What to do this weekend: October 9
Country Life rounds up the best books to read, exhibitions to visit and fairs this weekend.

Exhibition Until October 11 ‘David Fowles’, Rowles Fine Art, Ludlow, Shropshire. An evocative selection of local scenes (01584 872123; www.rowlesfineart.co.uk)
Day out October 11–30 Deer Rut Safaris, Knepp Wildland Safaris, near Horsham, West Sussex. Visit the lecking grounds and watch fallow bucks and red-deer stags do battle. Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays, £35 per person (01403 713230; www.kneppsafaris.co.uk)
Dinner October 11 A Foraging Dinner, The Arundell Arms, Lifton, Devon. A special six-course menu featuring wild mushrooms, rabbit, mallard and rosehips. 7pm for 7.30pm, £50 per person (01566 784666; www.arundellarms.com)
Fair October 12 London Antique Textile Fair, Chelsea Old Town Hall King’s Road, London SW3. Everything from Persian rugs and tapestries to quilts and clothing. 10.30am–4.30pm, entry £6 (020–7923 0331; www.textilesociety.org.uk)
Show October 12–13 Tackle and Guns Show, Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire. Some 120 exhibitors from the shooting, fishing and country-clothing sectors. Sunday 9.30am–5.30pm, Monday 10am–4pm, entry free (01327 311999; www.tandgshow.com)
What to book this weekend October 15–25 Two Moors Festival, various venues, Devon. Concerts, recitals and talks across Exmoor and Dartmoor (01643 831006; www.thetwomoorsfestival.co.uk)
December 1 Festive willow decorations, West Dean College, near Chichester, West Sussex. Learn how to weave fish-, tree- and star-shaped decorations. 9am–5pm, £118 (0844 499 4408; www.westdean.org.uk)
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