John Etheridge’s Blue Spirits are coming back to light up our Tea Lawn this summer, once again accompanied by the dulcet tones of jazz legend Vimala Rowe.
Led by internationally renowned Guitar legend John Etheridge, Blue Spirits is completed by Pete Whittaker (Organ) and George Double (Drums).
Drawing on a vast reservoir of musical experience spanning over 50 years, Etheridge distils the bluesier side of his musical world in a repertoire that has intensity and emotion as its main quality, with subtlety, fluidity and interaction as its centre. Pete Whittaker is a superb accompanist, and soloist and drummer George Double is celebrated for his drive and invention.
The Trio will be joined by special guest vocalist Vimala Rowe, known for her soulful and passionate delivery.
Cordial invitations to Finding Place, our inaugural group show of contemporary paintings by 5 artists who originally met at the Essential School of Painting.
Find the list of works on our website or on the piano at the entrance to our show. The number on the left side of each painting takes you to the story of how each work helped the artist to find place for a connection to nature, an ancestral memory, time with family and more. A truly great looking show, found on the ground floor in Lauderdale House.

Transmission Residency Series
Jacksons Lane’s annual residencies and work-in-progress sharings of new circus and physical theatre returns, with tickets just £1
Lotte
Akimbo Theatre
Friday 16 Aug at 4pm
Tickets: £1
https://www.jacksonslane.org.uk/events/lotte/
1920’s Berlin. Eleven years before Disney made Snow White, German filmmaker Lotte Reiniger pioneered multiplane shadow puppetry and animation.
Mixing theatre, dance, acrobatics, shadow puppetry and movement, Akimbo Theatre tell the story of Lotte Reiniger and her revolutionary work in film and animation, turning fairytales into feature-length magic.
Our Guerrilla Gardening group has been busy with planning for 2024 since our evening workshop in November. Work has included a walk-about through the N6 area to survey 16 potential sites for our activities and developing a map with notes, so that we can assign actions (even if just monitoring) to each site.
We are now looking for people that can join us to grow this initiative. If you can help out at a gardening event (site clearing, pruning, planting), or might be interested in becoming a ‘champion’ for a particular site near you that needs care, or you simply want to know more, please do get in touch via the contact form on the website or by direct email to: infrastructure@highgatesociety.com. A member of the team will be in touch. You can also sign up to our occasional Guerrilla Gardening newsletter.
Meanwhile, the dates for gardening events have been fixed – see below – so do ‘save the date’ in your diary, if you are interested. We will provide further information as to the event activity and location, each month. Please note, some are evening events and they are not only Saturdays!
Saturday 23 March | 10–12 noon |
Saturday 20 April | 10–12 noon |
Saturday 18 May | 2.30–4.30pm |
Thursday 20 June | 7.30–9.30 pm |
Friday 19 July | 7.30–9.30 pm |
Saturday 17 August | 10–12 noon |
Wednesday 11 September | 7.30–9.30pm |
Saturday 19 October | 2.30–4.30pm |
Saturday 16 November | 10–12 noon |
Saturday 14 December | 10–12 noon |
Do come along to meet your neighbours, enjoy a good cup of coffee and find out what is happening in Highgate.
The planning committee often have someone on hand to answer planning queries.
Cordial invitations to Finding Place, our inaugural group show of contemporary paintings by 5 artists who originally met at the Essential School of Painting.
Find the list of works on our website or on the piano at the entrance to our show. The number on the left side of each painting takes you to the story of how each work helped the artist to find place for a connection to nature, an ancestral memory, time with family and more. A truly great looking show, found on the ground floor in Lauderdale House.
Cordial invitations to Finding Place, our inaugural group show of contemporary paintings by 5 artists who originally met at the Essential School of Painting.
Find the list of works on our website or on the piano at the entrance to our show. The number on the left side of each painting takes you to the story of how each work helped the artist to find place for a connection to nature, an ancestral memory, time with family and more. A truly great looking show, found on the ground floor in Lauderdale House.
Cordial invitations to Finding Place, our inaugural group show of contemporary paintings by 5 artists who originally met at the Essential School of Painting.
