Ale and hearty
Celebrate real ale and imported beers at London's Olympia. Plus cider and perry, food, entertainment. More than 500 varieties will be available at the Great British Beer Festival.
July 31 - August 4. Opening times vary - check hot line/website 0870 7397500/ www.gbbf.org. Adults £1.50-£6.
Echoes of war
A decade of war and rationing is evoked in 1940s week at London's Imperial War Museum. Films, talks, children's workshops and an opportunity (on August 1 and 2) to meet Channel 4's 1940s House family, the Hymers.
August 1 - 7. 10am - 6pm. Adults: £6.50, under 16s and seniors free, concessions £5.50, disabled adults and their carers £3.25/£2.75. Free for all after 4.30pm. 020-7416 5320, www.iwm.org.uk.
Monk business
Get the lowdown on monastic life in the Middle Ages at Somerset's 12th-century Cleeve Abbey.
Washford, near Watchet. August 1, 2, 15 and 16. From noon. Adults £3.50, children £1.80, concessions £2.60. 01984 640377.
Naval gazing
Children can try out periscopes (July 30 - August 3), make ships' figureheads from clay (August 6 - 10), feel what it was like to shelter from the Blitz (August 13 - 17) and learn about naval flags and badges (August 20 - 24/27 -31) at the Historic Dockyard at Chatham.
Adults £8.50, children 5-15 £5.50, concessions £6.50, families £22.50. 01634 823800/www.worldnavalbase.org.uk/.
Heavy metal
Classic British motorcycles are on show in Norfolk tomorrow. Sunbeam, Norton, Rudge and Triumph. Plus vintage speedway bikes.
Norfolk Rural Life Museum, Gressenhall, Dereham. July 29. 1pm - 5pm. Adults £4.70, children £3.30, concessions £4, families £13. 01362 860563, www.norfolk.gov.uk/tourism /museums.
Prom night
An outdoor "prom and fireworks" is the climax of next week's music festival at Weston Park, scene of the recent North Ireland talks.
Weston-under-Lizard, Shifnal, Shropshire. August 2 - 4 (prom on Saturday). Prom tickets: adults £16 in advance, £18 on night, under 14s free.(Including dinner, adults only, £65). For other concert details and prices, call 01952 852100, www.weston-park.com
· This article was amended on Friday May 2 2008. A reference to the Gaia Energy Centre has been removed as the centre closed in March 2003.
