Podcast appearances and mentions of thomas tobias

The magnolias outside the Dragon Café get their due and artist Andrew Connolly talks about his 'Naked Maidens' exhibition on the walls of DC for the next few weeks. We hear news from some of the many fine groups and a bit of a song and dance from Ariella. And what's this big plate-like thing? Join John and Katy on an introductory stroll around historic Southwark, and back to base at DC for some much needed talk about Mothers, with Ebony Empress and Thomas Tobias in evidence. All this and more… and still more that doesn't even get a look-in..

In this episode our intrepid reporter, Mick, guides us around the tables at the Mental Well-Being Market Place, hosted by dragon Café. In theses days of change as personal budgets come in, it was good to see so many stallholders representing local creative, recreational and mental health groups, and to get news from Southwark Council about day services, personalisation and reablement. We also hear extracts from presentations by The Confucius Institute, Vivien’s singing group, Amanda’s Sonnet group, Thomas Tobias singing Caritas Abundat and the sound of samba from Bloco Maluco, outroduced by Agueda and Monica.

In this programme we greet the new ‘calmest’ month of December, the month in which we explore the meaning of locality, and specifically, the spirt of Southwark. Guiding us are Carrie Thomas who reads from a piece by Adriana Enciso Diaz, describing her search for Little Dorrit that brought her to St George The Martyr, Sarah and Thomas Tobias tells us of arriving in Southwark and the developing relationship with the ‘Outlaw Borough’, Chris Haydon who whets our appetite for the film making collaboration he will be undertaking with the Dragon Café in January and again in May of next year, interspersed with songs extracted for John Constable’s fantastic performance from ‘The Southwark Mysteries’.

This was our third Blakean week, and we feature in this programme performances from Micalef, Cathy, Paul, Nik, John Constable, Musa, JJ and Jazzman John. We also have an extract from  Blake's Book of Job performed by Thomas Tobias and Liam Smith, and Rod Tweedy's presentation, Blake and The God of the Left Brain. We're treated to a performance by long time collaborators Pete Brown (who wrote for Cream and Jack Bruce) and Phil Ryan (formerly of Man) which brought our night to a close.

The Many Voices and Visions of William Blake was the theme and that's certainly what we get in this weeks programme as Susanne Sklar channels the spirit of Blake's Jerusalem, Tim Heath and Stephen Micalef introduce us to The Blake Society and The William Blake Congregation, Butterfly Wheels play their first ever show, Andrea Mclean talks about her wonderful paintings and Blake's influence on her work, Dave Russell sings Tull(!), poems from Hanna, Thomas Tobias and John Constable, instrument of the week and Debbie Eckman Sings Jerusalem

Sally's Plinth SculptureThis week William Blake arrived at the Dragon Café! Phil showed us around his London, Stephen Micalef introduced us to his cat and The Ghost of a Flea, Carrie took us to The Garden of Love and we had Infant Joy from Thomas Tobias. We also hear in this programme poems from John Constable and Blodwyn, a song from Musa, The Book of Job discussed by Barbara and Andrew Solomon and Jah Wobble and fireworks!

Thomas Tobias performs Remembrance of Things PastThis week our theme was remembrance and friendship, and we had many, moving perspectives on this subject from Thomas Tobias, Barbara Robson, John Constable and Renuka Bhakta. We also hear a song from Musa Ali, the mystery instrument of the week, Hooray for Hamlet and the revenge of the Toast!

G.F.Handel with natural reverb, up above the crypt. Archeology down below, with objects and heritage. Beverley, Debbie, Micaleff and Tim. Blake 5. Linda, Veejay, Dr Stewart, Raga, Dave Russell, Tony, Dance United, Robert, Sarah & Thomas Tobias, Jo, Mick & Martin, Smashie & Nicie.

27th of May 2013Doctors Khaldoon Ahmed and Louise Bundock discuss with Mental Fight Club Creative Director, Sarah Wheeler and Thomas Tobias, and the Dragon Café audience, views and reflections on psychiatric training in this, the third and final dialogue in our series of ‘Young Doctors @ the Dragon Café Dialogues’.

20th of May 2013Consultant Psichiatrist, Khaldoon Ahmed and Mental Fight Club Creative Director Sarah Wheeler and Thomas Tobias discuss with the Dragon Café audience the role in fostering (or not!) good mental health. This is Dialogue 2 of our ‘Young Doctors @ The Dragon Café Dialogues’.

13th of May 2013This was the first of our Young Doctors Dialogues in which trainee doctors Elinor Hynes and Louise Bundock discuss with the audience the role of medication and diagnosis in the relationship between doctor and client. It is introduced by Sarah Wheeler and Thomas Tobias.

8th of April 2013A discussion led by Ebony Empress, Sandra Rodney, in discussion with MFC Creative Director, Sarah and Thomas Tobias.

We Need To Talk About….Alienation and Local Connection10th of December 2012A discussion led by Sarah and Thomas Tobias about how locality can affect our mental well being for good or ill, followed by contributions from the floor.

We Need To Talk About….All Our Southwark Stories3rd of December 2012A short talk given by Sarah and Thomas Tobias about moving to Southwark when suffering from mental illness.

1st of October 2012This was the first in the series, We Need To Talk About…., and is a great introduction to the experience of mental illness from many different perspectives. The speakers are Dr Khaldoon Ahmed, registrar in adult psychiatry, Amy Meadows, founder of the Judy Meadows Memorial Fund, Dr Jo Allen, clinical and community psychologist, Thomas Tobias, founder of Mental Fight Club, Paul Emerson, approved mental health professional, Garry Ellison who is active in service user involvement in Southwark & Helen Shearn, arts development manager for SLaM.