Find the list of works on our website or on the piano at the entrance to our show. The number on the left side of each painting takes you to the story of how each work helped the artist to find place for a connection to nature, an ancestral memory, time with family and more. A truly great looking show, found on the ground floor in Lauderdale House.
LEARN TRADITIONAL KUNG FU & TAI CHI
from Three-Time International Gold Medallist
DANIEL SHAW-ABULAFIA
at The Highgate Society, 10A South Grove, London N6 6BS
Children: Mondays weekly, 17.45 to 18.30 from September 26th
Adults: Mondays weekly, 18.30 to 19.30 from September 26th
COME TO A FREE TRIAL CLASS!
Cordial invitations to Finding Place, our inaugural group show of contemporary paintings by 5 artists who originally met at the Essential School of Painting.
Find the list of works on our website or on the piano at the entrance to our show. The number on the left side of each painting takes you to the story of how each work helped the artist to find place for a connection to nature, an ancestral memory, time with family and more. A truly great looking show, found on the ground floor in Lauderdale House.
The class is suitable for beginners and is friendly and inclusive. Style is Hatha yoga with various influences – gentle, but still delivering strength and flexibility. Come and try a class to enhance your sense of wellbeing, release stress and tension and to experience deep relaxation. Mats provided, free parking (for now, but check signs!) no need to book – just turn up. The class is in the beautiful church – it’s set back a bit and has big blue doors. The class is mixed level/mixed ability/mixed age. I am a registered BWY teacher and fully insured. For more info about me/my yoga, have a look at my website
Cordial invitations to Finding Place, our inaugural group show of contemporary paintings by 5 artists who originally met at the Essential School of Painting.
Find the list of works on our website or on the piano at the entrance to our show. The number on the left side of each painting takes you to the story of how each work helped the artist to find place for a connection to nature, an ancestral memory, time with family and more. A truly great looking show, found on the ground floor in Lauderdale House.
Cordial invitations to Finding Place, our inaugural group show of contemporary paintings by 5 artists who originally met at the Essential School of Painting.
Find the list of works on our website or on the piano at the entrance to our show. The number on the left side of each painting takes you to the story of how each work helped the artist to find place for a connection to nature, an ancestral memory, time with family and more. A truly great looking show, found on the ground floor in Lauderdale House.
Cordial invitations to Finding Place, our inaugural group show of contemporary paintings by 5 artists who originally met at the Essential School of Painting.
Find the list of works on our website or on the piano at the entrance to our show. The number on the left side of each painting takes you to the story of how each work helped the artist to find place for a connection to nature, an ancestral memory, time with family and more. A truly great looking show, found on the ground floor in Lauderdale House.
Do come along to meet your neighbours, enjoy a good cup of coffee and find out what is happening in Highgate.
The planning committee often have someone on hand to answer planning queries.
Cordial invitations to Finding Place, our inaugural group show of contemporary paintings by 5 artists who originally met at the Essential School of Painting.
Find the list of works on our website or on the piano at the entrance to our show. The number on the left side of each painting takes you to the story of how each work helped the artist to find place for a connection to nature, an ancestral memory, time with family and more. A truly great looking show, found on the ground floor in Lauderdale House.
Cordial invitations to Finding Place, our inaugural group show of contemporary paintings by 5 artists who originally met at the Essential School of Painting.
Find the list of works on our website or on the piano at the entrance to our show. The number on the left side of each painting takes you to the story of how each work helped the artist to find place for a connection to nature, an ancestral memory, time with family and more. A truly great looking show, found on the ground floor in Lauderdale House.
Cordial invitations to Finding Place, our inaugural group show of contemporary paintings by 5 artists who originally met at the Essential School of Painting.
Find the list of works on our website or on the piano at the entrance to our show. The number on the left side of each painting takes you to the story of how each work helped the artist to find place for a connection to nature, an ancestral memory, time with family and more. A truly great looking show, found on the ground floor in Lauderdale House.
LEARN TRADITIONAL KUNG FU & TAI CHI
from Three-Time International Gold Medallist
DANIEL SHAW-ABULAFIA
at The Highgate Society, 10A South Grove, London N6 6BS
Children: Mondays weekly, 17.45 to 18.30 from September 26th
Adults: Mondays weekly, 18.30 to 19.30 from September 26th
COME TO A FREE TRIAL CLASS!
