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Martin Gettings on how to go a little bit greener Page 14

Kidd Rapinet Solicitors Reece Mander Fitness New Scientist Live The Greenhouse Emma Warden Telford Homes Green Wallet Third Space Teriyaki-ya Signorelli Puzzles

Adam Grooming Atelier opens a fresh branch beside the DLR as the barber targets growth Canary Wharf – Pages 6-7

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celebrating the best of Canary Wharf, Docklands and the new east London people - events - treasure - property - nonsense

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Ok, there may be some issues when using this vehicle to become a meaningful part of The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride (see Page 4) in Canary Wharf. But for the pure pleasure of pushing something forward and making the noise of a revving engine it’s hard to beat. Even better, it says “Fast” on the side and we all know there’s nothing quicker on the tabletop Motorcycle, £1 Go to uk.flyingtiger.com

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SEE | The Krios Of Sierra Leone Explore the history of the Krio people in this new, year-long display with both contemporary and 19th century exhibits from Sierra Leone and beyond.

Sept 27 2019-2020, daily, free, museumoflondon.org.uk where?

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GIG | Courtney Pine Arguably the most well-known saxophonist in the UK, the bandleader brings an exhilarating mix of merengue, ska, mento and calypso to the Wharf.

Oct 2-6, 9.15pm, from £25, boisdale.co.uk

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Adam opens as brand expands to the DLR ahead of Crossrail

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GIG | The Three Degrees Formed in Philadelphia in 1963 and still featuring two original members – Helen Scott and Valerie Holiday – the trio will see you in October.

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getting the deals

Autumn Fashion Event, Throughout Canary Wharf’s Malls, Sept 26-28 The estate is gearing up for another three-day shopping event, ideal for Wharfers to pick up those key autumn-winter pieces for the season ahead.

Discounts of up to 30% will be available as well as exclusive promotions, pop-up boutiques and giveaways.

In addition, a programme of free fashion shows will run showcasing styles from brands such as The Kooples, Maje, Orlebar T HURSDAY 26 —Brown,

Sandro, Reiss, Paul Smith and Ted Baker.

These will take place in Canada Place at noon, 2pm and 6pm and Jubilee Place at 1pm, 3pm, 5pm and 7pm on the Thursday and Friday. On the Saturday, the times will be noon, 2pm and 4pm and 6pm in Canada Place and 1pm, 3pm and 5pm in Jubilee Place.

For more information go to canarywharf.com Jon Massey

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How Canary Wharf Group works to spread the benefits of its activities

the joy of six Every fortnight Wharf Life covers six areas surrounding Canary Wharf to bring you the best of what’s going on beyond the estate From Page 36

SAT URDAY 28 SEP T EMBER Darkfield descends on Montgomery Square with three immersive shows inside shipping containers – Coma, Seance and Flight – from September 16-21 set to test Wharfers’ bravery.

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The Canary Wharf Rowathon is set to take place at the East Wintergarden on November 7 from 11am in support of Hope And Homes For Children.

Teams and individuals will compete on Concept 2 machines in a number of sponsored challenges canarywharf.com

Peckish around the middle of the day? Head to The Slug And Lettuce in Reuters Plaza and grab its £6 lunch offer, available Monday-Friday until 4pm daily slugandlettuce.co.uk

36 The first rule of Electric Shuffle is to get excited and get talking about it.

Social darts outfit Flight Club is set to reinvent shuffleboard in the unit that was Sri Nam on North Colonnade.

Bookings will be taken from September 16, we understand electricshuffle.com

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Reece Mander on his holistic approach to health and fitness

Why a boost for Kidd Rapinet’s immigration deparment is timely

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● Bike List Now in its eighth year, The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride will see bikers suit up and kick into gear in support of the Movember Foundation. Setting off for the first time from Canary Wharf, the riders will congregate at 9.30am on the estate as similar events take place in more than 700 cities around the world to help tackle male suicide and prostate cancer gentlemansride.com

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Canary Wharf

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what it’s like to become a member at Canary Wharf’s Third Space

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et’s talk about breadth – all the good things that may be. I’m about a week off two months, during which I’ve worked out at Third Space in some form or another nearly every day.

Gyms often come with a reasonable selection of facilities and classes. But with sustained use, boredom can set in. And the resolve can weaken.

It’s not that the facilities are bad, it’s that the attraction of the same dumbbells in the corner of a single gym floor can lose their lustre.

I’m no expert, but I can see how workouts at boutique fitness studios could become similarly uninspiring despite the quality. The reason I’ve found it relatively easy to go to Third Space every day, steadily losing weight and gaining muscle is not down to any one thing, it’s the sheer variety of what’s on offer.

It would be nearly impossible to try all the classes, exercise machines, equipment and facilities on offer so there’s a constant sense of the possible

and enough kit for everyone to use even at busy times.

Despite assuming I’d mostly do my comfortable gym workouts I’ve discovered Yoga, tried group interval training in silent disco mode with Sweat X and rediscovered swimming – crawling my way through more lengths than at any time since I inflated my pyjama trousers in a pool as a child.

The experience has been varied and positive. Other members are polite – keen to facilitate each others’ workouts – while staff are always available to answer queries when necessary.

Then there’s the psychological pull of all the things I’ve yet to do. Having been a climber in the past I’m keen to try Third Space’s wall and, now I’m in better shape, dip more than a toe into the extensive programme of classes.

It’s this range that makes the £163-per-month individual membership worth every penny.

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ar from going underground, Adam Grooming Atelier is moving in the opposite direction. Having opened its first store in Canary Wharf Tube station in 2017, the brand has grown rapidly opening five branches in London and now a sixth back where it all started.

The Cabot Place unit that once housed Sweaty Betty, adjacent to the DLR platform, now features Adam’s trademark wooden and marble interior offering a spacious, light alternative to the Jubilee line location.

We caught up with co-founder and former JP Morgan employee Oytun Pakcan to talk timeless barbering and further expansion.

“We knew from the beginning we wanted to have our flagship in Canary Wharf,” he said.

“We were lucky to get that particular unit as a new company without any track record. Our landlord there is TfL rather than Canary Wharf Group, and that is probably one of the premium units on their portfolio. We came into the picture, did a great pitch to TfL, and I think they wanted

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“They really liked the concept and they gave us the opportunity, and since then we’ve built a really great relationship with them.

“That store is now fully utilised, however. Customers wait, and perhaps we have some who love us but don’t come as often as they would like because they know they may have to wait.

“We knew we needed another branch here. Initially we got another unit in Crossrail Place in an area that is not open to the public yet on the ticket hall level.

“Because the opening of the line was delayed, we went back to Canary Wharf Group.

“We were offered this place and we really like it because it’s in a corner, right at the exit of the DLR, so it completes the picture - Jubilee Line, DLR, and Crossrail, when it opens. In Canary Wharf the sky’s the limit.”

Having left the financial services sector in 2016, Oytun didn’t immediately think of starting a male grooming brand, considering coffee and casual dining before deciding on barbering. He said both he and his business partner believed the sector had a problem with consistency, one Adam fixes.

“The way we differentiate ourselves, I would say, is that you come into Adam, sit in any chair, irrespective of the barber, and receive the same quality of service,” said Oytun “We get asked this question a lot, especially from investors: ‘Does it depend on the barber? What if they leave and take their customers away?’. This is one of the intrinsic, internal problems of the sector.

“We think we have cracked it as we have a great marketplace where we get to attract the best barbers in the industry, both in terms of their talent, but also in terms of their manners, how they treat the customers, how they talk to customers.

“We consistently give a great service in any chair, in any Adam branch. We strive for that and our reviews reveal that - we manage to achieve it.”

The business is geared up to reward staff – the manager of Adam’s first Canary Wharf branch, Sait Koca has risen to become

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We think our price point is quite competitive compared with the service we deliver as an affordable luxury, considering our locations Oytun Pakcan, Adam Grooming Atelier

chief of staff for the whole group, working across its locations to ensure standards are maintained.

