#Lambeth College

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Desirée Baptiste and Jon Ungoed-Thomas at The Observer:

In the 18th century an enslaved mixed race woman named Quasheba escaped from a sugar plantation where she was held captive on Barbados. There are no records of Quasheba’s fate, but the horrific conditions from which she fled in 1783 are well-documented. She is simply recorded in official papers as “run away”. Other enslaved people on the same plantations killed themselves in the face of violence, punishment and tyranny. People transported from west Africa were forced “under the whip” to harvest canes and carry them to the mills to be crushed and boiled. Many were branded with hot irons.

The sugar estate, known as the Codrington plantations, generated an estimated £5m a year in today’s money and covered 763 acres. It was owned and overseen by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (SPG), the missionary arm of the Church of England. The Codrington estate is now one of the focal points in a public debate about the Church of England’s links to chattel slavery, in which people were traded as personal property. The Observer this weekend reveals evidence found in the archives of Lambeth Palace library of how an archbishop of Canterbury in the 18th century approved funds to buy enslaved people. Justin Welby, the archbishop of Canterbury, this weekend said it was “particularly painful” to read that a predecessor was involved in buying enslaved people. He said: “While nothing can fully atone for these crimes, we are committed to finding out more, realising this will take many years.”

[...]

Enslaved people on the estate left to the SPG were until at least 1732 branded “society” on the chest with hot irons, to show they were the property of the Church’s missionary arm. One plantation manager was a “particularly vicious” individual, according to a source cited by historian Travis Glasson in his book Mastering Christianity: Missionary Anglicanism and Slavery in the Atlantic World.

[...] The church apologised in 2006 for its “involvement in the slave trade” and the operation of the Codrington estate, but faces calls to acknowledge the extent of its role in the plantations in Barbados and agree reparations. [...] The Scott Trust, which owns the Guardian and Observer, apologised in March last year for the role the founders of the Guardian had in transatlantic slavery. Research commissioned in 2020 found John Edward Taylor, the journalist and cotton merchant who founded the Manchester Guardian in 1821, and at least nine of his 11 backers had links to chattel slavery. The trust said it expected to invest more than £10m during a decade of restorative justice. The Guardian’s journalistic series, Cotton Capital, explores the history of transatlantic slavery and its legacy.

The Guardian’s Sunday stablemate The Observer reported on the Church Of England’s missionary arm Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts and their role in enabling slavery.

See Also:

The Observer: Revealed: how Church of England’s ties to chattel slavery went to top of hierarchy

[mybeingthere]

Scottish artist Craigie Aitchison CBE RA RSA (1926-2009) was well known for his paintings depicting landscapes, portraits, and crucifixion scenes in a distinctive Mediterranean palette.

Andrew Lambirth, who knew Craigie for 20 years wrote wrote so stories in the Atchinson's Catalogue Raisonné. Here are a few bits of his recollections:

"Although Scottish by birth, Aitchison moved to London in 1963, and thereafter divided his time between his terraced house in Lambeth and a second home in Italy, outside Siena. He painted still-life subjects, religious pictures, portraits and nudes, landscapes and his dogs. His preferred models tended to be West Indian or African because he loved the way other colours looked next to warm skin tones.

The first painting by Aitchison to enter a UK public collection was Model Standing Against a Blue Wall (1962), when it was bought by the Tate from the Beaux Arts Gallery in 1964.

Some of Aitchison's most popular paintings have been of objects he lived with: a tea caddy or a candlestick, a cup or a vase (mostly with flowers in it), a cellophane-wrapped Italian Easter egg or a handful of liquorice allsorts.

If Aitchison found a good model, he would paint him or her repeatedly, and his all-time favourite was Georgeous Macaulay.

There are several of his Crucifixions in public collections, but one of the most memorable is in Birmingham, dating from 1984–1986. A large canvas, as many of Aitchison's late Crucifixions are, it depicts Christ on the cross, but without any arms.

Aitchison was quite prepared to take liberties with human anatomy if it helped him to make the image more powerful, and his Christ figures sometimes have only one arm or one leg. (As he once replied to an interviewer who asked him why he did this: 'Not everyone is lucky enough to be born with two arms and two legs'.)

Craigie first painted a Crucifixion when he was a student at the Slade School of Fine Art, which is part of University College in London. One of the teachers said: 'It's a very serious subject and much too big a subject for you to tackle.' But that only spurred Craigie on to paint another one.

He never succumbed to adverse criticism, though he remembered it and was clearly wounded by it. Two visiting Slade tutors, Victor Pasmore and John Piper, both told him to give up painting. Thankfully he didn't. As he said, if it had been somebody he really respected, like L. S. Lowry, also a visiting teacher, he might have paid attention. But Lowry only encouraged him.

