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The Magazine for Barbican Residents Spring 2021 Barbican Life
Better Nature
Barbican Volunteers Helpline: 07376 068137 Remembering Angela Starling n Biodiversity n Minibeasts of the Barbican n Watching the Crows n Savage Strolls the Streets RCC Comes of Age n Lockdown Pesto n Concerts at Bart’s Great Hall n Health & the City n Insight n Theatre n Décor & Designn View from St Giles' n THANK YOU, KATHARINE! n Personal Finance n BA Discount Scheme n Barbican Flatwatch n Afterthoughts barbican 4:proof 2/12/08 14:38 Page 1 CONTENTS.qxp_proof 27/02/2021 10:27 Page 1
The Magazine for Barbican Residents Volume 18 No. 1 Spring 2021 Barbican Contents Cover Sunlight and FEATURES Running Squirrel with Rose Officers Life 6 and Killarney Watkins (thanks to Philip Watkins Remembering Our Locals for this photo) Chair: Adam Hogg [email protected] We say a goodbye to neighbour Deputy chair: Jane Smith Angela Starling Honorary secretary: Christopher Makin [email protected] 7 Treasurer: Tony Swanson Bio-DO-Versity Hon Auditor: Tony Croot Protecting nature with Julien Waite, Kabir Kaul, Rose Watkins, Killarney Watkins, Matteo Hegarty, Membership secretary: Jim Davies [email protected] Nic Guerra and the Barbican Wildlife Group Website administrator: Cathryn Worrall 16 Assistant treasurer: Nigel Dixon No Backbone Julien Waite gives us beetles! REGULARS Subcommittee and Working Group Chairs 18 Barbicania 5 Crow-Watching in our Local Park Access and Walkways: vacant Tech Talk 28 Ben Thompson’s thoughts take wing Arts Centre Group: Jane Smith 20 Health and the City 30 Culture Mile and Centre for Music: Jane Smith Coming of Age Insight 40 Estate Security: David Bradshaw Christopher Makin reflects on the RCC’s 18th Theatre Previews 43 Planning and Licensing: Sue Cox London Underground: Richard Collins 22 Décor and Design 44 One Pesto at a Time Bernard Morgan House Liaison: Fred Rodgers News 47 Adrien Giacchero eats his way stylishly through London Wall Place 1: Helen Kay the pandemic View from St Giles 48 London Wall Place 2: Mary Bonar 24 Personal Finance 53 Road Traffic adviser: Ted Reilly Help for Residents BA Discount Scheme 54 Sustainability adviser: Sarah Hudson Gilbert House share their contact list including Barbican Flatwatch 59 Care companies Afterthoughts 64 The Elected Members for 2020-21 are: 26 Concert Series at Bart’s Great Hall Randall Anderson, David Bradshaw, Sue Cox, Adam Hogg, Joanna Lyall interviews Dr Clare Taylor from City David Kirkby, Christopher Makin, Jane Smith, Sandy Wilson Music Foundation and Will Palin from Barts Heritage House Group Representatives 34 Savage Strolls Barbican Life is published Andrewes House Lionel Meyringer Peter Savage takes a closer look at The Cripplegate Institute by the Barbican Blake Tower Jay Theis Association for all Barbican Ben Jonson Helen Hulson 35 residents. Additional copies Culture Mile Brandon Mews Humfrey Brandes are available at £5.50 per Creative activities for turbulent times copy, including UK Breton House Fred Rodgers postage, from: Bryer Court John Taysum 50 Barbican Life, THANK YOU, KATHARINE! Bunyan Court Derek Penney 34 John Trundle Court, Just a handful of heartfelt thanks from a Barbican, EC2Y 8DJ Cromwell Tower Tim Cox grateful congregation [email protected] Defoe House David Kirkby Frobisher Crescent Jenny Addison Editor: Helen Hudson Contributors/Assistance: Gilbert House Ian Dixon Email: [email protected] John Bryden Marcia Rector Tel: 078 42 23 52 68 Richenda & John Carey Fred & Jo Rogers John Trundle Court Helen Hudson Ock Carter Stephanie Ross Lambert Jones Mews Richard Collins Editor Emeritus: Lawrence Williams Fleur Chaffé Susan J Royce Email: [email protected] Joe Coten Alan & Annette Rudkin Lauderdale Tower Lionel Green Anna Dabrowski Peter Savage Tel: 07853 836 623 Gary Donaldson Caroline Swash Mountjoy House Andy Hawkins Advertising: Helen Hudson Essa Flett Clare Taylor Seddon House David Graves Email: [email protected] Rachel Free Ben Thompson Adrien Giacchero Cath Urquhart Shakespeare Tower Sarah Bee Tel: 078 42 23 52 68 Gilbert House Julien Waite Speed House Christopher Makin Stephanie Ross Nic Guerra Philip Watkins Michele Haynes Killarney Watkins Thomas More House Graham Bulpitt Email: [email protected] Matteo Hegarty Rose Watkins Wallside Mary Bonar Tel: 07753 603 601 Helen Hudson Janet Wells Design: Trevor Sheldon Kabir Kaul Lawrence Williams Willoughby House Hilary Sunman Kevin Kiernan Barbican Wildlife Email: [email protected] Joanna Lyall Group Tel: 01322 412157 Christopher Makin BA Newsletter editor: Robert McKay [email protected] Alex Norris Print: The Buxton Press, Buxton, Derbys Articles published, and opinions expressed, do not necessarily represent the views of Susie & Ashwin Pillay Website Grazia Piras Helen Hudson The Barbican Association. Contributed articles are welcome, but insertion depends on space available and editorial needs. © Copyright 2021 The Barbican Association Twitter @barbicanlife Instagram @barbicanlife Web www.barbicanlife.com FRANK HARRIS SPRING 21.qxp_Layout 1 19/02/2021 19:14 Page 2
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Barbicania Better Nature or our first issue of 2021, things are looking hopeful. We would love to come and give every single one of you a big positive Happy New Year hug, but that will Helen Hudson have to wait. Instead, we have been busy giving the website a facelift so that Fyou can view things more easily on mobile devices. We hope you love the new design and we are open to any website or social suggestions on how to make things even better. In a speech to the One Plan Summit of global leaders in Paris earlier this year, the UN secretary general, António Guterres, pleaded that “2021 must be the year to reconcile humanity with nature,” because “until now, we have been destroying our planet. We have been abusing it as if we have a spare one.” He’s not wrong! Data from the Red List of Threatened Species estimates that our actions are threatening about 1 in 8 species with extinction. We might not have vast tracts of forest on the doorstep, but we do have an enormous amount of wildlife within walking distance. In this issue, Julien Waite explains how we can help the biodiversity campaign at a local level and we share the pleasure and inspiration gifted by our gardens (and their caretakers) from the perspective of some of our younger residents in the local area: Killarney and Rose Watkins, Kabir Kaul and Matteo Hegarty. As the time is almost here to be thinking about our boxes, we have also included advice on Planting Green and for Biodiversity thanks to Nic Guerra (Barbican Gardener) and the Barbican Wildlife Group ([email protected]). Our minibeast buddy, Julien, also gives us the low down on beetles (and I must admit to feeling grateful that cockroaches fall under a different classification order) and Ben Thompson takes us on a crow-watching trip to Fortune Park. Christopher Makin celebrates the 18th birthday of our Barbican Estate Residents Consultation Committee and reflects on how residents are consulted on things which affect us. We haven’t been able to review restaurants over the lockdowns, and we’ve all been cooking a lot more at home, so I hope you’ll enjoy Adrien Giacchero’s pesto recipe. We’d love to hear how you do with this, so please send in your feedback and photos! At a recent Barbican Association meeting, Gilbert House mentioned that they had compiled a list of useful care information. Thanks to a very special group of Gilbert House residents who have painstakingly updated it for us. We’ll add all the information to our barbicanlife.com website and republish every so often in the magazine, so please send any related information or updates to us so that we can keep the info up to date for everyone. Fresh from interviews with Dr Clare Taylor from the City Music Foundation and Will Palin from Barts Heritage, Joanna Lyall gives us some background on their series of free monthly lunchtime recitals at Barts Great Hall. There is a concert a month and Joanna Please Save has included the calendar for the year. The Date The Culture Mile Imagine Packs distributed last December came as a welcome surprise 22nd April to many residents in the City and we have reprinted a couple of the activities in this issue, for the along with the backstory of how the ideas crystalised into the booklet. Barbican Peter Savage is strolling the streets for us and, in this issue, it is the The Cripplegate Institute behind Ben Jonson House which will enjoy our attention. Association Last but not least, Katharine Rumens (our Rector at St Giles’) is retiring and we’re AGM via torn: equal parts sad to see her go but also deliciously excited about what lays in store for Zoom. her. Here’s to Spring! Stay well! Helen Hudson
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founding team member of the Communications Committee, and active on the Barbican OBITUARY Residential Committee 2006 - 2017. As a long term member of the Gilbert House Group Committee Angela acted as Treasurer 2012 - 2017. Her important contribution to this Remembering our locals Committee arose from her wide understanding of the City of London Angela Starling Committees, her many contacts, an extensive ngela was born in knowledge of City issues and Solihull, Warwickshire. plans of the day, and her AFollowing a long common sense - all of which illness, Angela died in The helped cut through the red Royal London Hospital on tape. In 2013 she ensured December 30, 2020. appropriate Council support She will be sorely missed by challenging a City of London her two younger sisters Street Scene Project, a plan to Catherine and Marcia, by her install costly metal seats and extended family and friends planters on St Giles’ and Ben around the world, and by her Jonson Terraces. The street many colleagues, neighbours furniture was eventually and friends in the Barbican relocated by the City of and her beloved “City of London. Angela actively London”. improved the social life of Angela travelled from an Gilbert House by organizing early age and attended school convivial gatherings. in Belgium where she Angela had many interests discovered her interest and and hobbies, such as jazz, ability in foreign languages learning to play the piano, and mathematics. Her attending concerts and banking career spanned 38 theatre, Spanish classes, years with 4 different banks in architecture, reading, quizzes 3 different countries. On and puzzles, and especially retiring from banking, she family life and travel. She managed the Belgian- enjoyed spending time at her Luxembourg Chamber of flat in Chamonix, France. Her Commerce for 5 years, and last trip which she so enjoyed was also an active Council was in 2017 when she and a Member of the Anglo Belgian dear friend went to Venice on Society from 2002 to 2014. Photo and memories courtesy of Marcia the Orient Express. In 2006 Angela was elected to the Court of Rector, Angela’s younger sister Angela was a much loved Aunt to many Common Council, where she served until 2017. nieces and nephews and a caring Godmother to As Common Councillor for the Ward of Music & Drama 2013 - 2016 of which: Audit and her godchildren. They will all treasure her Cripplegate Without, she served tirelessly on Risk Management Committee Member 2015- memory and miss her dearly. many committees and various management 2016 teams: Angela became the Treasurer of “The Save Angela was directly involved with Community and Children's Services 2006 - 2017 Bart’s Campaign”, initiated by Common Barbican Life right from the magazine’s of which: Deputy Chair 2012 - 2014 Councillor Wendy Mead OBE. In 2016 on outset. The Barbican Association appointed her as Chair of the newly Planning and Transportation 2007 - 2017 completion of the new buildings, the residue formed Communications Group set up to Hampstead Heath Management 2009 - 2011 campaign funds were donated to the newly oversee the new magazine and the Keats House Management 2009 - 2011 established Heritage Trust for restoration of the Association’s newsletter, both of which Queen's Park and Highgate Wood Management North Wing, the Great Hall and the Henry VIII were to be published quarterly and 2009 - 2011 Gate in West Smithfield. distributed to all Barbican residents free Board of Governors of the City of London Angela attended many prestigious Royal of charge. According to Barbican Life’s Freemen's School 2010 - 2013 Events at Buckingham Palace and at the founder, and initial editor, Lawrence Establishment 2011 - 2017 Guildhall, as well as numerous Mayoral City of Williams, Angela never interfered with Markets 2013 - 2017 London events, and International Receptions the magazine's content or editorial direction, but did play a useful role in Member of The Environmental Cleaners Livery welcoming Presidents, Prime Ministers and general advice – and even penned the Company and the Cripplegate Ward Club. dignitaries from around the world. occasional article, or editorial snippet for Citizens Advice Bureau 2007-2010 Having been a resident in the Barbican since it. She continued this role until other Corporation Parenting Task Group 2007-2008 the early 1980’s, Angela took an active role in duties and ill health made it difficult for Joint Consultative 2015-2017 the Barbican Association, acting as both her to continue. Board of Governors of the Guildhall School of Treasurer and Deputy Chair. She was Chair and
6 BARBICAN LIFE Spring 2021 BIODIVERSITY.qxp_proof 27/02/2021 09:30 Page 1 Bio-DO-versity Some Dos (and Do Nots) to Protect Nature (and Yourself), by Julien Waite What is Biodiversity? So, in addition to the mental and physical health benefits of hat most of us connecting with wildlife, by engaging your child in nature at an think of as “a early age you’re giving them a great head start in their schooling. wasp” is one of Wtwo species. The Keeping it Local classic “bee”, the honeybee, What can we do on a local level to look after the biodiversity on from which we obtain honey, is the Barbican Estate? just one species. In actual fact, I’m not going to talk about the evils of pesticides, weedkiller or in the UK alone, there are fertilisers here, but how all of us (adults and children) can help 270+ species of bee including protect and maintain the range of habitats (e.g. grassland, 27 species of bumblebee, and woodland, buildings, lakes) and microhabitats (e.g. bushes, trees, over 9,000 species of wasp. ponds, under logs, window-boxes) throughout the Barbican Plus, the males and females of honeybee Estate simply by how we interact with them. the same species may look When teaching schools at London Wildlife Trust nature quite different. Bumblebees, dragonflies and many birds are reserves, before going outside we always have a quick chat about good examples of this. how to stay safe and respect the wildlife. I’ve incorporated those Roughly speaking, biodiversity is the variety among living rules below, along with some other suggestions. organisms from all sources (e.g. land, marine and freshwater), plus the diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems. An ecosystem consists of the living (biotic) plants and animals, and the non-living (abiotic) components such as soil, water, air, light, temperature and the climate.
