Bam, boom, bam! Ally Pally's legendary fireworks festival lights up North London's skies on Nov 3 and 4.

The Korean Film Festival takes place at various venues across London (Nov 1 to 13)

Lifeworld, the installation by Danish artist Olafur Eliasson, illuminates Piccadilly Circus for the last 3 minutes of every day (11.57 pm to midnight) until November 30.

This year's 60-mile London to Brighton Veteran Car Run honours the 1896 'Locomotives on the Highway Act' (speed limit 12 mph, no need for a chap to walk in front). Starts Hyde Park, Sunday 3 Nov from 6 am.

Tate Modern's 'Ghost and Spirit' show of the work of American artist Mike Kelley (lock up your soft toys) runs to Mar 2025.

Entries to much-loved Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition are on show at the Natural History Museum in South Kensington until next June.

'Citizens of Everywhere' star in plays across London for the Voila theatre festival, Nov 4-23.

'Picasso: Printmaker' opens at the British Museum Nov 7 and ends Mar 30.

Luxmuralis and Historic Royal Palace present the sound and light show 'Poppy Fields at the Tower' (Nov 8-16).

Check out the winter light festival on the South Bank, with numerous dazzling events (see website for map and schedule) from Nov 1 to Feb 2.

A century of gorgeousness (1560-1660 approx) is on show at the V&A in 'Great Mughals: Art, Architecture and Opulence' (from Nov 9).

Christmas at Kew takes over London's famous botanic gardens Nov 13 to Dec 24 - booking essential.

Hail the runway in the Lightroom's latest show, 'VOGUE: Inventing the Runway', at King's Cross from Nov 13.

Support the Royal Marsden and commemorate a loved one by dedicated a rose in the 'Ever After Garden' in Grosvenor Square (Nov 14 to Dec 18)

The London Jazz Festival takes over the town Nov 15-24, with venues across London and a new central hub at Citypoint, The Jazz Social.

It's had the Moon, now see Luke Jerram's Mars suspended in the glory of the Painted Hall at Greenwich (Nov 23 to Jan 28).

Art and tech before the internet takes centre stage at Tate Modern, from Op Art to the Nineties (Nov 28 to Jun 1)

Enter the beguiling, multi-faceted world of director and creative original Tim Burton at the Design Museum in Kensington - the show runs until Apr 21 2025.