Events

Drawing on his rich and varied experience as both artist and cultural leader, Kenneth will share some of his insights

Between iPods, building works, music-blasting restaurants and endless traffic noise, the place for quiet grows ever smaller.  In Pursuit of Silence gives context to our increasing sense that noise pollution is an environmental catastrophe. Travelling and listening to a host of incredible characters, including doctors, neuroscientists, acoustical engineers, monks and aggrieved citizens, George Prochnik examines why… Continue reading In Pursuit of Silence: George Prochnik talks to Dr Simon Lewis

Popular culture is littered with famous criminal men – from Robin Hood to Ronnie Biggs they’ve become folk heroes. But what about all the criminal women?  Where are the highwaywomen, jewel thieves, bank robbers and gold smugglers? Did they never exist, or have they just been forgotten? The Queens of the Underworld broke down barriers… Continue reading Caitlin Davies – Queens of the Underworld

A pop-up Play by Beth Shaw and Martin Bould. Re-enact our hero's life of radicalism, love and poetic rivalry. Take a part or join in as audience. To prepare for this ambitious project we will need people to volunteer in advance so they can be allocated parts, sent scripts, make costumes and props....  Requests for… Continue reading Samuel Taylor Coleridge – Local Poet and Sage of Highgate

Forgotten Wives examines the ways in which marriage has contributed to the ‘disremembering’ of women’s achievements. Ann Oakley examines the conventions of history and biography-writing using case studies of the wives of well-known men – Charlotte Shaw, Mary Booth, Jeannette Tawney and Janet Beveridge. Join us to hear Ann talk about her book. This will… Continue reading Forgotten Wives – Ann Oakley

Tamar’s book examines the effects on us of touch, and of touch deprivation – what we feel when we are touched, what it means to us, and the fact that some individuals and cultures are more tactile than others. Join us to find out more. This is a hybrid event – on Zoom and with… Continue reading Tamar Swade – The Touch Taboo