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May at a glance

MAY is always dominated by the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, SW3, but there are plenty of other events worthy of your time. Start Tower Hill Vaults, EC3, a virtual-reality and multi-sensory exhibition about the failed assassination attempt against James I, starring Harry Potter’s Tom Felton, from May 6 ().Journey back in time (again) with a Shire-horse carriage ride at KT8, May 13 to 15. Entry is included in the normal ticket price (Take in world-class photography at  the annual exhibition at Somerset House, WC2, May 12 to 15 (). Or add some colour to your life at a vibrant exhibition of artworks made out of sugar, among other things, by artist Pip & Pop, at the Shirley Sherwood Gallery, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, TW9, from May 21 (). Enjoy a concert like no other on earth at the Royal Albert Hall, SW7. Ilan Exhkeri’s created in collaboration with The European Space Agency, premieres on May 15 (

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