Shop Local: A taste of Palestine in north London
A Kentish Town business aims to highlight humanitarian issues and to provide a marketplace for Palestinian people to sell their goods.
St Michael’s prayer meetings attract an international congregation
“Covid has taught us all the importance of community,” says Reverend Kunle Ayodeji, vicar at St Michael’s, Highgate.
Highgate International Church: ‘When the noise is switched off, we have to grapple with who we really are’
“Our current focus is on reconnecting physically with one another and with the broader community around us - regaining confidence to meet up, to do so safely, but also meaningfully.”
‘It is a spiritual guide’ - meet the tarot reader in Highgate’s woods
They may be organised by smart phone app these days, but arcane practices are taking place among the trees in Highgate. Mark Collinson went to learn about tarot in the 20th century.
Plan to refurbish Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s Highgate burial site as a centre for study and the community
The Coleridge Trust, set up this year, has plans to refurbish the crypt and create a facility for scholars. Mark Collinson talks to the trust and looks at the Sage of Highgate’s connection with the village.
