Best of Bystander: The greatest Halloween parties of all time

Love it or loathe it, Halloween comes round year in, year out and is a chance for people to morph into their most eccentric selves – cobwebs, jewels and faux wounds galore. Stateside, it’s the Casamigos Halloween party (historically hosted by George Clooney and Rande Gerber) that blows the other parties out the park – but, over here, it’s the Annabel’s bash at the private members’ club on Berkeley Square. How could one forget Jimmy Carr dressed up as a character from Goosebumps nor Princess Beatrice as a Demonic Unicorn? There may be a veritable absence of Halloween Parties this year (of the extra Annabel’s and Casamigos variety) owing to the pandemic, but here’s a gallery of some of the greatest Halloween hits from time gone by.