Why is Biodiversity Important? Every species on the planet has a value and a right to exist, whether or not it is useful for humans. That said, the importance of biodiversity from a human standpoint is… n economical - raw sprouting daffodils in Thomas More Garden materials for consumption and production (e.g. Bird Brains crops, livestock, n Walk, don’t run so you don’t hurt the wildlife or yourself. fishing, timber) n Animals will be more scared of you than you are of them so n ecological - life no need to squeal or scream. support supplying n Be quiet! That way you’re less likely to scare away the male blackbird on its bushy home oxygen, clean air animals and can listen to the birds. It’s even possible to and water; plant pollination; pest control identify the species from their songs. Like most of us, animals n recreational - e.g. birdwatching, hiking, camping, fishing, prefer peace and quiet and will move to live elsewhere if tourism continually disturbed by noise or invasions of their homes. n cultural - many plants and animals have enduring symbolic n The Barbican Estate is blessed with a large variety of wild significance, appearing on national emblems or in folklore bird species, in no small part due to the no pets policy. (Dogs legends (e.g. kangaroo for Australia, giant panda for China, chase and cats kill.) Improve your mental health by visiting lion for England!, unicorn for Scotland!!!) the gardens and watch the moorhens, crows, magpies, robins, n scientific - a wealth of ecological date that helps us blackbirds and more go about their daily business. understand the natural world and its origins n To take your bird-spotting to the next level, check out the In the National Curriculum for Science, although biodiversity bird-hide in the Barbican Wildlife Garden and write down the isn’t mentioned in name until Year 10 (when 14-15 year-olds start birds you spot on the whiteboard. their GCSEs), the groundwork for this topic originates in n It’s fine to feed small amounts of bread to ducks, but if you Reception (4-5 years) via minibeasts, plants and animals, then can feed them sweetcorn, porridge oats, peas or bird seed continues in Year 1 (5-6 years) via identifying and naming instead that’s a lot better as, like us, ducks need a varied diet common species and Year 2 (6-7 years) when habitats and food to stay healthy. chains are covered.
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Respect pick mushrooms is n If you have the luxury of observing minibeasts in private in a supermarket! rather than with 29 other schoolchildren, there’s no need to n Do not forage for collect them in pots. Lift a log and then watch them in their blackberries, natural habitat, remembering to put the log back after you’ve apples or other finished. (Don’t roll the logs around the meadow!) fruits in the n Be gentle! Minibeasts can easily be squashed or crushed if Barbican Wildlife not handled carefully. Garden as that’s n The Barbican Wildlife Garden is not a playground but the food you’re taking home to wildlife that you are visiting. Unlike a zoo, the away from the animals are not in cages so they can leave if they are unduly wildlife. And the disturbed and we then won’t be able to enjoy them anymore. garden isn’t an n Keep out of the bushes (where blackbirds and other animals allotment either so live) and avoid stepping on sprouting bulbs. no more potatoes n Stay on the paths when in the Barbican Wildlife Garden. please! n Washing hands was squirrel in Barbican Wildlife Garden No Pick No Lick important well n Do not pick the flowers. As soon as you do the flower dies, it before Covid came along, as both soil and pond-water can takes food away from bees and other pollinators and prevents contain diseases and some plants are poisonous, but hand other people enjoying them. It may be ‘just one flower” but if sanitiser doesn’t just kill bacteria and viruses, so minibeasts everyone thought that way there soon wouldn’t be any flowers should not be handled after using it. left. n Leave frogspawn and tadpoles in the pond. It may look like Not Gotta Catch ‘Em All! there’s plenty to spare but of the 2,000+ eggs laid by one n Record what you’ve seen and take photos so you can refer to female frog, as few as 10 eggs become adults. them at a later date. n Some minibeasts do have venomous bites (e.g. spiders, n iNaturalist is a useful app to help identify what you see, but centipedes) or stings (e.g. bees, wasps) but unless you’re it’s not always correct and you can’t trust everyone who allergic they are harmless and will leave you alone if provides an ID. undisturbed. (The two times that I was stung by wasps when n An unidentified record is better than a misidentified record. little was because I was bothering them!) n It’s not Pokemon! You don’t need to catch ‘em all. Being able n Don’t eat anything or put fingers in your mouth before to correctly identify a few species is more useful than washing your hands as lots of plants are poisonous and some incorrectly identifying lots of species. are deadly. If we can all abide by the above guidelines to the best of our n Different species of mushroom can look very similar and ability it will help protect, maintain and even improve the should always be treated as poisonous. The only safe place to biodiversity of our neighbourhood.
Bubbling, buzzy It is clearly a nurturing Overall, I am grateful for the education school – my children and support the school get a great education school where children has provided through the past few years for whilst also having fun. my daughter. PARENTS SAY THE KINDEST THINGS The prompt feedback around parent A great education delivered in a questions/concerns and excellent caring, often joyous school community communication on all matters. – with music everywhere.
The Cathedral itself is incredible as a setting for the children. The teaching is wonderful, very caring and pitched just right. The parents are lovely: a good mixture of engaged and interested, but not pushy. And all the children are so happy when they bounce into school every day, it is a joy to watch.
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Enjoying nature’s gifts from the perspective of some of our younger residents
The Barbican Wildlife Garden is a real haven for the City’s biodiversity. It has a number of habitats, including ponds, complete with frogs; and a meadow, which in summer, has some spectacular wildflowers, attracting all sorts of bees and butterflies. There are a number of rarities too, including the Lesser Stag Beetle, which can be found among the piles of dead wood brought in from Epping Forest, and surprisingly, visitors can often see birds of prey, such as Sparrowhawks, Kestrels and Peregrine Falcons swooping over the garden! The bird hide provides an excellent spot to watch the many species of birds found in the Barbican’s gardens, including House Sparrows, which have severely declined in the City. All of this amazing wildlife is on your doorstep, and now is a great opportunity to start recording it. Recording species contributes towards vital conservation work, and helps us to understand the distribution of different species in a certain area. There are a few easy ways to record wildlife: you can download the British Trust for Ornithology’s BirdTrack app, and submit your sightings of birds when you are out in the Barbican’s gardens. You could also submit sightings of wildlife on Greenspace Information for Greater London’s website, and if you need help identifying a certain plant or animal, download the iNaturalist app and submit a photo of the species you would like to identify. There is so much wildlife to enjoy around the Barbican, so start recording your sightings! Kabir Kaul
Rose Watkins Killarney Watkins Matteo Hegarty How old are you? 13 12 9 How often do you go into 2-4 times a week 2-4 times a week Every day the gardens? What do you like best about The variety of animal species that we I like the meadow and the different IT’S GREEN AND THERE IS LOTS OF the gardens? see there. terrains found in the garden. I also ANIMALS AND I LOVE PLANTS AND like the variety of wildlife in the gardens. ANIMALS, THEY MAKE ME FEEL HAPPY AND CALM. At least 40 different types feral pigeon, wood pigeon, goldfinch, blue tit, great tit, coal tit, greenfinch, BLACK BIRD, ROBIN, PIGEON, of birds have been seen in the greenfinch, chaffinch, robin, house goldfinch, house sparrow, thrush, BLUETIT, MAGPIE, KESTREL, gardens. Can you think of any sparrow, blackbird, dunnock, blackbird, dunnock, carrion crow, PEREGRINE FALCON you have seen? sparrowhawk, peregrine falcon, carrion magpie, peregrine falcon, robin, herring gull, black headed gull, blue tit, mallard, heron, black headed gull, great tit, coal tit, kestrel, thrush, herring gull, feral pigeon, wood parakeet and Woodcock pigeon, wren, kestrel, woodcock, parakeet, sparrowhawk and chaffinch
What is your favourite bird? coal tit Coal tit BLUE TIT AND PEREGRINE FALCON At least seven different types red admiral, small white, green-veined Red admiral, meadow brown, small I HAVE SEEN 3 BUTTERFLIES BLUE, of butterfly have been seen in white, meadow brown, large white white, cabbage white, green-veined white WHITE AND BROW the gardens. Can you think of any you have seen? What is your favourite butterfly? meadow brown Red admiral BLUE At least seven different types Yes, I have seen red, green and blue Damsel flies are aerial insects that are YES, THEY ARE CUTE, I HAVE SEEN of damsel fly have been seen damsel flies in the gardens. found in freshwater habitats. I don't A RED ONE AND A BLUE ONE in the gardens. Do you know know the names but I have seen ones what these are and where that are green, turquoise and red in the you would see any? wildlife garden. Have you seen any? Have you seen any foxes or I have seen grey squirrels a lot in the Yes. I have seen many squirrels lurking YES! I HAVE SEEN THE FOX 12 squirrels in the gardens? gardens and foxes a few times. in the trees and I have seen some foxes TIMES! I LOVE THE FOX! I KNOW and fox Cubs in the wildlife garden. WHERE IT LIVES, I CLIMB THE TREE AND WAIT FOR IT TO COME OUT. Have you seen any bugs or Yes, I have seen bees, wasps, spiders, I have seen beetles, bees, spiders, YES, WORMS ARE VERY worms in the gardens? beetles, flies, dragonflies both and dragonflies, worms, damsel flies and IMPORTANT. BEES ARE VERY worms in the gardens. dragonflies. IMPORTANT TOO, PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE SCARED OF BEES AND SHOULD NOT KILL THEM. If you had a wish to have a tree sparrows Flamingo HEDGEHOGS new animal or bird in the gardens, which one would you wish for?
From left to right: coal tit by Killarney Watkins, Rose and Killarney Watkins, Matteo Hegarty
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The Snail in the Toilet By Matteo Hegarty One day I went to bathroom and saw a cute snail in the toilet. I was very surprised! How did the snail get in the toilet? I wished the snail could talk and tell but he just looked at me with his big eyes. I called my mum. She said, “I’ve put the snail in the toilet because it was eating the plants!”. “Mum, we need to rescue the snail”, I said. Mum said, “Let’s take it to the wildlife garden” It was slimy. I was not so scared and I picked the snail up and put it in a glass. The snail started to climb the sides of the glass. “No, stay inside!”, I said to the snail. But the snail did not listen to me and almost escaped. “Quick!”, I said, “We need to take it to the wildlife garden”. Mum and I put jackets on and off we went. Out in the garden it was very, very, very, very, very DARK! I could not see where I was walking and I fell down and dropped the glass with the snail. “Oh no!”, said mum. I felt very sad – my snail was gone! Suddenly I felt something wet and slimy crawling on my hand. It was the snail! I was very happy. I carried the snail very carefully and slowly until I arrived the pond. The pond was still and quiet. The frogs were sleeping. I thought we should put the snail away from the pond so that the frogs do not eat the snail. “Let’s hide it in the nettles”, I said. “That is a good idea”, said mum. And so we did. “Bye, bye little snail”, I said, “and live happily ever after”.
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Advice on Planting Green and for Biodiversity, from Nic Guerra (Barbican Gardener) and the Barbican Wildlife Group Planting in Barbican troughs water so that it splashes up onto the stem or leaves. he trough should be lined with BEO black plastic refuse When blooms have faded or died, snip them off, as this may bags – three to a trough – with three1cm holes punched encourage new growth. Some leaves should be left on herbs to Tat intervals per sack. The holes will prevent water enable them to flower and provide food for bees and butterflies. clogging the compost and using bags help with refreshing the In an ideal world, the compost should be replaced after every compost, as the bags can be lifted out of the trough separately. growing season but this would be expensive, so perhaps replace Place small stones, broken terracotta pots, polystyrene a third each year. However, digging in fresh compost with the packaging, cat litter, gravel etc, to a depth of 5 cm at the bottom old and mixing well would be fine, as long as the compost isn’t of each plastic bag. This helps retain moisture and again compacted. Spent compost must be placed in the black rubbish prevents water clogging the compost. bags for disposal as general waste. Use the best quality affordable multi-purpose peat free compost. Peat comes from peat bogs, which are unsustainable, What you need – some suggestions as well as being homes to wildlife. Expect to need at least 20 Tools and equipment: litres per black bag and fill each bag up to 2cm from the top of A watering can, gardening trowel, spray bottle and gardening the trough. gloves - to avoid the feel of compost - are ideal but not essential. Choose plants you like, as long as these benefit bees and A jug, spoon, an empty washing up liquid bottle and resistance butterflies and, of course, the kitchen. Easy maintenance plants to the feel of compost will suffice! that don’t need a lot of watering are perhaps the most practical choice, as even when it rains, balconies don’t get wet. Annuals – plants that generally have a single Suggestions for plants are below but try not to buy plants which season life-span: have their roots growing out of their pots, as this is a sign of an Cosmos; Petunia; Sunflower; Cornflower; Nasturtium; old plant getting pot-bound. Calendula; and, of course, Geranium but not pelargonium as Water the plants whilst still in the pots they came in, at least these are sterile and of no benefit to biodiversity. Choose half an hour before replanting, which makes for easier removal. varieties such as Geranium Roxanne; Renardii; Pratense; Orion; Pots can be squeezed gently to assist and, once out of the pot, Mavis Simpson; and Ballerina, all of which are sold as the roots can be very gently massaged apart between finger and perennials. thumb. Before replanting, the compost should be watered so it is damp to touch but not soggy. Perennials – plants that have a life-span of Lay out the plants how you would like the trough to look, more than one season: bearing in mind the advised ultimate size. But trailing plants Aster; Sedum; Pinks; Lady’s Mantle; Ivy; Honeysuckle; Vinca; should go along the front of the trough, to grow over the Wallflower; Lavender; Scabious; Phlox; Helenium; Campanulas: balconies. Scoop out a hole in the compost a little wider than and Salvias. the circumference of the root clump and no deeper than the base of the stem. Put the plant in the hole and then fill in the Herbs – all perennials: rest of the hole with compost pushing it gently but firmly Rosemary; Sage; Thyme; Marjoram; Chives; Mint (best left in around the plant up to the base of its stem. pot to control roots); and Tarragon. When satisfied the plant is firmly located, finish off the planting with a gentle sprinkling of water around the plant, If buying online, there are several retailers selling peat free avoiding the foliage, if possible. compost as well as nurseries selling plants grown in peat free compost Plant care If a good quality compost has been used, good quality plants should not require feeding during the growing season. However, when washing out milk cartons with tap water, the contents can be used for watering plants. A few torn-up tea bags and coffee grounds, dug into the compost, won’t go amiss either. Any brown looking leaves should be removed, especially before watering or if they’ve fallen on the compost, as this will prevent disease. If you do see black or green fly, aphids etc. and really don’t want them, just pick them off and rub between finger and thumb. A weak solution of washing up liquid – preferably Ecover or equivalent - can be gently sprayed on the leaves but please don’t use any other chemicals. Watering can take time and it’s best to water regularly rather than drenching. Ideally, watering should be done in the morning or evening, in any event not when the sun is at its hottest. The best method is to water slowly from one end to the other end and then returning. A good test of whether the watering has been sufficient, is to push a finger 2cm into the The kestrel which has made the Barbican Wildlife Garden her home. compost to make sure it’s damp all the way down but don’t Thanks. to BenM @StargazerBen for the photo.
