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Nov
5
Wed
Moominvalley in November @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Nov 5 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Moominvalley in November @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
A New Musical
 
It’s autumn in Moominvalley. Leaves are falling, rain has settled in. Six strangers arrive, each searching for something. Snufkin is looking for a melody. Fillyjonk longs for order. And Toft wants, more than anything, to meet the Moomins. 
 
But the house is empty. The valley is quiet. The Moomins have gone. 
 
Based on Tove Jansson’s final Moomin story, Moominvalley in November is a gentle, profound, and life-affirming meditation on grief, belonging, and quiet resilience. 
 
A co-production between Nummulite and Chromolume—the in-house company at Upstairs at the Gatehouse behind In ClayRoad Show, and Tom Lehrer Is Teaching Math and Doesn’t Want to Talk to YouMoominvalley in November was shortlisted for Mercury Musical Development’s BEAM 2025 showcase.
Praise for Tove Jansson’s Moominvalley in November:

“Genius” – Philip Pullman
 
“A heartwarming and melancholic tale” – The Greatest Books 
 
“Tove Jansson is a master” – Times Literary Supplement 
 
Running Time: 2 hours (including interval) 
Age Guidance: Suitable for a general audience aged 8+ 
 
Based on the novel by Tove Jansson 
Book, Music, and Lyrics by Hans Jacob Hoeglund
Nov
6
Thu
Moominvalley in November @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Nov 6 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Moominvalley in November @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
A New Musical
 
It’s autumn in Moominvalley. Leaves are falling, rain has settled in. Six strangers arrive, each searching for something. Snufkin is looking for a melody. Fillyjonk longs for order. And Toft wants, more than anything, to meet the Moomins. 
 
But the house is empty. The valley is quiet. The Moomins have gone. 
 
Based on Tove Jansson’s final Moomin story, Moominvalley in November is a gentle, profound, and life-affirming meditation on grief, belonging, and quiet resilience. 
 
A co-production between Nummulite and Chromolume—the in-house company at Upstairs at the Gatehouse behind In ClayRoad Show, and Tom Lehrer Is Teaching Math and Doesn’t Want to Talk to YouMoominvalley in November was shortlisted for Mercury Musical Development’s BEAM 2025 showcase.
Praise for Tove Jansson’s Moominvalley in November:

“Genius” – Philip Pullman
 
“A heartwarming and melancholic tale” – The Greatest Books 
 
“Tove Jansson is a master” – Times Literary Supplement 
 
Running Time: 2 hours (including interval) 
Age Guidance: Suitable for a general audience aged 8+ 
 
Based on the novel by Tove Jansson 
Book, Music, and Lyrics by Hans Jacob Hoeglund
Nov
7
Fri
Moominvalley in November @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Nov 7 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Moominvalley in November @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
A New Musical
 
It’s autumn in Moominvalley. Leaves are falling, rain has settled in. Six strangers arrive, each searching for something. Snufkin is looking for a melody. Fillyjonk longs for order. And Toft wants, more than anything, to meet the Moomins. 
 
But the house is empty. The valley is quiet. The Moomins have gone. 
 
Based on Tove Jansson’s final Moomin story, Moominvalley in November is a gentle, profound, and life-affirming meditation on grief, belonging, and quiet resilience. 
 
A co-production between Nummulite and Chromolume—the in-house company at Upstairs at the Gatehouse behind In ClayRoad Show, and Tom Lehrer Is Teaching Math and Doesn’t Want to Talk to YouMoominvalley in November was shortlisted for Mercury Musical Development’s BEAM 2025 showcase.
Praise for Tove Jansson’s Moominvalley in November:

“Genius” – Philip Pullman
 
“A heartwarming and melancholic tale” – The Greatest Books 
 
“Tove Jansson is a master” – Times Literary Supplement 
 
Running Time: 2 hours (including interval) 
Age Guidance: Suitable for a general audience aged 8+ 
 
Based on the novel by Tove Jansson 
Book, Music, and Lyrics by Hans Jacob Hoeglund
Nov
8
Sat
Coffee AM at the Highgate Society @ Highgate Society
Nov 8 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm

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.

Moominvalley in November @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Nov 8 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Moominvalley in November @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
A New Musical
 
It’s autumn in Moominvalley. Leaves are falling, rain has settled in. Six strangers arrive, each searching for something. Snufkin is looking for a melody. Fillyjonk longs for order. And Toft wants, more than anything, to meet the Moomins. 
 
But the house is empty. The valley is quiet. The Moomins have gone. 
 
Based on Tove Jansson’s final Moomin story, Moominvalley in November is a gentle, profound, and life-affirming meditation on grief, belonging, and quiet resilience. 
 
A co-production between Nummulite and Chromolume—the in-house company at Upstairs at the Gatehouse behind In ClayRoad Show, and Tom Lehrer Is Teaching Math and Doesn’t Want to Talk to YouMoominvalley in November was shortlisted for Mercury Musical Development’s BEAM 2025 showcase.
Praise for Tove Jansson’s Moominvalley in November:

“Genius” – Philip Pullman
 
“A heartwarming and melancholic tale” – The Greatest Books 
 
“Tove Jansson is a master” – Times Literary Supplement 
 
Running Time: 2 hours (including interval) 
Age Guidance: Suitable for a general audience aged 8+ 
 
Based on the novel by Tove Jansson 
Book, Music, and Lyrics by Hans Jacob Hoeglund
Nov
9
Sun
Moominvalley in November @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Nov 9 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Moominvalley in November @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
A New Musical
 
It’s autumn in Moominvalley. Leaves are falling, rain has settled in. Six strangers arrive, each searching for something. Snufkin is looking for a melody. Fillyjonk longs for order. And Toft wants, more than anything, to meet the Moomins. 
 
