Have a five-star Christmas
Roald Dahl – this year marks the centenary of the birth of Wales’s foremost storyteller.
Watch out for original pictures from The Twits and Danny, the Champion of the World along with Blake’s own story, Clown, and David Walliams’s The Boy in The Dress.
If the kids have been inspired, they can create their own illustrated story at the workshop (October 25-28) to take home. WHEN: Until November, Tuesdays to Sundays. THE COST: Free. INFO: museum.wales/cardiff. SPEND Christmas in the sun and still enjoy all the festive trimmings. Sovereign is offering a week at the five-star Hotel Annabelle in Paphos, Cyprus, from D December 20 for £999 per p person, saving £329 per c couple. The deal is for half The city will be lighting up its biggest Halloween party on the historic slipways, where the Titanic and Olympic ships were built and launched.
The family-friendly scarefest will feature plenty of weird and wonderful action, with haunting street theatre, fierce fire juggling and macabre music culminating in a stunning fireworks display.
The theme is movie blockbusters this year – so board and includes a Christmas Eve Gala Dinner, airport security fast pass and lounge pass at Gatwick airport, plus private transfers to the hotel. Call 01293 762 003 or go to sovereign.com for details. you can expect to see your fair share of Harry Potter lookalikes. WHEN: October 30, from 4pm to 7pm. THE COST: Free. INFO: www.belfastcity.gov.uk/events.