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[ SE1 Direct ]    Issue 292      http://www.SE1direct.co.uk

Monday 12 June 2006                           ISSN 1750-0656

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* Local news & features from the London SE1 website
* Advert: The Traditional Acupuncture Centre
* What's on this week
* London Architecture Biennale - book now
* Local business news from the London SE1 website
* Arts reviews from the London SE1 website
* Hot topics from the London SE1 Forum
* Reader offer: SE1 resident launches Socialite-London

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[ Local news & features from the London SE1 website ]

Remember you don't have to wait till SE1 Direct drops into
your mailbox to get a local news fix. The London SE1 website
offers the latest news throughout the week. You can also see
that news on a map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/map.php

* "Eco-warriors" mark trees in Archbishop's Park
Read more at http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/2205

* A little bit of France: visiting the Loire Valley
*- includes special offers for London SE1 website readers -*
Read more at http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/2206

* Threat to Southwark's Roman history branded "a disgrace"
Read more at http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/2202

* Waterloo station security barriers installed
Read more at http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/2200

* Landmine survivor to abseil off Guy's Tower
Read more at http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/2201

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[ Advert: The Traditional Acupuncture Centre ]

The largest dedicated acupuncture clinic in Europe
established since 1983. More than 20 professionally
qualified and registered practitioners of Chinese Medicine
including Herbal Medicine and Tui Na (Chinese Medical
Massage)

75 Roupell Street, London SE1 8SS 
Tel 020 7928 8333
Email [email protected]
Web http://www.acupuncturecentre.org.uk

5 minutes from Waterloo, Waterloo East & Southwark stations

Open 8am-9pm Mondays to Fridays * 9am-6pm Saturdays

Calm and tranquil atmosphere.

Free consultations to discuss whether treatment could be
helpful for you.

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Now booking for OCTOBER - get in quick while there's space!
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[ What's on this week ]

Each week we select a few highlights from the community
and cultural events taking place over the next seven
days. For a comprehensive what's on guide visit
http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/ or pick up a copy of
our free monthly printed publication, 'in SE1'.


HOWARDS END - COMMUNITY FILM CLUB
Monday 12 June
7pm (refreshments from 6.30pm) Starr Auditorium, Tate Modern
Community Film Club screening. Free to SE1 residents - email
[email protected] to join.
Details & map: http://quicklink.se1direct.co.uk/?id=1153


FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN - WATERLOO HISTORY GROUP
Tuesday 13 June
2pm at Waterloo Action Centre, 14 Baylis Road
Sharing memories of the Festival of Britain including the
demolition of the housing and preparation of the site.
Free and open to everyone but older people with memories to
share are particularly welcome.
Lucy McNab from the Royal Festival Hall will be recording
memories for the Love the Festival Hall project.
Details & map: http://quicklink.se1direct.co.uk/?id=1141


FROM HOPS TO HATS - GUIDED WALK AROUND SOUTHWARK STREET
Tuesday 13 June
Meet at WH Smith in London Bridge Station at 6.45pm; free
A Southwark & Lambeth Archaeology Society walk around
Southwark Street led by Stephen Humphrey.
Details & map: http://quicklink.se1direct.co.uk/?id=1142


FRIENDS OF ARCHBISHOPS PARK AGM
Tuesday 13 June
7.30pm at the ADI Centre, 218 Lambeth Road
Group devoted to protecting and enhancing SE1's largest
green space. If you are a regular user of the park, come and
have your say.
Details & map: http://quicklink.se1direct.co.uk/?id=1143


SNIP & PRUNE - TATE MODERN COMMUNITY GARDEN
Tuesday 13 June
6pm-8pm in the Community Garden, north-east of Tate Modern
(near the Milllnnium Bridge)
Learn to create your own mini bog garden, get involved and
find out more about the garden by talking about your
connection to green spaces with artist Michele Fuirer � or
just snip & prune whilst admiring the view!
Details & map: http://quicklink.se1direct.co.uk/?id=1154

WORM COMPOSTING WORKSHOP
Wednesday 14 June
2pm at Rockingham Estate Play Association, 10 Dickens Square
Event for Southwark residents who don't have a garden but
would still like to compost their kitchen waste at home.
Residents can learn how to use the new low-cost wormery
offered by Southwark Council to produce their own compost
for container-grown plants on a balcony, roof terrace or
patio. Anyone living in Southwark and interested in
composting is welcome.
Details & map: http://quicklink.se1direct.co.uk/?id=1144


MORE MOVIES - FREE OPEN AIR CINEMA AT THE SCOOP
Every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday in June
Take your seats by 9.15pm; first come, first served; free
Wednesday: Some like it hot
Thursday: Blowup 
Friday: Walk the Line 
Details & map: http://quicklink.se1direct.co.uk/?id=1155


THE OUTLAW BOROUGH WALK
Thursday 15 June
Meet Shakespeare's Globe 7pm; free
Led by John Constable. Come and find out about Southwark's
medieval outlaws. London has always been two cities, north
and south of the river. And nowhere has the divide been
sharper than around London Bridge, where for centuries the
city faced the Liberty of the Clink, a haven for outlaws.
The medieval Bankside was a waterfront strip of theatres,
taverns, bear-pits, and licensed brothels or 'stews'. Such
things were forbidden within the city walls, but there was
always a thriving ferry trade to row the gentlemen over in
search of forbidden pleasures.
Details & map: http://quicklink.se1direct.co.uk/?id=1146


