Carmel McConnell wrote Change Activist: Make Things Happen Fast. She believes each one of us has the potential to create positive change for ourselves, our communities and our world. Carmel… Continue reading Change Activist: Make Things Happen Fast – Carmel McConnell
Professor Kevin Fenton, CBE, FFPH is London’s Regional Director at Public Health England and Regional Director Public Health NHS London. His work in this role combatting the COVID-19 pandemic was… Continue reading Kevin Fenton – The challenges for Public Health after the pandemic
Friends of Highgate Library is pleased to welcome back Jehane Markham, who is always a popular and appreciated guest. She will present a variety of poems, some from her latest… Continue reading Jehane Markham and Patrick Naylor – An evening of poetry and music
A Highgate Library event with the support of FoHL Born into poverty, Nell Gwynne became the most famous woman in Restoration England. A cinder girl and fish hawker. An orange… Continue reading Nell Gwynne – A talk by Graham Hopkins
Silas Burroughs was the brains of the internationally successful pharmaceutical firm Burroughs Wellcome & Co. Without him it would not have existed, Henry Wellcome would not have been his partner,… Continue reading Silas Burroughs and the making of Wellcome – Julia Sheppard
Pamela’s novels are historical. Her books concern women's struggle with social expectations of how they should behave. She will tell us why she has chosen to write about these remarkable… Continue reading Pamela Holmes: Telling hidden stories