But the house is empty. The valley is quiet. The Moomins have gone. 
 
Based on Tove Jansson’s final Moomin story, Moominvalley in November is a gentle, profound, and life-affirming meditation on grief, belonging, and quiet resilience. 
 
A co-production between Nummulite and Chromolume—the in-house company at Upstairs at the Gatehouse behind In ClayRoad Show, and Tom Lehrer Is Teaching Math and Doesn’t Want to Talk to YouMoominvalley in November was shortlisted for Mercury Musical Development’s BEAM 2025 showcase.
Praise for Tove Jansson’s Moominvalley in November:

“Genius” – Philip Pullman
 
“A heartwarming and melancholic tale” – The Greatest Books 
 
“Tove Jansson is a master” – Times Literary Supplement 
 
Running Time: 2 hours (including interval) 
Age Guidance: Suitable for a general audience aged 8+ 
 
Based on the novel by Tove Jansson 
Book, Music, and Lyrics by Hans Jacob Hoeglund
Nov
10
Mon
Kung Fu Classes for Children (5.45) and Adults (6.30) @ Highgate Society
Nov 10 @ 5:45 pm – 7:30 pm

               

               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!

Nov
11
Tue
Moominvalley in November @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Nov 11 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Moominvalley in November @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
A New Musical
 
It’s autumn in Moominvalley. Leaves are falling, rain has settled in. Six strangers arrive, each searching for something. Snufkin is looking for a melody. Fillyjonk longs for order. And Toft wants, more than anything, to meet the Moomins. 
 
But the house is empty. The valley is quiet. The Moomins have gone. 
 
Based on Tove Jansson’s final Moomin story, Moominvalley in November is a gentle, profound, and life-affirming meditation on grief, belonging, and quiet resilience. 
 
A co-production between Nummulite and Chromolume—the in-house company at Upstairs at the Gatehouse behind In ClayRoad Show, and Tom Lehrer Is Teaching Math and Doesn’t Want to Talk to YouMoominvalley in November was shortlisted for Mercury Musical Development’s BEAM 2025 showcase.
Praise for Tove Jansson’s Moominvalley in November:

“Genius” – Philip Pullman
 
“A heartwarming and melancholic tale” – The Greatest Books 
 
“Tove Jansson is a master” – Times Literary Supplement 
 
Running Time: 2 hours (including interval) 
Age Guidance: Suitable for a general audience aged 8+ 
 
Based on the novel by Tove Jansson 
Book, Music, and Lyrics by Hans Jacob Hoeglund
Nov
12
Wed
Moominvalley in November @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Nov 12 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Moominvalley in November @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
A New Musical
 
It’s autumn in Moominvalley. Leaves are falling, rain has settled in. Six strangers arrive, each searching for something. Snufkin is looking for a melody. Fillyjonk longs for order. And Toft wants, more than anything, to meet the Moomins. 
 
But the house is empty. The valley is quiet. The Moomins have gone. 
 
Based on Tove Jansson’s final Moomin story, Moominvalley in November is a gentle, profound, and life-affirming meditation on grief, belonging, and quiet resilience. 
 
A co-production between Nummulite and Chromolume—the in-house company at Upstairs at the Gatehouse behind In ClayRoad Show, and Tom Lehrer Is Teaching Math and Doesn’t Want to Talk to YouMoominvalley in November was shortlisted for Mercury Musical Development’s BEAM 2025 showcase.
Praise for Tove Jansson’s Moominvalley in November:

“Genius” – Philip Pullman
 
“A heartwarming and melancholic tale” – The Greatest Books 
 
“Tove Jansson is a master” – Times Literary Supplement 
 
Running Time: 2 hours (including interval) 
Age Guidance: Suitable for a general audience aged 8+ 
 
Based on the novel by Tove Jansson 
Book, Music, and Lyrics by Hans Jacob Hoeglund
“What is to be Done” – A Russian Question. Talk by Lesley Chamberlain @ Highgate Society
Nov 12 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm

Churchill said it was riddle wrapped up in a mystery inside an enigma: can  we ever understand Russia? 

What is to be Done?’ is a question Russians have asked themselves many times over the last two centuries. Sharing their ideas over a lifetime of reading and writing, author Lesley Chamberlain spotlights the difficulties and asks whether there’s an answer.

Lesley Chamberlain studied Russian and German in England and was a Reuters correspondent in Moscow 1978-79 before embarking on a freelance career. While reviewing for many national and international publications and writing and broadcasting on BBC radio she has published over twenty books. They reflect approaches to Russia by way of food, literature, travel, history, philosophy and fiction. Titles include The Food and Cooking of RussiaMotherland A Philosophical History of Russia and most recently a novel The Mozhaisk Road Russian Heart of Darkness.

Nov
13
Thu
Moominvalley in November @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Nov 13 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Moominvalley in November @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
A New Musical
 
It’s autumn in Moominvalley. Leaves are falling, rain has settled in. Six strangers arrive, each searching for something. Snufkin is looking for a melody. Fillyjonk longs for order. And Toft wants, more than anything, to meet the Moomins. 
 
But the house is empty. The valley is quiet. The Moomins have gone. 
 
Based on Tove Jansson’s final Moomin story, Moominvalley in November is a gentle, profound, and life-affirming meditation on grief, belonging, and quiet resilience. 
 
