On The Hill Magazine - June 2018

NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR PRIMROSE HILL PEOPLE

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Citizens’ Assembly on Community Safety, Primrose Hill surgery, Primrose Hill Advisory Committee, Crime on the Hill and all your local news and views and more!

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Letters 18 Primrose Hill Designer Sale 19

Designer treats for the summer

Primrose Hill Entrepreneurs 20

Andrew Hunt talks about his business, Aduna

News from Primrose Hill Surgery 21 Nutrition in the Fight against Alzheimer’s 22

Local nutritionists discuss how diet can help

Walter Murch – A Living Oxymoron 24

The Mole on the Hill talks to the Oscar and BAFTA winner

Well-being 26 Happy hips

Art exhibition 28

Details of a new exhibition by local artist Sophie Levi

Marketplace 29

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Dick Bird, Doro Marden, Phil Cowan, Pam White, David Lennon, Mole on the Hill, Micael Johnstone, Andrew Black

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We hope you enjoy. www.phca.cc Disclaimer: the views in the magazine are not necessarily the views of the PHCA. This magazine is printed on FSC® certified paper. The trees used are sourced in an environmentally friendly, socially responsibly and economically viable manner.

Welcome to June There has always been a strong spirit of community in Primrose Hill. I clearly remember being impressed by the campaign to prevent Starbucks moving into the area. The Primrose Hill Conservation Advisory Committee is a group of volunteers who have fought hard over the years to protect our area. In this issue Pam White explains in detail about the work they do.

There’s a growing sense that more people are banding together to fight for causes which are important to us. The recent surge in violent crime has led to a Citizens’ Assembly being called and people considering how they can make a meaningful contribution. There’s the youth work at St Mary’s church giving hope to our deprived young people. And this month at the library the Stephen Tindale Climate Answers charity will be launched to look for solutions to environmental concerns.

Without our volunteers, many institutions, such as the library, would be unable to provide a service. Primrose Hill Community Association provides a variety of activities for all ages; many are run by volunteers and they’re always in need of fresh ideas and help.

Volunteering is a useful way to get work experience if you’re young, it’s known to combat depression, and is a way to keep active in retirement.

If you’re busy enough contending with a real job, then consider making a donation to one of the local initiatives. Or book a ticket for the Primrose Hill Lectures. The proceeds go towards funding the youth work and the cold weather shelter at St Mary’s church.

Primrose Hill needs YOU! All that leaves me to do is to invite you along to the Primrose Hill Community Association Summer Fair on 9 June in Chalcot Square. Come and have a glass of Pimms (served by volunteers) and enjoy a party in the square. There’s fun and games to be had for all.

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Citizens’ Assembly on Community Safety

By Maggie Chambers Due to rising levels of knife crime, Camden and Islington Citizens’ organisations met in April at St Mary’s church to discuss the challenge and make plans to tackle it. Churches, mosques, schools, colleges and youth services sent representatives and MPs Kier Starmer and Tulip Siddiq attended, as did the leader of Camden Council, Georgia Gould, and Cllr Don Williams.

The Reverend Nick Walters hosted the evening, alongside Rosie Gillham from the Institute of Education and Abdurrahman Ahmed from Muslim Welfare House. After an opening song by St Paul’s School’s choir, church warden Casey Oppong set the agenda. We were there to talk about issues that blight lives, bring those issues to the table and discuss solutions.

Jason Allen, who runs the youthwork service at the church, was accompanied

by Kai, a young man who has benefited from its services. Kai said that St Mary’s is a safe space for him to go where he can talk about friends he’s lost and get help with his CV. Jason spoke of the youthwork project which runs health and fitness groups, football, and works with young people (6-25) in schools and prisons. He deals with issues of serious violence and with those who don’t want to engage with traditional youthwork or change their lives around as they genuinely don’t see a positive path for themselves. Some of them have experienced heavy trauma from a young age. Other social services tend to work with people for just 6‒8 months, and few follow them through their journey. Jason continues to work with them if they go to prison and once they leave. He’s on call 24 hours a day and 365 days a year, even Christmas Day. It’s literally all year round, as this is such a serious situation we’re facing.

Wahiba Boudiaf from the Muslim Welfare House spoke next. Her son was killed nine years ago, one day before Mother’s Day. She read a poem, ‘Bloody Foreigner Boy’, which included the line ‘Your bed is cold and your room forever tidy’. There could be no more powerful rallying cry to parents.

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Saiqa Pandor from Homestart Camden followed. She has long suffered racial abuse and said it has intensified since Brexit. Recently a man on a bus told her Muslims were all wrong: the way they ate and the way they dressed.

The Reverend Rob Wickham, Bishop of Edmonton, gave a message via video.

He said that the grassroots response to guns and knife crime involves working in partnership. He made a pledge to all to work together to come up with community responses which would make a difference.

Inspector Richard Burns represented Neighbourhood Policing in Camden.

He said that resources had been poured into snatch theft and those figures are diminishing, but knife crime and robbery are on the rise, especially in Camden. Stop and Search in an intelligence-led way does help. There are schools officers and estate sweeps. He would like to see more weapons sweeps carried out, which turn up drugs as well as weapons.

Cllr Georgia Gould reiterated that we need to work together as a community, as parents and as faith leaders to keep our communities safe. Cllr Don Williams said that this wasn’t a party-political issue; it affects all of us. Crime used to be rife in Islington but has now spread to Camden, and we’re infected with the same problems. Importantly, bereaved families have come forward to ask how they can be part of the solution.

Tulip Siddiq MP gave the story of how a young man in a mosque had loved football. After the group stopped, he fell into a bad set and ended up getting stabbed. In the stabbings in Camden earlier this year, a mother lost a second

son to knife crime. She told Tulip that she felt awful whenever her children left the house, as she could never be sure they would return.

Sir Kier Starmer talked about Georgia Gould’s initiative, the task force set up to tackle the increase in knife crime.

What can we do in our constituencies?

What did Glasgow do? What are other boroughs doing? He said there is no one single cause, rather inequality of every kind. If any positives can come out of the awful things which have been happening, it’s the community coming forward to ask what they can do as individuals or groups to try to make things better for young people in the borough, many of whom are scared and fearful for their future. Sir Kier wants to join up every constitution and every voice. He wants us to ask him what he’s doing and conversely to be able to ask us what we’re doing.

This was not a one-off event, it was a call to action. Each group and institution wrote down suggestions of how to respond to knife and hate crime.

A Safety Commission was launched which will look into the causes of youth violence and collaborate with politicians, the police and other services.

When this same initiative was launched in Glasgow, everyone came together to be led by the community; as a result, last year the city had no deaths from knife crime.

The organiser of this event was Hugh Murdoch of Citizens UK. Their goal is to increase the power of ordinary people to participate in public life and bring about change. Please contact him if you would like to know more: hugh.murdoch@citizensuk.org

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This Is England!

A Poem by Susan Greenhill The rain has stopped, the sun is out fresh scent of summer fills the air,

the trees are still, the sky clear blue no need for thermal underwear.

The central heating’s been switched off the atmosphere is warm once more, I’ve taken off my woollen gloves my fake fox coat’s gone into store.

I’ve put away my pink bed-socks and fed my sweaters to the moths, and now that I’ve stopped shivering my fur lined boots go in the bin.

Light evenings till mid-summer’s day we take our meals out of doors, but sultry days will soon turn grey next winter’s never far way.

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On 21 August 1906, Miss Minnie Pratt wrote to Miss Alice Roche: “Hope you will like this postcard.”

It showed where Minnie, a 33-yearold dressmaker, lived at number 49, Englands Lane. Note the little arrow and number 49 she carefully scribbled on the card.

In the 1901 census, Minnie is listed as living at the address with her father James, a coachman;

mother Sarah; older sister Alice; and two brothers, Harry and Alfred. A lot can happen in ten years, as the 1911 census tells us.

Her brothers have moved out and her father has died; her mother Sarah is now listed as a widow.

The recipient of the card, Alice Roche, lived at Domgay House, 11 Fitzroy Road, Fitzrovia, which was a ‘Home for Working

Girls in London’. Looking at both censuses, Alice has not yet arrived in 1901, and she is no longer there in 1911; but it is interesting to note that the Home lists forty women as living there. Their ages vary from 19 to 42 years old. Some are ladies’ maids, others are dressmakers, milliners, waitresses, domestic servants or nurses.

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JUNE 2018

The Primrose Hill Conservation Area Advisory Committee

by Pam White The Primrose Hill Conservation Area and its committee (PHCAAC) were set up in 1972 as the result of a campaign by Camden Civic Society sparked off by the demolition of fine houses in Gloucester Avenue – now Darwin Court. The PHCAAC consists of volunteer nominees from organisations formally decided upon by the Council, although the committee makes its own choice.

