{"title": "Grief, Ghosts and the Search for Summerland", "start": "2026-11-13T12:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "National Army Museum", "address": "SW3 4HT London", "price": "FREE", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://tickets.nam.ac.uk/event/413:1048/413:19724/", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["religion/spirituality/spiritualism", "history/ww1"], "description": "A talk at the National Army Museum exploring how spiritualism helped bereaved families cope with the trauma of the First World War. Dr Alice Vernon, a Lecturer in Creative Writing at Aberystwyth University who researches ghost stories, examines Sir Oliver Lodge's 'Raymond' alongside similar spiritualist texts. Lodge, a physicist, sought to contact the ghost of his son Raymond, a young soldier among the more than 800,000 British military dead, and his book about their séances inspired other families to seek ghosts of their loved ones. The talk also looks at Summerland, a secular utopian afterlife developed through such séances, which let families imagine soldiers continuing their lives in comfort.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/grief-ghosts-and-the-search-for-summerland-37240/", "official_url": "https://www.nam.ac.uk/whats-on/grief-ghosts-and-search-summerland", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3339f11c282a46b0f8e828ba59e605c0329e07484070619f4584acbc8c800562-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-13T12:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "National Army Museum", "address": "SW3 4HT London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "‘Forget Me Not’ - The role of Military Pin-Stuck Cushions in WWI", "start": "2026-11-08T13:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Abney Park", "address": "Stoke Newington High Street, London, England, N16 0LH, United Kingdom", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://buytickets.at/abneyparktrust/2389515", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/world-war/world-war-i", "occasion/memorial"], "description": "A Remembrance talk at Abney Park cemetery on Military Pin-Stuck Cushions, heart-shaped keepsakes made by servicemen from the Crimean War to the First World War, exploring their role as symbols of remembrance. It is given by Alessandra Curtis, a British-Italian folklorist with a background in archaeology, and subject specialist of the Military Pin Stuck Cushions exhibition at the Fashion and Textile Museum. Abney Park holds 262 First World War burials, and the talk considers the cushions' emotional narratives and the Imperial War Graves Commission's role in 1917. 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First staged at St Mary's Perivale in 2016 for the Somme 100 commemorations, it has since played venues across the UK, including sell-out West End performances, and was described by BBC Radio 3 as 'an incredibly moving performance'. It juxtaposes piano music by Elgar, Ravel, Debussy and Ivor Gurney with words by writers such as Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon and Vera Brittain, interwoven with the story of Kent's great uncle, Private Percy O'Key, through his real-life letters and diaries. The result is a moving journey from innocence to loss, told with unflinching clarity and compassion.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/christopher-kent-actor-gamal-khamis-piano-never-such-innocen-40773/", "official_url": "https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2026-11-08.shtml", "image": ""}, {"title": "Remembrance: A Call to Mind", "start": "2026-11-01T12:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "National Maritime Museum", "address": "Romney Road, SE10 9NF London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/cutty-sark/book-launch-black-asian-seafarers-visual-history", "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["occasion/memorial", "history"], "description": "A day of live performances, films, talks and workshops marking Remembrance Day at the National Maritime Museum. 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Suitable for all ages, it highlights how conflict, memory and resilience continue to shape lives today.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/remembrance-a-call-to-mind-39594/", "official_url": "https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/national-maritime-museum/remembrance-call-mind", "image": "https://noky.io/images/cdf4a695cbcf4607a380e2e31771041d6824190cb8a4a905a0648530a4fec792-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Chapel Open Morning – Remembrance talk", "start": "2026-11-01T12:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Abney Park Chapel", "address": "", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/world-war"], "description": "A Chapel Open Morning at which visitors can drop in freely to see the recently restored Chapel from the inside. 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Whether you're curious, seeking comfort, or simply looking for a unique night out, this is an experience you won't want to miss.