Join Curator of ‘this and that’ Henry Flynn as he takes you, yeah you, on a British Museum themed tour of London’s Highgate Cemetery.

Highgate Cemetery is the final resting place of an incredible number of people you’ve almost definitely heard of. Philosopher, economist and political theorist; Karl Marx. Author and 6 ft 5 ape-descendant; Douglas Adams. Activist and founder of Notting Hill Carnival; Claudia Jones. Inventor of cinematography; William Friese-Greene. And of course, Thomas Watts; Keeper of Printed Books at the British Museum and man famed for having shelved over 400,000 volumes alone.

Okay so you may not have heard of Thomas Watts, but you will be very familiar by the end of this tour, where you will meet the artists, philosophers, writers, collectors and staff that have at one time or another contributed to the British Museum.

Huge thanks to Highgate Cemetery for letting us film at this incredible place for a day. If you'd like to visit the cemetery for yourself, you can find out about Highgate Cemetery Tours here: https://highgatecemetery.org/visit

CONTENT WARNING:
Henry really wants you to see his Doctor Who episode of Curator's Corner. Give it a watch if you haven't yet: https://shorturl.at/biIY2

Intro 0:03
Why was Highgate Cemetery built? 0:40
Grave of Douglas Adams 1:46
Grave of Henry Vaughan 3:38
Grave of Louisa Starr/Louisa Canziani 5:20
Grave of Thomas Watts 7:08
Grave of Karl Marx 9:15
Grave of Sir Colin St John Wilson, architect of the British Library 11:05
The British Museum British Library Bloomsbury site 11:45
Grave of Alfred Stevens, Wellington Monument 13:12
Conclusion 16:25