A co-production between Nummulite and Chromolume—the in-house company at Upstairs at the Gatehouse behind In ClayRoad Show, and Tom Lehrer Is Teaching Math and Doesn’t Want to Talk to YouMoominvalley in November was shortlisted for Mercury Musical Development’s BEAM 2025 showcase.
Praise for Tove Jansson’s Moominvalley in November:

“Genius” – Philip Pullman
 
“A heartwarming and melancholic tale” – The Greatest Books 
 
“Tove Jansson is a master” – Times Literary Supplement 
 
Running Time: 2 hours (including interval) 
Age Guidance: Suitable for a general audience aged 8+ 
 
Based on the novel by Tove Jansson 
Book, Music, and Lyrics by Hans Jacob Hoeglund
Nov
14
Fri
Adrian Hemming. The Shape of Memory @ Highgate Gallery
Nov 14 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm

Highgate Gallery in conjunction with The Wolf Collective is pleased to announce a solo exhibition by acclaimed British artist Adrian Hemming.
This exhibition brings together a significant body of work spanning Hemming’s decades-long career,
including oil paintings, prints, drawings, and watercolours.
Known for his meditative landscapes and luminous handling of colour, Hemming’s practice invites viewers
to reflect on how memory shapes perception—and how the land itself becomes a repository of both
personal and collective experience.


The Shape of Memory engages deeply with themes drawn from cultural history and philosophy.
Echoing Simon Schama’s Landscape and Memory, the exhibition explores landscape not merely
as a backdrop, but as a force through which identity, myth, and memory are forged. Hemming’s
work also resonates with both Nietzsche and Proust’s reflections on conscious remembering in the
body, where memory is not only stored in the mind but experienced viscerally—through rhythm,
sensation, and image.
As noted in the late Professor Denis Cosgrove’s essay on Hemming, his landscapes are “charged with the
geography of emotion,” operating between place and psyche. Hemming’s canvases often blur the boundary
between inner and outer worlds, rendering terrain that is at once real and remembered, abstract and intimate.
This exhibition offers a rare opportunity to engage with the full emotional and intellectual range of
Hemming’s work—a practice deeply rooted in the poetics of place and the subtle architectures of memory.

Adrian Hemming at Highgate Gallery opening times:

Friday 14 November: 13.00 – 17.00

Saturday 15  & Sunday 16 November: 10.00 – 16.00

Wednesday 19 – Friday 21 November: 13.00 – 17.00

Saturday 22  & Sunday 23 November: 10.00 – 16.00

Wednesday 26 & Thursday 27 November: 13.00 – 17.00

 

Moominvalley in November @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Nov 14 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Moominvalley in November @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
A New Musical
 
It’s autumn in Moominvalley. Leaves are falling, rain has settled in. Six strangers arrive, each searching for something. Snufkin is looking for a melody. Fillyjonk longs for order. And Toft wants, more than anything, to meet the Moomins. 
 
But the house is empty. The valley is quiet. The Moomins have gone. 
 
Based on Tove Jansson’s final Moomin story, Moominvalley in November is a gentle, profound, and life-affirming meditation on grief, belonging, and quiet resilience. 
 
A co-production between Nummulite and Chromolume—the in-house company at Upstairs at the Gatehouse behind In ClayRoad Show, and Tom Lehrer Is Teaching Math and Doesn’t Want to Talk to YouMoominvalley in November was shortlisted for Mercury Musical Development’s BEAM 2025 showcase.
Praise for Tove Jansson’s Moominvalley in November:

“Genius” – Philip Pullman
 
“A heartwarming and melancholic tale” – The Greatest Books 
 
“Tove Jansson is a master” – Times Literary Supplement 
 
Running Time: 2 hours (including interval) 
Age Guidance: Suitable for a general audience aged 8+ 
 
Based on the novel by Tove Jansson 
Book, Music, and Lyrics by Hans Jacob Hoeglund
Nov
15
Sat
Adrian Hemming. The Shape of Memory @ Highgate Gallery
Nov 15 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm

Highgate Gallery in conjunction with The Wolf Collective is pleased to announce a solo exhibition by acclaimed British artist Adrian Hemming.
This exhibition brings together a significant body of work spanning Hemming’s decades-long career,
including oil paintings, prints, drawings, and watercolours.
Known for his meditative landscapes and luminous handling of colour, Hemming’s practice invites viewers
to reflect on how memory shapes perception—and how the land itself becomes a repository of both
personal and collective experience.


The Shape of Memory engages deeply with themes drawn from cultural history and philosophy.
Echoing Simon Schama’s Landscape and Memory, the exhibition explores landscape not merely
as a backdrop, but as a force through which identity, myth, and memory are forged. Hemming’s
work also resonates with both Nietzsche and Proust’s reflections on conscious remembering in the
body, where memory is not only stored in the mind but experienced viscerally—through rhythm,
sensation, and image.
As noted in the late Professor Denis Cosgrove’s essay on Hemming, his landscapes are “charged with the
geography of emotion,” operating between place and psyche. Hemming’s canvases often blur the boundary
between inner and outer worlds, rendering terrain that is at once real and remembered, abstract and intimate.
This exhibition offers a rare opportunity to engage with the full emotional and intellectual range of
Hemming’s work—a practice deeply rooted in the poetics of place and the subtle architectures of memory.

Adrian Hemming at Highgate Gallery opening times:

Friday 14 November: 13.00 – 17.00

Saturday 15  & Sunday 16 November: 10.00 – 16.00

Wednesday 19 – Friday 21 November: 13.00 – 17.00

Saturday 22  & Sunday 23 November: 10.00 – 16.00

Wednesday 26 & Thursday 27 November: 13.00 – 17.00

 

Coffee AM at the Highgate Society @ Highgate Society
Nov 15 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm

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.

