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This month in our gallery: a selection of mixed media art by local artist Ellis Lewis-Dragstra.

Ellis Lewis-Dragstra is a London based self taught mixed media artist whose art explores themes of race/identity, our connection to nature, language, childhood and the human experience, often through afro surrealist visual storytelling. Using a vibrant mix of traditional and digital mediums (acrylic paint, watercolours, oil pastels, photography, pencil and digital illustration) he bridges the gap between "high" and "low" art to create work that feels accessible while not compromising quality or the subject explored. He wants the viewer to read the images, feel the work, while encouraging them to stretch their own creativity, solve meaningful visual puzzles and see something new with every look. 

From birth Ellis has used art as a personal visual language and lifelong tool for better understanding both the world and the self. His art embraces humour, tragedy and the search for truth, always encouraging the viewer to stay as curious as a child and keep the adult scepticism of any absolutes. 

 The best secret on the comedy circuit. Come see up and coming stars of tomorrow perform sets of laughs and giggles. A mix of old and new material.

On the bill:
ALEX PRESCOT
He was the Clap Back To Reality Winner in 2024, a Musical Comedy Awards Finalist in 2025, a previous Chichester New Act & Kingston New Act Finalist and was shortlisted for Chortle Hotshots 2025.
"the blueprint for how stand-up can still be enjoyable" - Pepper & Salt
"very capable, confident and likeable" - theatre and art reviews

DAPHNA BARAM
"Masterful" - Leicester Comedy Festival 2024
"Amazing" - Glasgow International Comedy Festival 2024
Has performed across the country at various venues including The Stand Edinburgh, Glasgow and Newcastle, Yes Bar Glasgow, Beehive Edinburgh, Breakneck Aberdeen, Hampstead Comedy Club London, Gags on the Green Peterborough; Stand Up on the Strand in Kent, Wine Gums in Cambridge; The International, Dublin.

PETE KINSELLA
Guildford-based comedian who is a seasoned performer on the South East circuit and beyond. Over the past five years he has developed a distinctive style of small-p political, big-P Punk comedy of carefully constructed, thought-provoking material delivered with dry wit and a playfully grumpy charm.
In 2025 he won both Whole Lotta Comedy’s Comedian of the Year and Comedians’ Comedian.’

LAST ACT TBC

EarlyBird Tickets £5. Standard Price £10.

Meditation circle 

Join Maryam for a gentle guided grounding meditation followed by tea and sharing circle. The aim is to provide a safe and non-judgmental space for anyone with any experience and beliefs to feel calm and de-stress and maybe try something new.

The meditation is about 20 minutes and the circle after will provide an opportunity for sharing and discussion.

For this month's meditation Maryam is collaborating with V23 who will run 1 hour Sound Bath session .

Booking is essential as spaces are limited, please bring a yoga mat and a blanket to make sure you are comfortable. 

Maryam Sandjari Hashemi is a multidisciplinary artist based in Haringey. She has also been working as a spiritual coach for over a decade using different modalities. Building communities is part of her practice and she believes in the chaos of current days creating a regular grounding space and an inclusive supportive community is crucial . 

Join author and storyteller Anna Maria Vilhelmina Hellberg Moberg for an evening of cat tales from around the world as collected in her new book!

Cuddly and cute, fierce and ferocious, cunning and conniving, worshipped and feared – felines appear in many forms in the humble folk tale. The cats in this collection of nearly 60 stories are often heroic, witty and, at times, scheming or downright terrifying. Kitties big and small, from every corner of the world, such as the Kasha from Japan, the Nunda from East Africa, El Hombre Gato from Argentina, Kisa, the Cat from Iceland and many others can be found purring, hissing and prowling through this book’s pages. 

Anna Maria Vilhelmina Hellberg Moberg is a UK-based writer, storyteller, journalist and cat lover, originally from rural western Sweden. She spent over a decade as a travel writer and is the author of thirty books, as well as numerous features for the British and international press. Her works include travel and culinary books focusing on Scandinavia and Latin America, a fairy tale for adults, two collections of short stories, the travel memoir Wayward Wanderings, three books about cats (fiction and creative non-fiction) and two collections of folk tales (Swedish Folk Tales and Feline Folk Tales, The History Press, 2024 & 2026).

As a storyteller, she tells folk and fairy tales, autobiographical and fictitious tales as Vilhelmina/A.M.V. Hellberg Moberg. In the United Kingdom, she’s worked with the Stealing Thunder Festival, Connection with Wonder, the Waterloo Festival, Elephant Tales, the Archive of Personal Stories, Miller’s Way Project and many others. In Sweden, she’s worked with Sagobygden/Land of Legends, local schools and organisations. She writes, gives talks and tells stories in English, Swedish, Norwegian and Spanish.

Two speakers, two subjects, twenty minutes each. The subject matter is a mystery - the audience finds out when the talk begins! One of our newest events and already a firm favourite. 

In honour of World Goth Day The All Good Bookshop and The London Lovecraft Festival join forces to present TWO tales of cosmic horror, each to be performed with live sound accompaniment by renowned experimental musician Kinga Janicka. First Ben Sohawon will read THE HAUNTER OF THE DARK, H P Lovecraft's tale of interdimensional artifacts and malign elder gods. This will be followed by THE DUNWICH HORROR PICTURE SHOW, a melding of T L Wiswell's puppetry and narration by Laura Sampson. What was that strange being that terrorized the people of Dunwich Massachusetts? Are you willing to do ritual magic to save your family from its unnatural thirsts? Grab a drink at the bar and join us for some creepy fun!