Things to do in Hampshire & IoW
Arts & Culture
Become a pirate - learn how to speak pirate, command a boat, discover treasure, and hoist a Jolly Roger at the Royal Navy Submarine Museum - until 31 March.
Mitchell's Wings - a play for the 75th anniversary of the first flight of The Spitfire, 4 & 5 March, 19.30 GMT, The Museum of Army Flying.
Minghella Film Festival: The third weekend-long film festival in memory of Oscar-winning director Anthony Minghella, 11 - 13 March.
Little black dress at Portsmouth's City Museum featuring one worn by Marilyn Monroe and items from 1910 to the present day - until June.
'The Tudors' costumes on show for Mary Rose appeal at Portsmouth's Historic Dockyard 29 January - 31 March.
Mapping Great Britain Since 1791. A chance to see what Ordnance Survey does at Southampton Maritime Museum, until June.
Hampshire's census history exhibition from Victorian times to the present day at Hampshire Record Office, Winchester - until March.
World War II poster exhibition showing the importance of cartoons in times of national emergency at Aldershot Museum, until 9 April.
Nature & Outdoors
Think of an Eel. Travel thousands of miles with one little eel as he swims from the warm tropical sea he was born in, to the muddy riverbed to live, 1 March 10.30 GMT, Swanwick Lakes.
Garden Walk every Tuesday around the garden at Hinton Ampner talking about the history of the garden and highlighting what's blooming each week.