The autumn season is underway at Shakespeare's Globe and the Wannamaker Playhouse with Much Ado and Love's Labours Lost.

Black History Month runs across the month at venues across Greater London, with talks, workshops, photography exhibitions, walks, tours and movies.

Minutes from the Bayeux Tapestry in the British Museum is a superb exhibition of Korean arts, crafts and artefacts, all from a private collection. Don't miss...

The London version of the Month of the Dead takes place all month and is always brilliant; from coma survivors to corpse roads and skeletons to murder maggots...

LANZA Atelier's Serpentine Pavilion, an English 'crinkle-crackle' wall reinterpreted by this Mexico City practice, graces Kensington Gardens until October 25.

The Bayeux Tapestry has rolled into town and despite the odd hitch is wowing the crowds until July 11 2027, with tranches of tickets released an intervals. Worth it, I promise.

The Bloomsbury Festival: science, arts, culture in all their permutations on show across community spaces, churches and libraries (to October 31)

Everyone LOVES the French Riviera show at the Royal Academy, harking back to the days when artists, not celebrities, haunted the Côte d'Azur (to Jan 31)

The 70th London BFI Film Festival shows movies of all lengths, on every subject, from all over the world, at BFI on the South Bank (to Oct 18)

Tied to the 90s? Well why not, as Tate Britain tackles the life and culture of the late 20th Century in 'The 90s: Art and Fashion' (until Valentine's Day 2027)

Dance Umbrella is not far off 50 years old and still inspiring, with choreographers and performers from across the world showing their venue in some amazing venues (to Oct 27)

The Final Frontier: we all love seeing the images on show at Astronomy Photographer of the Year, opening this month at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, with workshops and events (to Aug 2027)

One month to go for the 'Coming of Age' senescence show at the Wellcome Collection, always good for a punchy exhibition, with work and objects from 120 artists (to Nov 29)

Wake the Tiger presents the immersive art show 'Absurd City' at Westfield in Shepherd's Bush, in the form of a non-linear, self-guided journey through a post-collapse city (Oct 15-Jan 3 2027)

Woooo-hooooo! It's Hallowe'en at Kew Gardens - and you'd be surprised how creepy a Royal Botanic Garden can be, on your own the dark (Oct 16-Nov 1)

Last chance for the V&A's surrealist celebration of one of fashion's most original designers and her modern counterpart in 'Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art' (closes Nov 8).

The UK's favourite photography exhibition is back at the Natural History Museum, with 100 images and the backstories of their photographers and subjects (Oct 16-11 Jul 2027)