The fourteen members provide local knowledge as well as professional expertise. We representamenity societies – including Camden Civic Society, the Victorian Society and the Twentieth Century Society – local residents groups, Primrose Hill Community Association, political parties, local businesses, and the professional architectural and planning institutes.

The Committee meets every fortnight to examine all planning applications within the area, with the comments going to the relevant planning officer and appearing on the public online Council record. For an appeal against a decision, we present advice to the government inspector deciding the appeal. We are currently producing a public access database of all recent past and present planning applications in the Conservation Area (CA) for which we are seeking funds.

Because we see every application made in the area, the Committee’s advice is based on an overview of the development of the conservation area, and its current and historic character.

We can identify new pressures for development, and how each change contributes to the changing character of the area. As locals, using our streets, open spaces, shops, cafes and restaurants, we are in a position to monitor the results of new development, and try to make sure that one person’s lively activity is not another’s nuisance.

Successful new development relies on neighbourliness, and confidence that no one will be damaged by change.

Our main job is to consider whether each application would ‘preserve or

enhance’ the character and appearance of the CA ‒– the legal duty on planners in CAs ‒ – and we interpret this broadly. We see keeping jobs in the area as vital to its character, and have successfully opposed a number of attempts by developers to provide flats by destroying workplaces.

Primrose Hill never became merely a residential suburb: the areas beside the railway and behind the houses provided an opportunity for a rich mixture of living and working accommodation, and this has enabled the lively mixture of cafes, restaurants and specialist shops to survive and prosper. Keeping small flats and ensuring that there is ‘affordable’ housing in the area are also priorities.

The Committee has enjoyed important successes. Hopkinson’s Place and the Community Centre were the result of an early victory, as was the crucial evidence provided to help local residents win in the Court of Appeal over an attempt to destroy the former Boy’s Home Chapel and to coordinate the campaign to defend local business from the globalised threat of Starbucks.

We helped block plans to give London Zoo ten acres of Regent’s Park. As a community we have a hard-earned reputation for fighting for our area and our community. The PHCAAC has often been at the forefront of such fights.

More recently, the Committee has led the campaign to keep Utopia Village as a small business hub, worked to keep the Bibendum building open as offices, an education space and art gallery, coordinated local responses to modify and restrict the plans for the Morrison’s site, and contributed to restraining many applications from harming our area. The Committee also organises public meetings when necessary on important planning issues. People enjoy living in Primrose Hill, and many more want to do so, in part because

of the successful protection of our environment.

In working to conserve the area, we take an active part in encouraging good modern design, consistent with the scale and texture of the area, and recognise the need for such buildings to be good neighbours to the old.

Meeting new standards of sustainability – from reusing existing buildings to ensuring energy efficiency – is a vital consideration.

The Committee also takes a larger view. We are consulted by authorities on a wide range of issues: from plans for Camden High Street to licensing.

Although the use of cars has devastated some areas of London, neglect of the transport infrastructure has made it hard for people to identify practical alternatives. We are not isolated from the effects of these larger issues, and give advice on how they affect us too.

We are always happy to hear from members of the community about their views on new plans or fears that a development may change the area, or that building work is being done without the necessary permissions.

We work actively with the Council’s Planning Enforcement, often informing them of changes to buildings of which they may be unaware, and act as their eyes and ears on the ground. Recently we have reported on the destruction of the top front parapet of a house, of a new first-floor conservatory, of modern changes to a historic shopfront, of a garden wall bordering the pavement raised with inappropriate decoration, of a new back garden extension and of exterior lamps on a group of listed building frontages, none of which had planning permission.

PHCAAC can be contacted via its chair, Richard Simpson, at richardsimpsonnw1@gmail.com

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Crime on the Hill

By Micael Johnstone Primrose Hill residents have been experiencing an unsettling crime wave in recent months. Micael Johnstone investigates.

Primrose Hill prides itself on being an oasis of calm, despite being located just minutes from the centre of our capital.

The village vibe and strong sense of local community have made our neighbourhood one of the most soughtafter in London, but a spate of crime has interrupted that calm and created a new sense of unease.

What is happening and why?

In the last six months Primrose Hill has seen homes and businesses burgled, car thefts, muggings, moped thefts and even the stabbing of a sixteen-yearold boy. Having been on the receiving end of an incredibly unsettling and well-planned burglary myself – the perpetrators smashed down our front door at 3 o’clock in the afternoon and stole all of my wife’s jewellery, including an irreplaceable engagement ring – can make one feel that perhaps our neighbourhood is being specifically targeted. But we need to consider what’s happening elsewhere in London and the rest of the country as well.

Crime in London is nothing new, though overall crime rates have actually been falling after a peak in the 1990s. It’s no comfort for victims, but the average person is still much less likely to be affected by crime than two decades ago. The recent national picture is not pretty, however. According to the Office for National Statistics, crime in England and Wales is at its highest level in a decade. Violent crime has increased by 18% in the last year, and overall recorded crime went up by 10% in 2016.

Burglaries increased by 9%, robberies 33% and vehicle theft 17%. London has sixteen out of the top twenty worst postcode districts for burglary in the UK. Fortunately for On The Hill readers, Primrose Hill and our neighbouring postcodes do not feature in this group.

Having spent some time living in New York City, I’d always felt London to be a safer, less violent place (not having nearly as many guns on our streets is a big help) and the evidence

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has supported that assumption until recently. But in February and March this year, London’s murder rate overtook New York’s – certainly a worry, and we must hope that this is just an anomaly and not the start of a trend. Knife crime is the major factor, and we’ve seen a number of horrifying murders recently. Donald Trump may be wrong about most things, but he had some justification in referencing London’s knife crime in a recent speech.

Crime in England and Wales is at its highest level in a decade Moped crime has been a particular challenge for the Metropolitan Police and has been occurring with unfortunate regularity in Primrose Hill, with handbags and mobile phones in particular being targeted. During a moped raid at Gail’s Bakery in nearby Highgate in November last year, thieves left customers terrified after smashing the shop window in broad daylight and making off with a laptop. In December a moped gang targeted 24 civilians

across North London in one day. Moped thefts have increased dramatically in the last couple of years. In October 2015, 1,009 mopeds were stolen in the capital, compared to 1,598 in April 2017 ‒ a rise of 60%.

Cuts and inequality Before our former Home Secretary,amber Rudd, was forced to resign over the Windrush scandal, she claimed that cuts to police numbers were not to blame for an increase in crime; but it does seem likely that a lack of resources has had an effect. Police officer numbers are at their lowest level in more than thirty years, according to Rudd’s former colleagues at the Home Office. In addition to a reduction in crime prevention capacity, there have been substantial decreases in central government funding for youth services and social care. Homelessness has also risen significantly.

Income inequality has grown substantially in recent years, and there is specific research indicating that income inequality leads to violent crime, with income gaps creating social tension. There is less of a

JUNE 2018 consensus when it comes to property crime, though research undertaken by academics at the University of Central Oklahoma and published by the London School of Economics in 2016 claimed that as income inequality increases, so does property crime.

I asked one of our local police officers, Inspector Richard Berns from the Camden Neighbourhood Policing Team, for his views on local crime.

Recognising a current spike in crime, Camden police carried out a special operation at the end of 2017. Officers worked night shifts to help bring criminals to justice. During ‘Operation Autumn Nights’ local police made a total of 48 arrests. Moped crime is also a particular focus for Berns and his colleagues.

“Moped-enabled theft is our top priority. In the past six months, there has been a sharp rise in theft snatch offences. This is unprecedented, but we are determined to do everything we can. Many of our residents are understandably concerned and frightened,” says Berns. “The thieves conceal their identities with balaclavas and full-face helmets, wearing generic clothing and riding stolen mopeds.

They do not fear CCTV or witnesses.

The crime takes place in a matter of seconds and the criminals flee to other parts of London. This often leaves those witnessing it with a sense that nothing is being done.

“It’s not easy, the Metropolitan Police Service has to save another £400 million and officer numbers will fall further,” says Berns. “We are tackling it on all fronts and taking innovative new approaches. They ride dangerously and don’t care who they hurt, preying on

anyone in their sights ‒– they are brazen!

“Why do they do it? Young offenders are groomed by older criminals into this highly profitable crime, which requires very little skill. It is not uncommon for children to start as young as twelve. To the disadvantaged and those who have opted out of society, it is a very easy way to make fast cash with low risk of what they would perceive as ‘consequence’. As long as people are willing to purchase stolen phones, there will be a market for theft; and this market is international.