Considering the crowded nature of his home, he was surprisingly minimalistic in his art, as well as a great colourist. He thought his intensely poetic images were quite straightforward, but they are impossible to imitate convincingly. Although they look so effortless, he himself often had trouble with them.

In another interview with me in 2004, Aitchison discussed this: 'That seems to be all that it's about – deciding. Somebody said that painting is a complete and absolute way of having to make up one's mind. Whether to put two trees instead of one, or to leave it. It's exhausting trying to make up your mind. If it wasn't like that it would just be boring to do.'

Andrew Lambirth, writer and author of "Craigie Aitchison – Prints: A Catalogue Raisonné"

https://artuk.org/.../the-intensely-poetic-paintings-of...

[gorbalsvampire]

I don't know about Riley! Tell me about Riley? Tell me 12 and 28 about Riley, please?

And 18 for Sorcha and Penny.

And, if I can have just one more, 45 for Alistair, please?

I imagine you vibrating in place as you ask these, just so you know.

Riley has... secrets, and at least one player from their game reads this, so I'm going to have to be a little evasive. I'm experimenting with closed information. It's... challenging. This is why I don't talk about Riley as much!

Dossier: Riley Halahan 12. What happened that lead up to their Embrace?

Oh, gosh. Well. That's a loaded question. The bit Riley admits to is being sent down from Trinity College Dublin, due to some impropriety involving gentlemen of the day, ladies of the night, and generally causing the faculty to regret admitting Catholics to their noble institution. The bit Riley does not admit to... comes before their admission, and has something to do with a suicide, a scandal, and why Riley didn't return home after their expulsion.

In any case, the actual Embrace is almost an afterthought: Riley describes it as a deal with a devil who didn't care to collect.

28. Where do they live now as a Kindred?

This is actually subject to change, hee hee. Currently, Riley lives in a grotty rented room in Lambeth, attends their club on the never-never, and has their tailoring done on their coteriemate's husband's credit. It's all part of an elaborate scheme: or maybe Riley just wants to mess with him.

I say currently because sooner or later, Madame Carcass - the Nosferatu crime boss of Whitechapel, and open Bahari, who seems to have taken a shine to Riley's "agent of chaos" tendencies - will find out that Riley lives like this, and I'm sure at that point, things will be... different. A move to the East End may be on the cards.

Query: Thinbloods?

Sorcha is generally pro - after all, she is one. Her upbringing (and grooming) prepared her for being a full fat Hecata, and she has a bit of a complex about being of thin blood but also not being of no blood, if that makes sense? She is a big believer in the solidarity-and-support preached by her soul sisters Hazel and Beetlejuice - Duskborn got Duskborn 'cause no-one else has - but she will challenge "reject your bloodline" thinking - screw that, if you've got power, take it, then learn alchemy as well. You have a birthright, and coming out thinblooded shouldn't shut you out of it. You, definitely. She's not projecting at all. Get tae fock.

Penny. Penelope. Pen-Pen. Hm. Her Blood is thick enough that they feel a little like a snack pack to her, but she doesn't believe in exterminating them. It's an odd, cold act of pragmatic compassion on her part. They are the harbingers of Gehenna, but it might not be their fault, and killing them all may turn out to be a very bad idea in the long run. Something in her also responds to the poetry of sun and shadow, incendiary light and smothering darkness, and perhaps I'm considering a pack of sunfuckers as being among her associates for... future purposes.

45. What are Alistair's Disciplines?

Alistair has displayed basic familiarity with Oblivion (he knows where the bodies are buried, i.e. they aren't), a more sophisticated grasp of Auspex (he has very strong hunches, and reliably predicts the deaths of others), and a favour for Fortitude (among other things, bottled "dad blood" is a part of Sorcha's bug-out bag, and helped her develop her signature formula, Overclock).

He also has vestigial Obfuscate (he can move absolutely silently, to the point where it feels like he's coming out of the goddamn walls) and may or may not have Dominate. It's unclear whether "you've nae seen me, a'right?" is a memory alteration, or a threat, but it gets results either way. Likewise, one look into his eyes and numerous Kindred do what they're told, but that might be 'cause Sorcha's a cheesebrain and everyone else is scared of him.

[meret118]

Eleanor Coade[a] (3 June 1733 – 18 November 1821)[1][b] was a British businesswoman known for manufacturing Neoclassical statues, architectural decorations and garden ornaments made of Lithodipyra (Coade stone) for over 50 years from 1769 until her death. 

