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2017 is the 50th year since conservation areas were first designated.  St John’s Wood was the second one to be approved.
London Forum and its members will be celebrating this occasion including at Civic Day in June 2017. Members are invited to attend this open meeting and discuss what should be done for this anniversary.
There will be speakers from Historic England and Civic Voice who will explain their aims for this celebration year and suggest to societies what they could do themselves. There will be discussion on the proposals and the ideas of those society representatives who attend.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE DATE HAS BEEN CHANGED FROM 30TH JANUARY DUE TO A CLASH WITH ANOTHER EVENT
Venue: The Gallery, 75 Cowcross Street, London EC1M 6EL
Location: Near to Farringdon station
Cost (per person): No charge but donations welcomed

shakespear in song

friday 3 february

18 songs 14 composers 10 plays 1 playwright

A song recital exploring love, lust, power and decay. Four centuries of the bard’s songs, interwoven with spoken poetry from his sonnets and plays.

Sheakespear’s plays and poetry have inspired the finest composers of songs. Traditional Elizabethan settings will be performed alongside timeless arrangements by Purcell, Quiter, Finzi, Schubert and Haydn. Female composers Dring and Maconchy, together with contemporary settings by Korngold, Horovitz and Tippett.

Contralto Lucy Stevens

Pianist Elizabeth Marcus

Doors and bar open at 7pm, performance at 8pm.

Tickets can be purchased at Ticket Source – http://bit.ly2i687Zx

Price band

Standard £12.00

Concessions £10.00

to book

Box office: 07790456169

Website: www.shakespeareinsong.com

The Highgate Society Sustainable Homes Group is running  a series of talks to help local residents bring their homes into the 21st Century.  The first of our talks will be particularly relevant if you are considering a major renovation or extension.  The talk will be chaired by John Doggart who is a government advisor and co-founder of the Existing Homes Alliance.  The speaker panel is:

Bob Prewett – a well known local architect and expert on low energy design

Russell Smith – MD of Parity projects who have been advising on low carbon renovations for several years

Peter Rickaby – an architect with many years of experience on insulation and ventilation of older homes

EXHIBITION: HERITAGE IN THE MAKING   Tue 7 – Sun 26 Feb, Free Documenting the Lauderdale Transformed building works by photographer in residence Polly Hancock and members of the Lauderdale Exposed project. See website for all exhibition times.

LGBT

ANTONIS SEDERAS: THE EXUBERANCE OF YOUTH Tue 7 – Sun 26 Feb, Free Winner of the Summer 2015 ‘Pride in the House’ competition, Sideras will present a selection of selfportrait silkscreen prints..

Would you like a bit of friendly help with your phone, laptop or tablet? Just head to the Highgate School Library for an afternoon of free, informal one-to-one computer familiarisation sessions over a nice cup of coffee. We do tea as well. And cake!

If you don’t yet possess any electronic gadgets, don’t worry, we do and we’d love you to come and play with them.

“This is so wonderful! It’s easy – when you know how! Thank you” says 75 year old Highgate Coffee & Computers friend, who has just worked out how to move all his pictures from his phone to his tablet.

If you want more info, give Stuart a call on 020 8347 2411 (quoting Highgate Coffee & Computers). You can also email us on highgatecoffeeandcomputers@gmail.com to tell us what you want to know more about.

Please note the volunteers at these sessions are pupils from the school, ranging in age from 11 to 18 years old.  The School has a duty of care to these young people and would be very grateful if you could be mindful of maintaining appropriate interaction with them. Please consider issues such as your language, your expectations regarding the type of matter you raise with the pupils, and the sort of information that the pupils may see on your documents or particular webpages.

If you have any queries then please don’t hesitate to raise them with the members of staff at the session.

If you plan to come, it would be helpful to know, though it is not obligatory.

Warm regards

The Highgate Coffee & Computers volunteers

EXHIBITION: HERITAGE IN THE MAKING   Tue 7 – Sun 26 Feb, Free Documenting the Lauderdale Transformed building works by photographer in residence Polly Hancock and members of the Lauderdale Exposed project. See website for all exhibition times.

SELF-GUIDED TOUR Sat 11/Sun 12 & Sat 18/Sun 19 Feb | Free Explore Lauderdale House and find out its history in a fun, family friendly way.

LGBT

ANTONIS SEDERAS: THE EXUBERANCE OF YOUTH Tue 7 – Sun 26 Feb, Free Winner of the Summer 2015 ‘Pride in the House’ competition, Sideras will present a selection of selfportrait silkscreen prints..

PETER AND THE WOLF Sat 11 Feb 11.30am | £8.50/£6.50 This exciting puppet show is set to Prokofiev’s famous score, and is a brilliant way to introduce children to orchestral music. It’s the story of a mischievous boy who goes off into the meadows to play with animals, in spite of his grandfather warning him about a wolf ! Stay after the performance for a puppet-making demonstration. J

EXHIBITION: HERITAGE IN THE MAKING   Tue 7 – Sun 26 Feb, Free Documenting the Lauderdale Transformed building works by photographer in residence Polly Hancock and members of the Lauderdale Exposed project. See website for all exhibition times.