“We are arresting lots of offenders, many of whom are young and known to us; but unfortunately reoffending is high. We are working closely with councils to see if we can evict problem families, and the council is also installing ground anchors and barriers to slow the mopeds down. Watch this space for new tactics such as drones, cars with tire deflation devices, and DNA sprays!”

“Watch this space for new tactics such as drones, cars with tire deflation devices, and DNA sprays!”

Locals share their stories Primrose Hill resident Lisa Sexton described her own recent experiences with crime in the neighbourhood. “A group of young guys have tried to steal my bag twice in Primrose Hill,” she said. “The first time they used a girl who looked like she had a broken leg who asked to use my phone, and then the rest of the group surrounded me. I was able to run to the high street and luckily they didn’t take it. The second

time they rode past on bikes and tried to grab my phone, but failed.”

Another local resident wasn’t so lucky. “After trying to take mine, they took a phone from a lady about 10 metres ahead of me,” said Sexton. “She was a teacher at the local primary school just on her way home. My boyfriend also had a Vespa scooter which lasted for three weeks before being taken in the night.

“It’s so sad that there is so much crime going on in Primrose Hill; ‒two friends have been broken into recently as well. I do generally feel safe, although this may be because I don’t think about it too much. I would be supportive of having a private security patrol active around Primrose Hill. If residents rallied round to do this, I think it would be a good deterrent and would make people feel safer.”

Fellow resident Tom Greenwood is another recent victim of crime. “Within the space of a few weeks my car got stolen and my wife, who was eight months pregnant at the time, had her phone snatched by a moped gang just off Regent’s Park Road,” said Greenwood.

“It made her feel unsafe walking the streets. I think a greater police presence would help deter the thieves.”

The recent spike in crime in Primrose Hill is a worry, and residents need to be cohesive and resilient. Although our village can seem like a bubble, we aren’t immune from wider problems that have been impacting on London and the UK as a whole. The fact remains, though, that Primrose Hill is one of the very best places in the world to live, and we have a fantastic local community. I for oneam very grateful to call it my home.

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No More Walls

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On 1 May James Nelson held a launch party at Primrose Hill Community Centre for the 4th edition of his book. Councillor

Richard Cotton, Mayor of Camden 2017–‒18, gave a tribute to the book: “I have devoted a substantial part of my mayoral year to fundraising for C4WS Homeless Project, which helps local people to rebuild their lives after the trauma of homelessness.

Michael lives locally and his book is a timely reminder of the difficulties faced by homeless people. Michael’s story demonstrates that there is so

much talent hidden in doorways. I am delighted that his book is being published again, and I hope it will inspire the reader to join the fight against homelessness and perhaps to volunteer with one of the homeless charities.”

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William Scott, Odeon Suite: named after the Odeon Café Scott frequented in Zurich, signed lithograph, 50cm x 64cm

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JUNE 2018

Stephen Tindale Climate Answers Sir Keir Starmer and the trustees of Stephen Tindale Climate Answers are hosting a reception to launch this charity at Primrose Hill Community Library on Thursday 14 June. The event is open to all who are interested in environmental concerns.

Stephen Tindale was a remarkable man – a committed environmentalist and social reformer who saw the dangers and risks of the modern world but who retained a sense of optimism that change and progress were possible. He was a realist, recognising that progress involved pragmatic decisions made in complex situations. He died tragically young in 2017, and this charity has been created in his memory. Its aim is to continue the work he began and give practical help and support.

Stephen and Suzanna Hinson created the website Climate Answers. Stephen had broad interests and his work over thirty years touched on many issues, from energy policy and the alternatives, a carbon-based economy, environmental impacts from air quality to the persistence of energy poverty. His interests were not limited to the UK. Climate change and other environmental challenges recognise no borders.

The answers he produced were shaped by the challenges and the available options which existed during his lifetime.

The agenda, however, constantly changes. The scientific evidence about climate change and other environmental issues is growing month by month, and research is constantly opening up the possibility of new solutions. Stephen always kept up with the times and the charity hopes to do the same.

He also believed in communication. Ideas only matter if they are disseminated, challenged and debated. In that spirit the charity will report regularly on its activities and on the work being done by those who receive grants.

We welcome ideas and contributions. Stephen never believed he had all the answers, but he always believed that there were answers to be found. The charity’s role is to continue the search.

The launch of Stephen Tindale’s Climate Answers is open to all who are interested. Come along on Thursday 14 June, 7–‒9pm to Primrose Hill Community Library. For further information, please contact Helen Tindale on helentindale@gmail.com

Bishops on the Hill On Thursday 10 May Bishop Rob, our local Bishop of Edmonton, brought Bishop Sarah, the new Bishop of London, to the parish of St Mary’s. The congregation gathered at 7am on a breezy morning for a short Ascension Day service at the top of Primrose Hill.

Right Reverend Dame Sarah Mullally is the 133rd Bishop of London and the first female to hold the post. She was made a Dame in 2005 for services to nursing. Bishop Sarah was installed in her role at St Paul’s Cathedral in May, where she performed the ritual of knocking three times with her staff on the Cathedral’s Great West door.

After the historic service, the congregation went back to St Mary’s to welcome Bishop Sarah over coffee and croissants.

Organic & biodynamic wines at the market Each week Queens Park Wines feature a rotating selection of our more affordable wines to try & buy at your local Primrose Hill market, together with a regular buy-only stock of our customer favourites.

We currently stock 125 wines from 14 countries, including no-added-sulphur and vegan wines.

Red & white from £7.50. Rosé from £8.50. Prosecco from £12. Champagne from £23.

When the weather is fine we also sell chilled bottles with plastic cups.

You can also buy direct from our website with local, same-day and national, next-working-day delivery. See website for details. *June 30th we are at the Queens Park Book Festival so will not be at Primrose Hill. qpbookfest.com

Every Saturday* 10am - 3pm St Pauls School Primrose Hill Road, NW3 3DS

www.queenspark.wine

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What’s On June NEW THIS JUNE TUESDAY 5 JUNE Film Show at the Library The Philadelphia Story (1940), Hollywood’s most wise and sparkling comedy, directed by George Cukor. PHCL. 7.15pm. £8, including a glass of wine, in cash, in advance at PHCL or on the door.

WEDNESDAY 6 JUNE ‘An Actor’s Personal Toolkit’ A talk by Dylan Smith. PHCC Open House.

2pm. Free.

SATURDAY 9 JUNE Folk Music Taster Day A chance to try out new musical instruments in a day of 75-minute workshops. CSH. 10am.

Prices from £15.

TUESDAY 12 JUNE Primrose Hill Patient Participation Group open meeting An update from the doctors and a talk from a consultant gastro-enterologist. All patients of Primrose Hill Surgery welcome. PHCL. 6.30pm.

Contact primrosehillppg@gmail.com Hampstead Music Club PHCL. 8–9.30pm.

Contact claire_crescendo@hotmail.com WEDNESDAY 13 JUNE ‘Beating the Bounds of Camden’ An illustrated talk by archivist Tudor Allen. PHCC Open House. 2pm. Free.

Summer care for fruit trees There are lots of fruit trees at Cecil Sharp House and this session will focus on how to take care of them during the summer. Contact Susannah Hall, 07885 795689, Cecil Sharp House Permaculture LAND Project, email cshlandproject@permablitzlondon.com, www.permablitzlondon.com/gardening-withnature-training SATURDAY 16 JUNE Youth Dance Showcase Watch Camden’s talented young dancers perform as part of an energetic and inclusive dance event aimed at young people. CSH. 5.30pm. Free, suggested donation £2.

SUNDAY 17 JUNE Family Barn Dance Bring the entire family and take part in lively dances from the British Isles in a supportive and fun environment. CSH. 3–5pm. £7 adults, £5 children, £2 under 2s.

WEDNESDAY 20 JUNE Royal Academy of Music Museum Marylebone Rd, NW1 5HT. PHCC Open House.

2pm. Transport available from PHCC or meet there 2pm. Free.

Water-wise in the summer Keeping soil moist through the summer is crucial. At Cecil Sharp House we have a number of different ways of ensuring plants have enough water. Contact Susannah Hall 07885 795689, Cecil Sharp House Permaculture LAND Project, email csh-landproject@permablitzlondon.com, www.permablitzlondon.com/gardening-withnature-training

THURSDAY 21 JUNE (MAKE MUSIC DAY UK) Folk Music Taster Workshop A free creative workshop by Mind in Camden for Camden residents accessing the Healthy Minds community programme. CSH. 2.30pm. Free.

Jon Boden’s Big Folky Sing A special folk song sing-along with the former Bellowhead frontman. CSH. 7pm. Free.

