To mark the work on our historic library and also to celebrate the centenary of the Holly Lodge Estate we offer a “pop-up” play about the great 19th century philanthropist… Continue reading Angela Burdett Coutts – Empress of Holly Lodge: a pop up play – Beth Shaw and Martin Bould
Leonard Clark was one of the most popular poets of the twentieth century for adults and children. Although he lived the last thirty years of his life in Highgate, where… Continue reading Leonard Clark
The Book-Makers is a celebration of 550 years of the printed book, told through the lives of eighteen extraordinary men and women who took the book in radical new directions:… Continue reading The Book-makers: A history of the book in 18 remarkable lives – Adam Smyth
Among the many important political and social reforms of the mid-19th century was the Public Libraries Act of 1850. While this allowed municipal boroughs to establish public libraries, few were… Continue reading The English Public Library 1850-1939 – Susie Barson
Farhana Yamin is best known as a key architect of the Paris Climate Agreement and for her work as a legal and strategy advisor for small island and vulnerable nations,… Continue reading Climate Crisis – Farhana Yamin
Deborah Moggach has written 20 novels and two books of short stories. Several novels have been adapted for TV and her novel These Foolish Things became the hit film The… Continue reading Deborah Moggach
