Unmissable events

Until February 6, 2022 ‘Raucous Invention: The Joy of Making’ ( pictured),

Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, West Yorkshire. Collages and a large-scale mural by Mark Hearld, using the natural world as inspiration (01924 832631; https://ysp.org.uk) Until January 31, 2022 ‘The Princesses’ Pantomimes’, Windsor Castle, Berkshire. Display of costumes worn by The Queen and Princess Margaret to perform Aladdin and Old Mother Red Riding Boots

during the Second World War (0303 123 7304; www.rct.uk)

December 15–23 The Christmas Ghost Stories,

Charles Dickens Museum, Doughty Street, London WC1. James Swanton performs Dickens’s A Christmas Carol,

The Chimes and The Haunted Man (020–7405 2127; www. dickensmuseum.com)

December 18–January 2, 2022 The Russian State Ballet of Siberia, St David’s Hall, Cardiff. Cinderella, The Nutcracker, Swan Lake and Romeo and Juliet (029–2087 8444; www. stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk)

December 27 In Conversation with Lady Glenconner, Holkham Hall, Wells-next-the-sea, Norfolk. Lady Glenconner discusses her childhood at the estate and her novel, A Haunting at Holkham (01328 713111; www.holkham.co.uk)