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Shut Up & Write!® at The Stapleton Tavern, Finsbury Park
WELCOME!
We’re a supportive community, and I’m here to organise this Meetup space. I’m looking foreword to seeing it grow and become a regular place for people to get-together. I also invite likemindeded people with shared interests from society. I hope this develops into a fully fledged, shared, literacy lounging experience.
INTRODUCTION
Join us for some focused coworking writing or reading time. All experience levels are welcome and don’t worry, no one will see what you've written. This session is about getting your writing and reading done and meeting other literacy enthusiasts in the area.
EARLY ARRIVALS around 6:30pm
When you show up, the group will be located in the large room next to the fireplace. Take a seat and settle in and spend some time to chat with your fellow writers before the start of the session if you like.
START OF SESSION around 6:45pm
I’ll set timers for our no-talking and focused writing sessions (write, break, write, end).
END OF SESSION around 8:30pm
Afterward, there’s time to hang out, and many people stay for over an hour. Perhaps to chat and get to know each other. Everyone tends to talk about their successes and challenges as writers/readers or similar interesting topics. If we don’t have time to stick around, no worries! We’re here every week anyway!!
FORMAT
A note about the format: We don’t host critiques or readings. These events are a safe space for writers andd readers of all skill levels and genres to work on their craft.
VENUE
Sandwiched lovingly between Crouch Hill and Stroud Green, the Stapleton Tavern is a warm, welcoming, quirky pub fit for a vibrant community. home to a truly bizarre collection of ornaments, they serve a wide variety of tasty food and drink from all over the world.
LOCATION & TRAVEL
Located in the junction of Stroud Green Road and Stapleton hall, 10 minutes walk from the Finsbury Park Underground station and 2 minutes from Crouch Hill station on the Suffragette line.
INTERNET
Name: Stapleton Guest
Password: StapletonTavern
For our full event schedule\, visit \[https://shutupwrite\.com\]\(https://shutupwrite\.com\)
London Indie Pub night
The monthly indie pub night is relaxing social with other indie game devs in London. Usually it's quite well attended and all kinds of cool indies show up. Also, silly party games are known to be played.
Here’s the website: http://www.londonindies.co.uk
London Bridge Writers' Group - Pub Meet
**The Talbot Room at the George Inn**
The George provides the room free of charge (they are awesome), and we encourage you to purchase drinks (and food – the burgers are great!). As it’s a pub and not a picnic area, please don’t consume your own food and drink there.
We usually meet in the Talbot room which is on the top floor on the left hand side of the pub as viewed from the courtyard. If lost please send a message here shortly before the meeting starts.
**We are sorry to say that there is no step-free access to the Talbot room, and it is at the end of three flights of stairs.**
**Format**
We start at 7pm and run until 9pm. We hear approximately six readings of 10 minutes (\~2000 words), then discuss the piece for 10 minutes. Email your work to: london60transmitter@emailitin.com as an attachment (It must be an attachment). A link for access to googledocs will be given at the start of each session to enable people to read along, which in turn enables more considered feedback. Work submitted will be automatically deleted after 10 days. We decide on readers/pieces at the beginning of each session.
**Safe and respectful space**
The group is run by volunteers, and we don’t have the capacity to read submitted work in advance. If there is anything in your work that might distress or disturb some readers, for example concerning any kind of abuse, please give a trigger warning before you read. Be specific and concise. If it becomes apparent during a reading that a piece is inappropriate, the moderator will stop the reading. In discussing others’ work, please be mindful of how you express yourself and do not use discriminatory language, even if such language features in the piece.
London meet-up: ORG meets CAAT
**For our next London meet-up on the 1st of June we have teamed up with CAAT (Campaign Against Arms Trade).**
Join us to discuss the role of Big Tech companies in the military-industrial complex, Palantir, and how technologies that we use every day are being deployed in wars and genocides.
We will be also talking about what Tech alternatives exist, how we can move away from these Big Tech companies, and how we can fight back for our digital independence.
**Sign up here:** [https://supporters.openrightsgroup.org/civicrm/event/info/?reset=1&id=14](https://supporters.openrightsgroup.org/civicrm/event/info/?reset=1&id=14)
OOPS #16 - Humans in the Loop: The Future of Incident Response
*A 'Humans in the Loop' community event with Elastic, Uptime Labs & PagerDuty in collaboration with OOPS!*
We’re taking over the Greenwich Design District for an evening dedicated to the unsung heroes of the stack: **The Humans in the Loop.** AI adoption offers a range of benefits, but while our systems get more complex, the role of the human in incident response has never been more critical.
