{"title": "Premiere: Festival of Britain in Poplar Podcast", "start": "2026-10-30T15:00:00Z", "end": "2026-10-30T18:00:00Z", "place": "The People Speak", "address": "Aberfeldy Street 27, London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["history/postwar", "society/housing"], "description": "The Festival of Britain Podcast premiere is a free celebration marking the 75th anniversary of the Festival of Britain and the end of a project in Poplar. The art collective The People Speak will present the podcast they made over the summer, five episodes of interviews with local residents, historians, writers, social housing providers, architects, curators and artists. Each episode traces the social and historical context of post-war Britain, from the Festival and the rise of social housing to work, culture and life in the East End today. The event also offers interactive exhibitions, a youth-created virtual reality game, poems, 50's inspired jewellery, live music and stories from 1951.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/premiere-festival-of-britain-in-poplar-podcast-39533/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e0477e1b85273bf876b13b64e2d17ba0ed1624b7265d53b2efb6a00a6a0263fa-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-10-30T15:00:00Z", "end": "2026-10-30T18:00:00Z", "place": "The People Speak", "address": "Aberfeldy Street 27, London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Tracing Posterity: Screening and Scanning Social", "start": "2026-10-30T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Women’s Museum", "address": "Barking Wharf Square 4-5, IG11 7DQ", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2002211966891?aff=oddtdtcreator", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/documentary", "history/black-history"], "description": "An evening of short films and archival footage followed by a communal scanning and sharing workshop. Curated by Abel Holsborough, it reflects on the representation of Black British histories in film archives and how selective memories are preserved. Led by and centring Black residents of Barking and Dagenham, it marks Black History Month and invites visitors to bring family photos, DVDs and tapes to be digitised for a borough-wide community archive. The programme includes Early Years by Morgan Quaintance, Super Sam by Sandi Hudson Francis, and Eileen's Party, a home movie by local resident Eileen.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/tracing-posterity-screening-and-scanning-social-40351/", "official_url": "https://womensmuseum.org.uk/events/tracing-posterity-screening-and-scanning-social/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b76e5b14dc4792c68dfe22d592716439c2265ed022594685261aea3707f3fcd5-600.webp"}, {"title": "Exploring History through Creativity", "start": "2026-11-10T14:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Poplar Union", "address": "Cotall Street 2, E14 6TL London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://poplarunion.com/event/trip-to-st-annes-church-to-see-the-limehouse-chinatown-exhibition-myths-and-realities/", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["history/london"], "description": "Free creative sessions exploring East End history through collage, photography, movement, singing, soundscapes and performance. They are facilitated by Tasnim Siddiqa Amin, a working-class Bangladeshi-British artist, theatremaker and activist from Poplar. Topics range from industrialisation, the dock strike and the match girls strike to the 1921 Poplar rates rebellion, London's first Chinatown, the closure of the docks and gentrification. Participants are invited to learn, explore and share their own stories.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/exploring-history-through-creativity-76781/", "official_url": "https://poplarunion.com/event/exploring-history-through-creativity-2/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c5c76c0955c5c805baaf8f696b98cfb96488c7969381c7253b9835346617cdf4-2000.webp"}, {"title": "New Black British Sound x BBC Introducing", "start": "2026-11-12T18:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-12T21:30:00Z", "place": "V&A East Museum", "address": "Carpenters Road 107, E20 2AR London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.vam.ac.uk/info/buy-membership", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["society/black-culture/black-british", "music"], "description": "An evening of live music, networking and a panel conversation titled 'New Black British Sound x BBC Introducing' at V&A East Museum. It is run by BBC Introducing Live together with BBC Radio 1Xtra in partnership with V&A East Museum, celebrating the museum's exhibition The Music is Black: A British Story. A panel hosted by BBC Introducing's Angelle Joseph, with speakers including V&A East's Josephine Small, looks at key moments in Black British music history and how the UK industry can support young Black artists. An open mic hosted by BBC Radio 1Xtra Introducing's Theo Johnson gives nine artists the chance to perform live for BBC Introducing.