April 11. Tourism bosses say it will raise the number of people the TIC helps from 340,000 to around 500,000 – but its award-winning staff fear the changes are about cost-cutting.
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NEXT month marks the fifth anniversary of free lunchtime recitals in Blackheath. Organiser Tom Butler says: “By the end of the summer season on June 13 we will have presented 120 recitals covering a huge range of chamber music from early baroque to very c o n t e m p o r a r y, v o c a l a n d instrumental, including two fully costumed and staged operas.” Two s p e c ia l e v e nt s a re coming up to mark the anniversary at Blackheath Halls. On Monday May 9 (1.10pm) Tr i n i t y L a b a n C h a m b e r Ensemble perform Schubert’s Octet in F major, D.803, directed by Leon Bosch, Professor of double bass at Trinity Laban. And on Monday May 16 (1.10pm) Guildhall School Cantata Ensemble, directed by harpsichordist James Johnstone, present John Blow’s Venus and Adonis – considered to be the earliest surviving English opera. “Our events have proved extremely popular,” says Tom, “but there’s always room for a larger audience.” Former solicitor Tom staged lunchtime music at St Olave’s Church in the City of London for 10 years before launching the Blackheath events. Info:www.trinitylaban.ac.uk See listings
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Find love in great places A NEW way of meeting people and finding love launches here this month. Date Club Greenwich will host “very special events, at beautiful locations in Greenwich, for single people to meet and hopefully full in love.” Founder Sue Wylie – a former wedding co-ordinator and hospitality manager – said: “I have lived in this area most of life, so love and know all the beautiful venues like the back of my hand. “I have my first event lined up at the Clarendon Hotel in Blackheath on Sunday April 17. “It’s free, with a coffee morning for the men and afternoon tea for the ladies, and people can come along and find out about us. “Every single individual that joins will meet the team in person – there’s no hiding behind a computer screen. It’s modern dating the old fashioned way.” Sue also offer a bespoke match-making service as well as hosting Date Club events. Info: dateclubgreenwich.co.uk
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CRIME THAT SHOCKED BRITAIN 126 YEARS AGO
Who stole Nelson’s gems?
RELIC: Bloody uniform worn by Nelson at Trafalgar
AUTHOR TELLS STORY OF VICTORIAN THEFT IT was one of the great Victorian Whodunnits, right here in Greenwich 126 years ago. Police and the public were baffled...who stole Nelson’s famous medals?
and 13 items had been lifted from The Nelson Case including his gold watch and his seal, an enamel portrait, two sword hilts, a total of seven medals, and a gold snuff box containing the Freedom of the City of London given to The hero of Trafalgar’s medals were stolen the Admiral in 1797. The burglary at Greenwich caused a along with his watch, gold sword national outrage. People were appalled hilts and other artefacts from the by the loss of such personal items Painted Hall at the Royal relating to a national hero. A Naval College in December, large reward was offered for 1900, writes Colin Brown. information leading to a They had been on show conviction. with the waistcoat worn No trace of some of the at Trafalgar, the bloodstolen items has ever been covered breeches and found, but four years after stockings, the velvet they were taken, a letter stock, the pigtail cut off signed “Eucalyptus” was sent after Nelson’s death and from the Sailors’ Home in many other small items HERO: Nelson Melbourne, Australia, to local connected with his every day police and passed on to the life. The thief ignored these Metropolitan Police in London. priceless relics, and went for items The writer claimed he had come across a he knew he could fence; he took the drunken sailor who bragged about committing jewels and the gold. Police Inspector Thomas Evan told the daring robberies in London and America, subsequent trial at the Old Bailey that at 2pm including the theft of Nelson’s relics from the on Sunday December 9, 1900, he was called Greenwich Painted Hall. Some months later, Chief Inspector Charles to the Painted Hall where he found two Arrow of the Metropolitan Police was in display cases forced open. Five articles were missing from one case, Scotland Yard when a sailor called William BIG NEWS: Report of trial TRIBUTE: Plaque marks spot in Painted Hall
Alfred Carter or “Carty” aged 22 walked in to the police station with a remarkable story. The former shoemaker and dockworker from Woolwich Arsenal claimed he was the letter writer who signed himself “Eucalyptus” and knew the whereabouts of some of the stolen relics. He denied he had anything to do with the theft; he claimed an alibi – that he was out of the country when the theft took place – but he was arrested and found guilty at the Old Bailey. He was later linked to a series of other robberies, and sentenced to a term of seven years imprisonment. The watch and the seal were worth £5,000 – a substantial sum in those days. It remains unclear why Carter voluntarily gave himself up and none of the other items were recovered. He claimed they were taken by another sailor to America. Bizarrely, the most notorious of Nelson’s awards, the Ottoman chelengk – a shimmering diamond-encrusted jewel which he wore in his hat – presented by the Sultan after the Battle of the Nile survived the Victorian theft, but was stolen from the National Maritime Museum in 1951 and never recovered. Colin Brown lives in Blackheath and is the author of Glory & Bollocks: The Truth Behind 10 Defining Events in British History (Oneworld Publishing). colinbrown00@gmail.com
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Here’s the story of Greenwich Hospital – the owners of Greenwich Market – in one amazing piece of art. Cartoonist Richard Argent, who sells his unique drawings at Greenwich Market, created this cartoon which details the history of this unique naval charity. As well as poring over the story of
the Market you can take part in our colouring competition. Colour in this drawing and you could win a £20 gift voucher to spend when you next visit the beautifully restored Market. There are three categories: Adults, U15s and U10s.
The entries will be displayed in the Market as part of Craft & Design Week May 27-30. Post or hand in your entries with your name, address, phone number and age to Greenwich Market Cartoon, Greenwich Market Estate Office, 6 College Approach SE10 9HY. Closing date May 1 2016.
new pavilion a timeless classic Squeeze star Glenn Tilbrook has written some timeless classics…and now his work will be preserved for ever in a Time Capsule buried in the new Pavilion at Greenwich Market. Glenn was born and raised here and his family has lived here since the 1830s. Pupils from James Wolfe Primary School with Centre for the Deaf wrote letters to the children of the future to go in the capsule, along with a group shot of Market traders, before and after photographs of the market works and a memory stick with time lapse photography of the restoration works Glenn added his own letter and copies of his recent CDs. Market traders also contributed – Abstract Iron metal sculptor Tim Barratt made the Time Capsule. And designer jeweller Richard Chown hand-engraved the solid silver commemorative plate. Greenwich Hospital Head of Property Gillie Bexson said: “We really wanted to mark the occasion with local residents and it is very meaningful to involve the children, who in turn will be able to tell their children about this historical event.”