SHEEP DRIVE
Saturday 17 June 2006
From 10.30am at Borough Market/Southwark Cathedral
60 sheep driven from Borough to Smithfield via Millennium
Bridge
Details & map: http://quicklink.se1direct.co.uk/?id=1156


BLACK HISTORY WALK
Saturday 17 June
Meet 2.30pm Metropolitan Tabernacle, Elephant & Castle; free
Conducted by John Constable. A celebration of Black people
in Southwark throughout the ages. See also 'Rio Ferdinand
lived here' - below
Details & map: http://quicklink.se1direct.co.uk/?id=1147


CELEBRATING SANCTUARY - COIN STREET FESTIVAL
Sunday 18 June
2pm-7pm in Bernie Spain Gardens, Upper Ground; free
Music, dance, performance, art and much more presented by
artists from refugee communities
Details & map: http://quicklink.se1direct.co.uk/?id=1149


'RIO FERDINAND LIVED HERE': A WALK THROUGH SOUTHWARK'S BLACK
HISTORY
Sunday 18 June 
Meet 2pm outside Metropolitan Tabernacle, Elephant & Castle;
free
Led by writer John Constable and actor Susan Aderin, this
walk takes a long view of migration and multicultural
settlement in Southwark's spaces and places. Going back to
Romano-African Emperors and 17th century records challenges
the idea that immigration is a recent phenomenon.
Details & map: http://quicklink.se1direct.co.uk/?id=1150


SIOBHAN DAVIES STUDIOS TOUR: DANCE & ARCHITECTURE UNDER THE
RIBBON ROOF
Sunday 18 June 
3pm at  Siobhan Davies Studios, St George's Road; �8
Tickets from http://quicklink.se1direct.co.uk/?id=1152
A chance to tour the new building, a result of a close
collaboration between choreographer Siobhan Davies and
architect Sarah Wigglesworth, and listen to them discuss
their work together. Choreographer Carol Brown and architect
Mette Ramsgard Thomsen will also discuss their dance work
'Sea, Unsea'.
Details & map: http://quicklink.se1direct.co.uk/?id=1148


UNOFFICIAL DEPOSITED RECORDS - TOUR OF HOARDINGS ART PROJECT
Sunday 18 June
Meet 2pm outside the west entrance of Tate Modern; free
Line Rosenvinge gives a tour of a fascinating art project on
the hoardings behind Tate Modern. Danish artists, Elsebeth
Jorgensen and Pia Ronicke dug into Southwark Local History
Library and made a 100m-long black-and-white montage from
various photographs and documents about the area.
Details & map: http://quicklink.se1direct.co.uk/?id=1151

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[ London Architecture Biennale - book now ]

The London Architecture Biennale runs from 17 to 25 June and
there are lots of events in SE1, including

- a 'sermon' by Renzo Piano @ Southwark Cathedral (SOLD OUT)
- a talk by Peter Ackroyd at Tate Modern
- guided walks around Bankside and Bermondsey
- guided bike tours in association with Southwark Cyclists

Book your tickets now via:
http://quicklink.se1direct.co.uk/?id=1138

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[ Local business news from the London SE1 website ]

News for and about businesses big and small

* Better Bankside seminar looks to community links
Read more at http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/2204

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[ Arts reviews from the London SE1 website ]

* Constable's Waterloo Bridge at Tate Britain
Read more at http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/2203

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[ Hot topics from the London SE1 Forum ]

Our weekly digest of topics raised in recent discussions at
http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/list/1

- Elephant and Castle subways
- Outdoor Screen for World Cup?
- The new Gladstone pub
- Merrick Square garden fete
- No water last night
- Wormeries
- Art framers in the area?
- Advertising on Imax
- South Bermondsey Partnership
- Lant Street
- Rat Colony on Hungerford Car Park
- Simon the Tanner shut?
- Learning Italian
- Soho Gym
- Tiler

To read and respond to these discussions and more, go to:
http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/list/1

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[ Reader offer: SE1 resident launches Socialite-London ]

Local resident Michelle Peers writes:

"I am about to launch Socialite-London which is a members
club for people who are passionate about socialising and
dining out.

"The launch is at Taste of London, 15-18 June in Regents
Park [ http://www.tasteoflondon.co.uk ]. I would be
delighted to offer my fellow SE1ers discount admission to
Taste of London which is fabulous anyway, a glass of fizz if
you say hello to us at the Socialite London Stand [Ladies:
the Socialite London Stand is next to Jean Christophe
Novelli's stand...] and a super-special SE1 discount if you
want to join as a founder member which includes an exclusive
invitation to the Socialite Champagne & Cocktails launch
party at the spectacular London Aquarium on Thursday 7
September.

"If you are interested then please drop me an email
referencing SE1 and I will happily send you all the info and
those all important discount codes!"

Contact [email protected]

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