Talks in London in October 2026

786 talks events in London in October 2026

Stay and Play at Chingford Library, Thursday

Thu 1 Oct

Talks

Stay and Play at Chingford Library, Thursday

Chingford library

Thu 1 Oct · 9:30am

Thu 1 Oct

Film

Film screening: Memories of Windrush

Redbridge Central Library

Thu 1 Oct · 10am

Violence Against Women and Girls Drop-In, Leytonstone Family Hub

Thu 1 Oct

Talks

Violence Against Women and Girls Drop-In, Leytonstone Family Hub

Leytonstone Family Hub

Thu 1 Oct · 10am

Violence Against Women and Girls Drop-in: Walthamstow Family Hub

Thu 1 Oct

Talks

Violence Against Women and Girls Drop-in: Walthamstow Family Hub

Walthamstow Family Hub

Thu 1 Oct · 10am

Violence against women and girls (VAWG) drop-in, Leytonstone

Thu 1 Oct

Talks

Violence against women and girls (VAWG) drop-in, Leytonstone

Leytonstone Family Hub

Thu 1 Oct · 10am

Violence against women and girls (VAWG) drop-in, Walthamstow

Thu 1 Oct

Talks

Violence against women and girls (VAWG) drop-in, Walthamstow

Walthamstow Family Hub

Thu 1 Oct · 10am

Thu 1 Oct

Talks

Stay and Play at Lea Bridge Library

Lea Bridge Library

Thu 1 Oct · 11am

Lunchtime Lectures: Bringing Design 1900-Now Up to Now

Thu 1 Oct Free

Talks

Lunchtime Lectures: Bringing Design 1900-Now Up to Now

V&A South Kensington

Thu 1 Oct · 2pm

Thu 1 Oct £16.96

Talks

Linnean Society Treasures Tour

The Linnean Society of London Burlington House Piccadilly London

Thu 1 Oct · 2pm

Thu 1 Oct £15

Talks

Man to Man

Royal Court Theatre

Thu 1 Oct · 2:30pm

Curator’s Pick: William Heath Robinson ‘Unseen’

Thu 1 Oct Free

Exhibition

Curator’s Pick: William Heath Robinson ‘Unseen’

Bruce Castle Museum Lordship Lane Tottenham London Map

Thu 1 Oct · 2:30pm

Pen to Print - From Writer to Published Author with Silvano Griffiths Francis

Thu 1 Oct Free

Talks

Pen to Print - From Writer to Published Author with Silvano Griffiths Francis

Dagenham Library

Thu 1 Oct · 3pm

Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy with Dr Elizabeth Norton

Thu 1 Oct £17

Talks

Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy with Dr Elizabeth Norton

Royal Hospital Chelsea Royal Hospital Road Chelsea Central London Map

Thu 1 Oct · 4pm

London’s Ours! Images From Greater London Council 1981-1986

Thu 1 Oct £10

Talks

London’s Ours! Images From Greater London Council 1981-1986

The London Archives

Thu 1 Oct · 6pm

Thu 1 Oct Free

Talks

Shakespearean England and Views of the Irish Language

This event is available in person and online via webcast. Barnard’s Inn Hall Barnards Inn Holborn London

Thu 1 Oct · 6pm

Thu 1 Oct

Talks

Radical Walk in the Cemetery Park

Thu 1 Oct · 6pm

Thu 1 Oct

Live Music

Myles Smith / Short Set + Q&A (14+)

Circuit

Thu 1 Oct · 6pm

Celebrating Fifteen Years of Publishing with And Other Stories

Thu 1 Oct

Talks

Celebrating Fifteen Years of Publishing with And Other Stories

Southwark Presents

Thu 1 Oct · 6pm

American Writers’ Week: Viet Thanh Nguyen

Thu 1 Oct

Community

American Writers’ Week: Viet Thanh Nguyen

British Library

Thu 1 Oct · 6:15pm

Thu 1 Oct

Talks

Ise Gropius: Architect of Modern Memory

Isokon Gallery

Thu 1 Oct · 6:30pm

Thu 1 Oct £15

Talks

Ise Gropius: Architect of Modern Memory

Isokon Gallery Lawn Road London

Thu 1 Oct · 6:30pm

A Grave Mistake: The Surprising World of Eighteenth-Century Funerary Crime

Thu 1 Oct £15

Talks

A Grave Mistake: The Surprising World of Eighteenth-Century Funerary Crime

This event is available in person and online via webcast. Bow Street Museum of Crime and Justice Martlett Court Off Bow Street London

Thu 1 Oct · 6:30pm

Celebrating Marilyn Monroe: A Performance by Isabella Bliss and Talk

Thu 1 Oct £14.99

Community

Celebrating Marilyn Monroe: A Performance by Isabella Bliss and Talk

Books on the Rise

Thu 1 Oct · 7pm

Pints of Knowledge: How to Catch a Story

Thu 1 Oct

Talks

Pints of Knowledge: How to Catch a Story

Big Penny Social

Thu 1 Oct · 7pm

Thu 1 Oct £15

Talks

Man to Man

Royal Court Theatre

Thu 1 Oct · 7:30pm

Thu 1 Oct

Talks

FoD Presents: An Evening with William Rayfet Hunter

The Ministry

Thu 1 Oct · 7:30pm

Photography Talk: Putting People First: Ethical Storytelling Through WaterAid Photography