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/new-black-british-sound-x-bbc-introducing-40095/", "official_url": "https://www.vam.ac.uk/event/RwGL37RqpD/new-black-british-sound-x-bbc-introducing-nov-2026", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7220b15f5dda4434b888bc624ed4ba543164d9dc44e7abfb29095f4d110f713b-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Cornwallis Cloth: Championing untold stories of WW2 in the Caribbean", "start": "2026-11-12T18:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Old Royal Naval College Visitor Centre", "address": "King William Walk", "price": "Free (Booking Required)", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://ornc.digitickets.co.uk/category/61042", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/wwii"], "description": "An evening at the Visitor Centre with a viewing of the Cornwallis Cloth exhibition and film installation, followed by a panel discussion. Sweet Patootee Arts and the Old Royal Naval College Interpretation Team explore how oral testimony and creative research can break through archival silence to restore long silenced histories of British Caribbean lives during the Second World War. From 6pm to 7.30pm visitors can view the exhibition, with the talk and Q&A running from 7.30pm to 8.30pm. Admission is free, though booking is required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/cornwallis-cloth-championing-untold-stories-of-ww2-in-the-ca-37528/", "official_url": "https://ornc.org/whats-on/cornwallis-cloth-talk/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f154f1d4ee985023b247b25a756c70c8a52e88d0955166951326d2f69cafbd67-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Walking Tour of Haggerston – part of Estate Talks", "start": "2026-10-31T10:00:00Z", "end": "2026-10-31T12:00:00Z", "place": "Outside Haggerston Community Centre", "address": "8 Lovelace Street, London, E8 4FF", "price": "Free - Booking required", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/estate-talks-walking-tour-of-haggerston-hackney-tickets-2003362328654", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/local-history"], "description": "A one-hour guided walking tour discovering the past and present of the Haggerston and Kingsland Estate, followed by about half an hour of conversation at a local coffee shop. It is part of Estate Talks, a programme of free public events, and is led by local resident and artist Elam Forrester. Participants can contribute to the tour and create their own map of the area. It is organised following local residents' interest in neighbourly get-togethers and sharing memories of the area.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/walking-tour-of-haggerston-part-of-estate-talks-39534/", "official_url": "https://thepeoplespeak.org.uk/event/walking-tour-of-haggerston-part-of-estate-talks/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b64c23eb08d30a52dad0000ae4aea96591825e839cf51ef160ff7719612c2d5b-2000.webp"}, {"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. Historian and author Paul Woodadge delivers it, speaking on commemoration and memorialisation. It is open to ages 14 and above, and the ticket price includes visitor access.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/speaker-series-paul-woodadge-remembrance-sunday-78787/", "official_url": "https://pre.hillingdon.gov.uk/events/event/450/speaker-series-paul-woodadge-remembrance-sunday", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c2646ac486f9df8a1b23682b79a3586735fc4891057205a156481a8786dfe4ae-600.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. The event is suitable for all ages and highlights how conflict, memory and resilience continue to shape lives today.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/remembrance-a-call-to-mind-37278/", "official_url": "https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/national-maritime-museum/remembrance-call-mind", "image": "https://noky.io/images/72fe453c4caec99cc8116506e606c10b1db332cd0f05f9bd981088ca9e034f01-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Remembrance: A Call to Mind", "start": "2026-11-01T12:00:00Z", "end": null, "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": "A day of live performances, films, talks and workshops marking Remembrance Day at the National Maritime Museum. It is organised in partnership with Ally Musthan of Matglen Veterans Hub and dance artist Teal Darkenwald, and brings stories, lived experiences, mental health perspectives and creative expression into the museum. Suitable for all ages, it highlights how conflict, memory and resilience continue to shape lives today.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/remembrance-a-call-to-mind-39594/", "official_url": "https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/national-maritime-museum/remembrance-call-mind", "image": "https://noky.io/images/cdf4a695cbcf4607a380e2e31771041d6824190cb8a4a905a0648530a4fec792-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Trip to the London Museum Docklands", "start": "2026-10-31T10:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Poplar Union", "address": "Cotall Street 2, E14 6TL London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://book.plinth.org.uk/e/xBB43r0ZvakknUTYSyno", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/colonialism"], "description": "A guided trip to the London Museum Docklands, exploring the stories woven into the history of London's docks, from the slave trade and river policing to local communities and dockers' fight for workers' rights. It is part of Exploring History through Creativity, an adults-only series, with under-18s allowed only when supervised. This Halloween outing uncovers hidden histories and forgotten voices lingering in the Docklands' past. It is organised by Poplar Union and builds on their recent collage workshop.