Unmissable events
Exhibition Until February 10, 2018 ‘Linda Brothwell: The Tool Appreciation Society’, Central Library, Hull, East Yorkshire. A collection of tools made by the artist in tribute to the skilled craftspeople of Hull and the wider world (www. toolappreciationsociety.com)
October 21–November 4 ‘Gerard Stamp: Oil and Water’, Grapevine Contemporary Arts, Burnham Market, Norfolk. He’s best known for watercolours of medieval architecture, but this is the artist’s first exhibition showing these pieces alongside his new works in oil, which are of both architecture and the Norfolk saltmarshes (01328 730125; www.burnhamgrapevine.co.uk)
Art October 27–29 Doddiscombsleigh Art Show (above), Teign Valley Community Hall, Christow, Devon. Some 500 pieces of art will be exhibited and sold in aid of the local primary school. The works, including oils, watercolours, drawings, prints, sculpture, ceramics, glassware and jewellery, will be priced from £40 (www.doddiscombsleighartshow.co.uk)
Racing October 29 Countryside Day, Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool, Merseyside. The Countryside Alliance Charity Race plus the Lamb National, the Quack Pack, archery, greyhounds and shopping. General admission £22.50 (http://aintree.thejockeyclub.co.uk; 0344 579 3001) Gardens October 25–26 RHS Autumn Garden Show (above), RHS Lindley and Lawrence Halls, London SW1. Inspiration for late-season colour and texture, with floral installations by RHS Floral Artist in Residence Electric Daisy Flower Farm, a celebration of seedheads by Paulhervey Brookes, an indoor foraging forest and lots more. 10am–5pm (plus late event on Tuesday, October 24, 6pm–9pm), entry from £5 (020– 3176 5800; www.rhs.org.uk)
October 22 Apple Day, Cambridge University Botanic Garden, Cambridgeshire. Apple tasting, identification and fruit for sale, plus guided seasonal garden tours, live music and food trucks. 10am–4pm, tickets £3 on top of standard admission charge of £5 (01223 336265; www.botanic.cam. ac.uk)
Theatre October 18–November 18 Insignificance, Arcola Theatre, Dalston, London E8. The first London revival in more than 20 years of the Terry Johnson production, which is based on an imagined meeting between Albert Einstein and Marilyn Monroe. Tickets from £12 (020–7503 1646; www.arcolatheatre.com)
Book now November 22–January 1, 2018 Christmas at Kew, Royal Botanic Gardens, Richmond, Surrey. The brand-new illuminated trail incorporates more than a million sparkling lights, hundreds of lit-up globes, a glowing ‘sledge tree’, singing trees and an ultraviolet walkway of moving bubbles. Adult entry from £16 (020– 8332 5655; www.kew.org)