around the stately home’s spectacular gardens. The Great Victorian StinkJuly 28Get a taste of Victorian life in all of its olfactory glory at Sheffield’s St Mary’s Church as storyteller, Andy Messer, leads a time-travelling journey to experience

, the bread sauce.When was the first time you cooked a Christmas dinner? I don’t think I actually cooked a full-on Christmas dinner until I had children – and then I cooked all the traditional fare.Who is your greatest foodie inspiration? My mother is my

include food and drink, bouncy castles and children’s fairground rides.Time Travellers Go RoyalJuly 21–September 2Little Princes can graduate to being king of the castle at Clifford’s Tower in York where they can adorn themselves in medieval finery

Adlington and receive a celebratory chocolate medal.   Time Travellers Go... Knights & PrincessesAug 5 – 8Children will feel like they have stepped back in time at this even in Eltham Palace where young princesses and knights can have fun with medieval