{"title": "What We Leave We Carry: Voices of Migration to Britain with Colin Grant", "start": "2026-11-10T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "", "address": "", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1998637389233", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/migration"], "description": "An evening talk titled 'What We Leave We Carry: Voices of Migration to Britain' exploring what people leave behind and carry with them when they move to Britain. Author, historian and critic Colin Grant has travelled the country gathering stories of people who came to make a new life, including a Czech-Roma lawyer, an Iranian taxi driver, a Sierra Leonean actor and a Romanian police officer, asking questions about assimilation, identity, belonging and the emotional cost of migration. He will be joined in conversation by actress, director and writer Anni Domingo and writer Isabelle Dupuy. The event takes place at Brixton Tate Library and is free to attend.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/what-we-leave-we-carry-voices-of-migration-to-britain-with-c-60892/", "official_url": "https://www.lambeth.gov.uk/events/what-we-leave-we-carry-voices-migration-britain-with-colin-grant", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f50cce3ac322c2eca82938db0a470ea07ed03c811cfbb47685448905a5da548a-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-10T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "", "address": "", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "UNHEMMED BOOK LAUNCH & MORE THAN A BUNDLE STORY EXHIBITION SHOWCASE", "start": "2026-11-12T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Big Penny Social", "address": "Priestley Way 1, E17 6AL London", "price": "free entry", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/unhemmed-book-launch-more-than-a-bundle-story-exhibition-showcase-tickets-2002536317031?lid=0sdzs95i1xix", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["history/migration", "literature"], "description": "A one-night-only exhibition celebrating Turkish migration, heritage and community in London, alongside the launch of Emel Sevinç's debut novel 'Unhemmed'. 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The novel, set within London's Turkish garment industry, brings history and fiction together for one special evening, and everyone is welcome.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/unhemmed-book-launch-more-than-a-bundle-story-exhibition-sho-42961/", "official_url": "https://bigpennysocial.co.uk/whats-on/unhemmed-book-launch", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d92d2a1c48a1fd36cedd456504196889700b8dc14e3daa98ae5b111c6d7dac01-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Walking Tour: mapping histories of migration, community and public art with Kuda Mushangi", "start": "2026-11-07T11:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-07T13:00:00Z", "place": "Bow Road & Nunnery Gallery, 181-183 Bow Road, London, London, E3 2SJ, United Kingdom", "address": "", "price": "£7.00 – £10.00 (£7 for concessions)", "price_from": "7.00", "price_to": "10.00", "tickets_url": "https://bowarts.org/shop/", "category": "tours", "tags": ["art/public-art", "history/migration", "community"], "description": "A guided walking tour exploring Bhajan Hunjan's public art, beginning with samples in the Nunnery Gallery before visiting her public commissions around the local area. 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Participants are invited to consider how public space holds multiple histories and to share their own memories and reflections.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/walking-tour-mapping-histories-of-migration-community-and-pu-35044/", "official_url": "https://bowarts.org/event/walking-tour-mapping-histories-of-migration-community-and-public-art-with-kuda-mushangi/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/74d0ddaf428855060e861a2ad69f00fcdd7dcec0e4f8cfaea29d498f5555acf3-2000.webp"}, {"title": "The Weight Of Standing", "start": "2026-11-07T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Broadway Theatre", "address": "Catford Road, SE6 4RU London", "price": "£10.00", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.broadwaytheatre.org.uk/events/a-place-at-my-table", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["society/black-culture/black-british", "stage/theatre/drama"], "description": "The Weight Of Standing is a world premiere theatre performance celebrating the lives, resilience and enduring legacy of Black older people in Britain. Through intimate storytelling, movement and music, it explores forms of resistance, struggle and survival that have shaped generations, with stories of friendship, family and community at its heart. The work reflects on the strength carried within Black older bodies and the histories they hold, honouring voices that have too often gone unheard. Bold, moving and deeply human, it is a celebration of endurance, memory and collective care.