{"title": "1946: a turning point for Italian Women – Anglo-Italian encounters", "start": "2026-11-02T17:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-02T19:00:00Z", "place": "London School of Economics and Political Science", "address": "Houghton Street, WC2A 2AE London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/photography", "history"], "description": "An evening exploring Anglo-Italian history in the archives, built around a pop-up exhibition on 1946 as a decisive turning point in the political and civic history of Italian women. It is presented by the Italian Chamber of Deputies in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute in London, and hosted by LSE Library. The display traces the long struggle for women's suffrage, the first vote, the election of the first 21 women to the Constituent Assembly, and the transnational networks linking Italy and Britain. Fabrizio Castaldi, Secretary General of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, introduces the event, followed by a drinks reception where curators can be met.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/1946-a-turning-point-for-italian-women-anglo-italian-encount-49197/", "official_url": "https://www.lse.ac.uk/library/whats-on/events/1946-a-turning-point-for-italian-women-anglo-italian-encounters", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6bd24471e78f560451b2a2bf1bcc4b062ad984cbc0e7fadb932ff913ee175507-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-02T17:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-02T19:00:00Z", "place": "London School of Economics and Political Science", "address": "Houghton Street, WC2A 2AE London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Stolen! Theft in the archives", "start": "2026-10-12T09:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-03-18T19:00:00Z", "place": "London School of Economics and Political Science", "address": "Houghton Street, WC2A 2AE London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["history/archives", "society/crime"], "description": "\"Stolen! Theft in the archives\" is an exhibition at the LSE Library Gallery, open to all. It is hosted by LSE Library and curated by an international team, including Hannah Boroudjou, Daniel Brambilla-Payne, Chelsea Collison, and Silvia Gallotti. The exhibition explores theft in different forms: wealth taken by others, ideas obscured by the published record, and robbed legacies, showing how theft shapes what we remember and what we forget. 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It is jointly organised by the Marx Memorial Library & Workers' School and the International Brigade Memorial Trust. The speakers explore what the experience of Spain can teach the labour movement today on solidarity, internationalism and anti-fascism. The panel features Eddie Dempsey, General Secretary of the RMT, Noelia Sanchez, Chair of the PCE-GB, and Micaela Tracey-Ramos, UNISON Vice-President, with a chance to view items from the library's Spanish Collection in the Reading Room.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-spanish-civil-war-90-years-on-legacies-and-lessons-37127/", "official_url": "https://www.marx-memorial-library.org.uk/event/547", "image": "https://noky.io/images/68cff5630286af54fd96967353fabe321e34671389f122b77248940dd1ea4355-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Conversation and performance: Voices of democracy", "start": "2026-11-04T18:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-04T20:30:00Z", "place": "Westminster Abbey", "address": "Dean's Yard 20, SW1P 3PA London", "price": "Free (booking required)", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/conversation-and-performance-voices-of-democracy-tickets-1990646530359", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["music/classical/choral", "history/democracy"], "description": "An immersive evening of music, readings, and discussion about how individual voices have shaped the long story of democracy in the UK. It is hosted by Westminster Abbey Institute as part of its programme The Long Story of Democracy. Chaired by Josie Rourke, it features a panel including Professor Janina Ramirez, music from St Margaret's Choristers and Consort, and performances by Paul Chahidi and Miranda Raison. From Magna Carta to Nelson Mandela, it explores how those who tested the foundations of democracy inspire hope for its future.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/conversation-and-performance-voices-of-democracy-49729/", "official_url": "https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-events/lectures-and-talks/2026/november/conversation-and-performance-voices-of-democracy/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/53d94d67ae2efff392b59ae48b41d6facbba64eefcc87e098a46f1b7e7869e32-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Library and Archive Tour: Women of the Wallace Collection", "start": "2026-11-10T13:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Wallace Collection", "address": "Manchester Square, W1U 3BN London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://wallacecollection.digitickets.co.uk/tickets", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/women", "art"], "description": "A guided tour through the Library and Archive of the Wallace Collection, taking place in the Library on the Lower Ground Floor. It delves into the lives of the women connected to the collection, beginning with Lady Wallace, who bequeathed the collection to the nation in 1897. Visitors learn about the first female visitors to Hertford House, from the American collector Isabella Stewart Gardner to the suffragist and art historian Lady Dilke. The tour highlights the traces these women left behind, shown through historic photographs, rare books and archival papers.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/library-and-archive-tour-women-of-the-wallace-collection-39906/", "official_url": "https://www.wallacecollection.org/whats-on/events/library-and-archive-tour-women-of-the-wallace-collection/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/fc5eac96f3515c013ac7bf88d42b998bec62895fa0a7272c3a2b81ea37d181ae-1200.webp"}, {"title": "RAI Research Seminar: Aleksandar Bošković", "start": "2026-11-04T16:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-04T18:00:00Z", "place": "Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland", "address": "Fitzroy Street 50, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society"], "description": "A research seminar at the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, held as a hybrid event that can be attended in person in London or online via Zoom. Aleksandar Bošković of the Institute of Archaeology in Belgrade (Serbia) gives a lecture titled 'Women in history of anthropology: Forgotten or marginalized?'. He examines how female scholars such as Winifred Hoernlé, Zora Neale Hurston, Ruth Landes and Germaine Tillion were long omitted from narratives of anthropology's past, and how the discipline's history is shaped by political narratives, including examples like the renaming of Kroeber Hall at Berkeley.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/rai-research-seminar-aleksandar-boskovic-64971/", "official_url": "https://therai.org.uk/events/rai-research-seminar-aleksandar-boskovic/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1131521929b954268541377ba0d2333bc5cc09a82287ea87c38e75ef34699374-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Forgotten India at 80: The Stories You Don’t Know", "start": "2026-11-03T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-15T00:00:00Z", "place": "National Army Museum", "address": "SW3 4HT London", "price": "FREE", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["history/wwii", "society/migration"], "description": "A special display at the National Army Museum marking 80 years since the end of the Second World War. It highlights the unheard stories of South Asian communities during the war and its immediate aftermath. As men from India were deployed overseas, women took up roles to support the war effort, and after the 1947 Partition people from South Asia were recruited to help rebuild Britain. It was funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/forgotten-india-at-80-the-stories-you-dont-know-37243/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8204f03f08e661a8219f20d86dded3b5e5d2b1c18c2b4f5b08a26e6d16fc2251-2000.webp"}, {"title": "LIFEM26: Exhibition ‘Plus’ 2 day Pass Thu & Fri", "start": "2026-11-12T09:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Blackheath Halls", "address": "23 Lee Road, SE3 9RQ London", "price": "£25 / Free Students & U21s", "price_from": "25.00", "price_to": "25.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.blackheathhalls.com/whats-on/book/?bookevent=5184", "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["music/classical/early-music"], "description": "LIFEM26: Exhibition ‘Plus’ 2 day Pass Thu & Fri is a two-day pass to the LIFEM26 exhibition of early music at Blackheath Halls, held alongside the festival's music events. The pass gives access to the exhibition itself, plus all the Makers' Demonstrations and Performers' Platforms, and a full range of talks, presentations and fringe events, many in The Hearn Recital Room. It offers an insight into the world of early music, with celebrated performers, instrument makers showcasing their instruments up close, and performances from emerging early music talent. On the Friday, it also includes access to the final of the Early Music Young Ensemble Competition.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/lifem26-exhibition-plus-2-day-pass-thu-fri-69570/", "official_url": "https://www.blackheathhalls.com/whats-on/lifem26-exhibition-plus-2-day-pass-thu-fri/", "image": ""}]}