WEDNESDAY 27 JUNE Finding Neverland Film adaptation of a play about JM Barrie’s relationship with the family who inspired him to create Peter Pan. PHCC Open House. 2pm. Free.

Creating plants for the future This is the time of year to take semi-ripe cuttings. This session will explain what they are and how to take them. Contact Susannah Hall, 07885 795689, Cecil Sharp House Permaculture LAND Project, email csh-landproject@ permablitzlondon.com, www.permablitzlondon.com/gardening-withnature-training/ THURSDAY 28 JUNE Meditation yoga with Ellen Emmet PHCL. 6.30–7.45pm. Contact ellenemmet@outlook.co.uk for prices.

SATURDAY 30 JUNE Summer Sing!

Popular songs for choirs and audience. St Mary’s Church, Elsworthy Road, London NW3 3DJ. 6–7.45pm. £10, concessions £8, under-13s free. Enquiries 07817 234 925, PrimroseHillChoirs.com Compton Lodge Garden Party 7 Harley Road, NW3 3BX. Everyone is welcome to come and enjoy tea and entertainment.

From 3pm.

PLAN AHEAD COMING SOON MONDAY 3 JULY Film Show at the Library Midnight Cowboy (1969), the only X-rated movie ever to win an Oscar, directed by John Schlesinger.

PHCL. 7.15pm. £8, including a glass of wine, in cash, in advance at PHCL or on the door.

FOR KIDS MONDAY Ready Steady Go ABC classes Fun and educative groups for toddlers and babies aged 6–18 months with their parents and carers.

PHCC. 9.30–11am. £120 per term (pro-rated when joining), trial classes available. Contact 020 7586 5862 to register or for more information Rhyme Time Library Rhyme Time for under 5s. PHCL. 10.30–11.15am. Suggested £2 donation.

Contact 020 7419 6599 Circus Glory Trapeze for ages 3–12. All levels welcome. PHCC. 3–6.30pm. Contact Genevieve 07973 451 603, gmonastesse@googlemail.com

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PLANTS, PRODUCE AND LIQUID MANURE FOR SALE REFRESHMENTS AVAILABLE ADMISSION FREE

PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN BAGS

The Adelaide Community Gardens Club is at the junction of Eton Road and Fellows Road at the rear of 68 Adelaide Road London NW3

Homework Club Do your homework in the Library with a qualified teacher. PHCL. 4–6pm. Free.

Contact 020 7419 6599

Homework Club Do your homework in the Library with a qualified teacher. PHCL. 4–6pm. Free.

Contact 020 7419 6599

TUESDAY Hartbeeps Baby Sensory Multi-sensory class of mini music productions for the very young. PHCC. 1.30–5.15pm. Classes £8.

Contact Clare 07528 688 734

THURSDAY Drop-in for under 4s Drop in and take part in a variety of activities.

PHCC. 11.15am–1pm. Term time only. £2.50 to include snack, tea and coffee for mums. Contact 020 7586 8327

Monkey Music Award-winning music classes for babies and toddlers: music, movement, percussion, bubbles and fun. Contact 020 8438 0189 for a free trial class Music and Rhyme for under 4s Drop-in sessions. PHCC. 4.30–5pm. £1. Contact 0207 586 8327 WEDNESDAY Ready Steady Go Yoga Baby and Me, age 6 weeks–9 months, with Lily.

PHCC. 9–10am. £60 for 5 weeks (first class free).

Contact yoga@readysteadygo.org to register or for more information Circus Glory Trapeze for ages 3–12. All levels welcome. PHCC. 2.30–6.30pm. Contact Genevieve 07973 451 603, gmonastesse@googlemail.com Primrose Hill Children’s Choir Learn to sing, enjoy fun songs and games. Ages 4–11. St Mary’s Church, NW3 3DJ. 4–5pm. First time free, then £8 per week. Contact Matthew 07817 234 925, www.primrosehillchoirs.com

Music and Rhyme for under 4s Drop-in sessions. PHCC. 4.30–5pm. £1. Contact 0207 586 8327 Catherine’s Ballet, Chalk Farm School of Dance for under 5s Ballet classes at PHCC. 4–5pm. Contact info@ chalkfarmschoolofdance.co.uk, www.chalkfarmschoolofdance.co.uk Mini Mozart Musical story time. PHCL. 9.30am for young children; 10.15am for babies.

Contact hello@minimozart.com First Class Learning English and Maths tuition. PHCL. 3.30–6.30pm.

Contact primrosehill@firstclasslearning.co.uk FRIDAY Mothers’ Mornings Meet other mothers while your children play. PHCL. 10.30–11.30am. Free. Contact 020 7419 6599

What’s On June Circus Glory Trapeze for ages 3–12. All levels welcome. PHCC. 2.30–6.30pm. Contact Genevieve 07973 451 603, gmonastesse@googlemail.com

Mary’s Living and Giving Take advantage of 20% off men’s items every Tuesday for Save the Children. 10am–6pm.

Keep Fit for over 60s PHCC. 3–4pm. Free. Contact 0207 586 8327

Pitta Patta Funky dance classes. Ages 4–16. PHCC. 4–7.15pm.

Contact Juliet 07971 916 174, Juliet@pittapattadance.co.uk, www.pittapattadance.co.uk

Laban Movement Workshop To practise and explore Rudolf Laban’s Scales and Efforts. PHCC. 12–1pm. £10. Contact 07970 536 643, jennyfrankel.laban@gmail.com

SATURDAY Rhyme Time For all ages, with an adult. 1st and 3rd Saturdays of the month. PHCL. 10.30–11.15am. Suggested donation £2.

Morris Dancing Learn lively Cotswold Morris dancing with handkerchiefs and sticks, led by tutor Andy Richards. No experience necessary. Cecil Sharp House. 6.30–9pm. Contact 020 7485 2206

SUNDAY Drama, dance and singing classes A unique mix of drama, dance and singing to bring out every child’s true potential. Ages 4–7. PHCC. 10–11.30am and 11.30am–1pm. Try a free class.

Contact 020 7255 9120, enquiries@perform.org.uk, www.perform.org.uk

Pilates PHCL. Dynamic sessions, 9am and 10.15am; gentler session 11.30am–12.30pm. £12 per class, £100 for 10 classes. Contact lizacawthorn@gmail.com

FOR ADULTS MONDAY ACOL Bridge Club PHCC. 1.45–3.45pm. £3. Contact Maureen Betts 07919 444 187 Bridge Class Join us in the Library for a game of bridge.

Beginners/intermediate. PHCL. 6.30pm.

Contact jojarrold@gmail.com Debtors Anonymous Anonymity preserved. PHCL. 7–8pm. Donations welcome. Contact 07932 878 605 Chilled Strings Small amateur string chamber orchestra, guided by professional tutor Kwesi Edman.

PHCC. 6.30–8.45pm. £10 for each evening.

Contact sueandhercello@gmail.com Primrose Hill Community Choir Love to sing? Try us out! All welcome. PHCC. 7.30–9.30pm. £6. Contact Matthew 0781 723 4925, www.primrosehillchoirs.com Circus Glory Trapeze for adults. All levels welcome. PHCC. 1.30–2.45pm. Contact Genevieve 07973 451 603, gmonastesse@googlemail.com Neighbourhood Information Centre Drop-in advice centre. PHCL. 2–4pm. Free.

Contact 020 7419 6599 Mary’s Living and Giving Take advantage of 50% off books, movies, records and CDs every Monday, for Save the Children. 10am–6pm.

Trauma Release Exercises (TRE) New drop-in class to release chronic tension patterns and return the nervous system to balance. PHCC. 4–5.30pm. £15 per class, or 5 for £50. Contact Tim Kirkpatrick, www.back2base.co.uk TUESDAY ESOL Class Learn English at the Library. PHCL. 12–1.30pm.

Free. Contact jojarrold@gmail.com

General Yoga PHCC. 6.30–8pm. Contact Catriona 07958 959816 cat.b1@blueyonder.co.uk Hatha Yoga An open-level class combining mindful flow with alignment-based instructions and breathing techniques. PHCC. 1.30–2.30pm. Contact Emma 0780 855 3599, emma.lecoeur@gmail.com WEDNESDAY Circus Glory Trapeze for adults. All levels welcome. PHCC. 1.15–2.15pm. Contact Genevieve 07973 451 603, gmonastesse@googlemail.com English Folk Dance Club Camden Great fun for dancers of all abilities or none. No partner needed. PHCC. 7.30–10pm. Drop-in charge £6. Contact camdenfolkdance@yahoo.com Open House A regular activity (film, talk, performance) followed by tea, cake and chat. PHCC. 2pm.