Thanks to data collected at the point of sale, barbers are also rewarded based on customer return and retention.

The new opening in Cabot Place also brings something fresh to E14 – the ability to book appointments.

“The Jubilee line unit was our only branch that did not have booking,” said Oytun. “That was a strategic decision, but by the time we introduced booking in our other stores, it was already fully utilised.

“From a business perspective, if you’re popular and you’re always full, then you tend not to do booking, because it tends to create friction.

“At the same time we were aware some of our customers wanted it and we were probably losing some business by not taking bookings. Right now, two chairs are open for booking and we’re going to open a third within the next couple of weeks.

“We’ve been open here for four weeks now and there’s a great demand for booking. The takings in the other store went down a bit – there are some people who transferred from there to here – but every store has a different feel.

“Some people will say that this new one is bigger, but there are still people who will like the other store.”

Haircuts cost £32 at Adam and wet shaves or beard trims are £28.

Combining the two is offered at £49. Customers can also indulge in complimentary drinks such as Turkish coffee, beer or whiskey and the new Canary Wharf branch will operate a cocktail bar from 3pm on Thursday and Friday.

With another branch set to open in London Bridge and then one overseas, Oytun has his gaze firmly on the future.

“I think that I knew from the beginning that I would enjoy doing something entrepreneurial, whether it’s a barber’s shop or something else,” he said.

“I think it’s all about the efficiency of decision-making, because I enjoy not having the politics that you might have in a larger cooperation.

“Here I take the decisions with my partner very quickly. If it’s a successful or a failure, we see the results very rapidly.

“Adam is a barber’s shop and the number of strategic decisions we take on a day-to-day basis is high. But we’re the ones who do it, and whether it’s successful or not, it’s still our decision.

“We really depend on our barbers and the quality of their service. You always say it’s teamwork in any business but, in what we’re doing, it’s absolutely true.

“At busy times, these guys work

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Oytun Pakcan is determined to grow Adam without losing its quality of service

we think our price point is uite competitive compared with the service we deliver as an affordable luxury, especially considering our locations. “ ur aim is to charge a competitive price and encourage our customers to come more often.” f the success of Adam’s first unit is any guide, it won’t be long before its new shop is bu ing.

Go to adamgroomingatelier.com for more information or to make a booking

barbers, about our customers, almost as much as Uber knows about their customers and their drivers. urs get a haircut every 6.3 weeks – our aim is to bring that down to four. “ ur brand works well in large urban cities and our customer base is working professionals, who take coffee breaks or lunchtimes, and come here to have haircuts.

“They save time over the weekend. ur main customers are Canary Wharf-type people. And

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together in a small environment, when five or six people are waiting. Our managers orchestrate all of that – a symphony during busy times – and sometimes you need to speed up.

“If there are not so many waiting behind, then you can relax a little, but the manager controls that, has to be there, sees everyone and knows what stage of their haircut they’re at and then they encourage people to speed up or slow down and work in harmony. What is

really important for us is not to compromise on uality while we grow, and not lose the local feeling of each store.

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by Jon Massey

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ven those just casually watching the Canary Wharf skyline could not fail to notice the extraordinary levels of focused energy and activity continuously employed on the ongoing regeneration of West India Docks.

Beyond the magnum opus of the original project, Wood Wharf’s flagship tower – ne ark rive – recently reached its full height, the spearhead of a mammoth scheme to the east.

Meanwhile the view from the west has been similarly transformed of late with the additions of ewfoundland and ne And Five Bank Street. Change is the norm for this part of east London, where cranes and construction are a constant backdrop.

A little less obvious to the casual observer than the workers clad in fluorescent orange and yellow outfits, are those charged with ensuring Canary Wharf Group’s activities make the best possible social impact.

“Neighbourliness is at the core of what we do,” said Emma Warden, who has been corporate social responsibility manager at Canary Wharf Group for the past four years.

“From the very beginning we were very conscious this was a very strong, existing community – we were the new people and it was our responsibility to be good neighbours.

“The group has been doing really great things for a long time, which is embedded in the ethos of the company. It genuinely is about wanting to make the most positive impact from our presence.

“There are lots of ways to do that – we have uite a big team.

It might be our community programmes, through outreach by building relationships with our local community and we’ve been doing that for 30 years.

“But we also do a lot around the economic benefits – the employment and the opportunities for small businesses that are created.

“That’s possibly because we’ve planned this development, built it and now continue to manage it so, compared with other companies, we have a bigger, stronger investment in the place.

“That’s been a huge driving factor in what we do, because we take a longer-term view.”

While Canary Wharf Group supports a multitude of local organisations with sponsorship, the company also takes steps to get involved with them at a deeper level. “ ne of the community pro ects we’ve worked really closely with for a number of years is

Emma Warden says corporate social responsibility is embedded in the ethos of Canary Wharf Group Celebrating work done at St Matthias Community Centre

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eighbours n oplar. t’s based over in oplar High treet at the t Matthias Community Centre. “ t runs a number of different programmes – a lunch club on Fridays for local elders and summer programmes for young people. We’ve supported them with donations but, like a lot of our giving, we try to link it to our business so groups can make use of our skills. ur expertise has a value in itself.

“For example, our construction team over at Wood Wharf has partnered with Neighbours In oplar and did huge amounts of work at the centre.

“A couple of years ago they re-did the roof, working with local contractors, which would have cost £40,000.

“We’ve also helped them with their gardening and, more recently, we’ve assisted them with refitting their outside lights, making the centre more energy efficient.

“We build our relationships with community groups in order to understand what they need and where we can make the biggest impact.

“We’re also working with St Anne’s Church in Limehouse, a beautiful icholas Hawksmoor church. The crypt is one of the most fre uently used rooms – a nursery is based there – and lots of groups use that space.

“Its kitchen was getting old and run-down, so we partnered them with our Newfoundland project, which had a show kitchen, and the volunteers from that project and our contractors have fitted the units and the appliances in the church.” art of the long view Canary Wharf is able to take, involves keeping an eye on the future and implementing programmes designed to ensure the next generation also benefits from the area’s continuing development.

“As part of our community programme, we support primary schools,” said Emma. “We make those relationships to understand the needs of the community rather than to make assumptions about them.

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from Page 8 before coming to school so we’ve supported programmes like that in primary schools.

“With secondary schools, we want to see some of those students both aspiring to work here and then actually working here.

“We want to grow that and we want to have a pipeline of a sustainable workforce, so we’ll go into schools and we’ll talk about the roles within our business, but also how the estate is changing, the companies that are coming here, and the skills that are required.

“We bring students into our offices to try to break down some of those fears or inhibitions.

“For a young person who has only been in a school environment, coming into an office can be uite intimidating.

“It’s also about raising aspirations – saying: ‘You’ve been in this building, met these people and you can absolutely apply for these jobs’. That’s a huge part of our programme – we really like to bring people in – and we also do that on our construction sites.

“As a sector, construction is having its own skills shortage, and we want to make sure there is that pipeline of talent, but we find that a lot of people don’t know about construction, or still have old, stereotypical views of it – that it’s dirty, messy or cold – whereas the industry has moved on.

“It’s really about sharing that information with people nearby, because they are the workforce of the future.”

Emma arrived in E14 a little under a decade ago and joined Canary Wharf Group from the East London Business Place, which helps local firms bid for contracts and opportunities. She also works with other businesses on the estate to help facilitate their socially responsible activities.

“City Giving Day is an initiative that’s part of the Lord Mayor’s Appeal for the City,” said Emma.

“It’s something they’ve celebrated for a few years, which gives businesses the opportunity to celebrate and engage their own workforces and to promote some of the great things they’ve done.

“Obviously they raise money

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We build our relationship with the community groups in order to understand where we can make the biggest impact Emma Warden, Canary Wharf Group

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’m especially excited at the moment about the allotment,” said Emma. “If you go up to Crossrail Place Roof Garden to the non-amphitheatre end, by Big Easy, up the escalator, there’s a fair-sized space that has been adopted by the Isle Of Dogs Allotment Society.

