{"title": "CA London In the Footsteps of Shackleton, Andy Beharrell", "start": "2026-10-28T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Cruising Association", "address": "Northey Street 1, E14 8BT London", "price": "Members £4 in person, free online; Non-members £7 in person only", "price_from": "4.00", "price_to": "7.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history", "nature"], "description": "A lecture in the CA London series, held in person at CA House and also watchable online via Zoom. Andy Beharrell sailed from Tenerife to Antarctica via the Falklands, South Georgia and the South Orkney Islands, visiting some of the places Shackleton went during his Antarctica expedition and seeing the wildlife and natural history of the region. The talk is followed by a Q&A session, and lectures are not generally recorded for later viewing. Attendance in person is open to anyone, while watching online is for members only.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/ca-london-in-the-footsteps-of-shackleton-andy-beharrell-49086/", "official_url": "https://www.theca.org.uk/events/ca-london-lecture-281026", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9bda5a94772003232e47180eb0dbdcfb2b97c334c769e018617e3081be17f738-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-10-28T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Cruising Association", "address": "Northey Street 1, E14 8BT London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Louise K. 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It is presented by Paddington Development Trust and Grand Junction as part of \"Nature of Things: A Salon for Curious Minds\", a monthly series of climate-focused talks.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/louise-k-blight-nature-of-things-a-salon-for-curious-minds-36295/", "official_url": "https://grandjunction.org.uk/events/louise-k-blight-nature-of-things-a-salon-for-curious-minds/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8377eac298366e14f4a9270789f108d4e8d68a3b95480c9244e859b15dceebb5-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Dig Deeper", "start": "2026-11-03T18:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-03T20:30:00Z", "place": "Natural History Museum", "address": "Cromwell Road, SW7 5BD London", "price": "£25, Members: £15", "price_from": "25.00", "price_to": "25.00", "tickets_url": "https://ticketing.nhm.ac.uk/events/VISEV-DIGDG", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["film/documentary", "nature/animals"], "description": "Dig Deeper is a talk evening in the Flett Events Theatre of the Natural History Museum, this time titled Dig Deeper: Behind the Lens of Wild London. It is led by the museum's scientists, joined by filmmakers from Passion Planet who made the documentary Wild London, which features Sir David Attenborough and the museum's gardens. They share behind-the-scenes stories about bringing London's lesser-spotted wildlife to the screen and discuss why urban wildlife matters, followed by a live question-and-answer session. 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The experience runs from 12:15pm to 3:30pm and suits families during the half-term holiday as well as groups of friends and colleagues, with £2 from every afternoon tea donated to Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/aqua-shard-unveils-captain-hooks-haunted-trail-this-hallowee-39700/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3dabb7aa36f19473a82de1aca42a465c36a870d28fda38b059141503fccf00fe-2000.webp"}, {"title": "The rise of the global shadow fleet and the geography of flags of convenience", "start": "2026-11-03T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Royal Geographical Society", "address": "Kensington Gore 1, SW7 2AR London", "price": "£5.00 - £12.00", "price_from": "5.00", "price_to": "12.00", "tickets_url": "https://portal.rgs.org/event/book/FS041126", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/politics/geopolitics", "history/maritime"], "description": "A discussion evening about the hidden fleet of ships reshaping the world's oceans, held in the Ondaatje Theatre at the Royal Geographical Society. 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Visitors pick up a trail from the Ticket Desk or inside the Voyage to the Deep – Underwater Adventures exhibition and help the Octonauts crew on mini-missions throughout the Museum. As Octocadets, children search for shells, mimic musical instruments, design their own underwater vehicle, discover fun Octofacts and collect a 'mission complete' sticker from HQ. 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The walk explores the courage, sacrifice, and resilience that shaped Britain in times of conflict, including the Blitz, the Battle of Britain, the Cenotaph, wartime code breakers, and resistance fighters and the SOE. It starts at Trafalgar Square.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/remembrance-sunday-walking-tour-49072/", "official_url": "https://www.civilserviceclub.org.uk/remembrance-sunday-walk/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Exhibition preview - Exploration now: fieldwork and expeditions today", "start": "2026-11-05T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Royal Geographical Society", "address": "Kensington Gore 1, SW7 2AR London", "price": "Member £12.00, Non-member £15.00", "price_from": "12.00", "price_to": "15.00", "tickets_url": "https://portal.rgs.org/event/book/EXPREV051126", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/photography", "nature"], "description": "An exclusive evening preview of a new exhibition celebrating stories and discoveries from fieldwork and expeditions around the world, held ahead of the RGS Explore Weekend. The Royal Geographical Society invites visitors for drinks in the Society's Pavilion, with talks, tabletop displays and conversation featuring some of the artists and contributors behind the exhibition. Guests can get close to works of art, photography and audio, hear the stories behind them, and meet the people shaping exploration today. The event is open to all, with step-free access, accessible toilets, a hearing loop and assistance dogs welcome.