We spent Halloween eating Sweet Thursday and watching Harry Potter at home. Hope you enjoyed your party and trick or treating! This week below.
Eat this week
The Talli Queen. An old Shepherd's Bush pub now cooking South Indian, with a ghee-soaked masala dosa and pork tomahawk for Sunday lunch. Uxbridge Road, closed Mondays.
PAM. Karla Knowles, ex-Kiln, cooks Thai over fire, and the roast duck comes with fries and red curry. Charterhouse Street, Farringdon, opens Tuesday the 3rd.
Edmondo. Big Mamma's new place fills a Grade II-listed City building, and the Fiorentina T-bone weighs 1.2kg. Lombard Street, Bank, opens Friday the 6th.
Drink this week
Goodcup. Nunhead's coffee shop turns cocktail bar after dark, with vinyl DJs and a mezcal and chilli El Guapo. Nunhead Green, Thursday to Saturday from 6pm.
Camden Road Arms. The old BrewDog opposite Camden Road station is a pub again, with outdoor space for 24. Open daily from noon, to midnight Friday and Saturday.
The Black Lion. A West Hampstead beer house since 1751, and once the Rat & Carrot. Free drink at the relaunch party, Thursday the 5th from 5pm.
See and do
Alexandra Palace Fireworks and Drone Festival. Drones and fireworks over London at 8pm, with a giant bonfire and Eats Everything on the decks. Saturday the 7th, gates 4pm, adults from £18.
Battersea Park Fireworks. Rudimental play a DJ set before the 8.30pm fireworks, and there's a disco ceilidh after. Saturday the 7th, gates 6pm, advance tickets only.
Korea. Europe's widest survey of Korean art in 40 years, with 23 state-listed treasures. British Museum, daily, Fridays to 8.30pm, from £18.
Free this week
Regent Street lights switch-on. The angels light up and the street closes to traffic from 5 to 9pm, with events in the shops. Thursday the 5th, no tickets needed.
Arcadia. John Akomfrah's five-screen film on the Columbian Exchange makes its London debut. Natural History Museum, from Friday the 6th, no ticket needed.
Through Our Eyes: Sámi Art and Culture. The UK's first group show of Sámi art, with an Outi Pieski piece made from hundreds of shawl tassels. Somerset House, from Friday the 6th.
Favourite food of the week
Spring onion pancake with raw tuna and Cantabrian anchovy from Vesper, WOW.
Vesper, 8-10 Exmouth Market, EC1R 4QA
This day in London
1 November 1604. The King's Men played Othello for James I in the Banqueting House at Whitehall, one of its first recorded performances. The court accounts list the playwright as "Shaxberd".
Trivia
Before every State Opening of Parliament, the Yeomen of the Guard search the cellars of the Palace of Westminster. The ritual dates back to the Gunpowder Plot, which was foiled on 5 November 1605.
Sport
Arsenal are at Liverpool today, kick-off 4.30pm. On Wednesday the 4th they play Slavia Praha away in the Champions League at 8pm. On Saturday the 7th Spurs are at Leeds at 12.30pm, and at 3pm Arsenal host Hull and Fulham host Newcastle.
London is on the whole the most possible form of life.
Wrap up warm if you're out for the fireworks on Saturday the 7th.
Maddy and Eric