My South Bank Autumn/Winter 17/18 by South Bank London

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CONTENTS

5 WELCOME LETTER Meet Nic Durston from South Bank BID, an organisation that makes South Bank safe, clean and vibrant

18 FREE ACTIVITIES Get physical, physical! Whether you’re a sporty, arty or outdoorsy type, you can try these activities all year round

7 MAP OF SOUTH BANK New to the area? Then use our handy map to get your bearings

20 EAT & DRINK Warm up over Sunday roasts, mulled wine and hot chocolate in these cosy spots

THEN & NOW Blast from the past: see old pictures of your neighbourhood and discover Jubilee Gardens’ spectacular transformation

SHOP Our pick of the area’s best independent boutiques and high-street shops

WHAT’S ON Make the most of your area with our pick of events, from live jazz and a teenage orchestra to an alien cave dance… 12

16 See the light! As a winter market and Lumiere festival illuminate South Bank, Hayward Gallery lets in the light with a new roof

26 WORK Working nine to five… Waterloo Job Shop can help you find employment

GIVE Get by with a little help from your friends: Discover how local organisations are helping your community; give your time, money or skills and connect with like-minded locals 28

32 Learn Lunchtime lectures and serious study 34 UNWIND Relax, just do it: Whatever your budget or age, you can unwind at an art or dance class, get fit or treat yourself to a spa 36 CHANGE Stay up-to-date with local developments 39 DAY IN THE LIFE For these locals, fine-tuning a zombie disco and taxidermy puppet musical or tackling crime are all in a day’s work 40 MEET Get under the skin of your local MP – and meet South Bank’s only knight 42 OVER TO YOU Have your say: This is your space to share your views (and selfies…)

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Studio Fusion Gallery, unit 1.06, Oxo Tower Wharf

Coin Street nursery

Shortlisted for a Nursery World Award

Discover over 25 designer-maker boutiques at Oxo Tower Wharf

“We love making friends and having fun...come and join us” To arrange a visit or to find out more, contact our nursery team on 020 7021 1670 or email nursery@coinstreet.org

Coin Street Venues

Plus a changing programme of exhibitions in our gallery spaces throughout the year Oxo Tower Wharf, Bargehouse Street, South Bank, London SE1 9PH oxotower.co.uk | @OxoTowerWharf

Shop Eat Drink at Gabriel’s Wharf

An eclectic mix of independent shops and delicious eateries

Contemporary meeting and conference space at the Coin Street neighbourhood centre • • • • •

5 minutes from London Waterloo Capacities ranging from 6–250 Fully accessible meeting and event spaces Comprehensive audio-visual facilities Roof terrace with stunning views of London’s skyline

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Coin Street Community Builders | Creating an inspirational neighbourhood Gabriel’s Wharf, Oxo Tower Wharf, Coin Street Venues and the Coin Street nursery are part of 13 acres on the South Bank owned and managed by social enterprise Coin Street Community Builders. Income generated is used to maintain Bernie Spain Gardens, the riverside walkway and provide activities and support for families, young people, adults and older people in our community.

Coin Street neighbourhood centre, 108 Stamford Street, London SE1 9NH | 020 7021 1600 coinstreet.org | Twitter & Facebook: @coinstreet | helpdesk@coinstreet.org

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WELCOME

Welcome to My South Bank – a new magazine for everyone who lives, works and studies in London’s most distinctive neighbourhood. With its buzzing dining options, cultural venues and community spirit, the area is unrecognisable from what it was 25 years ago. Local businesses set up South Bank BID to support initiatives that manage the area’s transformation and ensure its ongoing success – and My South Bank is one such initiative. My South Bank isn’t a corporate brochure or lifestyle publication. Rather, it is a community magazine that celebrates the qualities that make South Bank the capital’s cultural heart, a central London neighbourhood with a diverse residential community, and an internationally famous place with a fascinating history. The magazine also highlights the services that South Bank BID funds, such as the Patrol Service, and explains how they work with other initiatives to address the needs of South Bank as it develops. We hope you ﬁnd this ﬁrst edition insightful and stimulating, and that

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you discover something new about this special place. You might have just moved to the area, in which case you can meet your MP, a local legend or potential new friends by volunteering, or perhaps you’ve lived here for years – but even so, we bet you haven’t heard about the pub quiz that comes with punishments and lunges. Either way, you’ll want to know what to look forward to this winter and how to make the most of what this great neighbourhood has on oﬀer. My South Bank will be published twice a year – so look out for the Spring/Summer issue in April 2018, and please contact us if you have any suggestions for future editions. Best wishes, Nic Durston CEO, South Bank BID nic.durston southbanklondon.com

WHAT IS SOUTH BANK BID?

A Business Improvement District (BID) is a business-led partnership that funds and delivers services and projects to beneﬁt the local area and its business community. South Bank BID was set up in 2014 and is governed by a board of local businesses. It maintains South Bank as a safe, clean and vibrant area. As well as tackling petty crime and illegal trading, it minimises disruption caused by construction, promotes South Bank as the cultural heart of London, and provides a voice for its members. Find out more at southbankbid.co.uk.

“South Bank is a vibrant place to live and work”

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FUTURE With its thriving community, vibrant arts venues and food and drinks scene, South Bank is a world away from the water-logged centre of industry it once was. Flick through this photo album and bring its past back to life 8 MY SOUTH BANK

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THEN & NOW The Red Lion Brewery and Shot Tower, 1932

ROLLING BACK

THE YEARS 1815 Following the success of the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, the Government bought the Strand Bridge and renamed it Waterloo. 1848 The arrival of the railway transforms the area from countryside to an industrial centre.

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1900 The neighbourhood around Waterloo is nicknamed Whore-terloo.

1915 London Nautical School,

on Stamford Street, is founded to educate naval cadets as a response to the Titanic disaster.

1936 IWM London (above left) moves to what was Bethlem Royal Hospital, the UK’s ﬁrst institution for the mentally ill. It was nicknamed ‘Bedlam’, which came to signify madness. 1942 A new Waterloo Bridge is built during DO YOU HAVE A FLASHBACK PHOTO TO SHARE? THEN GET IN TOUCH!

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World War II, mostly using female labour, and is dubbed the Ladies’ Bridge.

1951 The area is the site of the Festival of Britain,

a nationwide celebration to boost post-war morale. The Royal Festival Hall is a permanent legacy. Skylon restaurant at Southbank Centre is named after the festival’s 91m vertical monument.

Westminster Bridge, Red Lion Brewery and Boadicea statue © Museum of London; Queen Elizabeth Hall, 1967 © Higgs and Hill Ltd courtesy of Southbank Centre; Queen Elizabeth Hall © Henry Grant Collection/Museum of London; IWM London © iStock; The Old Vic © Matt Humphrey

1715 Thomas Doggett oﬀers a new coat and silver badge as prizes for a rowing race for river taxi drivers. The race has taken place every summer since – the pub Doggett’s Coat & Badge is named after it.

1962 One of London’s tallest buildings, the

Shell Centre, opens, with a viewing gallery with 360-degree views.

1976 The National Theatre moves from The Old Vic (right) to its current location. 1991 South Bank Employers’ Group (SBEG) leads the regeneration of South Bank. 2000 Coca-Cola London Eye is built.

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The Anglo-Saxon origin of Lambeth, Lambhythe, suggests the area used to be a muddy harbour or marsh.

Westminster Bridge was ﬁnanced by a lottery, but as lotteries were often subject to fraud, it earned the nickname the Bridge of Fools.

Ever noticed the 13-ton stone lion (below) on Westminster Bridge? It was made in a factory in South Bank that was run by a mother and daughter – both called Eleanor Coade. Designed by W F Woodington, the lion was commissioned by the Red Lion Brewery, painted red and ﬁxed to its roof for more than a century. When the brewery was demolished in 1948 to make way for the Royal Festival Hall, the lion was spared at the request of King George VI and moved to its current location in 1966.

When it opened in 1951, the Royal Festival Hall was nicknamed the People’s Palace.

Ever wondered what the boat-like structure perched on the roof of Queen Elizabeth Hall is? Dubbed A Room for

London, the installation was created in 2012 as an artist studio and used as a one-bedroom hotel for members of the public between 2013 and 2015, when it could be booked for a night.

For its 125th year anniversary in 2014, Morley College revived its ‘penny lectures’ – lectures that cost 1p – which the social reformer Emma Cons introduced to The Old Vic in the 1880s to improve the area.

The Old Vic’s name comes from its original moniker, the Royal Victoria Hall.

The Mad Hatter Hotel and Hatﬁelds derive their name from a Victorian hat factory that stood on the corner of Stamford Street. Prior to the factory, beaver skins were prepared for milliners in the ﬁelds on this site.

Built on land owned by the social enterprise Coin Street Community Builders, the dance company Rambert is charged a peppercorn rent of one pair of ballet shoes a year, in exchange for a community dance programme.

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Women and This Morning are ﬁlmed at ITV’s London Television Centre.

Ernie’s Beach by Gabriel’s Wharf is named after John Hearn, a resident who fought for aﬀordable housing and against developers reclaiming South Bank.

The building at 121 Westminster Bridge Road was once the London Necropolis Station. Between 1854 and 1941 it transported hearses to Brookwood Cemetery in Surrey. The station had its own licensed bar – complete with a sign saying ‘spirits served here’.

When Shell Centre opened its 27 storeys in 1962, it was the UK’s tallest building, at 107m.

The meat company that made OXO stock cubes built the Oxo Tower in the 1930s. To bypass strict advertising laws, the OXO letters were actually glass windows lit from within.

The BFI IMAX’s 20m by 26m screen is about as high as ﬁve double-decker buses!

