Talks and readings in London on Wednesday 11 November

Elly Griffiths talks Dickens, time travel and crime fiction.

Alex Hyde and Lizzy Stewart read from their new novels.

Women's Rage: panel with Nicole King and Amrita Shodhan.

Book launch on eviction in Indian cities.

Notre Dame's portals: findings from the fire site.

Harry Adams on Soane's Insolvent Debtors' Court.

Rethinking Disability: talk on race, gender and belonging.

Matt Bluemink: The Future is Not Lost.

Mark Bould and Adam Roberts on the Strugatsky brothers.

Change The Record: Real Talk in Tottenham

Book launch on Portugal's SAAL housing experiment, 1974–76.

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

Themed Seminar Autumn 2026: what makes a sentence true.

Global Pharma & Biotech Summit: where pharma leaders meet.

Maritime Histories from the Margins: forgotten lives at sea.

QMUL AI in Education Symposium: keynote by Naomi Winstone.

Lessons from Isaac Watts: talk on the hymn writer.

Angela Casini: theranostics talk at the Crick seminar.

Talk on a waste-free circular economy for Kingston.

Metamorphoses: talk on Kneebone's sculptures and Poussin.

Clinical talk by Heinz Jungbluth on brain disorders.

AI for Biological Discovery Seminar with Marinka Zitnik.

People's Emergency Briefing: community screening in Bow.

Fr Willie Doyle: the WWI priest in the trenches.

Death Cafe: tea, cake and open talk about life and death.

Talk and Discussion: AI and theology with Dr Jack Highten.

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

The Open Book Club at Dugdale Arts Centre.

#RISK Europe: free expo on risk, security and regtech.

Smart Retail Tech Expo: AI and commerce, free entry.

Retail Supply Chain & Logistics Expo: warehouse and AI tech.

Trade show for e-commerce packaging and labelling.

White & Private Label Expo: meet 300+ manufacturers.

Conference on marginalised maritime histories, 1500–present.

Audit & Risk 2026 for housing boards.

Retail Supply Chain & Logistics Expo: talks on delivery.

Work in Progress seminar: fortnightly philosophy talks.

Thursday Research Seminar for philosophy PhD students.

Disabled Students Allowance: online Q&A session.

Autumn Members’ Meeting & AGM on rail reform and freight.