Lithodipyra ("stone fired twice") was a high-quality, durable moulded weather-resistant, ceramic stoneware; statues and decorative features from this still look almost new today. Coade did not invent 'artificial stone', as various inferior quality precursors had been both patented and manufactured over the previous forty years, but she probably perfected both the clay recipe and the firing process.

She combined high-quality manufacturing and artistic taste, together with entrepreneurial, business and marketing skills, to create the overwhelmingly successful stone products of her age. She produced stoneware for St George's Chapel, Windsor; The Royal Pavilion, Brighton; Carlton House, London and the Royal Naval College, Greenwich. Shortly after her death, her company produced a large quantity of stoneware used in the refurbishment of Buckingham Palace.[1]

[4]Born in Exeter to two families of wool merchants and weavers, she ran her business, "Coade's Artificial Stone Manufactory", "Coade and Sealy" and latterly "Coade" (by appointment to George III and the Prince Regent), for fifty years in Lambeth, London. A devout Baptist, she died unmarried in Camberwell.

In 1784 an uncle, Samuel Coade, gave her Belmont House, a holiday villa in Lyme Regis, her late father's town of origin. She decorated the house extensively with Coade stone.[1][5]

[itsrattysworld]

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[thxnews]

King Approves New Bishop of Exeter

The King of England has given his approval for the nomination of The Right Reverend Mike Harrison as the new Bishop of Exeter. Currently serving as the Suffragan Bishop of Dunwich in the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, Bishop Harrison is set to succeed The Right Reverend Robert Atwell, who recently retired from the post. The momentous announcement coincided with the celebration of Devon Day on June 4, 2024.  

Introduction

The appointment of Bishop Harrison marks a new chapter in the rich history of the Diocese of Exeter. With a strong background in mission, evangelism, and engaging with youth, he brings a fresh perspective and a wealth of experience to the role. As the spiritual leader for the Anglican community in Devon, Bishop Harrison will undoubtedly play a pivotal role in shaping the future of the Church in the region.  

A Spiritual Journey

Mike Harrison's path to becoming the Bishop of Exeter has been marked by a diverse range of experiences and a deep commitment to his faith. After completing his undergraduate studies in Mathematics & Statistics at Selwyn College, Cambridge, he worked as both a Management Consultant and a Social Worker in London. This unique blend of analytical thinking and compassionate service laid the foundation for his future ministry. Answering the call to serve, Mike trained for ministry at Oxford and began his clerical journey as Assistant Curate at St Anne and All Saints, South Lambeth in the Southwark Diocese. During this time, he also pursued a PhD in Doctrine at King's College, London University, further deepening his theological understanding.  

A Heart for Mission and Ministry

Throughout his career, Bishop Harrison has demonstrated a keen focus on mission, evangelism, discipleship, and cultivating vocations. As Chaplain at Bradford University and Bradford and Ilkley Community College, he also served as Diocesan World Development Advisor and completed an MA in International Development Studies at Bradford University. This global perspective has undoubtedly shaped his approach to ministry and his understanding of the Church's role in the world. As Vicar of Holy Trinity, Eltham in the Diocese of Southwark, Bishop Harrison also served as Rural Dean of Eltham and Mottingham. In 2006, he moved to Leicester Diocese as Director of Mission and Ministry, further honing his skills in leadership and pastoral care.  

A New Chapter for Exeter

Bishop Harrison's nomination as the Bishop of Exeter comes at a significant time for the Diocese and the county as a whole. As Devon Day celebrations on June 4th highlight the rich cultural heritage and traditions of the region, the Church of England also recognizes the importance of spiritual leadership in fostering community and promoting the common good. With his wife Rachel, an Occupational Therapist, and their four adult children by his side, Bishop Harrison embarks on this new journey with a sense of purpose and a commitment to serving the people of Devon. As a passionate supporter of Bolton Wanderers, a beekeeper, and a baker of cakes, he brings a well-rounded perspective and a genuine love for life to his new role. As the 10 Downing Street announcement on Devon Day underscores, the appointment of Bishop Harrison represents a new era for the Diocese of Exeter. Building upon the legacy of his predecessors, including the recently retired Bishop Robert Atwell, he will undoubtedly leave his own mark on the spiritual landscape of Devon.  

