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What to get up to this week, from Fran’s cafe to Paddington in Peru

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Glass Animals became international superstars almost overnight in 2022 thanks to TikTok, fan fiction and the video game Fifa. The Oxford guitar band’s single Heat Waves became the first British song to be number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 for five consecutive weeks since the Spice Girls’ Wannabe in 1995. Now on a world tour, they’re at The O2 tonight — not to be missed. November 7

Art Fix: Picasso: printmaker

Almost the entirety of Picasso’s remarkable career is explored here, with the British Museum displaying prints ranging from his earliest work — including his first professional print, from 1904, depicting those in the circus — to the masterpieces of the Fifties and Sixties that cast his name in immortality. Until March 30

Succession Picasso, DACS, London 2024

London has a long history of Italian-British cafés. Sadly, many are closing. Francesca D’Agostino, who owns Hackney hotspot Wilton Way Deli & Wines, is fighting back with her new venture, Fran’s, an all-day café focusing on comfort food such as club sandwiches, jacket potatoes (so hot right now) and pasta. It’s a community space: local florist Sweet Pea will host a pop-up, and events will be held in the basement. @wiltonwaydeliandwines

Hugh Grant might not make this one, but the new Paddington remains worth watching, especially with the bleak nights that have settled in. This should be pure, heartwarming-as-hot-chocolate stuff, with the little duffle-coated bear headed back to see his Aunt Lucy, but in the end it turns out she’s a suspected serial killer. Only joking. Maybe. Out November 8

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