Free. Contact 020 7586 8327 THURSDAY English Country Dancing Learn English country and ceilidh dancing with tutor Mike Ruff. Musicians welcome to join the band led by Ian Cutts. No need to bring a partner, no experience necessary. CSH. 7.30–10pm. Contact 020 7485 2206

Pregnancy Yoga An open level class helping mums-to-be to stay healthy in mind and body during pregnancy.

PHCC. 5.15–6.15pm. Contact 07808 553 599, emma.lecoeur@gmail.com Primrose Hill Yoga Strengthen, stretch, relax and re-energise.

PHCC. 5.30–6.30pm. £11 drop-in, £50 series of 5, student and unemployed discount available.

Contact carolineshawyoga@gmail.com Yoga for Seniors PHCC. 7–8pm. Free. Contact 020 7586 8327 FRIDAY Aerial Pilates Pilates exercises with the support of an aerial hammock. PHCC. 10–11am. See www.circusbodies.com for more information Mothers’ Mornings Meet other mothers while your children play.

PHCL. 10.30–11.30am. Free.

Contact 020 7419 6599 Circus Glory Trapeze for adults. All levels welcome. PHCC. 1.30–2.45pm.

Contact Genevieve 0797 345 1603, gmonastesse@googlemail.com SATURDAY Primrose Hill Market St Paul’s School playground, Elsworthy Road, NW3. 10am–3pm. Contact www.primrosehillmarket.com SUNDAY Hopkinson’s Bar Meet for a drink with your neighbours. All welcome. PHCC. 12 noon–2pm.

Contact 020 7586 8327

CONTACT DETAILS PHCC Primrose Hill Community Centre 29 Hopkinsons Place (off Fitzroy Road) NW1 8TN Contact: info@phca.cc 020 7586 8327 PHCL Primrose Hill Community Library Sharpleshall Street, NW1 8YN Contact: events@phcl.org 020 7419 6599 New library opening times: Monday 10am–6pm Wednesday 12pm–7pm Friday 10am–6pm Saturday 10am–3pm Please submit entries for our May issue by Friday 8 June onthehillwhatson@phca.cc

Cecil Sharp House (CSH) 2 Regent’s Park Road NW1 7AY Contact: info@efdss.org 020 7485 2206

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Life-drawing Beginners to professionals, just drop in! PHCC. 7–9.20pm. £8 or £6 concession.

Contact 020 7586 8327, phlifedrawing@gmail.com, www.meetup.com/Primrose-Hill-Life-DrawingLondon, Instagram: @lifedrawingph Narcotics Anonymous PHCC. 1.30–3.45pm. Free.

Mother and Baby Pilates Want to tone your limbs, flatten your tummy and strengthen your pelvic floor? PHCL. 11am.

Contact pilateswithpaulette@gmail.com, facebook.com/pilateswithpaulette Gentle Pilates Gentle but effective pilates class. PHCL. 12.30–1.30pm. £10 per session. Contact annie@mactherapy.org

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Letters to the Editor Dear Editor,

Dear Editor,

In the April issue of On The Hill was a story about the St Mary’s Youth Club. We highly value the work of St Mary’s Youth Club – and all youth clubs in Camden.

They provide a fantastic service to young people, and we believe that the cutting of youth clubs and services is partly responsible for the rise of knife crime.

Re the postcard of King’s College Road (May issue).

However, your article starts by saying that our ‘Youth Club workers mentor 6–12 and 13–18-year-olds where schools are failing and homes are often dangerous’. We would like to assert to your readers that there are no failing schools in Camden. Even by Ofsted’s criteria, there are no inadequate community schools in Camden and several are rated Outstanding. This doesn’t diminish the need for good youth clubs, but we feel this is an important clarification.

Yours sincerely, Gerald Clark Camden National Education Union Dear Editor, Having coffee al fresco at Chloe’s on the bridge recently was a macho young man, loudly proclaiming his prowess at weight-lifting. Listening to his commentary, I envisaged the scenario if by chance he had ventured into the Fierce Grace studio opposite, who offer hot yoga . . .

Ungainly, he found postures hard, Perspiration was not his regard, And to paraphrase What a French sailor says, He was moist within his own leotard.

Yours faithfully, Howard Richards

SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL 201 SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL 2018

As a child, this was our local shopping parade: I remember it well! The road did run north–south from Eton Avenue, but only as far as King Henry’s Road. The section shown with the shops on the postcard was the section between Adelaide Road and King Henry’s Road, roughly behind the Marriott Hotel. It was demolished in the early 1960s to make way for the Chalcot development.

VIVALDI Gloria

Mr Brown was still at the chemist’s in the 1950s, the newsagent’s was run

by Mr Evans and his sister, and the greengrocer’s assistant was Rose, who continued to work in St John’s Wood for many years. I had my first permanent wave at the Primrose Hairdressing Salon!

HANDEL Dixit VIVALDI Dominus Gloria

There was a cobbled mews on each side behind the shops, which had originally served the Willett houses in Wadham Gardens and Elsworthy Road, to provide accommodation for servants and stables or garages for the new motor cars.

Leonard Walker, the famous stainedglass artist, built the studio that can be seen facing the end of the road.

He lived there until he died; in his 90s he had Christmas lunch with us and reminisced about how the area had been with the Eton and Middlesex cricket ground and our own house when it was a coach house/stable. One of his windows was recently restored in the Royal Academy of Music entrance hall in Marylebone Road. After his death the studio was occupied by Duffy, the ‘Regent’s photographer, andSearch then demolished and replaced by two houses that match the originals on either side.

HANDEL Dixit Dominus

Regent’sRegent’s Consort & Player Consort &Michael Players Bowden Conductor Conductor Michael Bowden

9th June SaturdaySaturday 9th7.30pm June, 7.30p

St Mark’s Church, Regent’s Park, NW1 St Mark’s Church,

Tickets £15 inc. refreshments, available via Even Regent’s Park,

Just a few corrections and extra thoughts that cropped up!

Best wishes, Francoise Findlay

Consort Vivaldi Handel Concert’, or purchase in

NW1 7TN

Tickets £15 inc. refreshments Available via Eventbrite Search ‘Regent’s Consort Vivaldi Handel Concert’, or purchase in church.

Summer Music • Saturday 9 June 2018 Festival • Suggested entrance donation: £2 2018 • 10am–6pm

Primrose Hill Designer Sale Make a date in your diary for the 18th Primrose Hill Designer Sale – 9 June 2018 – open 10am until 6pm. There will be a wide range of products available for purchase including accessories, ceramics, designer samples, gift wrap and cards, glassware, homeware, jewellery, leather products, stoneware, textile art, toys and much much more. Proceeds from admission go to the Friends of St Mary’s to support community outreach projects.

• St Mary’s SATURDAY 9 JUNE church 7.30 pm Festival Concert Road Elsworthy Hill GloriaPrimrose – VIVALDI NW3H3DJ Dixit Dominus– ANDEL

REGENT’S CONSORT AND PLAYERS MICHAEL BOWDEN - CONDUCTOR

Tickets £15 to include refreshments

Festival Sundays 3 JUNE 10.30 am Sung Eucharist Setting: Mass in C# minor – LOUIS VIERNE Organ: Te Deum – JEAN LANGLAIS

SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL 2018

SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL 2018

SATURDAY 9 JUNE VIVALDI Gloria 7.30pm Festival Concert Gloria – VIVALDI Dixit Dominus– HANDEL

HANDEL REGENT’S CONSORT AND PLAYERS Dixit Dominus MICHAEL BOWDEN - CONDUCTOR Tickets £15 to include refreshments

Regent’s Consort & Players Conductor Michael Bowden

Saturday 9th June, 7.30pm St Mark’s Church, Regent’s Park, NW1 7TN

4.00 pm Choral Evensong Sung to Plainchant 5.00 pm Summer Concert HANNES EBERSOHN —ORGAN

10 JUNE 10.30 am Sung Eucharist Setting: Mass in G Minor – VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Motet: Christus factus est – BRUCKNER Organ: Te Deum – MARCEL DUPRÉ 4.00 pm Choral Evensong Sung by ANTIPHON CHAMBER CHOIR 5.00 pm Summer Concert MATTHEW CHAMBERS - VIOLIN

17 JUNE 10.30 am Sung Eucharist Setting: Orgelsolo Mass - MOZART Motet: Ave Maria – BRUCKNER Organ: Te Deum – MAX REGER

24 JUNE 10.30 am Sung Eucharist Setting: Missa Papae Marcelli – PALESTRINA Motet: Os Justi – BRUCKNER Organ: Te Deum – JEANNE DEMESSIEUX

4.00 pm Choral Evensong Sung to Plainchant

4.00 pm Choral Evensong Sung by - THE CHOIR OF ST MARK’S REGENT’S PARK

5.00 pm Summer Concert ANNABEL PRICE – MEZZO-SOPRANO

5.00 pm Summer Concert MICHAEL BOWDEN - ORGAN

Refreshments available from St Mark’s Café throughout the day

PRIMROSE HILL

Local digital start-up entrepreneur Petar Savic talks to some of the start-ups and small businesses running from Primrose Hill. This month he meets Andrew Hunt, CoFounder and CEO of Aduna.