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/trip-to-the-london-museum-docklands-76763/", "official_url": "https://poplarunion.com/event/trip-to-the-london-museum-docklands/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1292bd3a902f8f45f7bcc7bbad048bd9beab8e5dd2b4a2c3ce1303455de6bfc0-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Conversation and performance: Voices of democracy", "start": "2026-11-04T18:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-04T20:30:00Z", "place": "Westminster Abbey", "address": "Dean's Yard 20, SW1P 3PA London", "price": "Free (booking required)", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/conversation-and-performance-voices-of-democracy-tickets-1990646530359", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["music/classical/choral", "history/democracy"], "description": "An immersive evening of music, readings, and discussion about how individual voices have shaped the long story of democracy in the UK. It is hosted by Westminster Abbey Institute as part of its programme The Long Story of Democracy. Chaired by Josie Rourke, it features a panel including Professor Janina Ramirez, music from St Margaret's Choristers and Consort, and performances by Paul Chahidi and Miranda Raison. From Magna Carta to Nelson Mandela, it explores how those who tested the foundations of democracy inspire hope for its future.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/conversation-and-performance-voices-of-democracy-49729/", "official_url": "https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-events/lectures-and-talks/2026/november/conversation-and-performance-voices-of-democracy/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/53d94d67ae2efff392b59ae48b41d6facbba64eefcc87e098a46f1b7e7869e32-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Sophie Huckfield & Company – A Socially Useful Production: “The Participation Waltz”", "start": "2026-09-19T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-12-19T00:00:00Z", "place": "Stanley Picker Gallery", "address": "Grange Road, KT1 2QJ Kingston upon Thames", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/installation", "history"], "description": "An exhibition at Stanley Picker Gallery that turns the space into a setting for making, gathering and performance around the 1976 Lucas Plan, a radical proposal by workers at Lucas Industries for socially useful production, and the play \"The Participation Waltz\" developed with Lucas workers by Broadside Mobile Workers Theatre. It is created by Sophie Huckfield & Company with Production Designer Rosanna Vize. The show is divided into two 'Acts': one set in the Lucas corporate offices with archival materials, the other the backstage of a working theatre with a recreation of the Broadside Mobile Workers Theatre stage and original and reimagined props. Talks, performances and collaborative activities throughout revisit this history with members of Broadside Mobile Workers Theatre and Lucas Workers sharing their stories, with scripts rewritten, objects remade and the play restaged.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/sophie-huckfield-company-a-socially-useful-production-the-pa-42058/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c606f17ca361a8050baf2d028768869cdc8e22bbe21f63973721c67623c79058-2000.webp"}, {"title": "house london! | data hackathon", "start": "2026-11-07T10:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-07T19:30:00Z", "place": "Newspeak House", "address": "Bethnal Green Road 133-135, E2 7DG London", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["science/technology", "society/housing"], "description": "House London! is a one-day data sprint bringing together data scientists, urban planners, and policy thinkers to work with London's planning and housing data. Participants tell the most compelling, well-evidenced story they can from real datasets, shaping policy briefs, dashboards and models. It is the fourth in a monthly series hosted by House London!, organised by Jam Coombes, with cash prizes voted by fellow hackers.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/house-london-data-hackathon-41764/", "official_url": "https://luma.com/m3pbljlh", "image": "https://noky.io/images/195bd0beac3dddd84dd248791055543f14c7864ef15dfd5f0e416e17374a5f6c-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Earthly Paradise: Radical Living in the UK", "start": "2026-10-25T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-03-28T00:00:00Z", "place": "William Morris Gallery", "address": "Forest Road, E17 4PP London", "price": "FREE admission. Suggested donation of £5.", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.wmgallery.org.uk/event/earthly-paradise", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/mixed-media", "history/social-history"], "description": "Earthly Paradise: Radical Living in the UK is a major touring exhibition about the people and places that have shaped art and activism across Britain over the last 200 years. Presented by William Morris Gallery, it was developed in partnership with Tŷ Pawb in Wrexham, Blackwell – The Arts & Crafts house in Bowness-on-Windermere, and Dovecot Studios in Edinburgh, who work together as Four Lanterns as part of Art Fund's Going Places programme. Through objects, painting, drawing, photography, sound and archival material, it highlights individuals and communities who defied conventions and the homes they created to realise new visions of society, including William Morris's Red House, Charleston, Benton End, Prospect Cottage and Dial House. Curated by Hadrian Garrard, Linsey Young and Tayyabah Tahir, it also considers the role that money and class have played in access to these spaces and in imagining new ways of living.