“They’ve got a huge waiting list so we thought it would be a great way to invite some of the people on it to get involved.

“So they come every week or two to look after the allotment, and we’ve got some great tomatoes, beans, rhubarb and red chillies – it’s looking great.

“Again, it’s about inviting people into our spaces to get involved, but I think it looks brilliant.”

for the Lord Mayor’s Appeal as well, but it’s about that awareness, and gives them the opportunity to show how businesses make a positive contribution.

“Canary Wharf Group is involved this year for the first time, and we’re working with them to host a static cycling challenge in Canada Place on September 24, which will be called the Tour De Wharf.

“The Tour De City has been running for a number of years, so there’ll be a bit of rivalry there.

“A number of the companies here in Canary Wharf will already be involved and anyone who wants to can sign up and take part.

“It’s a great opportunity to celebrate the really positive partnerships and other great things that exist.”

The Tour De Wharf is set to run over three, hour-long sessions on the 24th starting at 11am, noon and 1pm. The event is a static, Wattbike challenge open for teams with a maximum of five people who compete against other groups during a 40-minute race.

Team members take turns to pedal as fast as they can during five, eight-minute slots. A live leader board will show how each team is doing during the event with opportunities to compete

The kitchen installed at St Anne’s Church crypt in Limehouse

A previous Tour De City

in four categories – furthest distances cycled by a team or as an individual, the top fundraising team and the top team in a given business sector. Team registration costs £50 plus £500 of sponsorship with all participants getting a Tour De Wharf T-shirt Emma, who stressed corporate social responsibility activity at Canary Wharf Group was the result of teamwork at all levels of the business, said she would like to do more.

“My absolute aspiration is to find a way of coordinating all the events and activities that companies have here,” she said. “There are so many firms with great programmes and they’re much bigger organisations than Canary Wharf Group, so if there’s any kind of facilitating role we could play, we’d love to do that. “ ust finding a common purpose to come together and some common language to be able to share is absolutely my aim because I know there are some amazing projects that come from the companies based here.”

She urged anyone who would like to discuss opportunities around corporate social responsibility to get in touch.

Go to canarywharf.com for more information

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is extending the consultation period on the draft master plan What we are seeking views on.

London City Airport has published a draft master plan, setting out a framework for how the airport can respond to continued demand for air travel in a sustainable and responsible way between now and 2035.

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We want to hear from you.

We have extended the 12-week public consultation by an additional 4 weeks to give local people more time to have their say.

The consultation will now close on 18th October.

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ashir Khairy wants you to vote. But he’s not talking about the phantasm of a UK general election as the Government struggles in the face of Parliamentary opposition to a no-deal Brexit. He’s got his eyes on something both bigger and smaller.

The founder and CEO of Canary Wharf-based startup Green Wallet wants people to use the power of shopping and spending to change the world for the better.

“My company connects conscious customers and businesses everywhere,” said Bashir, who is based at tech accelerator Level39 in One Canada Square.

“We need to start voting with our wallets for a green and better future. I created Green Wallet in response to my own frustrations when I changed my lifestyle as an environmentalist keen to lead a sustainable life.

“I went plant-based in terms of my diet and, with that, some other changes came. I didn’t want to spend money with companies who I believed were not doing their bit for the environment.

“That evolved and my needs kept changing – I wanted to buy vegan clothes and vegan shoes, for example.

“But the frustration was that I didn’t have the same choices as I’d had before making those changes to my lifestyle. Finding the right companies in one place, for example, especially with a busy schedule, was tough. I had to spend a lot of time on research.

“When did find what was looking for, the experience wasn’t always great in terms of payment.

“Some of these merchants are small businesses and can’t afford to have beautiful websites.

Creating accounts on all of these sites was a waste of data.”

As a fintech entrepreneur who founded payments company Envision in 2015, for Bashir, Green Wallet is the logical evolution of that venture, acting both as a marketplace and a way for users to make purchases.

“Looking at this, I’d already built a payment gateway with the ability to onboard merchants – to give them payment technology and all the banking facilities in the background,” said Bashir.

“We also built something called SpiralPay – a payment wallet people can download and use just like a PayPal checkout button on a merchant’s website.

“What I was really keen to do with those was to go into the sustainable market, which is growing – there’s been a 700% increase in the last two years in the number of vegans and vegetarians

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in the alone and similar figures for the US . “ eople are becoming aware through the media of the choices they could be making. There are two main factors – animal cruelty and the environment – and they have become big topics. “ o asked myself What can do personally ’. As found out the facts, for my own health, for animal cruelty – love animals – and also because it’s causing such a huge problem for our environment, decided to change even the direction of my business completely.

“Envision morphed into Green Wallet which we will hopefully launch very soon. We’ve brought in sustainable shopping in addition to everything else that the wallet will allow users to do – to store cards securely, collect loyalty rewards and have the ability to pay online or in shops. “ erchants can sign up and, once we’ve checked that their products are sustainable, they can upload them for people to buy.

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“We don’t have millions of products yet, but hopefully one day we will.

“We talk about transparency and we do not plan to be sustainable as a company, because we cannot do that as a small business. These are the ideals we are gradually working towards.

“As a business we cannot police every company on the platform.

We rely on our community, who will come to us and say that they believe a company on the platform may have issues relating to not being sustainable.

“At the same time we will never knowingly put anything on the platform that we believe is not sustainable. ight now we have a process in place, which means that we exercise due diligence for every company that comes on board. “ ome products will be certified

by TA or by the egan ociety, for example. At this stage, we are going after vegans and vegetarians, those people who are eco-friendly customers.

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We’re a platform and what we do is to promote ethical businesses

and we bring in this cool payment technology, which believe is lacking now. “ illions of people are starting to choose these lifestyles, but believe the market is under-penetrated in terms of technology and ease of use. “ reen Wallet cares about merchants here who are operating on the fringes and consumers who have that lack of choice.

“Ama on and bay take between and for selling on their platform. We haven’t published our prices yet, but we will charge a lot less. “ or the merchants we’ve brought everything together in one place and, because we have our own payment processing capability, that will be free. ost sellers will be saving about or . “ t’s free for them to sign up and once they sell, that’s when we take the fee – it’s a very simple model. n the consumer side, ashir is convinced giving people the option to shop sustainably can have a massive cumulative impact. “ ne of the arguments for creating reen Wallet was my own experience with my family over the last year and a half, he said.

“We have redirected so much of our own spending towards sustainable alternatives.

“That’s when realised that, if we can do this and we could encourage a million, million, million people to do the same, that’s a community with potential. “ t’s for a great cause, it’s something people do already – they spend money – but we want them to do it consciously. We believe the power of this message is able to attract the masses. “ bviously we’re a small business at the moment and we’re not making too many speculations. ur intentions are great and it’s the right thing to do.

“We are bringing that cool technology into a sector which is growing exponentially. “ say that conscious shopping and spending can save and change the world. or us to be able to make that a very clear message, we need to start voting with our wallets. reen Wallet promises a range of services when it hits the market and plans to launch a biodegradeable, prepaid debit card in the first uarter of for users to make payments with and to raise awareness of the tens of thousands of tonnes of plastic used when banks and other providers issue cards every year.

This is short-term however – the company actually intends to be operating without physical cards at all by , but says widespread adoption of the necessary technology is a bit behind.

While the platform will be sector agnostic, ashir clearly sees an

opportunity when it comes to fashion retailing as well as the more obvious diet-related areas.

“What we’re focussing on to begin with is a mobile-first experience for the illennial generation who are at the forefront of the green revolution, he said. “ eople spend of their time on their mobiles and we want to make that experience as easy as possible by bringing them these alternative, sustainable and green options.

