Semafor: The Birth of Pop Culture in Prague’s 1960s
Bursting into the 1960s with wit, charm, and a rebellious spirit, Prague’s Semafor Theatre became a beacon of creativity behind the Iron Curtain. The unforgettable…
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Czech Embassy London 26-30 Kensington Palace Gardens, London
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The Flower of Story – why we need stories, workshop for beginners with Sally Pomme Clayton
October Gallery 24 Old Gloucester Street, London, United KingdomThe Flower of Story Saturday November 22 , 2.00pm - 5.00pm GMT October Gallery, 24 Old Gloucester Street, London, WC1N 3AL Why do we tell…
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Beats & Boroughs: Future Sounds Event & Open Mic Night – Nov 28th
The Boathouse Studios Malthouse, 62-76 Abbey Road, BarkingHave you ever wondered what the next wave of East London’s music and youth creativity sounds like? On 28th November, join us at the Boathouse…
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Stories and Tasters from Evie Harbury’s Bohemian Kitchen
Czech Embassy London 26-30 Kensington Palace Gardens, LondonJoin Evie Harbury, food stylist, chef, and debut author, and Lou Kenney, a fellow cookbook author and food stylist, for a festive evening of Czech…
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From the Lips to the Moon: NOISE COMPLAINT
cafe oto 18-22 Ashwin St, LondonFrom the Lips to the Moon returns to Cafe OTO for an electrifying long-form improvisation of music and words led by live-electronic music wizard Pouya Ehsaei and voice-shifting…
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The Lure of Loneliness
The Cockpit Gateforth Street, London, United KingdomJoin the team behind the independent investigative news outlet Byline Times for an entertaining evening of challenging discussion to help us understand the unprecedented times…
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London Bookshop Crawl 2026
FeaturedLondon City Wide, LondonIn February Bookshop Crawl UK celebrates the 11th year of London Bookshop Crawl, brightening up February since 2016 with Group Bookshop Crawls, self guided explorations…
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Re-Enchant: February
The Cockpit Gateforth Street, London, United KingdomPart of the Re-Enchant series, this evening of live literature is curated by poet Nick Moss in collaboration with The Cockpit. Re ‑Enchant: Poetic Experiments for…
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Tibor Fischer – My Bags are Big – Book launch
Liszt Institute, Hungarian Cultural Centre London 17-19 Cockspur Street, London, Westminster, United KingdomJoin us for an evening of literary conversation as Tibor Fischer, the acclaimed British-Hungarian novelist, discusses his latest book My Bags Are Big with prize-winning…
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Wolves, Folklore, and Family: Reading and Discussion with Zuzana Rihova
Czech Embassy London 26-30 Kensington Palace Gardens, LondonAcclaimed Czech writer and scholar Zuzana Říhová joins Dr Kathryn Murphy (University of Oxford) for an informal evening of readings and discussion of her novel…
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Women and Power – Mary Beard speaker; Nardus Williams soprano; Elizabeth Kenny archlute, theorbo
Wigmore Hall 36 Wigmore Street, London, United KingdomTo celebrate International Women’s Day, soprano Nardus Williams, lutenist Elizabeth Kenny and classicist and historian Mary Beard present a programme exploring the theme of ‘Women…
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Re-Enchant: March
The Cockpit Gateforth Street, London, United KingdomRe‑Enchant is a monthly live literature series presenting poetic experiments for a new world. Each month, curator Nick Moss invites poets, word artists, ranters, spell‑casters,…
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The Long Play Sessions – Melissa Auf der Maur – Even the Good Girls Will Cry – Book Launch & Discussion
ICMP, Queen's Park Campus, 76-78 Salusbury Road, London, NW6 6PA ICMP Queen's Park Campus, London, United KingdomThe Long Play Sessions: Melissa Auf der Maur with Even the Good Girls Will Cry Sat 11 Apr 2026 3:30 PM - 6:00 PM The Venue, ICMP (Queens Park Campus), NW6 6PA…
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Erev Yom HaShoah: ‘People Without History Are Dust’: An In Conversation with Dr Anna Hájková and Rabbi Kamila Kopřivová
Where are the stories of great queer love in the Shoah? There are almost none. Dr Anna Hájková examines why the history of same-sex desire…
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Mythic Imagination – Writing Course
