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Archive for May, 2008

by Jane Morris
Jane Morris is the pseudonym for a South London based counseller. This is the first of Jane’s regular series on Dulwich OnView with tips and thoughts on well-being to inspire you.
Each day I try to make a date with myself, it’s a space when, however tempting it may be to invite someone [...]

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Tuesday 3 June 7.45pm
1st in the series
‘People, Places and Things: Three Outstanding British Artists’
A painter, draughtsman, printmaker, photographer, designer - Hockney is the best-known British artist of his generation.
Coming on other Tuesday evenings in June
Rachel Whiteread
Paul Nash
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One of the commentators on our article about Anne Shelton was Jeremy Prescott, whose family now lives in her former home in Dulwich. Here he talks about opening their garden under the National Garden Scheme
We moved to Dulwich in 1994, buying Anne Shelton’s former home. One of the attractions to us was its south-facing garden, [...]

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by Sally-Ann Johnson
Next time you are wandering around the Dulwich Picture Gallery, take a moment to visit the Friends desk in the French 17th century room. You can’t miss it - it’s adorned with leaflets and promotional literature. Here you can find out about forthcoming events and how to sign up to become [...]

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Local author, Christopher Bowden, has recently published his first novel, The Blue Book. He tells Dulwich OnView about his inspiration for the book and the writing process.

The Plot
The Blue Book is set partly in south London. It is the story of the chance discovery of a mysterious note inside a secondhand book, sending thirty-something [...]

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With tails between legs, having left yesterday’s answer sheet only half-completed, Steve Slack and team head to Camberwell in search of pub quiz victory.

WEDNESDAY

The Sun and Doves is much more than just a public house. It’s a lively and friendly pub, yes, but it also boasts a tempting menu, fine cocktail list, a well-used gig [...]

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Liz Moody’s Dulwich Life is written by Anna Sayburn, inspired by Gainsborough’s portrait “Mrs Elizabeth Moody and Her Two Sons”. It imagines how Mrs Moody might live today.
Saturday 24 May
Saturday, and Sonja’s gone back to Poland. She says she can get a better job there now anyway. Mr M’s still refusing to get out of [...]

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Continuing our series of South London People, Angie Macdonald talks to Roy Downes, aka The Charity Man.
For the past eight years Roy Downes has been a familiar figure on many a Dulwich doorstep. Armed with his folder of letters and press clippings and a cheeky grin, it’s likely that Roy has knocked on your [...]

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Wednesday 28th May 10.30am
Given by Professor Michael Sullivan, Emeritus Fellow at St Catherine’s College, Oxford.
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To celebrate the retrospective exhibition of the work of Adrian Morris, Audrey Morris writes about life with this distinctive, but often overlooked, British artist.
At last the show of my husband’s paintings, that he had been working towards for so long, is finally taking place. But he is not here to enjoy the satisfaction [...]

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