Legacy Live: The Audacity of Writing History
Be among the very first to hear award-winning author Elif Shafak speak about her brand-new book ‘One Brief Moment in All Eternity’, in conversation with Legacy hosts Afua Hirsch and Peter Frankopan.
Part of the Legacy series, which tells the wild stories of some of the most extraordinary men and women ever to have lived and asks whether they have the rep they deserve. Legacy looks at big lives from the present and doesn’t always like what it sees.
This is a brilliant, unfiltered, and deeply urgent conversation about who gets remembered, how they are remembered, and what they left behind for us to deal with today. Uncover the true stories of the names that built and broke our world.
History isn’t just about the past; it’s about how we got here.
Ticket price includes book, and opportunity for author signing.
Concessions & Under 30s tickets
Kings Place Concessions Tickets
We want to ensure that people who may be struggling financially to purchase a ticket can still enjoy visiting Kings Place. A limited number of concessions tickets will be allocated on selected events. This discount will automatically be applied in your shopping basket if you are registered for this scheme and an allocation is available.
For more information on registering please visit https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/your-visit/ticketing-information/concessions/
Concessions tickets are accessible for people on the following criteria (for more information visit our FAQs)
- Pension Credit
- Universal Credit
- Disability Benefit
- Income Support or Job Seekers allowance
- Students
£10 ‘Under 30s’ tickets
A limited number of £10 tickets are available for certain shows to attendees aged under 30. To access Under 30s tickets, update your account with your Date of Birth. Please visit the account centre to add your Date of Birth.
If £10 tickets are available, the ticket discount will apply automatically at checkout. If the discount does not apply, this means all ‘Under 30s’ tickets have sold out for the performance.
Please note that proof of age may be requested at the venue.
Plan your visit
Getting here
Kings Place is situated just a few minutes’ walk from King’s Cross and St Pancras stations, one of the most connected locations in London and now the biggest transport hub in Europe.
Our address is:
90 York Way, London, N1 9AG.
The Venue
Our performance spaces are situated on the lower ground floor. Hall One, Hall Two and St Pancras are located in level -2, reached by stairs, escalator and lift from the ground floor entrance level.
Event Times
Door times indicate auditorium entrance times only. Visitors are welcome to enjoy the Kings Place seating areas, gallery-level art, canal-side terrace, café, restaurant and bar throughout the day and evening.
- Our events begin promptly at the advertised start time. Typically, there is no support unless otherwise stated.
- We recommend arriving in good time before the performance. The Hall doors will open 30 minutes before the performance to allow time to take your seats, or to choose a space for standing shows.
- Latecomers will be admitted at a suitable break in the performance where possible
Access
We aim to make your visit to Kings Place as comfortable as possible. For more information about the accessibility of Kings Place, including details about our Access Scheme, please visit this page.
If you would like to discuss your access requirements with a member of our team, please get in touch with the Box Office team at info@kingsplace.co.uk.
Food & Drink
Rotunda Bar & Restaurant
Rotunda, situated on the ground floor of Kings Place, offers a unique dining and drinking experience alongside Regent’s Canal. The concert bar in the venue foyer will also be open for select events.
Green & Fortune Café
Recently re-furbished and now open with a new look, the Green & Fortune Café is open for selected concerts. Serving hot and cold food and drinks, including sandwiches, salads, soup, stew and a pie of the day, alongside a choice of cakes made by the on-site bakery team. See here for selected concert dates and standard opening hours.
About Elif Shafak
Elif Shafak is an award-winning British-Turkish novelist and storyteller. She has published 21 books, 13 of which are novels and her books have been translated into 58 languages. Shafak holds a PhD in political science, and she has taught at various universities in Turkey, the US and the UK, including St Anne’s College, Oxford University, where she is an honorary fellow. She also holds an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Bard College. Shafak is a Fellow and President of the Royal Society of Literature and has been chosen among BBC’s 100 most inspiring and influential women.
An advocate for women’s rights, LGBTQ+ rights and freedom of expression, Shafak is an inspiring public speaker and twice TED Global speaker. She contributes to major publications around the world, and she was awarded the medal of Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
About Afua Hirsch
Afua Hirsch is an award-winning journalist and author, known for her work on culture, identity and social justice. She presents the flagship BBC documentary Africa Rising, the global series Enslaved with Samuel L. Jackson, and the podcast Legacy, which explores the contemporary legacy of historical figures, and is the founder of her own production company, Born in Me Productions. She is the author of Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging (2018), Equal To Everything (2019) and Decolonising My Body, A Radical Exploration of Rituals and Beauty (2025). A journalist for more than twenty years, she is a former Guardian correspondent, Associate Editor at Vogue, and professor of journalism at the University of Southern California.
About Peter Frankopan
Peter Frankopan is a British historian, writer, and hotelier. He is a professor of global history at Worcester College, Oxford, and Distinguished Fellow at the Blavatnik School of Government. He is also UNESCO Professor of Silk Roads Studies at King’s College, Cambridge. He works on the histories of exchange, religion, language, and the natural world. His books include The Silk Roads: A New History of the World (2015), The New Silk Roads: The Present and Future of the World (2018) and The Earth Transformed: An Untold History (2023). He has written illustrated versions of his books for younger readers. A Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, the Royal Geographic Society and the Royal Society of Literature, Peter is President of the Royal Society for Asian Affairs.