A Legacy of Faith

The Diocese of Exeter has been blessed with a long line of distinguished spiritual leaders, each contributing to the rich tapestry of faith in the region. The last 10 Bishops of Exeter, spanning over a century of service, include: Bishop Years of Service Robert Atwell 2014-2023 Michael Langrish 1999-2013 Hewlett Thompson 1985-1999 Eric Mercer 1973-1985 Robert Mortimer 1949-1973 Charles Curzon 1936-1948 Lord William Cecil 1916-1936 Archibald Robertson 1903-1916 Herbert Edward Ryle 1901-1903 Edward Bickersteth 1885-1900   Final Thoughts As Bishop Harrison takes up the mantle, he stands on the shoulders of giants, ready to lead the Diocese of Exeter into a new era of faith, hope, and love. With his unique blend of experience, compassion, and vision, he is poised to make a lasting impact on the spiritual life of Devon and beyond. The King's approval of Bishop Harrison's nomination is a testament to his character, his dedication, and his potential to lead the Church of England in Exeter with grace and wisdom. As the diocese embarks on this new chapter, the people of Devon can look forward to a future filled with spiritual growth, community engagement, and the enduring message of the Gospel.   Sources: THX News, Wikipedia, Catholic Hierarchy, Visit Mid Devon, Devon City Council & Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street. Read the full article

[sconesfortea]

15 QUESTIONS FOR 15 FRIENDS

Tagged by @ineffable-piracy (thank you!)

Are you named after anyone?

Not really, my first name comes from a baby on the TV show Shelley. I was going to be named Arwen but my mum didn't think I looked Elven enough when I was born. One of my middle names is a family though.

When was the last time you cried?

Today watching American Fiction

Do you have kids?

Nope

What sports do you play/have you played?

I have a black tag belt in Tae Kwon-Do but I haven't don't it since I was 18

Do you use sarcasm?

Yes, a lot. My nickname in primary school was Sarky

What is the first thing you notice about people?

Probably their clothes

What’s your eye colour?

Brown

Scary movies or happy endings?

Happy endings, every time

Any talents?

No proper ones, but I do have a knack for recognising people from their baby pictures

Where were you born?

Lambeth, London

What are your hobbies?

Cinema, reading, crochet, walking

Do you have any pets?

No 😞

How tall are you?

5"8'

Favourite subject in school?

Probably English (writing & reading) or art. In college & uni it was film though

Dream job?

Something I can do within the limitations of my disabilities

Tagging people gives me anxiety, so if you want to do it, please do

[richmond-junior-chess-blog]

Seeking Players for EPSCA U9 & U11 Zonals

EPSCA U 9 Zonal This will take place on Saturday 9th March at the Chislehurst School for Girls, Beaverwood Road, Chislehurst. BR7 6HE. 6 teams (Barnet, Essex, Hertfordshire, Hillingdon, Kent and Richmond) will compete with jamboree pairings over 12 boards to qualify for the Final. Up to 4 reserves from each team will play in a separate tournament at the same time as the main event. The number of teams to qualify for the final is likely to be five, to be confirmed. The rate of play will be all moves in 30 minutes plus 10 seconds per move from the start. The event will ECF rapid rated. EPSCA rules. which can be found at https://www.epsca.org.uk/rules-2 will apply. The schedule is as follows: - Arrival - by 11.00am - Board Stewards Meeting - 11.15am - First Round - 11.45am - Second Round – 1.25pm - Third Round – 3.05pm - Prize Giving – 4.50pm If play is running late, there will be at least 10 minutes between rounds. EPSCA U11 Zonal This will take place on Saturday 16th March at University College School, Frognal. NW3 6XH. 6 teams (Barnet, Essex, Hertfordshire, Hillingdon, Kent and Richmond) will compete with jamboree pairings over 12 boards to qualify for the Final. Up to 4 reserves from each team will play in a separate tournament at the same time as the main event. The number of teams to qualify for the final is likely to be five, to be confirmed. The rate of play will be all moves in 40 minutes plus 10 seconds per move from the start. The event will ECF rapid rated. EPSCA rules. which can be found at https://www.epsca.org.uk/rules-2 will apply. The schedule is as follows: - Arrival - by 11.00am - Board Stewards Meeting - 11.15am - First Round - 11.45am - Second Round – 1.45pm - Third Round – 3.45pm - Prize Giving – 5.35pm If play is running late, there will be at least 10 minutes between rounds. Qualification for the Teams The age limits are relative to the Academic Year; in other words, the players must be under the stated age before the 1st of September in the previous calendar year. Within the EPSCA Inter-Association Championships, Richmond Juniors is responsible for selecting teams of primary school children who live or go to school in the following London Boroughs: - London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham - London Borough of Hounslow - Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea - London Borough of Merton - London Borough of Richmond upon Thames - London Borough of Wandsworth A number of London boroughs contiguous with the Richmond Juniors area are unassociated within the EPSCA structure. Young players from these Boroughs are free to play for Richmond Juniors if they wish. Boroughs to which this applies are Ealing, Brent, City of Westminster, Lambeth, Croydon and Sutton. Finally, a player may qualify for a Richmond Juniors team, even if they reside and go to school in an area of another association, provided they can demonstrate that they have “significant ties” to Richmond Juniors. The simplest way in this case is to ask permission from the other association. There is an appeals process should permission not be granted, but Richmond Juniors has never exercised that process. Richmond Juniors general policy when asked by another association about a child with “significant ties” to that other association is permissive. We prefer not to stand in the way of a child and his or her chosen affiliat ion. Selection for the Richmond Teams Assuming your child qualfiies as above, if you wish your child to be considered for selection, please email richmond_junior_chess_club@hotmail.com, inlcuidng the following information: - Child's Full Name - Child's ECF Rating Id - In the absence of an ECF Rating, another rating (e.g. another national federation or an online server) and source of the rating - Child's Gender - Residential Postcode - Borough in which the child's school is located - Parent's Name - Parent's Email Address - Parent's Mobile Number - Other Parent's Name (optional) - Other Parent's Email Address (optional) - Other Parent's Mobile Number (optional) We will select for the strongest team available on the basis of the information available. For the U9 team, we will announce the selection by Wednesday 6th March, and for the U11 team by Wednesday 13th March. Further Dates The remaining fixrues in the EPSCA Inter-Association Championship are: - 13 April - U11 Girls Final - 20 April - U11 Final - 27 April - U9 Final Please diarise! Looking forward to some success for our teams. Read the full article

