Tate Modern & You

Winter 2011

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TaTe Modern & You WinTer 2011Tate Modern is delighted to have teamed up with artist Lucy Harrison and Pembroke House community centre, in Walworth se17, to create the winter edition of Tate Modern & You. our collaboration has uncovered the creative fizz and quirky delights that lie just beneath the surface of this diverse community off the old kent road. Bringing people togetherPembroke House’s older People’s Lunch Club visited Tate Modern on two occasions; Lucy and artist educator Michele Fuirer selected artworks that sparked off discussion about place, power and change. They also toured the Tate store, which is near to Pembroke House on Mandela Way, and the group reflected on how Tate’s collection is organised and conserved. Creative Urban ExchangesLucy has collaborated with ali kaviani and the Pembroke House Youth Club, worked on a writing project with inua ellams and the congregation of st Christopher’s, Walworth, and invited artists ana Laura Lopez de la Torre, eileen Perrier and eleanor shipman to devise ways of documenting and connecting with local community events. Handmade & RecycledThe community’s creativity is shown in the home-made instruments of Latin american children’s group Gotitas de sabor, and the carnival costumes made by the Latin american Multicultural association. recycling is another theme, from the bottle tops and playing cards used for the game of Hoy, to the recycling bins recycled into planters at the Pembroke House Community Garden. Now & ThenThe result is a snapshot of a community that will change dramatically over the coming years, when the Heygate and aylesbury estates are demolished. The Heygate has been emptied of all but a handful of residents, and is being used by gardeners, performers and storytellers. Lucy has also selected images from the Pembroke House archive which show the area in previous ages, by way of contrast. About Tate Modern and YouTate Modern is a large modern art gallery next to the Thames in bankside, southwark. There is no admission charge. Tate Modern and You acts as a forum for local discussion and has been delivered to communities around the gallery for many years. Part of its success is the ongoing collaboration with artists and local community organisations. To view this newsletter online, visit www.tate.org.uk/modern/transformingtm/community or join the Tate Local group on Facebook. The webpage adds another dimension to Lucy Harrison’s work, with the chance to listen to a soundscape of local voices.

Front cover: Pembroke Portraits © eileen Perrier, taken at the Wonderful Walworth day at Pembroke House, 16 July 2011

FirsT PHase oF neW TaTe Modern buiLdinG To oPen in 2012The first phase of the new development of Tate Modern will open in the summer of 2012. The launch will be part of the London 2012 Festival, which will be the culmination of the cultural olympiad.

Tate’s spectacular oil Tanks, which are part of the original bankside power station, will showcase a rich variety of live art.

Phase 2 of the new development, which is planned to open at the latest in 2016, will complete the building and provide further floors of galleries. in total, the project will create 70% more space for displaying works from Tate’s collection and programme.

We plan to keep local communities informed and involved as the gallery changes over the coming years. We will welcome local people in to the gallery for regular private views, or involve them in specially devised programmes with artists in response to shared public space.

Visit www.tate.org.uk/modern/transformingtm/community or call 020 7401 5176 to find out more

Members of the Pembroke House Lunch Club visiting Tate Modern. Photo: Lucy Harrison

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Members of the congregation of st Christopher’s, Walworth in the community garden at Pembroke House. Photos: david evans

Left: image by Lucy Harrisonabove: image from Pembroke House pamphlet, c1974

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Adura

Caring, loud, singer and trustworthy

Sister of Fikemi and Bolu

Lover of Arsenal, singing and sweets

Who feels the love of my family and the hugs of my friend

Who needs clothes, water and food

Who gives money to charity

Who fears night animals

Who would like to see a movie in a theatre in 3D

Resident of Bermondsey

Oyemade

FikemiWho likes elephantsWho is happyWho likes running and riding bikes(But not too fast in case I fall down)Sister of Adura and BoluLover of lollipops, carrots and crispsWho feels nice and richWho needs clothes and foodWho gives toys and cups of water to my brother and sisterWho fears crocodiles and heightsWho would like to see a tower and a movie about BarbieResident of BermondseyOyemade

posters for walworth1 Colour is Like a Flavour, you’ve got to have a Twist to it by Lee Purchase2 Just Do It – but I can’t by Lee Purchase 3 I Hate Batman by alfie Chapman 4 Twist by Lee Purchase 5 Untitled Landscape by Connor Lucas and Harry Chapman6 I Am not Here / I Wish I was Here / I Love Here by Harry Chapman7 Untitled Landscape by Connor Lucas and Harry Chapman 8 What do you want for Christmas? (Question for the people in my street) by alfie Chapman9 Just Bear With It by alfie Chapman 10 I don’t know what to write by alfie Chapman