Come trade your real-time operations stories, share your best 'oops' moments, and learn how to keep the 'human' in your high-availability architecture.
📅 **Date and Time:**
Monday, June 1, from 6:00-9:00 PM
📍 **Location:**
Design District
Address: 19 Soames Walk, London SE10 0AX, UK
**What to expect:**
* 🎤 **Lightning Keynotes** \- short\, sharp and stimulating\, local experts share their takes\.
* 🍻 **Sip & Savour:** Delicious pizza and refreshing drinks to fuel the conversation.
* 🤝 **The OOPs Group:** Connect with the outage ops + incident response community, because misery loves company, but resilience loves a party.
🧠 **Talks**
**Many Humans in Many Loops** by **Carly Richmond**, Developer Advocate Lead (Elastic)
*Human in the Loop, or HITL, provides us the ability to validate AI output using friendly and knowledgeable humans. But is that the only human loop in AI incident management systems? Join Carly as she covers other human loops, including reinforcement learning with feedback and context engineering, and how loops with a low threshold encourage alert fatigue.*
**Incident Response Reimagined: Accelerating Resolution with AI Agents** by **Daniel Afonso**, Senior Developer Advocate (PagerDuty)
*Learn how PagerDuty is leveraging Agentic AI to transform the incident lifecycle from reactive firefighting to proactive prevention.*
*Daniel demonstrates how new tools like the SRE Agent and Scribe Agent assist engineers during high-pressure outages by autonomously triaging alerts, querying logs in tools like Grafana, and transcribing context directly into incident channels.*
*Beyond immediate response, this demo highlights a "shift left" strategy using the new PagerDuty MCP server and Claude Code plugin, which allows developers to assess the risk of code changes against historical incident data before deployment, ultimately aiming to reduce the frequency of on-call.*
✍️ **RSVP now before we reach capacity**
SQUAD Advanced Volleyball - Open Session
Welcome to SQUAD Advanced Volleyball sessions.
PLEASE READ:
Level: Advanced/Upper Intermediate only. (Players MUST know the 5-1 rotation system and positions and have strong all-round skills)
We meet at Bacon's College Sports Centre in Canada Water for fun but competitive volleyball!
Cost: £ 12 per session
Maximum Capacity: 14 players.
Attitude: Positive and friendly atmosphere
Please NOTE: you might be asked to leave the session if your level isn't up to the standard of ADVANCED
Book your place ASAP and any question please contact us here or via our Facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/S.Q.U.A.D.VC/
Share your creative writing
Share and discuss your work on Monday 1st June (5:30pm to 6:50pm) with a small, friendly and constructive creative writing group. Meeting at Mayfair library, we cover all forms of writing (from novels to poetry, short-stories to plays), and support a wide range of standards.
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A Sci Fi/Fantasy Writing Session
**DUE TO LIMITED SPACE PLEASE ONLY RSVP IF ATTENDING. IF NO LONGER ATTENDING PLEASE UPDATE YOUR RSVP.**
Join us in the upstairs room of the Grafton Pub in Camden for another writing-focused session.
Bring whatever you’re working on, whether you’re outlining a new idea or deep into your current WIP. This is a space for writers to connect, share ideas, and find inspiration. Whether you’re looking for feedback, want to brainstorm with others, or simply need a quiet place to write, our goal is to build a supportive and collaborative community for sci-fi and fantasy authors at all stages of their journey.
Writing will start at 6:30, but feel free to arrive and leave at your own convenience! We will end at 8:30pm, but the pub is open till 11pm so after it ends people can mingle or go home as they please. **While we encourage collaboration and occasional chat, we ask everyone to be mindful of those focused on writing until 8pm.**
**Also please support the venue by buying food or drink from the pub!**
🏰🎬 MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE
🧙♂️ ***The universe is under tremendous pressure. Summon your favourite heroes and villains by the power of Grayskull!***
👋 **Hi guys!** We’re heading back to Eternia for a nostalgic return to the world of Masters of the Universe. This new adaptation is directed by **Travis Knight**, who will likely bring a fresh spin to the mythology while keeping the classic fantasy and sci fi spirit alive.
The premise follows a ten-year-old Adam who lands on Earth, separated from the power sword of Grayskull. Two decades later, he reclaims the sword, becomes He-Man, and fights to save Eternia from the evil forces of Skeletor.
