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The History of Channing
Channing was founded in 1885 as a school for the daughters of Unitarian Ministers and others. To this day, Channing remains an independent school for girls aged 4-18 years, split across […]
Highgate Stories
Throughout the Festival, keep your eye out for Highgate Stories – storyboards around the area that share interesting tales from Highgate’s history.
Highgate haunts of notable people self-guided walk
Use this handy map showing you where notable people through the ages have spent time in Highgate. The map contains three colours of markers: Blue markers: Official blue plaques Pink […]
Gardeners’ Tea Time: Highgate Gardening Doyennes
We hear from local gardening and greening experts in these pre-recorded sessions. Today it’s the turn of local landscape designer, Peter Reader in conversation with local gardening doyennes – Mona […]
Mike Wasser: Inner Landscapes
Inspired by the intricate designs, vivid colours and fascinating patterns of the stamens at the centre of flowers Mike has been creating acrylic and pastel studies for two years. Usually […]
Cabinet of Curiosities: Exhibition
Seventy Year 10 students (aged 14 to 15) from Channing and Parliament Hill schools have been working with Lauderdale House’s artist-in-residence Alison Lam to create 600 ceramic and 70 bronze […]
Highgate Eco Pop-up
See the record of events. Come visit the Highgate Eco pop-up exhibition to find out about how you can take part in the challenge of the climate crisis and sign […]
Memories, Dreams, Visions – Earth and Beyond
A sense of magical realism pervades Linda Landers’ paintings, etchings and wood engravings where past memories meet the present, and landscapes and figures take on an aura of wonder and […]
Gardeners’ Tea Time: Highgate School
We hear from local gardening and greening experts in these pre-recorded sessions. Today, it’s Highgate School’s Head Gardener, Frederick Duke. Frederick has planted 500 tree plugs with children from Reception […]
Highgate West Cemetery Guided Tours
With its sinuous paths winding up a steep wooded hill and ivy-clad monuments, here is a secluded funerary landscape at its most evocative. The West Cemetery is home to the […]