This month, be dazzled by the Winter Lights in Canary Wharf, build a Den at the Soane Museum and master the art of spinning the decks at Peckham Levels.
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Actually the kids loved it, because why wouldn’t they? No one had tried to sell it to them as a brasserie and member-centric family wellness spa.
Big, bleak, beautiful and very zen, as long as you ignore the whinings of your bored three and a half year old who isn’t putting up with anymore of this “walking in nature” bullshit.
The museum’s literal and metaphorical centrepiece is the Coronis, a narrowboat built by the same company that built the Titanic.
While Roro spent most of the session shovelling things into her mouth I’m pretty sure she got more out of it than a second breakfast of rainbow spaghetti and peas.
This month, get lost in a white void, immerse yourself in synthesised urban noise and discover the cultural significance of mushrooms.
V&A exhibitions are generally always worth a punt. I mean I can’t remember ever coming out of anything they’ve put on and going “well that was shit”.
Get festive af this month with everything from carol concerts to Christmas lights and grottoes to gingerbread metropolises.
The tour was brilliantly interactive, which really helped to bring Dickens’ world to life – even for two three and a half year olds who have literally no idea who Dickens was.
This month’s highlights include a multi-sensory sandpit, a chance to get inside the mind of Leonardo da Vinci and a Bauhaus-themed family day.
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