I am trying to find out who was the artist who played the mad hatter in camden street around 2015 to 2017! He used to have a partner from Brazil. That partner used the idea and costume and replicated it in Germany. I just wanted to to warn him & hope he is still working as an artist.

Bought fakemink tickets when they said 14+ now it’s changed to 18+, me and my friends are 15-17. Does anyone know if there’s any chance we might be able to get in or should i resell and not risk it?

starting from near kings cross, is there not any good running areas for faster people? i've been exploring the surrounding area for roughly a month and have yet to find anything super pleasant (i come from a much more rural area).

regents is sorta near but is already a mile away so kind of a pain to get to. the canal footpath is doable but has so many people, low overhangs, and even dead ends into a bar at one point. some residential streets or parks are quiet enough but aren't long enough to offer good acceleration.

chronic runners, where do you find long stretches of space to yourselves? or does that just not exist in this area 😅

I am a young woman going to see a concert at the Roundhouse London in a couple of months and was absolutely terrified to travel alone through London.

My plan was to take the train to Stratford, and then catch the Mildmay line to Kentish town west. Through this subreddit i have heard horror stories about this station and am now filled with anxiety about going to this concert.

For context, I come from quite a chill/ quiet rural area and while there are bad or odd people around the place is so small you know who they are by name/ know who to avoid/ what their story is. London feels a completely different ball park.

I was going to stay in the Swiss hostel just 30 minutes away from the Roundhouse, so any reviews of how safe it was/ whether is it safe to walk back from the venue at 11pm would also be greatly appreciated. are the uber's safe there????

I plan to share my location with my boyfriend and my parents at all times and not carry anything of any value other than my bank card and some emergency cash, along with some things for a stay overnight in a hostel.

Any advice, safety tips (preferably specific to the area), things to look out for, etc etc

Such a success! Children love it

Here's a short list of things to do this weekend In North London. 

God Save the Queens | 📍Museum of Youth Culture, NW1 | 23 October - 22 November | Free

Punk had women at the centre of it. This exhibition makes that case with their actual stuff, Poly Styrene’s archives, photographs, handmade fashion, personal material from the women who built the visual language of the movement. Basement gallery, pay what you can

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Day of the Dead at Canopy Market | 📍Canopy Market, N1C | 23 - 25 October | Free

MexiBrit takes over Canopy Market for Día de Muertos, antojitos, pan de muerto and a community ofrenda where you can leave a tribute to someone you’ve lost. Independent makers and food stalls fill the rest of the space.

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Witchy Wares Craft Market | 📍The Fields Beneath, NW5 | 25 October | Free

The Fields Beneath is doing a Halloween craft market on the Hunter’s Full Moon, which is either a coincidence or very much on purpose. Tarot readings, handmade candles, art prints and crochet from a small roster of independent makers, plus a charity raffle for Streets Kitchen.

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Night Maps | 📍Warburg Institute, WC1H | 21 October - 17 April | Free

An exhibition at the Warburg tracing how humans have mapped the night sky from medieval courts to the 21st-century space race, and what those maps were really being used to say about power on earth. World maps from the 13th to 19th centuries from the Sunderland Collection, running through to April.

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Kidzworld Pumpkin Patch | 📍Hampstead Heath, NW3 | 24 & 31 October | (£)

Pick your own pumpkin on Hampstead Heath, with a funfair, trick or treat maze, fun games, food stalls and a marshmallow roasting pit. 10am to 6pm both Saturdays.

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Stardust Antique & Vintage Fair | 📍St Stephen’s, Pond Street, NW3 | 25 October | Free

Stardust’s autumn fair comes to Hampstead for one day. You’ll find antique jewellery, vintage fashion, collectables, homewares and all those wonderfully unusual finds you never knew you needed.

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Add any I've missed below, this list is always better with local knowledge 👇

Hello all, I wanted to ask for recommendations regarding breakfast options near the best western swiss hotel. It would be great to have a vegan option (I have a dairy intolerance) I will be in London next week.

Thanks in advance

Hello! I need a tailor for a suede jacket that is a little bit too big for me. Does anyone happen to know of a place that is any good for something like that please?

Looking for a kurdish/Iraqi place. Have had a look but only one I found had closed.

Anyone got any ideas please.

Thanks

The singular blue light seen in the London sky tonight (16 October 2026) is a temporary laser art installation titled "Higher Power" by prominent light artist Chris Levine. The beam was launched tonight as part of a series of events tied to the Frieze London art fair

Here's a short list of things to do this weekend In North London. Please, add any I've missed in the comments. 👇

Frieze London & Frieze Masters | 📍Regent’s Park, NW1 | 14 - 18 October | (£)

The world’s biggest art fair, in a tent in Regent’s Park. Almost 300 galleries from 48 countries, contemporary work alongside Old Masters. If you follow art, this is the week everything happens in London. And if tickets aren’t for you, Frieze Sculpture is free in the English Gardens until 1 November, eleven large-scale works by international artists scattered through the park.

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Shōtengai Market | 📍Lower Stable Street, N1C | 15 - 18 October | Free

Japanese-style street market back on Lower Stable Street in King’s Cross with pan-Asian homeware, fashion and food. Vendors rotate each month so there’s always something new, but expect the likes of Japanese homewares, Tokyo bikes, okonomiyaki pancakes and takoyaki. Food stalls Thursday to Sunday, craft and homeware Friday to Sunday.

