This month, visit artist Anna Bruder’s line-drawn flower shop, get lost among monumental Henry Moores at Kew and bury your feet in the sand as east London’s favourite urban beach makes a welcome return.
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The Southbank Centre is the place to be this half term, with plenty of high-energy fun to fill you with the joys of spring.
This month, follow egg, bunny and elephant trails across London; help create a collaborative installation at Tate Modern; and immerse yourself in a jurassic jungle at the Brunswick Centre.
This month, meet children’s poet Michael Rosen, immerse yourself in a giant arts-and-crafts art installation, and dance along to Golden at a KPop Demon Hunters party.
This month, check out banging fireworks displays across London, experience the last days of Pompeii, explore Wes Anderson’s vast archive, and learn how to morris dance in your own homemade costume.
This month, befriend Ryan Gander’s animatronic animals at Camden Arts Projects, explore London Zoo’s new children’s role-play centre, and embark on a spooktacular illuminated Halloween trail.
Few things incite fear in the hearts of school-age parents like the unreasonably long summer ‘break’ and the ensuing juggling act. While I’ve yet to solve the universal holiday-childcare conundrum, I have come up with a list of genuinely fun-sounding family activities, so your kids might just leave you alone long enough to fire off some emails (or just sip your iced latte in peace).
This month, celebrate Easter with egg hunts across the capital, meet David Shrigley’s giant Mantis Muse in the Horniman conservatory, check out the latest in experimental game design at Somerset House and go on an immersive Minecraft adventure with Fever.
This month, come Face to Face with an Es Devlin installation, immerse your baby in a mesmerising world of light, and step inside Now’s interactive sock exhibition.
Spellbinding light trails, magical grottoes and ice rinks aplenty can only mean one thing… IT’S CHRIIIIIIISTMAAAAAAAAS!
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