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Nov
25
Sat
Crisis Midwinter Swim @ Parliment Hill Lido
Nov 25 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

Crisis Midwinter Swim

Jump in with Crisis this Christmas!

Challenge yourself to a solo dip or take on a polar relay with friends this winter.

No one should face homelessness, and winter can be the hardest time. Your icy plunge can help end homelessness once and for all.

Will you brave the cold and help raise money for Crisis this Christmas?

Aug
5
Mon
Highgate Society Poetry Group @ Cafe Rouge
Aug 5 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

The next Highgate Society Poetry Group Meeting is on Monday 5th August at Cafe Rouge 6-7 South Grove, London, N6  6BP. 6.30-8.30pm.  You get to read two poems and a third if you have responded to the Highgate Challenge which this month is to ‘write a poem about a feeling without naming the feeling’.

Oct
13
Tue
Virtual Tour – The Heights of Dickens @ Virtual tour
Oct 13 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

From the comfort of your home, follow in a virtual tour in Charles Dickens’ footsteps in a walk from Highgate to the hamlet of North End on the border with Hampstead and Hampstead Garden Suburb. We will follow some of Bill Sikes escape route after murdering Nancy in Oliver Twist, see houses that Dickens stayed in; learn about his friendship with philanthropist Baroness Angela Burdett-Coutts; view the house that inspired Steerforth’s mother’s house in David Copperfield and peep into Highgate Cemtrey where several members of the Dickens family were buried and follow the Gordon rioters in Barnaby Rudge towards Lord Mansfield’s country estate at Kenwood (Caen Wood). We will pay a visit o the Spaniard’s Inn featured in the Pickwick Papers and continue with Bill Sikes’ journey in Oliver Twist from Highgate Hill across the grounds of Kenwood towards Northend and Hendon. We finish in North End where we view the 17th farmhouse that Dickens lodged in after the death of his sister in law Mary Hogarth.

Sep
18
Sat
HowTheLightGetsIn September 2021 @ Kenwood House
Sep 18 – Sep 19 all-day

Combining critical thinking and challenging debate with diverse music and vibrant culture, HowTheLightGetsIn September 2021 is back for its first physical festival in two years, taking place on the glorious grounds of Kenwood House on Hampstead Heath.

The world’s largest philosophy and music festival, the weekend will host over 200 events – bringing together internationally respected thinkers and a spectacular medley of musicians, performers and artists.

Hosted by the Institute of Art and Ideas, September’s theme is Dreams and Jeopardy – with headline speakers including Nobel prize winning physicist Roger Penrose, human rights activist Shami Chakrabarti, award winning journalist David Aaronovitch and economist and broadcaster Linda Yueh, with plenty more world leading thinkers to be added in the next few weeks.