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Jan
23
Thu
FOLH presents illustrator Paul Cox @ Highgate Library Civic & Cultural Centre
Jan 23 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Friends of Highgate Library present illustrator Paul Cox talking about his work with slides, sketchbooks and printed examples.  For more details see http://www.dartmouthpark.org/FOHL/events/cox or our Facebook and Twitter pages

Jun
8
Wed
Dyne House Recital Series: Kausikan Rajeshkumar (piano) @ Dyne House Auditorium
Jun 8 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

A solo piano recital of Schumann and Chopin, including Schumann’s Fantasiestücke and Chopin’s Ballade No. 4 in F minor. Kausikan Rajeshkumar won the International Franz Liszt Competition for Young Pianists in 2009, and has since won numerous other competitions including the Parnassos International Piano Competition. He has performed in prestigious venues including the Wigmore Hall, Cadogan Hall, Royal Festival Hall, and has been broadcast on BBC television and radio.

Tickets are available from www.ticketsource.com/highgateschool.

Jul
7
Sat
Summer Fair @ Highgate Library
Jul 7 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

SUMMER FAIR ON SATURDAY 7 JULY 2018, from 2pm to 4pm.  We have a children’s poet doing readings, a raffle with prizes and drinks and cakes on sale.

Councillor Zena Brabazon, the new Cabinet member with responsibility for Libraries will be there to open the Fair.  Please come along.  Details in flyers in the library and elsewhere.

PLEASE COME AND SUPPORT THE SUMMER FAIR ON 7 JULY 2018.

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.