{"title": "Half Term Family Day – Beyond Bayeux Tapestry Now", "start": "2026-10-28T11:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Guildhall Art Gallery", "address": "Guildhall Yard, EC2V 5AE London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://onecitylondon.com/shop/", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["art/textile-art/tapestry"], "description": "Half Term Family Day – Beyond Bayeux Tapestry Now is a free family day of drop-in activities taking over Guildhall Art Gallery and London's Roman Amphitheatre. It accompanies the exhibition Beyond Bayeux: Tapestry Now, which celebrates tapestry as one of the world's oldest yet most vibrant and evolving art forms as the Bayeux Tapestry returns to the UK for the first time in almost 1,000 years. Visitors can join weaving with Christie Swallow and Dalia James, storytelling with Laura Sampson, and The Draw-Yer Tapestry drawing with Arkem Walton, plus a story corner and a quiet space. 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The gallery's curator guides visitors through works by over 20 major British artists transformed into tapestry by Dovecot's expert weavers. The tour explores how art and craft intersect and how the heritage of tapestry has become a thriving contemporary medium, with expert commentary and the chance to ask questions. The tour lasts approximately one hour, is designed for adults with accompanied children welcome (suggested minimum age 8), and places are deliberately limited.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/curator-tour-beyond-bayeux-tapestry-now-37605/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c2efddba802b65606caa30901b5b082ca1db04fa0fd5f7d7f9aefface1933516-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Beyond Bayeux: Tapestry Now Exhibition", "start": "2026-10-23T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-03-21T00:00:00Z", "place": "Guildhall Art Gallery", "address": "Guildhall Yard, EC2V 5AE London", "price": "Pay What You Can", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://tapinlondon.com/event/regulars-14xxodp/", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/textile-art/tapestry"], "description": "'Beyond Bayeux: Tapestry Now' is an exhibition at Guildhall Art Gallery celebrating tapestry as a vibrant and evolving art form of the 21st century. 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Presented to coincide with the Bayeux Tapestry's landmark return to the UK for the first time in almost 1,000 years, it invites visitors to rethink what tapestry can be and explore its continuing relevance today.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/beyond-bayeux-tapestry-now-exhibition-37555/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2bd1f5acd97f097608e6c31cae9c62a91b0a88ccbe3f16bc28298c43ee73a56a-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Tom Phillips featured in Beyond Bayeux: Tapestry Now", "start": "2026-10-23T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-03-21T00:00:00Z", "place": "Flowers Gallery", "address": "Kingsland Road 84, E2 8DP London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/textile-art/tapestry"], "description": "Tom Phillips is featured in 'Beyond Bayeux: Tapestry Now', an external exhibition at Guildhall, London, running from 23 October 2026 to 21 March 2027. Created in collaboration with Guildhall Art Gallery, it celebrates the Bayeux Tapestry's arrival in the UK and brings together more than 20 artists redefining tapestry today. The show includes 'After Benches', 1973, by Tom Phillips CBE RA (1937-2022), alongside collaborations with Dovecot's master weavers and artists such as David Hockney and Yinka Shonibare, plus new commissions with Hurvin Anderson and Farshid Moussavi. It invites visitors to rethink what tapestry can be and explore its continuing relevance in the 21st century.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/tom-phillips-featured-in-beyond-bayeux-tapestry-now-69808/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1582e801cb01893193fe78daadd58d6617c169cb5d58a01400473425b167a141-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Tapestry Weaving", "start": "2026-11-04T12:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-04T14:00:00Z", "place": "West Ealing Community Library", "address": "Melbourne Avenue, W13 9BA London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["diy/textiles/weaving"], "description": "Tapestry Weaving is a weekly session at West Ealing Library where participants turn yarn into beautiful tapestries. It is run by West Ealing Community Library and happens every Wednesday. The sessions suit all skill levels, teaching new techniques while encouraging people to bring their own designs to life. 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A section of it was knitted by Olympic gold medallist Tom Daley, founder of the knitting and crochet lifestyle brand Made With Love. The artwork comes ahead of the release of the Sky Original feature film Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom. It can be visited free, drop-in, on the Ground Floor of the Darwin Centre.