11th January 2021 7.30 pm
An online Zoom event
An illustrated talk by Catherine Budgett-Meakin about her round-the-world ‘adventure’ including travel by the Trans-Siberian Railway and Trans-Mongolian Railway.
Saturday 12th December 9.30 am.
Shepherds Hill (outside the library).
For full details of how the event is organised to minimise contact and maintain social distancing click More.
Monday 14th December 2020 7.30 pm.
An online Zoom meeting.
Ruth Hazeldine examines the origins and enduring appeal of the ‘nonsense poetry’ popularised by Edward Lear.
POSTPONED
The next clean-up event is on November 14th. Owing to coronavirus restrictions a revised procedure is in operation. Click More for full details.
Monday 23rd November 2020 7.30 pm. An online Zoom event.
Join the Jacksons Lane team to find out their response to the pandemic and what they’ve been up to across North London. There will also be an opportunity to hear about the new building works taking place and how a pandemic hasn’t stopped international artists performing together.
This talk replaces the previously advertised event ‘Jacksons Lane – past, present and future’
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.