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Pencil drawing of the Norfolk Cloister
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Inspiring Interiors: Drawing Masterclasses

In Autumn of 2023, we invited our almshouse residents, or Brothers as they are known here, and staff to join members of Islington...

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An update on our Community Engagement programme
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14th December 2021

An update on our Community Engagement programme

Our Community Engagement Manager Nichola Charalambou is now focused on nurturing and growing our relationships with local organisations and communities whose members are older people, and those who may...

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Diversity and inclusion at the Charterhouse
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4th February 2021

Diversity and inclusion at the Charterhouse

Reverend Canon Ann Clarke, the Preacher here at the Charterhouse, is heading up our Diversity Working Group. Here she introduces our approach, and heralds updated policies which will be public later this...

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BlindAid workshop on Zoom
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24th September 2020

Community engagement with the Great Chamber

On Tuesday 8th September 2020 the Charterhouse Community Engagement team, including our two new Young Audiences Creators, Kat and Ruth – welcomed members of the BlindAid and North London Cares Charities...

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Winter in the Charterhouse gardens
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8th January 2020

Winter in the Charterhouse gardens

Charterhouse Head Gardener Kate Robinson reflects on priorities and pleasures in the winter months… People often ask me what there is to do as a gardener in winter and assume it is a quiet month...

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Holly and the Hives
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6th December 2018

Tucking up our bees for the winter

Here at the Charterhouse we’re the proud custodians of three hives which now live up on the Queen’s Walk and which are cared for by our beekeeping partner Dale Gibson of Bermondsey Street Bees. Our...

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Revealing the Charterhouse
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15th June 2016

Revealing the Charterhouse

Work on the Revealing the Charterhouse continues at pace. The Sir John Cass’s Learning Centre at the Charterhouse (image, below) framework is up. The new entrance now also displays the new temporary...

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