Frank’s kinda town

A TV documentary promises to lift the lid on Frank Sinatra's life and death. Michael Freedland takes a tour of his old house and adopted home town.

Dance floored

Flamenco is about clicking your heels and wearing flowers in your hair, right? Ellie Levenson is put through her paces on a dancing holiday in Madrid.

How to enter the Guardian Family-Friendly Museum Award

Nominate a museum or gallery exhibition, activity or project which, in your opinion, offers a family-friendly experience and explain in writing why it should win. Museums and galleries are also welcome to nominate themselves. The exhibition or activity must have taken place during the calendar year 2004. The closing date for nominations will be February 1 2005. Please send your nominations to Guardian Family-Friendly Museum Award, 119 Farringdon Road, London EC1R 3ER. You can also email kids.in.museums@guardian.co.uk

Wonder walls

The ancient citadel of Machu Picchu may soon be on Unesco's list of endangered heritage sites. David Atkinson tracks down South America's lesser-known Inca trails for an eco-friendly alternative.

Novel ways

From the desolate Yorkshire moors to the estuaries of the Cornish coast, Sarah Dawson explores the landscapes that inspired some of the UK's finest writers

Culture shocks

Think you know Paris? Ten years after the first Eurostar journey, Piers Letcher discovers some of the French capital's more eccentric draws, including ghoulish horses and Dom Popignon

Travelling with kids

May is Museums and Galleries Month, so it's a good time to test these institutions against the 20-point Kids in Museums Manifesto, compiled by comments from you.

Beautifully drawn boy

The secrets of the Tintin cartoons' extraordinary sense of place are revealed in a new exhibition celebrating Hergé's creation, writes travel editor Gwyn Topham.

Taken to the extreme

What are Yoko Ono and Rachel Whitehead doing in the Arctic Circle? Caroline Roux reports.

Home drawn

Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring is captivating on film and even more so in real life, as Imogen Tilden discovers in The Hague. But the painter's home town, Delft, is the real Dutch master.

Master stroke

The Salvage children visit the Falmouth Art Gallery, the third of our five shortlisted museums. Chris Birkett reports.

We are amused

Nine year-old Bruno Miles road tests London's V&A, the second of the five museums shortlisted for this year's award.

Angel delights

Forget Hollywood prima donnas. On a cultural tour of Downtown Los Angeles, Oliver Bennett finds that the real stars are the buildings.