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Monday, 9th June, 7pm (doors open 6.30pm) Lyn Robbins is a qualified crystal healer and trained with the Institute of Crystal Healers and did a degree diploma with the open college network. She  will talk about the use of crystals to enhance one’s life and well-being, and everyday uses for the crystals. She will include angel…

  In November the Garden Group runs two sessions which may be of interest to anybody, whether they are into gardening or not. 9 November, 2-3 pm – Blooms for Christmas We will pot up hyacinth and other bulbs. If kept indoors, they should bloom around Christmas / New Year time. This session will take place in the library…

Carrying my ball of wool and knitting needles I came along to the TSL fortnightly knitting and crochet group one Thursday morning. If truth be told I had seen photos of some rather dashing knits earlier in the year and I was hoping to snap one up before the craft show on the 7th December.…

Wednesday, 20th Nov 2013, 7pm (doors open 6.30pm) As part of the First World War centenary commemoration, the Remembrance Image Project is photographing wartime sites as they appear 100 years on, and using these images to foster understanding and debate about the war, and about the role of remembrance. Lambeth-based photographer Simon Gregor is leading the…

Tuesday, 26th November 2013, 7pm (doors open 6.30pm) From the end of the 18th century until it closed in 1859, Vauxhall Gardens were London’s most famous pleasure gardens, offering food, noise, culture and debauchery to anyone who could afford the (modest) entry fee. In Vauxhall Gardens, David Coke and Alan Borg have chronicled with wit…

The Friends of Tate South Lambeth Library Craft Show Saturday, 7th December, Open 9am-4pm. Free entry.   A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BUY FESTIVE GIFTS LOCALLY MADE. Come and meet local craft people.  Hear them talk about and show their work – from jewellery, hats, bags, cards, knitting, felting, garden produce and more ….  The library knitting…

Superbard is George Lewkowicz, a London based writer and performer.  George has been performing his multimedia shows as Superbard since 2010, and has quickly gained excellent reviews and a reputation on the spoken word scene, appearing on Newsnight, Radio 4 and The Jeremy Vine Show. Superbard will be performing stories from Flood featured at this year’s…

c      Do come along to a viewing of the film ‘The Spirit of ’45’ on October 16th at 7pm (doors open 6.30pm)    In post war Britain people were “all in it together” and vowed never again to return to the    miserable conditions that the working classes endured in the 30s.   The aim was to…

John Bird, was brought up in an orphanage from the age of 5 and served time in a young offenders institution before he was out of his teens. During the turbulent and difficult times of his youth he often slept rough as one of London’s homeless.  He founded the Big Issue 21 years ago.  The…

In partnership with the Vauxhall Society  Wednesday, 18th September 2013, 7pm (doors open 6.30pm) A Story of Waterloo is an outstanding piece of local history, covering the period up to the end of the Second World War.  The documentary blends archive material with interviews with local residents. Admission Free. Light refreshments available.

Saturday July 13th is the date for the second meeting of the public forum at Tate South Lambeth Library, when the library management team, both central and local, will: tell you what is happening at the library and what is planned report progress on the plans/intentions announced at the March meeting (you can see these…

The Friends of Tate South Lambeth Library Garden Group, that meet at the library, every 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month will be running an Open Garden & Bring & Buy Seeds and Plant Sale on Saturday, 13th July 11.30-1.30 before the Library Forum Come and the see the library courtyard garden ‘Tradescant’s Retreat’…