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PoeT inua eLLaMs and LuCY Harrison Worked on a session WiTH THe CHurCH ConGreGaTion aT sT CHrisToPHer’s, WaLWorTH, askinG THeM To desCribe THeMseLVes and THeir neiGHbourHood

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My relaxing place is on my bedsmells very beautifulwhen I am on a green land and everything is nice on my bed - meditatingI feel calm and freshThe barber’s shop is painted white with a brown chair and black hairdryer, the smell of hot hair and cream with alcohol excites me while the clipper sound and noise of arguments makes me feel at home.– Adeniyi Adenuga

At work, the walls are off-white. The smell of blood creates tension in the room. Voices of patients serve as a background to my case. Monitors going off incessantly: it feels good to be here; I am helping someone.– Seyi Ejiwunmi

The atmosphere on Walworth Road is very high like tension building up in my bodyBut I keep calm, play music To keep myself motivated keep myself busyI went to Clapham to play football on the green grass, white goalposts and the smell fresh trimmed, seeing my team training makes me happy.– Andrew Bademosi

I feel relaxed at the spa at Peckham Pulse, quite airy, white and smells of lavender with a lot of people talking about different issues in life.Inside St George’s Cathedral,cobalt blue and green light eases through the stained glass, pierces the calm dusty atmosphere of prayer and the sound of footsteps tangle with the aroma of lilies- I’m safe in this moment.– Daniel O’Byrne

When I am sad I go to my room,painted purple, I sit on my grey bed. It smells like flowers and fruit I can hear birds chirping and people laughing on phones. I am very calm and not afraid.– Adura

In Walworth, my favourite place is my bedroom; the white colour of my ceiling with the creamy walls, the so fantastic smell of fruit, The horns of vehicles disturb my peace but the calmness that I derive is incomparable.Though the neighbours are shouting, I am calm, Doors slamming, I try to cover it with music. The trees outside my window are blown by fresh air. That sound makes me happy, I spray Gucci Rush fragrance around my room so it smells nice before I sleep, but notice dirt on my carpet so can’t sleep yet.– Michael Bademosi

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CarolQuiet, Fun, MusicalSister of Beverly and CherylLover of music, countries and familiesWho feels the love that people share and the air that people

breatheWho needs comfort and friendsWho gives lives and clothesWho fears bullies, ghosts, spidersWho would like to see myself on TV and a shiny moon

Resident of AylesburyAma-Mansa Bartels

BoluBrother of Adura and FikemiLover of sweets, football and racingWho feels wind and the love of my familyWho need shelter and foodWho gives my money to charityWho fears nightmaresWho likes to see movies and to see a better lifeResident of BermondseyOyemade

EmmanuelFootballer, basketballer, friendly, TV watcherBrother of Emmanuella, TomilolaLover of Spiderman, Batman, Ben 10Who feels excited about fun homework, and guilty about detentionWho needs to live healthy, to be good to my parentsWho gives toys to his friends, who gives his water gunWho fears scary clowns, and talking out loudWho would like to see Batman 3, DisneylandResident of PeckhamMartins

FemiFootballer, gamer, hard worker

Brother of Sade, Michael, Andrew, Olu, Dina, Ronke

Lover of Arsenal, Playstation 3, Family

Who feels the love of their parents, tension building up in their body

Who needs a friend and help

Who gives presents at Christmas, respect when needed

Who gives a donation of money to unhealthy and poor people

Who fears judgement day, punishment, consequences

Who would like to see a football match, the Queen

Resident of Aylesbury Estate

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Gotitas de Sabor

Gotitas de sabor (droplets of Flavour) is a Latin american children’s group who offer music and dance classes. They meet on the Heygate estate every Wednesday, Friday and saturday and have been going for three years. The classes are in both spanish and english and the children make their own instruments from recycled objects. The children come from southwark, Lambeth, bermondsey, Hackney and islington.

Chambimbe is a music group that plays Colombian music at Pembroke House and other venues, says drummer rafael ayala.