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Pre-transformation courtesy of southbanklondon.com; post-transformation courtesy of Sarah Byrne/South Bank Employers’ Group

Here’s the inside story on South Bank, so you can impress your family, colleagues and visitors

Westminster Bridge courtesy of Walk This Way; ballet shoes courtesy of Rambert; lion © Will Amlot

SECRETS

Top to bottom: Westminster Bridge; ballet shoes at Rambert; lion on Westminster Bridge

THEN & NOW

URBAN OASIS Dig deep to discover the past, present and future of Jubilee Gardens

Pre-transformation courtesy of southbanklondon.com; post-transformation courtesy of Sarah Byrne/South Bank Employers’ Group

Westminster Bridge courtesy of Walk This Way; ballet shoes courtesy of Rambert; lion © Will Amlot

ith between seven and eight million visitors a year, Jubilee Gardens is one of London’s most intensively used public green spaces. But it wasn’t always so green. In 1951 the site became part of the Festival of Britain, a nationwide celebration to boost post-war morale. During the Festival, this area was home to the Dome of Discovery and the 91m-tall Skylon – a portmanteau of sky and pylon. Once the Dome and Skylon were dismantled, the site was a car park until 1977, when the Queen opened Jubilee Gardens to mark her Silver Jubilee. They were a popular site for events in the 1980s but later suffered much damage when the Jubilee Line extension was built, and the space fell into disrepair. In 2012, the Gardens were given a complete makeover, a transformation overseen by a partnership of Lambeth Council, Southbank Centre, the Jubilee Gardens Trust and Transport for London. Funding for the makeover came from the Mayor, via planning agreements between Lambeth Council, Shell and Coca-Cola London Eye, and from private contributions. Today’s Jubilee Gardens feature elegant granite edges, providing extensive seating alongside generous new granite paths, sweeping lawns and a popular playground featuring a jungle arena, spider web and a flock of wooden sheep. The International Brigades Memorial was also restored and re-located in a more accessible position. The re-landscaped Gardens feature 97 new trees, including English Oaks, Limes, Bald Cypresses, Taxodiums and Sweetgums. HM The Queen inaugurated the new Jubilee Gardens in October 2012, as part of her Diamond Jubilee celebrations,

with a ceremony to unveil a new plaque, which now sits next to the 1977 original. This spectacular transformation was project-managed by Alex Valenzuela, Director of Public Realm at South Bank Employers’ Group. After construction was completed, Alex took on the role as the Gardens’ General Manager, on behalf of Jubilee Gardens Trust – a registered charity made up of neighbouring landowners, local businesses and residents’ organisations. The small, yet committed Trust has been responsible for managing the Gardens since their re-opening in 2012. Alex says: ‘These Gardens are loved by local residents, employees and visitors from all over the world. Keeping them in good condition for the millions who visit each year is a reward, but also a challenge. Our grounds maintenance crews start work at 6am every day of the week to ensure the Gardens are safe and clean. They work until 7pm in winter and 11pm in summer. Daily inspections are carried out on the playground, bollards, lighting columns, irrigation and all infrastructure every morning, then comes the task of continuous cleaning through the

day – 70,000kg of waste per year – and tending to the planting beds and lawns. In summer, the lawns are mowed daily.’ The Trust’s efforts are paying off. ‘Results of recent research we commissioned among users were extremely positive,’ Alex adds. ‘Over 97% agreed or strongly agreed that the landscaping was well maintained, 91% saw them as free of litter, and 94% perceived them as safe. We are delighted to see that the objectives of the Trust are being achieved.’ However, concerns for the Gardens’ future remain high. Income does not cover expenditure and the Trust is facing a long-term deficit. ‘It is an unusual situation that such a prime London open space is in the care of a small local charity with limited resources,’ says Alex. ‘So the focus now is to secure the long-term funding we need to manage the Gardens, especially in the face of increasing footfall. The Jubilee Gardens Trust is determined to maintain them to the highest standard, and we’re looking at ways in which visitors can donate to support the Gardens – more details coming soon.’ Sign up for news updates on jubileegardens.org.uk. 020 7202 6900.

Left: Jubilee Gardens in 2011 This image: The transformed Gardens

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To 14 Jan: Hair the Musical at The Vaults

Free. OXO Tower Brasserie, 8th ﬂoor, Oxo Tower Wharf, Bargehouse St, SE1 9PH. 020 7803 3888. harveynichols. com/restaurant/the-oxo-tower/.

BOOK MARKET Daily: Browse used books, comics, maps and prints at Southbank Centre under Waterloo Bridge. Noon-7pm. Free. Riverside Walkway, SE1. southbankcentre.co.uk.

FAMILY EXERCISE Fri: Parents, work out with your kids and create healthy habits. 2pm-3pm. Free. Colombo Centre, 34-68 Colombo St, SE1 8DP. 020 7261 1658. jubileehalltrust.org.

LIVE MUSIC Daily: You can listen to a new band every night at Primo Bar. Free. Noon-late. Park Plaza Westminster Bridge London, SE1 7UT. 020 7620 7282. primobar.co.uk. LIVE JAZZ Daily: Listen to live jazz duos, trios and quartets. Check for times. Free. The Archduke, Concert Hall Approach, SE1 8XU. 020 7928 9370. blackandbluerestaurants.com.

PARENTING CLASSES Thur: Parents under 22 can get advice on breastfeeding and contraception and get childcare and training. 10am-noon, term-time. Free. Coin Street Neighbourhood Centre (CSNC), 108 Stamford St, SE1 9NH. 020 7021 1600. coinstreet.org. LIVE MUSIC Wed: See bands at Rumpus Room’s Skyline Sessons. Free. From 7pm. Mondrian London at Sea Containers, 20 Upper Ground, SE1 9PD. 020 3747 1063. rumpusroomlondon.com. LIVE JAZZ Thur-Sun: Listen to live jazz duos and trios. Thur-Sun 7.30pm10.30pm; Sat-Sun 1.30pm-4.30pm.

FOOD MARKET Fri-Sat: Browse 37 food and drink stalls at SCFood Market. Fri noon-8pm, Sat 11am-8pm & Sun noon-6pm. Southbank Centre Square, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, SE1 8XX. southbankcentre.co.uk. LIVE MUSIC Fri-Sat: Listen to DJs and live acoustic music at The Riverfront. BFI Southbank, SE1 8XT. 020 7928 0808. benugo.com.

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Coin Street Community Day © Coin Street; Book Market © Sam Peach

Whether it’s date night, pay day or you have visitors, South Bank has got an event to suit you. Take your pick from zombie dances, life-drawing classes and gospel choirs

Hair the Musical © Anthony Robling; party boat © City Cruises

WHAT’S ON

WHAT’S ON Party time: City Cruises

Daily: Book Market under Waterloo Bridge

Coin Street Community Day © Coin Street; Book Market © Sam Peach

Hair the Musical © Anthony Robling; party boat © City Cruises

25 Nov: Coin Street Community Day

KIDS’ FILM CLUB Sat-Sun: Take your little ones to the Little Rippers Film Club, showing children’s ﬁlms in a 100-seat cinema. 10.30am-noon. Free. House of Vans, Arches 228-232, Station Approach Rd, SE1 8SW. 020 3745 5059. houseofvanslondon.com. DRUMMING Sun: Enjoy dance and drumming classes with London School of Samba. From £5-£8. 6pm-9pm. Waterloo Action Centre, 14 Baylis Rd, SE1 7AA. 020 7261 1404. waterlooactioncentre.co.uk. THRILLER FILM SEASON 20 Oct-10 Dec: Fans of thrillers can watch classic TV and ﬁlm screenings such as 1991’s The Silence of the Lambs . BFI Southbank, see p. 12.

ELVIS BOAT CRUISE From 21 Oct: Enjoy a three-course dinner aboard City Cruises as an Elvis Presley tribute act entertains you. 7.45pm-11pm. From £60. Westminster Pier. 020 7740 0400. citycruises.com. TALKS AND PLAY From 21 Oct: LGBT parents can listen to guest speakers while their kids play. Also 18 Nov, 16 Dec, 20 Jan, 17 Feb & 17 Mar. 10am-noon. Free. CSNC, see p. 12. THOUGHT-PROVOKING ART 26 Oct-28 May: See the UK’s ﬁrst major exhibition of artists’ responses to war and conﬂict since the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001. Age of Terror: Art Since 9/11 features more than 40 British and international artists, including Ai Weiwei and Mona Hatoum. Check for times. £7.50-£15. IWM London, Lambeth Rd, SE1 6HZ. 020 7416 5000. iwm.org.uk.

HALLOWEEN PARTY 27-28 Oct: Dance with zombies to rock music as the dead dangle from walls. Attend your own funeral, be spooked by roving acts in tunnels and watch ﬁre shows and acrobats. Halloween Raveyard is inspired by the venue’s past as a morgue. 8pm-2am. From £5. The Vaults, Leake St, SE1 7NN. 020 7401 9603. thevaults.london. WINTER MARKET 10 Nov-4 Jan: The annual Southbank Centre Winter Market returns. Sun-Wed 11am-10pm; Thur-Sat 11am-11pm (10 Nov from 5pm, closed 25 Dec). Free. Queen’s Walk, SE1. 020 3879 9555. southbankcentre. co.uk/whats-on/festivals-series/ winter-festival. THE LORAX To 5 Nov: The Oliviernominated play The Lorax follows an orange woodland creature, The Lorax, AUTUMN/WINTER 17/18 13

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Every Wed: Skyline Sessions at Rumpus Room in Mondrian London at Sea Containers

GOSPEL CHOIR 17 Nov: Channel your inner Whoopi Goldberg and get clapping to the Harlem Gospel Choir, America’s premier gospel choir. The New York-based group is known for blending gospel, jazz and blues. 7.30pm. From £15. Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, SE1 8XX. 020 3879 9555. southbankcentre.com.

of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and the writer of Matilda the Musical. Expect tunes such as When You Wish 25 Jan: E.T. in Concert Upon a Star. Check at Royal Festival Hall for times. £15-£62. National Theatre, Upper Ground, SE1 9PX. 020 7452 3000. nationaltheatre.org.uk. A christmas carol 18 Nov-20 Jan: Matthew Warchus directs Charles Dickens’ timeless ART FAIR 1-3 Dec: London Illustration classic about a miser, in a new Fair promotes illustration, graphic design adaptation featuring music and and print. 11am-6pm. £8. Bargehouse, supernatural themes. £12-£67.50. Oxo Tower Wharf, see far left. The Old Vic, see p. 13. FAmily crafts 2 Dec: Make festive crafts at Gabriel’s Wharf FESTIVE COMMUNITY DAY Magical Christmas. 11am-3pm. Free. 25 Nov: Enjoy festive activities at Coin Street Community Day. 2pmGabriel’s Wharf, 56 Upper Ground, 6pm. Free. CSNC, see p. 12. SE1 9PP. 020 7021 1600. coinstreet.org. PINOCCHIO From 1 Dec: Catch a new version of this children’s classic, which is brought to the stage by the director

WINTER FAYRE From 3 Dec: Morley College’s Winter Fayre showcases and sells crafts by students. You can also

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The Lorax © Manuel Harlan

jewellery exhibition 12 Nov-7 Jan: See and buy hand-made contemporary jewellery by new, established and international designers at Dazzle Oxo. Free. gallery oxo, Oxo Tower Wharf, Bargehouse St, SE1 9PH. 020 7021 1600. oxotower.co.uk.