Cordial invitations to Finding Place, our inaugural group show of contemporary paintings by 5 artists who originally met at the Essential School of Painting.
Find the list of works on our website or on the piano at the entrance to our show. The number on the left side of each painting takes you to the story of how each work helped the artist to find place for a connection to nature, an ancestral memory, time with family and more. A truly great looking show, found on the ground floor in Lauderdale House.
The class is suitable for beginners and is friendly and inclusive. Style is Hatha yoga with various influences – gentle, but still delivering strength and flexibility. Come and try a class to enhance your sense of wellbeing, release stress and tension and to experience deep relaxation. Mats provided, free parking (for now, but check signs!) no need to book – just turn up. The class is in the beautiful church – it’s set back a bit and has big blue doors. The class is mixed level/mixed ability/mixed age. I am a registered BWY teacher and fully insured. For more info about me/my yoga, have a look at my website
Cordial invitations to Finding Place, our inaugural group show of contemporary paintings by 5 artists who originally met at the Essential School of Painting.
Find the list of works on our website or on the piano at the entrance to our show. The number on the left side of each painting takes you to the story of how each work helped the artist to find place for a connection to nature, an ancestral memory, time with family and more. A truly great looking show, found on the ground floor in Lauderdale House.
Cordial invitations to Finding Place, our inaugural group show of contemporary paintings by 5 artists who originally met at the Essential School of Painting.
Find the list of works on our website or on the piano at the entrance to our show. The number on the left side of each painting takes you to the story of how each work helped the artist to find place for a connection to nature, an ancestral memory, time with family and more. A truly great looking show, found on the ground floor in Lauderdale House.
Cordial invitations to Finding Place, our inaugural group show of contemporary paintings by 5 artists who originally met at the Essential School of Painting.
Find the list of works on our website or on the piano at the entrance to our show. The number on the left side of each painting takes you to the story of how each work helped the artist to find place for a connection to nature, an ancestral memory, time with family and more. A truly great looking show, found on the ground floor in Lauderdale House.

Do come along to meet your neighbours, enjoy a good cup of coffee and find out what is happening in Highgate.
The planning committee often have someone on hand to answer planning queries.
Cordial invitations to Finding Place, our inaugural group show of contemporary paintings by 5 artists who originally met at the Essential School of Painting.
Find the list of works on our website or on the piano at the entrance to our show. The number on the left side of each painting takes you to the story of how each work helped the artist to find place for a connection to nature, an ancestral memory, time with family and more. A truly great looking show, found on the ground floor in Lauderdale House.

Transmission Residency Series
Jacksons Lane’s annual residencies and work-in-progress sharings of new circus and physical theatre returns, with tickets just £1
Itch
Gildas Aleksa
Saturday 31 Aug at 4pm
Tickets: £1
https://www.jacksonslane.org.uk/events/itch/
We weren’t here before we were born, and we won’t be here after we die.
It’s terrifying, but at least we’re in this together.
Itch is a new circus and theatre show that tackles our fear of death and the existential anxiety that grips us all. Blending philosophical and psychoanalytical ideas with juggling, acro dance and aerial dancing, Itch invites us to confront the ultimate truth of our mortality.

Jeremy Sassoon’s MOJO
Saturday 31st August 7.30pm
Join us for a day of fun, friends, and family on Sunday 1 September 11am-4pm.
Come and celebrate our vibrant community with a day packed full of activities for all ages.
- Witness the first firing of a replica of the Roman kiln with Firing London’s Imagination(external link)
- Charity dog show from All Dogs Matter(external link)
- North London Bee Keepers
- Hornsey Historical Society
- Highgate Society
- Muswell Hill Sustainability
- Muswell Hill Creatives
- Heath Hands
- Friends of Queen’s Wood
- Creative activities for kids and more!
Cordial invitations to Finding Place, our inaugural group show of contemporary paintings by 5 artists who originally met at the Essential School of Painting.
Find the list of works on our website or on the piano at the entrance to our show. The number on the left side of each painting takes you to the story of how each work helped the artist to find place for a connection to nature, an ancestral memory, time with family and more. A truly great looking show, found on the ground floor in Lauderdale House.
