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============================================================ [ SE1 Direct ] Issue 707 Wednesday 28 May 2014 ISSN 1750-0656 ============================================================ IN THIS BULLETIN ============================================================ * Local news & features from the London SE1 website * Advert: Language courses * What's on this week * Local job vacancies * Small offices & desk spaces for rent * Hot topics from the London SE1 Forum * Business forum in association with Better Bankside ============================================================ { Local news & features from the London SE1 website } * SE1 local election results 2014 Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/7586 * New train operator named for upgraded Thameslink route Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/7589 * Bermondsey Farmers' Market seeks new traders Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/7588 * Matthew Warchus to succeed Kevin Spacey at The Old Vic Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/7587 * Bishop of Woolwich on 46-mile walk round three boroughs Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/7591 * Boris Johnson joins police road safety operation in SE1 Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/7590 ============================================================ { Advert } French, Spanish, Italian, German and Portuguese classes Contact [email protected] A series of language courses will be running from the end of September in French, Spanish, Italian, German and Portuguese. They will be held near Barbican, London Bridge and Canary Wharf. Do look at the website http://www.languages2000.co.uk Students come from City firms including Norton Rose, Addleshaw Goddards, Linklaters, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, the Bank of England and Ernst and Young. - ------------------------------------------------------------ Get your ad here: http://www.se1direct.co.uk/advertising.php Now taking bookings for late 2014 ============================================================ { What's on this week } ST JOHN'S CHURCHYARD PUBLIC MEETING Wednesday 28 May 7pm at 160 Tooley Street, 160 Tooley Street Potters Fields Park Management are holding a public meeting to get ideas on what local people would like to see at St John's Churchyard. The park is bounded by Tooley Street, Tower Bridge Road and Druid Street. Potters Fields Park Management Trust is in discussions with Southwark Coun�cil about taking over the management responsibility of St John's Churchyard, to run it as a community park. How would you like to use your park? What should be the main usage of the park? What improvements are needed? Please come along and discuss some ideas and be involved in the decision making. Refreshments will be provided. Info & map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/15692 TREE OR FALSE? WALKSHOP Thursday 29 May 1pm or 6pm at Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park, Lambeth Road; free; booking essential [email protected] As part of London Tree Week, join a walkshop exploring the Ice Age Tree Trail, in Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park. On the walkshops, participants will debunk myths about trees and make up a few of their own, while creating their own field journal. It is a fun way of getting people more attuned to the value of trees and the benefits they bring. The Ice Age Tree Trail was a Millennium project put together by Trees for Cities and now maintained by Southwark Council. Paul Beney from Trees for Cities will be joining the walkshops. Info & map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/15691 CROSS BONES BARDS Thursday 29 May 6pm-8pm at Red Cross Garden, Redcross Way; free A free, open-air performance in Red Cross Garden, ending at the gates of Cross Bones Graveyard. Hosted by the 'Bard of Southwark' John Constable, with singer-songwriter Nigel of Bermondsey, poet John Smallshaw - and you. Bring a poem or song inspired by Cross Bones burial ground or your experience of Southwark. The performance begins at 6.30pm prompt; please arrive 6pm to book a spot, or drop in any time to enjoy the show. Age 16 and over. Info & map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/15556 HEALING CHURCH BURN Thursday 29 May 7pm-9pm at Bankside Community Space, 18 Great Guildford Street; free Join the Southwark LGBT Network for an evening with Reverend Jide Macaulay, LGBT Minister from the House of the Rainbow Fellowship to discuss church burn - the experience of rejection by religious institutions and individuals when an individual first identifies as lesbian, gay, bisexual or trans - and how to find supportive spaces and communities in which to celebrate faith and sexuality. Info & map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/15601 THE BOOK OF FORGIVING WITH MPHO TUTU Friday 30 May 6.30pm at Garry Weston Library, Southwark Cathedral, London Bridge; �10 from http://book-of-forgiving.eventbrite.co.uk A unique evening with Revd Mpho Tutu, daughter of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, as she discusses The Book of Forgiving, written jointly with her father. In the book, Desmond and Mpho Tutu offer guidance from their own lives and all they have witnessed along