‘it’s Columbian music, every region has its own rhythm. They are traditional old songs but we try to do our own style because we are young and a new generation. We prefer to play in the parks but the weather isn’t always so good, so we use Pembroke House because the acoustics are really good.

‘The instruments are all from Columbia, basically i bring them over on the plane. The dresses are typically from the atlantic coast. Chambimbe is a natural seed from Colombia and is used in the making of the instruments.’

Chambimbe

Chambimbe are: Luigi sánchez, Wilmer, Cindy Villamizar, rafael ayala and Jairo Montero

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‘our group is the Latin american Multicultural Group, and we organise activities like costume making and float decorations, and also we try to encourage young people to be creative during the summer holidays, to show them that they can do something and give back to the community. There are 475 young people who are registered with us. about 100 of them have certificates to be stewards, to do stage management as well, so maybe they can get a job when they finish their studies. We also have extra classes in english and writing.

‘The Latin american children make friends at school and bring them along, so we have people from nigeria, algeria, spain, indonesia, China, Turkey and Vietnam. We open the doors to everyone, to any organisation that wants to work with us. i’m very proud to be able to do this.

‘We started 6 years ago. We have themes each year, in previous years it was sea life and rainforests. so the children can research and find out about the places. They were born here and are living here, so it’s good to find out the history of the countries in Latin america. our proposal was to base the carnival around five countries, which were Mexico, Peru, Colombia, ecuador and bolivia. so we started to talk to the Latin american organisations and asked each one to choose a bird from their country, and then we made butterflies for the children’s park and the colourful costumes.

‘i’m from Colombia and i’ve been in London for 32 years. in south London there are a lot of Colombians, and also ecuadorians and bolivians. There are some coffee shops and restaurants in elephant and Castle and Walworth road where you can buy Latin american products, and also on the old kent road.’

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on sunday 18 september 2011 the Latin american Multicultural Group celebrated the diversity of cultures that make up the vast geographical area that we call Latin america at the Tropical Garden Fiesta. i was invited to join the Fiesta to document what happened there. i proposed to document the hands that made the festival happen, building the tents, playing the music, and of course, clapping in appreciation. There is a famous uruguayan carnival song called Mano Paloma – ‘dove Hand’ – that compares the sound of applause to the sound of a flight of doves. The five countries chosen to represent Latin america at the Tropical Fiesta – Mexico, bolivia, Colombia, ecuador and Peru –

Mano PaLoMa DOVE HAnDana Laura LoPez de La Torre

reciba usted este calido abrazoel homenaje a su mano palomaa su mano dispuesta a volar en aplausoreciba usted este calido vientoMano paloma de hombre palomade niño paloma de madre paloma de abuelo palomade manos de hermanos

decided to represent themselves with a display of native birds and animals. Much discussion ensued as to which bird belonged to which country. in the end, it so happens that birds don’t respect such human-made limitations and happily ignore political borders and immigration laws. i like to think of hands as birds. Hands alone tell us a lot about what we are and what we do, but one would be hard pressed to say what country they belong to. i hope in this collection of women, men and children’s hands you can get a sense of the diversity of the Latin american community, and of the labour of love that goes in sharing its cultural gifts with other Londoners. it surely deserves applause.

To you goes this warm embracein homage to your dove handyour hand always ready to fly in applauseTo you goes this warm winddove hand of dove manof dove child of dove mother of dove grandad Hands of brothers

A UnA MAnO PALOMA Par FaLTa Y resTo

TO A DOVE HAnD by FaLTa Y resTo

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ConCreTe sTePs

ali kavianiConcrete steps is a record of weekly walks, every Wednesday evening at 18.30, around the aylesbury and Heygate estates in southwark. The meeting point is Pembroke House and the walks last about an hour. We take the same route each week. but, though we do not wander, we do let fancy lead our senses in finding new windows through which to look, listen, smell, taste and touch the place. i recommend some tasks to facilitate this. The participants are free to perform them, or just come along and do as they wish. everyone is also free to use the results of the tasks in whatever way they see fit, in their art, in their day-dreaming, or as a souvenir of a distraction.

The idea for these walks came from a similar project, entitled ‘Five Ways to Walk Towards Yourself’ run by my friend and teacher angus balbernie with rosalyn Maynard, in Haldon Forest, devon, in summer 2007. i wondered what the difference was between that and big brutalist council estates made of concrete. i have mulled it over for the last few years. now it is time to start walking.

