Simon Norfolk is a landscape photographer whose work over 20 years has been about stretching the meaning of the word 'battlefield' in all its forms. He has worked in some of the world's worst warzones and refugee crises. He has won numerous awards and been described as 'the leading documentary photographer of our time’. He… Continue reading Simon Norfolk – Making Climate Change visible (and beautiful)
Fabian Watkinson has a passion for architecture and is the author of The Golden Age of Camden Housing. He has been a National Trust volunteer guide at 2 Willow Road in Hampstead for the past five years and he will tell us about the controversy surrounding its building in the 1930s and the equal controversy… Continue reading Erno Goldfinger and 2 Willow Road: The House That Nobody Wanted – Fabian Watkinson
The Pink Plaques project was started by three local women, including Catharine Wells, inspired by the low number of women remembered with blue plaques. It celebrates the lives of many Highgate women who have made a difference past and present, including Angela Burdett-Coutts, Stella Gibbons, Christina Rossetti, Mary Kingsley, Victoria Wood and Claudia Jones. Catharine… Continue reading Highgate Pink Plaques Project: Honouring Women from Angela Burdett-Coutts to Stella Gibbons – Catharine Wells
Tania Kaczynski is an art psychotherapist working at The New Art Studio, set up as a lifeline for refugees and asylum seekers. Her book tells how creating art can provide hope for those who have lost everything. In it alongside the work of the studio's members are their true stories of bravery, loss and redemption.… Continue reading The story of a London art studio for asylum seekers and refugees – Tania Kaczynski – and FoHL AGM
Dan Carrier calls it a love letter to London. Within the first 20 pages, we’ve learned about the crocodiles that once called St James’ Park home. Some of the walks will take you to places you already know but might need reminding of, others will head into new parts of Westminster worthy of exploration. You… Continue reading Untold London: Stories from time-trodden streets – Dan Carrier
Esther Freud is a novelist much admired for her absorbing stories of family relationships, children and lovers, as well as for the wealth of sensuous details that she brings to the storytelling. Esther will be talking about her most recent novel, I Couldn’t Love You More and how she uses the springboard of personal experience… Continue reading Esther Freud – Spinning Stories