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No Backbone Minibeasts of the Barbican Beetles
7-Spot Ladybird Meet the Beetles! Rose Stem Girdler (Agrilus cuprescens) (Coccinella septempunctata) iniature flying tanks, with over 400,000 species globally, beetles represent about 40% of known insect species and account for one Mquarter of all animals on the planet. They are distinguished by having a pair of front wings (forewings) that are typically modified into hard wing cases (elytra), which cover and protect the hind-wings and abdomen. Beetles also have biting mouthparts as opposed to the sucking mouthparts of true bugs (which we will look at in an a future article) and - like butterflies, moths, bees, wasps, ants and flies - undergo complete metamorphosis (egg → larva → pupa → adult). In the UK there are over 4,000 species of beetle across 100+ families such a species of weevil (Malvapion malvae) as ground beetles (Carabidae), rove beetles (Staphylinidae), ladybird beetles (Coccinellidae) and predaceous diving beetles (Dytiscidae). Black Clock Beetle Some species (such as the ground beetles) are solitary whereas others (like (Pterostichus madidus) the ladybirds) can be found in large clusters (aggregations). The body shape and size of beetles varies considerably. Ground beetles tend to have a flattened, oval body with regular ridges or groves. Aquatic beetles are smooth which enables them to move through water more easily and have long, hairy hindlegs that are used as paddles. Weevils are small with long snouts which the males use for jousting and the females for a predaceous diving beetle drilling holes into wood to lay their eggs. Stag beetles are big and the males (Family: Dytiscidae) have antlers which they wrestle with each other to impress the ladies.
Please Please Me The predatory ground beetles and rove beetles help to control the Lesser Stag Beetle populations of many insects by feeding on their eggs, larva and soft-bodied Dorcus paralellapipidus ( ) adult species. Ladybirds are highly beneficial to humans as both the larvae and adults feed on plant-sucking insects such as aphids. Other beetles are scavengers, breaking down dead logs (e.g. stag beetles), dead plant and animal matter (e.g. Rough-Haired Lagria Beetle larva) or excrement (e.g. Common Pollen Beetle dung beetles). Then there are the pollinators such as the Thick-Legged (Brassicogethes aeneus) Flower Beetle and Common Pollen Beetle. It’s not all about the bees and butterflies you know! However, not all beetles are beneficial to humans. Some (e.g. Rose Stem a rove beetle Girdler and weevils) destroy plants and others (e.g. Varied Carpet Beetle (Family: Staphylinidae) larva) can damage wooden furniture, carpets and clothing.
Beetles for Sale Many beetles are brightly coloured. Sometimes it’s a warning to predators that they’re toxic so not nice to eat. Ladybirds are a classic example of this and use pigments for their colour. However, the iridescent metallic look of other beetles (such as the Rosemary Beetle and Thick-Legged Flower Varied Carpet Beetle Beetle) that appear to gradually change in colour as the angle of view or (Anthrenus verbasci) angle of illumination changes is due to precise lattice-like microstructures. Thick-Legged Flower Beetle (Butterfly wings and peacock feathers are other examples.) It’s thought that (Oedemara nobilis) these colour changes confuse birds and other predators so acts as camouflage allowing the beetle to hide in plain sight. Unlike pigment this microstructure means these beetles (and butterflies) maintain their brilliant colours after death making them collectable to some. Personally I prefer seeing beetles alive although I’m looking forward to revisiting the Natural History Museum’s extensive (dead) beetle collection when we’re allowed out again!
Thanks to Julien Waite for this article and photos! Rough-Haired Lagria Beetle Rosemary Beetle (Lagria hirta) Next issue: Let It Bee (Chrysolina americana)
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Crow-Watching in our Local Park Ben Thompson’s thoughts take wing
n a recent walk through the city, I made an impromptu visit to Fortune Park. A recent discovery for me, I have fallen a little bit in love with this pocket-sized green space in the heart of London. I discovered it by accident. On a visit to theO Barbican Centre, I was walking along Whitecross Street when I saw something that I hadn't noticed before. Halfway along the row of shops and offices on the other side of the street, there was the mouth of a passageway. Curious about where it led, I crossed over and ventured in. Walking along it, I felt the press of walls on either side, the weight of lives being lived in the rooms stacked above me, then I stepped out again into space and light. People sat at picnic tables, chatting and drinking hot drinks. At the edge of the children's play area, a tall tree balanced a pale sky on its upper branches. Outside of the little cabin selling hot drinks, the aroma of coffee mingled with the sound of 6music. Fortune Park worked its charm on me and, over the coming months, I found myself making the trip from my home in Walthamstow as often as Crow I could. On the day of this particular visit, the season was taking a Earlier that week, I am walking to work on a blustery morning distinct turn towards autumn. There was a sharp chill in the air. A when a group of them catch my eye. A raggedy murder of crows sweetgum tree which stood at one corner of a grassy area blushed is flying around the top of a recently-built tower block. They are a deep red. Walking past it on my way to a bench, I noticed that scraps of a pirate flag, shredded and tossed about by the wind. I the ground directly beneath the tree was completely bare as if its stop to watch them for a moment. They push out into the sky, the shadow had burned the grass away. roof of the tower at their backs. From here they could fly along Sitting on the bench tucking into an apple, I watched a crow taking off from the roof of a block of flats. The crow flew diagonally up until he was just clear of the edge of the roof and then curved over into a downwards glide. He swooped towards the street below, pulling away from the building as he fell so that the line of his flight described an elegant curve. It was a compelling thing, this small moment of drama happening just outside the boundary of the park, compelling in its quietness, in the speed and the certainty of the crow's flight.
Crow on Ice
the railway track as it arrows north towards Walthamstow Central and Wood Street beyond. Or they could fling their shadows across Selborne Way and over the multi-storey carpark with its corkscrewing access ramp. And yet none of them seem to be making any headway. Even as they push out into the sky, they are just as soon circling back again. The tower reels them in as if it has them under a spell. No such fate for the Fortune Park crow. He sprang up from the roof of the block of flats and the next second he was gone, dipping behind a row of trees and disappearing from view. What he did next I can't say. Maybe he settled on a branch or maybe he flapped darkly up Golden Lane. I looked back up at the rooftop. It was empty again. He might never have been there.
Thanks to Fred Rogers and Matteo Hegarty for the photos. Fortune Street Park More of Ben’s musings at benwritesanddraws.com.
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n 18th birthday is always worth The BA newsletter from after the 2003 celebrating, so join me in vote. toasting the coming of age of Athe Barbican residents' forum that is consulted by the City of London, Consultation took a step forward our Landlord and Managing Agent. That with the creation of House Groups forum is the snappily named Barbican in the 1990s despite concerns, Estate Residents Consultation thankfully unrealised, that this Committee, known colloquially as the might pit one house against RCC, which I have Chaired since 2018. another. Then, in 2003, consultation Long-standing residents will recall the took the form of a vote on the relationship with the Barbican Estate future management of the Estate. Office (BEO) before the RCC. “Lynne Brooke, John Bailey and “I moved here as a tenant in 1969 and I were the three Bs behind this the BEO was slow to recognise that referendum,” said David Bradshaw, communications with residents needed to Deputy and Common Councillor for change after we purchased the leasehold Cripplegate Ward. “We wanted to of our flats,” said Professor Stuart continue with the BEO team and Morganstein, a Barbican resident for 52 form a resident body that would years. “Our Common Councillors did, determine what was required of the however, set up an informal consultation BEO, as opposed to residents group that met in the El Vino wine bar responding to BEO initiatives/ two or three times a year. This led to programmes.” some improvements, for instance by There was a good turnout for the reducing the gap between works being 2003 vote with 63 percent of approved and charged to our service charges.” Barbican residents voting, of which 71 precent opted for decision- making being left with the City. A key factor here was the City’s promise to create the RCC as a formal route for Barbican residents to have a greater voice in managing the Estate. The 2003 promise for a consultation committee was not top of mind for Lord Lisvane when he carried out a recent review of City of London governance that queries the future of numerous committees. This is why I have been working with the Chair of the Barbican Association (which represents residents in all non- ((%"&"#' "" (( & !" &! (( (%''# &" %&%" ! service charge issues) to remind the City of their promise. We ((( ( &!" &! "# %% ( & want to see a more effective RCC that can influence what % ( '&%$&#"! &% &! &% '&%$&#"! &% &! & happens on the Estate, how residents’ money is spent, and have a (($#"&%" ! !! say in the future of the Estate. ! ((( %"%$$!%" # Each RCC meeting reviews the papers for the next Barbican ((( &!" & ! & &! Residential Committee (BRC) that makes the decisions on the management of the Estate, and Officers from the City of London attend the RCC to brief its members and take their questions. The RCC’s Minutes provide the BRC with residential input into ͯω their decisions in addition to the Common Councillors from
Aldersgate and Cripplegate who are BRC Members, but cannot always vote. All residents are welcome to come and observe the RCC’s meetings where they are represented by a member of their House Group. During the pandemic we are meeting online and details can be found on the City of London’s website. (( "% "% &#$&#" (('%' Last but not least, the RCC has five teams tackling underfloor (( heating, major works, gardens, service levels and service charges. (((( During 2021 Barbican residents will be offered the chance to volunteer to join these teams. I hope you will volunteer to contribute your knowledge and enthusiasm to help make our amazing Estate an ever-better place to live.
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One Pesto At A Time Eating My Way Through The Pandemic, by Adrien Giacchero
ust over a year ago, the pandemic hit us. It goes without than just putting ingredients saying that our lives changed dramatically as many of us together. have been through tough times, often separated from our Another way to cope has been Jfamily and friends. Looking back, I think that my closest to develop new “signature ally to cope with all the stress and never-ending twists and turns has recipes” – some easy go-to dishes been my Barbican kitchen – although I would preferred not having to cheer me up on a weekday to deal with the smelly garchey (… sorry to the die-hard fans). night, from a quick carbonara The extended lockdowns have made us slow down and pasta to a hearty lentil dhal. For changed our approach to food. We are no longer batch cooking on me, the real saviour has been a Sunday night or skipping a nice homemade meal for a meh Pret making homemade pesto. It takes sandwich on the go. Despite the never-ending pile of dishes in the very little time to prepare and will make you travel to the sink, I have found cooking at home a real source of comfort. Mediterranean in just a few mouthfuls. To me, cooking has become a pastime more than a mere Create the perfect atmosphere to enjoy this dish: pour yourself drudgery. Like quite a few of you probably, I have also a glass of Sicilian Nero d’Avola and put some Italian music on surrendered to the banana loaf, sourdough and homemade pasta (use Radiooooo, an online “musical time machine” that allows manias. But over the last few months, I have tried some more you to listen to songs selected by country and decade, so here unusual experiments, including a surprisingly good chocolate and Italy in the 60s would be perfect). Stand by the windows of your beetroot cake to make good use of the ton of beetroots I got week Barbican flat and picture yourself in the cabin of a (Covid-proof) after week in my veggie box subscription. I have also used this cruise ship in Genoa’s port on an extended stopover, about to sail opportunity to reconnect with my family roots from the south of to the Cinque Terre or the French Riviera… France, preparing some pissaladière (onion tart from Nice), daube Now, let’s get cooking. Making homemade pesto couldn’t be provençale (beef stew) or tourte de blettes (swiss chard pie) and easier: once you know the trick, you will never buy some at the keeping these family recipes alive. Cooking has become more supermarket again.
Homemade pesto recipe
To make pesto, you only need a handful of ingredients: basil, Pesto only takes a couple of minutes to prepare, so you can pine nuts, parmesan, garlic and extra virgin olive oil. However, the make it while the pasta is cooking following these easy steps: great thing about pesto is that you can easily tweak the recipe n Start by halving a garlic clove and rub its cut sides along the according to what you have in your kitchen and what is in season. inside of your blender or food processor. No basil? Use a mix of herbs such as mint, parsley or n Blend the herbs and the nuts in the food processor, then add rosemary… the more, the merrier. You can also use some the grated parmesan and finish off with the extra virgin olive rocket or, for a perfect zero waste recipe, carrot tops (just oil. I tend to use the following ratio: about 3 volumes of remove thick stems) and beet greens (blanch them a few herbs, 1 volume of nuts (or breadcrumbs), 1 volume of minutes and strain them well before using). grated parmesan, 3 volumes of extra virgin olive oil and a bit No pine nuts? Use some almonds, walnuts, hazelnuts or of salt. even, like Italian chef Massimo Bottura, some fresh n Make sure to keep some of the starch-rich pasta water and breadcrumbs which will add some extra flavour and body to add some to the mix to help emulsify the pesto into a the sauce – and avoid tossing stale bread! creamy sauce. Then mix together with the pasta and serve No parmesan? It works really well with other cheeses such immediately, without putting the pasta back on the hob. as pecorino but also British cheeses such as Kirkham's Lancashire from Neal’s Yard Dairy. The pesto sauce goes really well with some fusilli, gnocchi, Feeling hungry? Add some green beans and diced spaghetti or trofie (now stocked at our local Waitrose). Don’t be potatoes and cook them with the pasta for a proper afraid of making more: it can be kept in the fridge for a few days traditional Genovese pesto! – cover it with olive oil in a tight container or a jar. You can also Looking for something fresh? Mix the pasta with some freeze it in ice cube trays and use it later in a soup! rocket leaves
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[email protected] or Tel: 020 7820 6770. Help for Residents Age UK is also based at the Royal London Thank you to the Gilbert House Group who prepared this Hospital on the 14th floor (access South Tower useful list of contact details. If you have any updates, Lift 5), where the Royal London Hospital Hub please send to us and we’ll keep a running update going has recently been established to provide a single point of access for both patients and in the magazine and on the website. Services may be health and social care workers. The Hub affected by current COVID-19 restrictions. provides fast track into services provided by Age UK East London and referrals and signposting to his document gives information that may Other local clubs and societies include: voluntary and statutory partners across East be useful for Barbican Estate residents Barbican Art Society London. (especially recent arrivals, older residents (email: [email protected]), T and anyone who might have difficulty being on Barbican Horticultural Society City of London Age UK their own). (www.barbicanhortsoc.co.uk) and (www.ageuk.org.uk/cityoflondon) is the charity Barbican Lawn Tennis Club for older people who live, work, study or Local services (email: [email protected]). volunteer in the square mile, with a focus on Doctor – The Neaman Practice is at 15 Half enhancing wellbeing and building social Moon Court, near Smithfield Market The Barbican Life magazine and website connections. Contact Alice Westlake on (www.theneamanpractice.nhs.uk; Tel: 020 7600 (www.barbicanlife.com) give useful information [email protected] or Tel: 020 3488 9740). There is a Duty Doctor available during on local activities, discounts, suppliers and 6884. working hours to consult (sometimes reception services for residents; they are published by the
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(www.barbicanassociation.co.uk). Care at home The Good Care Group (The Good Care Group Pharmacy – Portman’s in Cherry Tree Walk, on (www.thegoodcaregroup.com; Tel: 020 3728 Whitecross Street is the closest (Tel: 020 7638 Key access 7577) can provide live- in 24 hour carers. Home 0067). There is also a small branch of Boots near Barbican residents are encouraged to deposit a Instead (www.homeinstead.co.uk/westminster- the Moorgate station entrance (Tel: 020 7920 spare set of keys with the Estate Office so that city; Tel: 020 3328 6546) also provide 24 hour 9347). The larger Boots in Liverpool Street City of London staff or contractors can access carers, though not living in. A Barbican resident Station keeps longer hours (Tel: 020 7374 0092). flats in case of emergencies (fire, flooding, etc). with experience of both companies reports that Gilbert House residents should also consider almost all the carers have been excellent and Dentist - Barbican Dental Practice at 1 Wallside, leaving keys with the Andrewes House Car Park the organisation by their respective companies Wood Street (Tel: 020 7638 8200) and Barbican Attendants; you can specify which people (e.g. is very good. Dental Centre at 16 - 18 Goswell Road (Tel: 020 carers, cleaners, district nurses, etc.) are allowed
7253 3232), Smileright at 4b Cherry Tree Walk to borrow them. A Gilbert House resident is having care 24 hours (020 7628 6844) are all nearby. (not live in) from Explora Haven Adult social care (explorahaven.com; Tel: 020 8450 4999). Physio - Barbican Physio (Tel: 020 7606 6530) The City of London’s social care team protects
and City Chiropody and Podiatry (Tel: 020 7251 and supports vulnerable adults (www.cityoflondon. Another local company providing care is 3069) share premises at 1, The Postern. gov.uk/services/social-care-for-adults; Tel: 020 Bluebird Care (www.bluebirdcare.co.uk/ 7332 1224). westminster-city-of-london; Tel: 020 8016 2217). Activities
The Barbican Tuesday Club. meets each week Age UK Patients returning home from hospital may be in the Lilac Room, Level 02, Seddon House and Age UK London (www.ageuk.org.uk/london) can eligible for six weeks free carers from the City of is an opportunity to meet neighbours and to help City residents understand what services London (organised by the social worker make friends (Chair: Tony Croot, Tel: 020 7638 would best suit their needs and how to access allocated while the patient is still in hospital). 5215). these services. They can be contacted on email: This gives time for recovery and possible arrangement of private carers.
