{"title": "Dark Fairy Tales From Around The World, with Viktor Wynd – LIVE", "start": "2026-11-09T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History", "address": "Mare Street 11, E8 4RP London", "price": "Early Bird £15, full price £20", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "20.00", "tickets_url": "https://thelasttuesdaysociety.org/absinthe-parlour/reservations/", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/fairy-tales"], "description": "An in-person storytelling evening at the Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History, with tickets including a complimentary glass of Devil's Botany Absinthe. Master storyteller Viktor Wynd, proprietor of the museum, tells his favourite dark fairy tales from around the world — grim German tales, macabre stories from Borneo, giant octopuses and a buried moon from Papua New Guinea, or shapeshifting creatures from Wales. 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It is led by Vadim Kosmos, Emeritus Director of the Museum, and includes a glass of Devil's Botany Chocolate Absinthe Liqueur. Visitors see dodo bones, erotica from around the world, real fairies, mermaids, occult masterpieces by Austin Osman Spare, works by Leonora Carrington, voodoo fetishes, masks, taxidermy and the Cabinet of Monsters, among much more. 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The museum's expert guides lead this hour-long journey through the labyrinthine space, sharing stories of death and the Beyond from ancient Egyptian gods to the rise of Gothic literature, with a display featuring an original copy of Dante's Divine Comedy.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/twilight-tour-descent-into-the-underworld-38608/", "official_url": "https://www.soane.org/whats-on/twilight-tour-descent-underworld", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b5c1c7f618ca1a15fc2ad4c2ac9cb9a69bf29c1f2e6e5b938b1c808b936ab2cd-1200.webp"}, {"title": "The Genie and Other Stories", "start": "2026-11-07T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-03-08T00:00:00Z", "place": "Heath Robinson Museum", "address": "West End Lane, HA5 1AE Pinner", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://online1.venpos.net/VenPosJourneyUI/WebSaleItems?id=f20bdedf-3d36-4720-8f71-ae6c08da1840&type=WebPage&locationId=902&mainWebPageId=6f71a18f-252f-40eb-ae5f-581814c87bce&startId=6f71a18f-252f-40eb-ae5f-581814c87bce", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/sculpture/glass-sculpture", "literature/fairy-tales"], "description": "An art exhibition at the Heath Robinson Museum in which hand-blown glass, jewellery and historic treasures enter a dialogue with Heath Robinson's illustrations of the Arabian Nights. It was created by Michael Petry, a renowned artist and Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art, London, and launches the museum's new programme of artist commissions. At its heart is The Genie, an installation of 27 individually hand-blown, multi-coloured glass vessels conceived to hold wishes, surrounded by reimagined silver objects, monumental necklaces of semi-precious stones, contemporary jewellery and glittering historic jewels. Petry's works are shown alongside the original illustrations that inspired them, with a particular focus on Aladdin, exploring fantasy, transformation, value, and how stories and images change as they travel between cultures and generations.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-genie-and-other-stories-36453/", "official_url": "https://www.heathrobinsonmuseum.org/whats-on/the-genie-and-other-stories/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f839369778a2ce871bf522f50e88d82a328110c4e83dab8c1702a12e264b71e9-600.webp"}, {"title": "Halloween at the Museum", "start": "2026-10-31T19:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-01T00:00:00Z", "place": "Natural History Museum", "address": "Cromwell Road, SW7 5BD London", "price": "From £65, Members: from £58", "price_from": "65.00", "price_to": "70.00", "tickets_url": "https://ticketing.nhm.ac.uk/events/VISEV-HWMP", "category": "party-club", "tags": ["occasion/halloween"], "description": "Halloween at the Museum is an after-hours Halloween party held among the skeletons and specimens of a natural history museum. The museum itself invites guests to a night of a live band, a silent disco in the Earth Hall, and ghostly activities. Regular ticket holders explore the galleries among Vampiric Lords and Ladies, meet vampiric musicians, attend the wedding ceremony of the Vampiric Council's leader, chat with scientists about spooky specimens, and enjoy after-hours access to the galleries and exhibitions. Premium 'Very Important Vampire' tickets add a private VIV area, bar, free drink, and entertainment, and the event is for ages 18+ only.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/halloween-at-the-museum-37302/", "official_url": "https://www.nhm.ac.uk/events/halloween", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b44d56d8d6f123bcb5bc06bbd2ecd1b5a4bd601fabb41c7f68bf407834505c67-1200.webp"}, {"title": "The Occult Temple of Agape – The Magickal Worlds of Rufus White", "start": "2026-09-09T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-08T00:00:00Z", "place": "The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History", "address": "Mare Street 11, E8 4RP London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-occult-temple-of-agape-exhibition-opening-private-view-tickets-1994014251303", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["religion/esotericism/occultism", "art/sculpture"], "description": "An exhibition of magical art at the Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History, running from 9th September to 8th November 2026. It presents the work of Rufus White, a silversmith, craftsman and practising warlock who is the Custodian of the Museum's Gnostic Temple of Agape, known as the Agapaic Master Tzackorb. Working from an old factory in East London, White has spent decades creating sigils, talismans, enchantments and sacred objects from found and natural materials such as mummified newts, mouse bones, herbs, roots, feathers, metal and antique paper. His intricate drawings and sculptures blur the boundaries between art and ritual, and his work has rarely been exhibited publicly.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-occult-temple-of-agape-the-magickal-worlds-of-rufus-whit-79101/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5b800c02b190784bb5ed71bcf1795fa49aeff44f01dd55764776b10a76753cad-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Faerdom: Now, As Ever", "start": "2026-10-23T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-03-29T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration", "address": "Myddelton Passage 1, EC1R 1AG London", "price": "Adults £15, concessions available. Tickets include entry to all exhibitions. 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The exhibition explores how the digital landscape is shaping our modern lives and asks whether humanity's oldest stories still resonate and can offer perspective and hope.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/faerdom-now-as-ever-38102/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5bf92ecfadc45a060caf679a9b762cc13905c9fdabbd2e925b9b9e09923bd708-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Hunt: Villainy At Valence", "start": "2026-10-24T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-10-31T00:00:00Z", "place": "Valence House", "address": "Becontree Avenue, RM8 3HT Dagenham", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["occasion/halloween"], "description": "A drop-in family trail at the museum where visitors hunt for mini-villain figures hidden through the galleries. The event is the work of the B.A.D. Fairy, who has gathered her mischievous cousins, wicked allies and misunderstood friends from across time, universes and pop culture – Ursula, Captain Hook, Soot Sprites and Draco Malfoy among them – for a wild Halloween family dinner. Her chaotic notes are scattered all over the museum as she excuses their behaviour, rates their manners and tries to keep order, and you must track down all the mini-villains before she loses her temper and casts another spell. It is free, suitable for all ages, and runs over the October half-term with parent supervision required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/hunt-villainy-at-valence-40050/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c2ebdc3f8fa4ca31560cb1a78f6f833f79b4107d4b60c47d70606711c6ac5e3a-2000.webp"}]}