Andrew began a career in advertising, before a radical life change took him to the Gambia, where he won a UN World Business and Development Award for his work with smallscale producers. In 2012 he cofounded Aduna, an African-inspired superfood brand and social business.

Its mission is to help people in the UK be healthier while transforming lives in rural Africa. In 2015 Aduna was shortlisted for three Guardian Sustainable Business Awards: it won the UKBAA Social Impact Investment of the Year Award and two Great Taste Golds.

WHAT LED YOU TO QUIT ADVERTISING AND GO TO THE GAMBIA?

I felt an acute lack of purpose in my life and had an existential crisis followed by a nervous breakdown at age 24. When I was at my lowest ebb I was given the opportunity to volunteer in the Gambia for six weeks. I ended up staying four years and having the time of my life.

WHY DID YOU LAUNCH ADUNA?

I was so inspired by Africa’s vitality, vibrancy and positivity and wanted to share it with the rest of the world. At the same time I wanted to find a way to scale up the impact we were having with farmers in rural Africa by connecting them to a bigger global market. Creating Aduna has enabled me to do both.

WHAT HAVE BEEN THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES?

Introducing new superfoods like baobab into the market on a shoestring. The market is so competitive and it’s incredibly hard to cut through all the noise. It has taken five years of constant pushing, but we are definitely getting there!

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WHY DO YOU LIKE BEING AN ENTREPRENEUR?

For me, entrepreneurship offers the possibility of self-expression and contribution, combined with (fingers crossed) financial independence.

ANY ADVICE FOR OTHER PEOPLE LOOKING TO WORK WITH START-UPS?

Start-ups need people who are flexible, enjoy working hard and don’t expect well-developed HR policies!

ANY ADVICE FOR ANYONE THINKING ABOUT BECOMING AN ENTREPRENEUR?

Only think about starting a business in something you are truly passionate about. It’s a long, hard journey, and this is the only thing that will keep you going!

WHAT ARE YOU CURRENTLY WORKING ON? We are just about to launch a new crowdfunding campaign to finance our growth with two new product

“Entrepreneurship offers the possibility of self-expression and contribution, combined with (fingers crossed) financial independence.” ranges which we plan to launch into the major supermarkets later this year. Minimum investment is just £10, and it would be great to have some Primrose Hill neighbours as investors!

WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT PRIMROSE HILL?

I grew up here and my parents, sister and her family all still live here too.

Despite all the changes, it still feels like a village and is still my home.

You can find out more about Aduna and their crowdfunding campaign at www.aduna.com or @adunaworld or via their campaign page on Seedrs.

News from Primrose Hill Surgery

OPEN MEETING Tuesday 12 June 6.30pm, Primrose Hill Community Library, Sharpleshall Street, NW1 8YN Primrose Hill Patient Participation Group (PHPPG) invites all patients of Primrose Hill Surgery to an open meeting on 12 June. There will be an update from Dr Abanti Paul on the lease of 99 Regent’s Park Road and information about new developments and services on offer.

Our expert speaker will be Dr Lakshmana Ayaru, consultant gastroenterologist, who will talk and answer questions about inflammatory bowel disease and bowel cancer. Bowel cancer is the fourth most common cancer in the UK and early diagnosis makes it treatable and curable, so this is an important subject.

To join the PHPPG, email primrosehillppg@gmail.com.

See a GP or nurse during evenings and weekends “It’s really good that there are appointments which suit working people.”

“The nurse was very nice and taught my wife how to change my dressing.”

These quotes are from satisfied patients who used the new out-ofhours GP service in Camden.

The service is open seven days a week, 365 days a year, 6.30‒–8pm Monday to Friday, and 8am–8pm Saturday, Sunday and bank holidays.

You can make appointments directly on 0207 391 9979, or ask the surgery receptionists to make one for you, or book online at: www.camdengphubs.co.uk.

You can go to any of four surgeries: Brondesbury, Caversham, Somers Town or (our nearest) Swiss Cottage.

The hubs are staffed by experienced GPs and nurses and offer routine assessment and treatment for both adults and children, for example for minor injuries and infections, immunisations, vaccinations, urine tests and cervical screening. You will need to give permission for the clinician to access your local medical records for safety.

This service is providing nearly 35,000 extra appointments a year in Camden, and is really easy to access, so it is definitely a welcome extension to primary care services in our area.

New Opening

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2 Erskine Road NW3 3AJ Call now and get 20% off 020 7483 3614

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Nutrition in the fight against Alzheimer’s WORDS BY Eliza Slawther PHOTOGRAPH BY Sarah Louise Ramsay

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One in six people over the age of eighty have dementia. This condition now affects over 850,000 people in the UK, and the number is set to rise to over one million in 2025.

What can be done to prevent the development of this disease, or at least halt its progression? Officially, there is no ‘cure’ for Alzheimer’s or dementia, and some people are genetically predisposed to developing Alzheimer’s.

Aira Mahandru and Ingrid Kitzing are local registered nutritional therapists who run workshops in Belsize Park to help people understand how their lifestyle choices can reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer’s and optimise their cognitive health. The interest in the workshops was generated through their initial talk, ‘Is Your Memory As Good As It Used To Be?’

Diet and lifestyle in the fight against Alzheimer’s

The Action against Alzheimer’s Programme is based on the work of Dr Dale Bredesen, a neurologist who has spent his life on Alzheimer’s research and is currently director of the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Centre, UCLA. His research into the disease found that diet and lifestyle factors were crucial in preventing and halting its progression.

Ingrid and Aira attended a talk by Dr Bredesen in 2015, which inspired them to get involved with his work and become licensed practitioners with Cytoplan’s Action Against Alzheimer’s Programme.

Cytoplan is a UK supplement company owned by a charitable foundation.

Speaking of their early memories from Dr Bredesen’s talk, Aira says: “Your brain is not a separate part of your body, right? It’s connected to all your other body systems. So if you address the person as a full human being, and address what exactly is going on, then Dr Bredesen’s work has shown that you can help the person as well as improving dementia, for example.

He was talking about some fascinating cases where people had really improved, having gone on his protocol.”

According to Ingrid, Dr Bredesen was not expecting to find that diet and other lifestyle factors would have such a huge impact on treating dementia.

She found Dr Bredesen’s background particularly interesting, and explains: “He was a professor of neurology at UCLA and had been in the conventional medical world for thirty years. He’d been in a lab doing research into dementia, and by his own admission, when he started doing it and up until about ten years before he spoke to us he thought that the results of his research would be a mechanism that would enable a drug to be developed that would address dementia and Alzheimer’s. Actually what he found was that diet and lifestyle were far more helpful at this point in time.”

way of eating. In particular, Ingrid notes that the diet has “beneficial properties for your gut bacteria, which are important for overall health”.

Improving gut health is a key aspect of Aira and Ingrid’s workshops.

A holistic programme

The first four workshops are focused on nutrition and gut health. The last two cover sleep, stress, braintraining and exercise. “The programme addresses the whole person, the whole lifestyle,” Aira explains. Ingrid adds, “What we’ve found is that sleep is one of the most important tools in the programme. People just aren’t getting enough, especially good quality sleep.”

The recommendations, explains Ingrid, are good for overall health, not just the brain. Ingrid says that with better sleep comes more energy to make the right food choices.

“Your brain is not a separate part of your body, right? It’s connected to all your other body systems. So if you address the person as a full human being...you can help the person as well as improving dementia” Patching up the holes

The concept explained by Dr Bredesen, which Aira and Ingrid hope to communicate, is that the Alzheimer’s pathology is like a barn roof with many holes: “With drugs, you can only patch one hole. Each hole is a marker, something you can measure, like your vitamin D levels, or it may be optimising your sleep. What he was finding was that for some people if they got five of their holes closed, and five of their markers within good ranges, their symptoms would either stop progressing or even improve. For other people, depending on how far down the path they were, they might have to close 20‒30 holes.

That was a nice easy picture that I think helped us practitioners, and I think it helped clients to visualise it too.”

Aira adds that it is empowering to have the tools available to reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s and dementia.

The nutritional advice given in the workshops is not about clean eating or following a restrictive diet, Ingrid and Aira tell me. It is based on the science that Dr Bredesen outlines in his book, and focuses on a balanced, diverse

Ingrid and Aira aim to help people to fit in small, practical changes that can fit around a busy working schedule. Some people feel benefits from the programme very quickly, while others take a bit longer to get there.