Care homes Barbican The City of London can provide lists of care homes. Gilbert House residents have experience of relatives being cared for at these two care homes: Bridgeside Lodge, 61 Wharf Rd, Islington, Art Society London N1 7RY (www.foresthc.com/our-care- centres/bridgeside-lodge; Tel: 020 7250 0156) is If you are interested, just beyond Moorfields Eye Hospital on right hand side off City Road. please contact Bupa Care Home in Highgate (www.bupa.co.uk/care-services/care-homes/the- [email protected] highgate- london; Tel: 020 3930 1261).
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Harmony, with History A new partnership between the City Music Foundation and neighbouring Barts Heritage has produced a series of free concerts in the hospital’s Great Hall. Joanna Lyall reports. her husband, Sir Roger Gifford, a banker, while he was Lord Mayor of London. They founded CMF, and in 2015 Clare became its Managing Director. Patrons include Roger Vignoles, Iain Burnside, Simon Callow and Simon Russell Beale, while Sir Nicholas Kenyon, MD of the Barbican Centre, and Kathryn McDowell, CEO of the LSO, are on the Advisory Board. Currently housed in Church House, Cloth Fair, CMF is a charity which provides mentorship, business skills, networking opportunities and management for young musicians early on in their careers. Those selected take part in a two-year part- time scheme which offers workshops and help with promotion through videos and websites and meetings with agents and promoters. As one participant put it “My CMF musicians in the Great Hall conservatoire taught me to make music. CMF is teaching me to make a living.” It’s a no brainer really” says Dr Clare Taylor, managing The aim is to equip each soloist or ensemble with the tools to director of City Music Foundation. “The musicians need sustain rewarding, and profitable, careers. opportunities to perform and the music gives life to the “We want to bridge the gap between musical training and “Great Hall.” careers in the real world and we support musicians from jazz and The result of the new partnership between Barts Heritage and world music as well chamber musicians,” says Clare. the City Music Foundation, announced in October last year, is a Last year ten were chosen from 150 applicants. In previous series of free lunchtime concerts to run throughout 2021, online years musicians from the scheme have performed in the hospital initially and with the addition of a live audience whenever church, St Bartholomew the Less, the Guildhall Art Gallery and permitted. In time the concerts may be streamed to the public the clock tower at St Pancras. parts of the hospital and patients may be able to listen through Will Palin, chief executive of Barts Heritage, which is planning iPads loaned to them. a £15 million restoration of the hospital’s Grade 1 Listed North Dr Taylor, who chose to train at Barts in the 1980s because she Wing, including the Great Hall, Hogarth stair, the gatehouse and admired the buildings and sang in the choir of the neighbouring St Bartholomew the Great, says the scheme reminds her of Goethe’s dictum “Music is liquid architecture; architecture is frozen music”. “The role of music in health and well being is well established and the Great Hall is an inspiring place with a good acoustic,” she says. The next concert in the series features classical saxophonist, Alastair Penman, on March 17th at 1pm. This will be followed, on April 21st at 1pm, with a performance by cellist Margarita Balanas. The inaugural concert attracted some 23,000 views on Facebook and among the advantages for the musicians is having a video of their performance, says Taylor. A former consultant haematologist she took a break from medicine in 2012 to support The ten 2020 CMF Artists on the Hogarth Stair
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a massive boost to our forthcoming 900th fundraising campaign,” Will added. When Prince Charles visits it will be in the footsteps of his great great grandfather, Edward VII. As prince of Wales, Edward visited in May 1868 and the occasion was recorded with a large drawing in The London Illustrated News of the 240 dinner guests in the Great Hall. Edward declared “everything in good order” and praised the staff for their treatment of the wounded from the Clerkenwell explosion in December 1867. A bomb placed outside the Clerkenwell House of Detention by the Irish Republican Brotherhood had killed 12 and wounded 120 The CMF/Barts Heritage partnership will host a launch event in the Great Hall on Friday 29th June with a concert featuring the Echea Quartet, soprano Anna Cavaliero and guitarist Giacomo Susani. The Great Hall set up for live streaming of a CMF lunchtime concert The programme will include: Schubert – Quartettsatz D 70 Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco – Guitar Quintet Op. 143 the museum, said the partnership with CMF was a marriage Britten – Les Illuminations Op. 18 made in heaven. And a specially commissioned work for soprano, guitar and “After a difficult year we are gathering momentum again and it stringquartet by Susani. is wonderful to see the Great Hall being used by musicians producing music of such a high quality.” Free lunchtime concerts in Barts Great Hall at 1pm Last October Barts Heritage won a £151,600 grant from the Wednesday March 17th Saxophonist Alastair Penman Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage towards its restoration plans Wednesday April 21st Cellist Margarita Balanas which include providing a relaxation area for NHS staff in some Wednesday May 19th Jazz singer Nishia Smith of the rooms of the North Wing Wednesday June 16th Yangqin player Reylon Yount Barts Heritage has appointed Magdalen Fisher, former Wednesay July14th Flautist Marcos Nicolas Sos executive director of Sadlers Wells as fundraiser. Magdalen Wednesday August 18th Tenor Richard Robbins establishied English Heritage’s first fundraising strategy, Wednesday September 15th Pianist Antoine Preat achieving £58 million, and set up new development departments Wednesday October 13th Soprano Sian Dicker for the London Museum and London Zoo. Wednesday November 10th Violinist Elina Buksha In November last year the Prince of Wales agreed to become Wednesday December 8th Mezzo-Soprano Rozanna Madylus the patron of Barts Heritage in the run up to the hospital’s 900th Booking details http://www.citymusicfoundation.org/cmf-presents/ anniversary in 2023. “Royal patronage is an honour and will give
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This network has its own list of IP (Internet device’s IP address with that of the router), this Protocol) addresses for all the devices on your is a very intensive operation. TECH TALK network, usually in the range of 192.168.x.x and Our own local IT guru, Ian occasionally in the range of 10.x.x.x. Because Assigning IP Addresses Posner, gives us advice on your router allocates these IP addresses to the All home routers assign IP addresses to devices devices connected to your network, these on your internal network. This is a simple list of home technology addresses mustn’t conflict with any on the which IP addresses belong to which device. internet. Luckily, the people that thought up IP
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by Stephanie Ross Health in the City Healthwatch update on our local health services information and how to access up-to-date information event on By Gail Beer, Chair, Healthwatch City of London Wednesday 10th March. Questions f the last year has taught us anything it’s the from the public importance of how we access health and were submitted Isocial care services. We are all far more aware prior to the about how care is delivered and how much it event, which has changed. were then put to Dr Sandra Husbands, Director However, it is in our daily lives that this Public Health, City of London and Hackney change is noticeable and often confusing. Public Health and other key figures from the
Access to our GPs has changed, we are offered CCG. @STEPHANIEFIFTYFIT Photo: Wesley Petrie @perfitwes face to face consultations only where necessary, During lockdown accessing the newsletters Healthwatch City of London Drop-in Sessions access and take up of screening that prevents without a computer or smart phone is much for anyone to join, designed for you to raise any and picks up early signs of disease is down, harder. As soon as the lockdown ends we will issues you have with the health and social care hospital appointments and non-urgent be physically distributing bundles of hardcopies provided from the City of London, ask questions treatments are delayed, and even access to A&E to the Barbican Estate Offices and Libraries. and to talk to us about any areas of support or is different. Hopefully, we will be able to get some out for help you need. These are held monthly. Once Locally, we know that many have, and still people to pick up as soon as possible. We back to normal times, we will take these are finding access to services difficult with always ask people to print and pass on the sessions to venues across the City to ensure all dental services, physiotherapy, and podiatry newsletter to someone who might not have communities are reached. being raised as areas you are concerned about. internet access. Mental Health focus groups primarily set up This is before we address access to mental As we move forward out of the pandemic to hear from people who have suffered from health and social care, where changes remain and as the six local CCGs merge together into mental issues as result of the pandemic, but for largely out of sight to those who do not need one, it is more important than ever that you all of your concerns around mental health and and use them, and sometimes, unfortunately to have your say on what local services you want access to services. those who do. and need to be delivered. But you don’t have to wait for one of our At Healthwatch City of London our primary There are a number of initiatives we are events to speak to us, we are open Tuesdays - objective is to be the independent champion involved in and need your help and your ‘on the Fridays from 09:00 to 17:00. Due to the current for people who use health and social care ground’ knowledge and experience to support pandemic our office is closed, but we are still services. We are here to make sure that those our work. So, what are we focused on? Firstly, here for you from our homes. You can reach us running and delivering services, put people at understanding what the increase in digital via our email info@healthwatchcityoflondon. the heart of care and this, more than ever, is health and social care means for us, especially org.uk or via telephone 020 3745 9563. vitally important during times of uncertainty. those least able to access care in this way, We have only touched on some of our work but Over the last year we have worked to make sure importantly, the redevelopment of the St look at our website and see what else we are that you have access to correct and timely Leonard's hospital site ensuring that services are doing, Sign up for our weekly newsletters, information and that we raise your concerns those we need and are easily accessible, making follow us on social media with the right people, be they the local health sure that as acute services return to normal that twitter.com/HealthwatchCoLand services, GP surgeries, hospitals, or the City of treatment and access is timely. Finally, we will be facebook.com/CoLHealthwatch London corporation. monitoring closely the developments the City of We would love more people to get involved Making sure you have the right information is London make in social care ensuring that these and support our work so if you are interested really important to us, which is why we produce meet the needs of residents and their carer’s. please do contact us. our weekly newsletters and, we know many of We aren’t limited to these areas; If you have you have looked at our website. We go straight something you want us to raise or feel we Other health & wellbeing news to the source to make sure that the information should get involved in, let us know. No matter Jamie Farrell is conducting PhD research on we give is correct and up to date. how big or small the issue, we want to hear expediting low back pain rehabilitation. The At the forefront of everyone’s minds at the about it. To help us help you, we run a series of problem effects 80% of adults at some stage moment is the vaccination programme, hoping events: during their lives, with reoccurrence 20-45% for a return to some kind of normality, to see Listening to City Carer’s events for unpaid likely and a lifetime prevalence rate of 60-70%. our friends and family, to go out and about and, carers across the City to raise concerns, share Notably, static working postures, poorly for many, to have regular health and social care advice and ask questions. These are held every prescribed physical activity and insufficient appointments and support. 3rd Friday of the month. torso muscular support produce back pain. We host regular information events that are Even low levels or short cases of back pain publicised in our weekly newsletters - sign up produce subconscious fear avoidance for these on our website behaviours, causing injurious mechanical www.healthwatchcityoflondon.org.uk. You can compensations, with treatments costing the UK also access the newsletters there under News & economy in excess of £10 billion annually. Reports, click View All to display them in Jamie’s studies span across 5 years, with each chronological order of release. The most recent year separated individually into two 30-minute event was a COVID 19 vaccination programme sessions. He is looking for study participants
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INSIGHTExhibition Preview Janet Wells’ takes us online for her quarterly review of the Arts, Gallery and Museum scene can’t pretend that these ways of accessing art works is the same as explains that the collection covers the Italian Renaissance and the Dutch being there: It doesn’t allow you ownership, the connectivity: Here is Golden Age, it traverses the birth of Modernism, the European Avant- Ithe picture but you can’t get your nose up close to experience the Garde and ends in Pop and post- modern abstraction. soul. Perhaps we will be allowed out soon. The other day, I was reminded of ART UK: This is an amazing I came somewhat late to discovering Podcasts: The first was the BBC cataloguing of work that is accessible to everyone online: It brings the Brexitcast which came out in 2019 which then became Newscast: nations art together on one digital platform and tells the stories behind the However, as time has gone on, I found that there’s a wide variety (on all art. The website shows works by 50,000 artists from more than 3.000 venues, subjects) out there -accessed through whatever internet device your including museums, universities and hospitals – as well as thousands of prefer. public sculptures. On this site discover the art you own. On Visual Arts: One that I favor is “Waldy and Bendy’s Adventures Modern Art 20th Century is the public group available on Facebook: in Art”: Presenters Waldemar Januszczak - art critic and documentary Not only do individuals share paintings of the greats but of excellent producer and presenter and art historian Dr Bendor Grosvenor - known pieces of the lesser known. As a Lockdown hobby, a friend of mine generally for the television program, “Britain’s Lost Masterpieces”. You grouped and filed, paintings on a theme: For instance: it is surprising how can find the talks through Google; and if you type in ZCZ films Waldy and many artists have been compelled to capture the image of drying Bendy you will also find images of the art work they are discussing: washing: As in “The Laundry” 1910 an impressionistic watercolour by Today, I have listened to Season 3 Episode 2 – which includes an John Singer Sargent. insightful interview with Antony Gormley - who later Bendor Grosvenor describes as “ a Sage – a prophet like figure who talks so eloquently about art”: It is fascinating to learn directly from the artist, how the “Angel of the North” (1998) came about. Included topics in this particular episode: A terrible film they have watched on Frida Kahlo; A Fatimid ewer – carved from one piece of Rock Crystal - from the V&A; A Portrait of a young man holding a roundel (c1485) by Botticelli Nothing Concrete is the Barbican Arts Centre’s Podcast: which came into being last May: If you weren’t able to view last year’s “Michael Clark’s Creative World” exhibition there is a talk with Richard Alston on Dance, and on Visual Arts with Sadie Coles. Other Podcasts you might like to dip into: The Art Newspaper; The Art Angle; Art Juice; The Curious Art Podcast
YouTube I have friends who are confident enough to wander into high end auction houses on preview day, to get a look at all those pieces that are momentarily, passing through - from one private collector to another: If The Laundry - 1910 by John Singer Sargent you tend to feel unhappy to do that , the art historian, Andrew Graham Dixon has a tour on YouTube: He visited an exhibition mounted at A Painting a Day and art.infinitus is on Instagram. Sotheby’s called “Rembrandt to Richter” and will talk you through each art object or painting with the added input from a Sotheby’s expert. Virtual tours can while away an hour: Every piece in this exhibition came from the same private collector - for a J Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; Vatican Museum, Rome; sale that took place in July 2020. We get to, briefly, see one of only three Guggenheim, Bilbao; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; British Museum, Rembrandt self-portraits left in private hands. Andrew Graham Dixon London; - just a few.
