{"title": "Denning Society Annual Lecture", "start": "2026-11-12T17:45:00Z", "end": "2026-11-12T20:00:00Z", "place": "Lincoln's Inn", "address": "", "price": "Free (prior registration required)", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/law"], "description": "The Denning Society Annual Lecture is a talk hosted at Lincoln's Inn, open to everyone and not restricted to members of the Inn. It is delivered by Sir Tim Eicke KCMG KC under the title 'The road to Strasbourg – becoming the judge elected in respect of the UK'. Registration takes place at 17:45, the lecture begins at 18:00, and a drinks reception follows at 19:00. 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It examines how images shape knowledge production and circulation, mediate encounters with lost and extant objects and buildings, and contribute to the study of the material past, from early modern prints to contemporary graphic practices. 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Author Josie Lloyd will be talking about her new book 'A Murder Most Proper'.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/coffee-and-crime-with-josie-lloyd-78784/", "official_url": "https://pre.hillingdon.gov.uk/events/event/442/coffee-and-crime-with-josie-lloyd", "image": "https://noky.io/images/41026899cf2b321629e5685b0e381b100894b6ddfec6e153436a7f4e00ad416c-600.webp"}, {"title": "People's Justice: Towards an Understanding of Art Solidarity", "start": "2026-11-06T15:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-06T16:30:00Z", "place": "Ibraaz", "address": "Mortimer Street 93, W1W 7SS London", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/activism"], "description": "A panel talk bringing together Alexander Supartono, Marco Baravalle, and Rehana Zaman to discuss art as a means of building solidarity. It forms the final chapter of Rakyat Pasti Menang, where Taring Padi presents works from People's Justice, a series rooted in the collective's commitment to art as a tool for political change and social transformation across borders. Drawing on the speakers' personal and collective experiences of constructing progressive alliances, the conversation examines solidarity as the formation of common practices against the co-optation, disciplining, and censorship of the global art-industrial complex.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/peoples-justice-towards-an-understanding-of-art-solidarity-49152/", "official_url": "https://ibraaz.org/whats-on/peoples-justice", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4530f2b39e1c23d2c1a92b6c63f8994b8f6e3866b93f14940dffa9122f30497f-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Dr Johannes Keegstra: Biophysics of aquatic microbes: randomness, energetics, and sticky polysaccharides", "start": "2026-11-06T15:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-06T16:00:00Z", "place": "Imperial College London", "address": "Exhibition Road, SW7 2AZ London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/biology/microbiology"], "description": "A free, open-to-all seminar at Imperial College London on the biophysics of aquatic microbes. Speaker Dr Johannes Keegstra explores how bacteria search for dilute nutrient hotspots, why motility is their most expensive trait, and how sticky polysaccharides from algae guide them. He also shows how bacterial chemosensory arrays use signalling fluctuations to navigate information-poor waters.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/dr-johannes-keegstra-biophysics-of-aquatic-microbes-randomne-74055/", "official_url": "https://www.imperial.ac.uk/events/214372/keegstra_microbes/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/982aba022973dccc93347defcd773966d6de4fd653a4d3d261e1b3e180e14cbb-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Brain Meeting", "start": "2026-11-06T15:15:00Z", "end": "2026-11-06T16:15:00Z", "place": "Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging", "address": "Queen Square 12, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/neuroscience"], "description": "A talk in the Brain Meeting series. 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