Talks and readings in London on Thursday 5 November

More Fire: spoken word with The Last Poets, Michael Rosen.

Coffee morning on plants to brighten winter.

Kilburn Coffee Morning: talk on plants by Michael Holland.

Talk on the bearded Bartmann jug, Rhineland to London.

Tim Addey on the metaphysics of the Platonic tradition.

Amin Yousefi and David Campany in conversation on the gaze.

The Death of the Clinic: book talk with Benoît Loiseau.

Translation Salon: Daniel Hahn on saving Kafka's work.

The UK's social media ban: a tech policy meetup and Q&A.

Andrew Downie and Les Strong on the man behind Pelé.

Three Men in a Tub: Rab-Rab Press's avant-garde books.

Summers Sons & C.tappin: hip-hop and jazz listening session.

Panel: 90 years since the Spanish Civil War.

A conversation on photography, memory and time.

Panel on socialism in the real world, with Ben Burgis.

Marlon James reads from his novel The Disappearers.

Ukraine’s veterans: coming home from a war that isn’t over.

Gabriella Esser on William Morris at Home in Hammersmith.

From the Bog to the Cloud: book talk with short film.

Panel on whether we can ever know other minds.

An Evening with Wm. Paul Young (Author of The Shack)

Jawdance: spoken-word night with open mic and resident DJ.

Themed Seminar Autumn 2026: what makes a sentence true.

Men's conference on faith and purpose, with Agu Irukwu.

Musicali-Tea: tea, tales and live tunes on Thursdays.

Webinar on location intelligence in urgent care.

Care-full methods: feminist geography talks.

Tea with Hezbollah, Coffee with the Assads: Haviva Yael.

Webinar on October's Employment Rights Act changes.

First Thursdays Social Club: drop-in tea and chat for all.

Finance and the Sacred: talk on debt and speculation.

Guatemala Modern: book launch by Monocle.

An evening of psychic readings, insight and a little magic.

Lunchtime Talks: London's past and future in giant models.

The Open Book Club at Dugdale Arts Centre.

Ha Chong-Hyun: Panel on six decades of his work.

Med4Nexus: where biotech meets AI and digital health.

Memories of Bonfire Night: talk with Major Paula.

Bereavement Help Point: a weekly drop-in for the bereaved.

Work in Progress seminar: fortnightly philosophy talks.