SELF-GUIDED TOUR Sat 11/Sun 12 & Sat 18/Sun 19 Feb | Free Explore Lauderdale House and find out its history in a fun, family friendly way.

LGBT

ANTONIS SEDERAS: THE EXUBERANCE OF YOUTH Tue 7 – Sun 26 Feb, Free Winner of the Summer 2015 ‘Pride in the House’ competition, Sideras will present a selection of selfportrait silkscreen prints..

JOHN HEGLEY & OTIZ CANNELLONI: MUSICAL MELODIES Sun 12 Feb 11.30am | £8.50/£6.50 A fun-packed hour of marvellous music, songs, poems, magic, mayhem and loads of joining in. You won’t be able to stop laughing!

LAUDERDALE SUZUKI MUSIC: SING WITH PATTY Sun 12 Feb, 2.30–3pm | Free A free singing session for children under 5 years old. Patty will teach songs with hand movements, chime bars and percussion instruments. These classes provide an excellent foundation for learning an instrument.

QUARTET COCKTAILS with THE MOERAN QUARTET Sun 12 Feb, 6.45pm | £25.00 Sweet sophistication with a cocktail on arrival, glorious music from Bach and Mozart to Cole Porter and Irving Berlin and a cocktail to finish too!

LGBT PLAYREADINGS 7.30pm | £3.50/£5 on door

Philippe Barbour Mon 13 Feb REPELLENT ACTS asks what life will be like for gay men in the future, should the backlash against ‘liberalism gone mad’ worsen.

Tim McArthur Wed 15 Feb CONTROL explores a relationship that blooms, then darkens. Who has the final control of the situation?

Christian Durham Thu 16 Feb FINDING THE BURNETT tells the story of 16 year old Tyler who lives with his father and is just coming out as gay.

Philip Lawrence Mon 20 Feb A PINK TRIANGLE follows two men in a complacent, loveless civil partnership in post-Brexit London.

EXHIBITION: HERITAGE IN THE MAKING   Tue 7 – Sun 26 Feb, Free Documenting the Lauderdale Transformed building works by photographer in residence Polly Hancock and members of the Lauderdale Exposed project. See website for all exhibition times.

LGBT

ANTONIS SEDERAS: THE EXUBERANCE OF YOUTH Tue 7 – Sun 26 Feb, Free Winner of the Summer 2015 ‘Pride in the House’ competition, Sideras will present a selection of selfportrait silkscreen prints..

Tim McArthur Wed 15 Feb CONTROL explores a relationship that blooms, then darkens. Who has the final control of the situation?

Christian Durham Thu 16 Feb FINDING THE BURNETT tells the story of 16 year old Tyler who lives with his father and is just coming out as gay.

Philip Lawrence Mon 20 Feb A PINK TRIANGLE follows two men in a complacent, loveless civil partnership in post-Brexit London.

EXHIBITION: HERITAGE IN THE MAKING   Tue 7 – Sun 26 Feb, Free Documenting the Lauderdale Transformed building works by photographer in residence Polly Hancock and members of the Lauderdale Exposed project. See website for all exhibition times.

LGBT

ANTONIS SEDERAS: THE EXUBERANCE OF YOUTH Tue 7 – Sun 26 Feb, Free Winner of the Summer 2015 ‘Pride in the House’ competition, Sideras will present a selection of selfportrait silkscreen prints..

Christian Durham Thu 16 Feb FINDING THE BURNETT tells the story of 16 year old Tyler who lives with his father and is just coming out as gay.

Philip Lawrence Mon 20 Feb A PINK TRIANGLE follows two men in a complacent, loveless civil partnership in post-Brexit London.

EXHIBITION: HERITAGE IN THE MAKING   Tue 7 – Sun 26 Feb, Free Documenting the Lauderdale Transformed building works by photographer in residence Polly Hancock and members of the Lauderdale Exposed project. See website for all exhibition times.

LGBT

ANTONIS SEDERAS: THE EXUBERANCE OF YOUTH Tue 7 – Sun 26 Feb, Free Winner of the Summer 2015 ‘Pride in the House’ competition, Sideras will present a selection of selfportrait silkscreen prints..

The Opera Cabaret is delighted to present

Royal Divas – Doomed

An evening of thrilling scenes from grand opera, brought to you by stars of the Norwegian Opera House

Hege Hoisaeter – mezzo soprano

JohnLidal – piano

Witness the fates of Dido, Airceste, Jezebel, Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth I, Mary Stuart, Eboli, Lady Macbeth, Herodias, Cleopatra, and Helen of Troy! Share the drama of the troubled royals in a semi-staged performance of startling moments of beauty and passion!

Tickets £12.00

Concessions £10.00

• on line from www.operacabaret.org
• by phone 0771 729867
• by cheque to:
• The Opera Cabaret Company
• 59 Allerton Road N16 5UF

Time: 19.00

Website: www.operacabaret.org

EXHIBITION: HERITAGE IN THE MAKING   Tue 7 – Sun 26 Feb, Free Documenting the Lauderdale Transformed building works by photographer in residence Polly Hancock and members of the Lauderdale Exposed project. See website for all exhibition times.