“They can easily find things – if they want to buy a shirt, they might as well buy a sustainable shirt through reen Wallet. “ o that’s the number one thing users can expect, but, in addition to that, there’s a feel-good factor in terms of their spending. We want people to feel good about it, that they’re having an impact. “ o, for every you spend, we will plant a tree, and that’s close to my heart – re-forestation. “ ou’ll see the locations of where they are planted and they will be under your name so you can go and visit your tree at some point in the future.

“That’s obviously something we’re doing with some of our partners – we’re not taking all of this on ourselves – but there are

some great companies out there doing all of these things already.

“What we’re doing is we’re fuelling that, and obviously making people feel good about offsetting their footprint. itching the business as an alternative to the Amazons of this world ashir said the other thing he hoped reen Wallet would achieve would be the creation of community.

“We are trying to connect people online, he said. “ ut the platform not only gives the merchants a store front online, another element of it is the Nearby section. “ f you tap on that you’ll be able to navigate to see that there’s a vegan restaurant, for example, round the corner. And that won’t cost merchants anything at this stage. We believe that having biocards in their wallets will also be an incentive to shop until, in the future, we can replace them with the facility to scan codes and pay like that. n future he also hopes to use the platform as a focus for recycling, rewarding users for doing the right thing with their waste and reusable items.

For details about crowdfunding the company or becoming a beta tester for Green Wallet go to mygreenwallet.com

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e can’t fail to miss the global environmental issues that are constantly in the news. From plastic pollution to climate change and burning rainforests, it can seem very concerning and leaves us feeling there is little we can do.

But in fact, as individuals there is a lot we can do. Small actions add up to big impacts and by working together we can make a huge difference to global sustainability.

Almost 5million coffee cups have been recycled at Canary Wharf. We have a three-bin system, with special coffee cup bins separated into cups and lids. By separating out these waste streams, we’re making sure we capture everything to be recycled and send zero waste to landfill.

The end goal, of course, is really to move away from using disposable cups and move towards a culture of reuse. Lots of places in Canary Wharf offer a discount every time you use a reusable cup, so it’s a good investment short and long term.

Earlier this year Canary Wharf Group started working with the creators of the Helpful app in order to make recycling bottles and coffee cups much easier – you can just point your camera at the label on one and it identifies how you can best recycle it. You can also be rewarded through the app for using reusable items like water bottles and coffee mugs, contributing to that reuse culture we’re trying to create at Canary Wharf.

On World Environment Day, Canary Wharf Group achieved Plastic Free Communities status for the estate from Surfers Against Sewage.

The marine conservation charity has developed this accreditation for communities taking action against single use plastics. Canary Wharf is now the world’s first plastic free commercial centre.

It would be near-impossible to ban plastic altogether, but we have taken steps to reduce the amount of single-use on the estate.

For example, there are seven water refill stations that will save about 150,000 bottles every year. All our tenants – companies and retailers were asked to remove at least three single-use products and eventually it will lead to complete elimination of those unnecessary plastics using sustainable alternatives instead.

There is more to biodiversity at Canary Wharf than meets the eye.

We have had a Canada Goose nest here, there are swallows, kingfishers and herons. It’s important we look after their habitat for them, but also for us. That’s why we have a 10-year Biodiversity Action Plan, endorsed by ecologists that sets out to drive a net gain in biodiversity on the estate.

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In 2002, we worked with Dusty Gedge, an expert on green infrastructure and wildlife. Now, Canary Wharf has more than 8,000sq m of green roof on the estate and 4,000sq m more in the pipeline.

They provide habitats for wildlife, improve air and water quality, reduce pollution and create a better environment to work and live in.

If you’re wondering what you can do, I’ve put together some top tips for becoming more sustainable. ● When you go home, switch to renewable energy. Canary Wharf Group made the switch to purchasing renewable electricity for the Estate in 2012 and you can do the same at home. It only takes a few minutes to make a big difference. ● Read your labels – download the Helpful app and make sure you’re recycling the right things in the right places. ● Don’t forget your purchasing power. We can all practice responsible sourcing by looking for the FSC mark on all wood or paper products, so you’ll know what you’re buying has come from a responsibly managed forest.

Small actions result in big changes.

If we all stop using single-use plastic, make the switch to renewable electricity and only purchase FSC certified products, it will make a massive difference to the world.

If you’d like to find out more, email sustainability@canarywharf.com

Martin Gettings is group head of sustainability at Canary Wharf Group Go to canarywharf.com or breakingtheplastichabit.co.uk

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isit Reece Mander’s website or walk into his Limehouse gym near Westferry DLR station and you’ll see dozens of before and after photos of his clients.

Routinely taken at the outset of his minimum three-month programme, they’re used as a simple record of progress, rather than as a marketing gimmick, and only ever shared publicly at the customer’s request.

“They stay securely on my phone,” said Reece. “Until someone says: ‘I look so good, please show me off’.

It’s getting his clients to that point that clearly drives the former IT support worker.

Having graduated from Loughborough University with a degree in computer science and management, he joined Barclays in 2009 as the credit crunch was biting, working in Canary Wharf until 2011 and then a year in Hong Kong.

“By that time, I had already decided I was done with that industry,” said Reece. “I wanted to move into something else.

“I’d always played football, that was my thing at university.

While I was working at Barclays I was still training, sometimes twice a day.

“But I’d had various injuries, which led me to the weights room. I used to see trainers in the gym doing really dangerous stuff with clients, like burpees with people who were 50kg overweight, and I thought I could do a better job. I had the vision of what I wanted to create.

“It was a tough period in my life trying to move from that to do something else. I had some comments from the family: ‘You’re going to be a banker and then you’re going to work as a personal trainer – that doesn’t make sense’.”

Setting aside familial scepticism, he began working for a small gym in Hong Kong in 2013 and eight months later returned to London. “ ou have a finite time on earth and I’m very lucky, because I was born three months early and I was lucky to survive, because not many do at 26 weeks,” said Reece.

“So I thought that, if I didn’t do this, I was going to regret it forever. I’m relentless in my learning and in wanting to win, and that’s what I took from sport.

“I took the work ethic I had at Barclays – 14-hour days, hard work here and the same in Hong Kong if not more – and I thought that I would use that to help

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why Reece Mander believes personal training has to go far beyond a programme of exercises to do in the gym people. already had a different take on training from other people I saw.

“So I came back to London in 2014 and started Reece Mander Fitness with no clients and no gym. But I’d worked in Canary Wharf and I knew what it was like to sit behind a desk and have no time – to eat in a rush, go home feeling tired and wake up feeling tired. To go to work in the dark and go home in the dark – it can be miserable.

“I thought that if I could help people with the knowledge that I had, they were going to do well.

“Then one client turns into two, then three, and now we’ve got two gyms – 2019 is our best year so far.

“We’re super busy because we’re doing stuff that other people are not doing.”

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s our interview ends, Reece tells me one of his biggest fears is dying without knowing everything he wants to know.

Having stuffed a weighty tome into his rucksack, it’s easy to see where the multiple certificates on the wall of his office come from – he’s both committed autodidact and perpetual student.

The different approach to fitness he refers to was initially born of the challenge of understanding his own body.

“I was training a lot, with my friends, and that’s how you start really,” he said.

“I was skinny as a kid and I couldn’t put any weight on, yet I was doing all the same things as everyone else.

“That led to where I am now, looking at digestive processes, a holistic approach. I started researching and trying to figure things out.”

Keen to stress that he’s not a doctor diagnosing medical conditions, but a trainer giving advice based on what he would do personally to get results, Reece uses an in-depth questionnaire to grab a snapshot of a person’s health and fitness.

“We look at three areas – the first is the training and we’ll work you as hard as you can be worked at your current stage,”

he said. “Then we’ll progress you over the coming weeks, and I’ll guarantee that you’ll get stronger.

“The second part is the nutritional side of things. We have a 15-page questionnaire, because we want to know how you’re eating, how you’re sleeping, how your digestive system is functioning, questions about your blood sugar levels, your stomach, your bowel and your gall bladder, because I want to know if you have problems digesting fats or protein.

“We use all that information to write a very specific nutritional programme.

“The third part – the most important bit – is lifestyle.

