{"title": "Surgery and the Victorian Operating Theatre", "start": "2026-11-21T10:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Old Operating Theatre Museum", "address": "St. Thomas Street 9a, SE1 9RY London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/victorian"], "description": "A talk at the Old Operating Theatre Museum about medicine and surgery in Victorian times. The museum's own team explains the history of Old St Thomas' Hospital and describes the operations once carried out in this attic space of an 18th-century church, before anaesthesia and antiseptics. The talk takes place in the oldest surviving surgical theatre in Europe, where up to 150 medical students once gathered. 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Meet at the Hunter statue by the staircase in the atrium; a tour ticket also grants museum access.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/bsl-tours-of-hunterian-museum-2026-36595/", "official_url": "https://hunterianmuseum.org/events/bsl-tour-of-hm-2026", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5858e7334c0e56a369e552c972254bd0c04890cc0eedc8606b54e645061232fd-600.webp"}, {"title": "Talk and Tea: First Aid on Camera – Untold Stories in Unseen Photographs", "start": "2026-11-12T12:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Museum of the Order of St John", "address": "St John's Lane, EC1M 4DA London", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/photography", "history/medical-history"], "description": "A free ten-minute talk with tea and biscuits, held in the museum galleries, where drop-ins are welcome and step-free access is available throughout. 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Visitors explore the beautifully renovated building and learn about the birthplace of the musical, modern pantomime, moving scenery and naturalistic acting. The tour also covers the origins of theatrical terms like Crew, Props and Box Office, royal scandal, murder and the theatre's famous ghosts.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/theatre-royal-drury-lane-tours-65442/", "official_url": "https://lwtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/theatre-royal-drury-lane-tours/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/96dea883195457269eb52ee8c5abd6012b6077432d7f6663d61a256340f8602d-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Handle with Care: Conversations Through Objects", "start": "2026-11-14T13:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-14T15:00:00Z", "place": "The Forum", "address": "Bardolph Avenue 1, CR0 9BG Croydon", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["history/medical-history", "art"], "description": "Handle with Care: Conversations Through Objects is a drop-in object-handling event at Wellcome Collection, with different stations where you can touch and explore items from the collection at your own pace, alongside other creative activities. It is run by the venue's Visitor Experience and Engagement team and is for anyone interested in the connections between health, history and art. The session is relaxed, so you can move freely, leave and re-enter whenever you wish, and a chill-out space with low lighting, comfortable seating and sensory aids is available. 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Expert guides take visitors into areas normally off-limits to the public, such as rehearsal studios, costumes and production workshops. The tour shares insight into the secrets and spaces of the theatre, its history as the third theatre on the site, and the inner workings of one of the world's most renowned theatres.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/behind-the-scenes-tour-38336/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/845fbb4108a338a0458b9cee47e0f9fc0a01b60dc0f207b5f2176e07013346a4-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Globe Theatre Guided Tour", "start": "2026-10-25T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-01-31T00:00:00Z", "place": "Shakespeare's Globe", "address": "New Globe Walk 21, SE1 9DT London", "price": "Adults £31, Under 16s £14", "price_from": "31.00", "price_to": "31.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["literature/classics", "history"], "description": "The Globe Theatre Guided Tour takes visitors inside Shakespeare's Globe, the iconic wooden 'O' theatre, where expert Guides tell its thrilling story. Hear how the original 1599 theatre survived plague, fire and political oppression and rose again in the 1990s as part of one man's radical vision. The tour also includes a walk-through exhibition space with seasonally curated displays, interactive costumes and props, and for a limited time face painting. Tours are delivered in English, suitable for all ages, and last approximately 1 hour 30 minutes.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/globe-theatre-guided-tour-38513/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/40e42ce156c83fb33ab001714989a4ff8b85e93224a2682a68fe6e3499cbbbb6-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Healing Spaces", "start": "2026-11-01T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-12-31T00:00:00Z", "place": "The Florence Nightingale Museum", "address": "Lambeth Palace Road 2, SE1 7EP London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/design", "society/health"], "description": "Healing Spaces: Healthcare Design Past, Present and Future is a temporary exhibition at the Florence Nightingale Museum. It highlights the pivotal and often underrecognized work in the design and evolution of healthcare environments. The museum has co-curated the exhibition with industry leaders in the healthcare design field, and it shines a light on global examples of healing spaces past, present and future. Through storytelling, interactive installations and voices from around the world, it illuminates the essential link between care and place.