[enbyinlondon]

Welcome to American in London!

Welcome to my brand new travel blog, American in London! I'm Rin (they/them), and I'll be staying in London for two months as part of a study abroad program. I'm a sophomore at Foothill College in the San Francisco Bay Area, California. I'm non-binary, sarcastic, and also have health issues so you may catch me complaining about that impacting my mobility and general ability to live life.

This blog will follow me through the next two months in England, as I explore the city and adjust to living abroad. If things go well, I'll likely return next fall to complete my degree here. I'm based in Lambeth, near the River Thames. During this trip, I'll also be visiting Scotland, and hopefully Ireland and France. I also intend to do a Jack the Ripper walking tour, a tour of the catacombs, and also visit many different parks and gardens. I’m honestly not much of a museum person, but I’m hoping to check out some of the more historical exhibits in various facilities around the city. To get started, here’s a view of the River Thames from my dorm window!

I look forward to sharing my experiences with you!

[yourkingmob]

Waltorious Maximus Lambeth (1950-2014)

“Lo, there do I see my father. / Lo, there do I see my mother, / and my sisters, and my brothers. / Lo, there do I see the line of my people, / Back to the beginning!

Lo, they do call to me. / They bid me take my place among them, / In the halls of Valhalla! / Where the brave may live forever!”

I remember the first time I met Walt. He invited me out to train at his Dojo, firing out the same invite that he gave to QBone some time before, concluding the email with "Things start at 1pm around on sundays. If you get lost: p/c to Osaekomi/Mr. Lamb (313) xxx-yyyy."  I walked into an old barn, with a stout looking Judoka talking someone through a kata garuma as classic rock played on the boom box in the corner.  He welcomed me in, a long haired lanky mofo in wrestling shoes and a Champion shirt like I belonged there, and then promptly fed me to the wolves.

That was the first of many lessons from Walt: how to get through that gut check, take a pounding from the aces and still present some game against the droogs and come back for more.

Walt stood as the head of Metro when I was there, not taking as a direct hand in instruction as Q did, but he still took time to tighten up my classical judo: how to drop right underneath to hit the drop seoi properly, how to switch out into combination to o-soto and how to do the belt-pin from north south. He also gave me tons of tips on how take my wrestling and further combine it with judo, since he had done much the same with Q.

He showed me the roughneck side of judo too: how to growl in your opponent's ear while trying to turn someone over for a pin and then pretend that mate was called and hit the collar choke when they peek up at the ref.  He also taught me how to pop the head up under the chin when chasing a single leg, or how to drive the side of your head into someone's nose when attacking with a kouchi or ouchi-gari.

He also taught me that "Mutual Welfare and Benefit" sometimes meant a cooler full of Heineken after hours of hard randori and shooting some bull over some brews.

Finally, he also taught me to put away the childish boy-band that was The Beatles and learn that there was a Rolling Stones before Mick met Bowie, and it was loud, shaking, gritty and roughneck... just like Walt.  While many of us were from a generation far after him, he still enjoyed rocking out to the rock bands we listened to like Buckcherry.  He drank up life and stoked the fire beneath his crew of champions he had gathered.

