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Meet by the Welcome Desk via the Millennium Courtyard; spaces are limited, so early booking is recommended.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/bards-poets-and-playwrights-a-literary-tour-of-southwark-cat-47459/", "official_url": "https://cathedral.southwark.anglican.org/whats-on/3010-bards-poets-and-playwrights-a-literary-tour-of-southwark-cathedral/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/89a5adc47aeca7c1546267a81c27762622056cdd9d5536ce6962dde69ea12d88-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-10-30T11:00:00Z", "end": "2026-10-30T12:00:00Z", "place": "Southwark Cathedral", "address": "Cathedral Street, London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "11 November - Women of Southwark Tour - The Untold Story", "start": "2026-11-11T13:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Southwark Cathedral", "address": "Cathedral Street, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/local-history"], "description": "A guided tour exploring the lives of women in Southwark and the impact they have made on the local area and beyond. It is run by Southwark Cathedral and covers women connected to the cathedral, from Victorian pioneers such as Octavia Hill and Isabella Gilmore to benefactors like Dorothy Appleby and Elizabeth Newcomen, who funded help for poor people in south London. The tour also uncovers the impact of Queen Mary I on the cathedral's life. 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Voice coach Matthew Collins leads the session, which is non-thespian, non-academic and open to complete newcomers as well as Shakespeare aficionados; children aged 12 and over are welcome with a parent. Tea, biscuits and mineral water are provided.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/speak-shakespeares-ghosts-at-brompton-cemetery-chapel-69600/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ed98b07e5e037be3d959b3822b308842cd2391981fe7bd963468a57f3815af55-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Premium Globe Guided Tour", "start": "2026-11-07T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-01-31T00:00:00Z", "place": "Shakespeare's Globe", "address": "New Globe Walk 21, SE1 9DT London", "price": "£68.00 (includes a £3 per order transaction fee)", "price_from": "31.00", "price_to": "68.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.shakespearesglobe.com/whats-on/globe-theatre-guided-tour/", "category": "tours", "tags": ["stage/theatre/shakespeare"], "description": "The Premium Globe Guided Tour is an exclusive guided tour of Shakespeare's Globe that takes visitors onto the Globe Stage itself. Run by Shakespeare's Globe, it lets you enter through the stage door into the tiring house and step out onto the stage, a photo opportunity only this tour offers. An expert guide then tells the story of the wooden 'O': how the original 1599 theatre survived plague, fire and political oppression and was rebuilt in the 1990s through one man's radical vision. 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Beginning at Guildhall, the walk looks at the city's guilds and liveries, the trade associations that controlled who could work and live in London, and how perceptions of race evolved over the centuries. Using researched accounts, primary sources and heraldry, the tour presents Black lives in Tudor England and concludes at St Botolph Aldgate Parish, reflecting on Britain's multicultural past. 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Visitors explore the beautifully renovated building and learn about the birthplace of the musical, modern pantomime, moving scenery and naturalistic acting. The tour also covers the origins of theatrical terms like Crew, Props and Box Office, royal scandal, murder and the theatre's famous ghosts.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/theatre-royal-drury-lane-tours-65442/", "official_url": "https://lwtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/theatre-royal-drury-lane-tours/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/733237527f9bb42fe332448d181b897c908b4fdb6cd4266211a4581ef5837957-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Highlights Tour", "start": "2026-01-01T12:00:00Z", "end": "2026-12-31T13:00:00Z", "place": "Sir John Soane's Museum", "address": "Lincoln's Inn Fields 13, WC2A 3BP London", "price": "£25", "price_from": "25.00", "price_to": "25.00", "tickets_url": "https://shop.soane.org/collections/tours-and-events/products/highlights-tour", "category": "tours", "tags": ["art/architecture", "history"], "description": "The classic tour of Sir John Soane's Museum, taking you through the architect's extraordinary home, left as it was at his death in 1837. Led by expert guides, it explores spectacular rooms and treasures including paintings by Canaletto and J.M.W. Turner and a 3,000-year-old sarcophagus of an Egyptian King. The tour lasts around 60 minutes and is suitable for ages 12+.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/highlights-tour-38603/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/973c06d11571c34e9af07d687718fa3fa681e29a2a7127d5a3d44034012116a8-1200.webp"}, {"title": "History Tours", "start": "2026-10-31T17:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Wilton's Music Hall", "address": "Graces Alley 1, E1 8JB London", "price": "£10", "price_from": "16.00", "price_to": "35.00", "tickets_url": "https://wiltons.org.uk/whats-on/the-little-match-girl/#Tickets_in", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history"], "description": "History Tours is a guided tour of Wilton's Music Hall, a historic building that was once a Victorian sailors' pub. The tours were devised by a Wilton's researcher and historian and last approximately one hour. They tell how the pub went from music hall to Methodist Mission and was forgotten before becoming the venue it is today. They offer a glimpse into the life of the last surviving building of its kind and suit students, researchers and anyone who would like to learn more about this historic venue.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/history-tours-40340/", "official_url": "https://wiltons.org.uk/whats-on/history-tours-5/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/456a0104124476acf38e7630dfd8875956cb72f80ee8e4192e8be00029a050a2-1200.webp"}, {"title": "The Charterhouse Candlelight Evening Tour", "start": "2026-11-03T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Charterhouse", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": "27.00", "price_to": "30.00", "tickets_url": "https://thecharterhouse.digitickets.co.uk/tickets", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history"], "description": "The Charterhouse Candlelight Evening Tour is a guided tour through the Charterhouse, revealed by flickering candlelight. It takes visitors through the ancient walls to see historic interiors, the medieval Norfolk Cloister, and the Tudor Great Chamber with its silk-covered walls lined with 17th Century portraits of the Restoration Governors. The tour is run by the Charterhouse and lasts 60 minutes, with a glass of wine or a soft drink at the pop-up bar included in the ticket price.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-charterhouse-candlelight-evening-tour-39047/", "official_url": "https://thecharterhouse.org/visit-us/whats-on/the-charterhouse-candlelight-evening-tour/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/65bc88422b068b483e266742419fbdd8393b91767714aa62cd191ce8082fa31b-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Dr Johnson’s House – Walk & Visits in November", "start": "2026-11-11T13:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Dr Johnson's House", "address": "Gough Square 17, EC4A 3DE London", "price": "£20", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "20.00", "tickets_url": "https://onecitylondon.com/shop/", "category": "tours", "tags": [], "description": "A guided walk through the heart of literary London, ending with a visit to Dr Johnson's House, the home of its most famous resident writer, Samuel Johnson. It explores how, after Wynkyn de Worde established Caxton's print workshop in Fleet Street in 1500, the area became the bustling centre of print and publishing, and how by the 1700s its coffeehouses and taverns were the haunt of writers, booksellers and journalists. The walk starts and finishes at Dr Johnson's House, 17 Gough Square.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/dr-johnsons-house-walk-visits-in-november-37607/", "official_url": "https://www.drjohnsonshouse.org/post/dr-johnson-s-house-walk-visit-nov26", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a55adde3eef97f00630d9cb7eb359e6864c2f5192f4d93cd4a593e80596c11cc-2000.webp"}]}