{"title": "IWM In Conversation: Damien Lewis and Rye Barcott", "start": "2026-11-06T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Churchill War Rooms", "address": "King Charles Street, SW1A 2AQ London", "price": "£20", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "20.00", "tickets_url": "https://tickets.iwm.org.uk/event-tickets/80963?catID=75712&branches.branchID=2995", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/wwii", "literature/memoir"], "description": "An evening talk at the Churchill War Rooms in which authors Damien Lewis and Rye Barcott discuss courage, leadership, service and sacrifice, from the Second World War to conflicts and politics today. It is held by Imperial War Museums as part of its IWM In Conversation series and draws on British and American stories of people who chose service when it came at a cost. Barcott, a Marine Corps veteran and New York Times bestselling author, will speak about his book 'Courage Can Save Us', while war reporter and historian Damien Lewis presents 'Behind Enemy Lines'. After the talk there is a Q&A, a book signing and the chance to explore the historic rooms.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/iwm-in-conversation-damien-lewis-and-rye-barcott-50307/", "official_url": "https://www.iwm.org.uk/events/iwm-in-conversation-damien-lewis-and-rye-barcott", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2d0c3f69c5b7d3df5e711cce7d8f0f2603f123e647d7aa85afeac1011f6e5294-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-06T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Churchill War Rooms", "address": "King Charles Street, SW1A 2AQ London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"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. 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Misener joins Emily Itami, author of Fault Lines and Kakigori Summer, to discuss the mythology of the good guy and what telling the truth may cost.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/what-makes-a-good-guy-mindy-misener-in-conversation-with-emi-41633/", "official_url": "https://libreria.io/what-makes-a-good-guy-mindy-misener-in-conversation-with-emily-itami/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/74de0f73e5eaf0bc84bd2a7c9dd80d5969eee16d271aa3194754d282b4ccd605-1200.webp"}, {"title": "The Spanish Civil War 90 Years on: Legacies and Lessons", "start": "2026-11-05T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Marx Memorial Library", "address": "Clerkenwell Green 37a, EC1R 0DU London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2000030572281?aff=oddtdtcreator", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/politics/antifascism"], "description": "A panel discussion marking ninety years since the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War and the formation of the International Brigades. It is jointly organised by the Marx Memorial Library & Workers' School and the International Brigade Memorial Trust. The speakers explore what the experience of Spain can teach the labour movement today on solidarity, internationalism and anti-fascism. The panel features Eddie Dempsey, General Secretary of the RMT, Noelia Sanchez, Chair of the PCE-GB, and Micaela Tracey-Ramos, UNISON Vice-President, with a chance to view items from the library's Spanish Collection in the Reading Room.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-spanish-civil-war-90-years-on-legacies-and-lessons-37127/", "official_url": "https://www.marx-memorial-library.org.uk/event/547", "image": "https://noky.io/images/68cff5630286af54fd96967353fabe321e34671389f122b77248940dd1ea4355-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Andrew Davies in conversation with Hadley Freeman", "start": "2026-11-03T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Daunt Books Notting Hill", "address": "", "price": "£6.00", "price_from": "6.00", "price_to": "6.00", "tickets_url": "https://dauntbooks.co.uk/category/gifts/book-bundles/", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/memoir"], "description": "An intimate evening conversation at a bookshop with the screenwriter and novelist Andrew Davies about his new memoir, An Unsuitable Boy: A Life in Scripts. He will be joined in conversation by author and journalist Hadley Freeman, formerly of The Guardian and now a staff writer at The Sunday Times. The memoir weaves together wit, irreverence and vulnerability, reflecting on a life of writing, adapting and collaborating, from post-war Cardiff to the BBC boardroom. The ticket price includes a glass of wine or a soft drink.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/andrew-davies-in-conversation-with-hadley-freeman-41336/", "official_url": "https://dauntbooks.co.uk/shop/events/andrew-davies/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7d0544d1a1714526e74c2f40d60c2c2aa0de35f8dcc780d344d0f74b42a08f25-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Remembrance: A Call to Mind", "start": "2026-11-01T12:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-01T16:00:00Z", "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": "Remembrance: A Call to Mind is a day of performances, films, talks and workshops marking Remembrance Day at the National Maritime Museum. It is organised in partnership with Ally Musthan from Matglen Veterans Hub and dance artist Teal Darkenwald, and broadens the conversation around Remembrance. Through creative expression, shared experiences and activities, it brings stories, lived experiences, mental health perspectives and performance into the Museum. 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It is organised by a local coalition of CND, Socialist Health Association, and Stop the War. Guest speakers include Martin Abrams, Alex Gordon, Suzanne Muna, Rathi Guhadasan, Jess Edwards and Dr Brian Fisher. 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Elżbieta Moczarska, translator Sean Gasper Bye and award-winning historian Roger Moorhouse discuss the book by her late father, Kazimierz Moczarski, a Polish writer, journalist and soldier who fought the Nazi occupation as part of the resistance. Imprisoned by Poland's Communist regime after the war, Moczarski shared a cell with Nazi war criminal Jürgen Stroop, the man responsible for the destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto, and wrote the book as a first-hand account of the 255 days they spent together.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/iwm-in-conversation-elzbieta-moczarska-50308/", "official_url": "https://www.iwm.org.uk/events/iwm-in-conversation-elzbieta-moczarska-conversations-with-an-executioner", "image": "https://noky.io/images/63d81ef2b151e7b5f2535ddc5cab4ce6e79f766f98edc2565896239e44a07bf7-1200.webp"}]}