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-baa-ewe-tapestry-41753/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8e130352ae268ecf42e594176258be73192f72c8a89696f72a93f56dddd13f69-600.webp"}, {"title": "Half Term Sketching Station in the Painted Hall", "start": "2026-10-24T10:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-01T17:00:00Z", "place": "Old Royal Naval College Visitor Centre", "address": "King William Walk", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://ornc.digitickets.co.uk/category/61042", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/drawing", "occasion/half-term"], "description": "Half Term Sketching Station in the Painted Hall is a self-led family activity during half term: sketchbooks and pencils can be borrowed to sketch in the Painted Hall while taking in Thornhill's masterpiece. It is run by the Old Royal Naval College, with family sit and sketch prompt cards on hand to help unlock the hall's stories and spark inspiration. Visitors can also design their own dove for the Peace Doves installation coming to the Painted Hall later this year. 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The Big Draw festival connects with the museum, with artist Marc Woodhead leading exploration of the shapes and spaces of the galleries through gesture and movement, and artist Ian Crighton running a creative workshop in the Studio on experimental mark making. The free event requires booking via families@wallacecollection.org, and afterwards the Studio is available for packed lunches, with drop-in drawing in the galleries and trying on real and replica armour with Hands on Armour volunteers.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-big-draw-relaxed-family-morning-39898/", "official_url": "https://www.wallacecollection.org/whats-on/events/the-big-draw-relaxed-family-morning-2/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9f4d866527108a7835470e72ede950ab0077294efb89bab77db51c1adf003a64-1200.webp"}, {"title": "The Bayeux Tapestry: Between Myth & History", "start": "2026-11-04T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni (Language Centre)", "address": "Cromwell Place 13, London", "price": "£20, conc. £18, students £15", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "20.00", "tickets_url": "https://cinelumiere.savoysystems.co.uk/CineLumiere.dll/TSelectItems.waSelectItemsPrompt.TcsWebMenuItem_600.TcsWebTab_601.TcsPerformance_7121129.TcsSection_6930861", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/textile-art/tapestry", "history/middle-ages"], "description": "A talk titled The Bayeux Tapestry: Between Myth & History at the Institut français du Royaume-Uni. Michael Lewis, lead curator of the British Museum's Bayeux Tapestry exhibition, and Leonie Hicks, Professor of Medieval Studies at Canterbury Christ Church University, discuss the significance of 1066 for the English and why the Bayeux Tapestry is such an important record of the Norman Conquest of England. The conversation examines the political circumstances depicted in the Tapestry and what purpose the embroidery might have had for those who created it. It is part of a series of curated events around the Bayeux Tapestry at the French Institute, held in English.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-bayeux-tapestry-between-myth-history-74180/", "official_url": "https://www.institut-francais.org.uk/events-agenda/the-bayeux-tapestry-between-myth-history/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/41251f0f47e15e051bfae5be613dad7ea71aee22fbadd2f299a24554e6f7b682-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Lost Laundry Challenge Activity", "start": "2026-10-23T10:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-01T16:00:00Z", "place": "HMS Belfast", "address": "The Queen's Walk, SE1 2JH London", "price": "Free event with general admission", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["history/wwii"], "description": "Lost Laundry Challenge Activity is a family activity aboard HMS Belfast, running daily from 23 October to 1 November 2026 and on weekends from 7 October, from 10am to 4pm in Room 3H. Visitors venture below decks to make their own mini kit bag in a compartment that once housed over 100 sailors. A sailor would join a ship with everything they needed to live on board in a kit bag.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/lost-laundry-challenge-activity-36532/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b55d18483c4f4bd5bdfa2ae54a8760d0db36317b4eafbc4f5fe59f7d8cdab904-600.webp"}, {"title": "Museum Detectives: The Big Draw Family Tour", "start": "2026-10-31T11:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Wallace Collection", "address": "Manchester Square, W1U 3BN London", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://wallacecollection.digitickets.co.uk/tickets", "category": "tours", "tags": ["art/drawing", "history"], "description": "Museum Detectives: The Big Draw Family Tour is an interactive family tour of the museum, part of this year's Big Draw, where families explore the galleries and learn together. With the help of the Museum Educator, families collect ideas and experiment with mark making to create their own unique portrait. Places are limited and allocated first-come, first-served on the day, and the tour is suitable for all ages.