November 2023's must-sees

If jazz is your thing, there's no better or bigger thing this month than the EFG London Jazz Festival, which runs from 10 to 19 November. With hundreds of events taking place across the capital there's something for everyone, from global stars to the newest emerging artists, all playing to enthusiastic audiences in the city's clubs and concert halls. Among other highlights, this year's festival includes a special tribute to the late saxophonist Wayne Shorter at the Royal Festival Hall.

Caryl Churchill may be one of Britain's most celebrated modern playwrights, but when she wrote Owners in 1972 she was right at the beginning of her career: it was her first stage play. So this new revival, in the clubbable surroundings of the Jermyn Street Theatre, is something of a historic occasion - but it's also surprisingly topical, as a wickedly funny drama that explores the still-fraught subject of the London property market. Owners runs from 12 October to 11 November.

One of London's quirkiest small museums, the Museum of the Order of St John has an ancient and fascinating history. Housed in a restored medieval gatehouse that Shakespeare would have visited (30 of his plays were licensed there), it tells the story of the Knights Hospitaller, who from the 12th to the 18th century tended the sick and ran their own states in Malta and Rhodes. Refounded in the late 19th century, the Order now runs the St John's ambulance service.

The recently reopened National Portrait Gallery is always worth a visit for its superb permanent collection, but its latest temporary exhibition is certain to be a major extra draw. David Hockney: Drawing from Life focuses on Hockney's favourite sitters from the last six decades, plus more than 30 new portraits produced since the artist moved to Normandy, including friends and visitors, not to mention the pop star Harry Styles. The show runs from 2 November to 21 January 2024.