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Barbican Arts Centre born in Le Havre and moved to Paris was he was 17 to study at the Jean Dubuffet: Brutal Beauty Académie Julian. He became an idealist; embracing the so-called “low art” riginally scheduled to open on the 11th Feb to run until the 23rd and eschewed traditional standards of beauty in favor of what he believed May 2021 the Barbican Art Gallery promises ( when it can open to be a more authentic and humanistic approach to image-making. Oup again) the work of Jean Dubuffet (1901 -1985). Dubuffet was
Skedaddle (L’Escampette) by Jean Dubuffet
This is the first major UK exhibition of the work of this artist, in over 50 years. Jane Allison, Head of Visual Arts Barbican says: I could not be more thrilled that we are staging Jean Dubuffet: Brutal Beauty, at the Barbican, where his sculpture, paintings, collage and drawings will feel perfectly at home. Dubuffet marveled at the fabric of everyday life – an alchemist experimenting with dust and dirt, conjuring visual gold. So many artists: from David Hockney, to Eva Hesse, Robert Smithson, and Jean-Michel Basquiat have been influenced by his playful spirit and experimental drive. I have no doubt that this exhibition, the first to show his work in the UK for over 50 years, will be an utter joy. *At the time of writing and in terms of dates information is: “Following government guidance, the Barbican is currently closed to the public. The rescheduled dates for Jean Dubuffet: Brutal Beauty will be announced in Wall and Opinions (Murs et Avis) by Jean Dubuffet due course”.
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BARBICAN LIFE Spring 2021 41 JUAN CARLOS GOUVEIA SPRING 21.qxp_Layout 1 19/02/2021 15:15 Page 1 THEATRE PREVIEWS.qxp_proof 27/02/2021 10:05 Page 1 Theatre Previews Gary Donaldson looks with optimism to end the third lockdown! ello everyone! As I write this in February, generous quantities of Cole Porter’s glorious it was uncertain as to how and when the musical numbers (including “You’re The Top”, “I Hcountry was easing out of lockdown, so I Get a Kick Out of You”, Blow, Gabriel, Blow”, do hope that the falling cases numbers and “Friendship”, It’s De-Lovely”, and many more), rising vaccinations mean that by the time you this will be a real treat for the whole family to read this we all have some measure of freedom relax and enjoy together. once again, as the warmer weather starts to The show is set on board a sleek Art Deco thaw us all out. ocean liner sailing from New York to London The Barbican Centre’s theatre programme and involves the romantic complications of has been greatly reduced by the uncertainty nightclub singer Reno Sweeney, Public Enemy Gary Wilmot (photo courtesy of Neil Reading PR) around the pandemic, but things look set to number thirteen Moonface Martin, a handsome improve very soon. From June 5th, we can look stowaway and a beautiful heiress. Along the (“Chitty Chitty Bang Bang”, “Flowers for Mrs forward to the Barbican Theatre hosting a big way a crew of singing and dancing sailors, Harris”, and many more) and Felicity Kendal colourful musical revival to put the wind back comical disguises, farcical blackmail, mistaken (star of TV’s “The Good Life”, and many into our collective sails and provide us with a identities and all manner of crazy goings-on memorable stage and screen roles). welcome feast of escapism. keep the fun bubbling and the ship swaying in The show is directed by triple Tony Award- Here’s just what we could all use right now - rhythm from curtain up to the big finale. winner Kathleen Marshall – and one of those a zany, tuneful transatlantic cruise - without Heading the cast are two stars who really put Tonys was for her 2011 version of this very even leaving your own postcode! the comedy into musical comedy – Emmy show! “Anything Goes” is definitely ‘the Top’ Cole Porter’s joyous hit musical comedy award-winner Megan Mullaly (best known to UK when it comes to big, joyous, tuneful “Anything Goes” has been revived countless audiences as kooky Karen from the hit TV show entertainment that will send you out humming times since it debuted in 1934, originally “Will and Grace”) and Olivier Award-winner the tunes and dancing all the way home. Tickets starring Ethel Merman. Now a sparkling new Robert Lindsay (the much-loved musical are on sale right now. production of “Anything Goes” premieres at the comedy star of shows such as “Me and My Girl” Until next time, I wish you all safe and well, Barbican before embarking on an extensive UK- and “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels”). Also featured in and see you in the Summer for more theatre at wide tour. With its crazy comedy plot and the top-notch cast are favourites Gary Wilmot the Barbican Centre! DECOR AND DESIGN.qxp_proof 26/02/2021 16:31 Page 1
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Dear Good Friends, Patients and Neighbours, e are leaving this wonderful part of London soon to concentrate on our West End physio practice at 55 Harley St, W1G 8QR. I started the WCity practice originally in January 1992 in Cloth Fair, opposite St Barts the Great, the same year as Four Weddings and a Funeral came out. I remember, greatly daring, offering my business card to the actors as they were waiting to go on set! Since then more filming has taken place in this historic church. Eight years ago we then moved next door and were sited on 64/65 Long Lane and have shared premises with Dentistry 100, a very happy unit. Suzanne, my Practice Manager, will remain in our office here to look after things. Home visits are still offered to all patients either in the Barbican area or West End. Please do ring us on our number 020-7606-2435 or email us We Care Assistants at Bluebird Care Westminster and the City of London have been are hoping our band of regulars will find their way to Harley St-literally 25 escorting their customers to their Covid-19 vaccination appointments. minutes from one practice to the other! We will miss the area, the friends we have made and obviously all the local as easy as possible, finding local step-free access centres, as well as organising residents. transport, and providing aftercare check-ins. Please do keep in touch! John, a customer of Bluebird Care Westminster and the City of London, With best wishes from all of us, Caro, Elizabeth and Suzanne expressed his gratitude to the carers: ([email protected]) My Bluebird Care Care Assistant took me to have the COVID-19 vaccine, which was important to me as I was scared of the injection. My Care Assistant Homecare Superheroes Escort Their reassured me throughout the journey and kept me cheerful. Customers to Covid-19 Vaccinations “All was organised very well; the Care Assistant kept me safe and arranged ince the national vaccination rollout was announced, Bluebird Care for the taxis. At the vaccine centre, they were also very efficient. After the Westminster and the City of London, a premium homecare service that vaccine, Bluebird Care cared for me and looked for any side effects, which I Shas been rated 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), did not have. I could not ask for any better." has accompanied over fifteen of their clients to their vaccination Peter Slough, Managing Director of Bluebird Care Westminster and the City appointments. The homecare provider has ensured that the process has been of London, said: "Our customers' health and safety is our main priority, and I am incredibly proud of the hard work the team has done to make this possible. With many of our customers shielding throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, having a well-trusted escort and a friendly face has put them at ease. We strive to DORANLINK & CO deliver the best care support to our customers, and we are delighted to Established 1979 provide this service. " If you would like further information on how Bluebird Care Westminster Specialising in and the City of London can care for you or your loved ones, please call us on Restoration and Refurbishments on 020 4538 1618. the Barbican Estate ArtULTRA Over 15 years Barbican Experience his is a new platform which has launched to bring together information Free Quotations for UK artists on grants, residencies, studio spaces and other Topportunities. You can find more details at artultra.net and the New Kitchens New Bathrooms information on funding looks particularly useful. (thanks to Anna Casey, Electrical Worktops Producer (Beyond Barbican & Culture Mile) Plumbing Garchey Removal Bath Polish Screeding Re-sealing Baths Painting Shower Screens Decorating Bath Enamelling Wall Tiling Re-grout Tiles Floor Tiling Giving City residents a helping hand
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BARBICAN LIFE Spring 2021 47 A View from St Giles now know parted. Hours of work shredded in seconds. Salisbury postcode. My new neighbours would about RSJs Rebelliously I delete the questionnaire I am be shocked to know their ecclesiastical probity (rolled steel supposed to complete about Ministerial were ever in question. They still have the joists). Knock Development Reviews. It will take about 30 energy to look after sundry village churches down just one mins. 30 mins when I could be watching Flog It! including running the raffle and plant stalls at Iwall to let in more I am too busy preparing for my new way of life. the fete, as well as sorting out the local branch Katharine Rumens light – a modest The garage is to be converted into a studio. of U3A. Rector, St Giles’ modification – and, That’s the sort of thing people do down in A friend, who is still some way off retirement, Cripplegate before you can say Wiltshire. Some of you know it as a drive- and I shared what we consider our carefully knife, you’ll find you through county experience half way between hidden shortcomings. So far, neither of us has need two RSJs up in the loft to hold the house London and ‘Sea Breezes’ your period cottage in ever done a power point presentation. We think together. As it so happens, there is now even the West Country. I aim to combine this is hilarious. I can also add: never gone on more light because three windows have to be sophisticated urban living with unbridled pilgrimage to Walsingham and never run a taken out through the absence of something creativity: Samuel Johnson meets the St Ives youth club. She, on the other hand, has done called lintels. School. There will be sartorial implications that both and plays the guitar. Oh yes, I have a very expensive and light and may well result in floaty kaftans and lumpy A time to keep and a time to throw away. breezy house at the moment in Salisbury. I am jewellery, although I will hang on to the Austin Which leaves me with Rosebud. I offered not yet at the pretty stage of colour- Reed suit in case I need to look more reliable on Dorothy Anne to the Museum of Childhood as coordinating hand towels or stenciling dado occasions. The neighbours are establishment: a 100 years ago she was quality – or ‘class’ as Rose rails. It’s all holes in the floor and ceiling: collection of retired clergy, group captains and McCauley would say. She had a hand-painted describing it as an elusive vision of far-reaching brigadiers. Not too many floaty kaftan kindred face and real human hair, but porcelain dolls’ potential would be generous. spirits, it would seem, but they may surface heads don’t drop kindly our concrete floors. Silly really even to think of enlarging the around the solstice. Dorothy Anne in all her bits got put in a box kitchen when a narrow crevice between elderly I have to renew the policy for the contents of and the Museum of Childhood doesn’t do bits. units had suited my parents just fine. Similarly, I this house and explain I shall be on the move in It’s an emotional business disposing of one’s could have kept the trellis wallpaper and May. The helpful woman at the end of the dolls. Before moving to the States, my sister accumulated assorted furniture had I had no phone needs to check that the company (which buried her much loved Lollish in the vegetable pretentions to grandeur. That’s the trouble with is ecclesiastically inclined) also covers the garden. Lollish was stuffed with wood shavings Barbican living. It makes and thus good for the potatoes. The you impatient for open line is so very thin between being plan, quality light fittings part of an original family and part of and suede sofas, whereas an odd one. Rosebud was given to the provinces are quite me by a childless godmother. In her happy with cramped box she was perfection - all sticking spaces, clutter and chintz. out pick frock and glossy hair. Out of The neighbours are the box she proved difficult to play vigilant and count the with, her pink frock quickly lost its skips as they get filled up stickability and her stuck on hair and take round tea for the came off in chunks when brushed. builders every day at I can’t fling her over a 3.00pm. I reassure myself bridge into the Thames because she that May is still a nice is plastic – the hard, pointy variety long way off and (made by Nene plastics). I called her eventually deep holes in Rosebud because it was written the floor do get filled in. across her back. Not being a sledge, This is the last time I I don’t think she is likely to make the shall write for Barbican closing shots of an iconic film. Life. These quarterly Surprisingly, I find her cousin for mutterings will give way sale, ‘Condition used’ for £55. Now to a well-structured view that would buy me an inch or two of from St Giles’ by different RSJ. members of the church Thank you if you have enjoyed ‘View community. That is until from St Giles’ over the years. I have my successor is appointed never been all that sure about what and s/he can pick up a I am supposed to write. I know pen four times a year and some expect a clear religious steer watch the copy deadline from the Rector. For that, I draw inexorably nearer. recommend coming to St Giles’ and Nowadays the listening to the sermon, but I would shredder and I are barely Photo © Angus Mylne say that, wouldn’t I?
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After many years with us at St Giles', Katharine will be retiring later this year. Here are just some of the messages from a very grateful congregation!
