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Jul
4
Mon
Bodyline post-mortem: Why did a cricket series cause an international crisis? @ Mills Centre, Highgate School
Jul 4 @ 6:45 pm – 8:00 pm

The 1932-33 England cricket tour of Australia was one of the most widely reported of all time.  During a period when long-distance communications were either painfully slow or terrifically expensive, c. 130,000 words were wired across the world over a three-day period, costing a small fortune.  Nor did interest in the tour wane within a few years, and even today, over eighty years after the victorious English side left Australia, more is written about this series than any other.  The reason is simple: for the first time in the history of the game, controversy that took place on the field took on a political dimension, causing Dominions Secretary, Jimmy Thomas, to later recall: ‘no politics ever introduced in the British Empire caused me so much trouble as this damn bodyline bowling’.

The talk will be given by James Newton, Head of History at Highgate School.

Apr
1
Sat
Highgate Horticultural Society Spring Show @ Highgate United Reformed Church
Apr 1 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Come and visit our wonderful Spring show.  Lots of beautiful exhibits plus plant and produce stalls and our famous afternoon teas!

Spend an hour among the flowers

The first of the year’s flower shows is always a great delight as our daffodils, tulips and flowering shrubs take centre stage, bursting with spring scent and colour!

Highgate Horticultural Society’s 52nd Spring Flower Show will be held on Saturday 1 April 2017 at the United Reformed Church, South Grove, Highgate Village, N6 6BA. The show, including plant and produce stalls and homemade teas and cakes is open from 2-4.3o pm.  Awards will be presented at 3.30 pm by the Mayor of Camden, and the raffle drawn at 4.30 pm followed by the auction of exhibits.

For more information see www.highgatehorticulturalsociety.org.uk

Jul
7
Sat
Tours of the West Cemetery @ Highgate Cemetery
Jul 7 @ 11:00 am – 4:30 pm

11 – 4.30pm (every 30 mins)
Tours of the West Cemetery
Highgate Cemetery, Swain’s
Lane, N6 6PJ
www.highgatecemetery.org

Apr
13
Sat
Spring Flower Show @ Pond Square Chapel (URC)
Apr 13 @ 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Come along to the Highgate Horticultural Society Spring Flower Show.  Wonderful exhibits from our members and plant and produce stalls not to mention our famous teas!