Besides being a teacher, Walt had his humorous side.  His sense of humor was infectious and oversized, like his generosity.  So many times, I'd get some sort of off-color joke sent to me in email, some bit of cheesecake or inappropriate anecdote sent to my email, I had to make sure I didn't open his emails at work. Otherwise, while my boss was looking over my shoulder, there'd be some huge breasted amazon on my screen.  His jokes and made up stories about "little itchy" always had me smirking.

In many ways, Walt was a viking skald, a story teller of great skill and deftness. His countless stories of growing up doing judo and putting the lumps on a bully turned presidential candidate, high school as a greaser and trouble-maker, his college years as Big Ten judo champion in 1972 and getting in brawls with his roommates, all told in his boisterous, jovial manner.  I looked forward to his emails regaling us on some wild exploit or crazy situation he found himself waist deep in, in the crazy adventure that was his life.

While Walt was loud and rough edged, he was also incredibly kind, open and generous.  Metro wasn't exactly a self sustaining money generating endeavor.  We all did our parts to pay into the club what we could and donate gear to keep the team equipped, but it was Walt who was keeping the thing rolling, getting us the mat space, organizing travel even getting sponsors for the Droogs roll out to Grappler's Quest, something that made the 'Metro Fight Club' name legendary outside of Michigan.  He also welcomed all comers.  I remember early on, when I brought my partner in crime Ick with me, he greeted him by picking him up in a fireman's carry and doing squats with him.   While I was struggling through university, he helped me score an Adidas gi so I could compete in the Great Lakes and when one of my friends accidentally ended up with a gi bottom that he borrowed, Walt just told him to keep it.  Anytime anyone needed just a little push or some help, Walt was there to keep things moving.

Waltorious Maximus Lambeth, you were a giant among men and you will be forever remembered for your kindness, humor and knowledge. With your helmsman ship, your droogs became feared and respected far and wide, all while making us feel like we were part of the best rock band ever.  I am honored to even have met you, let alone be called one of the droogs and deemed worthy of rank.

You are terribly missed, droog.

Until Valhalla,

[bulletinday]

Abraham Kallon, who was found dead in Denmark Hill, has been charged with murder.

Abraham Kallon, who was found dead in Denmark Hill, has been charged with murder.

A man has been charged in connection with the stabbing death of 24-year-old Abraham Kallon. Lambeth resident and alleged murderer Justice Beckford, 22, will have an arraignment today at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court. On Saturday, December 10 at around 5 a.m., police who were already at King’s College Hospital in Denmark Hill for an unrelated problem discovered Abraham with stab wounds outside the…

[dubmill]

Thursday, 8 August 2019

To Hatton Wall for a haircut (341 bus to Mount Pleasant, then walked the rest of the way to the salon).

Afterwards, I walked to Holborn Circus to pay in a cheque at the bank, then continued down Shoe Lane towards Fleet Street. At one point I heard a man’s voice close behind me say, in an American accent, ‘Look at that Brutalist building!’ The Shoe Lane and Fetter Lane area has been hugely rebuilt of late, with construction still going on even now, so I wondered what he was referring to. It was the Shoe Lane Library, which stood out among the recent buildings. (Hill House, which contains the library, was built in 1975–79.) The speaker was a thin, wiry man in his sixties, wearing shorts and what I took to be walking shoes. A similarly dressed woman I presumed to be his wife stood back looking slightly ill at ease as he approached the library entrance, perhaps to read a sign. I carried on downhill and they eventually overtook me, not walking but very slowly jogging.

I hadn’t decided where to go next but noticed the American couple had crossed Fleet Street and gone down a side road, Salisbury Court, so I thought I would follow them. I soon reached Salisbury Square, where there were benches arranged around an obelisk of some sort. I sat down for a while. I quite liked the view of the obelisk, with random office workers standing about on smoking breaks, so I took a photo.

From where I was sitting I could see a passageway on the other side of the square, and I had an idea the American couple might have jogged down it, although they were long gone by this time. Nevertheless, I thought I would have a look down the passage, which it turned out led to another paved area with benches. I sat down again, but soon got up as I didn’t much like the view of a nearby office block. As I retraced my steps I noticed there was a church on the other side of a wall. It looked interesting, so I approached it via another alleyway further up Salisbury Court.

