Wonky donkeys, fluffed lines and not a dry eye in the house: the Nativity play is a long-standing tradition with the power to pull on the heartstrings. Billed as a British family Christmas movie aimed at the school gate audience, Nativity 2

If you’re looking for an impressive house party destination this autumn, then hire a whole Italian hamlet so that guests can sleep in their own houses, but get together for events and parties in the outbuildings, the grounds and by the pool. Borgo San Biagio is a medieval stone v...

for a spot of sandcastle building.Prices from £1088 for a family of four with two children up to 12 years on a B&B basis, including local transfers. For details, tel: 0208 246 5300; www.powderbyrne.com.Read more...Dreams come true at the Alva Park, Costa

books and the other child can draw their illustration for the story on the left-hand page. Get out the glitter, glue and colourful paper for creating the cover illustration. And have a competition to come up with the title.8. Make a family tree  Give

Dishing up fresh and healthy food from around the globe, Giraffe has a menu of mini dishes for under-sevens, plus a Young Adults menu to make older children feel special. Kids Placemats provide table-top entertainment.

in the south of France, attending the Cannes film festival with clients. Into this jet-setting equation, one must also add that two years ago Caroline and her family moved house, and she has done it up in her own inimitable, glamorous style. “I do have a hectic

Mirror Mirror (PG)Snow white movies are a bit like buses. You wait ages for one, and then two come along at once, but while Snow White And The Huntsman, starring Twilight starlet Kristen Stewart as the eponymous heroine, promises to be a darkly Gothic affair, Mirror Mirror looks ...

Just another cheery feelgood flick from Tim Burton, full of sunshine and smiles...Only joking, this is the master of modern macabre we are talking about here. Burton’s latest oeuvre is a noir-ish stop-motion animation shot in gloriously gloomy black and white. The ghoulish childr...

This recipe is taken from The Giraffe Family Cookcook by Hugo Arnold (Weidenfeld & Nicholson, £14.99). With lots of fresh vegetables, a little cheese for protein and Giraffe's famous house dressing, this is a summer salad with crunch, attitude

Cook School is packed full of fun photographs of children getting stuck into bowls of sticky cake mix, rolling out pastry, snipping chives and creating exciting multi-coloured stir frys. Every easy and tasty recipe is explained with clear step-by-step instructions and photographs...