A nice upgrade to England’s oldest covered market. Clean, bright, lots of unusual hand-crafted items to wear or display, artwork, jewellery. Wonderful street food – AWiseConsumer on TripAdvisor
What do you think? We’d love to know what you think of the new Greenwich Market. Do you like the new look? Have you found a great gift? Enjoyed the food available at the new Pavilion? Please send us your views, reviews and pictures of your day here. Email Matt@TheGreenwichVisitor.com or tell us on Twitter @GreenwichVisitr
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Amazing market! Been in the past, but went again today. Great shops, great stalls and friendly faces. The roof has been rebuilt since my last visit. Much more open and bright – James R on TripAdvisor
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Welcome to our newly-polished, bright and welcoming Greenwich Market. The cleaned and re-laid cobble stones and restored roof provide once again a spectacular backdrop to London’s favourite arts and crafts market. Our hot food traders now have their own special food court in The Pavilion, next to the Market, where new gardens and public seating provide a welcome space for all our visitors to relax and
THANKS: Gillie at the new Pavilion Court
enjoy the Market buzz. We have all had our challenges over the past eighteen months as the work took place – noise, dust and delays to name a few – and I would really like to thank the traders, the shopkeepers and all our customers for their loyalty and support. Do come and see us – we are having a celebratory afternoon of surprises on Wednesday 20 April, from 3pm to 7pm, and would love to see you there!
Greenwich Market Cookbook See Pages 16 & 17
market with art at its heart A beautiful new piece of public art will be unveiled this month at the heart of newly-renovated Greenwich Market. Sculptor Michael Speller – who has lived here for 30 years – has created Encompass, which puts Greenwich’s place “in a global context”. The 2.3m bronze sphere is made up of 210 figures of people linked together. Michael explains: “I’ve tried to capture the support that the Royal Navy personnel have received from Greenwich Hospital. The immediate figurative images might conjure up sailors climbing the rigging of a tall ship. “The sphere as a whole sits on a crown of support referring to the founding and financing of the original Hospital by King William and Queen Mary in 1694, which later became the Royal Naval College and is now a thriving University campus.” Michael said: “I’ve been fortunate enough to have seen my sculptures travel to many parts of the world. “So the opportunity to deliver Turn to Page 10
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BRIGHTER, FRESHER, Bigger & BETTER... PICtures th Restoration works have made historic Greenwich Market brighter and more spacious. Gillie Bexson, in charge of the project, describes it as “a sensitive, long-term restoration project. Greenwich is home to many wonderful buildings within the World Heritage Site and it is also a living and evolving part of London. Now we have polished our family silver, it is looking fantastic!” These before and after pictures show the transformation. Pictures: Robert Greshoff
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TRANSPARENT: The old corrugated roof has been replaced with glass – the steel frame removed, repaired, replaced
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What’s a Market without its traders? Greenwich has hundreds of them, with great offerings from arts and crafts, designer-maker jewellery and some of the best food in the country. Here are just some of their fascinating stories
Maria Livings of LUSH DESIGNS: We started trading at Greenwich Market in about 1985, I think. My business partner Marie Rodgers went to see if we could get a stall and met the manager dressed in a woolly hat because she reckoned that’s what costermongers wore. In those days we made costume jewellery, almost as a hobby at first. We’d been at art school together and just loved making
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5 Stars! Great to see the Market fully refurbished. Better lighting and new cobbles. Great place to get some unique gifts and a lovely atmosphere – Jane Chambers on Facebook
From front page a commission locally in the heart of Greenwich – my home town THEMES: for the past 30 years – feels like a Marie & Maria joyous return in the wake of a of Lush Designs long voyage of my own.” Michael explains: “On the things. Over the decades our world stage the history of business evolved and we went Greenwich is concerned with from a costume jewellery stall – navigation and naval prowess in a the stock fitted into a tiny attaché global context. However, on an case – to making home wares individual basis there is always a featuring prints of our own human story behind the face of an illustrative imagery. We love institution – a personal Greenwich and have a studio navigational quest. ALL TOGETHER: nearby in Deptford. Certain Greenwich Market “The institution that has been themes have always run through traders in bright in existence for many naval staff our work – a great enthusiasm for new venue. as they approach the end of their Picture: KEITH colour, and narrative ideas individual journeys is Greenwich CARDWELL expressed through Hospital.” figurative imagery. in t rke Best craft ma Michael owned and ran a Twenty-odd years of doing n’t bother catering business in Greenwich London. Doen md Market the market every weekend Ca h wit until a “change of life” decision (unless you are a does you in. Setting up a of to become a sculptor 18 years me teenager into Ga stall takes literally hours, ago. He studied at Chelsea Thrones) head to only to have to put it all College of Fine Art and his Greenwich. Original away at the end of the day and unusual crafts, pieces are now in demand by d foo is a kind of madness. and es iqu ant private collectors around the Particularly when you – magpie_travels on world. Come and see his pAdvisor Tri have to do the same thing fabulous new work unveiled on again the next day. Even April 20 from 3pm. worse when its freezing in Info: www.michaelspeller.com January. We always loved the camaraderie, because market traders are the best people in the world. We used to have a hot chocolate and splosh brandy in it on cold days. I remember steam rising from character of the market. We had to put up with the polystyrene cup held in fingerless gloves! a huge amount of grit blowing into the shop We had a steady wholesale business and the disruption meant that Greenwich lost alongside our market trading, and started customers and traders. Visitor numbers seem selling online. We dreamed of getting our to be affected even now and it will take a weekends back, but it was an important part while for things to get back to normal. I hope of our income and meeting customers face to the restoration will be a springboard for a face was vital. So we promised ourselves we rejuvenation for the whole town centre. I will wouldn’t be market traders into our old age always love my Market mates and can’t and we got our first shop in 2008. imagine being anywhere else, now I’m The best thing about the restoration is that resigned to giving up my weekends for ever! it all looks fresh and new, but has retained the Sarah Sutton of Shed Laser Co.: I first LINKED IN: Figures in new sculpture
