{"title": "BOOK LAUNCH: REBEL FOOTPRINTS with DAVID ROSENBERG", "start": "2026-11-21T19:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-21T20:30:00Z", "place": "Housmans", "address": "Caledonian Road 5, London", "price": "sliding scale", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history", "literature"], "description": "A book launch at Housmans celebrating the third edition of David Rosenberg's book Rebel Footprints. Rosenberg tells the story of protest and struggle in London from the late eighteenth to the mid-twentieth century, from the suffragettes to the socialists and the Chartists to the trade unionists. The book pairs self-directed walks with narratives blending history, politics and geography, illustrated with maps. Tickets are priced on a sliding scale, with free tickets available on request.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/book-launch-rebel-footprints-with-david-rosenberg-41524/", "official_url": "https://housmans.com/event/book-launch-rebel-footprints-with-david-rosenberg/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5df781d758a3f6ff197085e907d4c016115fd085c5ffb92dcc8a59c89d3ead6e-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-21T19:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-21T20:30:00Z", "place": "Housmans", "address": "Caledonian Road 5, London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Terrorists", "start": "2026-11-16T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Genesis Cinema", "address": "Mile End Road 93-95, E1 4UJ London", "price": "", "price_from": "4.99", "price_to": "12.00", "category": "film", "tags": ["history/politics/activism", "film/documentary"], "description": "A London preview screening of the documentary \"Terrorists\", followed by a Q&A with the directors. The film is a new documentary by Hazuan Hashim and Phil Maxwell that examines the history of direct action and protest leading up to recent UK legislation, featuring the Suffragettes, the 1920s Poplar Council, the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp, the Miners' Strike, the Wapping Dispute and Palestine Solidarity movements. It features among others Lowkey, Audrey White, Ken Loach, Peter Kennard and Tony Benn, with contributors including Alan Hardman, David Rosenberg, Stephen Kapos, Tayo Aluko, Hannah from the Global Sumud Flotilla, ex-miner John Dunn and peace activist Kevin Donellon. Music is by Lola Perrin.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/terrorists-36225/", "official_url": "https://genesiscinema.co.uk/event/115434", "image": "https://noky.io/images/303347e5389c682f0dad25a162d31a552f248472050be3eabf1ad30076d366f0-1200.webp"}, {"title": "BOOK LAUNCH: Confessions of a London River Hunter by John Rogers", "start": "2026-11-09T19:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-09T20:30:00Z", "place": "Housmans", "address": "Caledonian Road 5, London", "price": "Tickets on a sliding scale, free tickets available on request", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/london", "literature"], "description": "A book launch evening celebrating CONFESSIONS OF A LONDON RIVER HUNTER, a new book about the many forgotten rivers and streams that still flow through London. It features John Rogers, a psychogeographer, writer and filmmaker who has spent more than two decades walking and documenting the city's overlooked landscapes. In the book he walks some of London's most storied but rarely acknowledged watercourses, from the Yeading Brook's western marshes to a lost river in Leytonstone, trying to find a way to hear their tales. His earlier books include This Other London and Welcome to New London, and his films include London Overground, made with Iain Sinclair.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/book-launch-confessions-of-a-london-river-hunter-by-john-rog-41519/", "official_url": "https://housmans.com/event/book-launch-confessions-of-a-london-river-hunter-by-john-rogers/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ea02c1ca3087743d83b6212fd856e7bb41240700869a7458981b5b59807468b6-2000.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": "Resident Punk UK Launch Party - Legs McNeil in conversation with Stewart Lee plus bands", "start": "2026-11-15T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Lexington", "address": "Pentonville Road 96-98, N1 9JB London", "price": "adv £23", "price_from": "23.00", "price_to": "23.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/rock/punk", "literature/non-fiction"], "description": "A UK launch party for the book Resident Punk, held at The Lexington. Legs McNeil, cofounder of PUNK magazine who gave the punk movement its name, talks with Stewart Lee, followed by two all-star bands plus guests playing music from the artists featured in the book, mostly CBGB acts of circa 1976 to 1982 such as the Ramones, Blondie, Television and Talking Heads.