I could have gone inside the church (St. Bride’s, a Wren church on a very old site, perhaps as early as the sixth century), but the benches outside were more tempting. The churchyard was shady and cool, and I sat there for a good twenty minutes, alternately watching the movement of the shadows of tree branches on the wall of an adjacent building and glancing around at other people, while half listening to a man at the next bench speaking on the phone.

At length I got up and made my way back to Fleet Street to wait for a bus to either Waterloo or Charing Cross station, where I could use the public toilets. A 341 came first, so I took it to Waterloo.

After using the toilet, I left the station via the footbridge that crosses York Road and leads to the South Bank. This took me past the ‘Upstream Building’, as it is called, a surviving portion (and the most prominent tower) of the Shell Centre, built between 1957 and 1962 but now largely demolished. Not long ago I watched a video on YouTube, made in 1964, in which the newly built Shell Centre is seen from a boat on the Thames. Now, gazing up at the 351-ft tower, in its day the tallest office building in London, I reflected on the passing of time. I don’t even like the building particularly, so it’s not as if I’m relieved it’s been preserved, but it’s striking how much of what was familiar in London has been or is in the process of being replaced.

Above: Shell Centre tower, 25 July 2008

On a similar theme, I had already decided to take a 77 bus to Wandsworth Road to see what progress had been made in demolishing the building I used to work in.

Catching the 77 from Concert Hall Approach felt a bit strange as I hadn’t done it for nearly ten years. The feeling of going back in time persisted as the bus circled the IMAX cinema, took the familiar route along York Road, Lambeth Palace Road and Albert Embankment to Vauxhall Bus Station, then turned up Wandsworth Road. At Lansdowne Green I alighted and walked the short distance to Belmore Street. I had been here a couple of times in recent weeks, walking up from Stockwell station on evenings after visits to my mother. What I was interested in was seeing the old Vauxhall Centre of Lambeth College in different stages of demolition. Today, there was plenty of activity on the site, but what had remained of the building about a month before was still there, chopped off at one end, with a door on an upper floor opening on to empty space.

Above: Belmore Street, 9 July 2019

Next, I walked further up Wandsworth Road to the Mind charity shop I often visited in my lunch hour when I worked at the college. I was surprised to see the same elderly woman working behind the counter. She seemed a bit older, but not that much considering I hadn’t been there for ten years. The shop itself had changed a lot: It sometimes used to have unusual old books for sale, but the books section was now reduced in size and had nothing of interest.

Above: Mind shop, Wandsworth Road, 11 October 2008

Back on the street I waited for a 452 bus. I planned to spend the rest of the afternoon visiting Kensal Green Cemetery, which I hadn’t been to before.

By the time I got to Kensal Green, I was starving hungry. I was close to the East Gate of the cemetery but thought I would buy a sandwich before going inside. There were a few shops nearby but I couldn’t find any that sold sandwiches, so after a while I abandoned the idea of visiting the cemetery. Frustrated, I walked up the hill towards Kensal Rise. At first I was still hoping to find something to eat, but my hunger eventually began to fade and I thought I would just walk north-east, in the general direction of home.

The route, an unfamiliar one up Chamberlayne Road, then Sidmouth and Lydford Roads, was surprisingly light in traffic. I wouldn’t say I enjoyed the walk, as the weather was hot and stuffy, but it wasn’t too bad, and at least I was getting some exercise. (One point of interest on this stretch was a cricket ground hidden behind a wooden fence. Peeping through a gap in the fence, I saw that a game was in progress, and I watched a few balls before moving on.)

Having calmed down a bit, I began to feel frustrated again at the end of Skardu Road. Continuing north-east was impossible because of the rail tracks of the Midland Main Line out of St. Pancras, and to cross the railway I had to detour some way south along Fordwych Road before turning north-east again on Minster Road.

When I reached Menelik Road (named after Emperor Menelik II of Ethiopia, with whom local landowner and explorer Major Percy Powell-Cotton had an audience in 1900), I made a mistake. I followed the road as it curved round, up a hill and down again, and after about ten minutes ended up back more or less where I started, at the junction with Westbere Road. The problem was another obstacle: Hampstead Cemetery. To avoid it, I should have turned instead into Sarre Road, where I could have reached Gondar Gardens by a footpath.

Above: Gondar Gardens, West Hampstead, 1 February 2014 (I didn’t realise I’d been there before. In fact, had I taken the footpath from Sarre Road, I would have come out at almost this exact spot.)

I could then have skirted the cemetery and continued north-east towards Finchley Road and Hampstead Heath. Unaware of this possibility (I didn’t spot the very faint outline of the footpath on Google Maps), and by now feeling a bit weary, I gave up. Conveniently, there was a bus stop on Westbere Road and I caught a C11 to Archway, followed by a 41 to Turnpike Lane, then walked home via the Harringay Passage.