CONTEMPORARY ART 17-26 Nov: See National Open Art , a display of British and Irish contemporary art from 2017. 11am-6pm. Free. Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf, see left.

Mondrian London © Niall Clutton; E.T. in Concert © Covent Garden Sinfonia

who is driven from his home by the Once-ler, a green character intent on chopping down forests for financial gain. Expect puppets, vibrant costumes, rhyming verse and gospel, pop and rock. Check for times. From £12. The Old Vic, The Cut, SE1 8NB. 0844 871 7628. oldvictheatre.com.

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dinner on a boat To 31 Dec: Listen to a quintet play tunes such as The Girl from Ipanema plus swing and Latin jazz over a three-course dinner on the Thames. Opt for a London Showboat dinner cruise or eat aboard the static RS Hispaniola. 7.45pm-11pm. The London Showboat from £80; RS Hispaniola from £29.50. City Cruises, see p. 13. nORDIC MATTERS To 31 Dec: Catch spoken word, dance and plays and learn about Scandinavia’s love of saunas, singalongs and sustainable food during this year-long festival celebrating Nordic culture. Check for details. Southbank Centre, see p. 14.

To 5 Nov: The Lorax at The Old Vic enjoy taster courses, music and dance. Free. 1 Westminster Bridge Rd, SE1 7HT. 020 7450 1889. morleycollege.ac.uk . Space odYSSEy 9 & 16 Dec: Journey through space and underwater alien caves at The Dance Before Christmas , a theatrical experience in the depths of Waterloo. 8pm-2am. From £6. The Vaults, see p. 13.

abba exhibition 14 Dec-29 Apr: Browse Abba costumes in ABBA: Super Troupers , an exhibition at the Southbank Centre that’s part of Nordic Matters festival. £15-£25. Check for times. Royal Festival Hall, see p. 14.

The Lorax © Manuel Harlan

Mondrian London © Niall Clutton; E.T. in Concert © Covent Garden Sinfonia

Star wars From 14 Dec: Peckham-born John Boyega stars in Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Check for times and prices. BFI IMAX, 1 Charlie Chaplin Walk, SE1 8XR. 033 0333 7878. bfi.org.uk.

Want more events? For real-time information on South Bank, from what’s on to the latest family guides and restaurant listings, please visit: southbanklondon.com.

CULTURAL FESTIVAL To 16 Dec: Attend talks, exhibitions and shows during Belief and Beyond Belief, which explores the art, music, science, philosophy and traditions that have risen out of religion. Southbank Centre, see p. 14. slava’s snowshow 18 Dec-4 Jan: Since it premiered in 1994 in Edinburgh, the award-winning Slava’s Snowshow has toured the globe and now its clowns return to the Royal Festival Hall for a fifth season. A real festive feast. Suitable for over eights. Check for times. From £20. Royal Festival Hall, see p. 14. nYE PARTY 31 Dec: Expect amazing martian canyons of glitter and foil and other mind-blowing installations as you journey through space at The Party at the End of the Universe. A great way to bring in 2018. 8pm-4am. From £5. The Vaults, see p. 13. SKATING FILMS To 31 Dec: Watch skating videos, world cinema and documentaries. Thur-Fri 5pm & 7pm; Sat 4pm & 6pm; Sun 2pm & 4pm. Free. House of Vans, see p. 13.

broadway tunes 13 Jan: The Phantom of the Opera and Les Miserables’ star Ramin Karimloo performs his own songs along with tunes such as The Music of the Night with a band in Back from Broadway. Check for times. From £20. Royal Festival Hall, see p. 14. HAIR THE MUSICAL To 14 Jan: New York, 1967. Will hippy Claude join his pacifist friends or fight in Vietnam? Celebrating its 50th anniversary, this rock musical features an infamous nude scene and 60s-themed food, drinks and stalls selling tie-dyed clothes. Check for times. From £25. The Vaults, see p. 13. Amadeus From 22 Jan: Peter Shaffer’s iconic play about a young Mozart premiered at the National Theatre in 1979, before being adapted into an Academy Award-winning film – and now it’s back. Check for times. £24-£67. See National Theatre, p. 14. E.T. IN CONCERT 25 Jan: Covent Garden Sinfonia performs live to Steven Spielberg’s E.T. Check for times. From £20. Royal Festival Hall, see p. 14. PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION 25 Jan-22 Apr: See a retrospective of 60 images by Andreas Gursky, a German photographer who is known for huge images taken from up high. Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, see p. 14. AUTUMN/WINTER 17/18 15

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LIGHT Around 50 UK and international artists will participate, while volunteers and schools from across the capital will showcase works made from reflective materials, neon lights and projections. Lumiere is programmed and produced by British live events charity, Artichoke. The festival premiered in Durham in 2009, and when it launched in London in January 2016, 1.3 million people braved the chill to see 30 installations. In 2018, there will be 50 of them. Artichoke’s CEO and artistic director, Helen Marriage, says: ‘Once illuminated, buildings you think you know change their shape and appearance; public spaces become places where strange and delightful things happen. It makes everyone think differently about the city, and brings great art on to the streets. The festival will transform the city into a giant art exhibition without walls and everyone is invited.’ Lumiere London is set to rival Berlin’s Festival of Lights, Lyon’s Fête de Lumières and Vivid Sydney – but to find out if that’s the case, you’ll have to come to South Bank and see the lights yourself.

Meanwhile, the Hayward Gallery, Purcell Room and Queen Elizabeth Hall (southbankcentre.co.uk) will brighten up South Bank once they reopen following a two-year restoration project. Southbank Centre’s artistic director, Jude Kelly, says: ‘The changes to the Hayward Gallery will make it ethereal and airy, like you’re walking in the air. It’ll be a marvellous feeling. The Queen Elizabeth Hall will have better riverside views and be a beautiful place in which to sit. There’ll be more digital technology, improved access and performers will have a better experience.’ Closed to the public since September 2015, the venues will reopen following a total overhaul – and from the sound of things, only the bricks and mortar will remain the same. Prior to the refurbishment, the buildings’ original

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Andreas Gursky’s Bahrain at Hayward Gallery © Andreas Gursky/DACS, 2017 courtesy of Sprueth Magers; Lumiere London 2016 © Matthew Andrews

airy lights, a world-renowned lights festival and a new glass roof are set to bring rays of light to South Bank this winter. Strings of lights twinkling in the trees lining Riverside Walkway along the River Thames can only mean one thing – Wintertime 2017, Southbank Centre’s annual winter market (1 Dec-2 Jan. southbankcentre.co.uk), is back. Warm up over mulled cocktails and craft ales from the bar before you browse street food stalls serving everything from bratwurst to raclette. As part of the Southbank Centre’s year-long celebration of Nordic culture, the market will be decorated with Nordic installations, while the Centre boasts a rooftop sauna. Meanwhile, the capital’s largest night festival, Lumiere London, is back (18-21 Jan. visitlondon. com/lumiere). As well as returning to King’s Cross and the West End, the light festival will come to Covent Garden, Victoria, Waterloo and South Bank – look out for stunning artwork by the National Theatre and other key locations in the area.

Westminster Abbey © Matthew Andrews; Southbank Wintertime © Ben Pipe Photography

Let there be light! Banish the winter blues with an illuminations festival, South Bank’s winter market and the Hayward Gallery’s new glass roof, says Sarah Riches

Andreas Gursky’s Bahrain at Hayward Gallery © Andreas Gursky/DACS, 2017 courtesy of Sprueth Magers; Lumiere London 2016 © Matthew Andrews

Westminster Abbey © Matthew Andrews; Southbank Wintertime © Ben Pipe Photography

Clockwise from left: Westminster Abbey at a previous Lumiere; Andreas Gursky at Hayward Gallery; Lumiere London 2016; Wintertime (and inset) 1960s fixtures, equipment and facilities were outdated and not accessible. But with a £25 million donation – largely funded by Arts Council England and Heritage Lottery Fund – architects FCBStudios have brought the venue up to 21st-century standards. The Southbank Centre is also raising £3.9 million from individual donations, after it asked the public to pay to name a seat with a plaque, sponsor roof lights or buy Art Deco-style jewellery from the Festival Terrace Shop. Dubbed Let the Light In, the fundraising campaign was named after the Hayward Gallery’s roof design, which was inspired by the sculptor Henry Moore. The gallery’s 66 glass pyramid rooflights leaked, which meant a false ceiling was installed when it opened in 1968 – reducing sunlight and gallery space by 1.5m – so a major part

of the refurbishment has added new roof lights, flooding the upper galleries with controlled natural light for the first time. The funds will also go towards restoring the gallery’s stone floors, repaving the sculpture terraces and sprucing up the concrete in time for its first exhibition, a retrospective of German photographer Andreas Gursky (25 Jan-22 Apr). Purcell Room, meanwhile, will have new light and sound equipment, better cooling and heating systems and a slicker interior – including reupholstering its 367 1960s black leather seats. Catch four world premieres of new work by the Arditti String Quartet in May 2018. The renovation will also bring a bigger café and bar, while a refurbished cloakroom is among the other improvements to the 916-seat Queen Elizabeth Hall. Glazing installed in the

foyer will fill it with natural light and enhance riverside views. It might be dark outside, but South Bank is dazzling.

