Walking Tour: Cold Comfort Farm in Highgate
Walking Tour: Cold Comfort Farm in Highgate
10 January 2025 No Comments on Walking Tour: Cold Comfort Farm in HighgateDiscover the life of Stella Gibbons, author of Cold Comfort Farm in the Holly Lodge Estate, Highgate
Discover the life of Stella Gibbons, who published over 20 novels as well as Cold Comfort Farm, her first novel, which achieved popular success. She lived on the Holly Lodge Estate, Highgate, which had been built on land once owned by Angela Burdett-Coutt. John Betjmann and J.B. Priestley lived nearby, both of whom wrote about single professional women making their own way, often in flats like those on Holly Lodge Estate.