Natasha Morris

The Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition has been going since 1965. That’s more than half a century of celebrating astonishing images by both amateur and professional snappers from all over the world, which star all the flora and fauna of land and sea.   The exhibition at the Natural History Museum opens on October 20, after the votes have been cast by a panel of experts, but you can still wander around and give your own imaginary prizes to this year’s winning entries. There will be rare glimpses of species you’ve never even heard of, with incredible compositions that will make you wonder: Just how did they manage to take that?   Get ready to be amazed, or something. Here are the finalists:   'Sewage Surfer' © Justin Hofman          'Saguaro twist' © Jack Dykinga         'Swim gym' © Laurent Ballesta           'The insiders' © Qing Lin          'The power of the matriarch' © David Lloyd       'Bear hug' © Ashleigh Scully         'Saved but caged' © Steve Winter           'Glimpse of a lynx' © Laura Albiac Vilas               'Arctic treasure' © Sergey Gorshkov           'Bold eagle' © Klaus Nigge           'Resplendent delivery' © Tyohar Kastiel           'Romance among the angels' © Andrey Narchuk        Find out more about the exhibition right here, you animal.

If you’ve ever wanted to do one of those kiddies’ sleepovers at a museum but you’re just too old/not a complete creep, the Uniqlo Tate Lates are the next best thing. You get to mooch around the Tate after-hours like Ben Stiller in ‘Night at the Museum’. Just don’t go knocking anything over, that’s still not ok. This month, the late is themed around the awesome ‘Soul of a Nation’, which is so good that we gave it a full five stars. It’s a serious must-see, and this Friday they’re letting people in for FREE. Nuts. The music at these things is always decent, but this promises to be ridiculous levels of good with live DJ sets from Dalston’s NTS Radio, plus performances by James Massiah, Lala &ce, CKtrl and Farai. There’ll be films by loads of famous people inspired by the show and tons of other totally fun-looking activities like spoken word performances in the spirit of Malcolm X and the chance to design your own album sleeve inspired by funk, soul and disco records from the 1970s. Get more info right here. Find more art to see simply by aiming your mouse and clicking on the following word: art.