Monday 5th October 2020 7.00 pm online.
Ice cream making would not have been possible without ICE. So how did we get ice? This is the story not only of ice houses but of the extraordinary trade in frozen water across the globe that enabled us to keep our food fresh and our drinks cool, as well as making ice cream.
Monday 28th September 2020 7.00 pm
How do we strike the right balance between treating London’s BAME communities as though they were a single bloc versus treating each as having its unique character and heritage?
An online Zoom talk
Monday 21st September 7.00 pm Join Betty Pires as she takes you on tour, via Zoom, through the fabled land of Genghis Khan, Emperor of the Mongol Empire, who established the largest contiguous empire in history.
This is an online Zoom event.
Monday 14th September 2020 7.00 pm
In conversation with Martha Halford-Fumagalli, local author Robert Lyons will talk about his recently published book, a fictionalised account of a 1970’s financial scandal.
This is an online Zoom event.
Monday 7th September 2020 7.00 pm
A talk on the history of ice cream by Ruth Hazeldine.
This is an online Zoom event.
The Society’s Infrastructure group has restarted its monthly tidy up events. For the moment we need to ensure that no more than six of us meet for these events in line with government restrictions. We are holding our next event on Saturday 12th September. If anyone is interested in joining please let us know by emailing us at infrastructure@highgatesociety.com.
Monday 6th July at 7.00 pm
Ruth Hazeldine will talk about the lives and works of poets who lived and wrote in Highgate.
Monday 13th July at 7.00 pm
Robert Hatfield retells his time living in Saigon and travelling through the diverse and exciting country.
Monday 20th July 2020 at 7.00 pm
Claire Norton and Rachel Lock will be giving an informal talk about the Highgate N6 Mutual Aid group, from how it came into being and the way the community has come together, to the way it has worked across Highgate, and beyond.
Monday 27th July 2020 at 7.00 pm
Karen Leason of Omved Garden explains “how we have been putting sustainability at the heart of everything we are doing at Omved Gardens”