For more info, visit: http://concretesteps.involuntarymovement.co.ukPlease check the website for updated info and times

1 sounds collected by one of the walkers2 Map by richard reynolds from one of the walks3 elephant & Castle urban Forest map by rebecca davies

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elephant and Castle urban Forest is London’s secret woodland. at its heart are 450 majestic trees, mostly London Plane, which for decades have been thriving hidden behind the towering slabs of the Heygate estate. Glimpses of the woodland can be seen by outsiders along the bustling new kent road and on the northern corner of Walworth road. but today most of this mature forest is a sheltered and verdant semi-wilderness thriving in between the remains of the almost empty social housing estate. a few people know the secret and are having fun in there – feasts, bat walks, hedgehog house building and drawing classes. some residents remain and the evicted return to enjoy the green space. in clearings guerrilla gardeners have established new allotments and in the old playgrounds people still congregate. This forest has entered an exciting new phase of its life.

Current activities include:

– Monthly walks in the heart of the elephant and Castle urban Forest on the first sunday of every month led by either Guy Mannes-abbott or richard reynolds– allotment guerrilla gardening by the Mobile Gardeners– Plans are afoot to make the Mobile Gardeners even more mobile and have an official ‘park’ in a new location within the forest– Campaigning about reinstating access– Campaigning about the proposed high density development and deforestation

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Photographs by Lucy Harrison, taken on regular walks in the area

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THe PrinCe’s draWinG sCHooLinspire runs a scheme where ‘youth wardens’ patrol the streets of Walworth after school speaking to young people about safe places they can go if they feel threatened, and offering activities for them outside of school.

Lucy joined Harry and amy on one of their walks.

AMY We’re going round to talk to young people to sign them up for a sanctuary referral, which means if they are on their way home from school and they’re ever in trouble they can drop by the newington Library, or 2inspire, to come and talk to us. and on the form we’re going to ask them about their interests and hobbies, then once we’ve done that we’ve got a database that we’ve created and we’ll email them all the local things that relate to their interests.

HARRY We also provide computers and printers so they can come here after school and do their homework so if they can’t do it at home or if their parents want to refer them to us, we can sit down and help them with their homework.

AMY The library is a bit more for the younger generation, we have more of a combined space which is more suitable for GCse work. We can help them with media. We may walk past a few kids because we know their faces and know that they’ve already signed up; i work at Walworth academy so i know all the kids.

HARRY i was going to volunteer at a local youth club near me, but Chloe, one of the other girls, said what are you doing at the moment, why don’t you come down here and do this. i was here for about three weeks and found a place that did youth work, so now i’m on Level 2 and i also work at another youth club in bermondsey for eight-13 year olds.

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AMY so we’ve just signed one student up, he’s 11 and he likes football and basketball. some kids will not stop, they’ll just walk past but we’ll still hand them a flyer. When we first started it was because of a student from Walworth academy who was stabbed and killed in borough. The boys that killed him thought he was somebody else, so he got killed for straying, basically, and his mum is very religious and believes that she shouldn’t hate anyone, so she now goes to visit the people who killed her son, she goes to all the young offenders teams and basically tells kids to stay out of trouble. she raised a quarter of a million pounds and signed us all up and here we are.

HARRY summer it’s just mobbed, but as the days get darker there are less around. There was a gym at burgess Park which was packed. it varies. some days you’ll go out and not see one kid, then there’s other days when you see loads. We look for uniforms coming home from school. With the little ones we talk to the parents or an older sibling. We just go out in pairs so it doesn’t look intimidating, in the uniforms.out of a group of six you get four who are willing to listen and then you get two who want to move on.

AMY after they’ve found out who we are then the next time we see them we’ll get a smile and eventually a hello.

inspire Youth Wardens Luke, oshameye, Harry, amy and Charlie

Portraits by students at the Prince’s drawing school’s southwark Club which meets at Pembroke House each week

HoYHoy is a game played by the Tea Club, a group from Genesis Pathmeads Tenant and resident association that meets at inspire in Walworth. similar to bingo, it is played with packs of playing cards, with players using laminated sheets and marking their cards with bottle tops.

seCreT WaLWorTH TiPsCollected by Lucy Harrison at Pembroke House

FaradaY Gardens For aLL aGes – and doGsWalk in the residential

roads and visit the Heygate!

