Saturday 14 February 2026, 10.30am to 1.00pm
Free workshop for LGBT+ History Month! Upcycling ceramics with House of Frisson. Booking essential.
Participants must bring their own ceramic plate/bowl/dish to upcycle. All other materials provided.
Join artist Luciano Rocha for a hands‑on upcycling session inspired by his exhibition House of Frisson: Elevating the Misfit. Participants are invited to bring their own ceramic plate to transform using collage, colour, and imagery drawn from Bruce Castle Museum’s LGBTQ+ archive and Luciano’s distinctive visual language.
Tuesday 17 February 2026, 2.00pm to 4.00pm
Free, all welcome. Refreshments included.
Pancake Day is a great occasion for all the family. Whether it’s pancakes for breakfast or tea, there is the sweet smell of frying batter, and the constant piling on plates of each cooked pancake to be topped with – what? Did you favour the traditional sugar and lemon, or go for honey, or other toppings? Today there are many more toppings offered, especially savoury ones (only those pancakes are called crepes!).
Wednesday 18 February 2026, 1.00pm to 4.30pm
Free, drop in. Suitable for families with children aged 3 to 6 years old.
Join us in the Little Parlour to explore all things shape related and have a go at building Bruce Castle with our giant building blocks!
Wednesday 18 February 2026, 1.30pm to 4.30pm
Free, suitable for families with children aged 7 years and older. Younger siblings are welcome to join.
Join artist and educator Samira Mian for a drop-in family workshop rooted in the beauty and precision of Islamic art. There will be a range of templates and grids to help you draw, outline and colour geometric patterns and motifs found in the Mughal Architecture of South Asia and beyond.
Thursday 19 February 2026, 1.00pm to 4.30pm
Free, drop in. Suitable for families with children aged 3 to 6 years old.
Join us in the Little Parlour to explore all things shape related and have a go at building Bruce Castle with our giant building blocks!
Thursday 19 February 2026, 1.30pm to 4.30pm
Free, suitable for families with children aged 7 years and older. Younger siblings are welcome to join.
Join artist and educator Samira Mian for a drop-in family workshop rooted in the beauty and precision of Islamic art. There will be a range of templates and grids to help you draw, outline and colour geometric patterns and motifs found in the Mughal Architecture of South Asia and beyond.
Friday 20 February 2026, 1.00pm to 4.30pm
Free, drop in. Suitable for families with children aged 3 to 6 years old.
Join us in the Little Parlour to explore all things shape related and have a go at building Bruce Castle with our giant building blocks!
Saturday 21 February 2026, 1.00pm to 4.30pm
Free, drop in. Suitable for families with children aged 3 to 6 years old.
Join us in the Little Parlour to explore all things shape related and have a go at building Bruce Castle with our giant building blocks!
Sunday 22 February 2026, 11.00am to 1.00pm
Walk from Tottenham Green to Bruce Castle, exploring places and stories to uncover fascinating histories of 400 years of LGBTQ+ heritage.
Free, all welcome. Booking essential.
Sunday 22 February 2026, 1.00pm to 4.30pm
Free, drop in. Suitable for families with children aged 3 to 6 years old.
Join us in the Little Parlour to explore all things shape related and have a go at building Bruce Castle with our giant building blocks!
Monday 23 February 2026, 12.15pm to 1.30pm
Free, all welcome. Booking required.
Arrive 12 noon for a 12.15 start.
In an ordinary street, close to Bruce Grove Station, hidden beneath a row of late 19th century housing, lies an ancient relic of Tottenham’s past.
You may have walked past without a second glance, scarcely noticing the road name, or perhaps even wondered who is St Loy? Here is meant to be a holy well, given a French saint’s name.
Where is the well now? And what on earth do horses have to do with it?
Friday 27 February 2026, 11.00am to 1.00pm
Free, all welcome. Booking essential.
Starts: Abney Park Cemetery main entrance, at 219 Stoke Newington High Street, N16 0LH.
Meet at 10.45am for a 11am start.
Saturday 28 February 2026, 10.30am to 12.30pm
Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the founding of Haringey Lesbian and Gay Unit (LAGU).
Free, all welcome! Materials provided. Booking essential
Head over to Bruce Castle Museum & Archive to make your own badge and learn about our radical queer heritage using material from Haringey’s LGBTQ+ archives.
2026 marks 40 years since the founding of the groundbreaking Haringey Lesbian and Gay Unit in 1986, and this workshop will provide the opportunity to explore archival material related to this important part of our local history.
Friday 6 March 2026, 2.30pm to 3.30pm
Free, all welcome. Booking recommended.
As 'The National Woman's MP', explore Joyce Butler's fight to ensure 'housewives' campaigns and voices were considered of national interest.
Sunday 8 March 2026, 2.00pm to 3.30pm
Free, all welcome. Booking essential.
Meet: At 1.45pm for 2pm start outside The Everyman Cinema, Fortis Green Rd, Muswell Hill, London N10 3HS
Sunday 8 March 2026, 2.00pm to 4.00pm
Free, fun, relaxing and creative upcycling workshop for +15 years to adults only.
Booking essential.
Materials and refreshments provided.
Friday 13 March 2026, 2.30pm to 3.30pm
Free, all welcome. Booking recommended.
Hear and see letters written from women to Joyce Butler, campaigning to introduce legislation against sex discrimination in women's lives.
Wood Green MP Joyce Butler's campaign to introduce legislation against sex discrimination in education and employment attracted widespread public interest. The letters she received from women across the country provide an exciting window into women's working and family lives during a period of transformational upheaval.
Thursday 19 March 2026, 7.30pm to 9.00pm
Free, all welcome. Booking essential.
This Women's History Month, come along to Bruce Castle Museum and Archive for an evening talk by Dr. Natalie Thomlinson (University of Reading) and panel discussion with the former organisers of the Haringey Women's Employment Project - Carmelita Kadeena-Whyte, Ursula Murray, and Joan Neary.
Sunday 29 March 2026, 2.30pm to 3.30pm
Free, all welcome. Booking recommended.
Join Tottenham artist Mary Yacoob for a gallery talk about her artworks in the current exhibition ‘Getting the Measure of William Bedwell: Maths, Measurement and the Arabic World’.
Sunday 12 April 2026, 1.30pm to 4.00pm
Free, all welcome. Drop-in, but pre-booking also available.
Come and meet visual wordsmith Lucia Morciano - bring ideas of women who inspire and walk away with a poetry keepsake by Lucia!
MEET THE ARTIST and walk away with a poetry keepsake!
Join us for an intimate, one-of-a-kind afternoon with award-winning poet Lucia Morciano. Experience the joy of words at this unique poetry event, where a talented poet becomes your personal wordsmith.
