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London, Friday 27 February 2026

How do objects achieve iconic status?

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Friday 27 February 2026
Sotheby’s London, London

How do objects achieve iconic status?

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Selling Fast
Selling Fast
UK TOUR

Lena Dunham: Famesick

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UK TOUR

Lena Dunham: Famesick

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UK TOUR

Anthony Scaramucci: The All The Wrong Moves Tour

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UK TOUR

Anthony Scaramucci: The All The Wrong Moves Tour

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UK TOUR

An Evening with Kae Tempest

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UK TOUR

An Evening with Kae Tempest

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London, Monday 1 June 2026

Sathnam Sanghera on the Life and Legacy of George Michael

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Monday 1 June 2026
Union Chapel, London

Sathnam Sanghera on the Life and Legacy of George Michael

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Full Lineup

Fri
27
Feb
7:00pm GMT, Sotheby’s London, London

How do objects achieve iconic status?

Sir Grayson Perry, Dr Xa Sturgis, Helena Newman, James Haldane
Tue
3
Mar
7:00pm GMT, Union Chapel, London

Mary Beard and Diarmaid MacCulloch on the History of Sex, Gender and Christianity

Diarmaid MacCulloch, Mary Beard
Multiple Dates
2026, Multiple Venues

How To Make The World Add Up, with Tim Harford

Tim Harford
Mon
23
Mar
7:00pm BST, Kings Place, London

An African History of Africa, with Zeinab Badawi

Zeinab Badawi
Tue
14
Apr
NEW EVENT
6:30pm BST, The Light, Friends House, London

Demis Hassabis and Sebastian Mallaby on The Quest for Artificial General Intelligence

Demis Hassabis, Sebastian Mallaby
Multiple Dates
Selling Fast
April 19, Multiple Venues

Lena Dunham: Famesick

Lena Dunham, Dolly Alderton, Monica Heisey
Multiple Dates
UK TOUR, Multiple Venues

An Evening with Kae Tempest

Kae Tempest
Tue
5
May
7:30pm BST, Royal Geographical Society, London

London Falling: Patrick Radden Keefe on How Money, Power and Corruption Shape Our City

Patrick Radden Keefe, Emily Maitlis
Wed
6
May
7:00pm BST, Kings Place, London

Marcus du Sautoy on How Mathematics Shapes Creativity

Marcus du Sautoy
Mon
11
May
7:00pm BST, Kiln Theatre, London

How To Kill A Language, with Sophia Smith Galer

Sophia Smith Galer
Tue
12
May
7:00pm BST, Kiln Theatre, London

James Baldwin: A Life and Legacy, with Ben Okri

Ben Okri, James Okundaye
Mon
18
May
7:00pm BST, Kiln Theatre, London

Raising Hare: An Evening with Chloe Dalton

Chloe Dalton
Wed
20
May
7:00pm BST, Union Chapel, London

An Evening with Douglas Stuart

Douglas Stuart, Jack Edwards
Tue
26
May
7:00pm BST, Kiln Theatre, London

An Evening with Yassmin Abdel-Magied: Stories of Power and Survival

Yassmin Abdel-Magied, Coco Khan
Wed
27
May
7:00pm BST, Kiln Theatre, London

An Evening with Mark Haddon, Author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Mark Haddon, Jeanette Winterson
Thu
28
May
7:30pm BST, Conway Hall, London

Life and Death in the KGB, with The Rest is Classified’s Gordon Corera

Gordon Corera
Mon
1
Jun
7:00pm BST, Union Chapel, London

Sathnam Sanghera on the Life and Legacy of George Michael

Sathnam Sanghera
Tue
2
Jun
7:00pm BST, Union Chapel, London

An Evening with Brooklyn Author Colm Tóibín: The News From Dublin

Colm Tóibín
Thu
4
Jun
7:00pm BST, Brighton Dome Corn Exchange, Brighton

An Evening with Maggie O’Farrell: Land

Maggie O’Farrell
Tue
23
Jun
Selling Fast
7:00pm BST, Union Chapel, London

Olivia Laing on Art, Solitude, and The Lonely City at 10

Olivia Laing, Charlie Porter
Thu
16
Jul
NEW EVENT
7:00pm BST, Union Chapel, London

How History Explains Our World, with Peter Frankopan

Peter Frankopan
Multiple Dates
UK TOUR, Multiple Venues

How Geography Explains Our World, with Tim Marshall

Tim Marshall
Multiple Dates
UK TOUR, Multiple Venues

Anthony Scaramucci: The All The Wrong Moves Tour

Anthony Scaramucci
Multiple Dates
UK TOUR, Multiple Venues

Tim Spector: The Science of Good Mood Food

Tim Spector
Friday 27 February 2026, 7:00pm
Sotheby’s London, London

How do objects achieve iconic status?

