The home of Charles Darwin: Down House, Luxted Road, Downe, near Orpington, Kent. 13th February Until January 2010. 01689 859 119 www.english-heritage.org.uk/darwin (opening days vary)
21st Century Watercolour, 2009 Watercolour Competition ( Royal Watercolour Society) at Bankside Gallery, 48 Hopton Street, London SE1 9JH, www.banksidegallery.com 02079287521. 25th February until 15th March.
Gary Bunt – A cancer survivor who has inspirationally used art as part of both his own recovery process and that of others. Portland Gallery, 8 Bennet Street, London, SW1 from 25th February – 13th March. 0207 493 1888.
Picasso; Challenging the Past at The National Gallery (Sainsbury Wing), London from 25 Feb- 7 Jun. 020 7747 2885. See review in Country Life Feb 25th
Dynamic Ceramic, a selling exhibition of Antique British Art Pottery. Court Barn Museum, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, GL55 6UQ. 1 March – 8 March. www.courtbarn.org.uk
Paul Mount: ‘One of the last sculptors in a tradition stemming from Moore and Hepworth. Beux Arts, 22 Cork Street, London, W1S 3NA, 02074375799. February 25th to March 21st
Kinetica Art Fair. P3, located under Westminster University on Marylebone Rd, London, opposite Baker Street tube. www.kinetica-artfair.com 28th February until 2nd March.
The American Scene, Prints from Hopper to Pollock, A British Museum Tour, University of Nottingham, Djanogly Gallery, Lakeside Arts Centre. Box office: 01158467777. Saturday 28th February until Sunday 19th April.
CLOSING SOON For Your Eyes Only: Ian Fleming and James Bond is at the Imperial War Museum, London until Mar 1 2009. 020 7416 5320
‘Taking Liberties: the struggle for Britain’s freedom and rights”, a large-scale exhibition which includes the Magna Carta, the Bill of Rights 1689, the Articles of Union 1706 and the 1832 Reform Act is at the British Library, London until Mar 1.
Howard Hodgkin Prints at PM Gallery, Walpole Park, Mattock Lane, Ealing, London W5 until 28 Feb. 020 8567 1227
Magnificence of the Tsars – Ceremonial Men’s Dress of the Russian Imperial Court 1721-1917 from the collection of the Moscow Kremlin Museums at the V & A Museum, London until 2 Mar.
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A well-connected rural playground with 23 acres on the edge of the South Downs National ParkOld House Farm is an impressive family home with a wealth of amenities that would inspire any rural passion.
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The UK gets its first ‘European stork village’ — and it's in West SussexAlthough the mortality rate among white storks can be up to 90%, the future looks rosy for breeding pairs in southern England.
