Beyond Black and White
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Monday 28th September 2020 7.00 pm
How do we strike the right balance between treating London’s BAME communities as though they were a single bloc versus treating each as having its unique character and heritage?
An online Zoom talk
Harvest of the Cold Months
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Monday 5th October 2020 7.00 pm online.
Ice cream making would not have been possible without ICE. So how did we get ice? This is the story not only of ice houses but of the extraordinary trade in frozen water across the globe that enabled us to keep our food fresh and our drinks cool, as well as making ice cream.
Coffee mornings resumed
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Highgate Society is delighted to announce the
resumption of the Saturday coffee mornings.
Come and join us between 1030 and 1230 for a social
distancing catch-up inside the hall at 10A South Grove
(where we will have seating for up to 12 people) or
outside – bring a chair.
Help keep Highgate
clean
The Society’s Infrastructure group has restarted its monthly tidy up events. We have held monthly tidy ups since July. We are holding our next event on Saturday 10th October. If anyone is interested in joining please let us know by emailing us at infrastructure@highgatesociety.com.
Retrofit and the Green Homes
Grant
Monday 12th October. 6.00 pm. This event organised by the Sustainable Living Group explains the Government’s Green Homes Grant scheme and is designed to help Highgate people to decide if they want to take up the offer.
This is a free online Zoom event
Major project to transform Jacksons Lane Art Centre
Jacksons Lane is set to begin a multi-million pound redevelopment project to transform and future-proof the Grade II-listed arts centre, with construction work starting in November 2020 and the building set to reopen in July 2021.
Closure of Barclays Bank Highgate branch
Local MP Catherine West has started a petition against the closure of the Highgate and Wood Green branches of Barclays Bank
Highgate Watercolour Group Virtual Exhibition
This six minute video shows a snapshot of the group at work during normal times and a selection of paintings produced subsequently.
Highgate Society Events
The Highgate Society exists to make Highgate and its neighbourhood a better place in which to live and work; to ensure changes enhance the area, to encourage sound planning and to improve public transport.
As a social hub the Society is at the very heart of Highgate, staging or facilitating a wide range of events for the whole community.