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started here in 1984, selling hand-made cards and stationery. It was exciting to be one of the craft market pioneers. Now I trade here every weekend. The most exciting card I had to make was to be sent to greet a father when he arrived in America, having sailed across the Atlantic single handed. Recently I have made one for the Queen’s 90th birthday. Small children and a large mortgage condemned me to getting a paid job so I became a Design and Technology teacher, expecting to return to the market soon. It took
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to love it because it is hard work! Except I don’t even see it as work anymore. I’m always busy but try to make time for exercise, family, friends, relationships. I get so much pleasure in creating a sense of happiness and wellbeing through my designs. It’s not only about looking good but feeling good and investing in something you love wearing as much as I loved creating. Greenwich itself is beautiful – it’s London but doesn’t feel like London if that makes any sense! Once you find your way into the covered cobbled stone square you face an amazing variety of shops and stalls from very talented designer makers. It really is somewhere to head for that something different, special and unique. British Craft is essential to my business and Greenwich Market really celebrates this amongst it’s traders. My customers are the best thing about being on the Market! I wouldn’t be here without them and all their kind comments and support BUSY: Niki with scarves
traders! 25 years, but I’m back, selling laser cut pictures, decorations and games. The Market had hardly changed with ankle-twisting cobbles and the roof blocking the daylight. The restoration meant dust and noise but now the sun shines through the beautiful glazed roof and planes can be seen passing the mast of the Cutty Sark. The new floor means moving stock and pushing pushchairs is so much easier. The new outdoor food area looks spectacular and will provide much-needed seating. Being a Greenwich Market trader is very
enjoyable. There is independence, the freedom to make one’s own decisions about work/life balance and the camaraderie of working with fun people.
Niki of Niki.P London: I’ve been at Greenwich Market for just over a year. I always wanted to start my own business – not just to be a designer but for the other BACK: Sarah of stuff too. I realised I’ll probably never be Shed Laser Co ready so I just took the plunge anyway. I get to do something I love every day, and you have
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Seeing people excited about my designs brings me so much pleasure. The worst thing? There is no science behind it but some days just aren’t for me: It might be the weather, or where the stall is placed! I just don’t know. It’s easy to get disheartened but you just have to stay in a positive mind. I love the restoration. All of it! The new bright roof and flooring. I like the idea of the food court too. It will be nice for people to have an area to eat and relax keeping the main space for crafts and shopping. It’s been a long year with work going on. At one point I had a huge puddle of water collapse on my stall. The water had collected in the tarpaulin roof put up while the old roof was taken down. We didn’t realise until it collapsed, all over my lovely silk scarves! So hopefully the end of the work will give everyone a much needed big lift and boost! Keep those smiley happy faces out!
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220 metres of bunting have been put up ready for the celebrations!
What’s On at Market JOIN us in Greenwich Market – London’s beautifully restored arts and crafts market – and celebrate our brand new look. There’s lots to see and do and The Pavilion, the new food area, is temptingly tasty. Wednesday April 20: Party time! Everyone is invited to join us for an afternoon of surprises to celebrate the official opening of the newly refurbished Market. 3-7pm Weds May 4: Market Mums. The Greenwich Mums host their very own market. Friday May 27 to Monday 30 May: Craftisan. Four days of craft and design workshops, meet the maker and one off shows to celebrate Craft & Design month May 30 to June 3: Crafty half term Crafty workshops for kids Sunday June 5: The Greenwich Creative Wedding Fair. Something old, something new – designer makers, vintage specialists and clever cooks showcase their finest bridal wares Sunday June 12: The Queen’s 90th Birthday celebrations. Vintage collectors fair and tea dance Friday May 15 and June 17: Music in the Market. Enjoy live performances by local choirs, jazz and folk groups. 7-8.30pm Thursday April 28; May 26, June 30. Park It in The Market. Vintage car and bike meet. Fun for all the family. 7-10pm. General Opening Times: Greenwich Market: 10-5.30. Saturday and Sunday: Arts & crafts, food. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday: Food, crafts. Thursday: Food, antiques & collectables. Friday: Food, arts & crafts, antiques & collectibles.
Info: greenwichmarketlondon.com
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ecording ten of our Winter Songs from our Festival Winter Song Challenge was a highlight last month! We set up a recording studio and recorded an album of 10 very different songs from Eltham artists who had taken part in our successufl Winter Festival last November. Many had never recorded before. We’d challenged them to write songs with the theme Winter. Love, loss, snow, cold, Christmas and looking forward to Spring were all captured in the lyrics. One was even about mermaids...There was a fair number of re-takes when words failed or voices squeaked, but it was lots of fun. he title Aspects of Winter has been agreed. Next step is a CD cover. One of our Eltham artists Himani Weir is working hard on it. Local company Sound Performance will be pressing it. So watch out for next month’s column to find out about the album launch. lanning has already begun for the second Eltham Arts Winter Festival with dates already pencilled in. If you want to be involved, or have an exciting art-based event you would like to hold in the SE9 area between October 29 and November 20, get in touch.
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pring is such an enjoyable time in our parks and woods in Eltham – Well Hall Pleasaunce with its formal gardens; our historic Tudor Barn with a moat; our lovely little wild Tarn Park; Avery Hill and Eltham Park South and North; Sutcliffe and Queenscroft Parks are all different. Ancient Oxleas woodland with leaves coming into bloom and scurrying squirrels is ideal for a Spring walk. Why not go to Severndroog Castle and climb to the top? Cameras at the ready or take a sketch pad. Whatever you do, Enjoy Eltham and Be Creative!
