Until August 1 ‘Kate Friend: Botanical Portraits, As Chosen By…’ exhibition, Garden Museum, Lambeth Palace Road, London SE1 (020–7401 8865; www.gardenmuseum.org.uk)
Until August 29 Essex Book Festival (01206 872739; www.essexbookfestival.org.uk)
Until September 25 ‘Jock McFadyen: Lost Boat Party’ exhibition (pictured), Dovecot Studios, Infirmary Street, Edinburgh (0131–550 3660; www.dovecotstudios.com)
July 31–August 1 Summer Jousting, Hever Castle, Kent (01732 865224; www.hevercastle.co.uk)
August 3–October 16 2:22 A Ghost Story, Noël Coward Theatre, St Martin's Lane, London WC2 (0844 482 5138; www.noelcowardtheatre.co.uk)
September 24 Bampton Classical Opera’s Paris and Helen, St John's Smith Square, London SW1 (01993 851142; www.bamptonopera.org)
The Old Mill, Ramsbury, Wiltshire. July 25, 1.30pm–5pm. Admission £6, children free (www.ngs.org.uk)
As its name suggests, this is a supremely watery garden with all the fascination that brings, on which the owners have capitalised…