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-weight-of-standing-69596/", "official_url": "https://www.broadwaytheatre.org.uk/events/the-weight-of-standing", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b28e7b626949218210950801f1b0893b66d480e9adfac6f5b48980033b1e2db4-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Change The Record: Real Talk in Tottenham", "start": "2026-11-11T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Amnesty International UK", "address": "Easton Street 1, WC1X 0DW London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/change-the-record-real-talk-in-tottenham-tickets-2003350244510?lid=0sdzs95i1xix", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/gender/masculinity"], "description": "An evening talk and community gathering where Jordan Stephens (Rizzle Kicks), Ben Hurst (Beyond Equality) and guests hold a conversation with young men rather than a lecture. Behind it is Jordan Stephens, bringing the event to Tottenham under the name Change The Record. Topics include loneliness, mental health, online versions of manhood, and pressures such as low pay, high rent and closing youth clubs. The aim is to work out what people can do locally, and attendees are encouraged to bring a friend.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/change-the-record-real-talk-in-tottenham-40767/", "official_url": "https://www.amnesty.org.uk/get-involved/events/change-the-record-real-talk-in-tottenham/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0d348c029d39b328e07469bd3fb100855be69239553f88b4d47d98ee39e51d21-600.webp"}, {"title": "Book Launch Leila Aboulela: Writing as Refuge by Bhakti Shringarpure", "start": "2026-11-10T17:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "SOAS University of London", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/africa", "literature/biography"], "description": "A book launch for 'Leila Aboulela: Writing as Refuge' by Bhakti Shringarpure, the first full-length biography of the acclaimed Sudanese writer and the first in a forthcoming series of African writers' biographies. Shringarpure, a Paris-based writer, editor and producer, explores Aboulela's childhood in Khartoum, her migration to Scotland and her journey to becoming a writer, weaving together interviews and literary criticism. The event is chaired by Ida Hadjivayanis, Director of the Centre of African Studies at SOAS.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/book-launch-leila-aboulela-writing-as-refuge-by-bhakti-shrin-43665/", "official_url": "https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/book-launch-leila-aboulela-writing-refuge-bhakti-shringarpure", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b5081017267e2d8397560b2747988e4a45aa08072c024c218e8f68ca58cdefaa-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Insane Asylum Seekers", "start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-03-20T00:00:00Z", "place": "Bush Theatre", "address": "Uxbridge Road 7, London", "price": "GBP 12", "price_from": "12.00", "price_to": "18.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.londonboxoffice.co.uk/search/form-for-venue/insane-asylum-seekers-tickets/2027/02/12/2", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama", "community/refugees"], "description": "A darkly funny and moving autobiographical play about a British-Iraqi family. Thirty years after Laith's parents fled Iraq to escape Saddam Hussein's dictatorship and claimed asylum in the UK, his family is falling apart as he struggles to hide his darkest secret. It was written by award-winning British-Iraqi playwright Laith Elzubaidi and directed by Olivier Award-nominee Emily Ling Williams, starring Tommy Sim'aan as Laith. The play explores British-Iraqi identity, generational trauma, family expectations and the realities of the refugee experience.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/insane-asylum-seekers-63506/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/36684510bee6ab13648ff2b3b4fa538f64f993efcb9836e60a254b0614813d18-600.webp"}, {"title": "City of London Sinfonia – These Memories May Be True", "start": "2026-11-10T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Wilton's Music Hall", "address": "Graces Alley 1, E1 8JB London", "price": "£13.50 – £28.00 full price | £11.00 – £25.50 concession", "price_from": "9.50", "price_to": "28.00", "tickets_url": "https://wiltons.org.uk/whats-on/flat-and-the-curves-rose-tinted/#Tickets_in", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/orchestral", "society/migration"], "description": "City of London Sinfonia – These Memories May Be True is a 75-minute evening of orchestral music, words and stories at Wilton's Music Hall, with no interval. The concert was born from a year of conversations in a community kitchen between musicians and people seeking asylum in the UK, and explores what home means, how we hold onto it and how we carry it with us when we have to leave. The programme moves across continents and centuries with music by Reena Esmail, Bushra el-Turk, Lembit Beecher, Piazzolla, Vaughan Williams and Copland, and forms part of City of London Sinfonia's wider season exploring asylum and migration in the UK. The orchestra was founded in 1971 by Richard Hickox, and the evening features Alexandra Wood, CLS Creative Director and Leader, with projection design by visual artist Majid Adin.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/city-of-london-sinfonia-these-memories-may-be-true-40343/", "official_url": "https://wiltons.org.uk/whats-on/city-of-london-sinfonia-these-memories-may-be-true/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3c928c52d2c79db515bf1118b6cba39d2f5366d85b79017f2b3e131976c57fcd-1200.