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The memoir was edited by Ronan McGreevy, an Irish Times journalist and videographer from Co Leitrim, author of \"Wherever the Firing Line Extends: Ireland and the Western Front\", editor of \"Centenary: Ireland Remembers 1916\", and writer of \"Great Hatred: The Assassination of Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson MP\", the Sunday Business Post history book of the year.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/sean-lemass-the-lost-memoir-41564/", "official_url": "https://irishculturalcentre.co.uk/event/sean-lamass-the-lost-memoir-ronan-mcgreevy-uk-book-launch/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/292e33cda4b0ef0192e57b582d72f7dd9544757700e0f3ec561763c5753f85c2-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Kim Ghattas in conversation with Clarissa Ward", "start": "2026-11-04T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Lala Books", "address": "Grove Lane 4a, SE5 8SY London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/111081447981", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/true-crime"], "description": "An evening conversation at the bookshop Lala Books celebrating the launch of Kim Ghattas' new book 'The Best Kind of American'. Ghattas, a journalist and author who has covered the Middle East for more than twenty years, will be in conversation with Clarissa Ward, CNN's Chief International Correspondent. The book is a work of true crime following one American family's search for answers after the 1984 murder of Malcolm Kerr, president of the American University, in war-torn Beirut. 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Colin Philp is the society's President and a former professional photographer, while Henry is a graduate aerospace engineer specialising in propulsion.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/bis-evening-lecture-a-visit-to-starbase-or-how-to-lose-your-60128/", "official_url": "https://www.bis-space.com/event/bis-evening-lecture-a-visit-to-starbase-or-how-to-lose-your-license-plate-in-texas/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d352007b444bb80d1c6093ec1ac159251218548d3dbed1d636d96784f3f2cb44-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Dr Amoret Whitaker | Solving Murders Using Insects", "start": "2026-11-04T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Sunbeam Theatre at Ladbroke Hall", "address": "", "price": "Complimentary for Patrons", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://patrons.ladbrokehall.com/event/107294/tickets", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["nature/animals/insects", "science"], "description": "An evening talk on how insects help solve crimes. 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Michael Lewis, lead curator of the British Museum's Bayeux Tapestry exhibition, and Leonie Hicks, Professor of Medieval Studies at Canterbury Christ Church University, discuss the significance of 1066 for the English and why the Bayeux Tapestry is such an important record of the Norman Conquest of England. The conversation examines the political circumstances depicted in the Tapestry and what purpose the embroidery might have had for those who created it. 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Its author Julio César Linares, a community organizer and economic anthropologist from the territories known today as Guatemala who lives in Berlin, presents an anarchist theory of money. Drawing on anarchist, abolitionist and anti-colonial feminist traditions, he argues for a grassroots democratic movement to abolish the imperialist US dollar as a step towards cancelling debt and a worldwide basic income. The discussion explores forms of direct action people can take from London to dismantle the US dollar empire.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/decolonizing-money-the-promise-of-abolishing-the-us-dollar-b-70038/", "official_url": "https://events.maydayrooms.org/e/116/decolonizing-money-book-launch-author-talk-and-discussion", "image": "https://noky.io/images/35193264fbd80c4e4464c0f62a4a36cf1cbeb7df65e18b7d354e7b45866da3bb-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Jawdance", "start": "2026-05-20T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-25T00:00:00Z", "place": "Ovalhouse Theatre", "address": "Kennington Oval 52-54, SE11 5SW London", "price": "£15", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "tickets_url": "https://brixtonhouse.co.uk/book-online/334456", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/spoken-word"], "description": "Jawdance is a performance poetry night featuring honest and real storytelling, a resident DJ, and an open mic with typically ten slots for anyone to take the stage. 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