# Talks and readings in London on Friday 6 November

Talks and readings in London on Friday 6 November: 42 events.

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## When

- [Today](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/today/talks-readings/?format=markdown): 70
- [Tomorrow](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/tomorrow/talks-readings/?format=markdown): 93
- [Weekend](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/weekend/talks-readings/?format=markdown): 89
- [This week](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/week/talks-readings/?format=markdown): 279

## Where

- [Berlin](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/2026-11-06/talks-readings/?format=markdown): 106
- [London](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/2026-11-06/talks-readings/?format=markdown): 42
- [New York City](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/new-york/2026-11-06/talks-readings/?format=markdown): 22
- [Zürich](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/zurich/2026-11-06/talks-readings/?format=markdown): 16

## What

- [Anything](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/2026-11-06/?format=markdown): 1,233
- [The best](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/2026-11-06/best/?format=markdown): 25
- [Concerts](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/2026-11-06/concerts/?format=markdown): 136
- [Theatre](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/2026-11-06/theatre/?format=markdown): 215
- [Party and club](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/2026-11-06/party-club/?format=markdown): 148
- [Comedy](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/2026-11-06/comedy/?format=markdown): 26
- [Film](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/2026-11-06/film/?format=markdown): 31
- [Exhibitions and museums](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/2026-11-06/exhibitions-museums/?format=markdown): 226
- [Festivals and street parties](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/2026-11-06/festivals-street/?format=markdown): 12
- [Talks and readings](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/2026-11-06/talks-readings/?format=markdown): 42
- [Dance](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/2026-11-06/dance/?format=markdown): 14
- [Food and drink](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/2026-11-06/food-drink/?format=markdown): 80
- [Markets](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/2026-11-06/markets/?format=markdown): 8
- [Tours and walks](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/2026-11-06/tours/?format=markdown): 28
- [Quiz and games](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/2026-11-06/quiz-games/?format=markdown): 27
- [Kids and family](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/2026-11-06/kids-family/?format=markdown): 33
- [Workshops and courses](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/2026-11-06/workshops-courses/?format=markdown): 137
- [Sport](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/2026-11-06/sport/?format=markdown): 53
- [Worship](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/2026-11-06/worship/?format=markdown): 13
- [Society](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/2026-11-06/society/?format=markdown): 59
- [Literature](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/2026-11-06/literature/?format=markdown): 43
- [History](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/2026-11-06/history/?format=markdown): 85
- [Art](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/2026-11-06/art/?format=markdown): 250
- [Religion](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/2026-11-06/religion/?format=markdown): 31
- [Church events](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/2026-11-06/religion/christian/?format=markdown): 23
- [Spoken word](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/2026-11-06/literature/spoken-word/?format=markdown): 8
- [Education](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/2026-11-06/society/education/?format=markdown): 4
- [Fiction](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/2026-11-06/literature/fiction/?format=markdown): 4
- [Psychoanalysis](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/2026-11-06/society/psychoanalysis/?format=markdown): 3
- [Nature](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/2026-11-06/nature/?format=markdown): 27
- [Music](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/2026-11-06/music/?format=markdown): 287
- [Stage](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/2026-11-06/stage/?format=markdown): 265
- [Rock](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/2026-11-06/music/rock/?format=markdown): 48
- [Community](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/2026-11-06/community/?format=markdown): 20
- [World War II](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/2026-11-06/history/wwii/?format=markdown): 8
- [Storytelling](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/2026-11-06/literature/spoken-word/storytelling/?format=markdown): 7
- [Wellness](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/2026-11-06/wellness/?format=markdown): 27
- [London](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/2026-11-06/history/london/?format=markdown): 1
- [Occasions](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/2026-11-06/occasion/?format=markdown): 54