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": "Storm: An Irish Nigerian Family Story", "start": "2026-11-12T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Irish Cultural Centre", "address": "5 Black's Road, Hammersmith, W6 9DT", "price": "£10", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "tickets_url": "https://irishculturalcentre.co.uk/whats-on/?_sft_event_type=book", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/spoken-word/storytelling", "society/queer"], "description": "An evening of storytelling, poetry, photography, film and music at the Irish Cultural Centre. Two London Irish Nigerian brothers, the poet and playwright Gabriel Gbadamosi and the retired storyteller David Gbadamosi, evoke the life of their older brother Storm, a gay black Irishman, and pay tribute to their younger brother Nick. Blending family memories and London lives with humour, tenderness and honesty, it is part memoir, part performance and part celebration of identity, belonging and bonds that endure across loss, with musicians The Quiery Brothers, Nessan and Eoin, with Gary Lilburn and friends.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/storm-an-irish-nigerian-family-story-41565/", "official_url": "https://irishculturalcentre.co.uk/event/storm-an-irish-nigerian-family-story/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7252f457e1657c92c2d0e762b559c5591eb34a07693dcc27b753c4bb9e49c1a3-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Roundhouse Rising If I Were To Say It In English by Thea Lungu", "start": "2026-10-30T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-10-31T00:00:00Z", "place": "Roundhouse", "address": "Chalk Farm Road, NW1 8EH London", "price": "£10.75", "price_from": "10.75", "price_to": "10.75", "tickets_url": "https://booking.roundhouse.org.uk/73140/73141", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["society/migration", "stage"], "description": "'If I Were To Say It In English' is a theatre piece by Thea Lungu, presented as part of Roundhouse Rising at the Roundhouse's Davey Studio. It follows Nathalie, who, failing to translate every emotion into English, recounts her experience as an immigrant to untangle her contradictory feelings towards her country. Blending Romanian and English, the words are fascinating, funny, and fierce, patching up wounds where the strongest emotions should sit. The show asks: where do you feel love, rage, or dor?", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/roundhouse-rising-if-i-were-to-say-it-in-english-by-thea-lun-64949/", "official_url": "https://www.roundhouse.org.uk/whats-on/if-i-were-to-say-it-in-english/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ecdcf2d3099cc5be6a0b85000411b3fa4241c191bcd39ca5a37011f319751bcc-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Homelands research seminar series: Scraps into Delicacies", "start": "2026-11-02T16:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "University of Westminster", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/migration/diaspora", "food-drink/food-culture"], "description": "A research seminar titled \"Scraps into Delicacies: Sustainable and Cultural Food Practices of Diasporic Communities in London\", part of the Homelands research seminar series. It is run by Emily Falconer of the University of Westminster's School of Social Sciences together with Cavendish Living Lab community connectors Mariam Selim and Yumeng Yang, in partnership with the university's Centre for Social Justice Research. Drawing on focus groups with Korean, Caribbean, Italian, Chinese, Alevi and Jewish communities in London, it explores food practices that promote sustainability through low-waste cooking, preservation and adaptation, and argues that food is also a site of identity, belonging and exclusion in a global city. Attendees from outside the university are asked to reserve a spot by emailing the organisers.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/homelands-research-seminar-series-scraps-into-delicacies-39998/", "official_url": "https://www.westminster.ac.uk/events/homelands-research-seminar-series-scraps-into-delicacies", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b46362028ab658f3f697265648b25fc60960aa4d871f82fa1b3fa9534e33e81b-1200.webp"}, {"title": "All White in Barking", "start": "2026-11-08T20:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Close-Up Film Centre", "address": "Sclater Street 97-99, E1 6HR London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.ticketsource.com/close-up-cinema/t-qmyvppn", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/documentary", "society/migration"], "description": "All White in Barking is a documentary screening followed by a Q&A with Marc Isaacs, moderated by Gareth Evans. The film probes the attitudes of Barking's white residents toward their new immigrant neighbours. Isaacs is an unseen but prominent presence, questioning prejudices and prying at preconceptions with remarkable results. It produces a vivid picture of the attitudes and perceptions at the heart of an increasingly multicultural Britain.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/all-white-in-barking-35343/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5cb6098823979d8100ab5b2d6647c3ea6ae7170dd3083d35241818c9a7253739-1200.webp"}]}