{"title": "Talk", "start": "2026-11-09T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Chiswick Parish Church", "address": "Church Street, W4 2PH London", "price": "£12.00, students £10, free for Friends of St Nicholas Church", "price_from": "12.00", "price_to": "12.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history"], "description": "An evening talk at St Nicolas Church about Barbara Villiers, Lady Castlemaine and Duchess of Cleveland, a former resident of Walpole House on Chiswick Mall who is buried in the church's vaults. Jamie Paterno Ostmann, a researcher and PhD candidate working for Historic Royal Palaces, the National Trust and Durham University, will give the talk, and the church's death and burial registers recording her death will be available to view before and after. The event is supported by St Nicolas Church and organised by the Friends of St Nicholas Church, with refreshments available when doors open at 6.30pm.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/talk-45733/", "official_url": "https://stnicholaschiswick.org/events/talk-thursday-9-november-7pm/", "image": "", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-09T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Chiswick Parish Church", "address": "Church Street, W4 2PH London", "tickets": ""}, {"start": "2026-11-19T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Chiswick Parish Church", "address": "Church Street, W4 2PH London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Hidden Gem History Group", "start": "2026-11-14T10:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-14T12:00:00Z", "place": "North Ockendon: St Mary Magdalene", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/local-history"], "description": "Hidden Gem History Group meets at St Mary Magdalene's Church Hall in North Ockendon to explore the history and heritage of this rural village, which the church has been at the centre of for a thousand years. 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It includes music written for the Burlingtons by Geminiani, Rousseau's Consolations, Haydn's \"Lark\" Quartet, new works including a world premiere by David Hackbridge Johnson and Sadie Harrison's A House of Countless Rooms, and poetry by Pope and Malene Sheppard Skærved. 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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": "Does Christianity stop you enjoying life?", "start": "2026-11-04T18:15:00Z", "end": "2026-11-04T20:00:00Z", "place": "Saint Nicholas Cole Abbey", "address": "Queen Victoria Street, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["religion/christian"], "description": "A talk evening titled 'Does Christianity stop you enjoying life?' at St Nick's Church, exploring what Jesus' first miracle at a wedding tells us about the kind of life God offers us. 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The Queen's House is a historic royal residence with internationally renowned art and stunning architecture.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/character-actors-at-the-queens-house-103994/", "official_url": "https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/queens-house/character-actors", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0a1855694760103792b5c1c01bd2254270fbedd1e4d1e2232b0256bfffd29997-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Women's Event", "start": "2026-11-07T10:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-07T12:30:00Z", "place": "Holy Trinity Clapham", "address": "Connect Lounge, 31-33 Bromells Road, Clapham, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "worship", "tags": ["religion/christian"], "description": "A Women's Brunch at Holy Trinity Clapham with plenty of time for meeting others over brunch. Emily Layzell, Senior Pastor at City Rise, will come to speak, and there will also be a time of worship and prayer.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/womens-event-45948/", "official_url": "https://holytrinityclapham.churchsuite.com/events/hglsk8gw", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9dc7ac0a9bb79ff558b598b3bd3226b1b8311d7e92e64b0f223fa43f994d82c4-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Family Eucharist – in St Bartholomew the Less", "start": "2026-11-15T10:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "St Bartholomew-The Great", "address": "London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "worship", "tags": ["religion/christian"], "description": "A Family Eucharist, a church service especially suitable for families with younger children, held in St Bartholomew the Less. It is led by Fr Marcus Walker, The Rector, as celebrant and preacher. The entrance to the church is just inside the Henry VIII Gate to the hospital complex, just off West Smithfield on the right-hand side as you face the hospital buildings from the rotunda.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/family-eucharist-in-st-bartholomew-the-less-79003/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}]}