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THE SQUARE - ISSUE 3 AUTUMN The Square 03 AUTUMN 2018 LOCAL HISTORY ART & CULTURE REVIVAL Time for Pimlico to begin the The dreaded Millbank Prison The 2018 Turner Prize is Goodwood Revival is all annual hunker down and get with epidemics of dysentery, awarded to artists for their about motoring, aviation, ready for the cooler months. scurvy and other horrors. work in the previous year. atmosphere and dressing up. 1 THE SQUARE - ISSUE 3 AUTUMN Welcome Welcome to the third issue of our magazine. The ‘Indian Summer’ has had its last breath and you can start to feel the bite of cooler mornings. In the Autumn issue of the Square, we are focussing on hunkering down for the cosiest of seasons. Create your own autumnal preserves in our homemade cookery focus; explore the history of the dreaded Millbank Prison in our new local history feature; and finally, escape to the Highlands of Scotland for an adventurous getaway on our very doorstep. This time of year, there is plenty to indulge in. Neil Miller-Chalk Editorial Director Contributors: Joseph Pierce Bryan McMorran Laura Wilson Imogen Lepere Editor Feature Writer Photographer Imogen Lepere is an award- After graduating from the A salesman, consultant and Laura is a Brighton based winning wordsmith based in University of Portsmouth with connoisseur, Bryan has been lifestyle, food, travel and London with a lot to say on an MA in History, Joseph has involved in buying and selling commercial photographer. food, travel and pretty much been working as a freelance some of the world’s finest cars everything else… writer, editor and novelist. for over 25 years. Design & Art Direction: Hutton Farquhar www.huttonfarquhar.com Cover Photography: Laura Wilson - Gail’s bakery, Pimlico 3 2 Illustration: Catherine Waite - Map Pages 22-23 THE SQUARE - ISSUE 3 AUTUMN THE SQUARE - ISSUE 3 AUTUMN Contents Inside this issue of The Square 12 TURNER PRIZE 2018 The Thames The Turner Prize is awarded to a single artist and three Two cranes guard runners up for their work in Battersea Power Station and though they have been scrubbed up, the previous year. and are now almost fresh and young, I see them as I always have: rusting and defiant, like tarred rigging, or cobwebs in cable knit, made to shift coal out of barges 24 towed by tugs called Reliant or Steadfast THE DREADED to fuel boilers to light London MILLBANK PRISON and to send waste heat in pipes For much of its time, Millbank to council flats served as a holding facility where once fields and manor houses stood and where Sir Thomas More for convicted prisoners before educated daughters. they were transported to Australia. Richard D North 30 SCOTLAND THE QUICK GETAWAY Time to get away from the city and into the mountains of Scotland. We travel to the Cairngorms National Park. 16 SPREAD THE LOVE Preparing your own seasonal preserves is 28 a quick, simple way to harness AUTUMN, A TIME FOR WALKS... autumn’s bounty and make the Where better to stretch your transition from summer a little legs than the Long Walk at the more palatable. foot of Windsor Castle. 4 5 LOCAL NEWS, OUT & ABOUT LOCAL NEWS, OUT & ABOUT PIMLICO PIMLICO THE SPA promotion In The Spa at Dolphin Square you can now enjoy a new treatment ‘Shellac’ Manicures and Pedicures. Relax in your own private treatment room within the spa and add a bit of luxury to your manicure and pedicure time. Shellac is a long lasting polish that is cured under a lamp with the effect lasting up to 14 days for just an additional £15 on top of your regular manicure or pedicure price. Enjoy our current offer of LONDON complimentary Shellac Westminster Abbey opens the ICE SKATING VENUES removal when booked Fashion Week DIAMOND JUBILEE GALLERY With the colder weather comes coats’, scarves, with a Shellac manicure or The London Fashion Week thick boots, mulled wine and ice skates. Central pedicure on the same day. Festival is happening from London’s pop-up ice rinks are getting into full the 14th – 18th September at The Store Studios in the swing for the festive season build up. Strand. Over its four days, Visit Alexandra Palace for its lofty indoor skating WW1 POPPY INSTALLATION the exhibition invites 14,000 people from around the world arena, or wait until the likes of the Natural History The Weeping Window to participate in catwalk Museum, Hampton Court Palace and the Tower shows, industry talks and of London display their festive extravaganzas. This curated galleries from 150 The poppies are returning to Piper, from 5th October – 18th year there’s plenty to sink your blades into. international brands. The London this autumn as the November. The Weeping Fashion Week Festival is the Imperial War Museum London Window was itself part of ideal