Moominvalley in November @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Nov 15 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Moominvalley in November @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
A New Musical
 
It’s autumn in Moominvalley. Leaves are falling, rain has settled in. Six strangers arrive, each searching for something. Snufkin is looking for a melody. Fillyjonk longs for order. And Toft wants, more than anything, to meet the Moomins. 
 
But the house is empty. The valley is quiet. The Moomins have gone. 
 
Based on Tove Jansson’s final Moomin story, Moominvalley in November is a gentle, profound, and life-affirming meditation on grief, belonging, and quiet resilience. 
 
A co-production between Nummulite and Chromolume—the in-house company at Upstairs at the Gatehouse behind In ClayRoad Show, and Tom Lehrer Is Teaching Math and Doesn’t Want to Talk to YouMoominvalley in November was shortlisted for Mercury Musical Development’s BEAM 2025 showcase.
Praise for Tove Jansson’s Moominvalley in November:

“Genius” – Philip Pullman
 
“A heartwarming and melancholic tale” – The Greatest Books 
 
“Tove Jansson is a master” – Times Literary Supplement 
 
Running Time: 2 hours (including interval) 
Age Guidance: Suitable for a general audience aged 8+ 
 
Based on the novel by Tove Jansson 
Book, Music, and Lyrics by Hans Jacob Hoeglund
Nov
16
Sun
Adrian Hemming. The Shape of Memory @ Highgate Gallery
Nov 16 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm

Highgate Gallery in conjunction with The Wolf Collective is pleased to announce a solo exhibition by acclaimed British artist Adrian Hemming.
This exhibition brings together a significant body of work spanning Hemming’s decades-long career,
including oil paintings, prints, drawings, and watercolours.
Known for his meditative landscapes and luminous handling of colour, Hemming’s practice invites viewers
to reflect on how memory shapes perception—and how the land itself becomes a repository of both
personal and collective experience.


The Shape of Memory engages deeply with themes drawn from cultural history and philosophy.
Echoing Simon Schama’s Landscape and Memory, the exhibition explores landscape not merely
as a backdrop, but as a force through which identity, myth, and memory are forged. Hemming’s
work also resonates with both Nietzsche and Proust’s reflections on conscious remembering in the
body, where memory is not only stored in the mind but experienced viscerally—through rhythm,
sensation, and image.
As noted in the late Professor Denis Cosgrove’s essay on Hemming, his landscapes are “charged with the
geography of emotion,” operating between place and psyche. Hemming’s canvases often blur the boundary
between inner and outer worlds, rendering terrain that is at once real and remembered, abstract and intimate.
This exhibition offers a rare opportunity to engage with the full emotional and intellectual range of
Hemming’s work—a practice deeply rooted in the poetics of place and the subtle architectures of memory.

Adrian Hemming at Highgate Gallery opening times:

Friday 14 November: 13.00 – 17.00

Saturday 15  & Sunday 16 November: 10.00 – 16.00

Wednesday 19 – Friday 21 November: 13.00 – 17.00

Saturday 22  & Sunday 23 November: 10.00 – 16.00

Wednesday 26 & Thursday 27 November: 13.00 – 17.00

 

Moominvalley in November @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Nov 16 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Moominvalley in November @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
A New Musical
 
It’s autumn in Moominvalley. Leaves are falling, rain has settled in. Six strangers arrive, each searching for something. Snufkin is looking for a melody. Fillyjonk longs for order. And Toft wants, more than anything, to meet the Moomins. 
 
But the house is empty. The valley is quiet. The Moomins have gone. 
 
Based on Tove Jansson’s final Moomin story, Moominvalley in November is a gentle, profound, and life-affirming meditation on grief, belonging, and quiet resilience. 
 
A co-production between Nummulite and Chromolume—the in-house company at Upstairs at the Gatehouse behind In ClayRoad Show, and Tom Lehrer Is Teaching Math and Doesn’t Want to Talk to YouMoominvalley in November was shortlisted for Mercury Musical Development’s BEAM 2025 showcase.
Praise for Tove Jansson’s Moominvalley in November:

“Genius” – Philip Pullman
 
“A heartwarming and melancholic tale” – The Greatest Books 
 
“Tove Jansson is a master” – Times Literary Supplement 
 
Running Time: 2 hours (including interval) 
Age Guidance: Suitable for a general audience aged 8+ 
 
Based on the novel by Tove Jansson 
Book, Music, and Lyrics by Hans Jacob Hoeglund
Nov
17
Mon
Kung Fu Classes for Children (5.45) and Adults (6.30) @ Highgate Society
Nov 17 @ 5:45 pm – 7:30 pm

               

               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!

Bark Bark by Buzzcut Productions @ Jacksons Lane
Nov 17 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm

★★★★
“Ingenious contemporary folk horror tale.”
Scotsman

Using cameras, puppets, and diorama sets, five performers weave together a live animation told from the perspective of a dog.  A delicate, eerie, and amusing look at three lives, human and non-human, from emerging live-cinema company Buzzcut.

Nov
19
Wed
Adrian Hemming. The Shape of Memory @ Highgate Gallery
Nov 19 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm

Highgate Gallery in conjunction with The Wolf Collective is pleased to announce a solo exhibition by acclaimed British artist Adrian Hemming.
This exhibition brings together a significant body of work spanning Hemming’s decades-long career,
including oil paintings, prints, drawings, and watercolours.
Known for his meditative landscapes and luminous handling of colour, Hemming’s practice invites viewers
to reflect on how memory shapes perception—and how the land itself becomes a repository of both
personal and collective experience.


