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Best Of Londonist: Weird Ghosts, Lion Longevity And Star Wars Day

Your Sunday morning best-of-Londonist weekly round-up.

London news

After the pay row at Brixton's Ritzy Cinema seemed to be resolved, staff were facing redundancies...
...but then there was a U-turn
We shouldn't be surprised at the news that 10 people are now after every rental property in London
But MPs could soon be in thrall to their majority renter constituencies
Fancy swinging above Oxford Street in a cable car? You laugh now...
Kemistry graphic design gallery in Shoreditch is threatened with closure
London Local Power has applied for permission to frack underneath parts of London. Frack that
Nearly a third of women using public transport in London have been subjected to verbal abuse, a survey has revealed
Hackney’s Little Shop of Horrors is transforming into a museum

Drink spirits with the spirits at London's most haunted pubs
Could London be without lions for the first time since 1210?
Donate your old coats to a good cause with the Wrap Up London appeal this November
When celebrities took over the announcements on public transport for a day, we asked who you'd like to voice the tube
"Whitehall Farce" doesn't always refer to a political balls-up
Londonist investigates: how may Londoners uses their phones while walking (and where can most offenders be found)?
If Halloween didn't give you the heebie jeebies, try these alternative ways to scare yourself in London all year round
VIDEO: and while we're on the subject of Halloween, we took a look into London's five weirdest ghost stories
PODCAST: NQW heads to North Weald heritage railway

Sunny Afternoon, the musical based on the music of Ray Davies and The Kinks, gets a glorious West End transfer
O, Canada! 20th century painter Emily Carr’s first ever solo exhibition in Europe is on at Dulwich Picture Gallery
Soho's new restaurant Señor Ceviche isn't classical Peruvian, but we still recommend it
There's blood on the boards in semi-historical black comedy Grand Guignol
Go hunting for fairytales on the streets of Deptford
New veggie restaurant Ethos has good food but the experience is a bit... odd
Check out our ever-expanding list of the best food and drink in London

Star Wars fan? Get ye to BFI's Star Wars Day in December, with three film screenings, fancy dress and a behind-the-scenes exhibition
Families can get hands on with zoological objects at the Grant Museum next weekend
Downton Abbey's Crawley family bring their actor alter egos to London for a Christmas reading — tickets are on sale now
From wild cougars to Swedish athletes, the best press photos of the year will soon be on show at Southbank Centre
Time for whizzbangs: our borough guide to firework displays
Markets, vintage fairs, craft shindigs... which will persuade you to part with your pennies in November?
November's beer festivals are dispersed as far as Watford, Caterham, Waltham Forest and Heathrow (with a couple in Zone 1 too)
Feeling arty? November's best gallery and exhibition openings are rounded up in one handy place