The Highgate Society fully supports measures to prevent suicides from the Archway Bridge but believes the design proposed by TfL and approved by Haringey and Islington to be unsympathetic to the Grade II listed structure. Architect David Richmond, chair of the Highgate Society planning group, has prepared an alternative less intrusive scheme. […]
SOLD OUT Presented by Alice Lascelles, the Financial Times award winning drinks columnist. 10A South Grove N6 6BS Wednesday 23rd January 2019 7.00 pm
10A South Grove N6 6BS Thursday 31 January 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm John Allan of Avanti Architects, an expert in the conservation of Modern Movement buildings, will talk on the work of Wells Coates, Berthold Lubetkin and Erno Goldfinger including conservation projects he has been involved in on buildings such as Isokon, 2 […]
The Highgate Society’s Events Committee has arranged a First Aid Course run by an instructor from The British Red Cross on Tuesday, February 5th starting at 2pm at The Highgate Society. The 2 hour workshop is designed to build upon existing knowledge and instincts and will give you more confidence to help in a crisis. The session is […]
10A South Grove N6 6BS Sunday 3rd February 3.30 pm to 9.30 pm An afternoon for people of all ages to come to 10A to enjoy either old favourite board and card games (including bridge, canasta, chess, monopoly, scrabble) or new ones (under the supervision of games enthusiast Patrick Laing). Bring along a board […]
10A South Grove N6 6BS Wednesday February 6th 8.00 pm to 10.00 pm Présentation du professeur Jean-Marc Dewaele, University of London
10A South Grove N6 6BS Sunday 24th February 3.30 pm to 4.45 pm A talk by Ruth Hazeldine, one of the judges at the Academy of Chocolate awards. £10 to include refreshments and tasting samples of many delicious varieties of chocolate.
In August, at the instigation of the Events Committee, 30 members of the Highgate Society were invited to an exclusive hard hat sneak preview of the newly refurbished Victorian Theatre at Alexandra Palace. We were shown round the magnificent building, still very much a “work in progress” and following the visit the Society has now […]
March 6 2019 Les musiciens noirs de la première guerre mondiale (French Circle) March 27 2019 Travelogue: Hello Foreign Friend. Film clips by David Porter. A video diary exploring the daily life of contemporary China, recorded while teaching at the Central Academy of Fine Art, Beijing. April 3 2019 Soiree discussions (French Circle) April/May 2019 Highgate […]
Sunday 13th January 3.15 pm to 4.45 pm 10A South Grove N6 6BS Tessa and Ian Henghes and Karen and Mark Rogers will talk about their travels in Uganda with slides and tea with cake! Please let us know below if you wish to come.