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Issue 83 | 28 May 2002

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Welcome to a shorter than usual edition of 'SE1 Direct'
Stand by for our Golden Jubilee weekend special coming
up on Wednesday morning, which will replace next
Monday's edition.


* SE1 News & Features from London-SE1.co.uk
* PROMOTION: Eat in with lastminute.com
* What's on this week
* SE1 news from around the Web
* In the London SE1 Forum

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[ SE1 News & Features from London-SE1.co.uk ]

SYDNEY BOSS COMES TO SOUTH BANK CENTRE
Michael Lynch, chief exective of the Sydney Opera
House, is to lead the revamp of London's South Bank
Centre.
http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/210


ANDREW LOGAN LAUNCHES WALK TO SCHOOL WEEK IN SE1
SE1 schools will be holding fun-packed events, trips
and classroom activities next week as part of national
Walk to School Week.
http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/201


OFSTED PRAISE FOR EVELINE LOWE
Ofsted inspectors have highly praised a Bermondsey
primary school, saying it has "many strengths and
several outstanding features".
http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/200


NEW WEBSITE FOR ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL
One of the South Bank's best-established venues has a
brand new website.
http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/208


SOUTHWARK JUBILATION
A lunchtime pig roast in Borough Market is just one of
the special events planned in and around Borough Market
for Jubilee Sunday 2 June.
http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/205


REVIEW: GIO PONTE AT THE DESIGN MUSEUM
Perhaps the Italians are uniquely undaunted by ambition
but Gio Ponti�s output over six decades encompassed
every facet of art, interiors and architecture and was
a major force in establishing Italy at the forefront of
20th-century industrial design.
http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/209


REVIEW: THE FARM AT SOUTHWARK PLAYHOUSE
The struggle of a family to come to terms with the
changing face of farming post foot and mouth is at the
core of this play.
http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/203

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[ What's on this week ]

Tuesday 28 May
ROMAN SITE IN GREENWICH
7.30pm (refreshments from 7pm) at Hawkstone Hall,
Kennington Road; �1
Harvey Sheldon talks about working with Time Team on
the Greenwich park Roman road dig. Southwark & Lambeth
Archaeological Society.


SOUTH BANK AND WATERLOO TRAVELLING EXHIBITION
Thursday 30 and Friday 31 May
10am-6pm; South Bank Employers' Group, 103 Waterloo Rd
Information on more than 40 proposed projects in the
area are available in this exhibition organised by the
South Bank Employers' Group and the Waterloo Project
Board.
http://www.SE1direct.co.uk/quicklink/go.php?id=51


DON JUAN IN HELL
Thursday 30 May
6.30pm at Calder Bookshop, 51 The Cut; �3 (conc �1)
This famous dream sequence from George Bernard Shaw's
Man and Superman, now a century old, is given a
dramatic reading by Sean Barratt, Leonard Fenton, Peter
Marinker and Julia Tarnoky. The characters in the play
become those in Mozart's Don Giovanni. In an amusing
yet serious discussion they try to define the problems
of human destiny in terms of good and evil, with Shaw's
tongue firmly tucked into his cheek.
http://www.calderpublications.com

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[ SE1 news from around the Web ]

Every week we trawl the web for news stories and
features on SE1 people, places and organisations.

Crucifixion in Crucifix Lane SE1 (The Observer)
http://www.se1direct.co.uk/quicklink/go.php?id=86

Linocuts of many SE1 views from Tube exhibition (LUL)
http://www.se1direct.co.uk/quicklink/go.php?id=87

South Bank: "London's worst eyesore" (Evening Standard)
http://www.se1direct.co.uk/quicklink/go.php?id=85

South Bank: Welcome - to perpetual crisis (Guardian)
http://www.se1direct.co.uk/quicklink/go.php?id=88

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[ In the London SE1 Forum ]

Some of the topics raised in recent discussions on our
forum at http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/

- SE1 hair and beauty
- Food Co-operative
- Safe Crossing for school children in SE1
- Free window box demonstrations
- Jubilee query for SE1
- Lucky escape
- Living in SE1
- The Stress Exchange

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Please remember that there are many more cultural
events on offer at the South Bank Centre, the Royal
National Theatre and the National Film Theatre that we
do not have the resources to cover in our publications.
Check out these websites for full details of what's on:
http://www.sbc.org.uk
http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk
http://www.bfi.org.uk/nft/

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