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NTS residents, Anz & OK Williams join forces for a night of forward thinking club music at Palais on May 15th. Presented by Origins This is an 21+ event

We're going back to the roots and ditching the digital setups for our next event by taking you back to a time when records and dubplates ruled the booth. No controllers, no laptops, no USB's, just pure vinyl energy

About the event A free fun course for families living in Southwark finding out about our wild and cultivated plants. On Thursday we will be looking at edible plants and making something to eat. On Friday you will discover the plants that have medicinal properties and you will make a lotion, a potion and a balm. Games, stories, crafts. Only for families who have not attended one of our Southwark family learning courses this academic year. This is not a drop in event and can be booked as a single day or both days.

About the event Join us to explore our ponds and surrounding areas to discover the wildlife that lives at Centre for Wildlife Gardening. Toads, tadpoles, woodlice and worms are just a selection of the animals that you might discover here! Activities will include using nets to look at animals found in the pond and looking under logs to see what minibeasts we can find. Meet in the garden, if you can't see a member of staff there, pop to the visitor centre and office at the top of the ramp. The session will be led by a member of our Learning & Engagement team. Sessions are aimed at children of all ages and parents/carers together. All children must be accompanied throughout the session by a responsible adult. No need to book, just drop in on the day. This is a free event, but donations are welcome. All profits are invested into London Wildlife Trust’s conservation and education work and the care of its nature reserves.

About the event Nature Tots is a Forest School programme for pre-school children age 18 months to 5 years. We engage and inspire young people and their carers to connect with nature through hands-on outdoor activities around wildlife. During Nature Tots, children will explore their natural surroundings, discovering the animals and habitats around them. Activities include minibeast hunting, woodland games, music and nature crafts. Nature Tots helps children develop their confidence and emotional well-being, and skills in independent learning, problem solving, working with others and creativity. This session takes place on a Monday morning at Centre for Wildlife Gardening. There are toilets and baby changing facilities onsite. Children (and adults) should be dressed appropriately for the weather. We go outside come rain or shine. If the weather is too severe, thunder storms or high winds, we will hold the session in the classroom. These sessions are led by our learning officer and Forest School leader Diana (she/her). Children must be accompanied by an adult. Booking essential, the sessions are bookable for half termly sessions and are £48 per six weeks. Alternatively you can pay a pay as you go price of £12 per session. Sibling discount: £33 per six weeks or £9 for pay as you go. Accompanying adult and sibling under 18 months free. One parent/carer should be accompanied by a maximum of 3 children. Sibling tickets are not available to book online, please contact Sophie at [email protected] if you would like to book any siblings into the programme. This is a rolling programme which runs every Monday, 10.30am - 12.00pm, during term time only. More sessions will be added to the website throughout the year. Autumn term (Sept-Dec 2025) tickets will be available to book on Eventbrite at 9am on Tuesday 3rd June. Spring term (Jan-Mar 2026) will be available to book on Eventbrite at 9am on Tuesday 28th October 2025. Summer term (Apr-Jul 2026) will be available to book on Eventbrite at 9am on Tuesday 17th February 2026. For more information please see the Nature Tots Information Pack. Booking is essential. Tickets can be booked by Pay As You Go (only available if half-term places are not fully booked) or per Half Term below: Autumn 2025 - 1st Half Term (6 weeks) Autumn 2025 - 2nd Half Term (6 weeks) Spring 2026 - 1st Half Term (6 weeks) Spring 2026 - 2nd Half Term (5 weeks only) Summer 2026 - 1st Half Term (5 weeks only) Summer 2026 - 2nd Half Term (7 weeks)

Rafael Escardó’s exhibition Scaffolder at MOCA London is a material exploration in which the body becomes a vessel for constructed identity. Walking through the streets of London, or any expanding city, concrete and steel structures continuously grow into buildings that support hybrid urban lives. Steel bars, textiles, and bolts become the joints, veins, and skeletons of new constructions. Escardó observes these forms and materials while always positioning them in relation to points of the body and the constructions that surround us. Through this approach, he creates a dialogue between subjective, moving human experience and the objective, functional built environment. His sculptures become costumes for his performances, at times acting as symbolic exoskeletons in which the body merges with the sculpture. Through repetitive performative movements, the body undergoes processes of transformation and reconstruction, re-imagining both physical form and human relations. At the center of MOCA London stands a scaffold construction with stacked sculptures whose shapes reminisce about shields or biomorphic forms, as if grown out of scientific research. Suspended and secured by the scaffolding, the repetition of the three sculptures suggests the beginning of a continuous vertical stacking. The role of the scaffolder is to erect, modify, and dismantle temporary structures that provide safe access for workers. Here, the sculptures and scaffolding appear suspended in time, where mass production is momentarily on hold. The steel structure of the scaffolding safely carries the sculptures like a temporary support system. Escardó merges the aesthetics of rough concrete with the curving silhouettes of the sculptures. Like stacked bodies, an erotic tension emerges between the contrasting materials. During the opening event, Escardó and two dancers will perform on the stairs of MOCA London. Through repetition, bodily adjustments, and choreographed performative gestures, their actions draw attention to subtle, mundane movements. They embody passersby or workers navigating their bodies between concrete structures and human connections. Three cast concrete sculptures interlink the performers’ bodies across their shoulders. They become connected bridges, mirroring the scaffolding and the shape of the gallery stairs. The performers themselves become part of the building materials, echoing the scaffolding, as their socks match the colour of the foam and cable ties that protect the stacked sculptures. For Escardó, the use of three performers and three sculptures shifts the experience from a polarized standpoint to a collective one. The sculptures act both as bodily protection and as exoskeletons that enhance the body while reconstructing identities. Often in Escardó’s work he establishes playful, yet critical connections between material and the human body. In Scaffolder, a performative dialogue unfolds between the stacked sculptures—functioning as vertebrae of the rising structure—and the interlinked performers, whose bodies morph into steps and bridges. Human forms become constructed building blocks, while architectural materials take on bodily presence Roberto Ekholm