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/resident-punk-uk-launch-party-legs-mcneil-in-conversation-wi-44241/", "official_url": "https://thelexington.co.uk/event.php?id=3888", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9e5d7f3710ed9f6263d7300035646117589b50b57ea25cb35eee17a37420f421-1200.webp"}, {"title": "‘How We Lost America: A New Perspective on American Independence’ Book Launch", "start": "2026-11-10T19:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-10T21:00:00Z", "place": "Boston Manor", "address": "Boston Manor Road, TW8 9JX Brentford", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/modern-history", "literature"], "description": "A free book launch celebrating the publication of 'How We Lost America: A New Perspective on American Independence'. The book, published by Aurora Metro Books and presented by Aurora Metro Arts & Media with The National Lottery Heritage Fund, explores the events leading up to the American War of Independence and its aftermath. With contributions from historians, journalists and artists, it delves into hidden histories of underrepresented individuals, from British politicians and dissenters to enslaved people and women revolutionaries.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/how-we-lost-america-a-new-perspective-on-american-independen-35033/", "official_url": "https://bostonmanorhouse.org/event/how-we-lost-america-a-new-perspective-on-american-independence-book-launch/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/981d8345a5c37fbdfd1ef949db7a9be52abce0a3e306441c35388368cb54f675-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Book launch - Black and Asian Seafarers: A Visual History", "start": "2026-11-11T18:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-11T21:00:00Z", "place": "Cutty Sark", "address": "King William Walk 43, SE10 9HT London", "price": "Adults: £20 | Members: £16", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "20.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/maritime", "literature/book-presentation", "society/racism"], "description": "An evening book launch celebrating the publication of 'Black and Asian Seafarers: A Visual History'. Author and Royal Museums Greenwich curator Dr Aaron Jaffer will give an overview of the book, which explores Black and Asian seafarers and how they have appeared in art and photography, with images from the museum's collections and beyond. Volunteers who helped search the archives for crew members of many backgrounds will contribute, and visitors can explore the new display 'Black and Asian seafarers in the age of Cutty Sark'. The evening also includes a book signing, with the ticket including one glass of wine or a soft drink and a discount on the book.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/book-launch-black-and-asian-seafarers-a-visual-history-114181/", "official_url": "https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/cutty-sark/book-launch-black-asian-seafarers-visual-history", "image": "https://noky.io/images/eb58a57244f0e96b290c31aa6298653f0c343074c13a233c11900737d8c0e29d-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Exhibition – Londoners on Trial: Crime, Courts and the Public 1244-1924", "start": "2026-03-09T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-02-25T00:00:00Z", "place": "The London Archives", "address": "", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["history"], "description": "This is a free exhibition about the history of law and order in London, from the medieval period to modern times. Hosted at The London Archives, it uses historical records to explore how the growing city was governed and Londoners' enduring fascination with true crime. Visitors can review cases involving figures such as Moll Cutpurse, Dick Turpin, Jack Sheppard, Oscar Wilde and Sylvia Pankhurst, and see how records illuminate lives, homes and streets of London's past. Paid curator-led tours of the exhibition run on selected dates.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/exhibition-londoners-on-trial-crime-courts-and-the-public-12-37563/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/af77e44b2b3c97fc7ab7ca2082948cdb2273965739813a3760df7d9cd9a59eeb-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Re-sounding the East End", "start": "2026-11-16T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Idea Store", "address": "Churchill Place 2, E14 5RB London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/sound-art", "history/local-history"], "description": "An evening discussion about the three sound art installations 'Everything is different, nothing has changed', set in the context of the East End's social and public history. It is led by curators and historians Nadia Valman, Tamsin Bookey, Rehana Ahmed and Alan Dein. The event is part of the Being Human Festival.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/re-sounding-the-east-end-88042/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/689a13ea5043ba3c9ea06a9b69727dde21ecdd7f9ba3cff0889779a31c8080b8-1200.webp"}, {"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. Actor and podcaster Tim Downie, known for Upstart Crow and Toast of London and host of the Folklands podcast, talks to author, actor and comedian Rachel Parris about his new book Rituals: A Folk Journey Through The Seasons. The book explores the strange and beautiful places that have shaped British folklore, journeying through the seasons and encountering wonders from horn dances to blazing tar barrels. 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"}]}