Welcome to Higham Hall

Higham continues to expand its range of courses, offering around 250 a year now, and introducing new tutors this year in Glass Bead Making, French and Spanish, Cane Seat Making, Village History and Film History. Ed Hinkley, an artist from Chicago, also joins us to add to the international flavour cultivated by our two regular tutors from Japan. Chicago also features elsewhere in our art and architecture programme with a study tour there in September.

Paris too is the theme for two major courses. Paris: History and Art ~1848-1900, in April, explores the new Paris through the eyes of painters and compares their images with contemporary photographs. Paris ~ City of Dreams, in September, explores why this great city was such a magnet to so many great composers who contributed so much to the growth of 20th century music. Impressionism in Music in May delves deeper into this French phenomenon and finally John Clegg completes the picture with a performance of French Piano Music on Sunday 19 September.

In mid summer, 31 July, the Festival Players will be performing Shakespeare’s THE TEMPEST in the garden. Following recent events you may consider that this is tempting providence but I am confident that it will be just another great success!