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how Carli Wheatley is creating community with her rolling Strong Island programme

strength finding some

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Crossrail Place Roof Garden Canary Wharf

GIG | Otto And The Mutapa Calling Expect a performance full of energy as this Londonbased marimba band beat out joyful music from Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe.

Aug 15, 7pm, free, canarywharf.com

feast your eyes on these

Wimbledon may be long gone, but here’s a chance to relive the thrills of centre court in the boardroom.

Dress like Federer, serve like Djokovic and return like Williams (either of them really). For added complexity enlist another two people and swap paddles every other shot Just don’t mention wiff waff, we all know where that can end up Table Tennis, £4 Go to uk.flyingtiger.com

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Boxtree’s production was a journey from adolescent hormones to the trials of maturity at

Curator Carli Wheatley talks Strong Island and getting into movement

Westferry Circus

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GIG | A Celebration Of Amy Winehouse Lucy Randell and her band play the music of the much-missed singer-songwriter. Expect Rehab, Back To Black and You Know I’m No Good.

Aug 20-22, 9.15pm, from £15, boisdale.co.uk where?

Crossrail Place Roof Garden Canary Wharf

MAKE | Macramé Plant Hanger workshop Join Isabella Strambio or TwoMe for an hour-long session at lunchtime and learn how to make your own. Pot included, ideal for beginners.

Aug 20, 1pm-2pm, £15, canarywharf.com

to do before August 14

Settle down in Canada Square Park on August 7 for Stephen Sondheim adaptation Into The Woods as Emily Blunt and James Corden attempt to recreate the magic of the stage musical on the big screen. Free, starts 7pm canarywharf.com

We take a sip or two at recently opened Humble Grape

theatre test

The Legend Of Kind Arthur, Boxtree Productions, Westferry Circus Boxtree Productions’ take on The Legend Of King Arthur is a tale of two halves. It opens with future king Wart and supposed sibling Kay in the classroom, all Year Seven energy and hormones, setting the tone for the first act.

While the pantomime jokes elicit a few groans from those without children to look after, the musical numbers are original and the magic tricks that don’t confound at least greatly amuse. It’s disappointing Kay and Wart don’t hate each other more – the pair get along like bickering but affectionate siblings – so the entertainment comes from slowmotion knight fights and a school test in lateral thinking acted out as a game show.

Then Wart pulls the sword from the

stone – everyone is happy, a song is sung, Wart – nay Arthur – is king and everything changes.

Cue the second half. Wart is now the fully-grown Arthur and the play matures with him as betrayal and hard decisions become the bedrock of Arthur’s life in Camelot.

The final fight scene and Arthur’s return to the Lady Of The Lake is genuinely moving, an entrancing sequence to round things off.

Free outdoor performances at Westferry Circus are a triumph. Next up is A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Chapterhouse Theatre Company on August 5 at 7pm. Some gins in a tin, scotch eggs and a picnic blanket are all you need.

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Here’s a date for the diary – cycling theatre troupe The Handlebards are set to perform The Tempest at 7pm on September 13 in Crossrail Place Roof Garden’s Performance Space. Tickets are free, reservation highly recommended canarywharf.com

50 Catch Edward Scissorhands at 7pm on August 24 on Canada Square’s big screens and see Johnny Depp collaborating with Tim Burton at his very best in this weird, morose and touching tale of a man without hands who falls in love canarywharf.com

Speciality coffee for £2? Pop to sweet treat specialist Crosstown Doughnuts in Jubilee Place to grab a cup of joe brewed from Caravan Coffee beans crosstowndoughnuts.com

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MBNA Thames Clippers CEO Sean Collins tells us all about his plans for an upgraded ferry service between Canary Wharf and the Rotherhithe Peninsula

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by Graeme Bellenger

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The cost of the seasonal selection box we tried from Crosstown How our assorted box of 12 doughnuts looked after it arrived (pretty early in the morning in a dedicated company van)

Is it possible to sue someone for money that you are owed without incurring significant legal fees?

If the amount that you are owed is £10,000 or less it is possible to issue proceedings in the County Court and, in all probability the matter will be allocated to the Small Claims Track, often referred to as the Small Claims Court. This is excellent for dealing with low value claims where the amount owed is less than £10,000.

Before you issue proceedings you should exhaust attempts to settle the dispute, preferably in writing. In particular the court rules state you should send a detailed “letter before claim” to the person that owes you the money. This letter should set out the nature of why you are owed money and attach relevant documents in support.

If this does not resolve the matter then you can go online or go to your local County Court and pick up a claim form. It is a straightforward document.

Depending on the value of your claim the court will charge an issue fee of between £25 and £455.

As the matter proceeds there are further Court charges – an allocation fee (£40 if the claim is over £1,500) and a hearing fee of between £25 and £325, once again depending on the value of the claim.

For simple claims, you need to carefully set out the reason why you are owed the money. You do not need to use a lawyer. You can even complete the claim form in handwriting.

After you submit the form to the court, it will arrange for it to be sent to the person that owes you the money. That person should then either admit the claim or file a defence. If a defence is filed the Although attending court will encourage County Court can the parties to settle the matter via a small be daunting, the claims mediation (a mediator is appointed process is geared up and that person for dealing with helps the two sides to negotiate a settlement small claims on the telephone).

Graeme Bellenger, Kidd Rapinet Solicitors If the matter is still not resolved then the court will issue directions. This will be a court order that both sides exchange relevant documents about the matter in dispute and they exchange witness statements which set out their respective positions about the dispute.

Finally the parties will be asked to attend a hearing. This will be chaired by a judge. Each party will present their case. The judge will then make a decision. The general rule of thumb is that whether a party wins or loses their case there will be “no order for costs”. Namely each side pays their own costs of attending on the case, even if they have been represented by a lawyer. The Court will probably also award the party who issues the claim (assuming they win) the court fees that have been incurred.

Although attending County Court can be daunting, the process is geared up for dealing with small claims. The judges do not expect you to be a legal expert, but they do insist a party proves their case, establishing at least a 51% chance that the money is owed as claimed.

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Graeme Bellenger is managing partner at Kidd Rapinet LLP based at Harbour Exchange specialising in landlord and tenant law Go to kiddrapinet.co.uk or follow @KiddRapinetLLP on Twitter or @kiddrapinet on Instagram

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Perhaps JP Then, co-founder of Crosstown Doughnuts knew exactly what he was doing when he sent us a box of 12 to try. The first taste was free.

Thanks to that initial box, his powerfully sweet products are now firmly lodged at the top of our treats list necessitating a slew of further purchases to sate our sugary desires.

But why? Other doughnuts are available. There’s something comforting about Crosstown.

The products are luxurious with

why boxes of Crosstown Doughnuts have become our go-to sugary reward prices to match, but manage to stay the right side of sane, eschewing ludicrous toppings of beaten up Oreos or jammy dodgers in favour of subtle, delicious dustings of flavourful ingredients.

Then there’s the dough itself – plump but yielding, it’s the ideal foil for the goos and custards, the frostings and fillings whose quality make Crosstown in Jubilee Place stand out.

There’s nothing wrong with rewarding the team with a

box of Krispy Kremes. Just be aware it’s the Porsche Boxster of recognition – everyone will be wondering if you can’t afford the 911 or just have questionable taste.

There’s a chic simplicity to Crosstown’s output, whether it’s the exotic flavours or more staid staples made with Tongan vanilla. Our experience of delivery has also been exemplary with dedicated early morning drops.

