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By Jolyon Attwooll Published: 12:32PM GMT 19 Feb 2010

Moore Moore"s Reclining Figure (1929), one of the sculptor"s works that will be on display at the Tate Britain Photo: Reproduced by permission of The Henry Moore Foundation

February 20 to 27

Henry Moore

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The most complete exhibition of Henry Moore"s work in decades, documenting the ground-breaking sculptor"s career after he first emerged as an artist following the First World War.

Feb 24 to Aug 8; Tate Britain, London SW1

www.tate.org.uk/britain

Adults £12.50, concessions £11.

Bath Literature Festival

This year"s bookish offerings from Bath include poetry pub crawls, talks from crime authors and celebrity chefs, theatre performances, and a visit from the Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy.

Feb 27 to March 7; Bath, various venues; bathlitfest.org.uk

Admission prices vary.

Private prints

The new With Pleasure exhibition includes original prints from two private collections, featuring artists such as Graham Sutherland, John Nash and David Hockney.

Feb 26 to April 17, Wed-Sat, 12-4pm

Northern Print, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; 0191 261 7000

www.northernprint.org.uk

Free.

Contemporary Music in Plymouth

The town"s Peninsula Arts Contemporary Music Festival includes a symphony controlled by the rising sun, poetry readings, and new concertos. It will combine with the Plymouth Polish Festival, celebrating British and Polish composers from the 20th and 21st centuries and including lectures on Frdric Chopin.

Feb 26 to March 7;

www.plymouth.ac.uk

Admission fees vary.

Destination Tsunami

Has tourism helped Indian survivors of the devastating 2004 tsunami? This photography exhibition explores the theme, five years on from the disaster.

Feb 23 to March 31; the Guardian Gallery, London N1

www.tourismconcern.org.uk

Free.

Last chance to…

See snowdrops by starlight at the Cambo Estate in Fife.

Until Feb 28; www.camboestate.com ; 01334 475 000. Adults £6.50, children £4.50.

To submit an event, send details and your phone number to comingup@telegraph.co.uk

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