This month’s faves include major new exhibitions at Tate Britain, the RA and the V&A, plus more LDF delights than you’ll possibly have time to see.
Clapham
Simply deposit your offspring in the spacious creche and head next door for three whole hours of carefree chill-out time.
Every parent knows that social etiquette goes out the window post-baby and it’s nice to be given some kind of reassurance that that’s ok.
The atmosphere is as chilled as you’d expect of a wine shop that’s happy to accommodate 12 tiny destroyers and their wine-sozzled mothers.
What?: London-based chain of boutique charity shops all beautifully designed and curated to create a thrift-store experience like no other. Expect top-notch, barely used baby equipment, lightly loved picture books, high-end toys and rails chock-full of quality designer and high-street clothing
Older kids can be left under the watchful eye of the playroom supervisor while their parents do their thing
Thank the Lord for the chill-out room – without it I would have thrown myself off the balcony with a glow stick up each nostril