Victoria Hall

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Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution, 11 South Grove
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  • Larissa Kouznetsova: Half Seen, Half Remembered

    Larissa Kouznetsova: Half Seen, Half Remembered
    Victoria Hall Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution, 11 South Grove, London, United Kingdom

      Gallery times Wednesdays to Fridays 13:00-17:00 Saturdays & Sundays 10:00-16:00 Mondays & Tuesdays closed Private View: Friday 9 October Award-winning London-based fine art photographer Larissa Kouznetsova presents Half Seen, Half Remembered, an exhibition exploring the relationship between memory, perception and the passage of time through monochrome photography. Born in the USSR and based in...

  • Autumn 2026: British Art 1886-1945

    Autumn 2026: British Art 1886-1945
    Victoria Hall Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution, 11 South Grove, London, United Kingdom

    Members:  £145 Non-members: £180 Concessions: £30 (call the office 020 8340 3343) In this 10-lecture course we will explore the relationship of British art to that on continental Europe between 1886 and 1945: which ideas and styles crossed the Channel, which did not and why might that have been? Were the key artists of this period following a tradition of ‘British’ art, injecting...

  • Autumn 2026: History – The World of the Early Middle Ages

    Autumn 2026: History
    Victoria Hall Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution, 11 South Grove, London, United Kingdom

    12 weeks Members: £180 Non-members:  £226 Concessions: £30(call the office 020 8340 3343) Delivered as a series of lectures, Dr Mark Patton will take you on a journey through 'the world of the early middle ages' from the world of the Balkans to Irish epics. There will be time during the break and following the class for students...

  • Autumn 2026: Pilates (Mondays)

    Autumn 2026: Pilates (mondays)
    Victoria Hall Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution, 11 South Grove, London, United Kingdom

    Members: £144 Non-members: £180 Concessions: £30 (call the office 020 8340 3343) This course is aimed at anyone looking to improve strength, flexibility and posture. Pilates is a complete exercise method that targets the deep postural muscles, building strength from inside out.  It rebalances the body bringing it into correct alignment whilst improving flexibility and posture. It will energise...

  • Autumn 2026: Musical Theatre Choir

    Autumn 2026: Musical Theatre Choir
    Victoria Hall Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution, 11 South Grove, London, United Kingdom

    Members/Non-Members: £96 Concessions: £30(call the office 020 8340 3343) It's showtime on Monday nights! Discover your voice, and be part of something joyful, through the magic of musical theatre, with a unique emphasis on performance skills, in the wonderful surroundings of HSLI’s very own Victoria Hall. Whether you’re completely new to singing or an experienced...

  • Autumn 2026: Fitness for All

    Autumn 2026: Fitness for All
    Victoria Hall Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution, 11 South Grove, London, United Kingdom

    Members: £144 Non-members: £180 Concessions: £30 (call the office 020 8340 3343) These sessions are open to all men and women regardless of age, fitness level, ability or experience.  This physical exercise programme enables everyone to improve their general fitness, balance, flexibility, strength and endurance in a safe, lively and structured session. The exercises are chosen for their universal...

  • Autumn 2026: Portrait and Clothed Figure Drawing

    Autumn 2026: Portrait and Clothed Figure Drawing
    Victoria Hall Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution, 11 South Grove, London, United Kingdom

    Members: £275 Non-Members: £315 Concessions: £30 (call the office 020 8340 3343) Starting with the skull, we will study basic anatomy, the structure of the head and how to draw facial features. There will be two models to draw at each session. Students can either concentrate on drawing one or both models. A few short poses will...

  • Autumn 2026: Life Drawing

    Autumn 2026: Life Drawing
    Victoria Hall Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution, 11 South Grove, London, United Kingdom

    Members:  £235 Non-members: £275 Concessions: £30 (call the office 020 8340 3343) This friendly class welcomes students of all abilities - the sessions are appropriate for complete beginners, those who want to improve their drawing skills and others with plenty of drawing experience. The course, taught by Judy Purbeck MA, will cover: line, tone, proportion and basic anatomy;...

  • Autumn 2026: Pilates (Wednesdays)

    Autumn 2026: Pilates (wednedays)
    Victoria Hall Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution, 11 South Grove, London, United Kingdom

    Members: £144 Non-members: £180 Concessions: £30 (call the office 020 8340 3343) This course is aimed at anyone looking to improve strength, flexibility and posture. Pilates is a complete exercise method that targets the deep postural muscles, building strength from inside out.  It rebalances the body bringing it into correct alignment whilst improving flexibility and posture. It will energise...

  • Autumn 2026: Music Appreciation – An isle full of noises: a history of British music up to 1934

    Autumn 2026: Music Appreciation – An isle full of noises: a history of British music up to 1934
    Victoria Hall Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution, 11 South Grove, London, United Kingdom

    Members: £85 Non-Members: £108 Concessions: £30 (call the office 020 8340 3343) A series of lectures taking place in our bright and airy Victoria Hall. From Chapel to Choirbook: English Music in the Late Middle Ages and Early Tudor Age c. 1350-1530  The rise of a distinct English sacred tradition before and around the early Tudor period:...