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CHICK IT OUT: Chickpea Salad with Tomato Sauce and Wakama Seaweed
The scaffolding is down, the cranes have gone... Greenwich market is back with a shiny new glass roof and re-laid flooring.
around the globe throughout most of the week. Food courts can be confusing at the best of times, but in the main, stalls offer local variations of one cuisine. London is a different proposition altogether When it was granted a Royal Charter 300 years and that is reflected in Greenwich Market ago, it was all about fish, meat and vegetables. food corner. A new area called The Since then, our market has had many Pavilion has been created, with a roof, incarnations. more room and seating so people can eat You may remember it as a bit of a flea easily with less chance of spillage! market back in the days when Lovejoy was Rebecca Seal, Greenwich resident, topping the TV charts. Guardian food columnist, TV presenter My own memories go back to the mid-90s and cookbook author has put together the when the market’s move to opening twice a Greenwich Market Cookbook. Saffron Rice week – rather then just once – was a hotlyI can highly commend it. It tries, discussed topic. Pudding successfully, to take a snapshot of food from No-one could have predicted that 20 years around the world Greenwich Market. The result later, cookery shows will have us glued to our is a recipe book with attractive pictures, shot by screens, that Greenwich will have embraced the street award-winning food photographer Colin Mampdenfood craze and that visitors will flock in their millions – approximately 8 million, last year – to enjoy the wares of White and illustrated by Kath van Uytrecht. The Greenwich Market Cookbook, in its funky brown independent traders and a growing offering of food from
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Luckily for a food writer I only have one allergy: restaurant chains. Therefore, allergic reactions are easily prevented...I just don’t eat in them. Then along comes Bill’s and its 73th outlet – right in the middle of Greenwich. I know for a fact that it won’t be long before someone asks me: “Have you been to Bill’s, yet?” So I went on the opening night...just for you. There are grocery-lined shelves, jars and bottles in rainbow colors – maybe an allusion to founder Bill Collison’s entrepreneurial debut as a green-grocer in East Sussex. The downstairs restaurant room has a handcrafted feel to it: church pew chairs,
French shutters hanging on the wall, garlands of chillies, straw-hats, booths and a large open space. Interior designers have made room for plenty of window seating, pipes hanging from the ceiling and don’t get me started on the chandeliers. Does it work? Yes, it might be a formula but it’s charming, like the staff, who seem to have all the time in the world for every single table. The broad menu covers every occasion from breakfast to dinner with one of the most wallet-friendly cocktail menus, ever. Most drinks are around £5. An Apple and
Peach Mojito will set you back £3.95. Maybe that’s a plot to get the punters in. And, if it works, great, because the food is very decent – nothing to rave about, but something for everybody, and mostly crowd-pleasing dishes with a couple of adventurous touches. Chicken liver paté was parfait; the burger looked the part and tasted good; and my sea-bass was very decent though raw cauliflower shavings had no place there, or anywhere else for that matter! Expect pub prices: An early supper two-course set menu is £9.95. Three courses £11.95. Main courses are £9£15. Decent food, friendly service, reasonably-priced dishes and wines, attractive cocktails and decor. Nothing to be allergic to!
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paper jacket, conveys the buzz and energy of the store holders. Starting with their biographies, it tells the story of each contributor – people like Grace Crump, from Antigua, who has been making jam with foraged fruits since she was six and now trades her jams and jellies at Bonbon Cafe. As well as telling their stories it also explains what the dishes like Injera, Quesadilla and Moilee are. Street food has a strong appeal. Besides the many and unusual flavours, it looks simple, it says: “I could do that.” And you can. There is nothing difficult about making a gelato, for example. Rebecca tells us the most difficult bit in the Stracciatella (coconut-ice cream) is pronouncing the word. So try the Chickpea Salad recipe (right). You should get great results. Enter our competition to win a copy. Or buy one. But whatever you do, get yourself The Greenwich Market Cookbook. And do try this at home. SOLANGE BERCHEMIN
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ant to reduce waste in your food business, save money, have a positive impact on the environment and contribute towards your local community? Greenwich Co-operative Development Agency holds a War on Waste Conference on Tuesday April 19 (10-1) in Greenwich at the New Haddo Centre at 29 Tarves Way. There’s even a free lunch included! Book on eventbright.co.uk hat do you call a festival for foodies? How about a Foodies Festival. It’s coming to Blackheath on July 8-10. Organisers say the event, on the Heath, is part of“the UK’s biggest celebration of food and drink.”
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Recipes in this book are not just about lifting the lid on well-loved world dishes names but also about sharing that know-how. Like Emilia’s Chickpea Salad with Tomato Sauce and Wakame Seaweed, which has a multi-layered depth of flavour – a sweet, vegetable-rich sauce, with the saltsavoury kick of wakame seaweed. Serve cold for a great vegetableprotein hit! Serves 4-6. Ingredients 250g dried chickpeas (or 2x400g tins) 1 bay leaf 3 peppercorns 2 red peppers 2 large carrots, in large chunks 1 tablespoon sunflower oil 1 onion, finely chopped Half a teaspoon of paprika 1 teaspoons coriander seeds 300g tinned chopped tomatoes 1 strand wakame seaweed 1 teaspoon mustard seeds Salt Method If using dried chickpeas, soak them in plenty of cold water overnight or for at least eight hours. Drain, and put into a large pan with the bay leaf, peppercorns and a pinch of salt. Cover with water, bring to the boil and simmer until absolutely soft – this can take 1 to 2 hours depending on the age of your beans. While the beans are cooking, make the sauce. Preheat the oven to 200c, and put the red peppers on a baking tray. Roast them for 30 minutes, turning every so often, until they are soft and slightly charred. Put the peppers in a bowl, sprinkle with salt and leave them until they are cool enough to be handled. Then peel the skin off, remove the stalk and seeds and blitz them in a food processor. Boil the carrots in plenty of water until very tender, then drain and finely chop. Put the sunflower oil in a large pan over a medium heat. Add the onion and fry until soft but not coloured, then stir in the paprika and the coriander seeds – Emilia keeps them whole for a bit of texture, but if you want a stronger flavour you could grind them before adding. Add the peppers and carrots, then stir in the tomatoes and leave it all to simmer on a low heat for about 30 minutes. Add salt according to taste and leave to cool. Drain the chickpeas and stir them into the tomato pepper sauce. Put the wakame seaweed and a pinch of salt into a small bowl and cover with water. Leave to soak for 10 minutes or so, then take out the seaweed and chop it roughly before mixing into the chickpeas. Just before serving, stir in the mustard seeds.
