4th The rites of springJoin in the May Day celebrations at Eastbury Manor House in Essex, where regal fancy dress is encouraged, historical music shall fill the garden and a twirl round the Maypole may prove irresistible. Tel: 020 8724 1002; www.nationaltrust.org.uk5th A jolly ni...

Open Garden Squares Weekend (June 9-10)Amongst our sprawling urban metropolis, hundreds of lush green oases lie hidden from view, undiscovered by the majority of the capital’s residents. For one weekend a year, the Open Garden Squares Weekend, these secret spaces open their gates...

South WestTree Architecture DayAugust 9–11Discover the giants of the forest with Tree Architecture Day at Westonbirt Arboretum in Gloucestershire. Look inside a tree to tell its story, help to create a giant trunk from clay bark tiles and make a craft to take home.Up, Up And Away...

recently injected a ray of sunshine into its Fulham Road children’s store with a brilliant charity event.The Easter party, which benefited the Lyla Nsouli Foundation for children's brain cancer research, offered a basketfull of easter fun for children

Following the huge success of last year's event, Gambado Play Centre in Chelsea is to host another fun-packed children’s party in aid of the Theatres for Theatres appeal at Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity.The ultimate children

Charity project Edible Playground conjures images of a Wonkaesque oasis replete with candy chrysanthemums and flowing Chocolate River. The equally appetizing (if a smidge less fantastical) reality is a scheme providing food growing and learning spaces in inner-city schools where ...

We suspect there are quite a few of us who would like to call a halt to time’s steady march and enjoy a the fun and frivolity of youth forever more. There is only one boy, however, who actually managed to pull that nifty trick off. Catch an all singing-all dancing production of J...

the opening of their first British storytelling studio, Barefoot Books invite you to their shiny new premises in Oxford for their Big Weekend event. A full calendar of free activities will be on offer from October 8–9 including storytelling, dance, choirs

.  For more details about National Storytelling Week and full event listings, visit the Society For Storytelling website

on the promenade in Newcastle, County Down where audiences can expect traditional slapstick humour and a healthy dose of bopping from the great man's irritable wife.Irish Game FairJuly 7, 8Now in its 50th year this annual event at Shane’s Castle Estate in Lough