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When I first moved down to London from Fife, aged 17 and completely out of my depth in such an impossibly large city, it was Katharine who helped me feel welcome in London. She is one of my favourite people, a wonderful mix of wit and wisdom, and I often think fondly on our evenings sharing stories and food together in the vicarage. Essa Flett
If there is one word that for me exemplifies Katharine Rumens’ time at St Giles it is empathy. John Bryden
We moved to the Barbican from Dulwich in 2003. St Giles was the local church so I went to the When my 8.0clock service there. It was a joy. Katharine calm husband and I were and welcoming and almost no-one there. preparing for our wedding at St Giles’, Gradually the congregation grew and grew. There Katharine was an invaluable source of support was music, lots of it and wonderful performances and guidance. The marriage preparation classes (Curlew River) and a Maze at Easter. The Sunday she held with us were an amazing time of school grew too and Book Fairs brought yet more reflection and really brought us together as a u people into the Church. By these cheerful couple. She has always made every effort to warmhearted means, St Giles has once again welcome me into the St Giles’ community, even become a precious and useful institution. though I can be shy and reticent to join in. She will Thank you Katharine be greatly missed. Caroline Swash Susie and Ashwin Pillay ! Katharine has been an absolute inspiration During a winter afternoon in Fortune Park several to me, and it's been a privilege to work years ago I was supervising my young children on with her these past months. She has all the the play equipment. Katharine happened to pass qualities that an excellent priest should by and stopped to say hello and listen to our news. have, and she has them in bucket loads, Katharine went on to speak with several other along with the most important quality of local people and took an interest in their lives. them all, a fantastic sense of humour! Katharine always has time for others! Alex Norris Rachel Free and family
... generous with her time... thoughtful... Through thick and when she knows I've been working thin, Katharine hard and could not get to church, she has been by our might leave a piece of cake on my side for some of doorstep, saved from the coffee the best and morning after church... very stylish - worst times. In dresses with care given her her inimitable seamstress background... always way she looks striking ... enjoys hosting us prepared us for for a glass of wine (when allowed!) marriage, in the rectory garden... energetic... married our hardworking... running St Giles is daughter and a huge job as there are so many supported us elements to managing a big city when parish and she does it with Annette was aplomb... dangerously Cath Urquhart ill. The very lifeblood of the Katharine has always been very kind,caring and Church, helpful and ready to listen and we will miss her . she Although we haven't known each other for long;she exemplifies Christian spirit. will be sadly missed. My best wishes for a long and Our love goes with her for a thrilling happy retirement retirement. Ock Carter Alan and Annette Rudkin
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Katharine’s success in overcoming the slings and arrows at the start of her ministry to the which will lead to a triumphant exit leaves us, in the parish, with a gaping hole and having to find that very special candidate who may be able to continue Katharine’s legacy. Anonymous
No church musician could wish for a more visionary, caring, or practical boss than Katharine. Everyone at St Giles, whether worshipping, performing, or learning to play the organ, has enjoyed her warm welcome, and been inspired, as I have, by her special brand of Christian leadership. Her consideration for colleagues is unique, enabling us all to contribute to our best ability; working with her has been enlightening, enabling and fun. Anne Marsden Thomas, Half the regular Director of Music at St congregation left St. Giles when Giles’ Katharine was installed as the new rector, why? Cripplegate. had this group been alerted to information that the rest of us were not privy to? were they not There are receptive to or nervous of change? or was it many phrases I simply that the new liberal movement in the could use to Church of England in introducing women describe priests caused their swift and immediate Katharine: she departure? Whatever the reason for this rash is stunningly response they denied themselves the and unusually opportunity to see the growth from the inside stylish for a of the spiritual life of St. Giles, found in the member of the services, the sacraments, the increase in clergy; she has a membership, whole families adding to the great, dry sense of numbers and in the many outreach humour that invites programmes. Katharine has become a you smile with her; popular and well-known member of the she has a beautifully neighbourhood a successful priest who at clear speaking voice the start of her ministry with us, that carries to the attracted moments of hostility. Because of back of the church the collar she wears she often became a target for without shouting; her the retorts of strangers who shared the same sermons are gentle, prejudices as those expressed by the retiring well crafted reflections that dissenting members of St. Giles, but throughout. question and lead rather than provoke and dictate she remained steadfast and true to and, in doing so, invite you into the heart of faith. her calling. But more than all of these things, Katharine is always and completely present, always with you in the moment whether during a celebration of the Eucharist, a silent meditation on Good Friday or over tea and cake in the Rectory. It is a remarkable ability and a gift to anyone fortunate enough to spend time with her. Susan J Royce
Cometh the hour, cometh the man (or in Katharine's case, woman). She drew the parish close during this pandemic, encouraging the kind of pastoral care that is deeply rooted in spirituality and the faith community. She has turned a negative into a positive; depletion into enrichment. She will be terribly missed. Richenda & John
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Another rather subtle change which was also Personal Finance introduced with effect from 6 April 2020 is in relation to property transfers between spouses or civil partners where the recipient spouse now Use your allowances before inherits the transferring spouse’s ownership history irrespective of whether it is their main 5 April 2021! residence at the time of transfer. This can have he UK tax year ends on 5th April and so even if they have no earnings of their own, to an adverse or favourable effect depending on the remaining weeks can provide a last- obtain basic rate tax relief on the contributions. the circumstances of the couple. As a result of Tminute chance to save some tax with a bit Provided you can show that the contributions this change, when considering the transfer of a of careful end of year tax planning. Here are are made out of income then they wouldn’t property, the ownership history of the some ideas for maximising your tax efficiency. count against your £3,000 annual inheritance transferring spouse needs to be taken into If you earn £100,000 or more, your tax-free tax allowance for gifts. account. It may also be worth considering personal allowance falls by £1 for every £2 you You have an annual CGT allowance that selling an asset to crystallise a capital loss before earn over £100,000. Therefore, if you earn currently enables you to make gains on any potential property sale as a means of £125,000 or more, you will not receive a tax-free investments of up to £12,300 free of tax. Any reducing CGT payable. personal allowance at all. The additional rate gains in excess of the allowance are charged to You should also consider using your annual income tax (45%) is also charged on earnings of CGT at either 10% or 20% with disposals of gift allowance of £3,000. Although you can over £150,000. Pension contributions and residential property being taxed at 18% or 28%, carry this forward for one year, it is then lost if it moving investments to a lower-rate tax-paying depending on the your other total taxable income is unused. You may have an unused gift spouse could reduce this liability. in the year in which the gain arises. Married couples allowance for 2019/20 which can still be used If your spouse is a lower or non-taxpayer, it’s may be able to use each other’s allowances by until 5 April 2021. possible for them to transfer 20% of their transferring assets before they are sold. The new ‘residence nil-rate band’ (RNRB) now unused personal allowance to their partner From 6 April 2020, we saw some significant enables a ‘family home’ to be passed wholly or which could save up to £250 in tax. changes to the CGT regime in respect of the partially tax-free on death to direct Also, if you have income-producing assets (for disposal of residential property and a reduction descendants. This extra tax-free amount has example, buy-to-let property or even saving in the reliefs that may be available. been phased in over four years, initially at accounts), you could put these in the lower or Private Residence Relief has been restricted and £100,000 for 2017/18, rising each year to reach non-taxpaying spouse’s name to lower your lettings relief abolished in the majority of cases, £175,000 each in 2020/21. The RNRB is in overall Income Tax liability. Assets can be after this date. There is now a requirement to addition to an individual’s own nil-rate band; passed between spouses without any Capital report the capital gain and pay the associated currently £325,000 per individual. The rules Gains Tax (CGT) liabilities. tax due within 30 days of completion and surrounding the RNRB are complex and the The tax-efficient ISA allowance for the current significant penalties could be charged for non- deceased may be entitled to RNRB despite not tax year is £20,000 per person. Therefore, a compliance. owning a ‘family home’ on death. The amount married couple can invest £40,000 before of RNRB that is actually due to the estate the end of the tax year on 5 April. You can starts to be withdrawn where the value of also add in any administration charges the estate on death exceeds £2m. When paid on a stocks and shares ISA last tax the value of the estate reaches £2.35m no year, which can boost the allowance RNRB is due. You may wish to consider considerably. There is no CGT and no tax making gifts either directly, or into a on UK income and no need to declare this suitable trust, to reduce your estate on your tax return. If you do not make use beneath this threshold. of your ISA allowance it cannot be carried The Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS), forward, so it’s a case of use it or lose it! Venture Capital Trusts (VCT) and the Seed The standard annual pension allowance Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) are is 100% of earned income or £40,000, worth a thought. EIS investments offer an whichever is higher, in the current tax year. Income Tax credit and CGT deferral. The This is reduced if your income exceeds tax credit, whilst not a relief as such could £240,000 or you have taken pension also be a way of offsetting the loss of benefits via Flexi-Access Drawdown personal allowance on income above previously. However, if you are a higher- £100,000, if a pension contribution is not rate or additional rate taxpayer and have viable. You would need to be comfortable enough relevant UK earnings, you can with the associated higher level of claim the extra tax relief. You can also carry investment risk, as these are invariably forward any unused annual allowance investments into small or start-up from the three previous tax years, so long companies. as you were a member of a registered A number of the outlined strategies are pension scheme for the years for which less than straightforward and you should you wish to maximise contributions. A seek professional advice before pension contribution could in fact be a embarking on any course of action. As way of restoring your personal allowance, if Joe Coten is a member of the Personal Finance ever we will be glad to hear from you, if you’d your earnings exceed £100,000. Society. He may be reached on 0207 588 9626. like to run a query by us. Consider saving up to £3,600 into a pension [email protected] The most important bit of advice I can give,
for your spouse, civil partner or a child, www.elementaryinvestments.co.uk notwithstanding all of the above, is stay safe!
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BARBICAN ASSOCIATION DISCOUNT SCHEME PARTICIPANTS A list of organisations offering discounts or other incentives to Barbican Association members. If you are not already a BA member, make sure you join the Barbican Association to qualify – for most of these just one visit will more than cover your annual BA membership subscription cost. Local businesses which wish to participate and offer a discount or other incentive to BA members should contact Helen Hudson, 07842 23 52 68 or [email protected] further information.
conjunction with any other offers). To redeem, Many businesses participating Barbican Life members will need to mention in the BA discount scheme ‘Barbican Life’ when making their booking or have been closed due to covid present their membership card on arrival. Coq d’Argent, No 1 Poultry, EC2R 8EJM Tel: 19. Reopening dates and 020 7395 5000. discount arrangements may be subject to changes Fare New all-day-dining bar and canteen split PLEASE PHONE AHEAD! across two floors offering a grab and-go FOOD AND DRINK coffee area, intimate cocktail and wine bar, 90Bartholomew Close, EC1A 7EB or call on and restaurant serving a selection of modern Aprés Food Co – MAKE FRIENDS WITH 020 8016 5199 www.linolondon.co.uk seasonal small plates with larger sharing FOOD Delicious homemade gluten free food dishes from the robata grill. 20% off food for your body loves. Comfort food without the Moshi Moshi Sushi Moshi Moshi is a calm, Barbican Association members. State slump. We all need great food that makes us discreet place serving authentic Japanese resident discount when booking and show feel alive – that’s why this isn’t just a sushi and izakaya-style dishes. It offers all membership card on arrival). Find Fare Bar + restaurant: it’s a movement. Offering Barbican Association Members a 10% Canteen at the Morelands building on Old Barbican Association members 15% off all discount on their total bill on presentation of Street, 0203 034 0736 food on the menu (so please mention when the BA Membership card. Liverpool Street, www.farebarandcanteen.com. booking and/or show membership card on Unit 24, Liverpool Street Station, London
arrival). Open Mon – Fri: 8am – 4pm and 6pm EC2M 7QH (above platform 1, behind M&S). Fish Central Bustling neighbourhood – 10pm & Sat: 10am – 2pm, 72 St John Tel / Fax: 020 7247 3227 seafood restaurant serving the well known as Street, Clerkenwell, EC1M 4DT, Tel 0207 well as the more exotic varieties of the 6868 888, Email [email protected] Neo 14-17 Carthusian Street, Tel: 0207 726 freshest fish. 10% off the total bill – restaurant 8925: Special pizza and drink offer for BA only. 149-155 Central Street, King Square, Artillery Arms 15% discount on drinks on members – any Pizza and a glass of house London, EC1V 8AP. Tel: 0207 2534 970 presentation of BA membership card. The wine or soft drink for £9.95. Neo’s pizza
Artillery Arms is at 102 Bunhill Row, EC1Y dough is made fresh every morning and only Hammer & Tongs South African style 8ND. Telephone 020 7253 4683 for table quality fresh toppings are used. Special offer barbecue (braai) restaurant in Farringdon, bookings. Website www.artillery-arms.co.uk applies from Saturday through to Wednesday. close to Exmouth Market. Meat and fish Reopening 2021 dishes cooked over an open wood fire Barbican Kitchen Just letting you know that indoors to give the authentic braai taste. 20% due to covid changes the orders at the Pho Vietnamese Cafe/Restaurant 10% discount on the total bill for Barbican barbican kitchen eat in have to be made discount at all times. 86 St John Street, Association members. Please mention through an app and they cannot apply the EC1M 4EH. Tel: 020 7253 7624. Email: membership on booking or being seated in association discount. [email protected]. Pho is open Monday to the restaurant. Open Monday-Saturday 12 Friday from late morning to late evening and noon to 12 midnight. Hammer & Tongs,171 Bowling Bird Bowling Bird on Cloth Fair had on Saturday evenings. Farringdon Road,London EC1R 3AL. Tel: 020 reopened (http://bowlingbird.com) but re- 3302 6645. Web: www.hammertongs.co.uk closed at the moment. This is a great little St Barts Brewery Bar/restaurant on corner of
local restaurant producing excellent quality Long Lane and West Smithfield. 20% The Jugged Hare food, a definite favourite before it shut back in weekend discount off all food and drink on British GastroPub with open kitchen and March. They used to give a Barbican production of Barbican Association separate private events space on the corner Association discount, but this may not have membership card. Bookings not necessary of Chiswell Street and Silk Street. 20% off the restarted. I spoke this evening with Joseph but advised. 66 West Smithfield, EC1A 9DY. total food bill Monday – Friday dinner and all (chef) and he said they are trying to open Tel: 020 7600 2705. To view menus see day on Saturdays and Sundays. 49 Chiswell Tuesday-Friday evenings, but will only open website www.stbartsbrewery.com Street. London EC1Y 4SA. on days for which they have bookings. www.thejuggedhare.com Stem and Glory Vegan restaurant located
Chiswell Street Dining Rooms 20% off total close to the Barbican in Bartholomew Close. LINO London LINO is a new bar and food bill in the evenings Mondays to Fridays. To First London location following huge success of restaurant taking a new approach to drinking take advantage of the offer please bring proof initial Cambridge establishment. Restaurant and dining in the city. The offer they are of membership. Not applicable with any other offers Barbican Association members 20% off currently running for residents is 25% off the offer. To view menu or to reserve a table visit food for bookings and walk-ins. Please food bill. (Not to be used in conjunction with the website www.chiswellstreetdining.com mention BA discount offer when booking or any other offer. Subject to availability. Offer entering. Stem and Glory is at 60 Bartholomew valid for bookings + walk-ins. State resident Coq d’Argent A complimentary glass of Close, EC1A 7BF. Tel: 0203 969 9392. Web: discount when booking and show Champagne when ordering from the a la stemandglory.co.uk. Open Mon-Fri 08.00– membership card on arrival). Find LINO at carte menu (up to 6 Max, not to be used in 23.00, Sat 10.00-23.30, Sun 10.00-17.00.