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Spengler, Zeddemore, Venkman and Stantz are set to put in an appearance ● Busters List Ghostbusters to be exact – the 1984 original comes to Canary Wharf’s Canada Square for a free screening on August 14 at 7pm. Watch Harold Ramis, Dan Ackroyd, Bill Murray and Ernie Hudson as they battle Gozer The Gozerian, hench-entities Vinz Clortho and Zuul and coat New York in Stay Puft marshmallow. Rated 12A (in case you’re thinking of taking the kids) canarywharf.com

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Ivy Leather Backpack, £65 Accessorize, Canada Place Big enough for the essentials, this suits casual and smart and leaves your hands free to stroke your phone, open doors or pick up a copy of Wharf Life

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● Belly List We’re all concerned with putting the best things into ourselves. While grabbing a smoothie the other day in Crussh, we couldn’t help but lust over this £2.80 Glorious Greens Healthpot with courgetti (not a real thing), peas and kale pesto coming in at a mere 156 calories crussh.com

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Years Carli Wheatley has spent working in the fitness industry

Carli says she wants more Wharfers to get involved with Strong Island

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My job is to create a stage for the people I feel are quite special but don’t always have the opportunity to shine or to speak to people Carli Wheatley, Strong Island

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creating community

why Carli Wheatley has taken Strong Island and rolled its fitness programme into the future

by Jon Massey

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hat started as a wellness and fitness festival in the depths of winter has spent months underground since January, germinating and is now blooming across Canary Wharf.

No longer a finite period, its success earlier in the year has seen it evolve into a rolling programme that’s due to run for the foreseeable future, bringing the best and most inclusive London workouts to the estate on a monthly basis.

So while readers may have missed out on House Of Voga and At Your Beat in July, there’s plenty more to come. With many of the events taking place semi-outdoors at Crossrail Place Roof Garden, it seemed appropriate on a hot day to sit down on the stone steps of Jubilee Park to quiz the woman in charge of curating the content.

Carli Wheatley has a long association with Canary Wharf – from taking classes at Third Space to founding nutritional business Protein Haus there in 2015 and more recently creating the concept for Wharf Kitchen’s Paleo Supply.

“I had the idea for Strong Island quite a long time ago because I’ve always been quite community-driven,” said the fitness pro and brand creator.

“That’s sometimes something that’s lacking with people who don’t have much time. But I’ve always been quite sociable – when I had one of my businesses in the malls I got to speak to a lot of people.

“I was also teaching classes in Third Space so I was naturally engaging with people but I thought: ‘Outside of that, how would anyone know what’s going on?’ There was a very big divide between people that exercise and

people who didn’t. As someone who’s always been passionate about fitness and the many ways to move – not just being in a gym – I wondered how to bridge that gap in general.

“I’d had that conversation with Canary Wharf Group a million times over and Strong Island was one of the ideas that came out of that.

“It’s a really sweet idea. It’s all about community– we really wanted to encourage a lot of engagement.

“For the first one in January I did find a lot of the people in London’s fitness scene were coming because it was exciting – I’ve been in that world for a long time so they knew anything I was doing was bound to be pretty cool.

“I’d designed brands that were cool so I had that reputation. But I still found engaging with people I didn’t know in Canary Wharf was quite a challenge.

“The events were super successful – they got a lot of coverage in the media and social media – and it was seen straight away as a very diverse festival, we had a lot of young people coming and even single dads, one with his kid. We welcomed everyone and it happened quite organically – I think that’s a bit of magic and a bit of luck that it came together and became special.

“I’d love to say it was all me, but it was a lot of people with aligned ideals that made it happen.

“However, something I still wasn’t overly happy with was the level of engagement with Canary Wharf workers coming.”

Following on from its success, Carli was keen to change things up for its return, working with Canary Wharf Group to deliver a series of monthly events.

She said: “I wondered how to break down those barriers and we then looked at doing monthly events so people would get used

to Strong Island always being around – something they could get involved with.

“Sometimes people need to look first at what’s going on before taking part themselves.”

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he aims of Strong Island are myriad. It’s intended to promote health and fitness, build community but also as a showcase, enriching the estate by delivering the cream of what the capital has to offer.

“It started as a community-based festival but the focus is to get people enjoying the best of what London has and bringing it to Canary Wharf,” said Carli.

“It’s working with people who are very innovative, who have a lot of passion behind what they do and otherwise wouldn’t be known to anyone unless we put them in front of people.

“My job is to create a stage for the people I feel are quite special but don’t always have the opportunities to shine or to speak to people.

“They might be restricted because they can’t hire out somewhere for a huge amount of money or perhaps they don’t know how to put a sound system together or write up an event to go onto a Seetickets or Eventbrite page.

“Nevertheless, they have something special – they’re very

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Strong Island is about encouraging people to move without the stigma that you need to be super fit or able to lift loads of weights Carli Wheatley, Strong Island

giving, kind-hearted people. They are the instructors that are making shapes in London’s fitness scene but that you might not necessarily have heard of.

“If I bring them into Strong Island, I believe those attending will benefit because they’re pretty motivating and inspiring.

“I’ve worked in the fitness industry since I was 17 – I’m 36 now – and a lot of these people are my friends, but I also follow trends, I listen to what people have to say. That’s part of my job.

“It’s really about whether someone has something to say. A lot of people don’t have much – they just copy what someone else is doing – so it does take time to find authentic people.”

Strong Island’s evolution means it’s become more marathon than sprint with smaller events designed to give its presence a feeling of permanence.

“The rolling programme isn’t as big as the festival was – it’s in slightly more intimate spaces, I’m using different places in Canary Wharf, from Montgomery Square to Crossrail Roof Garden,” said Carli. “I did more than 200 events with my first business up there, so I was very well versed in putting the programme together.

“Everyone was blown away by the venue and the prettiness of Canary Wharf – many people didn’t realise how much nature and space there is around the estate.

“It’s about finding and utilising spaces in Canary Wharf and turning them into spaces of movement.

“Strong Island is really about encouraging people to move without the stigma that you need to be super fit or lift loads of weights – we have loads of people like House Of Voga who do like a fun mix of Madonna and Yoga. At first I thought it was crazy, but Continued on Page 8

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Approximate size of Strong Island classes when it takes over the East Wintergarden in October

they break down barriers – if Yoga was intimidating for someone you’re going to go to that and still have a Yoga experience but the way they deliver it makes it really fun. That might start someone’s journey off to doing more Yoga.

“I was looking for a lot of people like that, who had concepts that were very welcoming and liked to help people start their journeys.”

That’s not to say, however that some of the events aren’t aimed at Wharfers ready to workout at a higher intensity “I’ve got HIITBox Ninja School coming in August (tickets and date TBC) so that’s something that’s going to take a little bit of bravery to do, but again it’s testing people and asking them to come out of their comfort zone,” said Carli.

“Some people are ready for that – they’ve been going to the gym and want to know what else they can do that’s fun – they’re feeling brave. HIITBox Ninja School is run by a lady called Sonja Moses who’s actually in Dubai teaching Barry’s Bootcamp out there but she’s a really well-known trainer here.

“I’ve known her for a number of years and she’s always been about positivity, helping people. Her goal is to motivate people. HIITBox was in Ministry Of Sound in London originally, although she hasn’t done one over here for a while.

“The Ninja School is something you need to be confident to do – Sonja’s got a bunch of actual ninjas who work alongside her – so you can’t really practise it before you come.

“I’ve tried to look at different things each month that are going to help with our psyches because that’s what’s happened with me – I’ve used training to get mentally strong to deal with other areas of my life.

“Something that’s really important to me is that we have men’s night on at 6pm on August 10 – that’s working with Josh Silverman who’s Third Space education leader and we’re going to get a group of guys together to talk about a range of issues.

“It will tackle body image and boosting testosterone levels, because men are also developing and changing hormonally. They’re talking about stress and sleep as

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My goal as a trainer is to get people strong so they can do the things they do in every day without difficulty Carli Wheatley, Strong Island

Carli says there’s always a way to move and failing to do so is unacceptable

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yourself. What I like to take away from exercise is that a squat, for example, is what you do when you sit down and get up from a chair.

“The more you practise it, the less your knees will hurt. When I do talks in businesses, I tell people to get up off their chairs without using their hands.

“You can see people on the Tube who haven’t been doing their squats – they’re the ones struggling to get out of their seat and using their hands to push themselves up.

