Past events

Monday 16th November 2020 7.30 pm. An online Zoom event.
Leading theatre director John Caird will discuss overcoming the challenges of directing remotely during the current pandemic.

Monday 30th November 7.30pm. An online Zoom event.
Award winning florist Fiona Haser Bizony owner of Electric Daisy Flower Shop in Swains Lane, Highgate, will demonstrate how to create an original and elegant festive wreath using materials that she grows on her organic flower farm in Somerset. A live Q and A session will follow.
Wreath kits will be available in the shop throughout December.

Monday 9th November 2020 7.30 pm. An online Zoom meeting. Jill and Steve Marston recount the history of the HIghgate Horticultural Society.

Monday 19th October 7.30 pm
Architect David Porter reviews the first independent scheme by renowned architect Neave Brown (winner of the 2018 Royal Gold Medal award).
This is an online Zoom event.

Monday 26th October 2020 7.30 pm
Josephine Baker loved two things – her country and Paris. But which country? America, her birthplace, where she suffered under segregation, or France, where she was admired as a great musical star?
This is an online Zoom event

Monday 2nd November 2020 7.30 pm.
In a talk and Q&A session based on her new book, ‘The Long Win: The search for a better way to succeed’, Cath examines our obsession with winning, how it is holding us back in schools, businesses, sports and politics, and proposes a new approach, ‘The Long Win’. Don’t miss the opportunity to discuss this book live with Cath and put your questions to her. An online Zoom event.

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.

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

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

Monday 21st September 7.00 pm Join Betty Pires as she takes you on tour, via Zoom, through the fabled land of Genghis Khan, Emperor of the Mongol Empire, who established the largest contiguous empire in history.

This is an online Zoom event.