Family Arts and Crafts: Magic Books!

Magic Books! runs at the Lincoln Cathedral Learning Centre from Monday 26 to Friday 30 October, with the workshop open 10am to 3.30pm each day and closed for lunch between 12.30pm and 1pm. It's a family arts and crafts session where you can decorate gold letters and sew mythical monsters, so it's one of those things you can drop into over the half-term rather than commit to in one go.

The theme fits the timing. This particular week marks the forthcoming reopening of the Christopher Wren Library and the Medieval Library, both of which are part of the Cathedral's collection. It's part of the wider family learning and community offering the Cathedral runs, which also includes the Discovery Centre, where you can try your hand at stone masonry and build a giant arch, and a cosy play corner for the smaller ones. Every school holiday they put on themed family arts and crafts in the Learning Centre, so this is just the latest in that series.

If you're not already familiar with the place, the Cathedral was consecrated on 9 May 1092 and is one of the finest examples of Gothic architecture in Europe. It was once the tallest building in the world, its 1311 tower and spire holding the title from the Great Pyramid of Giza until the spire collapsed in 1549. Inside, it houses one of only four surviving copies of Magna Carta and the 1217 Charter of the Forest — the only place in the world where original copies of both can be seen side by side — and the legendary 14th-century Lincoln Imp.

The workshop is free with admission, and children aged 16 and under visit free with a paying adult. It runs Monday to Friday, 10am to 3.30pm, closed 12.30pm to 1pm.