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/healing-spaces-98013/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a6308bab885ab15b46f58ebc768758929ce2457e76ee022949653adc8c0eae67-2000.webp"}, {"title": "In & around Smithfield Market", "start": "2026-11-11T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-26T00:00:00Z", "place": "", "address": "", "price": "from £14.00", "price_from": "14.00", "price_to": null, "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/early-modern/tudor"], "description": "A 90-minute guided walk through the Smithfield area, an area packed with medieval and Tudor history. The London Museum runs it, with a guide leading visitors past famous landmarks and into the fascinating and surprising stories behind them. The tour explores the lives of past Londoners, covering the dissolution of the monasteries, the plague and public executions, and hears stories of William Wallace, Henry VIII and even Sherlock Holmes. Stops include the Charterhouse, St-Bartholomew-the-Great, one of London's oldest churches, and the famous meat market.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/in-around-smithfield-market-49194/", "official_url": "https://www.londonmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/in-around-smithfield-market/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/59e59e3b9930bc40ed110fc879a5cd29a5c22c6739e62e69a6855314ba65cbf0-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Historical Building Tour", "start": "2026-11-11T11:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Oxford House", "address": "Derbyshire Street, E2 6HG London", "price": "7.50", "price_from": "7.50", "price_to": "7.50", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/heritage-preservation"], "description": "A guided one-hour tour of Oxford House, a listed Victorian building in Bethnal Green. It is run by Oxford House, set up in 1884 as one of the world's first 'settlement houses', as part of its heritage project Made in the East End. Visitors hear untold stories from the archives, see a 'secret chapel', learn about Gandhi's 1930s visit and the building's role in both World Wars, and enjoy 360-degree rooftop views over East London, weather permitting.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/historical-building-tour-41802/", "official_url": "https://www.oxfordhouse.org.uk/event/historical-building-tour-3/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/173564660e5700d4b5960632ee3da95f41b2062e7845274a1b4773cdbad3ebfa-600.webp"}, {"title": "Inaugural Lectures: Professors Andrea Billè & Alan…", "start": "2026-11-11T16:45:00Z", "end": "2026-11-11T18:00:00Z", "place": "Guy’s Campus", "address": "Great Maze Pond, London SE1 1UL", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/medicine"], "description": "Inaugural Lectures by professors Andrea Billè and Alan, held at King's College London's Gordon Museum of Pathology. The Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine presents inspiring talks from two of its new professors.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/inaugural-lectures-professors-andrea-bille-alan-39314/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1691a1646ee6659e74dba03715943501cf235c6a91d898df35fc6d92a6e3ddaf-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Ancient Egypt at Twilight", "start": "2026-11-20T18:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Sir John Soane's Museum", "address": "Lincoln's Inn Fields 13, WC2A 3BP London", "price": "£35", "price_from": "35.00", "price_to": "35.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/ancient-egypt"], "description": "An exclusive after-hours Twilight Tour of Sir John Soane's Museum exploring the architect's engagement with the world of ancient Egypt. Led by an expert guide, the sixty-minute tour moves through the dark, winding passages of Soane's collection, telling stories of 19th-century acts of derring-do, Egyptian gods and myths, and the Western love-affair with ancient Egypt. It journeys first to the Egypt of Soane's England, then beyond to the land of the pharaohs and the banks of the Nile. Tours are limited to 15 participants for a focused and engaging experience.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/ancient-egypt-at-twilight-38610/", "official_url": "https://www.soane.org/whats-on/ancient-egypt-twilight-tour-nov-2026", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5c8b9b91f70f4e372af9efa21d5dc31ee0a65622ad42149cb274d99f1276bea1-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Talks", "start": "2026-11-12T14:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Handel & Hendrix", "address": "Brook Street 25, London", "price": "Included in general admission", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/18th-century", "music/classical"], "description": "Talks is a weekly 20-minute talk given every Thursday at Handel & Hendrix. A member of the museum's Curatorial Team offers a further insight into the collections and life on Brook Street, and the talk is included in the General Admission Ticket. This particular talk has been sadly cancelled due to sickness, and an apology is offered for any inconvenience caused.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/talks-133228/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/58d84c65f5aaa7353686e9a6b18980828b13415b8567458e674befad24436f52-2000.webp"}]}