The Electric Elephant café! And the artists’ yard, especially the House of Gogs designs!

Get your goods down East Street market. Value for money

You can get a huge lunch for £6 on old Kent road in the latin

american cafesGood Ethiopian takeaway on Old Kent Road (Enat Guada)

Go up the walkways in the Heygate and do the Walworth walks at Pembroke

House on Wednesdays at 6.30pm

we had the most pleasant surprise today sunday. I took my sister for a walk over Burgess park, she had not been before. we walked around the fishing lake, tents with fishermen were there. on to Chumleigh

Gardens for a coffee. the café was very nice and we decided to have sunday lunch. scampi, Chilli burger, very good. after we strolled through the side gate of the café, it was like walking into a secret garden,

unusual flowers, peaceful. people sitting about, reading in idyllic surroundings. You would never have guessed you were in alBaNY roaD. It made such an

impact, I returned the next day with my grandson, he loved it. they have water jets coming up from

the ground, costumes on, we played for hours. had lunch again then I showed him the secret gardens.

well worth a visit (and the weather was great)

It is a quiet area to live and associate with people, and aylesbury learning Centre is where you can learn a lot of

activities

Cherries and figs on the grounds of the Heygate estate!

Go with a bucket!

Electric Elephant Café for coffee and cake off

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daVid because i worked in the leather trade, and i went to Cordwainers technical college and i made shoes and did leather work, and then i went into surgical shoe making and bespoke shoe making, so that is a pair of shoes i made in the 60s, and that was the trend at the time, but i thought i’d be different and make the striped wedged heel on it, that’s not leather, all the rest is leather. i did wear them but i found i made them a bit tight and my feet started complaining. This is hand-sewn, apart from some of the stitching is machine done.

Jen This was a locket that was a present for being a bridesmaid to my sister who is no longer with us, and the marks on the back are my niece’s teeth marks, she is 42 now, and inside that’s my children. There was a chain for Janet when i was bridesmaid to her as well, in 1966.

JaneT My brother was one of the last conscripts and he was 18 and got sent to Malaysia, they did have fighting there. i found it in the wardrobe after Mum died and i thought it was beautiful, it’s all hand embroidered, like a little envelope and on the back you would put your name and address.

LYn This jewellery box was given to me by my nan, it’s been in the family for about 60 years, it does still go. The doll was given to me when i was about 16, and these cufflinks are from my dad. i’ve got a photo album with lots of pictures of the family over the years. i’ve got a picture of my little sister, that’s the only photo we had because she died at six months old.

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our CoMMuniTY a PoeM bY oLubunMi kanYanGu aT surreY square PriMarY sCHooL

To make a community there must be equality and justiceWith tall people, rich people, gracious people, musical peopleMosques, churches, temples and synagogues. There must be gymnastics, musical theatre, football clubs and acting classes. There also should be Turkish people, nigerian people, Gambian, english, Chinese, bangladeshi and wherever you come from. as well as happy people, sad people, environmental people, peaceful people. beautiful people, educational people, and, you know, famous people. We are all different in our own ways, so respect our differences, other people’s culture and differences, and maybe, just maybe they’ll respect you, including people with mental illnesses, southwark people, lazy people, sleepy people, homeless people, smart people, and b+ students.

Leave it to settle then add a bit of friendship and put in the oven for 10 minutes. after that when it’s finished, for decoration sprinkle some surrey square primary school core values and togetherness, also a lot of community.i’m bunmi and i’m very unique.

Poem by olubunmi kanyangu. Collages by sainabou

PeMbroke aCadeMY oF MusiC Pembroke academy of Music was set up in 2002 to provide music education at subsidised rates to children and young people living around Pembroke House.

since that time over 200 local young people have unlocked their musical talents. The academy offers 48 student places and boasts an impressive roster of nine professional and three voluntary tutors.

The academy at Pembroke House meets every Wednesday from 18.30 during term time. students join adults in a Community Choir for 30 minutes. They then break off and have 30 minutes’ theory tuition, followed by an hour’s instrumental tuition in the instrument of their choice. seven instruments are available – strings, brass, woodwind, percussion, keyboards, guitar and vocals.

