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Kids
Stock up on seasonal veg, find a perfect photo backdrop and get Halloween-ready with our roundup of the best pumpkin patches near London
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Things to do
From fright nights to spooky screenings, immersive experiences to bloodthirsty raves, Halloween in London brings chills and thrills
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Things to do
Spooky specimens await at the Natural History Museum this Halloween, as visitors are welcomed for an evening of scares
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Netflix
From The Good Nurse with Jessica Chastain and Eddie Redmayne to The Watcher with Naomi Watts and Mia Farrow, Netflix in October yields many dark and delightful pleasures
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Netflix
From Saint Maud to Squid Game, here's a list of the best horror movies and TV shows to stream this Halloween on Netflix and Amazon Prime Video
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Themes
Sure, Halloween is going to look different this year but it can still be as magical, spooky and memorable as ever. Here's how...
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Festival
Halloween is all about dressing up, having fun and crazy sugar rushes - but lucky Londoners have an excuse for spooky city excursions. Here's what's happening this Halloween...
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Beauty
If you’re after quick Halloween make-up tricks, then you’ve come to the right place. We have easy Halloween beauty transformers that are sophisticated rather than scary
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TV
In BBC's Dublin Murders, Killian Scott and Sarah Greene star as detectives looking into a series of forest murders in 2006 Ireland.
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Food & Drink
Wandsworth Common resurrects its renowned beer and cider festival for a knockout Halloween celebration
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Kids
Hoxton Street Monster Supplies lets kids stock up on monster essentials - and nurtures a love of writing through its charity, Ministry of Stories
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Cinema
David Gordon Green ignores every other Halloween sequel and continues from the original – bringing back Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode, a woman with a taste for vengeance
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Shopping
Calling all inner-witches: here are the best shops in London for charms, crystals & tarots to unlock your magic potential
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Beauty
From glitter to gore – we have the best make-up tricks or beauty treats perfect for fright-night
Features
Don't be a basic witch: throw the kids a Halloween party to remember with our guide to London's spookiest shops and most petrifying patisseries
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Kids
Family friendly Halloween-themed activities return to London Zoo this half term
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Theatre
Scaredy cats beware: the horror of The Exorcist comes to the stage in a jumpy production by Sean Mathias
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Kids
Rod Campbell's classic children's storybook Dear Zoo brought to life at London Zoo this April
Things To Do
Looking for things to do this Halloween in London? We suggest a horror film screening - or one of the scary movies on Netflix, if you're hiding inside
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Kids
Paddington will welcome more than just passengers this Halloween, with a scary pop-up zoo in Sheldon Square
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Kids
Families can catch a glimpse of those who still walk the halls of one of the most haunted houses in England, this Halloween
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Kids
Carve something creepy at Fortnum and Mason this Halloween with half term pumpkin carving classes
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Kids
Our top pick of the most arty, family-friendly events of The Big Draw festival this half term 2016
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Kids
Looking for delicious morsels this Halloween October 2016? Camden Market's weekend extravaganza promises all sorts of frightening family fun...
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Food
Thirteen for dinner, devilled risotto, bloody beef pie and smoky crushed ice? It can only be Halloween at the Savoy.
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Kids
Celebrate the new Star Wars film by becoming
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Kids
"Alohomora!" Open up a world of Harry Potter (and have a look at M.C.Escher's retrospective) at the Dulwich Picture Gallery this Halloween
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Kids
Children make themselves a spooky pumpkin in early Eltham Palace this Halloween in London
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Kids
Fortnum & Mason will be hosting a variety of fun Halloween activities for little trick-or-treaters
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Kids
This half term, WHY Festival returns to the Southbank Centre and encourages young people to change the world
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Visual Arts
Museum of London uncovers the sinister collection of the Metropolitan Police's Crime Museum in an unprecedented new exhibition