opportunity to soak in will be hosting the beautiful the 2014 Tower of London the fashion industry at its most Best Christmas lights in London WWI commemoration over the display titled ‘Blood Swept extravagant. coming months. Alongside its Lands and Seas of Red’ that With Christmas around the corner how better to sister institution in Stretford, commemorated the centenary herald in its arrival than with a tour of London’s Manchester, the IWM will of the Great War. Following BFC SHOW SPACE Westminster Abbey has opened Westminster Abbey,’ ‘Worship and finest light displays? The turning on of the Oxford be exhibiting ‘The Weeping the exhibition, the sculpture The Store Studios For full details: Street Christmas lights attracts over one million Window’ sculpture, created will be become part of the 180 Strand, London, WC2R 1EA up its stunning 13th century Daily Life,’ ‘Westminster and the Call: 0207 798 6767 Triforium to showcase the Monarchy,’ and ‘The Abbey and spectators each year and is set to take place on by Paul Cummins and Tom IWM’s collection of antiquities. www.londonfashionweek.co.uk Diamond Jubilee Gallery. National Memory.’ See amazing 7th November. Christmas at Covent Garden is views of the Palace of Westminster always worth a look, and after 2017’s amazing The Gallery will display more and the medieval Chapter House mistletoe display, you will have to wait and see than 300 national treasures on the way up – it’s all part of the what is revealed on 14th November. Lastly, West from the Abbey’s own collection experience. London’s Kew Gardens will provide another of antiquities, tracing its 1,000- dazzling trail through natural wonderment and year history through four For more information visit you can book advance tickets online. distinct sections: ‘The Building of www.westminster-abbey.org 6 7 LOCAL NEWS, OUT & ABOUT LOCAL NEWS, OUT & ABOUT PIMLICO PIMLICO AT THE THEATRE Halloween events WHERE TO WATCH THE FIREWORKS This autumn For your spooky season... Bonfire Night 2018 The theatre scene is aglow Remember, remember, in London. What’s more, it’s this autumn. the 5th November as the free, courtesy of Lewisham commemoration of the failed council – leaving you plenty Ian McKellen brings his plot of Guy Fawkes and his of change to indulge in some stellar performance of King gang will once again take seasonal treats. Donations are Lear from the screen to the place across London. encouraged. West End stage in a show of the same name running from 11th July to the 3rd Central London North London November at the Duke of York’s Theatre. Battersea Park Fireworks Alexandra Palace Fireworks The Tina Turner musical, TINA, debuted in April 2018 The display in Battersea Park Festival with phenomenal reviews. will be on the 3rd November With views stretching across The raucous musical comedy, The Book of with an array of colourful London and plenty of family Mormon, finishes its run at The Prince of Wales pyrotechnics. activities to enjoy, the annual Theatre on the 13th October. Tickets will go on sale two-day Alexandra Palace Fireworks Festival has become Following on from glowing reviews and multiple September 2018. one of the top Bonfire Night awards for its six-month international tour, The Play East London events in London. Activities that Goes Wrong has been renewed at the Duchess Halloween this year falls on Wednesday 31st October 2018 Blackheath Fireworks include DJ sets, a German Theatre for the considerable future. The Blackheath display makes beer festival, funfair and ice Lastly, Matthew Lopez’s epic two part drama, The FANCY DRESS HIRE a great evening out for family skating. There’s plenty for all Inheritance: Parts 1 & 2, transfers to the West Ends’ and friends looking to enjoy ages at this firework show. Noel Coward Theatre following a hugely successful the fireworks in a buzzing www.fireworks.london sell-out run at the Young Vic earlier this year. Angels Fancy Dress atmosphere. Regularly hosting The family run fancy dress hire shop, Morris Angel & Son Ltd Alexandra Palace, London. have provided fancy dress costumes for everything from West more than 80,000 people, and Friday 2nd and Saturday 3rd End shows and corporate events to house parties and big nights set in one of London’s largest November 2018 For more information on the above, visit out since 1840. Pay them a visit and let them help you perfect outdoor spaces, it’s one of the www.londontheatre.co.uk your look. biggest Bonfire Night events www.angelsfancydress.com T: 020 7836 5678 E: [email protected] National Theatre Costume Hire Visit the National Theatre Costume Hire to discover the thousands of costumes available. With a collection of more than 60,000 costumes, plus a wide range of accessories, there is something for everyone.