Out to play: the best things to do around the UK this week

From Mary Quant at V&A Dundee to carnival in Bristol, here are our movers and shakers for the bank holiday weekend and beyond

Last week’s selection – many still going on

Scotland’s leading design museum, V&A Dundee, reopens its doors today (following its big sister in London, which opened three weeks ago). The striking building on the banks of the Tay is home to a variety of exhibition spaces, including an evolving installation of prototypes, sketches and failed experiments; a hands-on room on care, repair, customisation and waste in the fashion industry; and a collection of objects revealing how designers and others have used their skills during the Covid crisis. There’s also a major retrospective on Mary Quant (from £6), including the iconic British designer’s “wet collection”. Timed entry slots for the museum can be booked online in advance (free, but donations welcomed).
• vam.ac.uk