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Vecchio Parioli Friendly Italian restaurant at City Psychotherapy Psychotherapy and home visits available. Located at 25 Finsbury the corner of Aldersgate Street and Jungian analysis for adults by UKCP Circus. BA Members receive a 10% discount Carthusian Street offers Barbican Association accredited psychotherapist. 10% discount on on all services PLUS a 1 week free pass to members a 10% discount on production of initial consultation for BA members. unlimited online yoga & pilates classes! Email their membership card. 129 Aldersgate Consulting room 2 mins from Barbican tube [email protected] to claim free week Street, EC1A 4JQ. Tel: 0207 253 3240. station. To arrange an appointment please pass. Use code Barbican10 when booking all call Catherine Cox on 020 7796 3454 or email other services online. Wood Street Bar and Restaurant Mon to [email protected]. For further E: [email protected] – T: 07725 521 Wed 10% off total bill when sitting down to information please visit 804 – W: www.integritycentre.co.uk dine. Maximum of 6 people in a party. The www.citypsychotherapy.org Barbican Association card discount must be London Eye Optique London Eye Optique mentioned either when booking or when Clear Coaching and Training Moving you Optometrists is offering Barbican Association ordering to take advantage. Barbican from where you are now to where you want to members 10% discount on all complete pairs Association membership card should also be be. 1-2-1 coaching in the Barbican with of spectacles. *Terms and Conditions apply. shown to person taking order. Wood Street accredited Coach, DISC assessor and NLP London Eye Optique Opticians, 2a Cherry Bar and Restaurant, Cnr. Wood Street and Practitioner. 10% discount on Coaching Tree Walk, Whitecross St. Barbican, London Fore Street, Barbican, London EC2Y 5EJ. Tel Sessions. Contact Michele 020 7628 0887 / EC1Y 8NX Tel: 0207 256 9778. To find out 020 7256 6990 07939 047 094 E-mail: michele@ more about our services please email us on clearcoachingandtraining.com , [email protected] HEALTH, BEAUTY & WELLBEING www.clearcoachingandtraining.com or alternatively visit our website Acupuncture Access Acupuncture Access www.londoneyeoptique.co.uk at 193 Whitecross St offers 20% off initial Easton London New barber in the WeWork consultation to Barbican residents, and 10% building on Moor Lane. Online booking only No74 Hair & Beauty No 74 is delighted to thereafter. Beat-off burn-out with this deeply (pay after) and customers can also enjoy free give a introductory 30% discount for the first relaxing treatment. Herbs are not used, which café and bar. Currently, Easton London visit on a single service for all BA Members. keeps the overall cost of treatment down. offers a 50% discount on first-time bookings Discount 30% off for the first visit, permanent www.AcupunctureAccess.co.uk | 07553 for their hair and beard package. Use the discount 10% off on all hair and beauty 636841 code EASTON50 to redeem. However, for services incl. YON-KA massage and facials, Barbican Association members, you can also Sebastian, Wella & OPI treatments @ No74, Barbican Dental Care 10% off normal fees; use the code BARB10 for an ongoing 10% 74 Compton Street, EC1V 0BN. www.no- 25% off customised home whitening; 30% off discount on all services. Book your 74.co.uk , [email protected] , Tel. 020 74 combined “thermal diffusion “and customised appointment at https://www.eastonlondon. 908555, BA card required home whitening Amanda Lenihan, Barbican com/pages/locations-moorgate and just show Dental Care, Lower Ground Floor, 2 Copthall your Barbican card at the shop to qualify. Personal Training Private personal training Avenue, London EC2R 7DA. Tel: 020 7256 in a studio – up to 20% discount for BA 2477. Website: www.barbicandentalcare.com Health in the City Formerly the Feelgood members. Individual 1:1 sessions provided by Centre and now moved to Room 57, 65 an experienced, passionate trainer close to Barbican Dental 10% discount on London Wall, EC2M 5TU, is offering Barbican Old St roundabout (less than 10 minutes walk examinations and hygiene treatments for Association members a 10% discount on a from the Barbican): phone 07729219328 Barbican Association Members. 1 Wallside, wide range of Therapies and Treatments email: [email protected] Website: Wood Street, Barbican, London EC2Y 8BL which are available from specialist BodyEngineer.co.uk Tel: 0207 638 8200 Website: practitioners. For a full listing please check www.barbicandental.com the website: www.feelgoodcentre.com. For Psychotherapy City 10% discount on first booking or further information call 07946 084 four psychotherapy, counselling or coaching Barbican Physio A team of highly qualified 848 or email [email protected]. sessions to BA members on production of and experienced physiotherapists offer a Web: www.healthinthecity.co.uk their membership card (5% to all Barbican broad range of physiotherapy services. 15% residents). Practice at London Bridge. Contact: discount on physiotherapy fees for self- Insight London Counselling and Amanda Falkson. Phone: 0777 557 0208. paying Barbican Residents on presentation of Psychotherapy 20% discount on the initial Email: [email protected] BA card. Entrance off Podium Level. No. 1, consultation for BA members. Fees for Web: www.psychotherapycity.co.uk The Postern, Wood Street, Barbican, London ongoing sessions are negotiable according to EC2Y 8BJ. Tel: 020 7606 6530. Website: individual circumstances. Individual, couple Registered Osteopath – Lucy Bracken 25% www.barbicanphysio.co.uk and family sessions with a Chartered Clinical discount on the first three appointments 10% Psychologist. Consulting rooms in Golders discount thereafter to all BA members. Based Barry’s Bootcamp We’re calling it Green, close to the Underground, 25 minutes five minute walk north of the Barbican. #NeighboursWithFavours. Walk in with your from Moorgate. On-street parking is Drakes Gym, 1 Pardon Street, EC1Y. Call BA card and book your first class free so you available. Website: www.insightlondon.co.uk. Lucy on 07712 647 282 or email can really feel Barry’s energy before you get To arrange an appointment contact Marc [email protected] hooked! Then you can also enjoy 10% off Hekster 07775 629 432 or email. their 10+ packages. Website: Barry’s. Offer [email protected] Registered Osteopath and pain management valid for St Paul’s and Moorgate branches, so – Christopher Blackburne BA members and just pick the one most convenient to you! Integrity Centre – NEW residents receive a 25% discount for Initial Boost your mental and physical health at our Osteopathic consultation and treatment and 20% Bodymotion Chiropractic Clinic 15% holistic wellbeing centre. We offer Group discount thereafter. Hermes Health, 33-35 discount on presentation of Barbican Yoga & Pilates Classes, Clinical Chiswell Street, EC1Y 4SF. For bookings text Association membership card. No. 1 Hypnotherapy & Psychotherapy, Massage Chris on 07966 243653 or email Wallside, Barbican. Phone 020 7374 2272 for Therapy, Private Yoga, and Private Pilates. In [email protected]. Website – appointment. www.body-motion.co.uk person treatments and online sessions – www.cbosteopathy.com www.hermeshealth.uk
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Thao V Hair Studio Mail Boxes Etc, Barbican. We are open from and shutters. Use promo code BARB01 for Our spacious and stylish hair salon is located 8.30am to 6.00pm Monday – Friday. 128 15% discount. www.adamsblinds.co.uk or at the foot of Lauderdale Tower in the Aldersgate Street, London, EC1A 4AE. email John at [email protected] for Barbican. We offer Barbican Association Tel: 0203 3261116, further details. members 10% off a haircut or blow dry on email: [email protected]” your first visit, and we also have a loyalty Alma Home 10% discount on furnishings. scheme for regular customers. Please Prince of Wales Dry Cleaners Service View at showroom at 8 Vigo Street, London request the discount when you book. Full includes, dry cleaning, laundry service, linen W1S 3HN, or in Selfridges. See also website details, pricing and opening times are on our service. We also clean leather and suede, www.almahome.co.uk. Contact Tisha website www.thaov.com. Bookings: 020 7628 and do alterations and repairs. We also Richbell on 020 7377 0762 or by email: 4897, or Book Online at www.vagaro.com/ provide shoe repairs. Free pick up and [email protected] for further thaovhairstudio delivery service. Special offer laundering 5 details. shirts for £7.50. Offering 10% discount on first SALES AND SERVICES orders and any bulk orders. 17 Prince of Hand Drawn Walls Abracadabra Services 5% discount off Wales Rd, London NW5 3LH Phone: 02072 Bespoke murals from Hand Drawn Walls: regular weekly, fortnightly or monthly cleaning 671540 and 07590 377245 Make your space your own with an interior prices and a 10% discount off prices for one- mural. See a wide range of examples from off Spring and end of tenancy cleans. Contact Urban Locker Self Storage Your stuff, close small details to full walls at Abracadabra Services Ltd., 10 Glasshouse by at Paterson Court, Peerless Street, www.handdrawnwalls.co.uk. We’d love to Yard, Barbican, London EC1A 4JN or call London EC1V 9EX. Tel: 020 3637 0850. offer all Barbican Association members a free Allan Lee on 020 7336 7686. Fax: 020 7336 Catering for all your storage needs. Business initial visit and a 15% discount. Drop us a line 7687. Email: [email protected] Website: and Domestic, Safe and Secure 10% at [email protected], or call Tom www.abraserve.co.uk Discount on any solution when presented on 07906 382 639. with the BA membership card Casa Usaquén Handmade Colombian MAR-DEN We source and sell a range of art products – black terracotta ceramics and CULTURE deco, midcentury and modernist furniture. other design items. Add an elegant touch to Charterhouse 10% off the Charterhouse We already have fantastic clients in the your interiors, or surprise your friends with a tour, or the Brother’s Charterhouse Tour, Barbican and would now like to offer all unique and stylish present. Contact us to get subject to availability (normally £15 and £20 residents a 10% discount. Please contact 10% off / free delivery to the Barbican. respectively). Tours daily Tuesday-Saturday. Frances on 07940 762885 , or email info Email: [email protected] Book at Museum Reception showing your @mar-den.co.uk. Alternatively you can enter Instagram: @casa.usaquen card (one tour place per card). You can book ‘barbican’ in the discount box and purchase Web: www.casausaquen.wordpress.com up to one week in advance. A great items online. Please visit www.mar-den.co.uk opportunity to discover one of London’s most Certax Certax Accounting (EC London) 5% important historic sites, embracing seven MILK Concept Boutique Small furnishings, off the first years Tax & Accounting services if centuries of history, right on the Barbican’s contemporary hand-crafted lighting, you are looking to change accountants. doorstep. The Charterhouse has been a collectable porcelain, fragrances, travel Aimed at individuals, companies, contractors burial ground, a monastery, a Tudor mansion, accessories and exclusive fashion labels can & landlords. Contact Marie on 07903 585959. school, and almshouse, which it remains to all be found relaxing in comfort amid the 81 Rivington St., Shoreditch, EC2A 3AY. this day. www.thecharterhouse.org whitewash Victoriana and petite elegance of www.certaxaccountingeclondon. co.uk Charterhouse Square, London EC1 The Clerk’s House, beside Shoreditch church. BA Members offered discounts of 5% Computer Saviour Friendly visiting Velorose Gallery Cultural Hub Gallery in to 10% on all goods except Fornasetti. 118 computer specialist undertakes maintenance, beautifully refurbished landmark building 1/2 Shoreditch High Street, London E1 6JN, repairs, installations, networking virus offers Barbican Association members 5% – Tel/Fax 0207 7299880 removal etc. – all your computer needs. 10% 10% discount on works from current and discount for Barbican Association members. previous exhibitions. 1B Charterhouse MyDreamKitchen 5% discount on fitted Call Neill Hoskins on 079 600 89528 or email Square EC1M 6EE | www.velorose.com | kitchens. Contact Spiro Nicholas, [email protected] 020-7253 1090 | [email protected] MyDreamKitchen, 708 Lea Bridge Road, London E10 6AW. Freephone 0800 018 LSO Live LSO Live is the record label of the FURNISHING 5654. Email: [email protected] London Symphony Orchestra, the Barbican’s Adams Blinds Measure, supply and fit Web: www.mydreamkitchen.co.uk resident orchestra. Barbican Association premium made-to-measure window blinds members may claim a 20% discount – using the code BARBICANLSO – on any orders of CDs or downloads made via the online shop Local businesses wishing to participate and – https://lsolive.lso.co.uk. LSO Live CDs are offer a discount also available from the Barbican Centre shop but without a discount for now. or other incentive to BA members should contact Mail Boxes Etc, Barbican 10% discount to Helen Hudson BA members on any Fedex International Priority or UPS Express shipment. Members 07842 23 52 68 should show their BA membership cards and [email protected] discount will be applied at time of purchase on the current Fedex or UPS retail price. Not for further information valid with any other offer and only available at
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from some observers previously. Lawrence Williams’ quarterly view on the state of The better than anticipated national property the Barbican property market value growth figures have been confirmed too by the UK Government’s House Price Index for 2020 which has recorded national property price value e keep on getting mixed messages Even so, reports from the local agents suggest growth of over 8% over the full year. However from the media as to how property that there is still good rental demand, although there are some big regional differences with prices are holding up in the new rental rates may have slipped a little. Barbican W London price rises the lowest of all at 3.5%. But lockdown, and in central London in particular property values have proved resilient to at least this is still a positive trend, albeit lower with the ever increasing trend toward working temporary downturns in the past and we suspect than across the country as a whole. from home. This has almost certainly led to a so any current downturn, if indeed there is one, will There is another fly in the ointment though in far small exodus of central London property- be similarly shortlived. the Rightmove findings, which is perhaps stamp owners, probably more evident among flat- The latest Rightmove property sales index duty-related. One in five buyers who agreed a dwellers – to buy properties further afield, and report and Halifax Building Society findings do purchase in July last year have still not completed with perhaps a little land, particularly if they no seem to show that property prices in London, more than six months later, with an estimated longer have to commute five days a week to a rather than falling, are at least holding their own 100,000 buyers in total still likely to miss out on central office. and may even be slightly higher year-on-year. their expected tax saving. Much of this will be In theory such an exodus would seem likely to Rightmove in particular notes that after three due to bottlenecks in the conveyancing process adversely affect Barbican property prices, but our consecutive monthly falls the average price of due to the surge in demand from homebuyers little oasis within the urban sprawl, with its property coming to market surprisingly increased looking to take advantage of the Chancellor’s gardens, lakes and cultural facilities on our by 0.5% in the latest month, as upwards price original stamp duty concession which ends on collective doorsteps may well be proving to be pressure seems to have begun to resume. The March 31st. Although whether failure to meet something of an anomaly in this respect. online agency collective also saw the number of the deadline will lead to a sale being cancelled, Comments from our local estate agents suggest new buyers continuing to grow despite it now or renegotiated, is much less certain. that prices here are holding up better than we being too late for most buyers to beat the stamp So overall potential Barbican property sellers might have expected – at least so far. Sales duty concession deadline. Latest figures have should not be too despondent. Prices look to be volumes also seem to be remarkably strong seen Rightmove visits up 45%, with keen home- holding up far better than might have been given the lockdown will have restricted estate hunters sending in 18% more enquiries, and the expected, and may even accelerate if and when agent office footfall. number of purchases agreed is up by 7%. High we come out of lockdown. There still appears to Even so, we suspect that the end to the demand looks to be outstripping supply and be a good lettings market too, even if Chancellor’s stamp duty concessions next month pushing up prices with new seller numbers 21% prospective rental income may have dropped a may well have an initially adverse effect on down on the prior year as owners of family little. From the agents’ comments below the past Barbican apartment sales, and the prices thereof. homes delay coming to market, perhaps due to quarter has been difficult for them, but all seem Once this falls out of the equation, prices should home-schooling distractions. to be confident of better things ahead. stabilise, or even resume an upwards path. This It should be noted that the Rightmove figures