The Shape of Memory engages deeply with themes drawn from cultural history and philosophy.
Echoing Simon Schama’s Landscape and Memory, the exhibition explores landscape not merely
as a backdrop, but as a force through which identity, myth, and memory are forged. Hemming’s
work also resonates with both Nietzsche and Proust’s reflections on conscious remembering in the
body, where memory is not only stored in the mind but experienced viscerally—through rhythm,
sensation, and image.
As noted in the late Professor Denis Cosgrove’s essay on Hemming, his landscapes are “charged with the
geography of emotion,” operating between place and psyche. Hemming’s canvases often blur the boundary
between inner and outer worlds, rendering terrain that is at once real and remembered, abstract and intimate.
This exhibition offers a rare opportunity to engage with the full emotional and intellectual range of
Hemming’s work—a practice deeply rooted in the poetics of place and the subtle architectures of memory.

Adrian Hemming at Highgate Gallery opening times:

Friday 14 November: 13.00 – 17.00

Saturday 15  & Sunday 16 November: 10.00 – 16.00

Wednesday 19 – Friday 21 November: 13.00 – 17.00

Saturday 22  & Sunday 23 November: 10.00 – 16.00

Wednesday 26 & Thursday 27 November: 13.00 – 17.00

 

Nov
20
Thu
Adrian Hemming. The Shape of Memory @ Highgate Gallery
Nov 20 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm

Highgate Gallery in conjunction with The Wolf Collective is pleased to announce a solo exhibition by acclaimed British artist Adrian Hemming.
This exhibition brings together a significant body of work spanning Hemming’s decades-long career,
including oil paintings, prints, drawings, and watercolours.
Known for his meditative landscapes and luminous handling of colour, Hemming’s practice invites viewers
to reflect on how memory shapes perception—and how the land itself becomes a repository of both
personal and collective experience.


The Shape of Memory engages deeply with themes drawn from cultural history and philosophy.
Echoing Simon Schama’s Landscape and Memory, the exhibition explores landscape not merely
as a backdrop, but as a force through which identity, myth, and memory are forged. Hemming’s
work also resonates with both Nietzsche and Proust’s reflections on conscious remembering in the
body, where memory is not only stored in the mind but experienced viscerally—through rhythm,
sensation, and image.
As noted in the late Professor Denis Cosgrove’s essay on Hemming, his landscapes are “charged with the
geography of emotion,” operating between place and psyche. Hemming’s canvases often blur the boundary
between inner and outer worlds, rendering terrain that is at once real and remembered, abstract and intimate.
This exhibition offers a rare opportunity to engage with the full emotional and intellectual range of
Hemming’s work—a practice deeply rooted in the poetics of place and the subtle architectures of memory.

Adrian Hemming at Highgate Gallery opening times:

Friday 14 November: 13.00 – 17.00

Saturday 15  & Sunday 16 November: 10.00 – 16.00

Wednesday 19 – Friday 21 November: 13.00 – 17.00

Saturday 22  & Sunday 23 November: 10.00 – 16.00

Wednesday 26 & Thursday 27 November: 13.00 – 17.00

 

Nov
21
Fri
Adrian Hemming. The Shape of Memory @ Highgate Gallery
Nov 21 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm

Highgate Gallery in conjunction with The Wolf Collective is pleased to announce a solo exhibition by acclaimed British artist Adrian Hemming.
This exhibition brings together a significant body of work spanning Hemming’s decades-long career,
including oil paintings, prints, drawings, and watercolours.
Known for his meditative landscapes and luminous handling of colour, Hemming’s practice invites viewers
to reflect on how memory shapes perception—and how the land itself becomes a repository of both
personal and collective experience.


The Shape of Memory engages deeply with themes drawn from cultural history and philosophy.
Echoing Simon Schama’s Landscape and Memory, the exhibition explores landscape not merely
as a backdrop, but as a force through which identity, myth, and memory are forged. Hemming’s
work also resonates with both Nietzsche and Proust’s reflections on conscious remembering in the
body, where memory is not only stored in the mind but experienced viscerally—through rhythm,
sensation, and image.
As noted in the late Professor Denis Cosgrove’s essay on Hemming, his landscapes are “charged with the
geography of emotion,” operating between place and psyche. Hemming’s canvases often blur the boundary
between inner and outer worlds, rendering terrain that is at once real and remembered, abstract and intimate.
This exhibition offers a rare opportunity to engage with the full emotional and intellectual range of
Hemming’s work—a practice deeply rooted in the poetics of place and the subtle architectures of memory.

Adrian Hemming at Highgate Gallery opening times:

Friday 14 November: 13.00 – 17.00

Saturday 15  & Sunday 16 November: 10.00 – 16.00

Wednesday 19 – Friday 21 November: 13.00 – 17.00

Saturday 22  & Sunday 23 November: 10.00 – 16.00

Wednesday 26 & Thursday 27 November: 13.00 – 17.00

 

Nov
22
Sat
Adrian Hemming. The Shape of Memory @ Highgate Gallery
Nov 22 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm

Highgate Gallery in conjunction with The Wolf Collective is pleased to announce a solo exhibition by acclaimed British artist Adrian Hemming.
This exhibition brings together a significant body of work spanning Hemming’s decades-long career,
including oil paintings, prints, drawings, and watercolours.
Known for his meditative landscapes and luminous handling of colour, Hemming’s practice invites viewers
to reflect on how memory shapes perception—and how the land itself becomes a repository of both
personal and collective experience.


