Written by Lauren
Rating: 5
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As a London Month of the Dead regular, I was chuffed to have an event around Christmas. The performance was fantastic and the atmosphere was perfect!
Description
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Something A Little Different, Theatre/Arts and Walks & Tours
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Tickets from £12.50
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Sat, 11th Oct 2025 @ 13:30 - 15:00
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13:30 - 15:00
Join historian Anna Cusack for a compelling exploration into The
Marginal Dead—a talk that delves into the lives, deaths, and
burials of those pushed to the edges of early modern London
society. Drawing from her doctoral research, Anna investigates how
seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Londoners treated those who
were considered outsiders in life—and remained so in death. From
executed criminals and suicides to religious minorities such as
Quakers and Jews, this talk unpacks the varied and often surprising
ways the dead were perceived and interred.
Was marginalisation in death as stark as we’ve been led to believe?
By examining thousands of individuals and their post-mortem
journeys, Anna sheds light on the nuanced social codes that
governed burial practices and public memory. This is a story not
only of the forgotten, but of how “normal” and “marginal” were
carefully constructed categories—often more porous than we imagine.
Come prepared for a richly detailed journey through cemeteries,
gallows, and dissenting burial grounds, as Anna reveals the complex
afterlives of London’s marginal dead.
Anna
Cusack
Dr
Anna Cusack is a historian and Research Fellow at St Mary’s
University, Twickenham, specialising in early modern London, death,
and burial practices. She has taught at Birkbeck and Essex, and
previously held roles at the British Museum and National Portrait
Gallery.
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Tickets/Times
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FAITH, CRIME & SUICIDE
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13:30 - 15:00 | £12.50 |
Location
Address
Dissenters Chapel, Kensal Green Cemetery, 391 Ladbroke Grove, London, W10 5AB
Nearest Station
Ladbroke Grove (Tube)
Getting there
Organiser
A Curious Invitation and Antique Beat
Each year, Antique Beat and A Curious Invitation host London Month of the Dead, a festival of over 60 different events to inform, provoke and entertain on teh subject of mortality and the city.
Events include walks, talks, workshops, theatrical performances, storytelling, live-scored films, concerts, and visits to secret parts of the city.
Subjects span the cultural landscape from the forensic to the esoteric with an unparalleled range of speakers, performers, guides and experts.
Each year, London Month of the Dead donates 20% of ticket revenue to one of London's magnificent seven cemeteries.
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