{"title": "Battle of Cable Street", "start": "2026-10-01T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-02-20T00:00:00Z", "place": "Tower Hamlets History Library and Archives", "address": "", "price": "FREE", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["history/modern-history"], "description": "An exhibition marking the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street, using photographs, newspapers, ephemera and archival documents to revisit this pivotal moment in East End history. It explores the events of 4 October 1936, the wider local and international context, and the rise of fascism in East London. It also looks at the legacy of the Battle, from its build-up and aftermath to later commemorations and its enduring relevance to contemporary political life. The exhibition has been curated especially for the first floor landing space at Tower Hamlets History Library and Archives, outside the Reading Room.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/battle-of-cable-street-88041/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9e353bb7e4b23ee7f00f7250701bd5e63f0a78c6f9de96457abc7702de7bb1c2-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-10-01T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-02-20T00:00:00Z", "place": "Tower Hamlets History Library and Archives", "address": "", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "The Spanish Civil War 90 Years on: Legacies and Lessons", "start": "2026-11-05T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Marx Memorial Library", "address": "Clerkenwell Green 37a, EC1R 0DU London", "price": "", "price_from": "3.00", "price_to": "5.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/politics/antifascism"], "description": "A panel discussion marking ninety years since the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War and the formation of the International Brigades. 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": "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, "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. It features stories on Harriet Taylor Mill, documents from the investigation into the murder of socialist MP Giacomo Matteotti, student research on Marxism, Hansa Mehta's possible connection to LSE, the Fabian Society, AI, and more.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/stolen-theft-in-the-archives-37075/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ed61683bee0719d155b5dab914a666bd4712cc8f6b612d04395b93da2e902193-600.webp"}, {"title": "October Revolution 109", "start": "2026-11-07T14:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-07T18:00:00Z", "place": "Saklatvala Hall", "address": "Dominion Road 22, UB2 5AA Southall", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "festivals-street", "tags": [], "description": "A celebration marking the 109th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution, with speeches by party members and special guests from fraternal embassies. It is organised by the Communist party of Great Britain (Marxist-Leninist), whose party will honour the revolution's historic achievements. Sri Lankan food will be laid on for those who wish to stay and socialise after the speeches, with a collection taken to cover the food costs.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/october-revolution-109-42242/", "official_url": "https://thecommunists.org/events/october-revolution-109", "image": ""}, {"title": "Heritage Gallery Exhibition: 1327 and the City of London", "start": "2026-10-30T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-04-29T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "City of London Heritage Gallery", "address": "", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["history/middle-ages"], "description": "Heritage Gallery Exhibition: 1327 and the City of London is a display of manuscripts and records from the City of London's archives, exploring how the accession of Edward III in 1327 was reflected in the governance and civic life of medieval London. It has been curated by The London Archives and features items from their collections, including Liber Horn, Edward III's 1327 charter, Letter Book E and The Great Chronicle of London. Highlights show how civic institutions documented and navigated a period of political change at the beginning of the young king's reign. The exhibition is open during regular Guildhall Art Gallery opening times.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/heritage-gallery-exhibition-1327-and-the-city-of-london-37600/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c6f41ab69efdca1615130f646b69d234fbfea8f91302b6acbe74b20483e19f59-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Historic Hendon – Youth Panel Exhibition", "start": "2026-08-10T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-07-04T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "RAF Museum", "address": "", "price": "FREE", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["history/local-history"], "description": "Historic Hendon – Youth Panel Exhibition is a free temporary display in Hangar 1 of the RAF Museum in London. It was created by the museum's London Youth Panel and traces the site's history from its beginnings as the London Aerodrome to the RAF Museum of today. Visitors can discover the local area's story, including aviation firsts and links to the Suffrage movement. The exhibition stands by the Sunderland Flying Boat and remains on show until July 2027.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/historic-hendon-youth-panel-exhibition-97916/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/dff94f21f85584a8ec105a8bf8180350d6ef477b249dae6c4cbd99e6cb6d361e-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Temporary Exhibitions", "start": "2026-11-03T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-02-28T00:00:00Z", "place": "London Canal Museum", "address": "New Wharf Road 12-13, N1 9RT London", "price": "Included with admission", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["history/local-history"], "description": "Temporary Exhibitions at the London Canal Museum is a changing programme of short-term displays, usually two a year on subjects relating to canals and the ice trade. The current exhibition, Battlebridge Basin, is organised by the museum and tells the story of the water behind the museum over two hundred years, from coal, ice and jam to the boaters who live on it today. It began as a dock cut into a field from 1818 for a builder who wagered a private basin would raise his land's worth. The first-floor display uses archive photographs, maps and plans, a short film by Floating Films and a free digital guide, and is included with admission.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/temporary-exhibitions-69964/", "official_url": "https://canalmuseum.org.uk/whatson/exhibition.htm", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2fb97ae760b1fc6437a4c1254caf3856ba93e0f3046aab331a6fc78bd02ed49f-600.webp"}, {"title": "Exploring History through Creativity", "start": "2026-11-10T14:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Poplar Union", "address": "Cotall Street 2, E14 6TL London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["history/london"], "description": "Free creative sessions exploring East End history through collage, photography, movement, singing, soundscapes and performance. They are facilitated by Tasnim Siddiqa Amin, a working-class Bangladeshi-British artist, theatremaker and activist from Poplar. Topics range from industrialisation, the dock strike and the match girls strike to the 1921 Poplar rates rebellion, London's first Chinatown, the closure of the docks and gentrification. Participants are invited to learn, explore and share their own stories.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/exploring-history-through-creativity-76781/", "official_url": "https://poplarunion.com/event/exploring-history-through-creativity-2/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c5c76c0955c5c805baaf8f696b98cfb96488c7969381c7253b9835346617cdf4-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Knots Presents: Oscillations", "start": "2026-11-06T18:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-08T22:00:00Z", "place": "ANNEX, 1 Tiverton Street SE1 6NT", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": "5.00", "price_to": "10.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/contemporary", "society/activism"], "description": "Knots Presents: Oscillations is an exhibition at ANNEX in Elephant and Castle, hosted by The Koppel Project, bringing together a network of artists, organisers and learners. It is curated by Knots, whose noise nights invite artists to meet through an exchange of ideas and collaboration, and it invites artists to respond through visual mediums speaking to collaboration and resistance in shared history, local communities, familial lives and the every day. Knots frames it against the rising influence of the far-right in the UK and beyond, using performance to build relationships, exchange knowledge and work in solidarity with communities resisting authoritarianism and injustice. The opening evening is followed by cross-disciplinary noise collaborations with Knots alumni and a short panel Q&A with the exhibiting artists.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/knots-presents-oscillations-42454/", "official_url": "https://thekoppelproject.com/events/knots-presents-oscillations-annex", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e8c4c2a00a05ba4b41afd061a3d875c8e737070a1d5b100bc8610ae61659e961-2000.webp"}]}