Thu 1 Oct

Community

Photography Talk: Putting People First: Ethical Storytelling Through WaterAid Photography

Kew Community Centre

Thu 1 Oct · 8pm

Thu 1 Oct

Talks

PINTS OF KNOWLEDGE: HOW TO CATCH A STORY

Big Penny Social

Thu 1 Oct

Festival

Chelsea History Festival

National Army Museum

Thu 1 Oct

Stay and play at Parkside Primary School

Fri 2 Oct £1

Talks

Stay and play at Parkside Primary School

Parkside Primary School

Fri 2 Oct · 8:45am

Stay and play at Greenleaf Primary School

Fri 2 Oct £2

Talks

Stay and play at Greenleaf Primary School

Greenleaf Primary School

Fri 2 Oct · 9am

Stay and play at Barclay primary school (Hoe street)

Fri 2 Oct £1

Talks

Stay and play at Barclay primary school (Hoe street)

Barclay Primary School

Fri 2 Oct · 9:15am

Violence against women and girls (VAWG) drop-in, Chingford

Fri 2 Oct

Talks

Violence against women and girls (VAWG) drop-in, Chingford

Chingford Family Hub

Fri 2 Oct · 10am

Fri 2 Oct

Talks

Violence Against Women and Girls Drop-In: Chingford Family Hub

Chingford Family Hub

Fri 2 Oct · 10am

Walk and Talk with Yoked Fitness’ Older Adults Group

Fri 2 Oct

Talks

Walk and Talk with Yoked Fitness’ Older Adults Group

Wadham Lodge

Fri 2 Oct · 11am

Modern-Day Monuments Men: The Cultural Property Protection Unit

Fri 2 Oct Free

Talks

Modern-Day Monuments Men: The Cultural Property Protection Unit

National Army Museum Royal Hospital Road London

Fri 2 Oct · 12pm

Stay and Play at Walthamstow Library: Friday

Fri 2 Oct

Talks

Stay and Play at Walthamstow Library: Friday

Walthamstow Library

Fri 2 Oct · 12pm

Bloody Brilliant Tudors with Elizabeth Goff

Fri 2 Oct £22

Talks

Bloody Brilliant Tudors with Elizabeth Goff

Royal Hospital Chelsea Royal Hospital Road Chelsea Central London Map

Fri 2 Oct · 2pm

Ahoy! Mayflower & the Ships of Rotherhithe

Fri 2 Oct £20

Talks

Ahoy! Mayflower & the Ships of Rotherhithe

Bermondsey tube station

Fri 2 Oct · 2:30pm

Fri 2 Oct £15

Talks

Hyde Park Nursery Walking Tour

The Old Police House

Fri 2 Oct · 3pm

Sense and Sensibility + Recorded Q&A with George Mackay

Fri 2 Oct

Film

Sense and Sensibility + Recorded Q&A with George Mackay

Riverside Studios

Fri 2 Oct · 3pm

Churchill’s Queen: The Remarkable Friendship that Shaped Our Age

Fri 2 Oct £17

Talks

Churchill’s Queen: The Remarkable Friendship that Shaped Our Age

Royal Hospital Chelsea Royal Hospital Road Chelsea Central London Map

Fri 2 Oct · 4pm

Scrum Presents Acting + Q&A with Sophie Fiennes, Declan Donellan & Nick Ormerod

Fri 2 Oct

Film

Scrum Presents Acting + Q&A with Sophie Fiennes, Declan Donellan & Nick Ormerod

Riverside Studios

Fri 2 Oct · 6pm

Fri 2 Oct £16

Talks

Churchill’s Great War

This event is available in person and online via webcast. Wallace Collection Manchester Square London

Fri 2 Oct · 6:30pm

Fri 2 Oct £15

Talks

Man to Man

Royal Court Theatre

Fri 2 Oct · 7:30pm

Fri 2 Oct

Karaoke

Karaoke night

Meltdown London

Fri 2 Oct · 9pm

Directing New Writing with Anthony Simpson-Pike: 1-Day Intensive

Sat 3 Oct

Talks

Directing New Writing with Anthony Simpson-Pike: 1-Day Intensive

Theatre503

Sat 3 Oct · 10am

Pen to Print - Preparing for Publication with poet Jenny Mitchell

Sat 3 Oct Free

Talks

Pen to Print - Preparing for Publication with poet Jenny Mitchell

Barking Learning Centre

Sat 3 Oct · 10am

Communities of Liberation Walk: Footprints through the East End

Sat 3 Oct

Talks

Communities of Liberation Walk: Footprints through the East End

Sat 3 Oct · 10:45am

Ash Grove bus garage open day & heritage buses on route 106

Sat 3 Oct £5

Talks

Ash Grove bus garage open day & heritage buses on route 106

Ash Grove bus garage Mare Street London Map

Sat 3 Oct · 11am

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