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Florence Nightingale Museum courtesy of Florence Nightingale Museum; Oxo Tower © Coin Street; dancers © iStock

Get your skates on at the Southbank Centre’s graffiticlad skate area

GET CULTURAL Love film? Head to BFI Southbank Mediatheque where you can choose from 2,500 films from the national archive. Make yourself comfortable in this special section inside the BFI, then enjoy quick and easy access to specially selected films and TV shows that change regularly. Improvements to Mediatheque include high-definition touchscreens and cinema seats. Tue-Sun 10.30am9pm. Belvedere Rd, SE1 8XT. 020 7928 3232. bfi.org.uk. To get an idea of what goes into a stage production, check out the Sherling Backstage Walkway at the National Theatre, where you can take a peek at set construction and prop-making in production workshops. No need to book – access the walkway from the gallery level in the Dorfman Theatre foyer. Mon-Sat 9.30am-7.30pm. Upper Ground, South Bank, SE1 9PX. 020 7452 3000. nationaltheatre.org.uk. Enjoy lunchtime concerts at the Central Bar in Royal Festival Hall. During Friday Free, you might hear performances by music students – it could be anything from classical to folk. 1pm-2pm. Southbank Centre, Belverede Rd, SE1 8XX. 020 3879 9555. southbankcentre.co.uk. If it’s raining, spend an afternoon browsing IWM London’s powerful permanent collections, which include the Holocaust Exhibition. Daily 10am-6pm. Lambeth Rd, SE1 6HZ. 020 7416 5000. iwm.org.uk.

Southbank Skatepark © iStock

Whatever the time of year, let South Bank inspire you with these free events and attractions

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Florence Nightingale Museum courtesy of Florence Nightingale Museum; Oxo Tower © Coin Street; dancers © iStock

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Delve deeper into the history of migration and how it has influenced London through exhibitions and events at the Migration Museum at The Workshop. Wed-Sun 11am-5pm. 26 Lambeth High St, SE1 7AG. migrationmuseum.org. Get arty In addition to the drama on stage at the three theatres inside the National Theatre, you can also attend free art exhibitions in the Lyttelton Lounge in the Lyttelton theatre circle foyer and the Wolfson Gallery, at the Olivier Theatre cloakroom level. Catch changing exhibitions of contemporary photography, design, art and architecture at gallery@oxo on the South Bank Riverside Walkway in the Oxo Tower, and see edgy installations in Bargehouse, a raw, exposed brick space in a four-storey building within the tower. Daily 11am-6pm. Oxo Tower Wharf, Bargehouse St, SE1 9PH. 020 7021 1686. oxotower.co.uk. For something more classical, browse the temporary exhibitions at Llewellyn Alexander Fine Paintings, which specialises in oils, watercolours and pastels by living artists. 124-126 The Cut, SE1 8LN. 020 7620 1322. lafp.co.uk. Get physical Get on your skateboard at Southbank Centre’s colourful, graffiti-clad Southbank Skatepark. It’s been attracting locals to its ramps, stairs and ledges for more than 40 years. Talking of wheelies, you can take

Clockwise from left: Southbank Skatepark; storytime at Florence Nightingale Museum; Oxo Tower; dance in Clore Ballroom

your BMX or skateboard to House of Vans, an indoor skatepark built into the tunnels under Waterloo Station. It’s also home to an art gallery, live music venue and a cinema. Free. 228-232 Station Approach, SE1 8SW. 020 3745 5059. houseofvanslondon.com. For a different vibe, head to a monthly Social Dance in the Clore Ballroom at the Royal Festival Hall. You don’t even have to bring a partner and all levels are welcome – from absolute beginners to Fred Astaire. Get set to salsa, foxtrot and swing! Royal Festival Hall, see p. 18. Get outside Archbishop’s Park by Lambeth Palace has free table tennis – just take your own bat and ball. Daily 7.30amdusk. lambeth.gov.uk. You can also compete with sand sculptors at Ernie’s Beach by Gabriel’s Wharf, or play in the kids’ play area in Jubilee Gardens.

Get volunteering If you’re a wannabe Capability Brown, why not volunteer at Lambeth Palace Gardens? You’ll contribute to London’s oldest continuously cultivated gardens. Volunteer Wed-Thur 10am-3pm. Lambeth Palace Rd, SE1 7JU. 020 7898 1200. archbishopofcanterbury.org. If you’d rather stay in the warm, help in Garden Museum’s shop or welcome visitors. Mon-Fri & Sun 10.30am-5pm, Sat 10.30am-4pm. 5 Lambeth Palace Rd, SE1 7LB. 020 7401 8865. gardenmuseum.org.uk. Florence Nightingale Museum tells the story of the ‘Lady with the Lamp’. Look out for volunteer opportunities here, too. Daily 10am-5pm. St Thomas’ Hospital, 2 Lambeth Palace Rd, SE1 7EW. 020 7188 4400. florence-nightingale.co.uk.

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ith its candlelit tables and leather sofas on thick rugs, Benugo Bar & Kitchen in BFI Southbank is great for a date. Warm your hands on a mug of mocha, mulled wine, hot cider or a winter-themed cocktail – a Santa Baby, anyone? If your date is going well, try its winter menu, which features honey-roasted chestnuts; turkey or pork belly and Christmas pud with brandy custard. If you’ve been tasked to find a networking spot for work, seek out Drawing Room, behind a bookcase in Benugo. Styled like a 1920s gentleman’s lounge, it has Chesterfield sofas, alchemist potions and a globe, and is available for private hire. SE1 8XT. 020 7401 9000. benugo.com.

Mondrian London at Sea Containers gives the BFI a run for its money. Something to celebrate? Do so in style at a candlelit table in Dandelyan, which won World’s Best Cocktail Bar (2017). Sink into a velvet armchair and work your way through its menu of mixed drinks – the Fluff & Fold Royale comes with a toasted lemon marshmallow and Wyld tea. 20 Upper Ground, SE1 9PD. 020 3747 1000. morganshotelgroup.com. Want something more low key? Then sink into a leather sofa at Mulberry Bush, a smart wine bar which also serves homely dishes such as steak and ale pies. 89 Upper Ground, SE1 9PP. 020 7928 7940. mulberrybushpub.co.uk. For a cheeky late-night drink, visit Mark’s Bar at The Old Vic, which is open until 2am Thursday to Saturday and open to the public after each evening performance. Named after the celebrity chef Mark Hix, it features his signature quirky décor such as an illustration of

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Gillray’s courtesy of London Marriott Hotel County Hall; mulled wine © iStock;

Baby, it’s cold outside… Warm up over a Sunday roast and crumble, hot chocolate or a spicy cocktail at one of these snug South Bank spots

Drawing Room courtesy of Benugo Bar & Kitchen in BFI Southbank; Brasserie Joel courtesy of Park Plaza Westminster Bridge London; afternoon tea courtesy of London Marriott Hotel County Hall

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Gillray’s courtesy of London Marriott Hotel County Hall; mulled wine © iStock;

Drawing Room courtesy of Benugo Bar & Kitchen in BFI Southbank; Brasserie Joel courtesy of Park Plaza Westminster Bridge London; afternoon tea courtesy of London Marriott Hotel County Hall

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The Old Vic and Laurence Olivier. Sample a Rosencrantz or Guildenstern cocktail or a filthy martini, which comes with Guindilla chillis. The Cut, SE1 8NB. 020 7928 2651. hixrestaurants.co.uk. Locale in County Hall also serves cocktails – try the tiramisu one – but it’s best known for hearty portions of Italian comfort food such as artichoke soup, gorgonzola gnocchi or duck breast. 3b Belvedere Rd, SE1 7GP. 020 7401 6734. localesouthbank.com. Part bar, part café and gallery, Topolski in the railway arches of Waterloo is named after Polish illustrator Feliks Topolski, who drew political sketches during World War II in his studio here. During the day, slow-tempo tunes, boardgames and magazines make it homely, and on chilly days you can warm up over soup and stew – or a round of table tennis. It livens up

when mulled wine replaces Fairtrade coffee; neon lights replace candles, and a DJ hits the decks. 150-152 Hungerford Arches, Concert Hall Approach, SE1 8XU. 020 7620 0627. bartopolski.co.uk. Gillray’s Steakhouse & Bar in London Marriott Hotel County Hall is known for its steak, but you also can’t go wrong with its soup, roast or winter vegetable crumble. The former reading room has wooden panelling, tall ceilings and Chesterfield sofas which you can sink into as you sip coffee or homemade spiced rum – Two Penny Whist with cardamom seed smoke – or a blowtorched cocktail. If that doesn’t warm you up, nothing will. If it’s your birthday or anniversary, then book afternoon tea in The Library Lounge, which is also inside the London Marriott Hotel County Hall. The former County Hall was opened by King George V and Queen Mary in 1922, and was more recently used as a library for the Greater London Council

– hence the name. In a nod to its heritage, the room is lined with wooden panels, oak bookcases, Shakespeare and Plato busts and a fireplace, which glow in candlelight. Winter sunshine streams through the windows that overlook Big Ben, but if you still need warming up tuck into warm scones and Twinings tea over macarons decorated with stars and snowflakes. London County Hall, Westminster Bridge Rd, SE1 7PB. 020 7928 5200. marriott.co.uk. For French cuisine, try Brasserie Joel which serves warming dishes of ratatouille and authentic French onion Clockwise from top left: Drawing Room; Brasserie Joel; Gillray’s; mulled wine; afternoon tea at London Marriott Hotel County Hall