It had been just another aimless day. I’d walked a total of 8.3 miles, as well as riding around on buses quite a bit, but overall it felt unsatisfying because nothing I’d seen or done really stood out.

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William and Kate are meeting #WindrushDay2022 pioneers at Waterloo, and earlier visited the ELEVATE youth programme in Brixton which works with local schools, colleges and employers to open up the creative and cultural sectors to young people in the borough of Lambeth -- Roya Nikkhah

[helloyoucreatives]

The London Screen Academy, a state-funded sixth form founded by Eric Fellner, Tim Bevan, David Heyman, Lisa Bryer, Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson has launched an outdoor campaign targeting students from diverse, low-income backgrounds. 

A series of posters created by Stink Studios communicates to prospective students that the LSA curriculum combines the education of a traditional sixth form with exciting, hands-on, skills-based training for a future career in film, TV or other creative industries.

Located in sites around the London boroughs of Hackney, Islington, Lambeth, Haringey and Brent, the posters are split into two halves, bringing a “ying and yang” approach to the overall design, with each side serving a distinct communications function. 

The more traditional left hand side of the posters features black lettering on a white background and introduces the LSA, educating them that it’s a free sixth form for students looking to get into film and TV. 

On the right hand side, the posters are designed to spark the imagination of prospective students by suggesting the huge range of unique and exciting opportunities they can explore at LSA. Lines include: ‘Designing zombie cheerleaders counts as “school work” here’, ‘Today’s Lesson: How to add more bass to a demon’s burp’, ‘Design a costume. Edit a shark attack. Break for lunch.’, ‘Learn to build a set fit for a drag queen’, and ‘This week’s homework: directing rap videos, shooting rom-coms, dressing powerful teenage wizards.’ 

Working with illustrator Kate Prior, Stink has also created a series of stickers that complement the copy and bring to life the equipment that students at LSA use by adding a playful twist. The stickers will be used to promote the school on social media as well as given out as physical stickers to current and prospective students. 

Justin Malcahy, Creative Director at Stink Studios said: "LSA has something really special to offer young people - you get all the benefits of a regular free sixth form college, coupled with the added bonus of learning vital skills to help break into the TV and Film industry. It was a real joy working with them to help spread this message to a more diverse audience. Bold work for a great cause!"

Charlie Kennard, Principal of LSA said: “LSA’s mission is to diversify the screen industries and this campaign will help us to provide the thriving UK film and TV industry with a new generation of talent. We want to make sure that students from all backgrounds are aware of the unique opportunities LSA offers. Stink Studios have been a joy to work with and their eye-catching campaign communicates everything we have to offer in a playful way.”

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Charles Mahoney (British, 1903–1968) - artist, teacher, gardener. 

"Born Cyril Mahoney in Lambeth, London in 1903, he was later renamed Charlie (to much relief) by his close friend Barnett Freedman while they were studying at the Royal College of Art. Following art school in Beckenham, Mahoney had won a place at the RCA in 1922, where he would also count Edward Bawden, Gerald Ososki and Percy Horton as friends. Students were encouraged by Sir William Rothenstein, College Principal and Professor of Painting, to find commissions for their work and engage socially with influential art world figures. It was also during this period that Mahoney would discover a love of mural painting and theatre design.....................

After college, he spent a miserable year working at Thanet Schools of Art before returning to the RCA as Visiting Painting Tutor in 1928. It was not long before he was commissioned to paint a thirty-foot-long mural for the stage at Morley College for Working Men and Women, entitled The Pleasures of Life (1928–1930). Geoffrey Rhoades helped Mahoney complete the mural, while Edward Bawden and Eric Ravilious decorated the refectory........................................

Another result to emerge from the Brockley mural project is Mahoney's intimate relationship with Evelyn Dunbar. Their shared enthusiasm for plants and horticulture, as well as painting and drawing, were established in illustrated letters between the two. She once warned him in a letter: 'Don't ever have too big a garden, or with your avidity for making the names in the catalogue come true, you'll never touch a brush or a pencil.'...........................................

After Mahoney and Dunbar parted ways, Mahoney purchased the inexpensive sixteenth-century Oak Cottage at Wrotham in Kent, for him and his mother Bessie. This was to be the location of Mahoney's first and only garden, where he would spend the rest of his life cultivating hogweed and Japanese knotweed beside giant sunflowers (of which he was particularly fond of)."

From the article by Victoria Rodrigues O'Donnell

https://artuk.org/.../charles-mahoney-teacher-artist...