{"title": "People's Emergency Briefing", "start": "2026-11-11T19:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-11T21:00:00Z", "place": "Bàrd Books", "address": "Roman Road 341-343, E3 5QR London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/politics"], "description": "People's Emergency Briefing is a screening of the National Emergency Briefing for the local community in Bow and Bethnal Green and beyond. It is hosted by locals Bec and Linda. 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This session features panelists Zoë Garbett, Mayor of Hackney, and Sharon Heal, Director of the Museums Association.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/finsbury-park-after-dark-the-future-the-world-we-make-37221/", "official_url": "https://museumofhomelessness.org/news/launching-finsbury-park-after-dark", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3a3790279c06bad4b34997759a34a18bcac8b89de947a22cbf76e27aea72c635-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Byline @ The Cockpit: November", "start": "2026-11-09T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Cockpit Theatre", "address": "Gateforth Street, NW8 8EH London", "price": "Full price: £10 Concessions: £5 (Incl booking fees)", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "tickets_url": "https://tickets.thecockpit.org.uk/sales/shows/out-of-the-comfort-zone-with-b/mon-9-nov-2026---730pm", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/politics"], "description": "An evening of live discussion on current affairs, part of Byline @ The Cockpit. It is produced and presented by Byline & The Cockpit, joining the team behind the independent investigative news outlet Byline Times. 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Bàrd Books runs it around a new book, and invites the author or someone connected with it to join virtually at the start to add a new layer of understanding to the discussion. This month's novel is a creepy, evocative and terrifying tale about Carwyn and Rhian, the last in a long line of sheep farmers living out a brutal year on their hillside farm deep in the mountains of North Wales. 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