Sir Grayson Perry, Dr Xa Sturgis, Helena Newman, James Haldane
Tuesday 3 March 2026, 7:00pm
Union Chapel, London

Mary Beard and Diarmaid MacCulloch on the History of Sex, Gender and Christianity

Diarmaid MacCulloch, Mary Beard
2026
Multiple Venues

How To Make The World Add Up, with Tim Harford

Tim Harford
Monday 23 March 2026, 7:00pm
Kings Place, London

An African History of Africa, with Zeinab Badawi

Zeinab Badawi
NEW EVENT
Tuesday 14 April 2026, 6:30pm
The Light, Friends House, London

Demis Hassabis and Sebastian Mallaby on The Quest for Artificial General Intelligence

Demis Hassabis, Sebastian Mallaby
Selling Fast
April 19
Multiple Venues

Lena Dunham: Famesick

Lena Dunham, Dolly Alderton, Monica Heisey
UK TOUR
Multiple Venues

An Evening with Kae Tempest

Kae Tempest
Tuesday 5 May 2026, 7:30pm
Royal Geographical Society, London

London Falling: Patrick Radden Keefe on How Money, Power and Corruption Shape Our City

Patrick Radden Keefe, Emily Maitlis
Wednesday 6 May 2026, 7:00pm
Kings Place, London

Marcus du Sautoy on How Mathematics Shapes Creativity

Marcus du Sautoy
Monday 11 May 2026, 7:00pm
Kiln Theatre, London

How To Kill A Language, with Sophia Smith Galer

Sophia Smith Galer
Tuesday 12 May 2026, 7:00pm
Kiln Theatre, London

James Baldwin: A Life and Legacy, with Ben Okri

Ben Okri, James Okundaye
Monday 18 May 2026, 7:00pm
Kiln Theatre, London

Raising Hare: An Evening with Chloe Dalton

Chloe Dalton
Wednesday 20 May 2026, 7:00pm
Union Chapel, London

An Evening with Douglas Stuart

Douglas Stuart, Jack Edwards
Tuesday 26 May 2026, 7:00pm
Kiln Theatre, London

An Evening with Yassmin Abdel-Magied: Stories of Power and Survival

Yassmin Abdel-Magied, Coco Khan
Wednesday 27 May 2026, 7:00pm
Kiln Theatre, London

An Evening with Mark Haddon, Author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Mark Haddon, Jeanette Winterson
Thursday 28 May 2026, 7:30pm
Conway Hall, London

Life and Death in the KGB, with The Rest is Classified’s Gordon Corera

Gordon Corera
Monday 1 June 2026, 7:00pm
Union Chapel, London

Sathnam Sanghera on the Life and Legacy of George Michael

Sathnam Sanghera
Tuesday 2 June 2026, 7:00pm
Union Chapel, London

An Evening with Brooklyn Author Colm Tóibín: The News From Dublin

Colm Tóibín
Thursday 4 June 2026, 7:00pm
Brighton Dome Corn Exchange, Brighton

An Evening with Maggie O’Farrell: Land

Maggie O’Farrell
Selling Fast
Tuesday 23 June 2026, 7:00pm
Union Chapel, London

Olivia Laing on Art, Solitude, and The Lonely City at 10

Olivia Laing, Charlie Porter
NEW EVENT
Thursday 16 July 2026, 7:00pm
Union Chapel, London

How History Explains Our World, with Peter Frankopan

Peter Frankopan
UK TOUR
Multiple Venues

How Geography Explains Our World, with Tim Marshall

Tim Marshall
UK TOUR
Multiple Venues

Anthony Scaramucci: The All The Wrong Moves Tour

Anthony Scaramucci
UK TOUR
Multiple Venues

Tim Spector: The Science of Good Mood Food

Tim Spector