Everyone is stressed and you can’t remove that, so the idea is to manage it.

“To see what stress you’re under every day we use two metrics – heart rate and heart rate variability. It tells us how much adrenalin you have in your system.

“The next one is blood pressure, so we’re taking an overall look at how a client is doing, because more exercise isn’t always better.

“More is more you have to recover from and you can’t treat a 21-year-old and a 69-year-old the same unless the older person has low stress, their nutrients are high and their digestive system is good.

“Typically they’re not the type of people who come to see me.

“My clients have already tried six, seven or 10 diets, they’ve tried

crossfit, they’ve tried and if it had worked, they wouldn’t be coming to see me.

“For a healthy person, weight loss shouldn’t be that difficult but, unfortunately, most people are not that healthy and they don’t realise it.”

Each programme is bespoke to the individual, with sessions delivering the “minimum effective dose” of exercise to burn the calories necessary and build the right amount of muscle.

Workouts are typically run with two clients and a single trainer to introduce a “crossfit vibe” to proceedings. Reece also offers blood, stool and nutrient tests aimed at better understanding his clients’ bodies and finding ways of achieving their fitness goals.

“I’ve noticed people these days are not just content with being slim, they want to thrive,” said Reece. “They want to do so well they get pay rises or new jobs.

“We see people achieving that because their energy levels improve. For the most part people want to get slim first, then they want to be a superstar, they want to feel energy like they had when they were 21.

“They want to be flexible again, they want to feel strong.

To achieve that you need to look at the whole picture.”

In essence, Reece is a problem solver. Before taking on clients he has a conversation on the phone to make sure the fit is right due to the time commitment – typically three gym sessions a week – and to discuss price.

“If you don’t look at the underlying reasons why a person is overweight, then they will lose weight, gain it back, lose it, and so on,” he said.

“You don’t have to kill people to get a result, you have to understand why they’re overweight in the first place.

Reece’s pledge to his clients is that he will put maximum effort into identifying reasons why they may be struggling with their health and do his utmost to support them in finding solutions.

For more information go to reecemanderfitness.co.uk or call 020 7987 7717

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Wilton’s Music Hall Wapping

GIG | Aletia Upstairs The vintage songstress performs a free gig with backing from The Flamingo Orchestra. Expect jazz, blues and Weimar Cabaret. And a bit of Piaf.

Sept 30, 8pm, free, wiltons.org.uk where?

Troxy Limehouse

GIG | Henrique And Juliano The Brazilian sertanejo duo play London for the first time. Expect a vibrant performance featuring their smash hit Cuida Bem Dela. Party on.

Oct 9, 7pm, from £49.50, troxy.co.uk where?

Jamboree Limehouse

GIG | Mustard Brass Let the Sunday night slip away with an evening of New Orleans-style brass and hot funk with this loud and proud band from Bristol. A sharp taste.

Oct 6, 7pm, £5, jamboreevenue.co.uk

to do before September 25

Immigration, Canada and live music come together on stage for an anarchic gig-play at Wilton’s Music Hall in Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story from September 18-28. Times vary, but tickets are from £12.50 wiltons.org.uk

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Images by Matt Grayson – find his work at graysonphotos.co.uk or @mattgrayson_photo on Insta

Try The Star Of The East for an excellent Sunday roast and a warm welcome thestaroftheeast.co.uk want more? @wharflifelive

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e live in uncertain times.

Amid tales of EU nationals seeking dated stamps in their passports at the border as evidence they entered the country ahead of October 31, confusion around the Government’s settled status scheme and unprecedented scenes in Parliament as Britain continues to wrestle itself over Brexit, now is a time of worry.

Ministerial figures suggest fewer than half of the 3million EU citizens living in the UK have so far applied for the right to live and work here should Brexit actually happen.

It’s a time of more questions than answers, for individuals plunged into unwelcome strife – suddenly unsure of their status – and for businesses trying to navigate the market without knowing the future status of staff who happen to come from an EU country.

Apposite then, that Isle Of Dogs-based firm Kidd Rapinet Solicitors has recently increased the size of its immigration department, standing ready to advise all parties and building on more than three decades of experience in the field.

“I began to work in immigration, because I had been volunteering at an advice centre in the 1980s,” said Gooch Heer.

“At that time not many people did immigration work at all, but I found it quite interesting, started to get more enquiries, the demand for advice grew and from there it just took off.

“Now there are lots of lawyers who do work in this field, but 30 years ago, I would say there were maybe a handful – 20 or 30 – only a few firms. That has certainly changed.

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or so, is there weren’t many changes to the rules during that period. Since then, because immigration has become such a political football, governments have tried to deal with it by passing more and more legislation and have often been very reactive, which has led to things like the hostile environment.

“It’s now confusing, it’s complex – a lay person trying to deal with it would find it very difficult.

“Even specialist immigration lawyers trying to grapple with it are finding it tough.

“Judges in the High Court and the Court Of Appeal have said that they find the complexity of the immigration rules amazing and astonishing.

“What I don’t think has happened is that anybody has looked at it sensibly.

There is global mobility and we have to facilitate it rather than try to pass legislation to militate against it. We also have to factor in social unrest around the world, and how we facilitate responses to that. I think in today’s environment, immigration is inevitable. The way businesses operate, the way individuals move around, I think laws should make it as easy as possible for individuals and businesses, but the legislation makes it anything but.”

With the prospect of freedom of movement within the EU coming to an end, Kidd Rapinet – based a short walk from Canary Wharf at Harbour Exchange – believes demand for its immigration services will remain at the same level or increase whatever happens with Brexit.

To help service those customers, the firm has recently welcomed immigration solicitor Kirsty Tufrey and paralegal Eralda Shullazi to its team.

“We’ve always needed more people than we’ve had,” said Gooch. “It’s got to the stage where, in order to service the demand properly, we’ve needed to take on more people.

“Kidd Rapinet is quite unique as we cover the whole field from personal immigration to business immigration.

“That could mean advising people who want to come here to live or work or investors who are fortunate enough to have £2million they want to invest in the UK. We also advise businesses or individuals wanting to set up companies here and people who require guidance on personal relationships.

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how Isle Of Dogs law firm Kidd Rapinet has boosted its immigration department to service increased demand “That could be someone who wishes to marry someone from abroad, someone here who is facing removal or families that are separated and need reuniting. We cover all of those things, including appeals and judicial review actions in the higher courts, if needed.

“There has been an increase in enquiries from EU nationals that we haven’t typically dealt with before – people from Germany, Italy to France, for example who have been living in the UK for a long time and suddenly feel vulnerable themselves and for their families.

“Some are applying for settled status and others are applying for documents certifying permanent residence, which was the way to obtain evidence of your permanent Gooch Heer says Kidd Rapinet residence status in the UK prior has seen an increase in to the settlement scheme. enquiries from EU nationals “We’ve also seen an increase in people from EU countries those people who want to come applying for British citizenship, to this country, or need to come because in say the 20 or 25 here, is something that does years they have been here, they need to be clarified – the need might have had children who for legal help is certainly there. have been brought up here. The “Initially I hadn’t considered public might assume that they working in this field because are automatically British, but it during my degree there wasn’t doesn’t work like that. an option to study it, but when “If someone is uncertain my I did my training I went into suggestion would be definitely immigration and loved it. to take advice, because there “The results-driven might be something that approach is me – the they can do quite easily satisfaction you get themselves or, if from a lot of clients there were compli– that’s what has cations, we can driven me. advise on the best “I have a track course of action. record of very good Uncertainty won’t results. I believe I’m help them, their very approachable families or anybody.”

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think the best way to help them is to have people dealing with their situations,” he said.

“That’s a long-term project – building a relationship with those people as we go along – and that’s what we offer. We are now in a position where we can turn things around quickly.

Resolving immigration issues can be a life-changer for clients.

There can be a lot of anxiety involved.

“You never become immune to that. You know it will be there and you can manage it and the stress of the client as well because you have the confidence to know which situations will be resolved through your experience.

