HLSI Members’ Art Exhibition
7 – 20 February 2025
Every three years, Highgate Gallery holds an exhibition exclusively for members of HLSI as a showcase
for their creativity. There is a huge amount of talent within the membership, including painters,
printers, photographers and embroiderers.
Each member can submit up to three artworks, and the final selection is chosen by a panel. This year
the panel consists of the artist Maggie Jennings; the doyenne of members’ art shows Mary Shurman;
and several members of the Highgate Gallery committee.
The HLSI Members’ Art Exhibition is always popular with exhibitors and Gallery visitors alike, and
is a much anticipated date in the HLSI winter programme, as well as in the wider social life of
Highgate village.
One of the exhibiting artists will be in the Gallery each day of the show, and admission is free.
All work will be for sale.
The Private View will be held on Friday 7 February, and you are cordially invited to attend.
Opening hours:
Wednesday-Friday 13.00-17.00
Saturday & Sunday 10.00-16.00
Step into The Wonderland Garden and journey through the changing seasons with a curious young person and their new friend, Robin. This magical show blends live music and theatre, perfect for families with little ones under six. Enjoy musical storytelling with classical instruments and South Asian percussion, all set against a playful, pop-up book-inspired backdrop.
Sunday 16 February at 11am | 1pm | 3pm
Tickets £14 | Suitable for ages 6 & under 
HLSI Members’ Art Exhibition
7 – 20 February 2025
Every three years, Highgate Gallery holds an exhibition exclusively for members of HLSI as a showcase
for their creativity. There is a huge amount of talent within the membership, including painters,
printers, photographers and embroiderers.
Each member can submit up to three artworks, and the final selection is chosen by a panel. This year
the panel consists of the artist Maggie Jennings; the doyenne of members’ art shows Mary Shurman;
and several members of the Highgate Gallery committee.
The HLSI Members’ Art Exhibition is always popular with exhibitors and Gallery visitors alike, and
is a much anticipated date in the HLSI winter programme, as well as in the wider social life of
Highgate village.
One of the exhibiting artists will be in the Gallery each day of the show, and admission is free.
All work will be for sale.
The Private View will be held on Friday 7 February, and you are cordially invited to attend.
Opening hours:
Wednesday-Friday 13.00-17.00
Saturday & Sunday 10.00-16.00
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!
Get ready for Jacksons Lane’s first-ever homegrown circus cabaret for kids and their grown-ups — a thrilling mix of acrobatics, jaw-dropping aerial feats, mind-bending juggling, and tricksters who walk on their hands! Packed with surprises, heart-stopping action, and plenty of laughs, this family-friendly show is the perfect half-term treat. It’s an unmissable event filled with circus magic that’ll leave everyone grinning from ear to ear. Don’t miss out — join us for a fun-filled, unforgettable experience!
Get ready for Jacksons Lane’s first-ever homegrown circus cabaret for kids and their grown-ups — a thrilling mix of acrobatics, jaw-dropping aerial feats, mind-bending juggling, and tricksters who walk on their hands! Packed with surprises, heart-stopping action, and plenty of laughs, this family-friendly show is the perfect half-term treat. It’s an unmissable event filled with circus magic that’ll leave everyone grinning from ear to ear. Don’t miss out — join us for a fun-filled, unforgettable experience!
HLSI Members’ Art Exhibition
7 – 20 February 2025
Every three years, Highgate Gallery holds an exhibition exclusively for members of HLSI as a showcase
for their creativity. There is a huge amount of talent within the membership, including painters,
printers, photographers and embroiderers.
Each member can submit up to three artworks, and the final selection is chosen by a panel. This year
the panel consists of the artist Maggie Jennings; the doyenne of members’ art shows Mary Shurman;
and several members of the Highgate Gallery committee.
The HLSI Members’ Art Exhibition is always popular with exhibitors and Gallery visitors alike, and
is a much anticipated date in the HLSI winter programme, as well as in the wider social life of
Highgate village.
One of the exhibiting artists will be in the Gallery each day of the show, and admission is free.
All work will be for sale.
The Private View will be held on Friday 7 February, and you are cordially invited to attend.
Opening hours:
Wednesday-Friday 13.00-17.00
Saturday & Sunday 10.00-16.00
Betjeman’s debt to Highgate
Wednesday 19th February 2025
7.00 for 7.30 pm
10A South Grove N6 6BS and on Zoom
Entry £7.50 including a glass of wine (£3.00 on Zoom)
Get ready for Jacksons Lane’s first-ever homegrown circus cabaret for kids and their grown-ups — a thrilling mix of acrobatics, jaw-dropping aerial feats, mind-bending juggling, and tricksters who walk on their hands! Packed with surprises, heart-stopping action, and plenty of laughs, this family-friendly show is the perfect half-term treat. It’s an unmissable event filled with circus magic that’ll leave everyone grinning from ear to ear. Don’t miss out — join us for a fun-filled, unforgettable experience!