In future workshops, Aira and Ingrid are planning to include a session on cooking, as both are keen chefs.

The pair are due to return with their next set of workshops in September.

In the meantime, Dr Bredesen will visit the UK in May to speak at the Integrated Healthcare and Applied Nutrition Conference.

Ingrid’s website: www.ingridkitzingnutrition.co.uk Aira’s website: www.amnutrition.uk

For more information, support or advice about dementia, you can call the National Dementia Helpine on 0300 222 11 22 or visit the Alzheimers Society website at www.alzheimers.org.uk

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PHOTOGRAPH: BAFTA Benjamin McMahon

WALTER MURCH A LIVING OXYMORON

BY THE MOLE ON THE HILL

Us moles always duck when a helicopter goes over The Hill. Why? I’ve explained before that us moles have a collective memory that extends over time and place. Our ancestors in the Philippines learned to duck when the helicopters went over for Apocalypse Now. For weeks on end they flew for the film every day. It was keep your heads down, lads. Still is, if you ask me.

All relevant to Primrose Hill resident Walter Murch. Never heard of him?

Of course you haven’t, because he is a living oxymoron. The nine-times nominated and three-times Oscar and BAFTA winner for film-editing and sound-mixing can walk down the street and only be recognised by his friends.

Seventy-four-year-old Walter wears his success with nonchalant ease.

“I don’t think it touches me in any deep way. The Oscars and BAFTAs are in a closet somewhere back in California.”

Walter was born in Manhattan.

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His father was an artist, his mother the daughter of Canadian medical missionaries in Ceylon.

“I didn’t have a religious upbringing in any conventional sense. We were certainly not affluent but we always had enough to eat, and my dad supplemented the income he got from painting by teaching and doing covers for Scientificamerican and other commercial art. My mother worked as a church secretary, and that also helped.”

When Murch was about ten, Senator McCarthy was at the height of his powers: waging an intense war on anyone who appeared to be tainted by communism.

“Even as a ten-year-old, I was aware of the McCarthy hearings. It was the first inkling I had of how politics can divide people. We lived in an apartment building and I began to hear whisperings. I was aware of tensions between the Soviet Union and the

United States, and that there was this atomic bomb threat and McCarthy was somehow connected to that. And I sensed that there were people in the apartment building who were McCarthy partisans, and my family were not. I was aware of a difference. We were not all pulling in the same direction. It was a little confusing.”

And then there was the Vietnam War. Walter’s first induction was in 1961, when he was eighteen.

“I was given an induction number, but I didn’t serve in the army. I was a student at university at the time, so I got a deferment. I was always ahead of the draft, not by any plan; but when they started drafting students in 1965, they did not include those who were married. And by then Aggie and I were married. Then they started drafting married students, but not if they had children. And by that time we had a

son. Then they introduced the lottery, but my number never came up.”

Not for the first time or the last time, the beloved Aggie was there to support Walter. They met when he was studying in Paris and she was a student nurse at the Royal Surrey General Hospital in Guildford. There’s a romantic story involving a beaten-up Matchless 350 motor bike. Walter went to pick up the bike in Guildford. Aggie opened the door, and 54 years later they are still married.

“The film world is a dangerous territory for the eco-system of marriage.

I would put the overwhelming percentage of our success on Aggie. The underlying thing in the film business is that there are long hours of work and sometimes geographical separation – you might be on location for months and this is difficult, especially if you have children. It is dangerous, I guess, for certain marriages. We are still sometimes apart for months at a time, but we write to each other every day. It used to be actual letters, then it became faxes and now emails or texts. I would recommend it. That slightly delayed interaction is a very good thing.”

Walter Murch’s accomplishments make him one of the most respected and sought-after figures in the film industry. For the sound-track of Apocalypse Now in 1979, he had to create and invent the technology that Francis Coppola envisioned. They moved from monophonic to six-track splitsurround sound. This system, now called 5.1, became the standard in the film industry. The engineering was so innovative and complex that they had to build a new sound studio in San Francisco. Walter won his first Oscar for Best Sound for Apocalypse Now. And ten years later, it was two Oscars (Best Sound and Best Picture Editing) for The English Patient. Film buffs will be able to reel off the other titles.

But what about the other things?

Walter wrote and directed only one film, Return to Oz. “It was not commercially or critically successful when it was released in 1985.

Regrettably, because everyone put a lot of great work into it. We shot the film here in London at Elstree studios. All the post-production was here as well. I made very good friends on the film. I wish it had been a bigger success at the time, and I have not directed another feature film since. But it has a popular second life now as a cult film, thanks to DVDs and other modern release formats.”

And don’t forget that Walter has written the definitive text on film editing, In The Blink of an Eye; he translated The Bird that Swallowed its Cage, by Curzio Malaparte, from

the Italian; and he edited the awardwinning documentary Particle Fever about the search for the elusive subatomic Higgs Boson that was finally discovered at CERN in 2012, while they were still filming. Very fortunate.

And now Walter and Aggie live in Primrose Hill. While he was working on The Talented Mr Ripley with Anthony Minghella in Camden, Aggie had asked him to look for a place in London.

“I was walking down Gloucester Avenue. And in an estate agent’s window I saw a picture of the interior of a house with a small gas-fired iron stove, which reminded me of our first home – a houseboat on San Francisco Bay. Following the agent’s directions, I said if that’s the house with the stove, I’m interested. It was. And we have lived there ever since.”

“YOU HAVE TO HAVE A VISION OF THE OVERALL LANDSCAPE. BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO VERY FINE DETAIL. THAT APPEALS TO ME. I LIKE BOTH THE BREADTH OF WORK AND THE ESSENTIAL DETAIL.” Walter stands at a desk when he is editing. It is meticulous work, a split second at a time. Repeat. Select. Repeat.

He uses images to describe what he does. It is a voyage, a marathon. The architecture of a film is a frozen dance.

It is making something with pieces of jewellery. Or a mosaic. A mental house of cards. He works long hours without flagging. He gets home late.

“It doesn’t seem extraordinary to me.

Once you are doing it, it is what you have to do. To somebody not familiar with the process, it looks like endless repetition, the same thing over and over again; but I am making small changes here and there. You have to have a vision of the overall landscape.

But you also have to pay attention to very fine detail. That appeals to me. I like both the breadth of work and the essential detail.

At the moment Walter is working on a documentary centred on the coup d’état that happened in Iran in 1953.

“The democratic government at the time, under Prime Minister Mossadeq, was a brief window of democracy in

Iran. But Mossadeq had nationalised the country’s oil, upsetting the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company which was 51 per cent controlled by the British government. That was an issue of concern to the powers that be: the Attlee and then the Churchill governments here, and subsequently Eisenhower in the USA. They all thought that nationalisation would set a bad precedent. If this took hold, other countries might also nationalise their oil. Only Mexico had done it previously, just before the war. There was a struggle to rearrange things. Mossadeq, the prime minister in Iran, wasn’t going to back down; and eventually the decision was made to stage a surreptitious coup against him and install the Shah, who was the constitutional monarch and ultimately became a dictator. We are looking at what happened and how it came to happen and what the ramifications have been, up to the present day. It’s a veryambitious film that has taken a few years so far, but we hope to complete it this year.”

At the time of the McCarthy hearings, President Truman described what was happening as “The rise to power of the demagogue who lives on untruth”, and Walter sees similarities between what was happening then and now.

“Being a US citizen at the moment is very disorienting. Whatever you thought of Secretary of State Tillerson, his firing is unprecedented. And he was fired by tweet. Trump didn’t even talk to him personally. It’s given me a deeper understanding of the troubles that Germany went through in the 1920s and 1930s. The situation under Trump isn’t yet fascistic, but there are parallels.

It’s now easy to see how that kind of demagogue can get a foothold in a democracy, seize hold of the people’s imagination by subterfuge and produce chaos and violence. It’s similar to the divisions in this country about Brexit.

Politicians are not known for their truthfulness, but this is several orders of magnitude worse than usual. Lies are told in a chin-jutting way. ‘Take that!’

It challenges your imagination to know how to deal with it. What will happen once Trump is gone? I don’t know if the damage is fully reversible. Germany did recover from Hitler, but only after the lessons of a world war and many decades, and it’s still an ongoing process. It’s all about education and the acceptance of responsibility.”

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Happy Hips...

By Paulette Pollock Some people say ‘use it or lose it’ as a way to keep the body mobile as they age. I believe it is how we ‘use it and move it’. Bad posture and a lack of understanding as to where our joints are, and how the bones are designed to move in those joints, can cause unnecessary wear and tear. Sometimes this leads to pain in other areas of the body or, at its worst, joint replacement surgery later in life.