The community garden used to be a piece of unused land. it was used for less than 1% of the year for church barbecues but it’s in the grounds of the community centre and the community weren’t really using it. The staff at Pembroke House were very keen for the community to be involved, so it just started with speaking to people locally, going around knocking on doors, leafleting, having meetings, exchanging ideas off people and seeing what they thought it could be used for. a food growing project was the main thing that people discussed, and we managed to get some funding from Capital Growth, some donated recycling boxes from the council, and some donated soil from Freecycle. and really it has grown from being quite a small group of people, to welcoming families and some young people locally who got involved through volunteer placements and the youth club. over the last six months we’ve had about 150 people visit the garden and around 80 people volunteer on it, so it’s quite a lot. one of the things i enjoy most about the garden is growing unusual things that you wouldn’t really be able to buy, so we’ve got tomatillo which is Mexican and kind of like a tomato, you have yellow flowers but you’re supposed to have purple fruit. and we have borage, which traditionally was used in Pimm’s instead of cucumber.

kathleen Murray is the Food Growing Co-ordinator at Pembroke House.www.pembrokecommunitygarden.blogspot.com

opposite: paintings of Community Garden plants by the Prince’s drawing school’s southwark Club, which meets at Pembroke House. as part of Lucy’s project she invited the drawing school to make the paintings as gifts for the garden volunteers.

Photograph of Walworth road church pamphlet from Pembroke House (c1960) Photograph of Walworth road 2011 by synthia Griffin

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Volunteer working in the Community Garden. Photo: Lucy Harrison

Photograph of Pembroke academy of Music

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Almond & Lavender Biscuits

200g butter200g soft brown sugar10 drops lavender500g ground almonds4 egg yolks200g flour

beat butter and sugar together until soft. While continually beating, add lavender, almonds and egg yolks. add flour and knead lightly. if sticky add more flour, one spoon at a time. Put into fridge for 30 minutes. roll / press out, cut out biscuit shapes about the thickness of a 50p coin. bake at 180° for 12-15 minutes.

Zimbabwean staple food – it’s called Sadza with Stew

meat onion tomatoessalt (any grain)corn meal

Fry meat until it browns, add onion and tomatoes.For sadza just put meal-meal in the bowl then add boiled water. stir like porridge then put more meal-meal.Make it thick. serve with your stew.

Delicious honey, mustard& lemon dressing by Rachel

1 lemon1 tsp wholegrain mustard½ tsp olive oilhoney - taste until sweet, with a bit of a tang!

Mix it all up with a fork. Pour over salad, eg:

1 cucumber chopped with skin on1 block of parmesan turned into shavings or if you are veggie use an alternative (Parmesan by eu law has to use calf rennet!)nice salad leaves1 box cherry tomatoes halved1 carrot peeled and grated1 or 2 avocadoes, chopped

Oranges & lemons polenta cake - glutenfree! By Rachel

200g brown sugar for syrup5 lemons (1 for cake mix, 3 for syrup, 1 for presentation)5 oranges (as above)220g polenta flour 1 tsp baking powder220g butter3 eggs220g sugar, preferably brown for cake150g ground almonds150g chopped almonds

Whisk the sugar and eggs until nice and fluffy. beat the eggs a bit and mix them in. add zest and juice of 1 lemon and 1 orange. Fold in the flour and baking powder and when mixed put in a pre-greased 20” round baking tin and put in a pre-heated (oops, should have told you this at the start!) oven and cook for 45 mins – 1 hour at 220°, if it gets too brown on top before cooked through, cover with parchment. While cooking clean up the kitchen and start making delicious syrup! Juice 3 oranges and 3 lemons, add to saucepan with the brown sugar. Heat until bubbling and reduce until a thick syrup is formed. Try to reduce off as much water as possible, this should take around 25 minutes. When the cake is ready take it out of the oven and poke lots of holes over the top, pour in syrup until saturated. Leave to cool, remove from tin – delicious! serve with orange and lemon slices on top.

Salmon Supreme (10 minute deluxe meal)by Andrew, Southwark

1 tin salmon1 bag of dark green spinach1 tomato1 onion1 sweet red pepper1 potato1 teaspoon coarse black pepper

Cut vegetables down to size.Heat frying pan or wok.Fry vegetables. Microwave potato for 7-8 minutes.add the salmon, cook for 3 minutes in a pan/wok.remove the potato and cut in half. Pour out ingredients between potato. Voilà: salmon supreme!