**The Meetup:** We’ll be meeting for **pre drinks** at **6:00 PM** at the **Oscars Bar inside Odeon West End** (please don’t confuse this with Leicester Square). Then we'll be watching the film in **Screen One** at **7:00PM** where you will find in Row **38A** if want to sit near by.
After the film, we’ll reconvene for our usual **commentary and [Letterboxd](https://letterboxd.com/movieroadhouse) review**, and will likely continue the night with more drinks around town. You’ll find the **full schedule breakdown, tickets, and addresses below**. And by the power of Grayskull......
I'll see you all there
**Ray**
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👉 **HEADS UP**
* If you **sign up** but later can’t make it, please 🙏 **just drop us a quick message** (or change your RSVP) — it really helps with planning. And follow our club **[@movieroadhouseuk](https://www.instagram.com/movieroadhouseuk/)** on **Instagram** — for fun updates!
**🗓️ SCHEDULE BREAKDOWN**
* **6:00 PM:** Pre-Drinks
* **7:00 PM:** Movie
* **9:45 PM:** Review
📱**STAY CONNECTED**
* Join our WhatsApp or Telegram groups (available by request), or hop onto our **[WhatsApp Channel](https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaMVu2Z1NCrYkXpqOd1X)** or **[Telegram Channel](https://t.me/movieroadhouse)**[ ](https://t.me/movieroadhouse)for quiet updates without the chat. Whatever you prefer!
🎬 **PLOT DETAILS**
A young man on Earth discovers a fabulous secret legacy as the prince of an alien planet, and must recover a magic sword and return home to protect his kingdom. [Trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X21JsHLHnY8)
🎟️ **TICKET INFO & PRICES**
* **Limitless Price**: £0.00
* **Non Members Price:** From £16.99
* **Tickets:** [Odeon West End](https://www.odeon.co.uk/ticketing/seat-picker/?showtimeId=155-13505)
📍**VENUE ADDRESS**
* **Odeon West**: 38a Leicester Square, London WC2H 7DX
🔊 **HOW WE ROLL**
* Have fun, be respectful, and no abuse of any kind
* Three-time no-show limit (applies after your first attended event), please update your RSVP if your plans change
* This group is for over-18s only
🌐 **FOLLOW US ONLINE**
* [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/movieroadhouseuk/)
* [Letterboxd](https://letterboxd.com/movieroadhouse)
* [WhatsApp News Channel](https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaDvGuK0AgW8KPxOnG2V)
* [Telegram Channel](https://t.me/thehideoutuk)
* [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@movieroadhouse)
* [Facebook page](https://www.facebook.com/MovieRoadhouse)
* [Facebook Group](https://www.facebook.com/groups/movieroadhouselondon)
* [Threads](https://www.threads.com/@jonnyhideout)
* [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/jonnyhideout/) (Jonny)
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London Society HIKE - Streatham Common to Wimbledon Park
Have you ever wanted to partake in hikes where you get exposed to new areas with luscious forms of nature, some amazing views and possibly some hidden gems? If so, this may be the right event for you.
Welcome to another Hiking event where all of this is possible. This is the opportunity to form friendships, discover a different perspective of London, improve your fitness, embrace nature but also feel great about yourself.
With this particular Hike, we’ll be hiking from Streatham Common to Wimbledon park. We’ll be traversing through many parks, forests and nature pathways but also make new discoveries too. This is also part of the capital ring which is a 78 mile pathway split into 15 hiking routes. This is section 5. If you want to be part of the journey, feel free to join us.
My fellow explorers, if you enjoyed the event, I’m more than happy to accept any donations which of course are optional but will go a long way to help me unlock and deliver even more exciting and engaging events and resources: https://www.paypal.me/calvinjoy
Starting point: Streatham Common station
Ending point: Wimbledon Park station
Walking length: 9.6km
Duration: 3 hours at most
Required clothing: Smart casual, comfortable shoes and a jacket in case it gets cold
Departure: 20 minutes after the meeting time.
WHAT - Hike
WHERE - Streatham common to Wimbledon Park
WHEN - 2pm - 5:30pm
MEETING POINT - Outside Streatham Common Station
NEAREST STATION - Streatham Common Station
REQUIREMENTS - Just your good behaviour is all and whatever is listed above for the walk.
Disclaimers:
Please be on your best behaviour and respect one another. This group doesn’t tolerate any misbehaviour and misconduct. Should such a thing take place, you will be removed.
If you ask a question that either already has the answer to it or doesn’t relate to the event at all, I won’t respond.
Whenever an event takes place, I will cut off contact 20 minutes after the event commences. If you message even 1 minute after the cut off time, I won’t be available as I’m conducting the event.
