Highgate Cemetery East

Douglas Adams

May 25, 2021 (May 30, 2021) Jennifer

11 March 1952 – 11 May 2001 #TowelDay was started 20 years ago (25 May 2001) to commemorate Adams’ death and honor his work, particularly The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Adams is buried in Highgate East, his headstone a simple gray tablet with a jaunty placard labeled 42 for those in-the-know to appreciate. Fans […]

Jim Stanford Edwards Horn

February 9, 2021 (February 10, 2021) Jennifer

1 Aug 1976 — 28 Oct 2010 (aged 34) This beautiful headstone is in Highgate Cemetery East which, unlike it’s West counterpart, can be explored freely by visitors. The East section still shares the rather untended, haphazard layout of its West cousin, but many of the headstones are downright whimsical and modern in the artistic […]