South London Theatre 2a Norwood Road, LondonSix-week creative writing course with London writer and storyteller Sally Pomme Clayton inspired by fairytales and myths. Thursdays 6.00 pm - 7.30 pm: March…
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Re-Enchant: April
The Cockpit Gateforth Street, London, United KingdomThe world changes: we make new poetry to vandalise literary forms or retrieve those we need to renew. We make new poetry to hybridise new…
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The Long Play Sessions: Dan Jennings with Paul Weller Dancing Through the Fire
ICMP, Queen's Park Campus, 76-78 Salusbury Road, London, NW6 6PA ICMP Queen's Park Campus, London, United KingdomJoin us for an intimate and expansive evening with award‑winning broadcaster and journalist Dan Jennings, as he discusses DANCING THROUGH THE FIRE: The Authorised Oral History of…
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Darcey Steinke & Octavia Bright: Writing the Body in Pain
FeaturedLibreria Bookshop 65 Hanbury Street, LondonDarcey Steinke’s This Is the Door: Notes from a Body in Pain is a profound and searching examination of pain, moving organ by organ through the body…
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Laetitia Barbier: Heads Will Roll—and Perhaps Fly: The Literary and Visual Legacy of the Guillotine in France
Arc Space London 13 Tottenham Mews, LondonThe French guillotine stands as one of the most charged instruments of modernity: an engineering feat codified in the late eighteenth century to rationalize state…
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The Long Play Sessions: A Sound So Very Loud • The story of Oasis with Ted Kessler and Hamish MacBain
FeaturedICMP, Queen's Park Campus, 76-78 Salusbury Road, London, NW6 6PA ICMP Queen's Park Campus, London, United KingdomJoin us for an unmissable night celebrating the music, madness, and enduring legacy of Oasis — one of Britain’s most explosive and influential bands. Through…
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The Long Play Sessions: Paul Sexton with Rock Goes to College (Special performance from Freya Everest)
ICMP, Queen's Park Campus, 76-78 Salusbury Road, London, NW6 6PA ICMP Queen's Park Campus, London, United KingdomJoin us for a special evening with Paul Sexton, acclaimed music journalist, author and broadcaster, as he explores his latest book Rock Goes to College…
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The Long Play Sessions: Zakia Sewell – Finding Albion – Myth, Folklore and the Quest for a Hidden Britain
ICMP, Queen's Park Campus, 76-78 Salusbury Road, London, NW6 6PA ICMP Queen's Park Campus, London, United KingdomJoin us on Friday 5th June at 7:00 pm at ICMP’s Queen’s Park venue for a special in‑conversation event with award‑winning writer, DJ and broadcaster Zakia Sewell, as…
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Marmalade and Masquerades – Live Performance with Narration
FeaturedSt Annes Church Kew St Anne’s Church Kew Green, United KingdomMarmalade and Masquerades André Caplet: Conte Fantastique (1922) after Edgar Allan Poe’s The Masque of the Red Death, for harp, narrator and string quartet. Story…
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The Long Play Sessions: Samira Ahmed with A Hard Day’s Night
FeaturedICMP, Queen's Park Campus, 76-78 Salusbury Road, London, NW6 6PA ICMP Queen's Park Campus, London, United KingdomJoin us at ICMP’s Queen’s Park campus for a special in‑conversation event with award‑winning journalist, writer, and broadcaster Samira Ahmed, as she discusses her brand‑new…
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Historic Homes of Hampstead Village Guided Walking Tour
Burgh House New End Square, LondonSince its development from a village to an 18th Century spa town and then a Victorian suburb, Hampstead has retained its unspoilt Georgian charm with…
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Plume: A SW London Queer Writing Collective
Rose House, 70 Barnes High Street, London, SW13 9LD 70 Barnes High Street, London, SW13 9LD, LondonJoin Plume, SW London's queer writing collective, for a night of playful writing exercises, storytelling, poetry and good vibes! Come hang out with Plume, a…
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The Long Play Sessions: Simon Reynolds – Still In A Dream with Rudy Tambala
ICMP, Queen's Park Campus, 76-78 Salusbury Road, London, NW6 6PA ICMP Queen's Park Campus, London, United KingdomJoin us at The Long Play Sessions for an immersive and intellectually charged evening with acclaimed music critic and cultural historian Simon Reynolds, as he discusses 'Still…
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