There will be photography and videography by myself so if you are photo conscious and/or do not want to be in the video, do kindly inform me and I’ll try my utmost best to not involve you in the picture.
Let’s all be responsible but please be aware you come at your own risk. Do be mindful of your possessions, belongings and most importantly, your safety. The ‘London society of explorers’ accept no risk of liability at this event.
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Latin City Wednesday - Cuban Salsa Lesson
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The Biggest Salsa Night to hit your mid-week is happening at Latin City Wednesdays. Get the feel of the Latin Beat as your hips and feet groove the right way.
Viva Dance Columbus (2809 Festival Lane Dublin, OH 43017)
830pm-930pm Cuban Salsa Lessons
930pm-Midnight Open Latin Dance Party
15 With Lesson
10 Just Open Dance
Free Parking, No Need to Bring a dance partner, No Sandals Please and Plenty of Space to Move Around.
Feel Good Friday: POWER BALLAD at the Gateway Film Center + SHAKE NO. 8!
Join us as we get together to see Paul Rudd in the latest comedy-drama-musical from John Carney, POWER BALLAD! The film follows a washed-up wedding singer, a fading boy band singer and a stolen hit song. Here’s a description, trailer and plan for this event:
DESCRIPTION: Rick, a washed-up wedding singer, and Danny, a fading boy band star, bond over music and a late-night jam session. When Danny turns Rick's song into a hit, Rick sets out to reclaim the recognition he believes he deserves. Power Ballad is written/directed by John Carney, the master of the modern musical and creative mind behind Once, Begin Again and Sing Street! It stars Paul Rudd, Nick Jonas, Peter McDonald, Marcella Plunkett, Havana Rose Liu and Jack Reynor.
BUZZ & ACCLAIM: The film premiered to rave reviews at this year’s Dublin International Film Festival where critics call it “a sure-fired crowd-pleaser” that “just might be the feel-good hit of the year!” Others say, “Paul Rudd delivers a career-best performance in this charmer” that’s both “hilarious and deeply moving." The film continues John Carney’s “long run of success with yet another charmer” and “a sharp, hopeful crowd-pleaser that strikes the right notes!”
SUMMER OF ICE CREAM, VOL 2: SHAKE NO. 8! Ranked the #1 Ice Cream Shop in Columbus, this is a perfect early stop on our Summer of Ice Cream! Their menu uses made-from-scratch recipes in an array of traditional, specialty and vegan shakes, hot cocoa, crepes, waffle sticks, specialty coffee & espresso, and more! Their specialty shakes are as delicious as they are over-the-top and they offer an extensive vegan menu! You can check out their full menu here: [https://www.shakeno8.com/menu.php](https://www.shakeno8.com/menu.php)
PLAN: Please purchase your ticket for the 6:45pm showing and we’ll meet in the upstairs lobby between 6:25 and 6:35pm! Advance ticket purchase is advised for this opening night showing! Once you have yours, please list your seat number in the Comments section of this event. We'll head to nearby Shake No. 8 immediately following the show!
Should be a fun one, Dan
Free In-person Meeting: Unwanted Emotions & Loneliness, How to Get Over Them
This is an in-person meeting.
Did you know that unwanted emotions like loneliness, sadness, hopelessness, anger, fear, anxiety, or feelings of irritation don’t just fall on you for no reason. They are not random occurrences that simply happen to people's minds. They are definitely not chemical imbalance in your brain due to some nebulous chemical reactions by chance.
Your negative emotions are the symptoms of the painful experiences that you have which are not healed, and which are still affecting you.
The effects of these painful experiences are exacerbated by the pressures or difficulties of the other problems in your life.
For instance, let's say you are already carrying a huge load on your back, then you cannot take on much more, but, let's say something else happens to you, such as the difficulties from the Pandemic, then the resultant combined weight on you can take you over the edge, kind of like the straw that break the camel's back. When this happens, people's attention usually goes to the straw that was added, but actually the majority of the weight had come from the huge load that were already there, holding a person down and causing a person issues.
So how do you remove the huge load that was already there? How do you lighten them up? Is it possible to get rid of them?
That is what this meeting will be all about.
Come to our Meetup, where we can introduce you to some of the knowledge, tools and techniques of the breakthroughs in the field of the mind that we can apply to this ever important area of life.
Be sure to click on the red "Attend" button below to come to this local event. We look forward to seeing you there.
This group is created by the Dianetics and Scientology Life Improvement Center of Central Ohio.

