Monday 6 Nov coffee computers 10 30
Cordial invitations to Finding Place, our inaugural group show of contemporary paintings by 5 artists who originally met at the Essential School of Painting.
Find the list of works on our website or on the piano at the entrance to our show. The number on the left side of each painting takes you to the story of how each work helped the artist to find place for a connection to nature, an ancestral memory, time with family and more. A truly great looking show, found on the ground floor in Lauderdale House.
LEARN TRADITIONAL KUNG FU & TAI CHI
from Three-Time International Gold Medallist
DANIEL SHAW-ABULAFIA
at The Highgate Society, 10A South Grove, London N6 6BS
Children: Mondays weekly, 17.45 to 18.30 from September 26th
Adults: Mondays weekly, 18.30 to 19.30 from September 26th
COME TO A FREE TRIAL CLASS!
Cordial invitations to Finding Place, our inaugural group show of contemporary paintings by 5 artists who originally met at the Essential School of Painting.
Find the list of works on our website or on the piano at the entrance to our show. The number on the left side of each painting takes you to the story of how each work helped the artist to find place for a connection to nature, an ancestral memory, time with family and more. A truly great looking show, found on the ground floor in Lauderdale House.
The class is suitable for beginners and is friendly and inclusive. Style is Hatha yoga with various influences – gentle, but still delivering strength and flexibility. Come and try a class to enhance your sense of wellbeing, release stress and tension and to experience deep relaxation. Mats provided, free parking (for now, but check signs!) no need to book – just turn up. The class is in the beautiful church – it’s set back a bit and has big blue doors. The class is mixed level/mixed ability/mixed age. I am a registered BWY teacher and fully insured. For more info about me/my yoga, have a look at my website
Cordial invitations to Finding Place, our inaugural group show of contemporary paintings by 5 artists who originally met at the Essential School of Painting.
Find the list of works on our website or on the piano at the entrance to our show. The number on the left side of each painting takes you to the story of how each work helped the artist to find place for a connection to nature, an ancestral memory, time with family and more. A truly great looking show, found on the ground floor in Lauderdale House.
Cordial invitations to Finding Place, our inaugural group show of contemporary paintings by 5 artists who originally met at the Essential School of Painting.
Find the list of works on our website or on the piano at the entrance to our show. The number on the left side of each painting takes you to the story of how each work helped the artist to find place for a connection to nature, an ancestral memory, time with family and more. A truly great looking show, found on the ground floor in Lauderdale House.

“If it’s good enough for Shakespeare, it’s good enough for us.”
Rodgers and Hart’s classic 1938 musical comedy adaptation of The Comedy of Errors returns to the London stage for its debut at Upstairs at the Gatehouse, in a madcap tale of mistaken identity, danger and romance in ancient Greece!
Antipholus of Syracuse and his servant, Dromio, arrive in Ephesus as part of a long search for their respective identical twins from whom they were separated as children during a shipwreck. But citizens of Syracuse caught in Ephesus are subject to the death penalty. As fate has it, there’s another Antipholus who’s an established citizen of Ephesus, served by another Dromio. Confusions multiply as wives are baffled by husbands, one twin is wrongly jailed and Antipholus of Syracuse falls in love with his wife’s sister – or does he?
Arguably Rodgers and Hart’s best, the score includes the hit songs Falling in Love with Love; This Can’t Be Love and Sing for Your Supper.
Music by Richard Rodgers; Lyrics by Lorenz Hart; Book by George Abbott
Directed by Mark Giesser
Presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd.
www.concordtheatricals.co.uk
Handmade in Highgate are the designer/maker fairs held at the beautiful, historic Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution.
This is the first of two late summer/ autumn/winter fairs.
Each fair will feature up to 30 of the finest designer/maker and contemporary crafts people working today. Exhibitors are local, from the UK and (occasionally) from overseas. All are passionate about producing wonderful work in their specific discipline and in different price ranges.
The fun starts on Friday 6 September from: 5pm – 8pm
Saturday 7 September: 10am – 6pm
Sunday 8 September: 11am – 5pm
Entrance is FREE and everyone is welcome