has now been extended to June which may quoted above are for the nation as a whole and, ESTATE AGENTS’ COMMENTS prolong any market surge. for a change London figures may be lagging. SALES The trend towards home-working and a Central London may even be underperforming Marco Fugaccia at Hurford Salvi Carr: We have subsequent tendency for homeowners to move the rest of the conurbation, but the overall trend started the New Year with a third lockdown and to the leafier suburbs, or further afield, is perhaps has to be promising given the coronavirus- the London residential sales market in general more likely to impact the lettings market, with related doom and gloom housing market continues to remain fragile, whilst renters are property sales prices recovering more quickly. prognostications that had been forthcoming playing a game of musical chairs looking for the
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best rental deals possible, however there has an improvement in the weather. Many of our Glen Cook at Hamilton Brooks: What a tough been an increase in volume transactions. The prospective buyers are waiting to see a change quarter to put into words, firstly we are open attraction of the Barbican has helped its for the better, once this happens confidence will which is surprising and welcome. The City from a properties values (both sales and lettings) to return and the market will recover and move commuter perspective is as empty now as it was remain resilient and with Spring just around the forward. www.scottcity.co.uk in the first lockdown, no surprise I guess. The corner we hope to see more buyers and tenants surprising change in the last 3 weeks is that returning to the market. Tina Evans at Frank Harris: Well, January was activity has picked up, I can only assume the www.hurford-salvi-carr.co.uk our busiest month in terms of sales agreed for a huge vaccination programme is giving back few months now, and this was not entirely confidence. My view is that in the next few Nicola Lee at Nicola Lee Ltd: We are still in related to the Stamp Duty holiday but of course weeks as the vaccination confidence factor picks lockdown at the time of writing this it helped. We have sold more tower flats in the up and the cold weather is hopefully behind us commentary. The New Year brought new buyers last two months than in the whole of 2020, and that the recovery will pick up pace. who were keen to take advantage of the stamp with mortgage approvals at a 13-year high there www.hamiltonbrooks.co.uk duty holiday which ends 31st March. Some is definitely growing activity. Prime Central solicitors by mid January were not accepting any London has of course suffered due to businesses LETTINGS new instructions looking to complete by the being closed along with retail and hospitality but Lindsay Lee at Nicola Lee Ltd: Last spring deadline. We are all looking forward to spring with prices a little softer in the City we are seeing during the first lockdown was a difficult letting when historically it is a good time for sellers and buyers who had not previously considered the period. During the current lockdown, if priced buyers alike. We continue to monitor activity on area discovering its rich heritage for the first correctly, flats are still being let so we are our website which remains positive. time. There is always demand for the Barbican, optimistic that spring will bring new tenants. www.nicolalee.co.uk but buyers who are new to the estate need a Presentation is still key guiding hand to assist them with the Nick Scott at Scott City: I hope when this is complexities of lease extensions, how the service Nick Scott: Demand for Barbican rental property being read the government has started to ease charges work and inspiration on how to is still surprisingly good although rental values lockdown and spring is with us. January and renovate their new home. If you are considering are down by approximately 10 to 12%. Good February have been tough months for everyone selling your property please have ready your quality enquiries have been coming in from with the increase in COVID-19 cases and the cold documentation regarding alterations to your clients wanting to be close to work who don’t weather. This has been reflected In the level of property (Landlord’s Consent, Listed Building’s want to use public transport. Although not back interest in buying property, not just in the Consent, Garchey Removal Consent) and “dress” at work they are planning for the future when Barbican but central London as a whole. With a your property for photographs and viewings – offices will be encouraging their workforces slow return to work over the next few months I online presence is vital with today’s tech-savvy back. can see there being more activity especially with buyers. – www.frankharris.co.uk the vaccine being administered successfully and
1b Charterhouse Square, EC1M 6EE NICOLA LEE 020 3488 4330 www.nicolalee.co.uk A FRESH APPROACH, IN SAFE HANDS A Selling Tip: We are increasingly finding that sellers who purchased years ago have not realized they need relevant permissions and consents in place for any alterations that have been done. If you are thinking of selling in the spring now would be a good time to check if all the paperwork for permissions and consents are completed. This will save on delays and help sales run smoothly. Generally the logistics of receiving information and getting any tasks done are taking longer through this pandemic. As ever, if you are thinking of selling or letting, please call or visit us as above.
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ADVERTORIAL Dental Care Seven Tips to a Healthy Mouth by Barbican Dental itting at home during the multiple Slockdowns, we’ve all started noticing one thing slightly more than usual: our teeth! With no access to dental care for the first three months, and the subsequent backlog, many people have been getting 5. Teeth straightening isn’t just for kids more and more anxious about the As we get older, despite any orthodontic treatment we may have had in chatter between their teeth. And that’s our younger years, teeth can move. Luckily, using invisible braces without the zoom-effect of staring at (Invisalign) we can move your teeth back to the correct position. And it’s a yourself up close all day for a year on video conferences. great opportunity to whiten your teeth as well. What better time to wear The Barbican’s resident dentist – Dr Shahin Boghani at Barbican Dental, braces (invisible or not) than when we’re all wearing masks! the only dental practice within the Barbican Estate, has put together her list of top tips to keep your smile healthy, during lockdown and beyond. If 6. Beware of hidden sugars you’re looking for more than just our top tips, we are open and available This year we’ve all been guilty of snacking more than we should. Not good to see you for a personalised consultation as well as any dental for our waistline or our teeth. With your teeth, it’s all about frequency not emergencies - find our contact details below. quantity. Your saliva is really good at coating your teeth, and preventing tooth decay after you eat. But it needs all the time between breakfast and Here are our top teeth tips: lunch to do that. If you start snacking between meals, you break up this 1. Brush before breakfast healing cycle, and that’s when you can get tooth decay. But most It’s an age old question, when should I brush my teeth - before or after importantly, watch out for hidden sugars including fruits, some vegetables breakfast? The answer is always brush before breakfast! The aim is to and most drinks that aren’t water. Keep sugar to your three main meals, remove the plaque bacteria that build up overnight as soon as you wake and this is the first step to prevent tooth decay. up. Plaque causes so many problems, and the less time it’s on your teeth, the happier they will be! After you eat breakfast, your saliva will do all the 7. Visit the Dentist regularly hard work to start to ‘heal’ your tooth after the sugar and acid attack from Following excellent advice is a brilliant start, but there’s nothing like the your breakfast. You can then get back to the important business of your real thing. Pop into your dentist 1-2 times a year to make sure your teeth day! and gums are healthy and ready for the next lockdown!
2. Floss Barbican Dental is open and has availability to see new and existing Flossing really does make all the difference. It removes the plaque in patients including any dental emergencies. We provide general and between your teeth that causes gum disease – the silent, symptomless, specialist dentistry including tooth whitening, dental implants, Invisalign tooth killer. That might sound quite dramatic, but, because it’s a silent and gum disease treatments. Plus, all Barbican residents get 10% disease, you won’t know it’s there until you see a dentist or a tooth starts off examinations and hygiene appointments. You can book in online using to get loose. If left untreated, gum disease may result in the loss of teeth. our website, or give us a ring. The good news, however, is that gum disease is preventable with daily flossing. If you are unsure of how to floss your teeth, please come and see Contact the practice at: our hygienist who will be more than willing to spend time with you to A: 1 Wallside, Barbican. EC2Y 8BH show you the best, most effective way to floss your teeth. At Barbican W: www.BarbicanDental.com Dental, we specialise in the detection and treatment of gum disease so if T: 020 7638 8200 you have any concerns then please give us a call
3. Combat bad breath A lot of bad breath starts on your tongue. There are lots of bacteria that live on your tongue – many of them are good bacteria, but there are also some stinkers! When brushing your teeth daily, don’t forget to brush your tongue, to help combat bad breath. If you feel as though that hasn't resolved your issue then there may be another problem, which could be relatively easy to fix but does need investigation so it's worth booking a check up with your dentist.
4. Don’t rinse after brushing Toothpaste is very good for your teeth. When you brush your teeth, you coat your teeth in many proactive ingredients. But when you rinse your mouth after your brush, you wash them all away. Keep your toothpaste working for you longer by spitting, but not rinsing after you brush your teeth!
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AA: How about arranging a date at fencing Afterthoughts classes? Masks and two swords length would be perfect. Don’t forget to take a shower after Kevin Kiernan presents a selection of letters recently practice, who knows, it might help? As for the received by Ann Drewes, Barbican’s own Agony Aunt. long term take her to some Vampire films. That might put her off boyfriends with strong teeth scooters are getting more compact, why not put for some time to come. them inside a Dalek suit? Not quite as grand as Kevin Kiernan Henry the VIII’s suit of armour in the Tower, but Dear Auntie Ann Dear Auntie Ann fearsome all the same. What fun gliding around I know there are more important questions one May I, as the Chief Planning Officer for the Cross the podium in a Dalek besuited mobility scooter could ask in these difficult times but is it ok to Rail project - Code name ‘Tunnel Vision’, give your greeting visitors and accosting malefactors. wear a sombrero? There is of course the charge of readers an update on our progress. Here’s the What’s more the Dalek suit would be the cultural appropriation. What’s more the headgear good news: perfect barrier to the dreaded Covid germs. is impractical when it’s windy on the highwalks, 1 July 2021 Cross Rail Project finished. Moreover, perhaps when the Common Council and wearing it does lead to a tendency to overuse July 2021 to Dec 2022 Essential staff training. next meets, a few Barbican Daleks in the visitors’ the word mañana to any of my wife’s requests, There are 19 modules including Diversity in gallery would concentrate the minds of our which has resulted in one or two difficult Ticketing (‘From First Class Annual Season tickets elected representatives. moments., However I seem to have an to Jumping over the barrier’) One query: The exterminator sticking out the overwhelming urge to don the Central American Jan 2023 Trains ready to run front has obvious uses, but the long sink plunger headgear. Yours Mad Hatter Jan 2025 Lifts and Escalators will begin operation looks odd. Surely if the Daleks can travel through as soon as staff training on ‘Life’s Ups and Downs space they would have found better ways to AA: On your own head be it and lay off the – handling the mental trauma’ is completed. unblock sinks on Skaro, their home plant? maracas. Then it’s all aboard the Abbey Wood Flyer. Yours Dave Ross Yours Dee P Bore Dear Auntie Ann AA: I was going to say the idea has legs but that Sadly I have long Covid. Or more precisely I have AA: You certainly put the ‘train’ in training seems inappropriate. Unfortunately your plan long symptom-free Covid. I haven’t had a test as might attract other be-suited sci-fi creatures such but as asymptomatic means you don’t Dear Auntie Ann with unknown consequences. Mad thought: portray any of the usual symptoms, I can attest that Hasn’t the Barbican become an exciting place? No why not have people dressed as Policemen on I don’t have any of the symptoms -although I do need for the Barbican Centre or the Culture Mile our highwalks? have other non-Covid ones (mainly obesity when, on our very podium, we have peletons of related). So that’s a compelling case. I went to my cyclists racing around at high speed, as well as the Dear Auntie Ann doctor and he says there is no prospect of my boys who like jumping from one parapet to I first came across the new maps on the Podium shaking off this lack of covid symptoms in the short another. What fun! when, on a murky night, I literally walked into one. to medium term but he declined to give me the Perhaps we could offer the Barbican as one of In the dark it seemed like an alien object, plonked sick note despite the fact that it is my human right. the pre stages of the Tour de France which, of on the landscape, a popular theme in sci-fi films. I sought a second opinion but the doctor there course, are normally held abroad. Obviously the These maps are, of course, a common sight told me to stop wasting her time and leave her Barbican can’t provide a course of any great distance around London and with roads depicted in dark A+E unit at once. (or hills), but slaloming around our trademark grey blue against a pale background, they are a huge What upsets me is that there I was, on my columns should be taxing at 60 mph. improvement on their inglorious precursors. balcony, banging my saucepan in the ‘Clap for Of course there will be scoffers who think that However, as the Barbican doesn’t have roads as Carers’. The fact that I often slept through the 8pm these bikers, acrobats and skateboarders (let’s not such, these maps depict our walkway names in time and did it at 2am is a matter currently up forget those misspent youths) portend a small lettering and in white typeface on a light before the Magistrates’ Court, but the principle of dystopian future for the Barbican. But’s let’s ignore background. As useful as a drowning man being community support was there. Yours Mal Ingara these naysayers… until the Hell’s Angels turn up thrown both ends of the rope. Are we to be that is. Yours Action Man forever cursed? Yours A Tozee AA: The motto is ‘If you do a good deed, don’t bang on about it’. AA writes: Nice to think that the speedy AA: Well the misspent youths seemed to find peletons on our highwalks might be a legacy of us, all right. Dear Auntie Ann the 2012 Games. Are there any budding entrepreneurs out there? Dear Auntie Ann Two ideas: open up a cheap boozer next to Greggs Another letter on a similar theme… I met a lady on the Internet and we have since met and call it Groggs! You can then do wine or beer Dear Auntie Ann face to face. Well, when I say face to face, we were pairing with Gregg’s delicacies just like top restaurants Why should the young have all the fun? both wearing masks and we kept 2 metres apart, of do. Gregg’s classic sausage roll paired with a stout Admittedly when looking at Barbican parapets it course. Now that the lock down might be easing I porter to cut through the grease, for example. never occurs to me to leap from one to another. I am worried that I might have to unmask and reveal Secondo Idea. Open up a hot cake shop, as tend to concentrate on not slipping on the that my teeth could be a) straighter and b) more apparently hot cakes sell very quickly although, ordinary tiles. Skateboarding is a possibility for numerous. I was the spoilt son of two parents who oddly enough, you rarely see such shops. That senior citizens, particularly if the Skateboards have ran a novelty rock emporium in Brighton. How seems like a wide-open goal for the taking. a Zimmer frame upper structure. Don’t forget that were my teeth supposed to survive that? Also I Yours High St Man the old have the advantage of being a bit deaf and might have a personal freshness problem, clearly a therefore not hearing the racket they are making. 2 metre gap has disguised this up to now? What AA: Thirdo Idea. Put Groggs next to a Health However, my suggestion is that as mobility shall I do? Yours Sorrowful Zorro Centre. An essential pairing.
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