The Shape of Memory engages deeply with themes drawn from cultural history and philosophy.
Echoing Simon Schama’s Landscape and Memory, the exhibition explores landscape not merely
as a backdrop, but as a force through which identity, myth, and memory are forged. Hemming’s
work also resonates with both Nietzsche and Proust’s reflections on conscious remembering in the
body, where memory is not only stored in the mind but experienced viscerally—through rhythm,
sensation, and image.
As noted in the late Professor Denis Cosgrove’s essay on Hemming, his landscapes are “charged with the
geography of emotion,” operating between place and psyche. Hemming’s canvases often blur the boundary
between inner and outer worlds, rendering terrain that is at once real and remembered, abstract and intimate.
This exhibition offers a rare opportunity to engage with the full emotional and intellectual range of
Hemming’s work—a practice deeply rooted in the poetics of place and the subtle architectures of memory.

Adrian Hemming at Highgate Gallery opening times:

Friday 14 November: 13.00 – 17.00

Saturday 15  & Sunday 16 November: 10.00 – 16.00

Wednesday 19 – Friday 21 November: 13.00 – 17.00

Saturday 22  & Sunday 23 November: 10.00 – 16.00

Wednesday 26 & Thursday 27 November: 13.00 – 17.00

 

Coffee AM at the Highgate Society @ Highgate Society
Nov 22 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm

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.

Nov
23
Sun
Adrian Hemming. The Shape of Memory @ Highgate Gallery
Nov 23 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm

Highgate Gallery in conjunction with The Wolf Collective is pleased to announce a solo exhibition by acclaimed British artist Adrian Hemming.
This exhibition brings together a significant body of work spanning Hemming’s decades-long career,
including oil paintings, prints, drawings, and watercolours.
Known for his meditative landscapes and luminous handling of colour, Hemming’s practice invites viewers
to reflect on how memory shapes perception—and how the land itself becomes a repository of both
personal and collective experience.


The Shape of Memory engages deeply with themes drawn from cultural history and philosophy.
Echoing Simon Schama’s Landscape and Memory, the exhibition explores landscape not merely
as a backdrop, but as a force through which identity, myth, and memory are forged. Hemming’s
work also resonates with both Nietzsche and Proust’s reflections on conscious remembering in the
body, where memory is not only stored in the mind but experienced viscerally—through rhythm,
sensation, and image.
As noted in the late Professor Denis Cosgrove’s essay on Hemming, his landscapes are “charged with the
geography of emotion,” operating between place and psyche. Hemming’s canvases often blur the boundary
between inner and outer worlds, rendering terrain that is at once real and remembered, abstract and intimate.
This exhibition offers a rare opportunity to engage with the full emotional and intellectual range of
Hemming’s work—a practice deeply rooted in the poetics of place and the subtle architectures of memory.

Adrian Hemming at Highgate Gallery opening times:

Friday 14 November: 13.00 – 17.00

Saturday 15  & Sunday 16 November: 10.00 – 16.00

Wednesday 19 – Friday 21 November: 13.00 – 17.00

Saturday 22  & Sunday 23 November: 10.00 – 16.00

Wednesday 26 & Thursday 27 November: 13.00 – 17.00

 

Hauntings @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Nov 23 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Hauntings @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
With masterful storytelling from the award-winning actor Gerard Logan, Hauntings will transport you to a world of invisible, but terrifyingly present, spirits.
 
A spellbinding evening of three tales of the supernatural from two of the world’s greatest writers of ghost stories, E.F. Benson and M.R. James
From E.F. BENSON comes:
Naboth’s Vineyard’ – in which just deserts are meted out to an unscrupulous lawyer, 
&
The Hanging of Alfred Wadham’ – in which the forces of the devil test a man of faith to his limits. 
From the master of the ghost story genre, M.R. JAMES, comes: 
 ‘Oh, Whistle and I’ll Come to You, My Lad’ – in which a medieval spirit strikes terrorises an arrogant professor.

Performed by Gerard Logan
(Olivier Nominee & Winner of The Stage Newspaper’s ‘Best Solo Performer of the 2011 Edinburgh Festival)
Directed by Gareth Armstrong

Music by Simon Slater

 
Logan is astounding….He takes a strong script and flies it to the stars
 Edinburgh Festival 2016 Review – 5 STARS 
Watching Logan work is like being privy to a wonder of nature and remains with you … A true masterpiece of solo performance” 
 The Edinburgh Guide – Edinburgh Festival 2015 – 5 STARS. 
Nov
24
Mon
Kung Fu Classes for Children (5.45) and Adults (6.30) @ Highgate Society
Nov 24 @ 5:45 pm – 7:30 pm

               

               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!

Nov
26
Wed
Adrian Hemming. The Shape of Memory @ Highgate Gallery
Nov 26 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm

Highgate Gallery in conjunction with The Wolf Collective is pleased to announce a solo exhibition by acclaimed British artist Adrian Hemming.
This exhibition brings together a significant body of work spanning Hemming’s decades-long career,
including oil paintings, prints, drawings, and watercolours.
Known for his meditative landscapes and luminous handling of colour, Hemming’s practice invites viewers
to reflect on how memory shapes perception—and how the land itself becomes a repository of both
personal and collective experience.


The Shape of Memory engages deeply with themes drawn from cultural history and philosophy.
Echoing Simon Schama’s Landscape and Memory, the exhibition explores landscape not merely
as a backdrop, but as a force through which identity, myth, and memory are forged. Hemming’s
work also resonates with both Nietzsche and Proust’s reflections on conscious remembering in the
body, where memory is not only stored in the mind but experienced viscerally—through rhythm,
sensation, and image.
As noted in the late Professor Denis Cosgrove’s essay on Hemming, his landscapes are “charged with the
geography of emotion,” operating between place and psyche. Hemming’s canvases often blur the boundary
between inner and outer worlds, rendering terrain that is at once real and remembered, abstract and intimate.
This exhibition offers a rare opportunity to engage with the full emotional and intellectual range of
Hemming’s work—a practice deeply rooted in the poetics of place and the subtle architectures of memory.