“We will always do everything to achieve success for our clients and we do have very good results in these matters, otherwise we wouldn’t survive doing this sort of work.

“Unlike larger firms that have large numbers of people working for them, with us you know who will be working on it and you will be able to get hold of those people.

“In most immigration cases concerning individuals or families, that personal connection is really important, but we find that it’s also the case with businesses. The people who run businesses want to have trust in you as an individual, and know that their file has not gone down a line somewhere to somebody they have never heard of. They want you to be on call.

“We are not fly-by-night lawyers in this field. We have a very good reputation and with that experience of dealing with businesses all around the world, anybody coming to us is coming to a firm they can trust to deal with their matters and also to deliver.

“We’ve now got a bigger team which can service their needs and we also offer a variety of different languages in the firm, so we are ideal for people locally, especially those working in Canary Wharf.”

Kidd Rapinet offers a wide range of personal and business immigration services.

Go to kiddrapinet.co.uk for more information

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The Space Isle Of Dogs

STAGE | The Open Florence Bell’s fantasy dystopia of a United Kingdom changed into a golf course for the rich hits the stage on the Island. Scintillating satire Sept 24-Oct 12, 7.30pm, from £12.50, space.org.uk where?

Poplar Union Poplar

DANCE | Treasure And Tat A dance interpretation of choreographer Joel O’Donoghue’s memory after the removal of a brain tumour left his recall impaired. Comedic, meditative.

Sept 26, 7.30pm, £9, poplarunion.com where?

Lincoln Plaza London Isle Of Dogs

EVENT | End Of Summer Festival DJ, actor and TV presenter Reggie Yates headlines this free party (online registration necessary) with support from Naro Music, cocktails and canapes.

Sept 27, 7pm-11pm, free, lincolnplazalondon.co.uk

to do before September 25

See stage stars perform original material to raise cash for The Kindling Collective’s debut show When The Rain Stops Falling in Fan The Flame - A Fundraiser at The Space on September 15 from 2pm. Tickets £25 space.org.uk

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Rotherhithe - Bermondsey - Deptford

£9.25

The cost of a titanic cooked breakfast at The Greenhouse in Deptford Tagged and covered with posters, The Greenhouse doesn’t look an inviting prospect from the outside

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The Albany Deptford

STAGE | Die! Die! Die! Old People Die! Ridiculusmus play Deptford with their unsettling two-hander that sees a couple confront impending death in a future cursed by eternal life, not youth.

Sept 28, 4pm, 8pm, pay whatever, thealbany.org.uk where?

Canada Water Theatre Canada Water

why, when it comes to The Greenhouse it’s vital not to judge a cafe by its exterior – just by breakfast

by Jon Massey

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ome cultures believe the exterior of buildings need not be decorated and that we should focus all of our energies on the spaces beyond the doors to the places we spend most time.

Whether those responsible for The Greenhouse in Deptford subscribe to this philosophy is unknown, but cross its threshold and a world of delight is to be found.

Splendid art adorns its walls, simple wooden furniture and bright cushions provide the seating and rainbows, splendid in their pride, are all around.

The best thing about this independent coffee shop and cafe, however, is the food.

I try the Proper Breakfast (meat division), which comes as a gorgeous oval of pig derivatives, salad leaves and the most luxurious buttered toast I’ve yet tasted in east or south-east London.

In fact everything on the plate is a roaring success, from the crisp smokiness of the bacon to the well griddled sausage.

And the inclusion of potato yiachni ties the whole plate together in a wholesome way that even the most carefully cooked ceramic dish of baked beans never could.

In short, this is a place of personality. Sit inside for an hour and a steady stream of locals will come through the door – some dining alone, others grabbing coffee.

Its walls look and feel like community and that makes the £9.25 price tag seem like good value. As long as the cooking is this accomplished, I’ll be round regularly to explore the rest of the options on the chalkboard.

Go to greenhousedeptford.co.uk for more information

MUSIC | Legacy And Hope Pegasus Opera Company welcomes black and ethnic minority singers to perform works by black composers – gospel, spirituals, opera ,musicals.

Oct 2, 1.30pm, 7.30pm, £10, thealbany.org.uk where?

City Hope Church Bermondsey

GIG | London Klezmer Quartet The all-female group promise a 10th anniversary concert of “beguiling and seductive” music with inventive arrangement and original tunes.

Sept 25, 7pm, £14, tunedin.london

to do before September 25 Welcoming: The main counter, above, and glorious Proper Breakfast, below

Tour the hives, indulge in a Q(ueen)&A session and get hands-on with Surrey Docks Farm’s insects at its Beekeeping Taster Session on September 14. Start time is 4pm and the cost is £35 surreydocksfarm.org.uk

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£4

The cost of vegetable fried noodles at Teriyaki-ya in Greenwich Market Teriyaki-Ya can be found in Greenwich Market from Wednesday through to Sunday

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The O2 Arena Peninsula

GIG | Mamma Mia! The Party The attraction, created by ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus recently arrived at The O2, promising five hours of dancing, dinner and disco in a Greek taverna.

Until Feb 2020, times vary, from £151.20, theo2.co.uk where?

Greenwich Theatre Greenwich

MUSIC | Billy Jenkins - The Silent Musician Images, film, radio presenter and writer Kevin Le Gendre and photographer and podcaster Beowulf Mayfield come together in celebration of Billy.

Sept 29, 4pm, £13, greenwichtheatre.org.uk where?

Greenwich Market Greenwich

EVENT | Vegan Oktoberfest Find animal-free alternatives to würstl and knödel as the market reprises its vegan street food take on a German tradition. There will be vegan beer too, natch.

Oct 4, 6.30pm, free to visit, greenwichmarket.london

to do before September 25

Head to Greenwich Market for A Greener Future – its contribution to the London Design Festival. From September 14-22, art galleries including M1Art, Arty Globe and Tailor & Forge will host free displays of work greenwichmarket.london

spot check one to try Sample The Guard House in Woolwich for snug leather and a warm welcome theguardhousewoolwich.co.uk want more? @wharflifelive

why Teriyaki-Ya in Greenwich Market deserves the support and cold hard cash of hungry, jaded visitors

by Jon Massey

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treet food is increasingly becoming big business. The hefty stables like Kerb and Street Feast play host to Generation X-savvy stalls with crisp logos, crispy bites, often run by guys called Crispin who found their way out of cushty banking jobs by flogging vegan kale pasties at evenings, weekends and the Latitude festival in North London satellite Southwold.

Armed only with a good buddy whose degree in graphic design helped them create their brand, a penchant for repetitive Instagram posts and a challenger bank account, they march on a path towards permanent premises and the creation of chains.

So we must celebrate the likes of Teriyaki-Ya, a stall that sells honest Korean and Japanese food in Greenwich Market from Wednesday-Sunday.

It’s a cash-only business, virtually unheard of in 2019 and apparently doesn’t do social media, focusing instead on cooking up meat from local butcher Drings and fish from Billingsgate in homemade teriyaki sauce.

Eschewing the animal-based recipes, I tried a spitting hot punnet of vegetable fried noodle.

The dish, priced at a mere £4, came dusted with a sprinkling of sesame seeds and sharp, tangy shards of spring onion.

Underneath, the generous portion of yakisoba noodles were well-spiced with the kind of chilli that just makes your nose run the right amount.

Better still, as the stall had run out, they were freshly cooked in front of me, elegantly whipped around the pan by a chef whose dexterity with a pair of

Vegetable fried noodle

chopsticks whose was born of years of experience. From the rich flavours in its food to the hand-scrawled prices on the plates of tempura this stall felt like the genuine article – real people trying to make an honest buck from cooking and selling great food.

My companion’s pumpkin katsu curry was an equal, filling success. The only thing that could have improved the experience would have been better insulation between our bare hands and the metal trays the food came in.

But that aside, this is a stall worthy of support. Long may it and those like it serve proper, delicious dishes.

