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London’s South Asian History in Seven Sites – BSL Interpreted

Talk

Friday 06 June 2025
12:30 - 13:00

Join us for a model talk exploring the places and people that have defined London and Britain’s South Asian story.
Using The London Centre’s 1:2000 scale model of London, urban designer and writer Krish Nathaniel will expand on the stories behind a number of sites across London which are central to the South Asian story in the capital, and how these places and spaces have left their mark both on the histories of London and the UK.
 
Drawing on his recently published South Asian London History Map (2024), Krish has selected seven sites that speak to Britain’s 400-year relationship with the subcontinent. 
 
This talk will begin in the Dockyards and the East India Company, before moving to central London and the East End, exploring artefacts, buildings and figures from the diaspora that have shaped the city and the country: from the Readymoney Drinking Fountain in Regent’s Park, to India House and the Jagonari Women’s Centre. 

Full programme information coming soon!

Speaker biographies

Krishan Nathaniel

Principal Urban Designer, Harrow Council

VENUE

The London Centre
3 Aldermanbury
London
EC2V 7HH

ACCESSIBILITY

There are 4 steps to the main entrance, with a level access entrance via the Guildhall West Wing approximately 200 feet away. There are toilets and accessible toilets via stairs or a lift to the lower ground floor. If you would like more information, or have any access requirements, please let us know what these are and how we can best accommodate these by emailing events@nla.london.

BSL

The talk will also be BSL-interpreted. If you would like more information, or have any other requirements, please let us know what these are and how we can best accommodate these by emailing events@nla.london. 

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