London: See
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ART AT CANARY WHARF
Glistening skyscrapers are no longer the only focal point in the new economic centre of London. Feast your eyes on sculptures done by international artists.
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BATMAN LIVE
Batman has left Gotham City
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BELMONT CHILDREN'S FARM
With its menagerie of pigs, goats, owls and alpacas, this place allows you to give your city-slicker kid a taste of a more traditional and important side of life.
Address: THE RIDGEWAY, SHEEPWASH POND, MILL HILL. | Tel: +44 (0)20 8959 3308,
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DARWIN CENTRE
Standing alongside the famous Natural History Museum is its new companion, the Darwin Centre, which houses the Cocoon, a repository of over 20 million plant and insect specimens from around the world.
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Doctor Who Experience
See the adventures of Doctor Who come to life through special effects, original costumes, Daleks and a recreation of the modern TARDIS. From 20 February.
Address: Olympia Two, Hammersmith Road. | Tel: +44 (0)20 7385 1200
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FOUNDLING MUSEUM
Orphans generally don't make for an uplifting topic, unless Walt Disney's in charge of things. This fab London attraction though, as well as providing moving tales of abandoned kids, has a great art gallery and some fine period interiors. Just close your ears if you hear a ghostly sniffling.
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JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
Fee fi fo fum! One of the best-loved pieces of children's theatre, Jack and the Beanstalk (pictured), is coming to the Lyric Theatre until 9 January.
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NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY
Check out “the face of 1966” at the Twiggy: A Life in Photographs exhibit (until 21 March) to see how Twiggy conquered swinging London and earned her badge as the world's first supermodel.