Highgate Cemetery is a burial ground in North London that was established in the mid 19th century and is the eternal resting place of approximately 170,000 souls, including Karl Marx. Other notable graves belong to Douglas Adams, Patrick Caulfield and Malcolm McLaren. It is a nature reserve, with its unmanicured landscape of overgrown ivy and wildflowers that provide a natural environment, allowing visitors to connect life and death and consider the culture of the past.