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/museum-detectives-the-big-draw-family-tour-39900/", "official_url": "https://www.wallacecollection.org/whats-on/events/museum-detectives-the-big-draw-family-tour/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/da24a06baaa7ba882d4a851bab51c0c0f240312f49fb8539d0de11f0f99855fb-1200.webp"}, {"title": "The Big Draw: Drawn Together", "start": "2026-10-31T11:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Wallace Collection", "address": "Manchester Square, W1U 3BN London", "price": "Free (limited places, allocated first-come, first-served on the day)", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://wallacecollection.digitickets.co.uk/tickets", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/drawing"], "description": "A drop-in drawing event where visitors add their own designs to a collaborative landscape in the Great Gallery, experimenting with pattern making alongside an artist. It is led by artist Grace Holliday and is part of this year's Big Draw. All materials are provided, places are free but limited and allocated first-come, first-served on the day, and it is for ages 5+ with children accompanied by a supervising adult.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-big-draw-drawn-together-39899/", "official_url": "https://www.wallacecollection.org/whats-on/events/the-big-draw-drawn-together-2/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3c7615fbc8c6e0802ffe3a103aa4f818a17b744b1cfaa440d92d7bc7e0263650-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Hands on Armour: Paint your Power", "start": "2026-10-31T13:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Wallace Collection", "address": "Manchester Square, W1U 3BN London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://wallacecollection.digitickets.co.uk/tickets", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["history"], "description": "A hands-on drop-in activity at the museum in the Arms and Armour galleries, exploring why armour was painted, etched and decorated, with the chance to try on real and replica armour. It is run by The Wallace Collection with its Hands on Armour volunteers, showing that showing off was just as important as protection and introducing the decorative styles on display. Places are limited and allocated first-come, first-served on the day; it is for ages 5 and up, and children must be accompanied by a supervising adult.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/hands-on-armour-paint-your-power-39903/", "official_url": "https://www.wallacecollection.org/whats-on/events/hands-on-armour-paint-your-power/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c03f4e7fd852b6cbc0e64bfa21393bb3fe8135938964a86da037d6dadc015654-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Beastly bookmarks", "start": "2026-10-25T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-01T00:00:00Z", "place": "London Museum Docklands", "address": "Hertsmere Road, E14 4AL London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["diy/making"], "description": "Beastly bookmarks is a free drop-in family craft activity at London Museum Docklands, lasting about 30 minutes. Visitors can craft a cat or bat bookmark to keep their place in favourite fairy tales or spooky stories, making pals for dark autumn nights with a good book. Afterwards, families can handle objects once thought to bring good luck in the No.1 Warehouse gallery, subject to staff availability. The activity is for ages 5 and up, with children supervised at all times, and is part of the museum's October half term series.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/beastly-bookmarks-37068/", "official_url": "https://www.londonmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/beastly-bookmarks/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f308b401d88118318dddbde73677048b25f18ff5b0ce04041701189438c13210-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Family Activities: IWM London", "start": "2026-10-31T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "IWM London", "address": "", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["history/war"], "description": "Family Activities at IWM London offers free self-guided adventure trails and family missions that uncover powerful human stories and reveal the global impact of conflict from the First World War to today. The activities are run by Imperial War Museums and include a stamp trail for the Childhood in War exhibition, which explores how children have experienced conflict from 1914 to the present day. There are also drop-in storytelling activities at the Clore Learning Centre, where children aged 5 and over can create storyboards and wooden-spoon puppets. Activities can vary, so check details at the Information Desk on Level 0.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/family-activities-iwm-london-78809/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c4b22aa679b16c67f7fdcb55067972b6f5d987999a1c31c44f5e3c110e0a5ca8-1200.webp"}, {"title": "BEYOND THE STREETS", "start": "2026-11-11T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-05-05T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Saatchi Gallery", "address": "King's Road, SW3 4RY London", "price": "£0.00 – £70.50", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "70.50", "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/street-art"], "description": "BEYOND THE STREETS is an exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery in London. The gallery offers lower off-peak prices for it from Monday to Thursday each week. Saatchi Gallery Members, children under 6, and companions of ticketholders with accessibility needs are admitted free.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/beyond-the-streets-38337/", "official_url": "https://www.saatchigallery.com/product/beyond-the-streets-off-peak", "image": "https://noky.io/images/87f9a310eef705487d18050fcef6aa00a60c615c164b47d6cb634c8cff0d542a-600.webp"}]}