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London Craft Chocolate Fair | 📍Fidelio Café, EC1R | 17 - 18 October | (£)

Taste your way through some of the world’s best bean-to-bar chocolate at Fidelio Café in Clerkenwell, at the start of Chocolate Week. Makers from across the UK and beyond including Pump Street, Chocolarder and Friis Holm, plus talks and tastings with experts including James Hoffmann. Come curious, leave converted. £5 entry, tastings from £25. Saturday 10am to 6pm, Sunday 10am to 5pm.

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Camden Oktoberfest | 📍Electric Ballroom, NW1 | Every Saturday in October | (£)

Oktoberfest is Germany’s famous autumn beer festival, and Camden has been throwing its own version at the Electric Ballroom for ten years. Bavarian beer, bratwursts, a brass Oomph band, dancers and interactive games every Saturday through October. From £12.45, over 18s, 2pm.

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Parliament Hill Lido Bake Sale | 📍Parliament Hill Lido, NW5 | 18 October | Free

Parliament Hill Lido swimmers are running a bake sale poolside this Sunday morning, raising money for Kentish Town Foodbank. Turn up, have a swim, buy something homemade, help feed people in the borough. 8am to 10:30am.

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Fair Play Art Fair | 📍One Marylebone, NW1 | 15 - 18 October | (£)

Seventy independent artists show and sell at One Marylebone during Frieze Week, every one chosen for the quality of their work rather than their ability to pay for exhibition space. Meet them, buy directly, and stay for the live performances, music and food running through the venue into the evening.

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Larger Than Life: Wallace & Gromit at Lightroom | 📍Lightroom, N1C | From 14 October | (£)

Walk into a room and find Wallace, Gromit, Shaun the Sheep and Morph on every wall and the floor, 50 minutes of Aardman projected all around you. From 14 October at Lightroom in King's Cross.

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A plague?

My mate and I want to go see the knucks concert in November, as hes one of our favourite artists, but the website is telling us its an 18+ event - is this enforced? Any way we can get in?

At the end of the day its just a concert, we aint drinking or anything since we gotta drive back. Might have to convince staff or do some loopholes.
Hoping anyone with experience at this place can give some advice

hellooo, i am looking for people for a (mock) exam I have coming up on the 20th october, I needdd

•a T section of highlights AND a long layered cut with a curly blow dry
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this will be completely free as it goes towards getting my qualification, please message me either on here, on instagram @tessiedoeshair

Hi everyone,

I’m studying for an MSc in Early Child Development and Clinical Applications at UCL and Anna Freud, a pioneering mental health charity for children and families. A key part of the course is a parent–infant observation, and I’m hoping to find a family in London who’d be happy to take part.

Why it matters: For over 70 years, observation like this has been at the heart of training for child psychotherapists. Watching a real baby grow within their family teaches us things no textbook can: how babies begin to communicate, make sense of the world and develop emotionally through their earliest relationships. By taking part, you’d be helping to train the people who will go on to support children and families for the rest of their careers. Many therapists say their infant observation was the most formative part of their training, and they never forget the family who welcomed them in.

What families say: The first visit or two can feel a little unusual, but research with families who’ve taken part shows that many parents came to really enjoy the visits. The early months with a new baby can be intense and sometimes isolating, and having a regular, calm visitor who is genuinely interested in your baby, every small change and new discovery, is something parents often value. Some said it helped them notice and enjoy their baby’s development more themselves, and many look back on it fondly years later.

What it involves: I’m looking for someone due between October 2026 and January 2027 (or with a very new baby). I’d visit for one hour a week during term time, at a regular time that suits you, from soon after birth until June 2028. There’s nothing to prepare and nothing to do differently.

What it isn’t: There are no tests or interventions, and we don't assess or judge you or your parenting. I simply sit quietly and take an interest in your baby as they grow, while your family goes about its usual routine.

I’m fully DBS-checked and follow UCL and Anna Freud safeguarding procedures. Everything is confidential: names are changed, so your family is never identified.

If this sounds like something you’d consider, or you know someone who might, please comment, DM me. I’d be very happy to answer any questions and provide further information.

Thank you so much for reading!

Currently looking for a family to volunteer for an infant observation in London.

Hello! My name is Gareth and I have been studying a course about infant development at the British Psychotherapy Foundation. I have over 4 years of experience supporting children and alongside my studies, I currently work in NHS mental health services supporting children, young people and their families.

As a core part of my training with the British Psychotherapy Foundation, I am seeking to find a London based family, who would be willing for me to visit and observe their newborn baby from close to birth and up until their 2 year birthday.

The observations are typically for one hour, once a week, at a regular and convenient time for the first 2 years of your baby's life. Of course there is a lot of flexibility and weeks where a visit may not always be appropriate. This includes holidays, illness or any other circumstances that can be discussed throughout.

The purpose of my visits would simply be to quietly and non-judgementally observe your baby and their interactions in your home, in the completely ordinary circumstances of your day to day life. I would be completely in the background, just listening to you and observing how your baby is behaving and communicating during that hour. The observation would happen entirely at your comfort level, for example I could leave the room during any moments that your privacy is needed, depending on what you are most comfortable with.

Overall, this experience would help me learn deeply about the early development of infants and is a long established training component for child and adolescent psychotherapy training, which I am pursuing. Previous families report to have found the experience of hosting an observer uniquely rewarding, therapeutic and enriching: a chance to notice more of the small details of their child's early life.

If this interests you, or you know someone who might be interested, please contact me at: [gvinto01@student.bbk.ac.uk](mailto:gvinto01@student.bbk.ac.uk) for more information or message me on here! There would of course be no commitment until you had all the details you needed, including a chance to meet with me beforehand if you would prefer.

Any arrangement would be subject to approval by the British Psychotherapy Foundation who would also be able to provide a reference to any interested families. I also hold an enhanced DBS certificate.

Thank you!