The pelvis, for example, has five joints within it and five joints connecting it to the body. It has four bones: two hip bones, the sacrum and the coccyx, which used to be extended behind the body as our tail and has now curled under the pelvis with its muscles fanning out to support our organs, aka the pelvic floor.

When the pelvis is misaligned and lacking mobility, the pelvic floor muscles and ligaments lose their ability to absorb force, which is then sent like a shockwave up the body. Does your back ever hurt when you land after a jump, or have you had to give up running? To get more injury-free movement, we need to embody the pelvis as a collection of bones which move independently of but also in conjunction with each other.

Have you ever been told to ‘square your hips’? Well, it is impossible, as the pelvic bones are different sizes and shapes, and none of them has a right angle. We are also designed to

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be dynamic, not static; and as soon as we move, our bones move in different directions. Think of Sir Tom Jones and his gyrating snake hips (in fairness, some people might argue it looks a little wooden . . . Tom, I LOVE you!). But what about Shakira? Her hips certainly didn’t lie. They twist, twirl and swizzle as her spine undulates in response.

Professionals especially need to embrace the dynamic pelvis to avoid injury. Think of the graceful ballet dancer in a deep plié. We might think she is a wonder of flexibility, but most dance companies have an injury rate of 80 per cent, with many dancers pushing themselves to achieve shapes beyond the body’s natural movement patterns.

Better to be inspired by watching a young child pick something off the floor: they bend their knees and squat

down deeply. They have full mobility in their hips, as they have not yet developed poor movement habits, and their bodies have not been moulded by sitting at a desk for hours or slouching on a sofa.

Understanding how the pelvis functions can help us stay mobile into old age, and be able not only to squat, but also to move from sitting to standing without having to pull or push ourselves up.

I shall be sharing some simple yet highly successful movement techniques during my Happy Hips Workshop on Sunday 8 July at the Library. For further information please email me at pilateswithpaulette@gmail.com to find out how I can enhance your hip mobility, resulting in improved walking, squats and running.

Primrose Hill Lecture Series 2018 Wednesday 6 June Nick Crane: The Making of the British Landscape How much do we know about the place we call ‘home’? The British landscape has been continuously occupied by humans for 12,000 years, from the end of the Ice Age until the twenty-first century. It has been transformed from a European peninsula of glacier and tundra to an island of glittering cities and exquisite countryside.

Nick Crane, President of the Royal Geographical Society, presenter of the BBC Series Coast and Great British Journeys (among others) and author of The Making of the British Landscape (2016), will take us on a geographical journey through time, revealing the ancient relationship between people and place and the deep-rooted tensions between town and countryside. As Britain lurches from an exploitative past towards a more sustainable future, this is the story of our age.

Wednesday 13 June Rowan Williams: A Christian Response to the Refugee Crisis According to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, in 2017 65.6 million people were forcibly displaced worldwide as a result of persecution, conflict, violence of human rights violations. How should we respond to this unprecedented crisis? How do we balance human compassion and tolerance with genuine concerns about increasingly stretched resources and attacks on Western values and traditions?

Former Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, will provide his thoughts on a Christian response to the refugee crisis, speaking about the Biblical approach to strangers and wanderers, the spiritual need for openness of the stranger and the risks of exclusive nationalism.

Wednesday 20 June Miranda Seymour: In Byron’s Wake: Women of Science In 1815 Annabella Milbanke married the notorious Lord Byron; the following year she left him, taking their baby daughter, Ada. Eight years later, Byron was dead.

The women, however, lived on: Annabella did pioneering work in education and social reform, becoming one of the most progressive reformers of Victorian England; Ada (the future Ada Lovelace), introduced to mathematics as a young child, predicted our modern computer age and became a passionate astronomer, employing Faraday’s experiments with light refraction to explore the analysis of distant stars.

In the bicentenary of the publication of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, often regarded as an early example of science fiction, literary

critic and biographer Miranda Seymour will speak about these three women of science, drawing on the scholarship of her new book In Byron’s Wake and her reissued biography of Mary Shelley.

Wednesday 27 June Mike Brearley, in conversation with Ed Smith: On Form? Or Off? What is being ‘on form’? How does it relate to being ‘in the zone’? Are these states in the laps of the gods, a matter of which side of the bed we got out of that morning? Or is there anything we can do to make their arrival more likely? From time to time we all take wrong turnings on our journeys. Although we miss the safety of the already known, this is not all bad. Form and change often grow from loss and difficulty. Losing our way is an opportunity for serendipity.

Former England cricket captain, now psychoanalyst, Mike Brearley discusses his new book On Form with Ed Smith, fellow cricketer, author and Test Match Special commentator.

Wednesday 4 July Clemency Burton-Hill: Music Every Day Have you ever heard a piece of music so beautiful that it stops you in your tracks?

Or wanted to discover more about classical music but had no idea where to begin?

According to Clemency Burton-Hill, presenter of Radio 3 Breakfast, the Proms and Young Musician of the Year, ‘the only requirements for enjoying classical music are open ears and an open mind’. Clemency joins us to talk about her new book, Year of Wonder, in which she chooses one piece of classical music for each day of the year.

Wednesday 11 July Helen Pankhurst: The Story of Women’s Rights: How Far Have We Come?

In 1918 some women won the right to vote.

A century later, how far have women come?

How much have women’s lives changed? And where might women aim to be by 2028, the centenary of equal franchise?

Helen Pankhurst, women’s rights activist, great-granddaughter of Emmeline Pankhurst and granddaughter of Sylvia Pankhurst, leaders of the British suffragette movement, joins us to talk about her new book, Deeds Not Words: The Story of Women’s Rights, Then and Now. Talks begin at 7pm. Doors open at 6.30pm.

Ticket prices: £12 individual; £60 series (Concessions: £10 individual; £50 series; under-16s free) Proceeds go to St Mary’s community outreach projects. www.stmarysprimrosehill.com/concertsevents/summer-lectures

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Art Exhibition by Sophie Levi

Oil paintings and fine art prints of: Kenwood, Highgate, Alexandra Palace, Primrose Hill, Golders Hill, Waterlow Park, Regent’s Canal, Little Venice, St James’s, the Thames, the Welsh Harp & the coast of Britain & France.

25% of the profits from the exhibition will be donated to Chai Cancer Care.

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Getaway GalaEvening Primrose Hill Community Association is hosting a fundraising getaway auction on Tuesday 25 September. We are looking for people kind enough to donate a week/weekend in their holiday home, or other experiences. It’s a brilliant way to support your buzzing community centre, and a fun evening with live entertainment.

Many thanks to the generous locals who have already donated a stay in their holiday homes. It promises to be a hugely entertaining evening, and who knows whose home you may end up staying in?

For more information: info@phca.cc · 0207 586 1751 · www.phca.cc/gala

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Gado Gado This salad is inspired by the street food in Indonesia. It’s a brilliant combo of crunchy, soft, sweet and sour; in fact, I think it tastes pretty mind-blowing. For maximum visual impact, it’s best to layer it with the sauce at the bottom. It’s really great for using up vegetables in the fridge – try cucumber, or blanched carrot or cabbage. For extra protein and texture, add fried tofu or tempeh. Crispy fried onions are available in tubs from supermarkets.

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Place all the sauce ingredients in a blender and whizz until smooth, then set aside.

2. Place the potatoes in a pan of cold water and bring to the boil. Boil for 12 minutes, adding the eggs for the last 6 minutes (for soft-boiled; for hard-boiled allow 10 minutes).

Place in cold water to cool.

3. Meanwhile bring another pan of water to the boil and add the beans, cook for 3 minutes then drain in a colander and rinse with cold water and put aside.

4. Drain and rinse the potatoes under cold water, then cut into quarters. Peel the eggs and cut in half carefully.

5. Spread out the sauce on a big serving plate, then top with (in order) the beans, beansprouts, potatoes, eggs and radishes. Sprinkle on the crispy onions. Serve with a side order of prawn crackers.(optional).

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FROM My Pr imros e Hill Ki tchen Ingredients The salad • 6 radishes (cut in half lengthwise) • 6 small new potatoes • 4 eggs • 200 g fine beans (topped and tailed) • 100 g beansprouts • 4 (generous) tbsp crispy fried onions • A big handful of prawn crackers (optional) The sauce • 1 clove garlic (chopped) • 3 tbsp maple syrup • 5 tbsp peanut butter • Juice of 2 limes • Chilli sauce to taste (optional) • 2 tsp fish sauce • 1 tbsp soya sauce • 1 tbsp tamarind paste

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