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/exhibition-preview-exploration-now-fieldwork-and-expeditions-74710/", "official_url": "https://www.rgs.org/events/upcoming-events/exhibition-preview-exploration-now/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3189405e69fae93c6e7f43975bc95657ea87a44b39d808b4f18f127e69b04bcd-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Peglar papers reading workshop", "start": "2026-11-12T18:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-12T20:00:00Z", "place": "National Maritime Museum", "address": "Romney Road, SE10 9NF London", "price": "Free Entry", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://tickets.rmg.co.uk/webstore/shop/viewItems.aspx?cg=RMG&c=CWRMG#17983", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["history/maritime"], "description": "Peglar papers reading workshop is a series of creative reading workshops centred on the 'Peglar wallet', a unique manuscript linked to the lost John Franklin expedition of 1845, containing papers of Henry Peter Peglar, Captain of the foretop of HMS Terror. Participants read the papers together on high resolution scans and produce a collective transcription, working from the most legible texts to the least, and treat them as a piece of art using a queer methodology of interdisciplinarity, playfulness and reading between the lines. The workshop is led by Ema Sala, a Caird Fellow at Royal Museums Greenwich researching female sailors and coordinator of the museum's Queer History Club. It is free, aimed at everyone at every level of manuscript reading, and takes place in the Plymouth Room in a hybrid format, with in-person attendance strongly encouraged.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/peglar-papers-reading-workshop-37273/", "official_url": "https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/national-maritime-museum/peglar-papers-reading-workshop", "image": "https://noky.io/images/183a399f827b6b6779986c42c0ade4f25e102ad8d697b866ccd35e437e08e03b-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Home Education Workshops – Arctic Adventure", "start": "2026-11-09T13:15:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Horniman Museum", "address": "London Road 100, SE23 3PQ London", "price": "£3.50 (child + accompanying adult)", "price_from": "3.50", "price_to": "3.50", "tickets_url": "https://my.horniman.ac.uk/events?k=Home_Education&startdate=2026-10-01", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["nature/animals", "society/indigenous"], "description": "Arctic Adventure is an interactive object-handling workshop for home educated children aged 5 to 7. It is part of the Horniman Museum's autumn home education workshops. Children explore Arctic animals up close and how their adaptations help them survive the cold, and learn about traditional Inuit life and homes and clothing. They handle Inuit objects such as snow shoes, snow goggles and a seal-skin parka, thinking about how they were used and identifying their materials.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/home-education-workshops-arctic-adventure-78805/", "official_url": "https://www.horniman.ac.uk/event/home-education-workshops/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/bf829df3101acf4118bf98bf2c9f4df8e691eb04faac28e458c4df92bb795873-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Cornwallis Cloth: Championing untold stories of WW2 in the Caribbean", "start": "2026-11-12T18:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Old Royal Naval College Visitor Centre", "address": "King William Walk", "price": "Free (Booking Required)", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://ornc.digitickets.co.uk/event-tickets/75682?catID=70888&", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/wwii"], "description": "An evening at the Visitor Centre with a viewing of the Cornwallis Cloth exhibition and film installation, followed by a panel discussion. Sweet Patootee Arts and the Old Royal Naval College Interpretation Team explore how oral testimony and creative research can break through archival silence to restore long silenced histories of British Caribbean lives during the Second World War. From 6pm to 7.30pm visitors can view the exhibition, with the talk and Q&A running from 7.30pm to 8.30pm. Admission is free, though booking is required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/cornwallis-cloth-championing-untold-stories-of-ww2-in-the-ca-37528/", "official_url": "https://ornc.org/whats-on/cornwallis-cloth-talk/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f154f1d4ee985023b247b25a756c70c8a52e88d0955166951326d2f69cafbd67-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Trip to the London Museum Docklands", "start": "2026-10-31T10:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Poplar Union", "address": "Cotall Street 2, E14 6TL London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://book.plinth.org.uk/e/xBB43r0ZvakknUTYSyno", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/colonialism"], "description": "A guided trip to the London Museum Docklands, exploring the stories woven into the history of London's docks, from the slave trade and river policing to local communities and dockers' fight for workers' rights. It is part of Exploring History through Creativity, an adults-only series, with under-18s allowed only when supervised. This Halloween outing uncovers hidden histories and forgotten voices lingering in the Docklands' past. It is organised by Poplar Union and builds on their recent collage workshop.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/trip-to-the-london-museum-docklands-76763/", "official_url": "https://poplarunion.com/event/trip-to-the-london-museum-docklands/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1292bd3a902f8f45f7bcc7bbad048bd9beab8e5dd2b4a2c3ce1303455de6bfc0-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Guided Tour: The Second World War", "start": "2026-09-05T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-12-31T00:00:00Z", "place": "HMS Belfast", "address": "The Queen's Walk, SE1 2JH London", "price": "Adults from £36.80 | Members £10", "price_from": "36.80", "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://tickets.iwm.org.uk/event-tickets/64437?catID=61648&branches.branchID=2996", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/wwii"], "description": "A guided tour aboard HMS Belfast that explores the warship's Second World War story. Led by Imperial War Museums' expert guides, it follows the ship and its crew chronologically through the war, told through the crew's oral histories. The tour covers HMS Belfast's convoy escort duties in the Arctic, its part in the Battle of North Cape and the D-Day landings, and its final journey toward East Asia. It begins on the Quarterdeck and includes admission to the ship.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/guided-tour-the-second-world-war-80685/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/72b4b599c5979dbefdc79d7e7067a65bc30b857f1bf40042b30c319aff31743b-1200.webp"}]}