“My goal as a trainer is to get people strong so they can do the things they do every day without di culty.

“If you take away all of the cool branding with hot people looking sexy – that’s all part of it, of course – but an intelligent person needs to rationalise it and realise exercise is really just basic movements – pull, push, squat, lunge, twist.

“Everything fun comes off those core moves. And everything has a functional benefit.

“I’d do a press-up, for example, because, if you fall on your face, you’re going to need to be strong enough to catch yourself.

“Once you start to get that in people’s heads then they understand why they’re going to the gym.

well, from a male perspective. I’m super interested in it – women should come because it’s their partners, brothers and work colleagues.

“We talk about women a lot – about their hormones and training around our periods, for example – but we don’t talk about men so much. Then, in September we’ve got a few things we’re working on with Canary Wharf’s tenants – Barry’s Bootcamp and Third Space – looking at how we can engage with them.

“Then in October we’ll take over East Wintergarden again – we will have a great line up for that and we’ll be expecting about 200 people at each event. It will be super social, super energising.”

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ne of the key driving forces behind the creation of Strong Island is the functional contribution training can make to people’s lives, especially o ce workers who spend several hours a day sat at computer terminals.

Carli said: “It is a mixture of mind and body that’s trying to break down barriers. Ultimately that’s a journey you can only do

“Strong Island is picking some of the most fun things in London and bringing them to the Wharf’s doorstep. But ultimately it’s about moving.

“We’re all getting older and it’s not acceptable to turn round at 70 and say: ‘Oh God, I can’t move’.

You’ve had all of that time to do something about it.

“That’s where I come from, I’m just introducing people to a multitude of ways to move and, within the schedule of events I’m putting on, you’ll find something that you like.

“My mum hates exercise, but I got her into Yoga – I started taking her to a class where you’re in a wrap. I hated it, I felt seasick in there.

“But she loved it. She has some arthritis in her knee but without fail, she goes to Yoga three times a week. Yes, she should be doing more strength training in the gym and more cardio, but ultimately she’s strong.

“Yoga is still doing the fundamentals of exercise – it’s still

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squatting, lunging and upper body work. You have to find a way to move.

“Personally I like doing lots of different things. I have to remember I’m now 36 and can’t jump around like an absolute idiot.

I’d love to train for four or five hours a day – it’s all I really like to do – but at the moment I have a knee niggle.

“I’ve done a lot of training and have quite a lot of wear and tear and I went kickboxing one day, then went for a run in the road because it was a nice evening and did some plyometrics because my friend was leaving his class and all of a sudden, my knee hurt.

“I’m doing a bit of chiropractic work on that right now so my go-to is the Pilates reformer, also some Yoga and cycling.

“While someone else might say they have an injury and can’t exercise, I’m always trying to find ways to move. You have to, otherwise you get stiff.

“I broke my ankle a while ago and so I just did upper body work – I got really good at doing pull-ups and press ups so it’s just about adapting.

“There are a million and one ways to move – it’s unacceptable not to.”

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What’s this I hear about a new bar in Canary Wharf?

It’s true, Humble Grape is trading from what used to be Le Relais De Venise L’Entrecote.

Crisp Kerner is an excellent choice at £7.50 a glass all the

Le Roule De...

It’s next to The Henry Addington.

way from Slovenia

Ok, and it’s a wine bar?

And also a restaurant and wine shop.

So I can leave with a bottle or two?

Absolutely or drink in at takeaway prices on a Monday.

That does sound like a good deal, what’s the food like?

A little confusing, if I’m honest.

What’s the problem?

Look, I’m a time-poor Wharfer. I just want a menu that’s easy to order from, packed with a bunch of easy-to-understand dishes and a couple of more adventurous ones.

So what happened when you tried it out?

I chose oysters and a couple of small plates.

That sounds ok...

It wasn’t really enough for two even at £24, but we didn’t fancy a main for about £18 each.

And the wine?

Actually that was great, we had glasses of Chenin blanc and Kerner for £7.25 and £7.50 each.

More or less the house pours, but they were both excellent.

Any other reasons for going?

With tables outside, right by the dock, it’s a very pleasant place to sit on a hot day.

glass looking through the

What about the negatives?

The service was a bit intermittent given the price point – we had to wave waiters over and there was only regretful refusal when we enquired if it was possible to sample anything from the brunch menu after hours.

So sum it up for me...

If you’ve got some spare cash and fancy a drink on a Monday evening, this is a solid option.

It’s got a little bedding in time, however, as it finds its feet in the Wharf’s increasingly competitive and vibrant market.

Do say This is a fine addition for those with a refined palate in Canary Wharf.

Don’t say I’d like the steak frites.

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Humble Grape is

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virtual viewpoint

by Chris Ezekiel

Number of staff Threepipe employs at its Republic base

why a move to east London has helped Threepipe invest in technology, products and services for its growing client list

by Jon Massey

F Engraved on the mind: Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong walked on the Moon in 1969

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he first Moon landing on July 20, 1969, is mankind’s greatest achievement so far.

Growing up as a young boy in the 1970s and 1980s I remember being so inspired and, like many of us at that time, dreaming of one day becoming an astronaut.

It’s been marvellous to bask in the recent TV, films and podcasts produced to mark the 50th anniversary. I highly recommend the BBC podcast series 13 Minutes To The Moon which covers in great detail the descent Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin took in the Lunar Module as they left Michael Collins behind in the Command And Service Module. The words and images as Armstrong took those first steps on the lunar surface are engraved on humanity’s collective mind for all eternity. But what won’t last for an eternity is our planet.

Assuming we don’t do anything stupid to hasten its demise, in about 5billion years from now our Sun will begin to die and the Earth will Our ultimate survival be obliterated in the violent end of our star. will be a marriage of The human race, together with all life people and technology on Earth, will be over. that will enable us to And that’s why for the human race to traverse the universe survive we have no and find new homes choice but to invest in space exploration.

Chris Ezekiel, Creative Virtual It was great people developing great technology over many years that made the Apollo 11 mission possible, and it’s incredible to think that today’s smartphones have about 100,000 times more processing power than the computer on board that rocket.

And let’s not forget all the great inventions by the dedicated scientists involved in space exploration that benefit us today – MRI and CAT scans, baby milk, camera phones, thermal blankets, memory foam and wireless headsets, to name but a few.

Our ultimate survival will be a marriage of people and technology that will enable us to traverse the universe and find new homes for our species.

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or me it was about creativity – coming up with ideas that actually have a commercial impact,” said Jim Hawker.

I’d asked him what three pipe problem he’d had in mind when naming the marketing and PR business he co-founded in 2004. A fan of Sherlock Holmes and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, he borrowed his branding from the great detective’s habit of grading conundrums by the quantity of tobacco necessary to make headway.

“We spent ages trying to think of names,” said Jim. “I was reading The Red-Headed League and it came up, and I thought, shit, that’s it.

I was amazed no other company had come up with the name.

“It’s about channelling creativity in the right way – the analogy was about thinking through the problems and having the time and space to make a difference.”

As a guiding principle of business, it has served Threepipe well.

Fast forward past a merger and the purchase of two other companies and the firm was recently named digital consultancy of the year at the 2019 EMEA SABRE awards.

It’s a story of success that is, at least in part, down to location and the company’s decision to join an increasing number of firms moving out of central London to take advantage of better financial deals on space. Threepipe made the jump in 2017, having identified Republic in Poplar – a radical refurbishment of o ce buildings previously occupied by Tower Hamlets Council – as a suitable home for its 90 employees.

“We were in Holborn for years, but punitive rent and rates meant we were looking for a new home, and the space to expand, in order to invest in our people and our own technology,” said Jim. “We were really impressed by the Republic team – it’s a really lovely working environment – they’re very focused, not just on work, but also wellbeing, giving people opportunities for wider activities than before, like Yoga, Pilates and crafting, but also in hosting interesting speakers on a range of topics – how to start a podcast or being entrepreneurial, for example.

