Cultural Events
Bishopsgate Institute programmes a range of cultural events throughout the year. Many of these are inspired by Bishopsgate Library's historical and radical library and archive collections. They include a range of talks, walks and debates, as well as free lunch time concerts in the historic Great Hall.
Past talks and debates at Bishopsgate Institute have included:
- Building East London: a season of talks, walks and debates curated in collaboration with Dan Cruickshank about architectural development in the East End
- Kenan Malik and Tariq Modood MBE on the legacy of the fatwa against Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses
- Actor and director Stephen Berkoff in conversation with historian Michelle Johansen about his memories of growing up in the East End of London
- Tony Benn discussing the labour movement, socialism and democracy
- Leading authority on Charles Dickens, Michael Slater, discussing Dickens's relationship with London
- London Lore, a one-day conference examining the history of London's folklore traditions
- Iain Sinclair, Sheila Rowbotham, Rachel Lichtenstein, Patrick Wright and Michael Rosen discussing the fate of the London Borough of Hackney
- Author Adam Foulds on his 2009 Man Booker Prize shortlisted book The Quickening Maze
- Writer and historian Jerry White talking about the extraordinary rise of London
- Journalist Anna Minton in conversation with author Michael Rosen about fear and happiness in the 21st century city
- Gothic London, a talk by Roger Luckhurst about the Gothic genre in the 19th and 20th centuries
- Historian, broadcaster and politician Tristram Hunt discussing the life of Friedrich Engels
Popular talks are also available as podcasts.
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