{"title": "Christmas Lates at Dr Johnson's House", "start": "2026-11-19T17:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-19T19:30:00Z", "place": "Dr Johnson's House", "address": "Gough Square 17, EC4A 3DE London", "price": "£14/£22 for 2", "price_from": "14.00", "price_to": "14.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["history/georgian", "occasion/christmas"], "description": "Christmas Lates are festive evening visits to Dr Johnson's House, a 1690s townhouse where Dr Samuel Johnson wrote his Dictionary of the English Language. Visitors can enjoy the festively decorated historic rooms with a sparkling drink, cosy up in a window seat, hear how the Georgians celebrated Christmas and shop for Christmas gifts. The house at 17 Gough Square, built shortly after the Great Fire, retains many original features including a quirky anti-burglary device. Guests are welcome to arrive and depart as they like while raising a glass to the man who declared: \"When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life.\"", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/christmas-lates-at-dr-johnsons-house-35675/", "official_url": "https://www.drjohnsonshouse.org/post/christmas-lates-at-dr-johnsons-house-nov26", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0cd85a36e371d36fa5932fae1d53292750545db14138c4d509d3c103220a0de5-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-19T17:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-19T19:30:00Z", "place": "Dr Johnson's House", "address": "Gough Square 17, EC4A 3DE London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Dr Johnson's House - Walk & Visit", "start": "2026-11-11T13:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-11T15:00:00Z", "place": "Dr Johnson's House", "address": "Gough Square 17, EC4A 3DE London", "price": "£20", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "20.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/literary-history"], "description": "A guided walking tour through the historic Fleet Street Quarter, the old centre of print and publishing, followed by a self-guided visit to Dr Johnson's House, the 1690s townhouse where Samuel Johnson compiled his Dictionary of the English Language in 1755. The tour is led by an expert City of London Guide and lasts about 60 minutes, starting and finishing at 17 Gough Square. Afterwards you can enjoy a free cup of tea, browse the festive rooms and stay until the museum closes at 5pm. Tickets include the free cup of tea or coffee.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/dr-johnsons-house-walk-visit-35674/", "official_url": "https://www.drjohnsonshouse.org/post/dr-johnson-s-house-walk-visit-nov26", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b938ee40467233b29bb359e00300a2345d1239b8786130f3bee357e53ffbf30a-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", "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"}, {"title": "Through the Keyhole: Daily Life in Georgian England Revealed", "start": "2026-11-12T10:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Benjamin Franklin House", "address": "Craven Street 36, WC2N 5NF London", "price": "£8", "price_from": "8.00", "price_to": "8.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/georgian", "literature"], "description": "A talk at Benjamin Franklin House called Through the Keyhole: Daily Life in Georgian England Revealed. It draws on the diary of country clergyman James Woodforde, whose journals span more than forty years, to show what everyday Georgian life was really like. It explores his vivid record of travel, food, social networks, philanthropy and gossip, including the American Revolution news he noted. The talk is posted by Jess Ingram at Benjamin Franklin House on Craven Street.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/through-the-keyhole-daily-life-in-georgian-england-revealed-34936/", "official_url": "https://benjaminfranklinhouse.org/event/through-the-keyhole-daily-life-in-georgian-england-revealed/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0fe0980c5f8da30b8deacfcb1d0a45a2f3413051dd65fb4101d9986246dedc0c-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Christmas with the Dickens hosted by Lucinda Dickens Hawksley", "start": "2026-11-18T17:15:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Charles Dickens Museum", "address": "Doughty Street 48-49, WC1N 2LX London", "price": "£59", "price_from": "59.00", "price_to": "59.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/victorian", "occasion/christmas"], "description": "Christmas with the Dickens is an intimate evening event at the Charles Dickens Museum, the London home of the young Charles Dickens and his family. It is hosted by Lucinda Dickens Hawksley, the great-great-great granddaughter of Charles Dickens, an art historian, broadcaster and author. Guests hear about the Victorian Christmas traditions her ancestor promoted, take a guided tour of the historic house, and join a ceremonial serving of Christmas pudding. The gathering ends with conversation and questions with Lucinda, and every ticket sold supports the museum's charity.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/christmas-with-the-dickens-hosted-by-lucinda-dickens-hawksle-35247/", "official_url": "https://dickensmuseum.com/blogs/all-events/victorian-christmas-dickens", "image": "https://noky.io/images/40919fdaeb952ecb52f74df62fd42a0d1e31a78589dea52bf4b988e45f95d076-600.webp"}, {"title": "Women, Gin & ‘Sin’: Immersive Tour & Gin Tasting", "start": "2026-11-06T18:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Foundling Museum", "address": "Brunswick Square 40, WC1N 1AZ London", "price": "£36.50", "price_from": "36.50", "price_to": "36.50", "category": "tours", "tags": ["food-drink/spirits/gin", "history/georgian"], "description": "An immersive evening at the Foundling Museum stepping into the shadowy world of 18th-century London through women's stories, gin and 'sin'. It combines an interactive theatrical tour with a tutored gin tasting, exploring how gin went from the 'devilish drink' of Georgian London to the queen of the drinks cabinet.