Best Of Londonist: 6-12 October 2025

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M@ Best Of Londonist: 6-12 October 2025

Your weekly roundup of Londonist news and features.

London New Year's Eve Fireworks 2025 Tickets On Sale Next Week

With tickets costing up to £55.

fireworks behind london eye

20+ Pubs With Real Fires In London: Cosy Up With A Pint By These Roaring Fireplaces

Time to get toasty.

The fireplace in the Cheshire Cheese

Ever After Garden 2025: Glowing Field Of Roses Gets A New Home This Year

Dedicate a flower in memory of a loved one.

Ever After Garden

Audrey Hepburn Now Has A Blue Plaque At Her Former Mayfair Home

Loverly!

An Audrey Hepburn blue plaque

Ticket Alert! A Rare Chance To Sleep Over At The Natural History Museum

Dino Snores for Grown-Ups returns. (sponsor)

A sleepover at the natural history museum

London Has Four Of The World's Top 50 Bars, Apparently

Another year, another familiar looking list.

Connaught bar

"The Rad, The Queer And The Uncategorisable": KUNSTY Comes To Southbank Centre

A brand new series platforming new work from independent artists. (sponsor)

Kunsty

Where Was London's First Public Library?

And what did people borrow?

London's first public library

How To See The Great Wall Of China Near Fleet Street

Well, a tiny bit of it.

A chunk of Great Wall of China

The Boroughs Of London At 60

Londonist's Matt has a new book out.

Miracle At Henrietta: The Christmassiest Bar In London

It's Kiiiiiiiitschmas!

Miracle at Henrietta's

Flappers, Martinis And Chewing Gum: A Sketch Of 1920s London

When London let its hair down.

Black and white image of a band playing

Walham Green: Have You Visited This Wetherspoon In An Old Tube Station?

Beer served through old ticket windows.

Walham Green pub wetherspoons

Hawksmoor's Latest Restaurant Is Inside This Glorious Train Station Hotel

Swanky steak chain scores a stunner.

Hawksmoor dining room

Where To Go Ice Skating In London For Christmas 2025

London's best festive ice rinks this year.

Ice skating in canary wharf

Fantastic Firework Displays And Buzzing Bonfire Nights Near London 2025

The biggest whizzbangs in south-east England, worth leaving London for.

A bonfire in Hastings

Eat Christmas Dinner In Prison This December

Doing bird in the best possible way.

Chicken outside prison

The Curious Cornerstone Sculpture, Featuring Peppa Pig

A community artwork in Bermondsey.

Peppa pig on a sculpture

London's Other Fleet Street

Not so famous.

Arrow pointing to another fleet street

Haunted London: Five Ghostly Walks to Try This Halloween

From cemeteries to a trip on the Necrobus.

A ghost sign for deane and co chemists

Diane Abbott To Deserter: Grab Free/Cheap Tickets To SE London Bookfest

What a line-up!

A pair of authors at se london bookfest

Looking Ahead: Things To Do In London This Week: 13-19 October 2025

See what's on in London today.

Abel Selacoe