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Shawfooted interpreters of Cockney THE tiny London Theatre in New Cross continues to punch far above its weight, as Pygmalion proved so memorably. It helps, of course, having a great play to work with – and George Bernard Shaw’s famous tale of a professor who teaches a Cockney flowergirl to sound like a duchess is a corker. But the best material is nothing without great interpreters and director Harry Denford’s minimalist production was raised to new heights by an excellent cast and three outstanding performances. Lizzie Stanton was terrific as Eliza Doolittle, picked from the gutter by Higgins (Dale Savage) and Pickering (Christopher Poke) and transformed into the toast of a royal garden party. Her tears as she realised the extent of her exploitation provided a heartstopping climax. Maggie Mullarkey as Higgins’ mother was a delight, perfectly capturing her exasperation with her son and her sympathy for Eliza –and showing a gift for comic timing. And there was a barnstorming turn by Jonny Emmett as Eliza’s dustman dad whose chancer’s charm and wheedling compliance brought the house down. He reminded me of Ronnie Barker at his best. Shaw seems to be out of fashion. Productions this good could restore him to his rightful place in the theatrical canon.
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moonstruck! the girl who fell in love with the moon/titania
THE Girl Who Fell In Love With The Moon was a smash at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe – judging by this leg of a nationwide tour at Greenwich Theatre it was easy to see why. A multi-talented cast of five act, sing, dance, play instruments, mime and pratfall their way through a series of folk tales about our obsession with the heavens in a show full of good jokes and knowing fourth-wall gags, not least the conceit that we, the audience, did not really exist. Florence O’Mahony, Nick Gilbert, Fleur Rooth, Freddie Crossley and Rosalind Hoy were expert at navigating the difficult waters that separate comedy and
tragedy, allowing them to create really big laughs with a series of cartoonishly outrageous deaths and a genuinely moving finale in which the last story, much like life, just sort of fizzles out. A small but appreciative audience gave O’Mahony and Co a rousing reception at the end of the piece, which may have been short at just over a hour but was perfectly formed º and performed. I’m not often left speechless by a theatrical event but another Greenwich Theatre show – Anna-Helena McLean’s Titania – came close. Not only did she devise this extraordinary reimagining of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, she composed the score and
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A sell-out audience at Mycenae House gave a rapturous reception to the debut play by poet and Global Fusion Music and Arts founder Louisa Le Marchand. Carlo’s Cafe starred Nila Khan, Giu Ying Wang, Fisola Olukoya, Alice Renouf, Lydia Tett Olet, Bina Jani and Amy Halstead as a group of friends who – over drinks served by hunky Italian waiter Adham Smart – discuss subjects as diverse as slavery, FGM, Aids, identity and homosexuality. The play was a perfect way to mark the 15th anniversary of Charlton-based charity GFMA.
A raisIN IN THE SUN
Raisins to be cheerful, one to see! THE Albany set the dramatic bar for 2016 at a vertiginous height with this extraordinary production of Lorraine Hansberry’s groundbreaking play A Raisin In The Sun. Director Dawn Walton and her fantastic cast made this 60-yearold study of a black family trying to break the cycle of hopelessness in 1950s Chicago completely relevant today with its brilliant, often bitter but sometimes laughout-loud analysis of racial tensions, gender politics, family values, civil rights and the legacy of the African slave-trade. Ashley Zhangazha was magnificent as Walter, the man of the house, whose blustering, boozy machismo and crass money-making schemes bring his family to the brink of catastrophe. And there was a terrific turn by Kiano Samuels as his son Travis. But women were truly the stars. Alisha Bailey as put-upon wife Ruth perfectly captured the heartbreak of being torn between rage and “duty”, while Susan Wokoma as Walter’s sister nailed the fury of a naively idealistic teenager who sees her dreams go to hell. Best of all, Angela Wynter brought an exquisite dignity - and soul-searing grief - as the matriarch whose selfless battle to do the right thing for her wayward son is repaid with betrayal. I’ve seen many fine productions at the Albany over the years. Few, have been better than this.
performed the words, songs and instrumental parts herself brilliantly. Clever use of electronic loops, her own assured cello-playing, her obvious acting skills and her amazing voice – sweeping from ultrasonic Minnie Riperton-style high notes to contralto grunts – created a magical and completely convincing woodland revel overseen by her fairy queen. And although McLean never lost sight of Shakespeare’s playful comedy – including a fine sequence using three members of the audience – she also drew out the darkness at its heart. It was an example of live theatre at its very best. Such a shame more people didn’t see it.
ALEXANDER LING
Composer has a big future IT must have been daunting for Trinity Laban student composer Alexander Ling as his new work Mandala was premiered at Blackheath Halls sandwiched between Wagner and Webern. But he need not have worried - his remarkable creation stood up well to comparisons and offered a striking musical contrast to the thunderous orchestration of Wagner’s overture for The Flying Dutchman and the inchoate atonality of the latter’s Passacaglia. Ling’s piece, inspired by the oriental representation of the circularity and evanescence of our place in the cosmos, deliberately eschews traditional western structures and captures something of the fragile reality of life through a series of minimalist vignettes in which the strings stand for harmonic perfection, wind and brass flirt with the chaos of discord and timpani, bass drum and gong express menace and otherworldliness. The whole is bookended by a simple, haunting harp motif giving a satisfying sense of completion. It was magnificently performed at its premiere by the Trinity Laban Symphony Orchestra, conducted by George Jackson, and it won Ling a richly deserved ovation from the enthusiastic audience. We will hear much more of him.