“They’ve also got an outdoor

cinema, so you can just dip in and out of work and leisure, creating a place where people are happy to be. It’s what we were just not getting in Holborn.

“For us it’s meant that we’ve been able to invest more in staff training, in our own business and product development.

“I think that one of the reasons we won that award is we’ve now got full time developers creating technology that we can bring to our clients as new prospects.

“I don’t think being out of central London matters. We’ve found big organisations are happy to work with clients in co-working spaces with people they trust and with people working from home.

“We see it as a strength rather than a weakness – it shows we’re managing the business well.

“Our clients are more dispersed than ever before, so it’s not just about being in London, but about being accessible through technology and video.”

While the move to Republic has freed up resource to recently, Jim said the company’s prosperity was born of long-term effort.

“It literally started with me in the bedroom, and it’s been a huge amount of hard work, and a bit of luck along the way,” he said. “But I think the decisions we made to merge and acquire have been really strong ones, so its success has not been a complete surprise.

“The market is changing so much, with people moving online to the likes of Facebook, Instagram and Amazon.

“For a long time, we’ve been far ahead of that market, so now we feel that the market is catching up with us, in terms of what we are saying and what we can do for clients.

“The last couple of years have been really strong growth, but that’s been a result of the changes we made three or four years ago.

“But we don’t rest on our laurels – we work bloody hard. Our attitude to risk,

Threepipe co-founder Jim Hawker

taking a risk and calculating risks has been key.

“We could have easily carried on doing what we were doing, but we’ve merged the businesses and we have acquired business – we’ve tried to keep on top of things, anticipating what clients want – to me that’s being an entrepreneur.

“One of the most satisfying things is working with ambitious clients, seeing them grow and knowing that what we’ve done has contributed to that.

“When we started working for Sweaty Betty, for example, they were quite a small company.

“We’ve been working with them for six years now, and we’ve seen a staggering rise in their growth and success.

“Obviously other people have contributed to that as well, but we feel that we’ve played a big part in it in terms of helping them find the right media mix to drive profitable growth, not just online.

“But when we meet prospective clients, that’s what they want to know – how we helped Sweaty Betty achieve that kind of growth – and that’s really satisfying.”

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ey to achieving that growth is keeping abreast of an everchanging media landscape with digital channels emerging, evolving and, in some cases, disappearing in quick succession.

Jim said: “We do a lot of testing for clients, because there are lots of shiny new things all the time.

“This is the challenge, because their budgets are not increasing as fast as the number of new platforms or new bits of technology they could be trying – so, for them it’s about being a bit more conservative, making sure they’ve got the right mix of all the channels available to them and that they’re using them in the right way.

“We’ve been quite busy at the moment with the Cricket World Cup, where England are trying to reach younger audiences, and get more families along. It’s not a one-size-fits-all approach. We invest money in planning tools and strategy teams to

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One of the most satisfying things is working with ambitious clients, seeing them grow and knowing what we’ve done has contributed to that Jim Hawker, Threepipe

The Import building at Republic offers space at more reasonable rates than Holborn or Shoreditch

help our clients understand what they need to do. In the future, it’s going to have to be more agile than ever before. Some clients do the same thing every year, with the same channel mix and for us it’s about trying new things every year and new bits of technology.

“The next interesting thing we’re seeing is trying to get involved with Amazon, which is making it easier for brands to work with it.

“Without a doubt, more people are searching for products on Amazon, than they are on Google.

“People are more willing to buy on Amazon – you’ll tend to research products on Google, but will purchase them on Amazon.

That will be the crucial thing over the next couple of years.

“Generally a lot of brands are investing more in e-commerce and direct consumer models rather than traditional high street retail.

“At the moment – it’s one of the reasons we moved to Poplar – lots of retailers are struggling with rates and rents. That means they can’t invest in e-commerce as fast as they would like and they’re being held back by their tenancy agreements and landlord contracts. It’s not a level playing field and that’s the problem – Amazon is hardly paying any tax and John Lewis is paying a huge amount while trying to compete with it.”

As for Threepipe, which employs 90 people, the intention is to focus on improving services rather than growing headcount.

“We’re investing in tools and technology so we have become more e cient,” said Jim. “I don’t think you’ll see us grow in number, but we’ll certainly be investing in people who can help us develop products.

“We’re also investing in helping clients understand their data so they can make better decisions – organise their data to help us to track and understand it and use it to map out their marketing programmes more e ciently.”

Go to threepipe.co.uk

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green why clean should mean

by Jon Massey

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ith eco-friendliness and sustainability a must for products launching to market, it’s perhaps the ideal time for Delphis to pop its products on the shelves of Robert Dyas in Canada Place.

A long-time supplier of fluids and substances to the professional cleaning market, the brand has decided to package much of its range in bottles made from 100% recycled plastic that can be totally recycled themselves, and put them on sale.

The company sent over a gift box of products for us to try and the vast majority have proven themselves quite capable in a domestic setting.

The toilet cleaner is less potent than a generic bleach, but what’s a little extra scrubbing when it comes to saving the environment?

The question remains whether people will want to pay as much as £3.99 for the kitchen sanitiser, for example, when similar – less ecologically sound – options are on the market for as little as 77p?

I like the pared-back, unshowy branding and even the inspirational,

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I like the pared-back, unshowy branding and even the inspirational quotes that adorn the Royal Warrantemblazoned bottles Jon Massey, Wharf Life

Delphis has launched a range of ecofriendly cleaning products at Robert Dyas, but do the 100% recycled bottles and green contents go far enough?

quotes that adorn the Royal Warrant-emblazoned bottles.

I’m impressed by the apparent efficacy of the products. I’m sure they’re better for the environment than many of the alternatives available. And I know I shouldn’t worry that adopting them is a little step in the face of a big problem – that putting more plastic into the world, albeit recycled, doesn’t come with a whole bunch of issues of its own. But I do. This is an emergency, after all, and small steps aren’t radical enough.

For more information go to robertdyas.co.uk or delphiseco.com

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£3.80

Price you can expect to pay for a light lunch at Husk in Limehouse

Husk is located close to Limehouse DLR station

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STAGE | Falling Man See the world premiere of this no-holds barred look at depression, suicide and meaning in the modern world. A meditation on masculinity.

Aug 19, 7.30pm, from £8.50, wiltons.org.uk where?

Troxy Limehouse

why getting your order crystal is essential if you are going to get the most out of a trip to Husk

by Jon Massey

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e stumbled on Husk after an abortive attempt to visit the Yurt Cafe in Limehouse, which was closed in extraordinary circumstances for a wellbeing staff barbecue. With the rain falling heavily enough to necessitate the construction of an ark, we sought alternative shelter.

Husk, which sits close to Limehouse DLR, is a cafe, art gallery, creative space and, apparently, office space for the laptop carrying crowd.

Run by the London City Mission, it’s a homely collection of mismatched furniture around a central bar offering coffee and snacks as well as enough smoothies to satisfy your healthiest friend.

Rather than the good news, we were seeking a spread of a different kind – avocado on toast, naturally – which for £3.80 was generously slathered over two pieces of sourdough.

Unfortunately, confusion with our order meant only one serving arrived between my two companions, who were left to spectate as I tucked into a generous and warming portion of daal and naan bread (also £3.80) – why wait?

After much toing and froing, eventually an apology was offered, although we were left to watch other tables receiving the Millennials’ breakfast of choice while we did without.

Further confusion arose as we went to leave, when staff revealed our missing breakfast had been put into belated production even though they hadn’t told us, we hadn’t actually paid for it and we’d decided we didn’t really want it – the perfect demonstration of how poor

GIG | One Famalay Michael Montano, Bunji Garlin and Skinny Fabulous come to Limehouse for an evening of Caribbean unity and performances of their carnival anthems.

Aug 23, 7pm, from £54.95, troxy.co.uk where?

St Katharine Docks Wapping

Husk's interior features comfy, mismatched furniture under a partially glazed roof communication with the customer can further bamboozle a situation.