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soup with a gooey cheese topping. Can’t decide which wine to choose? Then let the sommelier decide for you. Park Plaza Westminster Bridge London, SE1 7UT. 020 7620 7272. brasseriejoel.co.uk. Oxo Tower Restaurant, on the rooftop of the Oxo Tower, has been serving British cuisine since 1996. Head chef Jeremy Bloor uses seasonal ingredients and the winter menu is changeable, but typical dishes could be roasted grouse with haggis, confit turnip, swede and mashed potatoes; Christmas pudding and brandy butter; chocolate and gingerbread mousse and clementine tart. Last winter, the Brasserie served boozy hot chocolate, too. In charge of booking your office Christmas party? Then enquire about

Lights from the open kitchen make The Green Room glow

the restaurant’s themed menus for large parties. 8th floor, Oxo Tower Wharf, Bargehouse St, SE1 9PH. 020 7803 3888. harveynichols.com/restaurant/ the-oxo-tower/. For an indulgent weekend treat, try Sea Containers’ brunch – think bangers and beans, stacks of pancakes and buttermilk waffles or the ubiquitous avocado on toast. Alternatively, opt for a roast – served on a board with a jug of gravy – every Saturday and Sunday. At night, dim lights and candelabras give it an intimate feel, while the riverside deck outside glows with fairylights and heaters – hot chocolate will keep you warm. If you just want a drink, sit at the bar, which is inspired by an American diner and features a yellow submarine hanging from the ceiling. The extensive drink menu includes whisky from Scotland, Ireland, Japan and the US. 20 Upper Ground, SE1 9PD. 020 3747 1063. seacontainersrestaurant.com.

If Sea Containers is fully booked, then relax over brunch at Skylon – think brioche French toast with crispy bacon drizzled in maple syrup, or warm waffles. Enormous windows overlook the River Thames, giving you fantastic views – even when it gets dark at 4pm… Royal Festival Hall, SE1 8XX. 020 7654 7800. skylon-restaurant.co.uk. For a more casual spot, pop into the restaurant, bar and garden known as The Green Room, which opened in 2014 following a collaboration between the social enterprise Coin Street Community Builders and the National Theatre – you might recognise theatre props and scenery on its walls. At night, lights from the open kitchen make the venue glow. Warm up over a hot dessert – if you’re lucky, homely apple pie or treacle pudding with custard will be on the menu. 101 Upper Ground, SE1 9PP. 020 7452 3630. greenroom.nationaltheatre.org.uk.

Oxo Tower Restaurant courtesy of Oxo Tower; hot chocolate © iStock

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If you’ve got guests, take them to Snowden Flood (020 7401 8710), which sells souvenirs designed, made or sourced from the UK. Pick of the best is a teapot featuring the River

Clockwise from this image: Lauren Shanley in Oxo Tower Wharf; Mr Jones Watches; Royal Festival Hall Shop; Gabriel’s Wharf; IWM London mug; Lush at Waterloo Station

The boutiques in Oxo Tower Wharf on Bargehouse Street sell things you won’t find on the high street, from one-ofa-kind patchwork dresses to watches that make decisions for you! 020 7021 1686. oxotower.co.uk.

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IF YOU LIKE INDEPENDENT… You pass it every day but how often do you check it out? The boutiques in Oxo Tower Wharf on Bargehouse Street sell things you won’t ﬁnd on the high street.

Thames; London’s Hidden Walks and rhubarb and cardamom jam by the London Borough of Jam. If you’ve moved to the area and want to brighten up your home, then pop into Lauren Shanley (020 7261 9998), which uses vintage fabric and folk art to create collages and appliquéd cushions and curtains. It also sells one-of-a-kind patchwork dresses and coats, and hosts one-day workshops every other Monday. Bramwell Brown (020 7183 3651), meanwhile, designs and sells clocks, some of which are limited edition. Its weather clocks, which forecast the weather by detecting changes in air pressure, make great presents. Can’t decide what to buy? Then invest in a Mr Jones Watches’ (020 7401 363) Decider watch – as the seconds pass, the clock face changes from yes to no, so it decides for you. The rest of the range is just as quirky, from The Bridge – which marks each hour by a character crossing a bridge – to the Observatory, which tells the time based on the position of the sun or moon, and the Time Traveller, which uses 16 global landmarks to note the time in diﬀerent regions.

Lauren Shanley © Coin Street; Mr Jones Watches courtesy of Mr Jones Watches

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Royal Festival Hall Shop © India Roper-Evans; Gabriel’s Wharf © Oliver Rudkin Photography; mug courtesy of IWM London; Lush © Will Amlot

Lauren Shanley © Coin Street; Mr Jones Watches courtesy of Mr Jones Watches

IF YOU LIKE CULTURE… If you want some artwork for your lounge, then pick up a print of a 60s-inspired seasonal South Bank scene at Royal Festival Hall Shop (020 7960 5228), on level two of the Royal Festival Hall. The shop also sells music-themed items, mugs and wallpaper. The Festival Terrace Shop (020 7921 0771), meanwhile, by the Mandela statue near the hall’s western entrance, will stock Nordic products until the end of 2017. If you’ve got time to kill before meeting a friend, check out the BFI Shop in BFI Southbank (020 7815 1350). As well as DVDs, film posters, vinyl and T-shirts, it sells film and TV books – BFI members get 15 per cent off most products. You can also buy books and gifts with a war theme from the IWM London’s main shop (020 7091 3119), which has regular book signings and events where you can meet the authors. Look out for celebrities, as Russell Crowe and Kate Hudson have both visited. Treat yourself to a new Crikey mug for work, or buy a Don’t Take Alcoholic Drinks on Mondays poster to spruce up your office kitchen. Talking of posters, the National Theatre Bookshop (020 7452 3456) has a great selection of prints inspired by your favourite shows. It also sells new plays and books. When was the last time you checked out Gabriel’s Wharf on Upper Ground Street on your lunchbreak? If you’re feeling the chill, invest in a woolly hat at Nordic Nic Nac (020 3489 3031), which sells Scandinavian-inspired handmade knitted hats and scarves. It also runs after-work craft courses for beginners on Thursdays. Brighten up your office or home with limited-edition artwork from Southbank Printmakers (020 7928 8184). Run as a co-operative, it is staffed by the artists who create the work on display, so there’s always an expert on hand to answer your questions. The gallery is re-hung every two months, so if you’ve not been for a while it’s worth dropping by. Beauty and the Bib (020 7928 7784), meanwhile, sells bibs, baby grows, hats and onesies.

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(020 7021 0047), Joy (020 3284 5944) or Oliver Bonas (020 7928 0727). For toiletries, head to Lush (020 7928 2733), Kiehl’s (020 7401 9283) or Boots (020 7928 1073), where you can also receive travel vaccinations and buy passport photos for your winter break. In fact, the branch is a convenient alternative to waiting weeks for a doctor’s appointment, as you can also buy emergency contraception, collect a prescription or have a ﬂu vaccination there. AUTUMN/WINTER 17/18 25

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For the team at Waterloo Job Shop, training locals and helping people in the surrounding community find a job is all in a day’s work

re you a local resident looking to work in South Bank, or a local employer hoping to recruit local people? South Bank’s economy is growing, and current projections are that there will be approximately 20,000 extra jobs over the coming years. South Bank Employers’ Group (SBEG) set up Waterloo Job Shop in 2002 to help residents of Lambeth and Southwark

find work, and support employers to recruit local people. For the past six years, the Waterloo Job Shop has delivered the Government’s Work Programme, which in 2016-17 helped 93 local residents find a job, often locally. Local businesses and employers are keen to attract residents, as evidence suggests that local people stay in jobs longer, and value the benefits of working locally.

A team of trained advisers can help you search for jobs in South Bank, and in other parts of London. The team can also help you to improve your CV, prepare job applications and covering letters, practice your interview techniques, and help you retrain or start a new business. Employment skills adviser Jason Martin has worked at Waterloo Job Shop for four years. He says: ‘We’ve placed

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*Name has been changed. Waterloo Job Shop team © South Bank Employers’ Group; Waterloo Job Shop © Will Amlot; childcare course and Coin Street nursery © Coin Street/Oliver Rudkin Photography

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*Name has been changed. Waterloo Job Shop team © South Bank Employers’ Group; Waterloo Job Shop © Will Amlot; childcare course and Coin Street nursery © Coin Street/Oliver Rudkin Photography

hundreds of people into some great jobs – teaching assistants in local schools, hospitality roles with many of South Bank’s hotels, and lots of opportunities within small business. I am particularly pleased to have helped a long-term unemployed client find a job at a restaurant in Lower Marsh, especially as, within two months of starting, she had been promoted.’ Judith Bryan lives near Gabriel’s Wharf. After being unemployed for four years, Coin Street Neighbourhood Centre referred her to the Waterloo Job Shop. She says: ‘Having been out of work for some time, I didn’t know how the job market worked. The Job Shop’s confidence-building workshops taught me to recognise that each step I took helped me towards my end goal of finding a job. I used to freeze in interviews, but my job coach helped me relax. Eight months after I arrived, I became the Job Shop’s first volunteer, then a customer service assistant. Eight years later, I’m still here! I empathise with our customers, because I know what they’re going through.’ Jason and Judith help people like Paula*, who has lived near Waterloo Station for the past seven years. Paula was unemployed for two decades before the Job Shop helped her. ‘I was living in hostels or on benefits until I was 36,’ she explains. ‘I didn’t have a sense of purpose until the JobCentre referred me to the Job Shop. The Job Shop advisers have listened, supported and directed me. You get a warm welcome on arrival, and they use your name, not your National Insurance number. ‘On my first day, I had an induction and a one-to-one meeting with an adviser. If I didn’t understand something, they

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explained it. I started going regularly – no appointment required – and it soon became my second home. The advisers helped me set up an email address, write a CV, showed me how to greet an employer and printed out interview questions. Seven months later, I got a job in Co-op Food on Westminster Bridge Road, and I’ve been there since’. In June 2017, the Job Shop launched Journey2Work – a new project that helps residents of Lewisham, Lambeth and Southwark aged 50 and above and out-of-work for six months – to help them overcome barriers to taking up jobs. It will also help older workers to create professional CVs and to improve their interview techniques. Darryl Monfries, employment and skills manager at the Waterloo Job Shop, says: ‘We are pleased to be building on our 15 years’ experience delivering back-to-work programmes with

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Over 50? Then attend coﬀee mornings and seek advice from a community programme team, access computers and ﬁnd out about local services at Colombo Community Room. Colombo Centre, 34-68 Colombo St, SE1 8DP. 020 7021 1625. jubileehalltrust.org.

a special focus on older job-seekers. With support, they can access the many jobs created in South Bank and beyond and enjoy a new lease of life. We are also developing our work with a wide range of South Bank employers, to help them ﬁnd local people for their vacancies – now and in the future.’ Waterloo Job Shop is open Mon-Fri 9.30am-4pm. 114-118 Lower Marsh, SE1 7AG. 020 7202 6930.

