Talks and readings in London on Wednesday 28 October

Ghost Town: novelist Kevin Chen on his global hit.

Music and Worship, lecture 2 of 4 with Dr Daniel Johnson.

Black History Month: Mahogany, a talk on a Riesener desk.

Freud’s Afternoon Session with Yiannis Gabriel.

Chloe Aridjis: talk on her novel The Shadow of the Object.

Writers McWatt and Morrison in Goldsmiths talk.

Tommy Hall: Foreign correspondents in Taiwan's diplomacy.

Reluctant Ethnographer: decolonising research with children.

Fayyaz Yaseen: Pakistan's democracy and Gen Z's role.

Hypatia Vourloumis: talk on Indonesian noise and language.

Harold Moody Lecture with Toyin Ojora Saraki on equity.

Alchemical Traditions: Aaron Cheak on alchemy worldwide.

Kate Nash: talk on creative careers without rich parents.

Anthony Hyman Memorial Lecture 2026: the UN in Afghanistan.

Book Lovers Club October: Becky Chambers in space.

Encounters with Rotimi Fani-Kayode: book launch and talk.

Ghibli and Goodness: Talk with Ghibli experts.

Ezekiel's book launch: Somewhere between a doll and a dog.

Private schools and privilege: talk with Emma Taylor.

Stern Review at 20: talk on climate change and growth.

Lubaina Himid on her Venice Biennale show, in conversation.

Charles Booth's famous London Poverty Maps, an online talk.

The Sailor's Tear: a talk on weeping sailors and manliness.

John Berger: From Life: Tom Overton on the writer's life.

Tapsalteerie: poetry readings with Sarah Stewart and more.

The Nuclear Test Ban: Sustaining Success, online talk.

In the Footsteps of Shackleton: a talk by Andy Beharrell.

Claire Fuller & Róisín Lanigan: The Modern Ghost Story.

Salvage Masters: Kevin Patience on shipwreck salvage.

Making peace last: Colombia and Northern Ireland compared.

Jawdance: spoken-word night with open mic and resident DJ.

Glorious city in the sea: an art history of Venice.

Tomorrow Is Built Today: film & talk on self-built housing.

Talk with Irina Scherbakova on Memorial's 35 Years.

Themed Seminar Autumn 2026: what makes a sentence true.

Srimad Bhagavatam 2.10.11-12: morning temple class.

OBMI x Monocle: panel on hotels as good neighbours.

Freedom of Information and Prevent: talk and workshop.

Elysian Tarot: Selene Edition, tarot taster with Lucia Dami.

The generation effect: a talk on faith and migration.