Adrian Hemming at Highgate Gallery opening times:

Friday 14 November: 13.00 – 17.00

Saturday 15  & Sunday 16 November: 10.00 – 16.00

Wednesday 19 – Friday 21 November: 13.00 – 17.00

Saturday 22  & Sunday 23 November: 10.00 – 16.00

Wednesday 26 & Thursday 27 November: 13.00 – 17.00

 

Nov
27
Thu
Adrian Hemming. The Shape of Memory @ Highgate Gallery
Nov 27 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm

Highgate Gallery in conjunction with The Wolf Collective is pleased to announce a solo exhibition by acclaimed British artist Adrian Hemming.
This exhibition brings together a significant body of work spanning Hemming’s decades-long career,
including oil paintings, prints, drawings, and watercolours.
Known for his meditative landscapes and luminous handling of colour, Hemming’s practice invites viewers
to reflect on how memory shapes perception—and how the land itself becomes a repository of both
personal and collective experience.


The Shape of Memory engages deeply with themes drawn from cultural history and philosophy.
Echoing Simon Schama’s Landscape and Memory, the exhibition explores landscape not merely
as a backdrop, but as a force through which identity, myth, and memory are forged. Hemming’s
work also resonates with both Nietzsche and Proust’s reflections on conscious remembering in the
body, where memory is not only stored in the mind but experienced viscerally—through rhythm,
sensation, and image.
As noted in the late Professor Denis Cosgrove’s essay on Hemming, his landscapes are “charged with the
geography of emotion,” operating between place and psyche. Hemming’s canvases often blur the boundary
between inner and outer worlds, rendering terrain that is at once real and remembered, abstract and intimate.
This exhibition offers a rare opportunity to engage with the full emotional and intellectual range of
Hemming’s work—a practice deeply rooted in the poetics of place and the subtle architectures of memory.

Adrian Hemming at Highgate Gallery opening times:

Friday 14 November: 13.00 – 17.00

Saturday 15  & Sunday 16 November: 10.00 – 16.00

Wednesday 19 – Friday 21 November: 13.00 – 17.00

Saturday 22  & Sunday 23 November: 10.00 – 16.00

Wednesday 26 & Thursday 27 November: 13.00 – 17.00

 

Nov
28
Fri
Handmade In Highgate, the Winter Fairs 2025 @ Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution
Nov 28 all-day

Handmade In Highgate, the Winter/Christmas fairs 2025

28 – 30 November 2025

This year Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution will be hosting 2 Christmas/Winter fairs back to back.

Each show  will feature  different designer/makers and artists, with the exceptions being our resident artisan baker The Two Shuks and  brilliant  horticulturists John Cullen Gardens.

As ever we are overwhelmed with amazingly talented makers in all disciplines. Expect some of the Uk’s finest glass makers, artists, jewellers, ceramicists, paper and textile artists: makers working in all disciplines and all price ranges.

Handmade In Highgate also   offers visitors the opportunity to look around the beautiful, historic , normally closed to the public Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution (HLSI). Founded in 1839, the HLSI was established to deliver arts and sciences through the provision of lectures, classes a library and gallery. Still in operation, the HLSI is now also  a membership building.

Located in the heart of Highgate Village, entry to Handmade in Highgate is always free, and everyone is welcome.

Handmade in Highgate will take place on:

Friday 28 November: 5pm -8pm

Saturday 29 November: 10am – 6pm

Sunday 30 November: 11am 0- 5pm

Nov
29
Sat
Handmade In Highgate, the Winter Fairs 2025 @ Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution
Nov 29 all-day

Handmade In Highgate, the Winter/Christmas fairs 2025

28 – 30 November 2025

This year Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution will be hosting 2 Christmas/Winter fairs back to back.

Each show  will feature  different designer/makers and artists, with the exceptions being our resident artisan baker The Two Shuks and  brilliant  horticulturists John Cullen Gardens.

As ever we are overwhelmed with amazingly talented makers in all disciplines. Expect some of the Uk’s finest glass makers, artists, jewellers, ceramicists, paper and textile artists: makers working in all disciplines and all price ranges.

Handmade In Highgate also   offers visitors the opportunity to look around the beautiful, historic , normally closed to the public Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution (HLSI). Founded in 1839, the HLSI was established to deliver arts and sciences through the provision of lectures, classes a library and gallery. Still in operation, the HLSI is now also  a membership building.

Located in the heart of Highgate Village, entry to Handmade in Highgate is always free, and everyone is welcome.

Handmade in Highgate will take place on:

Friday 28 November: 5pm -8pm

Saturday 29 November: 10am – 6pm

Sunday 30 November: 11am 0- 5pm

Coffee AM at the Highgate Society @ Highgate Society
Nov 29 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm

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.

Nov
30
Sun
Handmade In Highgate, the Winter Fairs 2025 @ Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution
Nov 30 all-day

Handmade In Highgate, the Winter/Christmas fairs 2025

28 – 30 November 2025

This year Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution will be hosting 2 Christmas/Winter fairs back to back.

Each show  will feature  different designer/makers and artists, with the exceptions being our resident artisan baker The Two Shuks and  brilliant  horticulturists John Cullen Gardens.

As ever we are overwhelmed with amazingly talented makers in all disciplines. Expect some of the Uk’s finest glass makers, artists, jewellers, ceramicists, paper and textile artists: makers working in all disciplines and all price ranges.

Handmade In Highgate also   offers visitors the opportunity to look around the beautiful, historic , normally closed to the public Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution (HLSI). Founded in 1839, the HLSI was established to deliver arts and sciences through the provision of lectures, classes a library and gallery. Still in operation, the HLSI is now also  a membership building.

