03 December 2025
Back in the day (a hundred years or so) in New Orleans, the birthplace of Jazz, a 'Professor' was someone who played piano in a brothel. In 2025, the considerably more prestigious Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance also has a Jazz Professor - and he's heading our way this month to institute a regular series of Jazz concerts at the Southgate Club. And where better to start, on Thursday 11th December, than with a celebration of a hundred years of music from the 'Crescent City'?
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12 November 2025
Cathy Taylor's ceramics exhibition The Trees of Broomfield Park has been extended. There are two more opportunities to see these beautiful artworks in Broomfield Conservatory, surrounded by the park with the trees that inspired the artist.
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04 November 2025
Conway Lawn Tennis Club, which celebrated its centenary earlier this year, isn't resting on its laurels, but is widening its offer by introducing more accessible forms of the sport - Walking Tennis and Wheelchair Tennis - that can be played by people of all ages and abilities.
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22 October 2025
Help Friends of Firs Farm prepare for the Firs Farm Wetlands Spooky Walk by carving a pumpkin and providing frightening decorations.
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20 October 2025
Local and regional representatives of the United Nations Association were joined by local politicians and citizens at a ceremony in Broomfield Park on 17th October to mark the 80th anniversary of the establishment of the UN. The ceremony included the unveiling of a restored birdbath that was presented to the citizens of Southgate in 1927 by the League of Nations Union.
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07 May 2025
On Sunday May 25th there'll be an opportunity to tour some of the borough's special places - both urban and rural - using the healthiest ways of getting around: walking and cycling. Choose between a guided walk around the Enfield Town Conservation Area with the Enfield Society or a marshalled ride along the New River and through Forty Hall and Hilly Fields parks with Better Streets for Enfield.
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26 April 2025
Dan Brotzel celebrates the centenary of a local landmark that offers exercise, competition and sport.
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12 November 2024
It's just over a year since newcomer to PG Anja Porter set up Broomfield Park Running Club, which this spring she broadened out to become Broomfield Park Active Club. In this article Anja outlines BPAC's evolution from a focus on fitness towards all-round sociability, both outdoors (regular walks and runs) and indoors (the club's pub evenings alternate between the Fox and the Cherry Tree).
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16 October 2024
Sunday 13th October saw the first in a new series of social walk and talk events organised by the campaign Better Streets for Enfield, this time exploring Grovelands and Oakwood parks. Mark Hawkins-Dady, one of the organisers and walk leaders, tells us how the day went.
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