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/earthly-paradise-radical-living-in-the-uk-42812/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4606a47388641a9b47a51a7aac5b10ca924738564d500267f04b92c99fd67335-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Diwali at the National Maritime Museum", "start": "2026-11-07T10:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "National Maritime Museum", "address": "Romney Road, SE10 9NF London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://tickets.rmg.co.uk/webstore/shop/viewItems.aspx?cg=RMG&c=NMMADM&_ga=2.133473422.1846607018.1598255866-1436723164.1598255866", "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["occasion/diwali", "community"], "description": "Diwali at the National Maritime Museum is a free public celebration of the Festival of Lights, part of this year's theme All Together Now, a joyful day of creativity, culture and community. Royal Museums Greenwich hosts it, with the programme curated by Mehala Ford, founder and curator of COMMONGROUND&, exploring the idea that we are stronger when we come together. Throughout the museum, artists, performers, musicians, makers and storytellers transform the galleries with creative workshops, live music and dance, storytelling, gallery and Diwali talks, a lantern parade and art installations. Highlights include the first-ever Diwali Bazaar of South Asian designers and makers, dance and music performances, a puppet show of the Ramayana, rangoli and lantern-making workshops, and food and drink.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/diwali-at-the-national-maritime-museum-39595/", "official_url": "https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/national-maritime-museum/diwali", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e006bc66d3043fd79097e5f26631837bf7d37891f63a72e8c550ff089b3c7cdf-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Voila! at the Space - Launch Party", "start": "2026-11-01T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Space", "address": "Westferry Road 269, E14 3RS London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://space.org.uk/event/voila-launch-party", "category": "party-club", "tags": ["stage/theatre", "occasion"], "description": "An evening launch party at The Space marking its third year as a Voila! Theatre Festival venue and its first mini-season launch. The venue invites audiences to join its performing artists, who wanted to feel part of a venue community, in welcoming them to East London. Guests can see extracts of the shows programmed at the Space, meet the makers, and play mingle bingo with the international and migrant artists. Each ticket includes a free glass of fizz, alcoholic or non.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/voila-at-the-space-launch-party-39747/", "official_url": "https://space.org.uk/event/voila-launch-party/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b5f0c016395adcd2dea775574feffa3bec5d8bc500e47526ddded8267c851424-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Decolonising Kingston: The Living Archive", "start": "2026-10-30T10:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-14T17:00:00Z", "place": "Kingston History Centre", "address": "", "price": "FREE Admission", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["history/local-history"], "description": "The Living Archive is a community led exhibition exploring how history is recorded, who is remembered and how local people can become active authors of Kingston's story. It was developed through a partnership between the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, Kingston Race and Equalities Council, local residents and artists, authors, curators and researchers Jaixia, Rong, and Jacqueline from Sharp Raiser Limited, and is supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund. The exhibition celebrates the borough's diverse communities and addresses the underrepresentation of marginalized perspectives within local heritage archives, while honouring half a century of Kingston Race and Equalities Council's dedication to race equality, grassroots leadership, and cultural advocacy. Visitors can discover poems, personal stories, interviews, memories and artworks created during the project and contribute something of their own to Kingston's growing Living Archive.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/decolonising-kingston-the-living-archive-36790/", "official_url": "https://www.kingstonheritage.org.uk/events/decolonising-kingston-living-archive", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ce984631e8a6026bf07e259daf9699c69bfd68247f8eeca955640f22353b8582-600.webp"}]}