HLSI Members’ Art Exhibition
7 – 20 February 2025
Every three years, Highgate Gallery holds an exhibition exclusively for members of HLSI as a showcase
for their creativity. There is a huge amount of talent within the membership, including painters,
printers, photographers and embroiderers.
Each member can submit up to three artworks, and the final selection is chosen by a panel. This year
the panel consists of the artist Maggie Jennings; the doyenne of members’ art shows Mary Shurman;
and several members of the Highgate Gallery committee.
The HLSI Members’ Art Exhibition is always popular with exhibitors and Gallery visitors alike, and
is a much anticipated date in the HLSI winter programme, as well as in the wider social life of
Highgate village.
One of the exhibiting artists will be in the Gallery each day of the show, and admission is free.
All work will be for sale.
The Private View will be held on Friday 7 February, and you are cordially invited to attend.
Opening hours:
Wednesday-Friday 13.00-17.00
Saturday & Sunday 10.00-16.00
Get ready for Jacksons Lane’s first-ever homegrown circus cabaret for kids and their grown-ups — a thrilling mix of acrobatics, jaw-dropping aerial feats, mind-bending juggling, and tricksters who walk on their hands! Packed with surprises, heart-stopping action, and plenty of laughs, this family-friendly show is the perfect half-term treat. It’s an unmissable event filled with circus magic that’ll leave everyone grinning from ear to ear. Don’t miss out — join us for a fun-filled, unforgettable experience!
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.
Get ready for Jacksons Lane’s first-ever homegrown circus cabaret for kids and their grown-ups — a thrilling mix of acrobatics, jaw-dropping aerial feats, mind-bending juggling, and tricksters who walk on their hands! Packed with surprises, heart-stopping action, and plenty of laughs, this family-friendly show is the perfect half-term treat. It’s an unmissable event filled with circus magic that’ll leave everyone grinning from ear to ear. Don’t miss out — join us for a fun-filled, unforgettable experience!
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!
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.
Monday 6 Nov coffee computers 10 30
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!
Andrew MacDonald’s practice has always been about people. His work reflects a continual fascination with who we are, how we feel, what our history etches onto our features and our responses and relationship to the world around us. The show will include his twelve Food Bank Portraits completed during 2024 to raise awareness of food poverty, as well as commissioned work.
Highgate Gallery is open:
Wednesday – Fridays: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday and Sunday: 10.00 – 16.00
7 – 20 March 2025
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.
Andrew MacDonald’s practice has always been about people. His work reflects a continual fascination with who we are, how we feel, what our history etches onto our features and our responses and relationship to the world around us. The show will include his twelve Food Bank Portraits completed during 2024 to raise awareness of food poverty, as well as commissioned work.
Highgate Gallery is open:
Wednesday – Fridays: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday and Sunday: 10.00 – 16.00
7 – 20 March 2025
Andrew MacDonald’s practice has always been about people. His work reflects a continual fascination with who we are, how we feel, what our history etches onto our features and our responses and relationship to the world around us. The show will include his twelve Food Bank Portraits completed during 2024 to raise awareness of food poverty, as well as commissioned work.
Highgate Gallery is open:
Wednesday – Fridays: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday and Sunday: 10.00 – 16.00
7 – 20 March 2025
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!
Andrew MacDonald’s practice has always been about people. His work reflects a continual fascination with who we are, how we feel, what our history etches onto our features and our responses and relationship to the world around us. The show will include his twelve Food Bank Portraits completed during 2024 to raise awareness of food poverty, as well as commissioned work.
Highgate Gallery is open:
Wednesday – Fridays: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday and Sunday: 10.00 – 16.00
7 – 20 March 2025
The History of English Perfumery
Wednesday 12th March 2025
7.00 for 7.30 pm
10A South Grove N6 6BS and on Zoom
Entry £7.50 including a glass of wine (£3.00 on Zoom)
Andrew MacDonald’s practice has always been about people. His work reflects a continual fascination with who we are, how we feel, what our history etches onto our features and our responses and relationship to the world around us. The show will include his twelve Food Bank Portraits completed during 2024 to raise awareness of food poverty, as well as commissioned work.
Highgate Gallery is open:
Wednesday – Fridays: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday and Sunday: 10.00 – 16.00
7 – 20 March 2025
Martini – the ultimate cocktail tasting with Alice Lascelles
Thursday 13th March 2025
7.30 pm
10A South Grove N6 6BS
Entry £32 including welcome cocktail, Martini tasters and snacks.
Andrew MacDonald’s practice has always been about people. His work reflects a continual fascination with who we are, how we feel, what our history etches onto our features and our responses and relationship to the world around us. The show will include his twelve Food Bank Portraits completed during 2024 to raise awareness of food poverty, as well as commissioned work.