Go to greenwichmarket.london for more information

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Greenwich - Peninsula - Woolwich

festival review

Stewart Lee proves he’s a master of comic timing with a solid performance at Greenwich Comedy Festival

Stewart Lee, Tony Law, Felicity Ward, Kiri Pritchard-McLean

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tewart Lee is a master of timing. Seeing his act set against the chaotic delivery of loose cannon Tony Law, the vibrant outbursts of Felicity Ward and the bawdy, knowing wit of Kiri PritchardMcLean only confirms his command of the medium.

This recent gig – the penultimate show at 2019’s Greenwich Comedy Festival, held in a warm tent in the grounds of the National Maritime Museum – was evidence that Lee’s onstage persona is potent enough to bend the material of his co-stars.

Both Ward and compere McLean poked gentle fun at the supposedly cerebral audience the headliner’s shows attract – warning against internal laughter and the reading of too much Latin – and so priming us perfectly for his set of absurdity and deconstruction.

Lee’s character is a natural at outrage – his special blend a kind of self pity and astonishment that the world could have treated him so unfairly. And so we had a lengthy investigation

of the time Netflix supposedly erred by appending its description of Sharknado 2 to the last show he sold to the streaming company, thus confusing customers and leading to low viewing figures.

Lee’s brilliance is in taking an idea and running with it, deftly leading the audience into ever increasingly ridiculous speculations until, before they know it, a man from Northamptonshire is standing in a layby complaining repeatedly that he’s been pelted with a single scallop. Marine creatures, falling from the sky.

Watching his standup is an exercise in surprise too as we’re sewn up with an introspective skit on Alan Bennett whose review of Lee morphs logically enough into the revelation that the Beyond The Fringe star in fact penned Sharknado as a side gig, followed by a sonorous reading of the original text. If you get the chance, drink some coffee and go and see Lee, hopefully next year in Greenwich.

Jon Massey

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alerie Jamieson is bubbling over. Like the water in a beaker above the insistent blue flame of a unsen burner, the creative director of ew cientist Live is a swirling cauldron of enthusiasm and excitement in the run-up to the show, which is set to take place at xcel in oyal ocks from ctober 10-13.

“I think we’ve got the best programme for ew cientist Live in the four years it’s been going, she said.

“We have more than 120 speakers as well as an exhibition with 150-plus activities, interactive demonstrations and a chance for people to meet scientists.

While the extraordinary breadth of the event, which involves activities from smelling the oon to riding a virtual reality roller coaster, resists an overarching theme, Valerie said the show was imbued with a definite sense of optimism in the teeth of the world’s profound challenges. “ ur opening talk am on the main stage is from wedish statistician la osling, the author of a best-selling book called Factfulness, which is about how the world is not as bad as it seems – a real book for the moment, she said. “ f you look at data and facts, then you can blow away a lot of misconceptions about the state of the world, and I’m really excited to hear him.

“Another speaker on the Thursday pm – and really think this is a bit of a coup that she’s coming – is Christiana igueres, a former climate negotiator, who brokered the historic Paris Agreement on climate change back in 2015.

“The situation then was that there were nearly 200 countries who could not agree on what to do. he managed not ust to get everyone to sign up, but actually pushed them harder, so that global warming should only go up by 1.5ºC. What we’re seeing now is that people are really passionate about the environment, such as campaigner Greta Thunberg, who has done an incredible amount to get us motivated and excited and interested about tackling climate change.

“While she is fantastic, ’m finding myself suffering from something called Climate rief, where I don’t know what to do.

“What Christiana has done is to use optimism, feeling that the world can change, and she’s got the chops behind her, because she’s done this before – she has the credentials. he’s managed to turn a dire situation around.

“I’m really interested to hear

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about what’s next for climate change, and how she manages to stay optimistic about what’s happening. “ ltimately this is what ew cientist Live does – looking at the world in a rational, truthful, factful way, so I’m particularly excited about those two.

“Another speaker who falls into that category is Caroline Criado- ere , who is a feminist campaigner and also an author of a very influential book called Invisible Women, which showed that it is astonishing how scientific research has been all geared up for men.

“This has led to situations such as if you’re ill and take medicine it’s likely to have only been tested on men and never on women or if you crash a car its safety features will probably have been designed ust with men in mind. imple things like whether your mobile phone fits in your hand. “ nce you realise these things, then the world can change, so I’m really excited about her talk at noon on the riday as well.

The programme on the main stage also includes talks by author, presenter and “force of nature aggie Aderin- ocock on the oon aturday, noon and paleoanthropologist and explorer Lee erger, who will travel from outh Africa for the show to talk about recent fossil discoveries that shed new light on the origins of humankind aturday, . pm and many others. ut with six other stages hosting speakers throughout the show’s four-day run, there’s room for a broad selection of speakers aimed at appealing to many different types of visitors, including children and families.

“The audience for the event is so broad and diverse, said alerie. “ t’s not ust for people who read New Scientist – although I have to think of them, of course. “ or families, we’ve got people like TV presenter and writer Konnie Huq talking about her character Cookie Ha ue Thursday, pm and for pre-schoolers we’ve got addie oate from C C coming on unday am- . pm for science storytime and a meet and greet.

“When we first started ew cientist Live in , although we’d done all the research, what

we were taken aback by was the people who came along.

“We thought it would be the 25-35 age group, who would come along for a couple of hours, but we had a number of schools coming and that’s grown.

“Last year we had some 2,000 kids visiting, so this year we’re doing a dedicated chools rogramme, and we’re aiming for , children to come along on the Thursday.

“Particularly aimed at them, we’re also going to have a et suit demonstration over the docks ust outside xcel, which is really exciting.

“A young engineer called am Rogers is going to be wearing a suit that will transform him essentially into a real life ron an, and he’s going to be flying over the water starting at . am, ust before the show opens.

“He’s 23 and hugely inspirational to the younger audience.

Afterwards he’s going to be giving a talk on the main stage . pm about how he builds and flies his et suits.

“He’s using technologies such as 3D printing to make the compo-

Story time: CBBC’s Maddie Moate will attend to tell tales nents for the et suits, and think he will inspire younger audiences to get into engineering, because this shows a really different side to it.

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erhaps most relevant to the Canary Wharf audience, is another show first for ew cientist Live in – the introduction of Friday Lates. Tickets cost £20 and cover general admission and talks on five stages between pm and pm, with the event tweaked for the after work crowd.

“We’re going to change the vibe of the show – it will be a chance for people to come out, get a drink, have a dance and explore some fantastic exhibits as well as hear some talks.

“The theme for the speakers will be After ark, where we explore some of the darker sides of human nature such as evil, the science of magic and the guy who sets some of the adio ui es will be giving us a mathematician’s guide to dating.

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There’s a chance to smell the Moon. We’re working with the National Space Centre in Leicester to bring all this together Valerie Jamieson, New Scientist Live

mance stage featuring Space Shed – a garden shed which opens out.

“It’s a chance for people to come after work and enjoy themselves and it will be more adult-orientated, although we’re not excluding children.

“Something really unusual is a talk from Julia Wrathall, the chief scientific officer of the CA. “ eople think their work is all about animal welfare, but the society also does a lot of research.

“As part of her talk, she will ask the audience in advance what sort of rabbit they would like to be – a lab rabbit, a pet rabbit, a wild rabbit or a farmed rabbit.

“What is fascinating is that you have one species and yet the way society thinks about individual animals and the way the world treats them is very different, depending on the context.

“I promise that, by the end of the talk, your mind will be completely changed.

“It sounds a bit mad, but it’s a most thought-provoking ethical issue, as well as a lot of fun.”

While the speakers are arguably the core of New Scientist Live, there are also plenty of attractions on the exhibition floor.

“We’ve got some really exciting exhibits this year,” said Valerie.

“It’s 50 years since the Moon landing, for example, and we’re going to be carrying on the coverage that started in July.

“The central piece of this experience is a m glowing inflatable Moon, which is a piece of artwork called Museum Of The Moon by

Luke Jerram, hanging from the ceiling.

