The rain is back in full swing, but excited for some sunshine today. Hope you all touch grass. This week below.

Eat this week

Solis. The Tātā Eatery pair's grill has its own room now, and the chateaubriand comes with chimichurri. Kingly Street, Soho, open daily from noon.

Steak and sides at Solis

Lucky Grill. Dry-aged beef over fire from the Goodman team, and a six-seat chef's table beside the ageing fridge. Kensington Church Street, Wednesday to Sunday evenings.

Porterhouse steak at Lucky Grill

Lenny's Apizza. Max Lewis's New Haven pizza goes permanent after two years in a Finsbury Park pub. Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, opens Tuesday the 27th, from 11.30am.

Pizza at Lenny's Apizza

Drink this week

NQJPN. Behind a red butcher's curtain there's an arcade of Japanese cabinets, one shaped like a washing machine. Berwick Street, free entry, credits from £10.

NQJPN's red neon frontage on Berwick Street

Altar. If the record nook hasn't got your album, there's a landline that rings Dreamhouse Records. Church Lane, Leytonstone, Wednesday to Sunday from 3pm.

The bar at Altar in Leytonstone

Yield Essex Road. The third Yield is a natural wine shop with a counter for cheese and charcuterie. Angel, open daily, Sundays noon to 9pm.

Two glasses of wine at Yield Essex Road

See and do

Hokusai: Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji. All 46 prints are together for the first time in the UK, with a rare all-blue Red Fuji. Dulwich Picture Gallery, closed Mondays, from £21.50.

Hokusai's Red Fuji print

Es Devlin: Other Worlds. There's a replica of her London studio and a round desk of set models, the Super Bowl halftime show included. Design Museum, from £17.09.

Es Devlin lying among her sketches

Day of the Dead Evening Fiesta. Luzmira Zerpa sings in the Victorian conservatory, then a sonidero DJ takes over. Horniman Museum, Saturday the 31st, 7 to 10.30pm, £22, book ahead.

Day of the Dead face paint at the Horniman

Free this week

Michael Landy: Future Ruins. Landy draws the Soane Museum and Mar-a-Lago as overgrown ruins. Sir John Soane's Museum, Lincoln's Inn Fields, Wednesday to Sunday, 10am to 5pm, free.

Michael Landy's drawing of the Soane Museum in ruins

Freddie Mercury: Splendid Things. Eight of his stage looks are dotted around the V&A, from the Bohemian Rhapsody catsuit to the Knebworth crown. Daily 10am to 5pm, no booking.

Freddie Mercury on stage

God Save the Queens. A show about women in punk, dedicated to Poly Styrene, with unseen material from her archive. Museum of Youth Culture, Camden, until 22 November.

Poly Styrene, from God Save the Queens

Favourite food of the week

Chicken Milanese from Lina Stores, perfect lemon and breading

Lina Stores Marylebone, 13-15 Marylebone Lane, W1U 2NE

Chicken Milanese with lemon at Lina Stores

This day in London

25 October 1760. George II died at Kensington Palace. His doctor reported that he had just got up from his close stool, the royal commode, when he collapsed.

Trivia

Dulwich Picture Gallery, where the Hokusai prints are, opened in 1817 as Britain's first purpose-built public art gallery. Its paintings were bought for the King of Poland, who was forced to abdicate in 1795 before he could pay for them.

Sport

Crystal Palace host Newcastle at Selhurst Park today, kick-off 2pm on Sky Sports. On Saturday the 31st Chelsea play Man United at 12.30pm on TNT Sports, Brentford host Nottingham Forest at 3pm, and Spurs play Crystal Palace at 5.30pm on Sky Sports.

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London; a nation, not a city.

Benjamin Disraeli, Lothair, 1870

The clocks went back overnight, so enjoy the extra hour.

Maddy and Eric