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/women-gin-sin-immersive-tour-gin-tasting-78690/", "official_url": "https://foundlingmuseum.org.uk/event/women-gin-and-sin-immersive-tour-and-gin-tasting/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b2df5f5abfe504485fd3660d69c19f85d22879dca7d0ceadcb5c7d1aef5bc210-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Almshouse 14 Tours", "start": "2026-11-15T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Museum of the Home", "address": "Kingsland Road 136, E2 8EA London", "price": "Free with optional donation", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/local-history/london"], "description": "Almshouse 14 Tours are guided tours of the Museum of the Home's restored 18th-century almshouse dwellings, showing what it was like to live in Hackney 200 years ago. The interactive walk through Almshouse 14 reveals how residents kept warm, slept, ate and did their washing centuries ago. The tours are free drop-ins with an optional donation, last 45 minutes and start promptly, with places reserved at the Welcome Desk on arrival. Private group bookings are available by arrangement for groups larger than six people.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/almshouse-14-tours-92569/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3fd9665c8ba103e7da96498703e0853265d3f8ebc594e679338a85bdcff47cb5-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Christmas at Chiswick House", "start": "2026-11-01T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-12-24T00:00:00Z", "place": "Chiswick House", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["occasion/christmas"], "description": "Christmas at Chiswick House is a season of festive activities filling Chiswick House & Gardens for all to enjoy. Chiswick House & Gardens hosts it, with weekly Christmas markets offering treats to buy and savour, alongside crafty workshops, Christmas theatre productions and a Magical Grotto where younger visitors can meet Father Christmas. Purchases from the Chiswick House Shop and from mulled wine sold by Colicci go back towards the care of these historic spaces. Read on to find out what's on and plan your visit!", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/christmas-at-chiswick-house-35304/", "official_url": "https://chiswickhouseandgardens.org.uk/event/celebrate-christmas-at-chiswick-house-gardens/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/894d628341e27800b706e2a32f3a8c226d90932cdac367290308e4dc05800b94-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Time Travelling with Dickens. With Elly Griffiths.", "start": "2026-11-11T12:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Charles Dickens Museum", "address": "Doughty Street 48-49, WC1N 2LX London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/crime"], "description": "A free talk at the Charles Dickens Museum, held in person and on Zoom with a live Q&A. Author Elly Griffiths joins Lucinda Hawksley, Dickens's great great great granddaughter, in conversation. She discusses her new novella The Case of the Christmas Card, in which Charles Dickens travels to 2024 and visits his former home at 48 Doughty Street, along with time travel, crime fiction, her series 'The Frozen People' and writing about Christmas. The event lasts about 60 minutes.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/time-travelling-with-dickens-with-elly-griffiths-35244/", "official_url": "https://dickensmuseum.com/blogs/all-events/in-conversation-with-elly-griffiths", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ab5b9d6ffab9f0d3aafd0c16e954b99dc8594c1fb1969ea0542060b83be5ba45-600.webp"}, {"title": "St Olave Lecture: Bringing Samuel Pepys and Restoration London to Life", "start": "2026-11-10T17:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "St Olave Hart Street", "address": "Hart Street 8, EC3R 7NB London", "price": "£5", "price_from": "5.00", "price_to": "5.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/early-modern", "literature/biography"], "description": "A lecture at St Olave Hart Street exploring the world Samuel Pepys inhabited in Restoration London. Writer and filmmaker Jack Jewers draws on his research for The Lost Diary of Samuel Pepys and his new novel Seething Lane, sharing insights from bringing this complex figure to life. Pepys called the church his \"own church\", and the talk promises insight, history and thoughtful conversation in its medieval surroundings.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/st-olave-lecture-bringing-samuel-pepys-and-restoration-londo-37604/", "official_url": "https://saintolave.com/index.php/st-olave-lectures/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/528066085a02b70dd401d72834e33847198bb0623a7639954f8f7d328ab3093e-1200.webp"}, {"title": "🎄 Christmas is coming to The Museum Tavern! ✨", "start": "2026-11-12T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Museum Tavern", "address": "Great Russell Street 49, WC1B 3BA London", "price": "Free entry", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["occasion/christmas", "music"], "description": "A festive evening at a pub on Great Russell Street where the Christmas lights are switched on to start the season. The Museum Tavern hosts it with live music, festive drinks and food for friends and family. Guests can sing along and enjoy an evening of Christmas cheer. Entry is free.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/christmas-is-coming-to-the-museum-tavern-46199/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Historical Building Tour", "start": "2026-11-11T11:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Oxford House", "address": "Derbyshire Street, E2 6HG London", "price": "7.50", "price_from": "7.50", "price_to": "7.50", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/heritage-preservation"], "description": "A guided one-hour tour of Oxford House, a listed Victorian building in Bethnal Green. It is run by Oxford House, set up in 1884 as one of the world's first 'settlement houses', as part of its heritage project Made in the East End. Visitors hear untold stories from the archives, see a 'secret chapel', learn about Gandhi's 1930s visit and the building's role in both World Wars, and enjoy 360-degree rooftop views over East London, weather permitting.