Opposite, from left: Indranie Sookdeo, Jason Martin, Morag Hebal, Tracey Maltby, Judith Bryan, Darryl Monfries from Waterloo Job Shop. This image: Waterloo Job Shop

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CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME OXO Tower Restaurant, Bar and Brasserie (harveynichols.com/ restaurant/the-oxo-tower) works closely with the Sustainable Restaurant Association to introduce eco-friendly initiatives. As a result, in 2014 the association awarded Oxo Three Star Sustainability Champion status – its highest accolade. The audit assesses 14 key areas. As well as training staﬀ to save water and reducing waste where possible by providing takeaway boxes for customers, Oxo uses recycled materials and Forest Stewardship Council certiﬁed paper and sources

seasonal, ethical produce from local producers such as Neal’s Yard Dairy, Bread Factory and Black Hand Food in Hackney. The venue participates in initiatives such as Earth Hour to save electricity, and StreetSmart, which donates £1 from a customer’s bill to homeless people. The venue also supports the local community, says Oxo’s general manager Nick Jarman. ‘In May 2017, we hosted children from Richard Atkins Primary School in Lambeth so they could experience working life and learn about diﬀerent hospitality roles,’ he says. ‘We taught them to make scones,

so they learnt to measure ingredients. Cooking with children is a great way to teach them how to prepare meals, know what food is in season and the importance of a healthy, balanced diet.’ St Thomas’ Hospital (guysand stthomas.nhs.uk) also promotes a healthy lifestyle by encouraging staff, visitors and patients to walk, cycle or take public transport to reduce air and noise pollution. Staff can access St Thomas’ Dunhill fitness centre and squash courts, buy tax-free bicycles through the trust’s cycle to work scheme and use free showers, while anyone who lives, works or studies in Lambeth can take advantage of the hospital’s free or subsidised cycle training and maintenance workshops with Cycle Confident.

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The hospital also offers work experience and apprenticeships for people aged 16 to 25 who are unemployed, while Guy’s and St Thomas’ is the UK’s only hospital trust to offer The Autism Project, which supports young people with autism. London Marriott County Hall (marriott.co.uk), meanwhile, has a whole arm dedicated to corporate social responsibility. As well as encouraging staff to volunteer locally, staff have collected litter in local parks, while its Bridges from School to Work programme helps young people with disabilities to prepare for the workplace. A helping hand Volunteering lets you meet new people and get involved in your community. Sign up to Lambeth Age UK (020 7346 6800. ageuk.org.uk) to keep a senior citizen company through weekly home visits. Alternatively, you could help abandoned or mistreated animals find a new home by volunteering at the

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London South East branch of the animal charity RSPCA (0300 123 4999. rspcalondon-se.org.uk). Know your French knot from your satin stitch? If you’re sharp with a needle and free on Tuesday afternoons, then offer your tailoring skills to Waterloo Action Centre (020 7261 1404. waterloo actioncentre.co.uk). Another option is to volunteer for Oasis Hub Waterloo. You can make up parcels and chat to clients to support Waterloo Foodbank, coach football to under 15s or take part in role-plays, board games, reading exercises and group discussions to help teach English as a foreign language. 1 Kennington Rd, SE1 7QP. 020 7921 4205. oasiswaterloo.org.

Clockwise from top left: Lambeth Age UK; Refuge; domestic violence; RSPCA; bike maintenance workshop at St Thomas’ Hospital; Coin Street football; Gorgeous Gardens Walking Tour

Take refuge The Gaia Centre, run by the domestic violence charity Refuge, provides free and confidential one-to-one and group support for Lambeth residents who are experiencing gender-based violence. It helps young girls and boys, and people who are transgender. You can talk through your problems and receive support with contacting the police, accessing legal advice and going to court, as well as moving away, accessing a refuge and managing your finances. Want to help? If you’re a woman over 18 living in Lambeth, you can provide emotional and practical support to women who’ve survived violence. After a criminal record and reference check,

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applicants will be interviewed then have two days’ training followed by an induction. You’ll be asked to commit to six months. 020 7733 8724. Emergencies: 999. refuge.org.uk. BAnk On IT If you’re in a crisis, Waterloo Food Bank can help. Trussell Trust food banks give at least three days’ food and support for people in need. Want to donate? Drop off non-perishable items. Oasis Hub Café, 1a Kennington Rd, SE1 7QP or Waterloo Action Centre, 14 Baylis Rd, SE1 7AA. 020 7261 1404. waterlooactioncentre.co.uk. rEpOrT IT, SOrT IT Spotted fly tipping, a dangerous kerb or graffiti? Then report it via Our South Bank, where it will be shared with the Public Realm Team at South Bank Employers’ Group, who will ensure issues are acted on quickly and efficiently. The website updates residents, employees and visitors on anything affecting the local public realm, from planning applications

to local construction updates and protests. It also has an outdoor events calendar. oursouthbank.com. SpEAk up Whether you need a cleaner, want to rent out your spare room or you’ve spotted an unwelcome drone, community website London SE1 is your place to shout about it. The site covers news and events in South Bank, Bankside, Bermondsey and Waterloo, providing a forum for discussion and an events calendar. london-se1.co.uk. hAVE YOur SAY South Bank Forum is run by South Bank Employers’ Group on behalf of the South Bank Partnership, allowing local residents and businesses to express their views, inﬂuence decisions about their neighbourhood and ensure decisionmakers fully understand the community’s priorities. The Forum meets three to four times a year and is chaired by local MPs Kate Hoey (Vauxhall) and Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old

STAr CArd STAR Card is a new local rewards programme for people living, working and studying in South Bank and Waterloo , brought to you by South Bank BID and WeAreWaterloo. Request a physical card or download a digital version on to your smartphone by visiting starcardlondon. com. Once you receive it, register the card number on the same site. It gives access to discounts on restaurants, bars, and cafés; gyms, salons, spas and clinics; shops, services and attractions. Camilla St Aubyn from Rambert, says, ‘I got a STAR Card because there is so much going on in South Bank and it makes it even easier to enjoy it all. The card has great theatre ticket offers, as well as a discount at Ping Pong, one of my favourite restaurants.’ WAnT TO hIrE A lOCAl VEnuE? Want an affordable South Bank venue for your birthday, an exclusive venue with river views for an oﬃce do or a creative space for a corporate event? South Bank Venues’ portfolio of venues includes BFI IMAX, the National Theatre and Southbank Centre, and it provides a free venue-matching service so you can choose your perfect venue. southbanklondon. com/venues. etc. venues meanwhile has two ﬂoors of meeting, conference and event space in County Hall for up to 900 people. etcvenues.co.uk. At the other end of South Bank you can hire OXO2, a glam space that’s ideal for weddings or Christmas parties. oxo2. co.uk. Waterloo Action Centre (see far left) is more low-key, and has a gallery, dance hall, smaller hall, kitchen and meeting room available for hire.

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Southwark). Meeting dates and the agenda for the meeting are posted on sbeg.co.uk. You can also sign up for updates on forum southbanklondon.com.

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Feed your mind Florence Nightingale Museum has Get an insight into theatrical productions occasional afternoon talks, especially at The Old Vic through Voices Off, a series about the history of nursing. Dr Jack Davies from the Science Museum will lead a talk of evening talks and debates. Listen to a on the role played by nurses in makeshift director discuss a current play, take part in hospitals during World War I (15 Nov, a debate or meet a writer who’s launching 2.30pm). St Thomas’ Hospital, 2 Lambeth a book. Around £6. The Cut, SE1 8NB. 0844 871 7628. oldvictheatre.com. Palace Rd, SE1 7EW. 020 7188 4400. florence-nightingale.co.uk. The Southbank Centre’s daytime lectures are often themed and given by In 2014, Morley College revived its visiting speakers, for example the Young ‘penny lectures’ – lectures that cost 1p Adult Literature Weekender’s workshops – which the social reformer Emma Cons and events (28-29 Oct) are part introduced to The Old Vic in the of the London Literature 1880s to improve the area. A drama course at Morley College Festival (to 1 Nov), while The next lectures are in exhibitions, shows January and May 2018 and talks make up – check the website for details, and Belief and Beyond just turn up Belief festival (to with a penny! 16 Dec) which 5.30pm-6.30pm. explores the music, art, 61 Westminster science and Bridge Rd, SE1 7HT. traditions that have 020 7450 1889. risen out of religion. morleycollege.ac.uk. Belvedere Rd, SE1 8XX. 020 3879 9555. Serious studying southbankcentre.co.uk. Want to learn another language? The Waterloo campus of The National Theatre also hosts King’s College London runs courses regular talks. Highlights include a debate about class (2 Nov), a workshop exploring from Greek and German to Persian and Punjabi, plus British Sign Language, how truthful newspapers are (11 Nov), for beginners to dedicated linguists. a Christmas quiz with actors (15 Dec) Most courses run on weekday evenings. and an exploration of political slogans You can start in winter (Jan or Feb) (25 Jan). Upper Ground, SE1 9PX. 020 or spring (Apr). Check out the college’s 7452 3000. nationaltheatre.org.uk. online courses, too, in subjects such You may not associate a hospital with recreation, but St Thomas’ Hospital hosts as Shakespeare: Print and Performance lunchtime concerts in its Central Hall. Mon and Understanding Drugs and Addiction. 1pm-2pm. Westminster Bridge Rd, SE1 7EH. Franklin-Wilkins Building, Stamford St, 020 7188 7188. guysandstthomas.nhs.uk. SE1 9NH. 020 7836 5454. kcl.ac.uk.