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Songs of fire and sadness Photo: Iain McCallum
ANDREAS Constantinou/NORA Invites
Gender folly laid bare I don’t often struggle for words but an extraordinary Andreas Constantinou double bill had that effect. Both pieces at the Laban theatre – ReDoing GENDER 1.5 and The WOMANhouse – investigated the notion of gender within our patriarchal society. And both challenged what we perceive to be the norm by subverting the question at the heart of it: What is a man? The first, danced by Constantinou himself, upended traditional views with an unsettling combination of movement, nudity and disarmingly effective masks (of an ape and a baby). It was given extra muscle from the score, including a beautiful theme from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. The second work, choreographed by Constantinou, was even more unsettling as four apparently macho young men sporting much facial hair sparred, preened, played and bonded – but then stripped off to reveal their femininity beneath the veneer. What made both pieces even more powerful were great laugh-out-loud moments which
emphasised the folly of gender stereotyping. Constantinou and his co-dancers Hilde I Sandvold, Sofia Karlsson, Sarah Armstrong and Miryam Mariblanca deserved their ovation not only for artistry but uncompromising bravery. A fortnight later, Laban theatre hosted Nora Invites, a brilliant two-hander featuring Eleanor Sikorski and Flora Wellesley Wesley interpreting works by choreographic giants Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fargion, Simon Tanguy and Liz Aggiss. The Burrows/Fargion creation was like the call-andresponse of a gospel song as each took turns to answer, indeed echo, the other. Tanguy’s piece, inspired by Beckettian absurdism, featured them at their athletic best. And Aggiss’s work – called Bloody Nora! – was a mesmerising cocktail of crimson costumes, riveting vision and red-blooded humour, proving contemporary dance can be playful in its quest for truth.
T he N M M ’ s P e p y s exhibition Plague, Fire, Revolution was punctuated by excellent special events - but one of the best came as the choral group Reverie strolled among visitors. Anyone looking at a fine animation of the 1666 Great Fire of London would suddenly come face to face with a tearful young woman who looked them in the eye and sang: “If fire breaks out, will I be safe? Why don’t you speak?” It was wonderfully effective. Reverie presented ten pieces by Freya WaleyCohen in the style of 17th century songs with sitespecific lyrics by Caleb Klaces. The hauntingly beautiful voices turned a splendid exhibition (the Lely portraits were worth the price on their own) into a brilliant one. The choir only came together at the end, sweeping through the display roomswith a rousing chorus ending with the stanza: “The rope and glass between me and my word, my pleasure.” The pleasure was all ours.
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A Talk on Christian Science by Brian Kissock CSB
Can prayer be effective in healing?
Saturday 9th April 2016 at 3pm
Brian speaks of God’s love for mankind, God’s laws of protection, and how prayer can lead to healing.
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Churchill 7.30 MUSIC English folk Star & Garter PLAY Fable Greenwich Theatre 8 JAZZ Corrie Dick Oliver’s MUSIC Black Milk Brooklyn Bowl Wednesday 27 MUSIC Macklemore & Ryan Lewis O2 SHOW Tom - The Musical Churchill 7.30 TALK Graham Fawcett: Yeats Made In Greenwich WOOLLIES Knitting club Pelton TRIBUTE If Music Be The Food Of Love Blackheath Halls 7.30 PLAY Playground Lon Theatre 8 PLAY Fable Greenwich Theatre 8 JAZZ Jam session Oliver’s Thursday 28 MUSIC Trinity Laban recital St Alfege 1.05 TALK Wallpaper in Britain Since 1685 Blackheath Decorative & Fine Arts Society, St Mary’s Church Hall 2.30 SHOW Tom - The Musical Churchill 2.30, 7.30 JAZZ Beats In The Bar Blackheath Halls 7.30 DANCE Lindy Hop with Temujin Gill Borough Hall 7.30 LIGHT OPERA The Mikado Bob Hope Theatre 7.45 MUSIC Icarus Club Pelton PLAY Playground Lon Theatre 8 PLAY Fable Greenwich Theatre 8 JAZZ Beats In The Bar Oliver’s Friday 29 VOLUNTEER Dig In Wildlife Centre, Greenwich Park 9.30 MUSIC Trinity Laban Free concert Age Exchange Bakehouse Theatre Blackheath 12-1 MUSIC Elena Abad, Yongqui Yuan Blackheath Halls 6 MUSIC UB40 O2 TRIBUTE A Night Of Dirty Dancing IndigO2 SHOW Tom - The Musical Churchill 7.30 MUSIC Acoustic Night GFMA event, Mycenae House LIGHT OPERA The Mikado Bob Hope Theatre 7.45 PLAY Playground London Th 8 PLAY Fable Greenwich Theatre 8 COMEDY Ian Smith, Sean McCloghlin Up The Creek JAZZ Jay Davies Oliver’s Saturday 30 KIDS Meet Captain Woodget Cutty Sark 11, 12, 1.30, 2.30 FAMILY Drop In Wildlife Centre, Greenwich Park 1-3 MUSIC Ceri Owen Piano recital St Alfege 1.05 TEA DANCE Borough Hall 2 SHOW Tom - The Musical Churchill 2.30, 7.30 LIGHT OPERA The Mikado Bob Hope Theatre 2.30, 7.45 RUGBY Blackheath RUFC v Blaydon. Rectory Field 3 FILM/OPERA Elektra NY Met Picturehouse 5.55 MUSIC Lady Pank IndigO2 COMEDY Mark Steel Blackheath Halls 8 PLAY Playground London Th 8 PLAY Fable Greenwich Theatre 8 COMEDY Michael Legge, Jen Brister, Benny Boot, Ian Stone Up The Creek JAZZ Ollie Sarkar Oliver’s