the four-fold path of forgiveness. The Book of Forgiving is a personal and practical guide to forgiveness and to creating a more united world by learning to let go of resentment and realise that we can forgive and still pursue justice. Info & map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/15608 THE PEOPLE'S BUREAU SKILLS EXCHANGE Friday 30 May to Monday 2 June Fri/Sat/Mon 10.30am-4pm at Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre; free What can you bring? What do you need? Language? Bike repairs? Sewing? Computer skills? Housing advice? Photography? A project by artists Eva Sajovic and Rebecca Davies in collaboration with LAWRS and supported by Tate Modern. Across the three days (Friday, Saturday and Monday) there will be a timetable of sessions where individuals offer the skills they have which will be exchanged for another skill across the weekend and as the project progresses. Info & map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/15690 SHAKESPEARE / MARLOWE READATHON Saturday 31 May 10am-10pm at The Rose Playhouse, 56 Park Street; �10 per hour from www.wegottickets.com A different play by William Shakespeare or Christopher Marlowe will be read on the hour, every hour by professional actors to raise funds for the project to excavate the remaining portion of the Rose and create a new permanent performance space above the site of Bankside's first playhouse. Info & map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/15628 MUNCH STREET FOOD DOES THE BIG LUNCH Sunday 1 June 11am-9pm at Potters Fields Park, Tooley Street; free Street food traders by the Thames Info & map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/15564 HEALTHY SPACES: WALKING LAMBETH GREEN SPACES Sunday 1 June 2pm at St Thomas' Hospital, Westminster Bridge Road; free; booking essential http://se1.info/lambeth-walk Dr Clare Hickman will be leading a walk exploring the historic green spaces in the Lambeth area as part of this year�s Chelsea Fringe Festival. This tour will take in the gardens of St Thomas�s hospital, look at the role of nineteenth century women such as Florence Nightingale and Octavia Hill on urban spaces, explore the old Bethlem hospital landscape, and consider urban planning and the importance of public parks. Dr Hickman will talk about the role that ideas of health and disease have played in the development of our urban spaces. Meet at 2pm by the fountain between Westminster Bridge and St Thomas' Hospital. Info & map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/15687 l ============================================================ { Local job vacancies } * Estate/Office Administrator, The Walcot Foundation * Events Academy Project Manager, Better Bankside * Cleaner, Academy Costumes * Flexible Part-Time Business Opportunity See http://www.london-se1.co.uk/classifieds/jobs Why not advertise your job vacancy here? Only �9.99: http://www.london-se1.co.uk/classifieds/jobs/add-a-job ============================================================ { Small offices & desk spaces for rent } Why not advertise your office space here? Only �9.99: http://www.london-se1.co.uk/classifieds/offices/post-advert ============================================================ { Hot topics from the London SE1 Forum } * Ducklings in Southwark Park http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/read/1/182085 * Video shop closed - Art Gallery to open http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/read/1/182082 * Peter John's Leaders Statement 27th May http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/read/1/182080 * Learn to Crochet http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/read/1/182012 * New Bermondsey cocktail toilet bar on Tower Bridge road http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/read/1/182011 * What used to be where Pizza Express is? http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/read/1/181980 * Swimming pools http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/read/1/181949 * Short-Lets in SE1: Debate http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/read/1/181948 * Shaftesbury Court, Borough http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/read/1/181886 To see all the current active forum topics, go to: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/list/1 ============================================================ { Business forum in association with Better Bankside } * Office space for ad-hoc client meetings http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/read/7/181449 Read more at http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/list/7 ============================================================ CONTACT DETAILS ============================================================ Before sending us event information please see http://www.banksidepress.com/listings/ Editor: James Hatts - [email protected] SE1 Direct is copyright (c) 2014 Bankside Press Postal address: 27 Blackfriars Road, London SE1 8NY ============================================================ SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION ============================================================ You have received this email because you signed up to receive weekly mailings about SE1 news and events. 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