Sharpen your skills or kickstart a career change at Morley College, which specialises in adult education in everything from music to massage and management. Get business savvy with a six-week course in Financial Planning for Small Businesses (from 30 Oct) or get creative with Face to Face: Develop your Portrait Painting, which runs for five weeks (from 7 Nov). Most classes are in the evenings; check for daytime or weekend options. 61 Westminster Bridge Rd, SE1 7HT. 020 7450 1889. morleycollege.ac.uk. If English isn’t your first language, London South Bank University offers English courses over five weeks (from 27 Nov) or eight weeks (6 Nov). You’ll learn via 19 hours a week of interactive lessons, lectures and tutorials. 103 Borough Rd, SE1 0AA. 020 7815 7815. lsbu.ac.uk. Happy families Suitable for children under five, the Coin Street Family & Children’s Centre offers local parents advice and health and education services, while Coin Street Nursery is suitable for children under five. Coin Street Neighbourhood Centre, 108 Stamford St, SE1 9NH. 020 7021 1634. Nursery 020 7021 1670. coinstreet.org. Meanwhile, children can learn how the nurse Florence Nightingale became known as the ‘Lady with the Lamp’ and how Mary Seacole helped British soldiers during the Crimean War in interactive costumed shows at Florence Nightingale Museum. Free with admission. 25 & 28 Oct (Mary) & 26 Oct (Florence). 11.30am, 12.30pm, 2pm. St Thomas’ Hospital, see left.

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Whether you would like to unwind in a spa, beat out tension with a personal trainer or relax while cooking, South Bank has something for you SPLASH OUT Anyone can use London Marriott Hotel County Hall’s naturally lit 25m indoor pool and 112sqm gym, which is the largest in a hotel in London. The gym comes with cardio machines, weights and Olympic lifting platforms. It also has a studio with 30 dance and holistic classes and high-intensity training. After working out, relax in its saunas and steam rooms. £45 an hour for a personal trainer; membership from £25 a day,

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£103 a month (with a 12-month contract). Westminster Bridge Rd, SE1 7PB. 020 7928 5200. marriott.co.uk. Fancy treating yourself? Agua Bathhouse and Spa at Mondrian London is also open to non-guests. As well as nail and spa lounges, it has steam rooms, a couple’s suite and six treatment rooms. Monthly Spa Socials (14 Nov & 12 Dec. £80) let you hire the whole venue and include mud packs, 10-minute massages, a healthy dinner

and two glasses of Champagne in the lounge. 20 Upper Ground, SE1 9PD. 020 3747 1010. morganshotelgroup.com. Mandara Spa is just as luxurious, with Japanese shoji screens and bamboo. It has a VIP suite, one double and six single treatment rooms, plus two pedicure and three manicure stations. Park Plaza Westminster Bridge London, SE1 7UT. 020 7620 7300. mandaraspa.com. Breathe London therapists at Colombo Centre offer physiotherapy, acupuncture, yoga, massage and Rolfing – a deep-tissue massage that improves posture. You can also benefit from relationship coaching, mindfulness, psychotherapy and hypnotherapy. 34-68 Colombo St, SE1 8DP. 020 7261 1658. jubileehalltrust.org.

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BUDGET In partnership with Waterloo Football Club, young people can train as a team and play five-a-side football for free. Mon 4.30pm-6pm (14 years old and under); Wed 7.30pm-9pm (over 14s). Meanwhile, kids aged five to nine can join a class of 40 for warm-up exercises, football drills and games in Soccer Skills Academy. Sun 10.30am-12.30pm. £2 per session. Hatfield Pitches, Hatfields, SE1 8DP. 020 7021 1625. Managed by Colombo Centre, see p.34. If you’re over 50, why not join an art club? Use ink, charcoal, acrylics and oil to create portraits, landscapes, surrealist and abstract art. Over 50s can also take your own crafts or learn new creative skills in informal sessions. Every other Fri from 20 Oct. Art club 11am-1pm & 2-4pm; craft club 2pm-4pm. £2 per session, £3 for both. Coin Street Neighbourhood Centre, 108 Stamford St, SE1 9NH. 020 7021 1621. If you’re over 60 and want to maintain your fitness, take a low-impact dance aerobics class. Tue 10.30am-11.30am; Thur 10am-11am. £2 per session. Colombo Centre, see p. 34. Thanks to Coin Street, all locals can benefit from discounted dance classes at Rambert, Britain’s oldest national dance company. 020 8630 0601. rambert.org.uk. You can also learn new jazz dance moves at Colombo Centre (see p. 34). Mon 10am-11am. £2 per class. Locals can also take advantage of activities at Waterloo Action Centre. Take your pick from karate, rock ‘n’ roll dance, Pilates and line dancing. 14 Baylis Rd, SE1 7AA. 020 7261 1404. waterlooactioncentre.co.uk.

FREE Eight to 12-year-olds can attend Coin Street Community Builders’ Youth Club, which oﬀers crafts, football and other sports, healthy-eating advice and homework support – although that’s not particularly relaxing… (4pm-6pm). Kids can also play games, paint, learn to cook and attends talks (6pm-7.30pm). Free. Thur, in term time. Meanwhile, active types can use its gym and attend sports

Agua Lounge at Mondrian London Join a ﬁtness class Art club at Coin Street Neighbourhood Centre

camps and trips in school holidays. Colombo Centre, see p. 34. Twelve to 21-year-olds can try a new sport or wellbeing activity. Over 12s can learn about healthy eating and beneﬁt from coaching in Colombo Centre (see p. 34) and get ﬁt (5.30pm-7.30pm); while over 14s can train with a personal trainer (5.30pm-6.30pm). Over 16s meanwhile can bag free membership to a gym (6.30pm-7.30pm). Free. Fri, in term time. Colombo Centre, see p. 34.

Under 18s can play football for free at Colombo Centre (see p. 34) if you live in SE1. Pre-book through Coin Street and take proof of address. Mon-Fri 7.30pm-9pm. Little ones can enjoy climbing in the adventure playground in Jubilee Gardens, which is open all year round. All ages, meanwhile, can join Coin Street Community Builders’ gardening group to grow food in Bernie Spain Gardens. The group also visits local gardens. 020 7021 1600. coinstreet.org. AUTUMN/WINTER 17/18 35

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PLACES WATERLOO ROUNDABOUT TfL wants to transform Waterloo roundabout and Waterloo Road. Its

proposals include: closing the roundabout’s south-west arm and creating a new public square next to the railway arches; improving the bus station; relocating the bus stops on Waterloo Road; introducing segregated cycle lanes; creating new pedestrian routes and closing some of the subways under the roundabout. TfL ran a consultation process over the summer, including presentations to South Bank Forum. The outcomes from the consultation are expected to be announced in December 2017. DOON STREET TOWER Local people are already benefiting from

SOUTHBANK PLACE The site around Shell Centre – between Belvedere Road, Chicheley Street and York Road – is known as Southbank Place and, once complete, will be made up of eight buildings. Belvedere Gardens – the third residential phase – will overlook Jubilee Gardens, while One, Four and 30 Casson Square, which will also be residential, will surround Casson Square.

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WATERLOO STATION In August 2017, Network Rail and its partners completed one of the largest and most complex upgrades in the station’s history. The work was an essential part of the £800m Waterloo and South West Upgrade which will boost capacity at the station by 30% by December 2018, providing space for another 45,000 passengers at morning and evening peaks. Since September 2017, Network Rail has been carrying out the final stages of redevelopment at the former Waterloo International Terminal to bring back five platforms into permanent use by December 2018.

having the contemporary dance company Rambert on the Doon Street site, behind the National Theatre. A priority for owners Coin Street Community Builders is to add a public indoor swimming pool and leisure centre to be funded by an adjacent development of homes for sale. Coin Street is exploring the possibility of including some intermediate co-operative housing for rent within this scheme.