## Friday 6 November

- 11:15 Talk: The story of the Temple Church from the Knights Templar to the present day — Temple Church — A talk held at Temple Church. It tells the story of the church, from the Knights Templar to the present day. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/talk-the-story-of-the-temple-church-from-the-knights-templar-49583/
- 12:00 Women's War Work: Indian Women and the Second World War — National Army Museum — Free — A free lunchtime talk at the National Army Museum exploring the roles Indian women played during the Second World War. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/womens-war-work-indian-women-and-the-second-world-war-37239/
- 12:30 The London Model Talk — The London Centre — Free — The London Model Talk is a free 30-minute lunchtime talk at The London Centre, using NLA's scale models of London to explore how the city has grown and what … — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/the-london-model-talk-48052/
- 15:00 People's Justice: Towards an Understanding of Art Solidarity — Ibraaz — A panel talk bringing together Alexander Supartono, Marco Baravalle, and Rehana Zaman to discuss art as a means of building solidarity. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/peoples-justice-towards-an-understanding-of-art-solidarity-49152/
- 17:00 The ADHDer’s Guide to Self-Discovery - Sol Smith — Watkins Books — A talk titled "The ADHDer’s Guide to Self-Discovery" taking place at a bookshop in central London. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/the-adhders-guide-to-self-discovery-sol-smith-42795/
- 18:00 ONLINE - Two Women: Book Launch with Jacqueline Rose — Freud Museum London — £11.13 — An online book launch and conversation celebrating the publication of Jacqueline Rose's new novel 'Two Women'. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/online-two-women-book-launch-with-jacqueline-rose-36180/
- 18:00 IN-HOUSE - Two Women: Book Launch with Jacqueline Rose — Freud Museum London — £26.94 — An evening book launch at the Freud Museum London celebrating the publication of Jacqueline Rose's new novel, Two Women. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/in-house-two-women-book-launch-with-jacqueline-rose-36181/
- 18:30 IWM In Conversation: Damien Lewis and Rye Barcott — Churchill War Rooms — £20 — An evening talk at the Churchill War Rooms in which authors Damien Lewis and Rye Barcott discuss courage, leadership, service and sacrifice, from the Second … — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/iwm-in-conversation-damien-lewis-and-rye-barcott-50307/
- 19:00 BERTOLT BRECHT: POEMS ON THE THEATRE — The Old Church — An evening of readings marking the publication of Poems on the Theatre (Tenement Press, 2026), part of John Berger's centenary celebrations. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/bertolt-brecht-poems-on-the-theatre-39495/
- 19:00 New Beacon Books invites you to "The Stories that Shape Us", an evening of African storytelling, mythology and indentity — New Beacon Books — New Beacon Books hosts "The Stories that Shape Us", an evening of African storytelling, mythology and identity. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/new-beacon-books-invites-you-to-the-stories-that-shape-us-an-41755/
- until 25 Nov Jawdance — Ovalhouse Theatre — £15 — Jawdance is a performance poetry night featuring honest and real storytelling, a resident DJ, and an open mic with typically ten slots for anyone to take the … — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/jawdance-37686/
- 15:00 Themed Seminar Autumn 2026 — Birkbeck College — A themed seminar series on truth, asking what it is for a sentence to be true and building towards a picture theory of language in the style of the Tractatus. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/themed-seminar-autumn-2026-34992/
- 09:00 Mandate 2026 Conference — Jesus House for All The Nations — Free — Mandate is a men's conference, a call for men who know they can be more than they are. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/mandate-2026-conference-49163/
- 09:00 Study Day – Sharing Strategies: caring for artist moving image in the margins — LUX — Free — A study day of workshops, presentations and a roundtable on practical and ethical questions around acquiring, storing and presenting digital artists' moving … — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/study-day-sharing-strategies-caring-for-artist-moving-image-37115/
- 09:45 Lines of Enquiry: Graphic Arts and the Afterlives of Material Past — Society of Antiquaries — Lines of Enquiry: Graphic Arts and the Afterlives of Material Past is the Society of Antiquaries' annual Collections and Research Day, focusing this year on … — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/lines-of-enquiry-graphic-arts-and-the-afterlives-of-material-38657/
- 10:30 Questions in the Bible — and what they ask of us today? — St Mary of the Angels — A series of Friday morning sessions on the questions the Bible asks and what they ask of us today. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/questions-in-the-bible-and-what-they-ask-of-us-today-65342/
- 14:00 Our Planet Saved — North Kensington Library — Our Planet Saved is a discussion event in North Kensington about caring for the natural environment. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/our-planet-saved-37423/
- 15:00 O pacto colonial da psicanálise e a violência contra a mulher — Freud Museum London — Free — A talk titled 'O pacto colonial da psicanálise e a violência contra a mulher', held in Portuguese, examining whether the categories psychoanalysis uses to … — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/o-pacto-colonial-da-psicanalise-e-a-violencia-contra-a-mulhe-36179/
- 15:15 Brain Meeting — Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging — A talk in the Brain Meeting series. The speaker is Valentina Lind of the Queen Square Unit of Functional Neurosurgery and GOSH; the title and topic are to be … — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/brain-meeting-40242/
