Members: Free, Online or Victoria Hall Non-Members: £10, Online or Victoria Hall Please book, for online link only, by 1pm on the day of the event Dr. Alan George comes from Cornwall and studied violin with Colin Sauer at Dartington Hall, viola with Herbert Downes in London, and chamber music with Sidney Griller at the Royal...
Brazil 2024 127min Dir. Walter Salles Starring Fernanda Torres and Selton Mello This is the welcome first work for many years of Walter Salles who will be remembered by many for his chronicling of The Motor Cycle Diaries. Set in a Rio de Janeiro where it impossible not to be charmed by the to...
Handmade In Highgate, the designer/maker fairs held at the HLSI. Friday 5 December: 5pm - 8pm Saturday 6 December: 10am - 6pm Sunday 7 December: 11am - 5pm
Members: Free, Online or Victoria Hall Non-Members: £10, Online or Victoria Hall Please book, for online link only, by 1pm on the day of the event Court ladies, women warriors and courtesans: powerful women in Japanese history Japanese women are far from ‘submissive geishas’. Women in Japanese history encompass queens, empresses, the court lady who wrote the...
Iceland / Japan 2024 121m Dir. Baltasar Kormákur Starring Egill Ólafsson, Kōki and Palmi Kormakur It is an international co-production between Iceland, United States, and United Kingdom. Languages, English, Japanese and Icelandic. Touch is a romantic and thrilling story that spans several decades and continents. It follows one man, Kristófer’s emotional journey from Iceland to...
This exhibition is a celebration of the life and work of the painter, Joan Hodes. Born in Hampstead in 1925, she studied at the Slade School of Fine Art and subsequently as a pupil of Oskar Kokoschka. She forged an art shaped by expressionism and a direct response to both the figure and landscape.
US 2023 112min Dir. Stephen Soucy Starring James Ivory, Helena Bonham Carter, Emma Thompson This documentary was made in 2024 and is the first definitive feature documentary film to lend new and compelling perspectives on the partnership, both professional and personal of Ismail Merchant and James Ivory with the collaboration of the award winning scriptwriter...
Gallery times: Wednesdays to Fridays 13:00-17:00 Saturdays & Sundays 10:00-16:00 Mondays & Tuesdays Closed Private View: Friday 6 March 2026, 18.00-20.30 Experience and stories are made from moments. Ariella Green gathers such moments as screen prints, paintings, and photographic images from her thinking and daily life. Out of this ‘Library of Moments’ she weaves her...
UK 1985 117m Dir. James Ivory Starring Helena Bonham Carter, Maggie Smith, Julian Sands, Denholm Elliott, Daniel Day-Lewis, Judi Dench, Rupert Graves and Simon Callow . The film is a faithful adaptation of E.M.Forster’s novel, known for its exploration of class, tradition, and individual desires. The story unfolds in both Florence, Italy and Surrey, England,...
Gallery times: Wednesdays to Fridays 13:00-17:00 Saturdays & Sundays 10:00-16:00 Mondays & Tuesdays Closed Private View: Friday 10 April 2026 18.00-20.30 Rust on a tin roof, peeling paint on an old doorway, weathered driftwood, or the pattern and colours of lichen on a boulder by the sea. These are what attracts Julia Cox to the hidden beauty...
France 2024 103mins Dir. Emmanuel Courcol Starring Benjamin Lavernhe, Pierre Lottin and Sarah Suco. The language is French with English subtitles. It tells the story of two brothers , acclaimed conductor Thibaut has leukaemia and needs a bone marrow donor. Learning he was adopted , he finds an older brother, Jimmy, a factory worker who...
Gallery times: Wednesdays to Fridays 13:00-17:00 Saturdays & Sundays 10:00-16:00 Mondays & Tuesdays Closed Private View: Friday 8 May 2026: 18.00-20.30 This selection of paintings, drawings and boxed found objects represents the work of London-based Surrealist Patrick Hourihan. He has used automatic drawing and other channels of accidental discovery as a way to unlock the...
Uk Laos 2024 Dir. Joshua Trigg Starring Itthiphone Sonepho, Vanthiva Saysana, Sonedala Sihavong. This semi documentary debut feature film was made by Joshua Trigg over a period of time and released in 2025. It is set in the lush landscape of Laos which he honours with beautiful and attentive photography. Satu is a young temple...
Gallery times: Wednesdays to Fridays 13:00-17:00 Saturdays & Sundays 10:00-16:00 Mondays & Tuesdays Closed Private View: Friday 12 June 2026: 18.00-20.30 For the past forty years of living from his work as a professional painter, Christopher Johnson keeps returning to the themes of people, in their places, with an emphasis on colour and ‘a...
France 2024 104min Dir. François Ozon Starring Helene Vincent, Josiane Balasko, Ludivine Sagnier and Pierre Lottin This is Francois Ozon’s latest film made in 2024. A mystery drama about a suspected mushroom poisoning. It is set in a quiet Burgundy village where two long term friends are enjoying a post retirement lifestyle. The implied horror...
Chaumeton Family: Paint-Splattered Genes 10 - 23 Jul 2026 Gallery times: Wednesdays to Fridays 13:00-17:00 Saturdays & Sundays 10:00-16:00 Mondays & Tuesdays Closed Private View: Friday 10 July 2026: 18.00-20.30 Where does creativity come from? Is natural talent blessed into an individual from some unknown divinity? Perhaps it’s gifted from an environment so saturated with...
Members: £20 Non-Members: £25 Enjoy a leisurely walk in hilly Primrose Hill Park and learn to identify a number of native and introduced trees. This is a session in plant identification suitable for students with no previous experience and also for those interested in improving their knowledge of trees. There will be some uneven terrain, but most...
Members: £60 Non-Members: £70 Concessions: £30 (call the office 020 8340 3343) With the possible exception of Fanny Price, Anne Elliott is the trickiest of Austen’s heroines to dramatize. She spends most of Persuasion in supporting roles to everyone else. Austen can keep her constantly in the reader’s view as the story’s centre of consciousness. But it is harder to...
24 July | 21 August Both Walks: Members: £40 Non-Members: £45 Concessions: £30 (call the office 020 8340 3343 Singular Walk: Members: £20 Non-Members: £25 All walks devised and led by urban historian and tour guide, Mike Althorpe - The London Ambler Around the fringe of every city lies an Edgeland. Neither town or country these fertile hinterlands were...
Encouraging and sharing the appreciation of opera Our talks explore lesser-known as well as favourite operas, and are illustrated by musical examples, comparing different singers and performances. They are designed to interest both newcomers and enthusiasts, encouraging an appreciation of opera. Please see below future dates: Wednesday, 14th October 2026 Wednesday, 04th November 2026 Wednesday,...
Members: £20 Non-Members: £25 Discover the fascinating planting in the newly created Queen Elizabeth II Garden. The emphasis will be on the exotic trees and shrubs. This is a session in plant identification suitable for students with no previous experience and also for those interested in improving their knowledge of trees. The exact location of the meeting...