Salmon Curryby Aydin

in a blender:garlicchillilemon grassgingercoriander leaveslimewater (a bit)

Fry this for 5 mins. add 1 tin coconut milk. add stock (same amount as above). simmer for 20 minutes. add salmon fillets, cubed. serve with noodles in a bowl.

Lavender Shortbread cookies

340g butter, softened135g white sugar30g sifted confectioner’s sugar9g finely chopped fresh lavender2g chopped fresh mint leaves2g grated lemon zest310g all-purpose flour65g corn starch2g salt

in a medium bowl, cream together the butter, white sugar and confectioner’s sugar until light and fluffy. Mix in the lavender, mint and lemon zest. Combine the flour, corn starch and salt; stir into the batter until well blended. divide dough into two balls, wrap in plastic wrap and flatten to about inch thick. refrigerate until firm, for about 1 hour.Preheat the oven to 325° F (160° C). on a floured surface, roll the dough out to ¼ inch thickness. Cut into shapes with cookie cutters and place onto cookie sheets.bake for 18-20 minutes in the pre-heated oven, just until cookies begin to brown at the edges. Cool for a few minutes on the baking sheets then transfer to wire racks to cool completely.

Chocolate flourless cake with chocolate ganache

Chocolate cake

170g unsalted butter 335g dark chocolate 200g egg white 40g sugar 135g egg yolks 40g sugar

bring butter to the boil, pour over chocolate to melt. Whisk egg yolks and 40g of sugar to a sabayon (foamy mixture). Whisk egg whites with 40g of sugar to a meringue (soft peak) Fold the sabayon in to the chocolate mix. slowly fold the chocolate mixture into the egg white meringue. Place into a springform pan lined with greaseproof paper. Cook at 140*C for 35 minutes.

Chocolate ganache

210g double cream 25g milk 250g dark chocolate

bring cream and milk to the boil. Pour over the chocolate to melt. Leave to cool.

When the cake is cold remove from the pan. Let the ganache cool and pour over the cake.

Shemai by Shaheda Bari

1 ½ packet shemai2 tablespoons of ghee1 ½ cup of sugar1 glass boiling water1 bay leafcinnamoncardamomhandful of sultanaschopped almond

Put ghee into pan. stir in shemai and cook for 5 minutes. add bayleaf, cardamom and fry for 5 to 6 minutes. add boiling water.add sugar. Cook on slow gas for 20 minutes. Put in tray and add almonds and sultanas.

Vegetable curry

1 small cauliflower5 medium sized potatoes2 courgettesgreen beansone large onion1 tablespoon oil2-3 cloves garlic½ can tomatoes2-4 red chillies½ tablespoon whole jeera½ teaspoon ground coriander½ teaspoon chilli powder

Cut all vegetables into small cubes. Put oil into a pan and heat it for a minute. Put garlic, whole red chillies, onion and jeera and cook until it starts to go brown. Put all the vegetables together and fry for 5 minutes. add in tomatoes, spices and continue stirring for 2-3 minutes. add in half a cup of water and cover and cook until vegetables are soft. add salt to taste.

naan bread salad by Kamala Katbamna

garlic naan breadfeta cheesecherry tomatoessalad greens

Chop salad, crumble cheese, tear bread and mix in a bowl.

Chocolate and beetrootmuffinby Jayne Lloyd

75g cocoa powder180g plain flour2 teaspoons baking powder250g demerara sugar250g diced cooked beetroot3 large beaten eggs200ml olive oil1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Mix cocoa powder, flour and sugar.Puree beetroot in food processor.add eggs to beetroot. add vanilla extract. stir in to dry ingredients.Pour into muffin cases. Cook at 180° for 30-40 mins.

Eggy Spaghettiby Rina Kamal

1 pack spaghetti pasta2 eggs1 cup of mixed frozen vegetablesolive oilsaltblack pepperchopped onions

Place oil and onions in a frying pan and fry for a few minutes on a low heat. add vegetables then salt and pepper. Cover and cook for 6-7 minutes on a low heat. Cook the pasta. Crack the eggs and stir together with the freshly cooked pasta. Cook for a further 3 minutes.

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above: Group writing by the church congregation at st Christopher’s Walworth as part of the workshop by inua ellams and Lucy Harrison. bottom: I Love This Place poster by alfie Chapman, produced in a workshop led by Lucy Harrison and ali kaviani at Pembroke House