More apologies followed, this time with a couple of ready-filled loyalty cards handed over in compensation. We left slightly unsettled.

Husk is a perfectly decent place to sit, especially with the rain hammering down on its glass roof and the colourful artwork on its walls.

Other customers had the look of regulars, with many appearing to have set up shop for the day alongside, half-sipped lattes.

It has a warm atmosphere but when busy, service can be slow and waiting in a lengthy queue can be a drag.

The moral of the tale is, when you do eventually reach the front, to make sure you’re crystal clear when making your order.

Go to huskcoffee.com for more information about the venue

EVENT | Clipper Round The World Yacht Race See the 11 70ft vessels that will compete in the 2019 race on public display before they travel 40,000 nautical miles. Expect live entertainment.

Aug 24-Sept 1, 10am-6pm, free, skdocks.co.uk

to do before august 14

With no let-up in the UK’s lust for ales, the London Craft Beer Festival 2019 is selling out fast. Make sure you’ve got your ticket for the Tobacco Dock event, which takes place August 9-11 with a range of sittings. £49.95 londoncraftbeerfestival.co.uk

spot check worth a visit Visit the Yurt Cafe for warmth of welcome and hearty breakfasts dickensinn.co.uk want more? @wharflifelive

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riverside recipes

by Matt Colk

why The Old Fire Station will see you fed and watered for a reasonable price a notice proclaims: “The Chef Is On Fire” but before I can reach my phone to call the emergency hat The Old Fire services (now located much furStation lacks ther up the Isle, nearer Canary in poles and Wharf), a waiter arrives to take hoses, it more our order. than makes up Given the extremely reasonfor with offers. able price, my expectations are Located behind twin red portals low – but the menu is full of on Westferry Road – that preMediterranean crowd-pleasers sumably once saw engines race and I’m seduced by the prospect out of them on a regular basis – of some decent Turkish grub. bound perhaps to tackle blazes Fresh lemonade is sour but in warehouses up and down refreshing on a hot day and the Isle Of Dogs – this bar and while we have to ask twice for restaurant is a find for bargain tap water, it does arrive with hunters. prompting.

Saunter in on a Monday lunchMy starter of kisir comes as a time and you’ll find it turning lumpen mass with a little well over a healthy supply of customof pomegranate dressing in the ers even on the quietest day of top. the week. Stroll past between While it’s unlikely to attract 4pm and 7pm and you’ll see plaudits for presentation, it is Islanders taking up tables beside at least tasty and wholesome; the yucca plants indulging in a satisfying combination of happy hour discounts that see cracked bulgur wheat, shot cocktails reduced to £5 a through with the crunch go and pints of beer of green peppers, charged at £4. plentiful herbs Around 12.30pm and the colour of is the time we tomatoes. It’s a visit, though, decent enough as it’s the lunch bite but gone all menu that’s too quickly. attracted our Curiously our attention. One plates aren’t course for £5.95 cleared until the or two for £7.95 is mains arrive despite eye-catching even as the significant interMy starter of kisir far south of Canary lude.

Wharf as this charmMy adana kofte was a decent bite ing brick building turns out to be a lies, complete with its long, spiced sausage historic red fire lamp. of lamb with a dome of deliStepping through the scarlet cious, toothsome rice, a light doors, we’re met with an interior green salad and, oddly, a bowl that’s almost deliberately quirky. of chips on the side, the latter Empty, gloriously ornate picture having not been mentioned on frames are suspended from the the menu. ceiling, while wine bottles hang Perhaps my companion and I high above the bar. are just the sort of people who The furniture is, for the most look like they need extra carbs. part, fairly plain and functional Relatively light in quantity, the but there’s a relaxed cosiness food certainly fills a hole and to the place born of time and there’s something very pleasing confidence that it offers a decent about sitting by the venue’s service to regulars and walk-ins. open windows watching the Above the door to the kitchen, traffic rush past.

And at a price equivalent to getting a cardboard box of takeaway street food at Kerb on West India Quay, it’s also good value if you’re the kind of person who Empty, gloriously enjoys sitting in an actual restaurant with real people about. ornate picture frames It may not be highly refined, but it does the job of a neighare suspended from bourhood all-day eatery pretty the ceiling, while wine well and has a great deal more character than any of the chains bottles hang high available locally. above the bar Go to theoldfirestation.co for more information Jon Massey, Wharf Life

by Jon Massey

W From simple ingredients, Matt’s recipe for sourdough bread, yields impressive and delicious results

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his recipe makes three loaves of sourdough, so while it’s a long process, the outcome is definitely worth it. You’ll get more practice and there is more to eat or freeze for later.

Ingredients (three loaves) 300g leaven (see below for ingredients) 1kg strong bread flour 40g salt 500g water Method The first step in making sourdough is creating a starter. Mix some flour and water at a ratio of 1-1 in a bowl and let it sit at room temperature. After a day or two it will start to bubble as wild yeast become active within. Feed it with flour and water (the same ratio and quantity) until it becomes frothy. This takes about five days. It’s then ready to use as a leaven. It should smell sour but fresh.

Take 300g of the starter and mix with the flour and water then leave to rest for 30 minutes before adding the salt. Then start the folding process, bringing the sides of the dough into the middle turning each quarter, leave to rest for two hours, repeat the same folding process then leave for two hours again.

Repeat the folding process for a third and final time and then split into three separate equal-size pieces. Shape into round loaves and leave in the fridge overnight.

The next day, leave the sourdough at room temperature for between two and four hours. Place the loaves on a flat baking tray or baking stone and bake in a preheated oven at 230ºC for 15 minutes then for a further 25 at 190ºC. Leave to cool on a resting rack then enjoy.

Matt Colk is head chef at The Gun in Coldharbour, Blackwall. Owned and operated by Fuller’s, it offers dining, drinking and relaxation by the Thames Go to thegundocklands.com or follow the @thegundocklands on Instagram and Twitter

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GIG | Dave O’Higgins Quartet Expect swinging jazz firmly in the harmonic and melodic traditions from this saxophonist and the bassist, drummer and pianist he leads.

Aug 21, 6pm-10pm, £12.50, trinitybuoywharf.com where?

The Space Isle Of Dogs

scarlet a study in

The Old Fire Station, above, serves up solid food in a cosy, friendly atmosphere at attractive prices

STAGE | The Jailer’s Daughter In a world obsessed with looks, money and good TV, Julia battles for her voice to be heard as Love Island, Shakespeare and Black Mirror get mashed.

Aug 20-24, times vary, £14, space.org.uk where?

The Space Isle Of Dogs

STAGE | Chekov In Moscow This is a comic celebration of the artist’s work and wit as he battled authority, troublesome actors, self-doubt and deadlines. We’ve all been there.

Aug 27-Sept 1, times vary, £14, space.org.uk

to do before August 14

Start working on those Michael Caine impressions – The Gun is showing The Italian Job on August 10 at 7.30pm. Tickets are £10 and include a pint of Peroni on arrival. No mention of doors should be made thegundocklands.com

spot check Steak lovers should try Goodman on south quay for the finest grilled flesh goodmanrestaurants.com want more? @wharflifelive

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crossing some vital

5%

Cost of a ferry service as a proportion of the cost of a bridge

points

why MBNA Thames Clippers is the smartest solution to bridging the river

by Jon Massey

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hile I’m generally a fan of dreaming big, what east London needs is transport infrastructure that its rapidly growing population can actually use. Grand schemes for a fixed bridge between Rotherhithe and Canary Wharf – whether it be the world’s longest and tallest vertical lift scheme or one with giant bascules, rising gracefully to allow the biggest craft up the Thames – are all very well.

But with a £350million budget and projected costs of nearly double that, they’re destined never to get beyond the glossy CGIs – especially when use is restricted to those on foot or bicycles. TfL has rightly shelved this project.

