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Issue 171 | Monday 9 February 2004

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>> IN THIS BULLETIN
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* What's on this week 
* READER OFFER: 10% discount on Yoga classes
* Local news & features from the London SE1 website
* SE1 news from around the web
* In the London SE1 Forum

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[ What's on this week ]

Here's our pick of this week's community and cultural
events. For a more comprehensive what's on guide check
out 'in SE1' - see http://www.inSE1.co.uk for details.
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BERMONDSEY COMMUNITY COUNCIL
Wednesday 11 February
7.30pm at Aylwin Girls School, Southwark Park Road
Monthly meeting open to residents of Grange, Riverside
and South Bermondsey wards. The agenda was unavailable
at the time of writing.
http://quicklink.se1direct.co.uk/?id=530


PROPOSE AT THE ROSE
Saturday 14 February
11am-6pm at Park Street
Billed as an opportunity to "make your dreams come true
in theatrical style", the Rose Theatre site in Park
Street will be open on St Valentine's Day. There will
be another open day on Sunday 29 February, Leap Year
Day.
http://www.rosetheatre.org.uk


ST VALENTINE'S DAY CHORAL EVENSONG
Saturday 14 February
4pm at Southwark Cathedral
A special St Valentine's Day service for newlyweds and
those preparing for marriage. Choral Evensong is sung
by the Royal School of Church Music Southern Singers
http://www.dswark.org/cathedral/


OPERA GALA CONCERT AT ST JOHN'S WATERLOO
Sunday 15 February 
7pm at St John's Church, Waterloo Road; �10 (conc �6)
in advance from 07020 934 678
Join the the Pink Singers, celebrating their 21st
anniversary in 2004, and the renowned London Gay
Symphony Orchestra for this one-off gala concert,
conducted by Mladen Stankovic, Musical Director of the
Pink Singers and a former conductor with the Yugoslav
National Opera and the Sarajevo Symphony Orchestra.
Programme includes Mozart's Marriage of Figaro
Overture, Haydn's Piano Concerto in D major, Bizet's
Habanera and March of the Toreadors from Carmen.
http://www.pinksingers.co.uk
http://www.lgso.org.uk

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[ READER OFFER: 10% discount on Yoga classes ]

10% discount on Yoga classes for SE1 Direct readers

LUNCHTIME YOGA in SE1

Globe House at 2a Crucifix Lane, off Bermondsey Street
(2 mins from London Bridge tube), runs Lunchtime Yoga
drop in classes and morning and evening beginners
courses . Just quote SE1 Direct when you book.

For courses & times contact Kathryn on 07951 122360 or
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[ Local news & features from the London SE1 website ]

The London SE1 website team updates the SE1 news and
features throughout the week:
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P&O UNVEILS WATERLOO REDEVELOPMENT
P&O Developments last week unveiled plans to build a 33
storey "sail-shaped" building in York Road and restore
the Victory Arch entrance to Waterloo Station.
http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/816


SOUTH BANK BOOKSELLER JAILED
The man who sold stolen travel books from a van in
Concert Hall Approach was on Friday jailed for two and
half years.
http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/815


TWO AUDIENCES WITH ALASTAIR CAMPBELL IN SE1
Alastair Campbell, Tony Blair's controversial former
Director of Communications, takes to the stage at the
Royal Festival Hall on Monday 1 March.
http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/814


BANKSIDE RESIDENTS GO TO COURT OF APPEAL IN FIGHT
AGAINST TOWER BLOCK
Bankside residents have announced a new stage in their
fight to create a public square instead of a tower
block.
http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/812


BANKSIDE RIVERWALK CONSULTATION OPENS
Southwark Council is seeking views on suggested
improvements to the riverside between Blackfriars
Railway Bridge and Tate Modern.
http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/811


DESMOND TUTU AT SOUTHWARK CATHEDRAL
Archbishop Desmond Tutu presided at the Candlemas
Eucharist in Southwark Cathedral last week. He said
that it was "a joy to be back in this beautiful
Cathedral".
http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/810

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[ Arts reviews from London-SE1.co.uk ]

DONALD JUDD AT TATE MODERN
One of the most significant American artists of the
post-war period, Donald Judd changed the course of
modern sculpture.
http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/813

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[ SE1 news from around the Web ]

Each week we trawl the web for news and features about
SE1 people, places and organisations
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So you want to live in a Llewelyn-Bowen designed
Bankside loft? Yours for �480,000
http://quicklink.se1direct.co.uk/?id=639 - Independent

Jude Law: Why I love the Young Vic
http://quicklink.se1direct.co.uk/?id=640 - Independent

Collapsible replica Globe Theatre invented in Scotland
http://quicklink.se1direct.co.uk/?id=643 - Sunday Times

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[ In the London SE1 Forum ]

Our weekly digest of topics raised in recent
discussions at http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/
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- SE1 taxi services
- 26th Feb SE1 Social / Big Dave
- Bankside riverwalk consultation
- Scorched retinas [new Londis store]
- SoBo
- Second-hand furniture shop
- That Polish Place restaurant
- 15 storey block in The Cut
- Skyscrapers etc. at Waterloo station
- Home Mac repairs
- Annoying Alarms
- Meter Reading
- Stationery needs...
- Graffiti - Abbey St / Maltby Street
- Timber windows

To read and respond to all these discussions and more,
go to: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/

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Editor: James Hatts - email [email protected]

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