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/historical-building-tour-41802/", "official_url": "https://www.oxfordhouse.org.uk/event/historical-building-tour-3/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/173564660e5700d4b5960632ee3da95f41b2062e7845274a1b4773cdbad3ebfa-600.webp"}, {"title": "The Hallelujah House: Inside Handel's HQ", "start": "2026-10-25T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-03-14T00:00:00Z", "place": "Handel & Hendrix", "address": "Brook Street 25, London", "price": "Included in general admission", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["music/classical/baroque"], "description": "An exhibition at the house where the composer Handel lived, marking 25 years since it opened to the public. It explores the music he composed and performed while living there, showing how the house was far more than a place to live. The exhibition brings together loans from museums such as the National Portrait Gallery and the Foundling Museum, alongside rarely displayed objects from the house's own collection. Visitors can see works including The Music Party by Philip Mercier, manuscripts in Handel's own hand, and rarely seen portraits of his musical colleagues.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-hallelujah-house-inside-handels-hq-41472/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/30eb47f2080c850b74278584fa6da2c3c5bf8abcec933f6b9e8986242326533a-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Contemporary Heritage in the Historic House", "start": "2026-11-12T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour", "address": "Lots Road, SW10 0XE London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/design"], "description": "Contemporary Heritage in the Historic House is a talk at the Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour. The CEO of Watts 1874 speaks with Daniel Slowik, an interior decorator and antiques dealer, about the role of modern living in the Historic House, shaped by heritage and decorative traditions.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/contemporary-heritage-in-the-historic-house-35595/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/bfd8a294bd2b2ab0c874b30c7cb12e9cd595bc069f05a2799e182791a461e875-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Pints of Knowledge: A Georgian Guide to Getting Laid", "start": "2026-11-09T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Big Penny Social", "address": "Priestley Way 1, E17 6AL London", "price": "£19 per person + fees", "price_from": "19.00", "price_to": "19.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/georgian", "society/sexuality"], "description": "PINTS OF KNOWLEDGE: A GEORGIAN GUIDE TO GETTING LAID is a talk at Big Penny Social in London. It is given by Sofia Gallucci, a theatre director, dramaturg and PhD researcher whose work includes productions with the RSC, Shakespeare's Globe and in the West End. The talk, \"A Georgian Guide to Getting Laid: Sex, Scandal and Harris's List\", explores Harris's List of Covent Garden Ladies, an annual 18th-century bestseller that catalogued women working in London's sex trade. Gallucci leads a walk through the streets of Georgian London, from brothels and taverns to theatres and courtrooms, centered on the women whose private lives became public entertainment; 10% of ticket sales go towards her new production 'HUSSY'.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/pints-of-knowledge-a-georgian-guide-to-getting-laid-50418/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/31623b114dfb41007ba2ac800cae29a9bc9433f97f6fa500519db242aa1ac992-1200.webp"}, {"title": "The Hidden Corners of London with Jack Chesher", "start": "2026-11-19T19:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-19T20:30:00Z", "place": "Southwark Cathedral", "address": "Cathedral Street, London", "price": "from £12", "price_from": "12.00", "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/london"], "description": "An evening talk at Southwark Cathedral exploring London's hidden corners. Bestselling author Jack Chesher, creator of Living London History, shares secret stories, mysteries and forgotten history from his book London: The Hidden Corners, from Soho's alleyways to the medieval remains of Moorgate.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-hidden-corners-of-london-with-jack-chesher-47466/", "official_url": "https://cathedral.southwark.anglican.org/whats-on/1911-the-hidden-corners-of-london-with-jack-chesher/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Wonders of the warehouse", "start": "2026-10-28T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-23T00:00:00Z", "place": "London Museum Docklands", "address": "No. 1 Warehouse, West India Quay, E14 4AL London", "price": "from £9.00", "price_from": "9.00", "price_to": null, "category": "tours", "tags": ["history"], "description": "A guided gallery tour called Wonders of the warehouse at London Museum Docklands. It is run by London Museum and explores the hidden history of the museum's Georgian building, one of the last remaining fragments of the old West India Docks. The warehouse once stored imports like sugar, rum and tea before closing for business in the 1980s. Visitors can see areas not usually open to the public and learn about the working lives of the dockers who once worked there.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/wonders-of-the-warehouse-37069/", "official_url": "https://www.londonmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/secrets-of-the-warehouse-tour/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/52390d88c4736317f800daffacca75c19ce1cb101399ca5a280b51d76b9a2469-1200.webp"}]}