With more people than ever living on the Rotherhithe Peninsula and the Jubilee line creaking in anticipation of Crossrail’s arrival, there’s never been a greater need to cross the river in this location. And finally, attention has turned back to the obvious solution – upgrading the DoubleTree Ferry operated

by MBNA Thames Clippers. I sat down with CEO Sean Collins to talk through his company’s proposal for the route. “ nless it can be a fixed span, I believe it’s going to be extremely di cult to put any bridge over the Thames below Tower Bridge that isn’t going to be an opening bridge and unfortunately that’s when the pounds rack up,” he said.

“To have a bridge that can open in a relatively short period of time and at times that are not necessarily planned is going to be extremely di cult. There is a reason why Tower Bridge is where it is.

“A fixed span would obviously need a tremendous ramp in and ramp out the other side – if you look at the Dartford

How one of the double-ended, roll-on, roll-off ferries might look in operation if the Rotherhithe to Canary Wharf service was to come to fruition crossing, that’s more than high enough for anything that needs to come up the Thames, but you start the approach a mile inland on each side to go over it.

“Such a design isn’t exactly going to provide great access for pedestrians or cyclists. The bridges they came up with would work, but the costs are horrendous.

“Then you ask whether they’re necessary? Bridges have been considered in similar locations around the world and people tend, where possible, to come back to the ferry option because it’s your exible friend.

“It’s not fixed, it can work with other navigation and keep the river open to free ow.

“The current footfall on the oubleTree Ferry is extremely good. Obviously our biggest customer base is the DoubleTree

By Hilton hotel guests. But we have equal local residents. Our revenue is about 50-50 and it works well.

“It doesn’t bode well for long-term future investment, however, so that’s going to become a problem.

“Completely revamping it and bringing it into being part of London’s transport network that can deliver great pedestrian and cycle access to the piers on the north and south side is going to be crucial to its success.

“The proposal that we’ve got still provides access for the hotel

guests but provides better access for cyclists and pedestrians who don’t have to walk through the foyer to get to the terminal.

“The new pier on the south side is proposed to still come out of DoubleTree land – at the old Mills And Knight dock.

“On the north bank we’re suggesting a new pier on the downstream side of the existing Canary Wharf pier, which will also provide more space for the linear Thames Clippers service and allow expansion there.”

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t a cost estimated at about 5% of the cash needed to put in a fixed link and with a build time once planning permission is granted of about two-and-ahalf years, the scheme appears to offer both rapidity of delivery and minimal strain on the purse.

But what sort of service can users expect?

Sean said: “Cyclists, for example, will ride down the boarding ramp and straight onto the ferry. People can even stay seated on their bikes or there will be a rest for them to lean against similar to what you get on the Tube. You hold your bike in front of you.

“Once the ferry has docked, you’re all facing the right way and you ride straight off.

“The design is what we call a double-ended ro-ro ferry.

Roll-on, roll-off. It will have four lanes, one for pedestrians coming on, one for pedestrians coming off and the same for cyclists.

“These can be interchangeable as well during peak periods where there’s high demand – it can be managed to meet peak commuter ows.

“Our proposal is to have three ferries in operation at peak times. That is pretty much the maximum we could put on.

“The plan is to have a double berth on the south shore and a single on the north shore.

“That’s predominantly because the morning commute to Canary Wharf is more condensed than the evening commute.

“As we move to off peak, we’ll ramp down to a two-boat service that allows for charging and maintenance on a repetitive cycle.

“We’ll deliver a three-minute frequency – in fact, it will be quicker than a bridge for cyclists when you factor in the time taken to go up the circular ramps on either side, which would have been time wasted.

Also that wouldn’t have been pleasant at all in the depths of winter. With the ferry you walk or cycle straight onto the boat and away you go.”

The need for charging is because Thames Clippers’ intention is to use electric craft on the route.

“We’re looking to reduce emissions throughout our entire eet,” said Sean. “That’s not to say they’re not already good.

Our latest vessels are extremely fuel e cient and have the latest in International Marine Organisation-regulated engines. But we’ve always been an innovative business and we’re looking to take things one stage further.

“The marine technology is not quite as advanced as landbased vehicles but we believe this cross-river ferry concept would work well because the vessels spend more time

MBNA Thames Clippers CEO Sean Collins says the service model could be replicated at other points along the river

An artist’s impression of the two piers needed to operate a threeferry service on the route

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How the two terminals on the south side of the river would look when completed

alongside the quay than they do travelling between the two sides of the river. The difference in the proposed system to the existing one is the berth will be dedicated and bespoke for the vessels.

“They come into a bay. There will be an automatic docking system and an automated boarding ramp system so the entire operation from mooring to loading and unloading, means minimal crew requirements and maximum e ciency.”

Whether users will pay or the cost will be covered by TfL, for example, replicating the free access offered by a bridge remains to be seen. What is certain is that if successful in one location, similar services could be rolled out further east along the Thames.

“The model has been designed so it can be replicated – we’ve already identified other sites that could do with a similar system,” said Sean.

“That is Greenwich Peninsula to Canary Wharf East and between Thamesmead and Barking.

“We’re absolutely focused on getting the Canary Wharf East pier in place within a year to 18 months. This is absolutely crucial to the development of our service.

“It provides a journey time from our new pier at Royal Wharf to Canary Wharf in less time than any other form of transport including Crossrail when it starts running.

“The desire to create a functional riverside walk as part of the regeneration that’s happening is also a change we’ve seen among developers.

“Some firms have really invested in that but unfortunately the strategy hasn’t always rolled out along all the river frontage in the past.

“The river has always been seen as a boundary between the boroughs on the north and south. That shouldn’t be the case and ferry services can help with that. It’s an artery and off that artery you have veins and that’s what we need.”

The sooner the blood starts pumping, the better.

Go to thamesclippers.com

CLUB | The Hydra August Bank Holiday Nils Frahm, Jeff Mills and Carl Craig get top billing over three days of musical celebration “honouring London’s diversity”. Ticket price is for a single day.

Aug 23-24, times vary, £22.50, printworkslondon.co.uk where?

Deptford Cinema Deptford

SCREEN | Frankenstein Join Sci-Fi Sundays for this 1931 American take on the classic monster tale plus a short entitled The Art Of Sci-Fi Cook Covers. Touching and tender.

Aug 25, 3.30pm, £6, deptfordcinema.org where?

The Yoga Room Deptford

TRY | Yoga Recently opened, The Yoga Room offers classes for beginners and advanced practitioners – HIIT To Savasana, Mandala, Vinyasa and all sorts of Flow.

Ongoing, daily, various prices, theyogaroom.london

to do before August 14

Watch Suffragette starring Meryl Streep, Helena Bonham Carter and Carey Mulligan at Sands Films Studio for the price of a donation on August 9 at 7.30pm as part of its Cinema For The Many season. Book online sandsfilms.co.uk

spot check worth a visit Check out the everchanging flavours at Dirty Apron in Deptford dirtyapron.co.uk want more? @wharflifelive

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The O2 Arena Peninsula

GIG | Ariana Grande The singer brings her Sweetener world tour to London complete with special guests Ella Mai and Social House. October 15-16 just added.

Aug 17, 19, 20, 6.30pm, from £89, theo2.co.uk where?

Greenwich Theatre Greenwich

where?

The Tide Peninsula

GIG | Jazz On The Peninsula Billed as a community festival for jazz purists and musical generalists (that’s people who like any old thing). Expect live music, workshops and street food.

Aug 17-18, 1pm-7pm, free, greenwichpeninsula.co.uk

to do before Aug 14

Female rap pioneers Salt-N-Pepa bring their very necessary brand of hip-hop to Indigo At The O2 on August 9. Fans can expect a slew of hits including Push It, Whatta Man and Let’s Talk About Sex from 7pm for £34.85 theo2.co.uk

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the National Maritime Museum’s major exhibition about our relationship with Earth’s satellite is a thoughtful, moving journey

by Jon Massey

STAGE | A Night Of Psychedelic Comedy On the eve of Breaking Convention (Aug 16-18 at Greenwich University) Shane Mauss and Adam Strauss offer jokes and japes on (about) substances.

