We Were There: Veterans' stories aboard HMS Belfast.
Fri 30 Oct | 11:00
HMS Belfast
Free
Talks and readings in London on Friday 30 October
Talks and readings in London on Friday 30 October: 58 events.
Beyond categories: Hoi Yan Yau on intimacy in Taiwan.
Fri 30 Oct | 11:00
SOAS University of London
Embattled Belief: faith in the British Army since 1945.
Fri 30 Oct | 12:00
National Army Museum
Free
The London Model Talk: London's story in miniature.
Fri 30 Oct | 12:30
The London Centre
Free
Pictoplasma: character design conference.
Fri 30 Oct | 13:00
Royal College of Art, Kensington
£89
Spooky storytelling and scary writing for kids aged 8 up.
Fri 30 Oct | 14:00
Parade's End Books
Free
Book Talk: Korean migration to Australia.
Fri 30 Oct | 17:00
SOAS University of London
Free
African Roots, Shared Rhythms: talk and drum workshop.
Fri 30 Oct | 17:30
Goldsmiths, University of London Campus
£15
Marwan Bishara in talk on his book about the Gaza war.
Fri 30 Oct | 18:00
Ibraaz
The Edges of Cinema: Balsom's book launch, a Benning film.
Fri 30 Oct | 18:30
Institute of Contemporary Arts
Talk with artist Zulfiya Spowart.
Fri 30 Oct | 18:30
Pushkin House
£12
Thaddeus O'Sullivan in Conversation: Churchill on Film.
Fri 30 Oct | 18:30
The Wallace Collection
BSL talk on Renoir and Love with Alan Murray MBE.
Fri 30 Oct | 18:30
National Gallery
Free
Seanchoíche: Halloween storytelling night about fear.
Fri 30 Oct | 19:00
The Old Church
27,30 €
Jane Draycott on Cleopatra and her sister queens of Egypt.
Fri 30 Oct | 19:00
Parade's End Books
Free
Words @ The Woodfield: open-mic poetry & spoken word.
Fri 30 Oct | 19:00
The Woodfield Pavilion
Jawdance: spoken-word night with open mic and resident DJ.
until Wed 25 Nov
Ovalhouse Theatre
£15
Glorious city in the sea: an art history of Venice.
until Wed 4 Nov
National Gallery
£75
«Жизнь и судьба» Василия Гроссмана: Russian reading group.
Fri 30 Oct
Pushkin House
Audrey Niffenegger In Conversation with Anna James.
Fri 30 Oct
Picturehouse Central
Audrey Niffenegger on her Time Traveler's Wife sequel.
Fri 30 Oct
Picturehouse Central
Themed Seminar Autumn 2026: what makes a sentence true.
until Thu 3 Dec | 15:00
Birkbeck College
Technical Briefing: Rooftop Wind Microgrids for Buildings.
Fri 30 Oct | 10:00
The London Centre
Free
Remember your Dead: remembrance at Atlantis Bookshop.
Fri 30 Oct | 10:30
The Atlantis Bookshop
Friday morning talks on what the Bible asks of us today.
Fri 30 Oct | 10:30
St Mary of the Angels
Tales of Oceana: Storytime for Young People with Mark Elie.
Fri 30 Oct | 11:00
North Kensington Library
Our Planet Saved: talk on local eco action.
Fri 30 Oct | 14:00
North Kensington Library
Nine experts on antibiotic resistance, new therapeutics.
Fri 30 Oct | 14:00
Marian Kennedy Fischer Hall at Notre Dame London
Fluid Dynamics Seminar with James Maddison.
Fri 30 Oct | 14:00
Imperial College London
Free
Online book group by Kensington and Chelsea libraries.
Fri 30 Oct | 14:30
Kensal Library
Free
Brain Meeting: talk by Valentina Lind on neurosurgery.
Fri 30 Oct | 15:15
Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging
The Psychic Life of Fragments: talk with Raluca Soreanu.
Fri 30 Oct | 17:00
Freud Museum London
£16.40
The Psychic Life of Fragments, with Raluca Soreanu.
Fri 30 Oct | 17:00
Freud Museum London
Free
Pre-Concert Talk: An English Baroque Journey begins.
Fri 30 Oct | 18:00
Wigmore Hall
Free
Bhagavad Gita class by Maitri Devi Dasi, chapter 18.
Fri 30 Oct | 18:00
Radha Krishna Temple
Virendra Sharma on Gandhi: conscience in public life.
Fri 30 Oct | 18:30
The Nehru Centre
The Celebrity Traitors 2026 Finale watch party at the bar.
Fri 30 Oct | 19:00
Woolwich Works
Free
Rediscovering the Rosary: book launch and live podcast.
Fri 30 Oct | 19:00
21Soho
£15
Alexander Gray Muir presents his new Rosary book live.
Fri 30 Oct | 19:00
Saint Bede's Church
from £10
LGBTQ+ book group on Brandon Taylor's campus novel.
Fri 30 Oct | 19:00
Free