{"title": "As Old as the Hills: Britain’s Dark Folklore with Green Lung’s Tom Templar & Thomas Williams FSA", "start": "2026-11-18T18:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-18T20:00:00Z", "place": "Society of Antiquaries", "address": "Burlington House, Piccadilly", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/folklore"], "description": "An evening talk at the Society of Antiquaries on Britain's dark folklore, from occult practitioners and haunted barrows to Victorian cemeteries, bodies hidden in the wych elm and the devil himself. Tom Templar, lead singer of the hard rock band Green Lung, is in conversation with historian Thomas Williams FSA, author of Viking Britain and Lost Realms, about his lyrical inspiration and Britain's ancient and uncanny past. The evening includes a display of the Society's antiquarian collections on the history and folklore of the British landscape, and the ticket includes a complimentary drink.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/as-old-as-the-hills-britains-dark-folklore-with-green-lungs-38658/", "official_url": "https://www.sal.org.uk/events/dark-folklore/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9c776be5422a3375d7afb81a481e5f0e2e60338e925f491013039ca515ccdf21-600.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-18T18:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-18T20:00:00Z", "place": "Society of Antiquaries", "address": "Burlington House, Piccadilly", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Tim Downie in conversation with Rachel Parris: Rituals: A Folk Journey Through The Seasons", "start": "2026-11-10T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Backstory", "address": "Balham High Road 71, SW12 9AP London", "price": "£15.00", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/fairy-tales"], "description": "An evening conversation at Backstory, a shop on Balham High Road in London. 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Doors open at 7pm.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/tim-downie-in-conversation-with-rachel-parris-rituals-a-folk-90374/", "official_url": "https://backstory.london/products/10th-november-7-30pm-tim-downie-in-conversation-with-rachel-parris-rituals-a-folk-journey-through-the-seasons", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f7b43da8f12728f8f06770ac57573d549f089594b61ffcb473b21952de5b4e7e-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Dark Fairy Tales From Around The World, with Viktor Wynd", "start": "2026-11-09T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History", "address": "Mare Street 11, E8 4RP London", "price": "Early Bird £15, full price £20", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "20.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/fairy-tales"], "description": "An in-person live lecture at a museum of curiosities in East London, where storyteller Viktor Wynd tells dark, macabre fairy tales from around the world, including gruesome German tales, macabre stories from Borneo and Papua New Guinea, and shapeshifting creatures from Wales – explicitly not the Ladybird or Disney versions, so possibly unsuitable for tender ears. Viktor Wynd is the proprietor of the museum, which he calls London's infamous Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & UnNatural History, and has spent twenty-five years telling traditional tales from the Brothers Grimm, The Arabian Nights and many countries to audiences across the globe. Each ticket includes a complimentary glass of Devil's Botany Absinthe, from London's first absinthe distillery, and early bird tickets cost £15 with full price at £20, with only 30 tickets available. A signed copy of his new book Dark Fairy Tales can be bought alongside the event.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/dark-fairy-tales-from-around-the-world-with-viktor-wynd-79102/", "official_url": "https://thelasttuesdaysociety.org/exhibition/dark-fairy-tales-from-around-the-world-with-viktor-wynd-live-10/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8c804595c0a24ab94d1774578355d02bb4b6ba997db28f7f0a69ce1a76e1d05a-1200.webp"}, {"title": "FULLY BOOKED - The Buildings Archaeologist - Discovering the Secrets of Britain’s Ancient Buildings", "start": "2026-11-07T14:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-07T16:00:00Z", "place": "Bexley Local Studies and Archive Centre", "address": "", "price": "£5", "price_from": "5.00", "price_to": "5.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/architecture"], "description": "A fully booked event about discovering the secrets of Britain's ancient buildings. 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It is led by Art History & Contextual lecturer Deborah Máire, who explores goddesses, demons and warriors through folktales, visual art, esoteric writings and the lives of the models and muses behind works from the Pre-Raphaelites to feminist reinterpretations. Doors open at 6:30pm and the talk starts at 7pm, with the award-winning Absinthe Parlour cocktail bar hidden within the museum.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/lilith-an-exploration-of-myth-folktale-feminine-archetypes-79106/", "official_url": "https://thelasttuesdaysociety.org/exhibition/lilith-an-exploration-of-myth-folktale-feminine-archetypes-live/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/44b0ec513220709fd5584e95800e7f053f5eb6e61884daa5450da3f8a98128ba-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Early Gardnerians and Their Objects", "start": "2026-11-07T13:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Treadwell's Books", "address": "Store Street 33, WC1E 7BS London", "price": "£30", "price_from": "30.00", "price_to": "30.