{"title": "Muslim Europe & Britain: Tharik Hussain in conversation with Shafik Meghji", "start": "2026-11-12T19:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-12T20:30:00Z", "place": "Stanfords", "address": "Mercer Walk 7, WC2H 9FA London", "price": "£8.00; £16.99 ticket with Muslim Europe paperback", "price_from": "8.00", "price_to": "16.99", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/islam", "literature/travel"], "description": "An evening author talk at Stanfords in Covent Garden, celebrating the paperback release of Muslim Europe and the release of the first Bradt Guide to Muslim Britain and Ireland. Award-winning author and journalist Tharik Hussain, specialist in global Muslim heritage, speaks with travel writer Shafik Meghji, co-author of more than 45 guidebooks. Muslim Europe retraces 1,400 years of Muslim history across the continent, from Sicily and Malta to Spain and Portugal, while Muslim Britain and Ireland traces Islam in the British Isles from the 8th century to today, region by region. 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Historian and Sunday Times bestselling author Philip Parker presents his latest book, History of Empires in Maps, which charts more than 60 empires, from the Achaemenid and Roman to the Mongol, Ottoman, Aztec and Mughal. The talk explores the roots of each empire's success, the causes of its demise and the legacies left behind, illustrated by stunning mapping. 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Actor and podcaster Tim Downie, known for Upstart Crow and Toast of London and host of the Folklands podcast, talks to author, actor and comedian Rachel Parris about his new book Rituals: A Folk Journey Through The Seasons. The book explores the strange and beautiful places that have shaped British folklore, journeying through the seasons and encountering wonders from horn dances to blazing tar barrels. 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Histories of Exile and Emigration", "start": "2026-11-04T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Birkbeck College", "address": "WC1E 7HX London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/exile"], "description": "A public lecture at Birkbeck's Clore Management Centre, followed by a reception. Historian Jan Rüger, professor of History at Birkbeck, University of London, explores exile and emigration between Germany and Britain through biographical studies, focusing on refugees from Nazi Germany in the 1930s and 40s within a timeframe from the early eighteenth century to recent debates about immigration and Brexit. The lecture marks the publication of his book Great Powers: A History of Britain and Germany. Admission is free.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/german-jewish-british-histories-of-exile-and-emigration-80520/", "official_url": "https://www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event/65435/german-jewish-british-histories-of-exile-and-emigration", "image": ""}]}