Aug 15, 7.30pm, £41, greenwichtheatre.org.uk

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isitors expecting to be immediately plunged into images of space exploration and rocketry will be initially disappointed by The Moon at the National Maritime Musuem in Greenwich.

The blockbuster 50th anniversary event – humanity’s first steps onto our nearest celestial neighbour – is placed (rightly) about three quarters of the way round the exhibition – of key importance but only one chapter in a fascinating tale.

Those travelling deep into the bowels of the museum’s Sammy Ofer Wing will find a thoughtful meditation on the relationship between humans and our only natural satellite.

The exhibition dips into the ways the ancients tracked the Moon’s phases, built engines to predict its progress across the sky and used it to navigate on the oceans – a link that feels necessary to legitimise its presence beside the many maritime treasures of the permanent galleries.

Beyond the practical, this collection of more than 180 exhibits also illuminates the stories, myths and art created in response to the mysterious disc in the sky. Is it a man in the moon or a rabbit busting up the elixir of life in a pestle and mortar?

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It seems inappropriate to speak in anything above a whisper – visitors take on the guise of softly stepping nocturnal animals keen not to attract attention Jon Massey, Wharf Life

the telescope and an ever increasing need to map and document the Moon’s surface in ever greater detail.

This area features painstaking pastel renderings and Hugh Percy Wilkins’ vast Moon map – published in 1951 and used by NASA in planning its missions – then moves on to photography and the very first glimpses of the satellite’s far side, snapped by a Soviet probe.

Before blasting off into the space race proper, the exhibition considers sci-fi, both written and filmed, focused on imagined trips to the Moon and what might be found there.

Then touchdown – Buzz Aldrin’s Snoopy cap complete with earpieces and microphones, pieces of the Moon itself and a film magazine that carried back arguably the defining images of the 20th century from the lunar surface itself.

Curiously, the only part of the exhibition to fall at is a showreel that takes those pictures and attempts to jazz them up with animation and sound, only succeeding in muting their impact. It’s almost as though Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge

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moon showcasing the

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi’s Genji Yûgao No Maki from Tsuki hyakushi or One Hundred Aspects of the Moon, 1886

someone was asked to bring a little Michael Bay-style action to their quiet majesty for the hard of thinking.

The Moon concludes with a room dedicated to more recent and sometimes fanciful attempts to reach it and asks important questions about the future and humanity’s relationship with the bewitching lump of grey rock in the sky.

Will women walk on the moon?

Will we 3D print a moonbase? Will robots be sent up to mine platinum in vast quantities? With the answers unknowable, it’s a place to ponder.

Indeed, the whole show feels as though it’s been designed to encourage deep, cosmic thought.

Debussy’s Clair De Lune plays on a loop, its calm, gentle in uence tinkling between the exhibits. The decision to have it repeat creates a hypnotic atmosphere as though the facts and stories imparted by the walls are truths received through a marvellous trance.

The galleries too are dimly lit, as though the whole exhibition is taking place by moonlight and there’s a hush even on press day when a pack of story-hungry journalists are roaming through them.

It seems inappropriate to speak in anything above a whisper – visitors take on the guise of softly stepping nocturnal animals keen not to attract attention from predators.

Emerging from this twilight world into the light is pleasant and reassuring – equipped with fresh knowledge and the kinds of questions that make one’s mind feel stretched.

This is a deeply thoughtful and well ordered collection of objects, selected to tell the strange tale of our constant neighbour. I highly recommend it.

Adult tickets for the exhibition cost £9 and can be purchased online.

Private views are available by special arrangement. The exhibition runs until January 5, 2020.

Go to rmg.co.uk or call 020 8312 6608 for more information

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Years since humanity first visited the Moon on NASA’s Apollo 11 mission

Like A Lunar Unicorn / Under The Covers / She Shines Even Brighter, Journey of the Private Moon, Leonid Tishkov, Moscow, 2003-2005 Leonid Tishkov / Photograph by Leonid Tishkov and Boris Bendikov

Buzz on the moon with the American flag

Buzz Aldrin’s communications cap worn during the Apollo 11 mission to land on the moon and, inset, Buzz in the cap

Diplomatic dust: Fragments of the moon, presented to the UK buy the USA

Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum / NASA

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£30

Price per person for the privilege of attempting an escape at Locked In A Room

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Excel Royal Victoria Dock

EVENT | Buddhism And Ancestral Remembrance The Thrice Memorial Ceremony and Ancestral Memorial Ceremony 2019 will be held in Royal Docks to manifest a basic concept of Sinology.

Aug 24-25, 9am, free, excel.london where?

The Silver Building Royal Victoria Dock

EVENT | Summer Festival The Silver Building offers workshops, Japanese and Caribbean food, live jazz, break dancing and live graffiti for its seasonal celebration.

Aug 17, 11am-11pm, free to visit, royaldocks.london where?

RA Fold Canning Town

CLUB | Porn Promising a steamy night of sex-positivity set to the beat of Pornceptual’s resident DJs, this event promises to broaden your horizons.

Aug 16, 10pm, from £16 naked, residentadvisor.net

Locked In A Room is located on the extensive waterfront at Excel

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how Locked In A Room is the adversity that unites its players

by Jon Massey

The Royal Wharf Summer Fete returns on August 17 from 11am-7pm. Expect live music, free yoga, street food and plenty of drinks in aid of Richard House Children’s Hospice. Free to attend royalwharf.com/summerfete

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aving regained our liberty and with it a healthy distance, it’s safe to say some members of the team of four who joined me for Locked In A Room at Excel a few days ago were sceptical about how enjoyable it would be.

On the face of it, being nominally incarcerated in

a small space and given 60 minutes to find a way out doesn’t sound all that much fun. It’s not even as though the jeopardy is real – a second door remains unlocked throughout the game should participants feel the need to pee, be overcome by claustrophobia or simply fancy a mindclearing stroll.

But as I discovered a few years ago, just after the facility opened on the exhibition venue’s waterfront,

it’s a superbly entertaining way to spend an hour or less.

My companions’ fears were that the task would simply be too tough, we’d all be bored and spend the time getting irritated and fractious.

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counting down While the Professor Pottenger storyline isn’t exactly immersive, it provides a reasonable backdrop to a deeply involving set of puzzles

Formula E starts the clock at Excel

Formula E has taken up residence at the entrance to Excel ahead of the 2020 London race

Here’s a really early date for your diary – Formula E has begun the countdown to its return to London. Its high-performance electric vehicles are set to take over Excel from July 25-26, 2020, racing on a circuit that laps the massive Royal Docks structure and starts and finishes inside the building. Drivers race in the same model of car with a limited number of modifications Go to fiaformulae.com or excel.london for more information or to register for tickets

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Instead, even though we selected the tougher of the two rooms on offer – Parallax – we enjoyed a period of intense, but not overly strenuous puzzle solving.

There’s some guff about a Professor Pottenger being kidnapped, but the storyline is secondary to nosing out the solutions and plausible red herrings.

And as soon as the door closed, we fell on the room examining everything in sight in a bid to win four hidden keys and with it our freedom.

Without giving anything away, Parallax felt like a masterclass in design.

It delivered a constant

drip-feed of minor triumphs that demanded increasing levels of logical deduction and mental leaps – a show jumping ring for the mind.

While we managed to escape without additional clues within the time limit, Parallax certainly isn’t easy, providing plenty to stretch a team of four.

While obviously aimed at the transient tide of visitors to Excel, residents or local workers shouldn’t discount this as a couple of hours entertainment featuring a hearty cerebral workout.

Tickets cost £30 per person. Up to 78 players can compete simultaneously.