- 16:00 D/deaf Cafe — St. Margaret's House — Free — D/deaf Cafe is a free monthly gathering in the Gallery Cafe where people come together to chat using British Sign Language, with 'voices off' actively … — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/ddeaf-cafe-38812/
- 17:00 Asia Fopp Covent Garden — Fopp — An in-store signing event at the Fopp Covent Garden record shop. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/asia-fopp-covent-garden-49134/
- 18:00 Heavy Metal Therapy Peer Support Group — Raven Records — Free — A monthly, in-person Heavy Metal Therapy “Be Reyt” peer support group, not a mental health service. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/heavy-metal-therapy-peer-support-group-38116/
- 18:30 Cuba under siege - Penzance public meeting — Cuba Solidarity Campaign (Head Office) — A public meeting titled 'Cuba under siege - Penzance public meeting', a Cuban night with speakers, music and dance, and the option of a meal. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/cuba-under-siege-penzance-public-meeting-43133/
- 19:00 SO, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED — Omnibus Clapham — £13 — SO, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED is a popular storytelling night where six people tell a true story from their lives. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/so-this-is-what-happened-63690/
- until 18 Dec Lunchtime Talks at The London Centre — The London Centre — Free — A free lunchtime talk exploring London's historical and physical development through giant scale models of central London and the City of London, with … — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/lunchtime-talks-at-the-london-centre-37560/
- until 26 Nov The Open Book Club — Dugdale Arts Centre — The Open Book Club is a book club at the Dugdale Arts Centre. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/the-open-book-club-35713/
- until 7 Nov Ha Chong-Hyun — Lisson Gallery — A panel discussion at Lisson Gallery reflecting on the concurrent exhibition of Ha Chong-Hyun and his six decades of pioneering work. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/ha-chong-hyun-37023/
- until 31 Dec Daily capuchin monkey keeper talk, 3.00pm — Battersea Park Children's Zoo — Included in y… — A daily keeper talk about the zoo's brown capuchin monkeys, held at Battersea Park Children's Zoo. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/daily-capuchin-monkey-keeper-talk-300pm-34850/
- Smoke by Ivan Turgenev — Pushkin House — An in-person reading group gathering at Pushkin House in London, where participants come together to discuss a book. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/smoke-by-ivan-turgenev-38087/
- Building on the Legacy of Women’s Pivotal Role in Catholic Education — St Mary's University, Twickenham — £75 — A conference on women's contributions to Catholic education in the UK and beyond, held in the year St Mary's marks the 60th anniversary of admitting female … — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/building-on-the-legacy-of-womens-pivotal-role-in-catholic-ed-38832/
- Kensington and Chelsea libraries online book group — Kensal Library — Free — A weekly online book group run by the libraries of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, meeting on Friday afternoons. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/kensington-and-chelsea-libraries-online-book-group-41602/
- Rose Bruford at TheatreCraft London 2026 — Rose Bruford College — Free — TheatreCraft is the UK's largest free careers event dedicated to offstage roles in theatre. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/rose-bruford-at-theatrecraft-london-2026-64924/
- 12:00 The Work in Progress seminar — Birkbeck College — The Work in Progress seminar is a fortnightly meeting held on Thursday lunchtimes in term time to discuss new work by members of the Centre. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/the-work-in-progress-seminar-34991/
- 18:00 Thursday evening Research Seminar — Birkbeck College — A research seminar in philosophy held at Birkbeck, 43 Gordon Square, Room BO3. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/thursday-evening-research-seminar-34993/
- 11:00 Disabled Students Allowance: Q&A Session — Birkbeck College — An informal online Q&A session about the Disabled Students Allowance (DSA) application process. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/disabled-students-allowance-qa-session-34996/
- 08:30 Roundtable: Unlocking London's Hidden Housing Capacity — The London Centre — Free — An invitation-only roundtable bringing together senior built environment leaders. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/roundtable-unlocking-londons-hidden-housing-capacity-48055/
- 10:00 Job Hub Team — Somers Town Community Centre — The Job Hub Team offers consultations on job-related matters for Camden residents at the Somers Town Community Centre. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/job-hub-team-42045/
- 13:00 iPGCE and iQTS Information Session — St Mary's University, Twickenham — This is an information session about international teacher education routes, held as a webinar. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/ipgce-and-iqts-information-session-38833/
- until 30 Apr Collective in Residence — Institute of Contemporary Arts — Visible Justice Collective in Residence is a year-long residency by the research collective Visible Justice at the Institute of Contemporary Arts. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/collective-in-residence-36642/
- until 8 Dec Production Arts Open Days — Mountview Academy — Production Arts Open Days are information sessions for people considering a course in production arts at a drama school. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/production-arts-open-days-46190/