April 2016 Page 21 FRIENDS FRIDAY Socialise, speaker + cake. Friends of Age Exchange Bakehouse Theatre Blackheath £5 (AE Friends FREE) 1 MUSIC Singing Spectacular Blackheath Halls 7 PLAY Down & Out In London & Paris Greenwich Theatre 7.30 TALK Prof Guang-Zhong Yang Blackheath Scientific Society lecture, Mycenae House 7.45 PLAY Rise And Fall Of Little Voice Bob Hope Theatre 7.45 Saturday 21 KIDS Meet Captain Woodget Cutty Sark 11, 12, 1.30, 2.30 PLAY Down And Out In London And Paris Greenwich Theatre 2.30, 7.30 BOXING Haye Day II O2 TRIBUTE If I Can Dream IndigO2 PLAY Rise And Fall Of Little Voice Bob Hope Theatre 7.45 FOLK Kathryn Roberts, Sean Lakeman Blackheath Halls 8 Sunday 22 MUSIC Naufal Mukumi Piano recital. Blackheath Halls 11 KIDS Meet Nannie The Witch Cutty Sark 11, 12, 1.30, 2.30 MUSIC Steinberg Duo Steinberg Studio 6 TALENT Something for Sunday Vanbrugh 7 Monday 23 MUSIC APPRECIATION Matthew Taylor Blackheath Halls 10 MUSIC Pianist Emilie Capulet. Sounds of Spain. Blackheath Halls 1.10 Free PUB QUIZ Vanbrugh 8.30 JAZZ Ladies Night Oliver’s Tuesday 24 MUSIC English folk Star & Garter
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PLAY Cymbeline London Theatre 8 JAZZ Corrie Dick Oliver’s Wednesday 25 MUSIC Jack Pack IndigO2 DANCE Transitions Mixed Bill Laban Theatre 7.30 PLAY Great Expectations Bob Hope Theatre 7.45 WOOLLIES Knitting club Pelton PERFORMANCE Untouchable Albany 8 PLAY Cymbeline London Theatre 8 JAZZ Jam session Oliver’s Thursday 26 MUSIC Trinity Laban recital St Alfege 1.05 TALK The Magical Art Of Camouflage In Warfare Blackheath Decorative & Fine Arts Soc, St Mary’s Church Hall 2.30 TALK Honeybeekeeping In Oxleas Woods Severndroog Castle 7 DANCE Transitions Mixed Bill Laban Theatre 7.30 MUSIC Black Milk Brooklyn Bowl PLAY Great Expectations Bob Hope Theatre 7.45 PERFORMANCE Untouchable Albany 8 PLAY Cymbeline London Theatre 8 MUSIC Icarus Club Pelton Friday 27 VOLUNTEER Dig-In Wildlife Centre, Greenwich Park 9.30 PHOTOGRAPHY Hidden London Greenwich Community College students show work at Discover Greenwich (till July 2) 10-5. Free ART WORKSHOP Ania Bas Nat Maritime Museum 11 MUSIC Trinity Laban Free concert Age Exchange Bakehouse Theatre Blackheath 12-1 TALK Tristan Gooley NMM 1 MUSIC Tamesis Trio Blackheath Halls 6 MUSIC Africa Day Acoustic Night Global Fusion event Mycenae House 7 PLAY Street Girl Albany 7.30 DANCE Transitions Mixed Bill Laban Theatre 7.30 PLAY Great Expectations Bob Hope Theatre 7.45 MUSIC Busted O2 PLAY Cymbeline London Theatre 8 Saturday 28 KIDS Meet Jock Willis Cutty Sark 11, 12, 1.30, 2.30 TALK Charlotte McDonald-Gibson National Maritime Museum. Noon FAMILY Drop-In Wildlife Centre, Greenwich Park 1-3 PLAY Great Expectations Bob Hope Theatre 2.30, 7.45 MUSIC Busted O2 PLAY Street Girl Albany 7.30 BARN DANCE Woodlands Farm Trust 7.30 PLAY Cymbeline London Theatre 8 Sunday 29 KIDS Meet Jock Willis Cutty Sark 11, 12, 1.30, 2.30 PLAY Cymbeline London Theatre 5 TALENT Something for Sunday Vanbrugh 7 Monday 30 FAMILY Mission To Mars Royal Observatory 10 KIDS Meet Captain Woodget Cutty Sark 11, 12, 1.30, 2.30 FAMILY Project Icarus National Maritime Museum 11.30, 2 KIDS Dancing Sailors Cutty Sark 11.30, 2 COMEDY Bovi Man Of Fire IndigO2 PUB QUIZ Vanbrugh 8.30 JAZZ Ladies Night Oliver’s Tuesday 31 FAMILY Mission To Mars Royal Observatory 10 KIDS Meet James Robson Cutty Sark 11, 12, 1.30, 2.30 FAMILY Project Kraken National Maritime Museum 11.30, 2 KIDS Dancing Sailors Cutty Sark 11.30, 2 FAMILY Horrible Histories: Groovy Greeks Churchill 2 FAMILY Horrible Histories: Incredible Invaders Churchill 7 MUSIC English folk Star & Garter PLAY Laika Lost In Space London Theatre 8 JAZZ Corrie Dick Oliver’s Wednesday June 1 FAMILY Mission To Mars
June Royal Observatory 10 KIDS Pond-Dipping Friends of Greenwich Park event Wildlife Centre 10.30 KIDS Meet James Robson Cutty Sark 11, 12, 1.30, 2.30 FAMILY Project Icarus National Maritime Museum 11.30, 2 FAMILY Horrible Histories: Incredible Invaders Churchill 2 FAMILY Horrible Histories: Groovy Greeks Churchill 7 THEATRE Timeshare by Philip Ayckbourn Alexandra Players, Alexandra Hall, Bramshot Avenue, SE7. Till June 4. 8. £9 (£8) 07867 627 987. alexandraplayers@gmail.com WOOLLIES Knitting club Pelton PLAY These Four Walls Lon Theatre 8 JAZZ Jam session Oliver’s Thursday 2 FAMILY Mission To Mars Royal Observatory 10 KIDS Meet Captain Woodget Cutty Sark 11, 12, 1.30, 2.30 FAMILY Project Kraken National Maritime Museum 11.30, 2 MUSIC Trinity Laban recital St Alfege 1.05 FAMILY Horrible Histories: Groovy Greeks Churchill 2 SEMINAR Charles McGuire Laban Theatre 5.15 FAMILY Horrible Histories: Incredible Invaders Churchill 7 PLAY These Four Walls London Theatre 8 MUSIC Icarus Club Pelton Friday 3 FAMILY Mission To Mars Royal Observatory 10 KIDS Meet Captain Woodget Cutty Sark 11, 12, 1.30, 2.30 FAMILY Project Icarus National Maritime Museum 11.30, 2 FAMILY Horrible Histories: Incredible Invaders Churchill Th 2 FAMILY Horrible Histories: Groovy Greeks Churchill 7 PLAY These Four Walls Lon Theatre 8 Saturday 4 KIDS Meet James Robson Cutty Sark 11, 12, 1.30, 2.30 FAMILY Project Kraken NMM 11.30, 2 KIDS Colourful Cockerels Cutty Sark 11.30, 2 FAMILY Horrible Histories: Groovy Greeks Churchill 2 MUSIC Grandmaster Flash Brooklyn Bowl MUSIC Public Image Ltd IndigO2 FAMILY Horrible Histories: Incredible Invaders