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reopening the waterways

how the rebirth of Cody Dock can help east London to regenerate and thrive along the Lea

by Jon Massey

Images by James Perrin – find more of his work at jamesperrin.com or via @millerjamesperrin on Insta

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rying to re ect the depth of passion Simon Myers has for both Cody ock and Newham in the space available here is impossible. The co-founder and CEO of the Gasworks ock Partnership created G P in 200 with the aim of tackling the transient nature of the local population.

At present, a resident’s average stay in Newham is four years and Simon, an inhabitant for the past 17, believes changing that is about giving people a connection to the area they live in.

He said: “Why stay and bring up my family when everyone else seems to move on as fast as they can? I had learnt about the extraordinary history of the River Lea and discovered a wildlife corridor, an oasis with four species of bat, seals and all sorts of amazing wildlife and you’d be able to travel all the way out of London along it if you just got rid of a couple of missed connections.”

Having interviewed 1,000 people living within four minutes of the lower Lea in Newham, he found around 0 had no idea what or where the river was, thanks to industrial development walling off and concealing much of the waterway that stretches from Bedfordshire to the Royal ocks.

And it’s at Cody ock in Bow that G P has spent the last decade trying to turn that statistic around.

Having painstakingly negotiated a long lease from Thames Water in the wake of the credit crunch and property market downturn, the organisation has transformed a disused basin filled in with 20ft of y-tipped rubbish into a functional home for creative industries complete with a cafe, gallery, community

the south of Cody ock – Electra Footpath – remains closed to the public, making access to this part of the Lea awkward.

The second is that the dam at the entrance to the dock that currently acts as a bridge over its entrance also prevents it from ooding and boats from getting in. G Ps planning permission includes a new bridge across the mouth of the dock and the charity is currently crowdfunding in the hope of constructing a ground breaking rolling bridge by architect Thomas Randall-Page.

S Simon Myers, left, and London City Island resident and animator Tim Allen stand on the current bridge on a dam across the mouth of Cody Dock. GDP’s plans for the future include a new bridge so the dock, below, can be re-flooded with moorings for boats and dry dock facilities boat, outdoor classroom and studio spaces. That was phase one – completed with the help of more than 5,000 volunteers.

But there’s more to do and key to the project’s second phase is unblocking those missed connections along the length of the Lea. G P has already won planning permission for a seven-year development plan for the next stage in Cody ock’s regeneration. This will include a new visitor centre, an exhibition space, a social and industrial heritage pavilion, 10 studios, 10 live-work moorings, visitor moorings and dry dock facilities.

But there are two immediate obstacles. The first is that the route along the river directly to

imon said: “One of the things the masterplan will do is enable us to host artists and creative industries who take their inspiration from the heritage, the ecology or the river so people don’t have to listen to me about how great it is – they can discover it through their works.

That will give us an income and makes us sustainable.

“Before that happens, the dock needs to be brought back to life – it needs to be restored.

“The bridge Tom has designed is an iconic structure. We were going to have an off-the-shelf bascule bridge and, when he came here with some of his students we actually asked him for help with designs for the foundations for it.

“He came back with a crazy idea for a rolling bridge and initially we told him we weren’t interested as we’d just gone through the planning process for the other design. But then we looked at it again – it is very cool – and it became apparent it would be so much more than a bridge, a tourist attraction in its own right. It’s a 5m cube that would roll if you pushed it with your little finger because it’s perfectly balanced.”

The project has won backing from the Mayor Of London, who

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Backing given to Cody Dock’s bridge crowdfunding campaign from the Mayor Of London

The bridge Tom has designed is iconic – it’s a cube that would roll if you pushed it with your finger it’s so perfectly balanced

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Theatre Royal Stratford East Stratford

Simon Myers, Cody Dock

has pledged £40,000 towards the crowdfunding target of £197,924.

The deadline for donations is August 12 with GDP keen to attract both individual and corporate backers online via spacehive.com/cody-dock.

Among the project’s local supporters is animator and London City Island resident Tim Allen who created a stop-motion depiction of how the hand-operated, counterbalanced bridge will work in support of the scheme. In a bid to raise awareness he also created an online petition to reopen Electra Footpath that attracted more than 1,300 signatures.

“My first encounter with Cody Dock was meeting Simon – I came for open house day and he gave us the tour,” said Tim. “It was the first time really I’d heard anything about the history of the place. His tour, talking about the Vikings on the one side of the Lea and the Anglo-Saxons on the other and then the industrial history of the area deeply interested me.

“But speaking more crudely as a resident, who just wants this part of London to be a nicer place to live – I was already aware of Three Mills Island and, when working on projects at the studios there, the walk down to Cody Dock to get lunch, so backing the campaign to open Electra Footpath just seemed so screamingly obvious.

“I love that this part of London has lots of water and lots of space where you can look into the distance – it has a more peaceful feeling to me than other parts of London.

“As we’re redeveloping it for homes, it needs to be a place where people can live, find joy and interact. So riverside paths are essential. The waterways are already there so we can’t continue to have towpaths that don’t connect to each other.”

“The difference is the time is now right,” said Simon.

“People used to ask where the communities were that we’d be connecting. There are 55,000 new homes overlooking the lower Lea within five minutes of here.”

And with that, I’m with Tim and Simon. The path must open.

Go to codydock.org.uk

EAT | Bottomless Brunch Join London-based drag queen Cookie MonStar for two hours of bottomless Prosecco and two or three courses at theatre bar Meza East.

Aug 25, 2pm, £25-£27, stratfordeast.com

An artist’s impression of how the bridge will look once completed

the bridge that’s rolling on the river with people power

by Jon Massey

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ackney-based architect Thomas Randall-Page came up with the bridge Cody Dock wants as the lynchpin of its masterplan. Here’s how.

“I was tipped off by a friend that they were doing something there and he thought it wasn’t super -exciting and that they could do a lot better,” said Thomas.

“I set myself a design challenge – could I come up with a totally new type of bridge? I happened to be helping a friend move her canal boat and spent two weeks doing that very slowly.

“Going through the locks and all that Victorian engineering was really inspiring – the way they used so little energy to make all those things happen, without being plugged into the mains.

“I thought we could do a bridge that works completely on counter-weighted mechanisms and maybe it could be powered by hand. The bridge will be operable from either side and it won’t be completely like a lock – it’ll be more like a lock with a lock keeper. It’s likely that opening will be by arrangement when it’s in use.

“This bridge works in the location for a number of reasons.

You’ve got a straight stretch of water with parallel sides that has a relatively small span.

“There’s also plenty of space along the length of the waterway.

And, on each side, GDP wants to use the space so you don’t want a bridge that cuts into that.

where?

Stratford Circus Stratford

GIG | E15 Jazz Sessions The Artie Zaitz Hammond Trio with guitar, drums and Hammond organ for an evening that promises swinging musicians, grooving and a dash of soul.

Aug 16, 8pm, £10, stratford-circus.com where?

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The bridge in its closed position “This design sits inboard of the waterway walls, unlike a bascule bridge. I don’t think there are any bridges that work on this principle – it’s an innovation in that sense.

“Cody Dock as a project relies on the opening up of the dock to the tidal Lea and this bridge allows the re-flooding of the dock.

“On the other hand, this being a completely new type of opening bridge and it being quite a dramatic, unexpected motion when it opens, will also draw people there as a spectacle – on a smaller scale, obviously, but in the same way people watch Tower Bridge open.

“It’s a forgotten part of the world and it’s going to change very quickly now. This is a great way of drawing attention to it.

“Funding the bridge is a great chance to be involved with a project that’s doing huge amounts for that local community and has done incredible work transforming that space.”

EVENT | Mobile Heritage Lab And Thames21 UCL scientists in the MHL pop-up in Bow alongisde the environmental charity offer plastic identification services and river clean-up tales respectively.

Aug 17, noon-4pm, free, bowarts.org

to do before August 14

At a loose end finding the kids something to do? If they’re aged eight-10 consider sending them to Bootworks Theatre: Summer Workshops at Stratford Circus from Aug 5-9 daily, 10am-4pm. Free but booking advised stratford-circus.com

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