Lucille is a fine art painter who specialises in figurative paintings. She studied at St Martin’s and at the Byam Shaw School of Art (scholarship) in the 80’s and went on to teach life drawing at Byam Shaw. She also taught painting and drawing from direct observation and compositional pieces in art schools and privately.
Lucille will be offering a 3 week portrait painting course and still life drawing classes.
Read MoreAfter a ten year career as a music journalist for a German pop magazine, Hattie became the first in-house writer at Comic Relief, working in a team on comedy projects with Richard Curtis, as well as transcribing the stories of project users including Rwandan widows, women experiencing domestic violence and people living with dementia. Her two novels were both published by RedDoor. Cinema Lumiere topped the Amazon fiction charts and her second novel The Spectacular Vision of Oskar Dunkelblick was described as “a beautifully crafted tale about a young man’s spiritual transformation.”
Hattie is offering sessions on: ‘Writing for Wellbeing’ and ‘Accessing your Intuition through Creative Writing.’
Read MoreA specialist voice coach for 20 years, Milly has worked alongside some of Britain's finest actors, including Sir John Gielgud, Sir Michael Gambon and Dame Helen Mirren. Since 2004 she has been coaching business leaders and managers in the UK, Europe and the Far East through her company Be Heard. She has also collaborated on projects with John Malkovitch, Willem Dafoe, Nicholas Cage, Miranda Richardson, the Royal Ballet and Sadler’s Wells as well as directing several documentaries for C4 and the BBC.
Milly is offering one-to-one mentoring to help you become an effective public speaker.
Read MoreNathan is a poet and performer. His first poetry collection, Threads, was longlisted for the Polari First Book Prize 2017 and his work has been presented at major venues including Royal Court Theatre, Southbank Centre and Latitude Festival as well as on Channel 4. He is also a puppeteer and puppet-maker and has created puppets for Soho Theatre and run puppet-making workshops for Little Angel Theatre.
Nathan is offering puppet-making sessions for children and adults and he is curating personalised poetry readings for our Supper Sessions.
Read MoreAilon Freedman is an artist, comedian, clown and storyteller (secretly disguised as a yoga teacher). He has taught clowning internationally after developing his own humour-based workshops known as ‘Clown Healing’.
Ailon is offering Clowning, Games and Playfulness sessions (for kids of 7 +) as well as Clowning for Beginners for individuals and groups.
Read MoreElizabeth Fremantle is a novelist, whose published works include Queen’s Gambit, The Girl in the Glass Tower and Sisters of Treason. As EC Fremantle her ‘electrifying, brilliantly executed thriller’ The Poison Bed was a Times Book of the Year. The Bookseller described her as ‘a major new voice in historical fiction,’ and People Magazine called her ‘a brilliant new player in the court of royal fiction.’
Elizabeth is offering creative writing classes.
Read MoreI am offering one-hour Kundalini Yoga & Meditation classes for groups as well as one-to-one sessions.
I am a Certified Facilitator of ‘The Work’ of Byron Katie and you are welcome to join my online courses and personal one-to-one sessions.
I am also trained in non-violent communication (NVC) and facilitate groups and one-to-one sessions
Read MoreRichard Henders is an Olivier nominated actor of over thirty years experience. He has worked extensively at the National Theatre, RSC, Donmar Warehouse and the West End, most recently performing in Company at The Gielgud.
Richard is offering one to one drama tuition. If you are preparing for an audition or simply wanting to give acting a go, Richard’s wealth of experience and knowledge with a kind and practical approach will help you unlock your potential as an actor.
Read MoreGillian Higgins is an international criminal barrister at the chambers of 9 Bedford Row. She is also the author of Mindfulness at Work and Home (Reddoor Press, 2019). She has pioneered work in mindfulness amongst her professional peers, rapidly building a reputation as a leader in the field. Gillian has taught mindfulness to members of the financial services, judges, lawyers, HR professionals, mediators, clerks, chefs and a wide range of other professionals.
Gillian is offering her new Everyday Mindfulness 8-Week Online Course.
Read MorePeter Keserue is an experienced multi-instrumentalist who applies his musical skills to work in care settings, both with children in SEND schools and in homes working with residents with dementia. He runs projects using iPads which allows individuals and groups with little or no musical training, and with very diverse abilities, to create and perform high quality, meaningful music in a single workshop.
Peter is offering one-to-one sessions and training to teachers and music specialists.
Read MoreI am a trained carpenter and landscaper, and I recently moved with my cocker spaniel Olive into a shack on Seasalter beach near Whitstable on the Kent Coast.
I’m currently looking after my neighbour’s vegetable plot (while she is locked down in London), each week I will be sending a ‘vegetable patch report’: what’s surviving & what’s thriving!
I will also be documenting and narrating my coastal meanders with Olive to immerse the listener in our surroundings, describing all that can be seen, heard and even smelt!
Read MoreCaroline is an intuitive therapist, healer and author. She has been working as a mindfulness and meditation coach since 1994, helping thousands of people, including CEOs, popstars and royalty, to maximise the functioning of their minds. She is also an ‘empath’ and is able to tune into people’s emotional states and feelings. Her entire professional career has been dedicated to helping people clear negative patterns, often unconscious ones and develop inner mindful resources that will enable more well-being and success.
Caroline is offering meditation sessions and Buddhism for beginners.
Read MoreI am an organic gardener and ecology teacher in an inner city London garden called Meanwhile Gardens Association near Westbourne Park along the canal.
I will be offering sessions to show and share my knowledge about growing food on window sills, in pots on the patio and back yards, as well as teaching children how to grow healthy food they will like.
Read MoreRebecca has kindly offered to organise and host our chat rooms. You may want to vent about the trials of working from home while the kids clamber all over you or coping with the challenges of self-isolation, or you might want to meet fellow artists to share ideas…so if a slot looks tempting, try it out…or suggest your own.
Read MoreI have been working as a mindfulness teacher and mentor with adults, children and teens for 11 years privately, and in the workplace, schools and colleges for 15 years. My mental and emotional wellbeing sessions include practical techniques to manage anxiety and stress, and simple strategies for self-care and self-compassion. Over the years, companies and corporations that I have given talks and workshops to include: Citibank, Rabobank, Deutsche Bank, The Mirror Group, Reuters and the Royal College of Nursing.
Mary Louise will be offering mindfulness sessions for adults, teens, children and families. These sessions include storytelling, creativity and movement.
Read MoreI am a professional consultant astrologer with over 30 years experience. I was trained at the CPA, Centre for Psychological Astrology, set up by Liz Greene and Howard Sasportas. I also teach clairvoyance i.e. how to ‘see’ more than surface reality. I have written astrology columns for Marie Claire UK, Freeserve (now a subsidiary of France Telecom) and a number of local London newspapers.
I am offering Astrology readings based on your personal birth map and Tarot readings.
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