Churchill 7 MUSIC Imagine... The Beatles Bob Hope Theatre 7.30 Sunday 5 TABLE SALE Age Exchange Blackheath 10-2 KIDS Meet Captain Woodget Cutty Sark 11, 12, 1.30, 2.30 KIDS Colourful Cockerels Cutty Sark 11.30, 2 TALENT Something for Sunday Vanbrugh 7 Monday 6 MUSIC APPRECIATION Matthew Taylor Blackheath Halls 10 MUSIC Schubert. Corinne Morris Cello, Viv McLean piano Blackheath Halls 1.10 Free PUB QUIZ Vanbrugh 8.30 JAZZ Ladies Night Oliver’s Tuesday 7 MUSIC English folk Star & Garter HEN The Dreamboys Churchill 7.30 JAZZ Corrie Dick Oliver’s Wednesday 8 FILM/PLAY Hamlet From RSC Picturehouse 7 WOOLLIES Knitting club Pelton MUSICAL Tell Me On A Sunday Churchill 7.30 MUSICAL Merrily We Roll Along Bob Hope Theatre 7.45 LITERATURE Misha Glenny Blackheath Halls 8 JAZZ Jam session Oliver’s Thursday 9 MUSIC Trinity Laban recital St Alfege 1.05 FILM/PLAY The Audience From NT. Greenwich Pic’house 7 MUSICAL Merrily We Roll Along Bob Hope Theatre 7.45 TALK Prof Robert Winston Blackheath Halls 8 MUSIC Icarus Club Pelton Friday 10 TRIBUTE A Night Of Elvis Churchill 7.30 MUSICAL Merrily We Roll Along Bob Hope Theatre 7.45 Saturday 11 BOOK SALE Bakehouse Bookshop Age Exchange. 10-4 KIDS Meet Nannie The Witch Cutty Sark 11, 12, 1.30, 2.30 TALK Charles Wheeler National Maritime Museum 11 MUSICAL Merrily We Roll Along Bob Hope Theatre 2.30, 7.45 ROYAL Race Night for Queen Elizabeth ll’s 90th birthday Progress Hall, Admiral Seymour
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ll of the oldest living trees in the country are Yew trees. Invariably these magnificent ancient trees are found in churchyards. The very oldest are thought to be over 1,000 years old. Often these are hollow trees so aging them accurately by counting the rings – dendrochronology – is not possible. s well as their religious associations the yew makes a great garden plant either as a specimen tree or as the classiest of evergreen hedges. Yew hedges are one of the key elements of our beautiful herbaceous border here in Greenwich Park. Chelsea Award winner, Chris Beardshaw’s design divides the 200m border into symmetrical compartments with ornately shaped yew hedges. The problem is that some of our yew has been dying back. For a tree that can live for over a thousand years you would think that they would be easy to grow, but for us in Greenwich Park we have been experiencing a little local difficulty. ews thrive best on chalky soils so our sand and gravels are not ideal, but what Yew really hate is water around the roots. Our herbaceous border is at the lowest lying part of the Park. When we lifted some of the failing yew we found water beneath. This was a bit of a surprise but digging a little deeper, revealed bands of clay. Meanwhile the Yew, which had been re-potted in the Nursery Yard had recovered. or the worst affected sections of hedge our gardeners have lifted the plants and set about improving the drainage by removing soil to a depth of 1.5 meters, backfilling with a layer of free draining gravel topped off with a porous membrane and new topsoil on top. The yew has been replanted and now we wait and see. opefully the planting pit will do the job but if we still have problems with die-back we will have to replace the yew with another hedging plant that is less sensitive to the location. Thuja makes a good evergreen hedge similar in appearance to Yew or we could consider a deciduous hedge like Hornbeam or Beech but this would change the look of the border and would need to be considered carefully. But it’s part of the fun of gardening that it presents you with problems that need to be solved and when we get it right, our beautiful herbaceous border will look even better.
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The Blog of Samuel Pepys M S A D N rs Pepys has declared the tea shirts which I purchased at Greenwich Market to be a most desirable fashion. She wears them abroad with a tight dress and with what I did think to be an assassin’s weapon but turned out to be shoes. I fear meeting the King: He will have us arrested. he then demanded that I also wear what she calls “up to date kit”. My protests to no avail, she took me to a shop with the sign Sportswear. Cheered, I thought it might sell clothes for a card game or a cockfight but which inside I took for a torture chamber, with terrifying music and hanging racks. Urged to put one some rough blue breeches I was determined that they would not spoil the shape of my legs so stuffed them under my stockings, making a most unpleasant knobbly appearance. ext I had to doff my silk cloak and don what the fellow called a “hoodie”. “It has no silver buttons!!” I cried and he said, “If it’s bling you’re after, go for a nose-piercing.” “If I wanted that,” I said, “I’d go and fight the Dutch!” My wife next forced on me some most outlandish white shoes from which the buckles had dropped. To my cries of alarm she now
made me take off my periwig. “It’ll help keep the teapot warm” she said, “or stuff a duvet.” On my bare head she now placed a strange cap with a wide rim on the front which she pushed round to the back. “Samuel,” she purred, “you look so cool.” “Well” I cried, “I am certainly damnably cold.” After that she left me “to get her highlights done.” lone, I walked about Greenwich. Not one person made way for me or looked at me as they used to. I did eye some wenches but they passed me by. I see no purpose to a fashion if I cannot invite a lady to stroke my sash. Even my cane had not its proper effect: Seeing it, a rude fellow cried “Some people do anything to get on benefit”. isconsolate, I saw a shop selling Vintage Clothes. Inside there were long coats, lace shirts, neckerchiefs and a picture of a man seemingly wearing a fine periwig and. above, a sign saying “Styles of the 60s”. I roared approval: the 1660s is indeed a most fashionable era. A quarter hour later I stepped out happily. The pair of “granny glasses” perched on my nose are a small price to pay for being once more a man of mode.
Imagined BY TONY KIRWOOD: tonykirwood@gmail.com Visit Samuel Pepys’ website at www.blogofpepys.com Follow on Twitter @periwigman
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