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/psychic-night-44340/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Death and Dying: Celebration of Life through Reflection on Death", "start": "2026-10-31T09:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Kagyu Samye Dzong London", "address": "Spa Road 15", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["religion/buddhist", "society/death"], "description": "Death and Dying: Celebration of Life through Reflection on Death is a day of talks and workshops exploring death and dying, with an exhibition room, a bereavement counsellor available, and light offerings and prayers for the deceased. It is organised by the Kagyu Samye Dzong London (KSDL) Bardo Group as their annual event, and is a place to share ideas, practical advice, and stories on death. Speakers include Lama Zangmo on preparing for our own death, Charlie Morley on the Bardo Group's support for the dying and their families, funeral directors from Poppy's, solicitors on leaving a will, Dr Liam Gabb on palliative care and dying with dementia, and grief investigator Lizzie Pickering on how we enfold grief into our lives. All are welcome and there is no need to book in advance.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/death-and-dying-celebration-of-life-through-reflection-on-de-60828/", "official_url": "https://www.london.samye.org/event-details/death-and-dying-celebration-of-life-through-reflection-on-death", "image": "https://noky.io/images/370b7eed9e4ff4df5d8f37fb88026a631d28dfe40e0e2db574e8eaea3f924487-600.webp"}, {"title": "Speaker Series: Paul Woodadge – Remembrance Sunday", "start": "2026-11-08T11:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Battle of Britain Bunker - RAF Uxbridge", "address": "Wren Avenue, UB10 0GG Uxbridge", "price": "£8 - free for members", "price_from": "8.00", "price_to": "8.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["occasion/memorial/remembrance-sunday", "history"], "description": "A special talk marking Remembrance Sunday, held at the Battle of Britain Bunker. Historian and author Paul Woodadge delivers it, speaking on commemoration and memorialisation. It is open to ages 14 and above, and the ticket price includes visitor access.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/speaker-series-paul-woodadge-remembrance-sunday-78787/", "official_url": "https://pre.hillingdon.gov.uk/events/event/450/speaker-series-paul-woodadge-remembrance-sunday", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c2646ac486f9df8a1b23682b79a3586735fc4891057205a156481a8786dfe4ae-600.webp"}, {"title": "Chapel Open Morning", "start": "2026-11-01T11:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-01T13:00:00Z", "place": "Abney Park", "address": "Stoke Newington High Street, London, England, N16 0LH, United Kingdom", "price": "Free - donations to support the work of Abney Park Trust are welcome.", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["history/world-war"], "description": "Chapel Open Morning is a chance to drop in and see inside the recently restored Chapel at Abney Park, open between 11:00 and 13:00. The Abney Park Trust hosts the morning, including a talk at midday about some of the War Dead buried and remembered there, highlighting stories among the 150 Commonwealth War Graves of soldiers, sailors and airmen who lost their lives in the World Wars. Visitors can drop in at any time to see the Chapel, and toilets, baby changing facilities and accessible toilets are available onsite. Entry is free, with donations to support the Trust's work welcome; no dogs in the chapel please, as Abney can get muddy.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/chapel-open-morning-59934/", "official_url": "https://abneypark.org/upcoming-events/2026/4/5/chapel-open-morning-3357c-8ws8c-r8w76-m5hwn-be7mk", "image": "https://noky.io/images/392827c3b474c6342465924ade43e3e6d71b5b18726ff353559449caa9dae952-2000.webp"}, {"title": "A Saint in the Trenches – A Lecture by Bro. Nigel Cave", "start": "2026-11-11T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Irish Cultural Centre", "address": "5 Black's Road, Hammersmith, W6 9DT", "price": "£8", "price_from": "8.00", "price_to": "8.00", "tickets_url": "https://irishculturalcentre.co.uk/whats-on/?_sft_event_type=book", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/world-war/world-war-i", "religion/christian/catholic"], "description": "A lecture marking Remembrance Week, part of the Irish Cultural Centre's programme. Bro. Nigel Cave, one of the foremost authorities on the life of Fr Willie Doyle MC SJ, explores the Dublin-born Jesuit priest's service as a military chaplain with the 16th (Irish) Division during the First World War. Fr Doyle, awarded the Military Cross for gallantry, was killed in 1917 during the Battle of Passchendaele while trying to reach wounded soldiers, and his cause for canonisation is progressing. The talk will draw on years of research into his ministry, bravery and enduring legacy as a figure of faith and self-sacrifice.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/a-saint-in-the-trenches-a-lecture-by-bro-nigel-cave-41566/", "official_url": "https://irishculturalcentre.co.uk/event/a-saint-in-the-trenches-a-lecture-by-bro-nigel-cave/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0e7d3fcacf64da7b9d9dbf2525df9d212338b8cc84eddce69964b644ea619d9d-600.webp"}, {"title": "Spellbound at The Society of Antiquaries", "start": "2026-10-30T17:00:00Z", "end": "2026-10-30T20:00:00Z", "place": "Society of Antiquaries", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["history/magic-occult", "occasion/halloween"], "description": "Spellbound at The Society of Antiquaries is a Halloween event at Burlington House exploring magic, superstition and the occult. Visitors can encounter bellarmine \"spirit houses\", hexing bottles, books of spells, Renaissance occult philosophy that inspired Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, and a physician's notebook with 17th-century recipes, chiromancy and astrology. Artist Sarah Newson leads an unconscious drawing activity and helps participants create protective amulets using worldwide symbols of luck and protection. Geoffrey Munn OBE FSA presents a 16th-century charmstone used for \"spirit tapping\", and Hear We Here We (Rory Harvey and Cale Donia) offer a soundscape and live performance; the ticket includes a spooky cocktail, all ages are welcome, and tickets are for hourly slots running from 5-8pm.