{"title": "John Berger at 100 | Book launch: \"John Berger: From Life\" | Tom Overton", "start": "2026-10-28T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Newington Green Unitarian Church", "address": "Newington Green 39A, N16 9PR London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/biography"], "description": "A book launch for \"John Berger: From Life\", a new biography of the writer John Berger. Gareth Evans will be in conversation with its author Tom Overton, who catalogued Berger's archive at the British Library and got to know him in his final years. The book draws on personal memory and previously unseen material to explore the life and work of one of the great cultural figures of the last century. 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The screening is part of nationwide celebrations marking what would have been Berger's 100th birthday.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/jonah-who-will-be-25-in-the-year-2000-39228/", "official_url": "https://www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/john-berger-at-100-jonah-who-will-be-25-in-the-year-2000/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9309e77e5f43ad8bde09d589ee37235b3330b0ad3c503402d168b211c5a6710c-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Serious Pleasures: The Life of Stephen Tennant by Philip Hoare – Book Launch", "start": "2026-11-12T18:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History", "address": "Mare Street 11, E8 4RP London", "price": "", "price_from": "17.81", "price_to": "17.81", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.com/e/serious-pleasures-by-philip-hoare-stephen-tennant-biography-booklaunch-tickets-2001683468137?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/biography"], "description": "A book launch celebrating the new Harper Collins reissue of Philip Hoare's biography 'Serious Pleasures: The Life of Stephen Tennant', held with the opening reception for the exhibition 'Lascar – the art & ephemera of Stephen Tennant – The Man Who stayed in Bed'. The event takes place at the Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History on 11 Mare Street, London. The book follows Stephen Tennant, a fixture of 1920s high society who became a muse to Cecil Beaton and lover of Siegfried Sassoon, later receiving visitors such as Truman Capote and Greta Garbo from his Wiltshire manor. 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Buckingham, Bob Buckingham's nephew, was inspired by Forster to pursue painting privately, and in his 80s holds never-recorded recollections of his 'Uncle Morgan' plus never-before-seen Forster items and his own life's work of paintings, including portraits of Forster. It celebrates Forster's maxim 'only connect' and his lifelong belief in gay rights and criticism of restrictions based on race and class. 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It features John Rogers, a psychogeographer, writer and filmmaker who has spent more than two decades walking and documenting the city's overlooked landscapes. In the book he walks some of London's most storied but rarely acknowledged watercourses, from the Yeading Brook's western marshes to a lost river in Leytonstone, trying to find a way to hear their tales. His earlier books include This Other London and Welcome to New London, and his films include London Overground, made with Iain Sinclair.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/book-launch-confessions-of-a-london-river-hunter-by-john-rog-41519/", "official_url": "https://housmans.com/event/book-launch-confessions-of-a-london-river-hunter-by-john-rogers/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ea02c1ca3087743d83b6212fd856e7bb41240700869a7458981b5b59807468b6-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Early Gardnerians and Their Objects – Launch & Exhibition", "start": "2026-11-07T13:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Treadwell's Books", "address": "Store Street 33, WC1E 7BS London", "price": "£30", "price_from": "30.00", "price_to": "30.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.tickettailor.com/checkout/view-event/id/9010710/chk/2773689498f5d901856d962cd3107d58/?modal_widget=true&widget=true", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/photography", "religion/witchcraft"], "description": "An afternoon of talks, short films and a small exhibition about the lives and magical tools of early Wiccans, marking the launch of a new collaborative book. Christina Oakley Harrington, founder and director of Treadwell's, joins Simon Costin, director of the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic in Boscastle, to bring to light objects from Wicca's founding generations. The book is a collaboration between Treadwell's, the museum, and photographer and videographer Christen Goguen, printed by Ancient Magic Books, run by photographer James Meredew. 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