“Underneath that we’re giving everyone the chance to walk on the Moon, which is printed on vinyl flooring, pointing out all the places of interest – where eil Armstrong landed, where the Chinese have landed, where we might build a base in the future.

“There’s also a chance to smell the Moon and look at it under a microscope. The Apollo astronauts couldn’t smell it because they were in air-tight space suits, but when they went back into the lunar module and took them off, they noticed a particular odour.

“We’re working with the ational pace Centre in Leicester to bring all this together.

“One of the other things they’re bringing along is a space suit called a pressure suit that the astronauts wear underneath the big bulky suits that we’re familiar with. It’s a pressure suit which keeps them alive, and we’re going to do an autopsy on that suit, to show how it works.

“One of the other features we’ve got is an operating theatre of the future, which is going to show how surgeons use the latest scans and how they might 3D print organs.

“For example, with heart surgery, the surgeons could scan your heart and make a 3D printed model of it so that, when they open you up, there are no surprises – they’ve seen your heart, they’ve felt it so they know exactly what it’s like. We’re also showcasing the fact that surgeons of the future may not be human, so we’re going to have robots there as well.

That’s in conjunction with King’s College London and they’ll be exhibiting all these technologies, such as a virtual scalpel, where you can do surgery on a patient in Africa.

A range of tickets for ew Scientist Live are available from £20 for adults for the late session on Friday.

Go to newscientistlive.com for more information

Inventor Sam Rogers will give a demonstration of his jet suit over Royal Docks just before New Scientist Live opens

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Excel Royal Victoria Dock

Sponsorship of NSL’s Schools Programme is worth looking into

how companies can support the next generation

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ith an increasing focus on children, New Scientist Live is keen that students from disadvantaged schools are able to attend the event. But with demand outstripping supply, the show is looking for corporate partners to sponsor more tickets for the 2019 event.

Valerie said: “I’m excited about the fact that we’ve got a Bursary Programme this year, which will provide 1,300 tickets for students from disadvantaged schools.

“When we announced this, overnight we had over 3,000 applications for those spaces, so we’ve been blown away by the demand.

“I’ve got very mixed feelings about this. On the one hand it’s fantastic that there’s such a demand for New Scientist Live, but at the same time it’s sad and shocking there are so many disadvantaged children out there who are in need of this.

“We’ve got talks aimed at the various key stages, so we’re aimed particularly at schools. We would love it if local businesses would be willing to sponsor additional tickets on a scale anywhere from 100 to 1,500 and we can create bespoke sponsorship packages for them. Ultimately it would be a dream if we could make the whole Schools Programme completely free for students and the institutions they attend.

“I really hope we will go from strength to strength in getting sponsorship so we can expand this element of the show in future. It would be amazing to extend the event and to have a whole schools day.”

Those interested in sponsorship can email sales director Jacqui McCarron via jacqui.mccarron@ newscientist.com or call her on 020 7611 1248

EVENT | The Cake And Bake Show All things sweet, sugar and spice descend on Royal Docks for this tasty three-day event. Visitors can expect multiple exhibitors, talks and treats.

Oct 4-6, 10am-5pm, £14, excel.london where?

Excel Royal Victoria Dock

EVENT | Digital Transformation Expo Europe Bringing IT leaders together with security and data specialists, this event offers expert tips, tricks, training, demos and next gen solutions, apparently.

Oct 9-10, 9.30am, register, royaldocks.london where?

Silvertown Quays North Woolwich Road EVENT | Wishful Inspired by the Thai festival of Loi Krathong, visitors are invited to walk through a gigantic, illuminated mechanical garden. Fireworks included.

Sept 28, 6.30pm, free, royaldocks.london

to do before September 25

An outdoor production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is set to arrive at Thames Barrier Park on September 14 and 15. The 11am and 4pm performances are free and picnics are encouraged royaldocks.london

spot check worth a visit Fox@Excel offers the feel of a traditional pub and lots of space to relax foxbars.com want more? @wharflifelive

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The average price of a focaccia toastie at Signorelli in Stratford Signorelli is tucked behind trees on the way from Westfield Stratford City to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

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Theatre Royal Stratford East Stratford

STAGE | Our Lady Of Kibeho Katori Hall’s drama comes to London for the first time, telling a true story of divine visions that appeared to predict the Rwandan genocide.

Sept 25-Nov 2, times vary, from £10, stratfordeast.com where?

Stratford Circus Stratford

honest and luxurious in its simplicity, Signorelli delivers expertly crafted baked goods in Stratford

by Jon Massey

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taly is well known for the high level of its baseline when it comes to food quality.

Stop at the most inauspicious-looking roadside cafe and it’s likely to yield dishes much finer than those served up in most of the chain restaurants flogging that country’s cuisine to the British public.

What Signorelli owner and head baker, Alberto Rosmini, has done is as simple as the unfussy pale wood of his latest shop’s counter. Located at International Quarter London, the second branch in his empire has a stripped-down feel, imbued with a mildly chaotic warmth.

It’s a frame to present the business’ art – boards piled high with marvellous baked goods, some on the menu and others seemingly created on a whim.

My companion and I are on the extreme end of the peckish scale when we visit, so opt for three dishes between us – a croissant stuffed with smoked salmon and cream cheese, a vegan focaccia with olives and spinach and a white pizza slice with egg, more spinach, pine nuts and Feta.

With an average price of around £5, each is a soft, savoury delight in a bright, welcoming environment. Crucially, it’s possible to detect the flavour of quality in all three. These are not hastily baked, high margin attempts to fool customers into believing they’re getting the real deal.

They are honest products made with pride. And with a £5 lunchtime deal for a main and a cookie, noon-2pm on weekdays (add a drink for £1 more), it’s hard to see why those working or living in Stratford would go anywhere else to sate their craving for baked goods.

Go to signorelli.co.uk

STAGE | Peace At Last OperaUpClose bring Jill Murphy’s much-loved picture book about Mr Bear’s inability to get some kip to the stage with harp and woodwind backing.

Sept 28, 11am and 2pm, from £8, stratford-circus.com where?

Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park Stratford

From top, a pizza slice topped with a gooey, sumptuous egg, a smoked salmon and cream cheese croissant and vegan focaccia

Michelle Asante, right, returns as Sister Evangeline in the Stratford production of Our Lady Of Kibeho

EVENT | Memory Walk Sign up, pledge to raise £160 and stroll either 2km or 6km while helping to battle dementia. Routes start and finish at Hopkin’s Field.

Sept 29, 10am, £10, memorywalk.org.uk

to do before Sept 25

McFLy songwriter and bassist Dougie Poynter is set to soar into Stratford’s branch of Waterstones on September 14 to sign copies of his book – Plastic Sucks! You Can Make A Difference from 2pm for 30 minutes waterstones.com

spot check worth a visit Head for London Wing Fest at International Quarter London on Sept 17-18 internationalquarter.london want more? @wharflifelive

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Across: 1 Dejectedness; 7 Crypt; 8 Train; 9 One; 10 Privilege; 11 Finite; 12 Disarm; 15 Tradition; 17 Bad; 18 Right; 19 Infer; 21 Tercentenary.

Down: 1 Discomfiture; 2 Coy; 3 Entail; 4 Nutrition; 5 Shame; 6 Intermediary; 7 Clean; 10 Patriotic; 13 Arbor; 14 Minion; 16 Argue; 20 Fee.

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Cryptic Solution

Cryptic

beating the

Across: 1 Polling booth; 7 Tango; 8 Tonic; 9 Map; 10 Rising sun; 11 Unripe; 12 Cobras; 15 Agreement; 17 Lei; 18 Outre; 19 Avoid; 21 Bottle of beer.

Down: 1 Perambulator; 2 Inn; 3 Grouse; 4 Out-and-out; 5 Tunis; 6 Scene-shifter; 7 Taper; 10 Represent; 13 Ruled; 14 Menage; 16 Ratio; 20 Off.

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