Della Farrant 
A really pleasant interview is out in this week’s Hampstead and Highgate Express with yours truly regarding the launch of Haunted Highgate. Thanks to the lovely Polly Hancock for the photo; for last year’s photo she had to hike all the way up Swain’s Lane; this time she met myself (and my husband David) at … Read more
Hello again all! Well where to begin? The Muswell Hill Geisterfest was an ENORMOUS success – thanks and credit are due to everyone involved, not least the community of Muswell Hill young old and in between who all turned out to make the day special. Great to see ‘little Polly Hancock’ again, as Peter referred … Read more
Hello all! Lots of pics of the Muswell Hill Geisterfest to come soon, but in the meantime, tune in tonight (Sun 2nd Nov) at 8pm to Oracle TV’s Hallowe’en Special, when Carrie Kirkpatrick and her guests – including David Farrant, Gareth J. Medway and Seldiy Bate will be discussing the mysterious history of Queens Wood, … Read more
It has been a hectic couple of days for my friend David Milner and myself, as we have been clambering around in the window of the Muswell Hill Bookshop on Fortis Green Road, preparing what we think is a rather stunning window display! As far as I know there is no competition this year for … Read more
I (Della Farrant) was very sad to hear today of the sudden and unexpected death of long-time Highgate-based singer Lynsey de Paul. Lynsey passed quickly this Tuesday as a result of a brain haemorrhage. I learned of her passing tonight via a friend who had just read about it on Ceefax (or Teletext? Some … Read more
I am very pleased to announce that Haunted Highgate – my forthcoming non-fiction work detailing many of the paranormal legends and less documented accounts of Highgate’s supernatural inhabitants – is set to hit the bookshops on 6th October this year. My thanks to the many people who made this possible by sharing their stories are … Read more
Hidden-Highate.org was launched just before Hallowe’en in 2013. It seems appropriate therefore to mark the ancient Celtic festival of Beltane and the more secular ‘May Day’, which occur at the opposite point on the wheel of the year, with a long overdue blog post. Celebrated the world over for centuries, this special time of year … Read more
What on earth could one of the oldest breeds of heavy horse be doing, lumbering around Highgate? Actually there is no real mystery here, for a change. Roy, the four- year old Suffolk horse in question, was politely asked by the Friends of Queens Wood and Haringey Council to lend a bit of horse power … Read more
I have recently been in contact with an ex-pat now living in California; a professional sketch artist by the name of Pete Scully. Pete hails from Hornsey Lane, Highgate, and gets very homesick. Fortunately however, whilst he was still in Blighty, Pete filled dozens of sketchbooks with some amazing representations of Highgate. His art really … Read more