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/photography", "religion/witchcraft"], "description": "An afternoon of talks, short films and a small exhibition about the lives and magical tools of early Wiccans, marking the launch of a new collaborative book. Christina Oakley Harrington, founder and director of Treadwell's, joins Simon Costin, director of the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic in Boscastle, to bring to light objects from Wicca's founding generations. The book is a collaboration between Treadwell's, the museum, and photographer and videographer Christen Goguen, printed by Ancient Magic Books, run by photographer James Meredew. Artefacts from the museum's collection are on show.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/early-gardnerians-and-their-objects-42718/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9c3c06bb522fb9647d9ef4444ac772acbb09c10d4717dea4da56e1df244b2c5b-1200.webp"}, {"title": "LAINEY DEMPSEY", "start": "2026-11-15T19:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-15T22:30:00Z", "place": "Ye Olde Rose and Crown", "address": "Hoe Street 53-55, London", "price": "£12 (£10 concessions)", "price_from": "12.00", "price_to": "12.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/folk/traditional"], "description": "A folk evening at Ye Olde Rose and Crown in London. Waltham Forest Folk Club presents Lainey Dempsey, a singer-songwriter influenced by Scotland and Ireland's traditional song bearers, who sings unaccompanied about rebels, underdogs, the supernatural and the broken hearted. Her first album 'Letle Telt', self-released in May 2023 and much of it recorded around a campfire in the Scottish Highlands, mixes rarely sung songs from antique song books with new compositions inspired by Scottish history and lore.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/lainey-dempsey-75154/", "official_url": "https://yeolderoseandcrowntheatrepub.co.uk/whats-on/lainey-dempsey", "image": ""}, {"title": "Uncovering the Queer Roots of British Arts and Crafts", "start": "2026-11-12T18:45:00Z", "end": null, "place": "William Morris Gallery", "address": "Forest Road, E17 4PP London", "price": "Pay what you can by donation (suggested £10)", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history"], "description": "An 'In Conversation' talk at the William Morris Gallery, part of the Earthly Paradise programme of talks. Neal Shasore, an architectural historian and founder of the School of Building, joins Michael Hall, author of A Queer Inheritance: Alternative Histories in the The National Trust. They explore the importance of queer community in history and how homes served as a private haven against public norms, discussing how mainstream culture has co-opted these expressions.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/uncovering-the-queer-roots-of-british-arts-and-crafts-40319/", "official_url": "https://www.wmgallery.org.uk/event/uncovering-the-queer-roots-of-british-arts-and-crafts/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/68d1bbda69f063beaa1dd67e1210f4a1f5b10ef0fcf0d8515f640958b06fbb1c-2000.webp"}, {"title": "An evening with Greg Jenner: Celebrity and memory", "start": "2026-11-12T18:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-12T19:30:00Z", "place": "Westminster Abbey", "address": "Dean's Yard 20, SW1P 3PA London", "price": "£16.96 (including £1.96 booking fee)", "price_from": "16.96", "price_to": "16.96", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/books", "history"], "description": "An evening talk at Westminster Abbey in which Greg Jenner explores how celebrity, fame and posthumous glory have shaped who and how we choose to remember. Amid the memorials and graves in the nave of the nation's church, he will look at how the reputations of famous people across the ages have been built and contested in life and death. Drawing on individuals buried and remembered inside the Abbey, he will reflect on national memory, the evolution of 'necrotourism' and the history of celebrity pilgrimage. The talk is inspired by his book Dead Famous (2020), and Jenner is a British public historian, author and broadcaster known for the BBC historical comedy You're Dead to Me and for his work on Horrible Histories.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/an-evening-with-greg-jenner-celebrity-and-memory-98048/", "official_url": "https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-events/lectures-and-talks/2026/november/an-evening-with-greg-jenner-celebrity-and-memory/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ed13894f11ff2bc05fc614021803e0cc282c1612abcc3b2a8b83df468b99b292-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Tea with a Medium", "start": "2026-11-18T14:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Atlantis Bookshop", "address": "49a Museum Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1A 1LY, UK", "price": "£60", "price_from": "60.00", "price_to": "60.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["religion/spirituality/spiritualism"], "description": "Tea with a Medium is an afternoon sitting of mediumship for just five people, held in the Gardner Room at The Atlantis Bookshop, recalling Victorian spiritualist meetings. It is led by Gary Wright, an occult practitioner and psychic medium with over 15 years of professional experience rooted in traditional witchcraft and Scottish seership practices. Each attendee may ask questions about mediumship and spirit and receives a personal message from spirit.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/tea-with-a-medium-80893/", "official_url": "https://theatlantisbookshop.com/events/event/tea-with-a-medium-16/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/68a0ee4d37f7f1b07403e20ea929c108512f401a9cef5147384abc2bde3b8d82-1200.webp"}]}