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/spellbound-at-the-society-of-antiquaries-38653/", "official_url": "https://www.sal.org.uk/events/spellbound/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/453b597baf65deda6e16e20da018845d88a0b0cd91c1c8631d645d435d99c4ee-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Dreams, Death & the Journey Beyond", "start": "2026-11-07T11:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "College of Psychic Studies", "address": "Queensberry Place 16, London", "price": "Members: £110.00 / Non Members: £130.00", "price_from": "130.00", "price_to": "130.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["history/magic-occult", "religion/spirituality"], "description": "An in-person workshop exploring the close relationship between death and dreams, guiding participants through the soul's passage into the afterlife and considering nightly visions as rehearsals for the final threshold. It is led by Tree Carr, an author, death midwife and transpersonal therapist, with teachings from the Egyptian Book of the Dead, the Tibetan Bardo Thodol and Greco-Roman mythos. Topics include dreams as portals, after-death visitation and grief dreams, dreams as a mediumship tool, and shamanism, witchcraft and the occult.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/dreams-death-the-journey-beyond-41240/", "official_url": "https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/workshops/lucid-dreaming/dreams-death-the-journey-beyond/?id=6406", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d0f5db68f54be8f64d32fbd20fd26242a6753537fee40e61e54f4e95f97ca4d1-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Remember your Dead", "start": "2026-10-31T10:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Atlantis Bookshop", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://theatlantisbookshop.com/what-we-offer/#books", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["occasion/memorial"], "description": "Remember your Dead invites people to remember their dearly departed, whoever and wherever they may be, in a safe, welcoming environment. It is hosted by the Atlantis Bookshop. There is no pressure, protocol or formula, it is entirely up to you: you can light a candle, read a personal message or poem, or express your feelings however you like. It runs during normal shop opening hours on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/remember-your-dead-42220/", "official_url": "https://theatlantisbookshop.com/events/event/remember-your-dead-2/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7ff3fb05e8704e3da10a9c1953aad7e526c4aa4e307bd3dc735e9f6a70640cd7-600.webp"}, {"title": "Echoes from the Great War", "start": "2026-11-06T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Shrewsbury House Community Centre", "address": "Bushmoor Crescent, SE18 3EG London", "price": "£8 (+ booking fee)", "price_from": "8.00", "price_to": "8.00", "tickets_url": "https://wegottickets.com/f/29004", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama", "history/ww1"], "description": "Echoes from the Great War is an evening of dramatic readings, poetry and performance. It is presented by Shooters Hill Drama Collective and brings to life the voices and stories of those who lived, worked and fought during the First World War. All profits from ticket sales will be donated to the military charity Blesma. More information can be found at shootershilldrama.org.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/echoes-from-the-great-war-42023/", "official_url": "https://www.shrewsburyhouse.org/events/echoes-from-the-great-war-shdc", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c0d7dea4954ab8e631a964fab0c8eede2c5ed0045c595320bf12100fbe7b2ef5-600.webp"}, {"title": "Soane Late: Halloween Special", "start": "2026-10-30T18:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Sir John Soane's Museum", "address": "Lincoln's Inn Fields 13, WC2A 3BP London", "price": "£25", "price_from": "25.00", "price_to": "25.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.soane.org/terms-conditions-ticketed-events-tours", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/mythology", "occasion/halloween"], "description": "Soane Late: Halloween Special is an after-dark evening that invites visitors to explore Sir John Soane's Museum by candlelight. Organised by the museum itself, it lets guests wander the candlelit corridors and discover the collection's otherworldly artefacts after dark. Visitors hear tales of death and the afterlife, from stories about ancient Egyptian gods to epics from Greek mythology. Admission includes a glass of prosecco or white wine in the Library Dining Room, and entry is at timed slots.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/soane-late-halloween-special-38607/", "official_url": "https://www.soane.org/whats-on/soane-late-halloween-special-30-october-2026", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f501ac29d7f9226e229a9eb2682115a479f9098128443185300aa0d455f85759-1200.webp"}]}