Talks and readings in London this week

Book launch: Market Research and Consumer Insight.

Bhagavad Gita talk with Bhakti Gamya Devi Dasi.

Creative Trades Networking 2026: a relaxed night of chats.

RCM Insights: talk on Beethoven and Stravinsky.

Open Mic Night: your 8 minutes on stage, music to comedy.

Reading group on Lefebvre's The Production of Space.

Artist Talk: Gabriella Presnal on psychogeography in London.

Artist Talk: Dahaleez Collective on their work.

ACF Translation Prize 2026: ceremony for the winners.

Bàrd Book Club: monthly meet with the author live on screen.

Narumba The Unconquered Kingdom: book launch.

In the Night Forests: tales of Crone and Witch.

Meeting on solidarity with Palestinians.

Alpha Course: ask any question about life and faith.

The Open Book Club at Dugdale Arts Centre.

Ha Chong-Hyun: Panel on six decades of his work.

Let's Discuss Death: talks on dying and grief.

Work in Progress seminar: fortnightly philosophy talks.

Thursday Research Seminar for philosophy PhD students.

Disabled Students Allowance: online Q&A session.

Careers Insight Event with alumni and employer panels.

Visible Justice Collective: art rethinks habeas corpus.

Open Call: Future of Archives, talks from lived experience.

Production Arts Open Days: talk, tour and Q&A at Mountview.

Sadavrat: winter donation drive for warm clothes.

Autumn Half-Term Holiday: school closed 22 Oct–3 Nov.

Half Term: teaching break from 26 to 30 October.

AAWS Board Meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous World Services.

We Were There: Veterans' stories aboard HMS Belfast.

Beyond categories: Hoi Yan Yau on intimacy in Taiwan.

Embattled Belief: faith in the British Army since 1945.

The London Model Talk: London's story in miniature.

Pictoplasma: character design conference.

Spooky storytelling and scary writing for kids aged 8 up.

Book Talk: Korean migration to Australia.

African Roots, Shared Rhythms: talk and drum workshop.

Marwan Bishara in talk on his book about the Gaza war.

The Edges of Cinema: Balsom's book launch, a Benning film.

Talk with artist Zulfiya Spowart.

Thaddeus O'Sullivan in Conversation: Churchill on Film.