  • Opera Circle: La Sonnambula

    Victoria Hall Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution, 11 South Grove, London, United Kingdom

    Members: £10 Non-Members: £15 On the door: £15 The Opera Circle is back and we are starting with a bang! Don't miss our first event, in which, together with HGO, we will be presenting their new production of Bellini's enchanting opera La Sonnambula (the sleepwalker). Doors at 7.00pm for a 7.30pm start. Complimentary wine and other drinks will...

  • Hen

    Victoria Hall Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution, 11 South Grove, London, United Kingdom

      Film Season Ticket: September 2026 – June 2027 (10 films) HLSI Members: £70 / Non-Members £85 Individual Films: HLSI Members: £11 / Non-Members £15 Please note that this event will be taking place in our Victoria Hall, which is step free. This compelling , original film, told from the perspective of a hen, was...

  • Autumn 2026: Tai Chi

    Autumn 2026: Tai Chi
    Victoria Hall Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution, 11 South Grove, London, United Kingdom

    Members: £120 Non-members: £150 Concessions: £30 (call the office 020 8340 3343) Join Jay Stuart for a restorative hour of Tai Chi, sessions will include Yang 10-step, Yang 24-Step and other Tai Chi forms as well as related meditative movement. Famously stated by Michael Moseley to 'improve brain function faster than any exercise', this ten week course aims to...

  • Autumn 2026: Drawing and Painting

    Summer 2026: Drawing and Painting
    Victoria Hall Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution, 11 South Grove, London, United Kingdom

    Members:   £145 Non-members:  £180 Concessions: £30 (call the office 020 8340 3343) This course is for anyone wishing to improve and to develop different approaches to drawing and painting from 3 different subjects: Still Life, Landscape and Portrait. Whether the student is a beginner or experienced, the aim of the course is to spend time working from...

  • Hearts and Minds: Clinical Neuroscience and the Heart-Brain Axis

    Victoria Hall Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution, 11 South Grove, London, United Kingdom

    Cognitive and emotional processes are shaped by the dynamic integration of body and brain. A major channel of interoceptive information comes from the heart, where phasic signals are conveyed to the brain to indicate how fast and strong the heart is beating. This talk will detail how cardiac afferent signals can interact with neuronal mechanisms to alter aspects of perception, emotion, decision making and memory. This interoceptive channel is disrupted...

  • Autumn 2026: Music Appreciation – Benjamin Britten, 50 years on

    Autumn 2026: Music Appreciation – Benjamin Britten, 50 years on
    Victoria Hall Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution, 11 South Grove, London, United Kingdom

    Members: £85 Non-Members: £108 Concessions: £30 (call the office 020 8340 3343) A series of lectures taking place in our bright and airy Victoria Hall. The Prodigy and the Search for a Voice (1913-1939) Emblematic works: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge (1937), Violin Concerto (1939), Sinfonia da Requiem (1940)  Focus: Britten's Suffolk childhood, precocious gifts, early training,...

  • Rental Family

    Victoria Hall Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution, 11 South Grove, London, United Kingdom

      Film Season Ticket: September 2026 – June 2027 (10 films) HLSI Members: £70 / Non-Members £85 Individual Films: HLSI Members: £11 / Non-Members £15 Please note that this event will be taking place in our Victoria Hall, which is step free. Brendan Fraser plays an American actor in modern day Tokyo, struggling to find...

  • Philip Williams: Child's Play

    Philip Williams: Child’s Play

    Philip Williams: Child’s Play
    Victoria Hall Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution, 11 South Grove, London, United Kingdom

    Gallery times Wednesdays to Fridays 13:00-17:00 Saturdays & Sundays 10:00-16:00 Mondays & Tuesdays closed Private View: Friday 6 November An exhibition of paintings, prints and objects by Highgate-based artist Philip Williams. His works interpret widely recognisable artistic imagery to present a refreshing, often child-like, take on these common visual tropes. Combining a variety of painting...

  • Selected Sonnets and Songs

    Victoria Hall Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution, 11 South Grove, London, United Kingdom

    Victoria Hall (step free access) Members £20 / Non-Members £24. On the door: Everyone £24  (cards only, please) A rave review at this year’s April Stratford Festival of Shakespeare in Music described Benjamin’s young voice as ‘remarkable’ and another praised Kristiina’s lute-playing as ‘flawless’.  Leila Alexander’s sensitive reading of five Shakespeare Sonnets intelligently complements this musical offering of a dozen...

  • Sentimental Value

    Victoria Hall Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution, 11 South Grove, London, United Kingdom

      Film Season Ticket: September 2026 – June 2027 (10 films) HLSI Members: £70 / Non-Members £85 Individual Films: HLSI Members: £11 / Non-Members £15 Please note that this event will be taking place in our Victoria Hall, which is step free. This film takes place in Norway in a beautiful and traditional wooden family...

  • A Private Life

    Victoria Hall Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution, 11 South Grove, London, United Kingdom

      Film Season Ticket: September 2026 – June 2027 (10 films) HLSI Members: £70 / Non-Members £85 Individual Films: HLSI Members: £11 / Non-Members £15 Please note that this event will be taking place in our Victoria Hall, which is step free. Dr. Lilian Steiner, an American psychiatrist in Paris, is devastated to learn that...