Highgate Gallery is open:
Wednesday – Fridays: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday and Sunday: 10.00 – 16.00
7 – 20 March 2025
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.
Andrew MacDonald’s practice has always been about people. His work reflects a continual fascination with who we are, how we feel, what our history etches onto our features and our responses and relationship to the world around us. The show will include his twelve Food Bank Portraits completed during 2024 to raise awareness of food poverty, as well as commissioned work.
Highgate Gallery is open:
Wednesday – Fridays: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday and Sunday: 10.00 – 16.00
7 – 20 March 2025
Andrew MacDonald’s practice has always been about people. His work reflects a continual fascination with who we are, how we feel, what our history etches onto our features and our responses and relationship to the world around us. The show will include his twelve Food Bank Portraits completed during 2024 to raise awareness of food poverty, as well as commissioned work.
Highgate Gallery is open:
Wednesday – Fridays: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday and Sunday: 10.00 – 16.00
7 – 20 March 2025
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!
Andrew MacDonald’s practice has always been about people. His work reflects a continual fascination with who we are, how we feel, what our history etches onto our features and our responses and relationship to the world around us. The show will include his twelve Food Bank Portraits completed during 2024 to raise awareness of food poverty, as well as commissioned work.
Highgate Gallery is open:
Wednesday – Fridays: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday and Sunday: 10.00 – 16.00
7 – 20 March 2025
Andrew MacDonald’s practice has always been about people. His work reflects a continual fascination with who we are, how we feel, what our history etches onto our features and our responses and relationship to the world around us. The show will include his twelve Food Bank Portraits completed during 2024 to raise awareness of food poverty, as well as commissioned work.
Highgate Gallery is open:
Wednesday – Fridays: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday and Sunday: 10.00 – 16.00
7 – 20 March 2025
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.
Sunday lunchtime concert: Viola Lenzi and Isabella Gori
Sunday 23rd March
12 noon
10A South Grove N6 6BS
Entry £15 including a glass of Buck’s Fizz
Pianists Viola Lenzi and Isabella Gori will be combining forces on the Highgate Society piano to play us some four handed jazz and folk inspired music.
Think Gershwin, Greig and Dvořák – Slavonic dances, Norwegian dances, Rhapsody in Blue and three Gershwin preludes. A colourful tapestry for dance, culture and virtuosity!
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!
Handmade In Highgate are the designer/maker fairs held at the Highgate Literary & Scientific
Institution in Highgate Village.
The fairs feature up to 30 of the finest designer/maker/artists and contemporary crafts people
working today. Exhibitors are local, from around the UK and (occasionally) from overseas. All
are passionate about producing distinctive, skilled work in their specific discipline, the fair is
carefully curated to offer diversity in work and price.
Handmade In Highgate offers a wonderful opportunity to meet and buy from the exhibitors and
have a look around the beautiful, historic Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution, which is
generally closed to the public.
The exhibitor line up always changes, with the exception of the wonderful artisan baker: The Two
Shuks and our horticulturists John Cullen Gardens who join us with a superb selection of their
home grown medicinal plants, shrubs and flowers grown by them in Lincolnshire.
As ever, the fair is free to enter and everyone is welcome!
The historic HLSI library will be open from midday – 4pm on Saturday and Sunday for a book
sale.
We hold 3 fairs a year, the Spring Fair will take place on:
Friday 28 March 2025: 17.00 – 20.00
Saturday 29 March 2025: 10.00 – 18.00
Sunday 30 March 2025: 11.00 – 17.00
Handmade In Highgate are the designer/maker fairs held at the Highgate Literary & Scientific
Institution in Highgate Village.
The fairs feature up to 30 of the finest designer/maker/artists and contemporary crafts people
working today. Exhibitors are local, from around the UK and (occasionally) from overseas. All
are passionate about producing distinctive, skilled work in their specific discipline, the fair is
carefully curated to offer diversity in work and price.
Handmade In Highgate offers a wonderful opportunity to meet and buy from the exhibitors and
have a look around the beautiful, historic Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution, which is
generally closed to the public.
The exhibitor line up always changes, with the exception of the wonderful artisan baker: The Two
Shuks and our horticulturists John Cullen Gardens who join us with a superb selection of their
home grown medicinal plants, shrubs and flowers grown by them in Lincolnshire.
As ever, the fair is free to enter and everyone is welcome!
The historic HLSI library will be open from midday – 4pm on Saturday and Sunday for a book
sale.
We hold 3 fairs a year, the Spring Fair will take place on:
Friday 28 March 2025: 17.00 – 20.00
Saturday 29 March 2025: 10.00 – 18.00
Sunday 30 March 2025: 11.00 – 17.00
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.