the details around and thought 'great house, but it comes with 250 exotic animals in the garden, who in their right minds would take that on?' And then we thought, actually, maybe we would.The Mee family visited the site “Just to rule it out”, which turned out

. For the modern child, between E-books, apps and Amazon the experience of visiting a bespoke, independent bookshop may be an unfamiliar one, so why not give your child a taste of the literary life by taking in a family event during Independent Booksellers Week

■ For a show that is certain to be huge, watch 20 life-sized dinosaurs roam, ripple and roar while learning their story through cinematic video and sounds. Try not to get in the way when Walking With Dinosaurs stomps into Belfast’s Odyssey Arena, from September 14–16. For tour de...

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

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...

. Fiesty Merida’s determination to defy her family’s wishes leads to a mother-daughter adventure via a Macbeth-esque meddlesome witch. While Brave feels a wee bit underwhelming for Pixar, children wil’ nea be disappointed.

Go stateside and whip up a batch of deliciously gooey s'mores by toasting chocolate and marshmallow between two biscuitsMarshmallow fluff, £4.99, Milk chocolate bar, £2.09 and Honey & almond biscuits, £3.49 all from Selfridges

Christmas Cake Kit, £20What could be finer than creating your very own Christmas cake with a little help from Fortnum & Mason? Doing it yourself in style also means you can omit any pesky adult ingredients that your child doesn't enjoy.Available in store from Fortnum & Mason.

Having been immortalised on the silver screen and welcomed into the salubrious sorority of official Disney Princesses, it would seem that Rapunzel is having a bit of a moment right now. Catch she of tumbling tresses as Tutti Frutti Theatre’s Rapunzel stops by Richmond’s Georgian ...

Pencils at the ready! The Big Draw is a  nationwide celebration of drawing that will see hundreds of events taking place across the country, including a wealth of arty enjoyment throughout London.The V&A’s launch event, Big Draw, Big Make, taking place this Sunday, September 30 w...