Unmissable events

Until March 27 ‘Hubert Arthur Finney: Out of the Shadows’ exhibition (below), The Lightbox, Woking, Surrey. Previously unrecorded works from the artist’s studio (01483 737800; www.thelightbox. org.uk) Until April 10 ‘Old Masters, Modern Masters: Drawings from the Hussey Bequest’, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, West Sussex. The private collection of Walter Hussey, Dean of Chichester Cathedral (1955–77), spanning 500 years of art history (01243 774557; www. pallant.org.uk)

March 5 Messiah concert,

St Swithin’s Church, Bath, Somerset. The culmination of the Paragon Singers chamber choir, director Tom Guthrie and music director Sarah Latto’s Messiah 250 project (www.paragonsingers.co.uk)

February 28–March 7 Opera Double Bill: Miss Fortune & The Telephone, Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Silk Street, London EC2. Judith Weir’s retelling of a Sicilian folk tale and Gian Carlo Menotti’s one-act romantic comedy (www. barbican.org.uk)

April 26–28 Capturing Seasonal Plants: Botanical Illustration course, Clayhill Arts, Bridgwater, Somerset. Learn to record plants both in the field and using magnification with botanical artist Lucy T. Smith (01278 256596; www.clayhillarts.co.uk)