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A further river-facing residential block is planned for release in the future. One and Two Southbank Place, both offices, will face York Road. The development will include new restaurants and shops and pedestrian routes that connect to Waterloo Station and South Bank. Alongside 74,322sqm of offices (including the Shell Tower), there will be 790 homes, including affordable housing on a separate site on Lollard Street. The development is well underway, and is scheduled to be completed by 2020. ITV We’ll be temporarily saying goodbye to ITV in 2018 when the company moves to interim offices in Holborn, Camden and W12 pending the redevelopment of its site in South Bank. The Company has submitted a planning application for a new HQ incorporating three live studios and enough space to accommodate its 3,000 London workforce in one place for the first time. The inclusion of studio facilities for the continued production

of daytime TV programmes, often with live audiences, will add to the diversity of South Bank’s cultural and creative offerings and identity. ITV hopes to return in 2022-23 and attract more creative media companies to the area. The application also includes a new publicly accessible square, a 31-storey residential building and a café. LAMBETH BRIDGE If given the green light by Transport for London, the proposed changes to Lambeth Bridge would remove the northern and southern roundabouts and introduce crossroads, wider pavements and segregated cycle lanes across the bridge. The bridge would be connected to Cycle Superhighway 8. LEAKE STREET ARCHES The railway arches beneath Waterloo Station have been redeveloped, and new tenants will be moving in throughout 2017/2018 winter. With restaurants, cafés and other businesses, Leake Street

is set to become one of South Bank’s must-see destinations, building on its reputation for graffiti and street art, and shows at The Vaults and House of Vans. ONE BLACKFRIARS Building work on One Blackfriars is set to be completed in November 2017. Once the development is fully open, its three buildings – a 170m tower, plus two other buildings – will have up to 274 flats, shops and a new hotel. ELIZABETH HOUSE The 60s block by Waterloo Station’s main entrance was acquired by international real estate developer HB Reavis in May 2017, so watch this space for further plans for the redevelopment of this building. For live updates on events, planning applications, construction and highway works, visit oursouthbank.com. AUTUMN/WINTER 17/18 37

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Meet the locals who work behind the scenes to keep South Bank creative, fun, safe and clean

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The Vaults A taxidermy puppet musical and zombie disco are as far from Excel spreadsheets as you can get, but for Kieron Vanstone, The Vaults’ director, it’s all in a day’s work. The Lower Marsh Street resident founded the performance space by Waterloo in 2013. Like many of us, Kieron checks his emails at 9am, but that’s where his typical day ends. ‘Some days I have six meetings,’ he says. ‘On others, I fix locks and leaks or meet brands wanting to pay us £100,000 to host an event. I redesign the space and plan ahead – in 2018 we’ll host a five-month orchestral show, a production with virtual-reality goggles, a 1950s rock musical and Trainspotting.’ Coming up, The Vaults will host Halloween Raveyard, Day of the Dead, The Dance before Christmas, The Party at the End of the Universe, Beauty and the Feast and Hair the Musical – which will have a night where ‘clothing is optional’. The Vaults Festival, meanwhile, gives emerging artists a platform. ‘We’ll host two or three shows in eight spaces, so you can see a few shows in one night,’ says Kieron. ‘We choose them after seeing them in Edinburgh, or depending on their themes. In 2016, a few were about space. They inspired our upcoming

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Fave restaurant: The Green Room: ‘Because it does good beer and has a nice garden.’ 020 7452 3630. greenroom.nationaltheatre.org.uk. Fave place to relax: Archbishop’s Park: ‘It’s a hidden, leafy spot and you can play tennis there.’ lambeth.gov.uk.

festive shows, which will feature aliens and spaceships like the 50s Jetsons TV show. There will be rooms like a canyon on Mars and a planet at the end of the universe.’ When you’ve reached the end of the universe, where do you go from there? ‘I have a list the length of my arm of people I’d like to work with, like the comedian Julian Barratt from The Mighty Boosh,’ says Kieron. ‘I’d also like to do a show inspired by a Salvador Dalí painting, play with time like in Memento and create an upside-down world based on the science-fiction series Stranger Things.

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South Bank Patrol After 30 years as a police sergeant, Tony Castles feels at home working for South Bank Patrol, an initiative set up in 2008 by South Bank Employers’ Group. The venture is funded by members’ contributions, South Bank BID and London Eye. As part of London Eye’s commitment to the local area, 1% of revenue is donated back into the community – part of the London Eye’s original planning permission, known as ‘Section 106.’ The South Bank Patrol reduces and eliminates unlicensed street trading, the threat of terrorism, petty crime and anti-social behaviour. It also provides an ambassadorial presence for those who live, work and visit South Bank. Tony and his colleagues work with South Bank private security teams, the Met Police and other local statutory agencies. He says, ‘I deal with everything from assisting the homeless and offering referral to services, to catching rickshaw drivers charging tourists £150 for a short journey. I hope our visible presence deters anyone intending to exploit our visitors, residents and workers. We are committed to ensuring anyone in or coming to South Bank has a pleasant experience.’

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Fave bar: Studio 6: ‘You can sit there and watch celebrities going into The London Studios’. 020 7928 6243. studio6restaurant.com. Fave meeting spot: Costa Cafe in BFI IMAX: ‘It’s a popular meeting spot, and away from the tourist crowds.’ 1 Charlie Chaplin Walk, SE1 8XR. bfi.org.uk. AUTUMN/WINTER 17/18 39

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TEA WITH KATE Vauxhall’s Labour MP Kate Hoey talks to Chris Johnson about rising rents, loos and bringing back river taxis Since you’ve been an MP, how has South Bank changed? When I was elected in 1989, South Bank had what is today known as Southbank Centre but it wasn’t an area people visited as there wasn’t much to do. They’d come halfway over Westminster Bridge, take pictures of Parliament, then walk back. The real change came with the London Eye and the development of County Hall. When I was first elected, Oxo Tower was empty, and people had just moved in to Coin Street’s social housing. Coin Street brought genuinely affordable housing, and its cooperative housing has been hugely stabilising for the community. In 1997, the Spine Route opened behind the National Theatre, giving a wonderful unity to the South Bank. It was beautifully done, with white banners and spacious pavements. It transformed a boring street into something different.

We can make South Bank a better area for everyone – there needn’t be conflict. One example was locals, the South Bank Employers’ Group and Southbank Centre introducing the area’s first public toilets to enhance the visitor experience. Are people moving away as rents rise? Most of the developments in the area are now private, and expensive. It means

Kate’s South Bank

Fave restaurant: Caprini, ‘which is a long-established Italian. It’s a bit old-fashioned but lovely, and it makes great pasta’. Fave meeting spot: Gillray’s at Marriott County Hall (see p. 21) ‘as it does a good lunch, has big tables and lots of space between them’. County Hall, Westminster Bridge Rd, SE1 7PB. 020 7902 8000. gillrays.com.

What’s your biggest achievement? I wouldn’t claim anything as a personal achievement because we work together. I help by prodding and pushing and ensuring money goes to the right people, and if I don’t like something, I make a fuss. Jubilee Gardens is a great improvement. It existed when I got elected but it had become tired. South Bank Employers’ Group, South Bank Partnership, Friends of Jubilee Gardens and Jubilee Gardens Trust improved it, and now it’s popular with locals. People love that you can walk all the way down the river, too. Gabriel’s Wharf and OXO Tower Wharf are doing really well and are nice for independent designers. They add to the feeling that this is a cultural quarter without being prissy. Southbank Centre and the National Theatre have opened up to local people and school children. What are your hopes for the future? We hope Coin Street will develop the Doon Street site into a swimming pool, and the new ITV building is going to be a major new feature for the area. River transport could be the future. Thames Clippers improved things but its boats are big; I’d like to see people hiring little river taxis. We’re working towards getting more piers built. The role of myself, local councillors, South Bank Partnership and South Bank Forum is to ensure that developers realise they’ll be happier if they work with locals and recognise there’s a long-standing community here. Locals need to feel involved, but realise they won’t always get what they want. What’s the essence of South Bank? It’s great because it’s so innovative. The Coin Street Community Builders’ saying, ‘There is always another way,’ sums things up. We can do things in a way that will make South Bank an even better place in which to live, work and visit.

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we’re losing what was built for people that were working in central London, so there’s been a huge displacement. But many locals take an interest in the area; they get involved. People always oppose new developments – it’s about finding the balance. We want affordable housing and that’s difficult as there isn’t much.

MEET

A KNIGHT’S TALE It’s not every day you get to meet a knight, but Sarah Riches meets a real one in the form of Jude Kelly CBE, the artistic director of the Southbank Centre

What inspires you? The South Bank and its heritage inspire me. I feel privileged to work here. The Festival of Britain in 1951 captured the optimism of the country and reﬂected its multiculturalism – 50 per cent of those who worked on the site were refugees. Is there a campaign or festival you’ve come across that you’d like to recreate? I did a festival on death a few years ago. It sounds morbid, but it’s vital because people don’t confront it. I was inspired by Mexico’s Day of the Dead celebrations. Is there a venue, show or collaboration you’d like to oversee? I’m in love with the Southbank Centre, and when you’re in love you tend not to think about alternatives! But there’s so much energy in Brazil – they have wonderful museums and I like their ambition. I support imagination and curiosity. What do you want to promote next? There’s a theme to my work. I believe a more equal world would be

better for everyone, so I think of ways to make that happen, for example through the Women of the World festival which I founded in 2010. We need to celebrate what humans do – it’s a starting point to asking: ‘What more can we do?’ In my work with the Olympics [Jude helped develop the cultural strategy for the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games], I wanted the country to feel part of the celebrations. What are your future goals for the Southbank Centre? In 2018, I’ll be overseeing the reopening of the Hayward Gallery, Purcell Room and Queen Elizabeth Hall. Our next big step will be to create an on-site headquarters for Festival Arts School, which will soft launch in April 2018. It will host creative projects for young people.

Long term, I’d like to develop the public spaces around the Southbank Centre more. I’d also like to tour more music projects across the country – I want someone from Bolton, for example, to feel part of the Southbank Centre. With the Royal Albert Hall expanding, do you feel pressure to compete? At the Southbank Centre, we’re pioneers in making culture accessible to all. If others in the art world can do that too, then I’m thrilled. If the arts thrive, we all win. You’ve directed Sir Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart and Dawn French. Do you ever get starstruck? Perhaps by people from other industries. I loved Mo Farah during the Olympics; I was struck by all the athletes’ determination. I also respect courageous thinkers. The late John Berger, who wrote the TV series Ways of Seeing , was a great thinker. You have an OBE, CBE and honorary university degrees for your contribution to the arts. Which are you most proud of, and where do you keep them? I have two Olivier Awards for my directing work on a windowsill at home, stuﬀed behind lampshades. Doctorates from universities are always wonderful, and when you have a CBE it opens doors and increases your ability to help others. In 2017 I won the ﬁrst Veuve Clicquot award for Social Purpose, which honours female leaders whose organisations champion social purpose. My most unusual award was being made a knight in Denmark! That was for my services to the country through the Southbank Centre’s 2017 Nordic Matters festival.

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