Located in the heart of Highgate Village, entry to Handmade in Highgate is always free, and everyone is welcome.

Handmade in Highgate will take place on:

Friday 28 November: 5pm -8pm

Saturday 29 November: 10am – 6pm

Sunday 30 November: 11am 0- 5pm

Dec
1
Mon
Coffee and Computers @ Highgate Society
Dec 1 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm

Monday 6 Nov coffee computers 10 30

Kung Fu Classes for Children (5.45) and Adults (6.30) @ Highgate Society
Dec 1 @ 5:45 pm – 7:30 pm

               

               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!

Dec
5
Fri
Handmade In Highgate, the Winter Fair 5 – 7 December @ Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution
Dec 5 all-day

Handmade In Highgate, the Winter/Christmas fairs 2025

 

This year Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution will be hosting 2 Christmas/Winter fairs back to back.

Each show  will feature  different designer/makers and artists, with the exceptions being our resident artisan baker The Two Shuks and  brilliant  horticulturists

 

 

John Cullen Gardens.

As ever we are overwhelmed with amazingly talented makers in all disciplines. Expect some of the Uk’s finest glass makers, artists, jewellers, ceramicists, paper and textile artists: makers working in all disciplines and all price ranges.

Handmade In Highgate also   offers visitors the opportunity

Studio Photography

to look around the beautiful, historic , normally closed to the public Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution (HLSI). Founded in 1839, the HLSI was established to deliver arts and sciences through the provision of lectures, classes a library and gallery. Still in operation, the HLSI is now also  a membership building.

Located in the heart of Highgate Village, entry to Handmade in Highgate is always free, and everyone is welcome.

Handmade In Highgate will be open:

Friday 5 December: 5pm -8pm

Saturday 6 December: 10am – 6pm

Sunday 7 December: 11am – 5pm

 

Christmas Come to Moominvalley @ Jacksons Lane
Dec 5 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Christmas Come to Moominvalley @ Jacksons Lane

“Delightful”
— The Guardian

“A beautiful display of circus-infused creativity”
— Curtain Call 

Following the success of last year’s run, our adaptation of Tove Jansson’s The Fir Tree — Christmas Comes to Moominvalley — returns to delight audiences of all ages!

The Moomins are woken up from their winter sleep to be told that ‘Christmas’ is coming. The only trouble is, the puzzled Moomins have no idea who, or what ‘Christmas’ is . . .

Audiences will be captivated by the lovable Moomintroll, his parents, Moominmamma and Moominpappa and all their friends, with breathtaking circus, stunning imagery, enchanting storytelling, and magical music. The Moomin family demonstrate their special values of tolerance, kindness and integrity, as they prepare for their first Christmas – helping us understand what the festive season is really all about.

For ages 3-103

Produced especially for The Moomins 80th anniversary and as part of Jacksons Lane’s 50th birthday programme. Previews take place on the 5th December 2025. 

Accessibility 
This production features captions that are embedded into the design and world of the play. The best seats for captions are rows D-G seats 6-16. For more information on creative captioning, visit creativecaptioning.com.

 

Show Dates
Show Times
Duration
Price
Dec
6
Sat
Handmade In Highgate, the Winter Fair 5 – 7 December @ Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution
Dec 6 all-day

Handmade In Highgate, the Winter/Christmas fairs 2025

 

This year Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution will be hosting 2 Christmas/Winter fairs back to back.

Each show  will feature  different designer/makers and artists, with the exceptions being our resident artisan baker The Two Shuks and  brilliant  horticulturists

 

 

John Cullen Gardens.

As ever we are overwhelmed with amazingly talented makers in all disciplines. Expect some of the Uk’s finest glass makers, artists, jewellers, ceramicists, paper and textile artists: makers working in all disciplines and all price ranges.

Handmade In Highgate also   offers visitors the opportunity

Studio Photography

to look around the beautiful, historic , normally closed to the public Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution (HLSI). Founded in 1839, the HLSI was established to deliver arts and sciences through the provision of lectures, classes a library and gallery. Still in operation, the HLSI is now also  a membership building.

Located in the heart of Highgate Village, entry to Handmade in Highgate is always free, and everyone is welcome.

Handmade In Highgate will be open:

Friday 5 December: 5pm -8pm

Saturday 6 December: 10am – 6pm

Sunday 7 December: 11am – 5pm

 

Christmas Come to Moominvalley @ Jacksons Lane
Dec 6 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Christmas Come to Moominvalley @ Jacksons Lane

“Delightful”
— The Guardian

“A beautiful display of circus-infused creativity”
— Curtain Call 

Following the success of last year’s run, our adaptation of Tove Jansson’s The Fir Tree — Christmas Comes to Moominvalley — returns to delight audiences of all ages!

The Moomins are woken up from their winter sleep to be told that ‘Christmas’ is coming. The only trouble is, the puzzled Moomins have no idea who, or what ‘Christmas’ is . . .

Audiences will be captivated by the lovable Moomintroll, his parents, Moominmamma and Moominpappa and all their friends, with breathtaking circus, stunning imagery, enchanting storytelling, and magical music. The Moomin family demonstrate their special values of tolerance, kindness and integrity, as they prepare for their first Christmas – helping us understand what the festive season is really all about.

For ages 3-103

Produced especially for The Moomins 80th anniversary and as part of Jacksons Lane’s 50th birthday programme. Previews take place on the 5th December 2025. 

Accessibility 
This production features captions that are embedded into the design and world of the play. The best seats for captions are rows D-G seats 6-16. For more information on creative captioning, visit creativecaptioning.com.

 

Show Dates
Show Times
Duration
Price