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UK GREAT DAYS OUT
(Sunday Mirror Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)ENGLAND
MARCH 4-12 Booker Prize winner Margaret Atwood and actor Stephen Fry will be making an appearance at the Bath Literature Festival. Meet your favourite writer and join talks, walks and workshops. For more info call 01225 463362 or log on to www.bathfestivals. org.uk
UNTIL MARCH 19 The construction of some of the world's newest buildings isn't just simply a matter of bricks and mortar. The Buildings to the Limits exhibition at London's Science Museum shows how the world's tallest building - Taipei 101 in Taiwan - can stand up to 240km/h typhoon winds and reveals the design process behind the world's most unusual building - Beijing's 2008 Olympics National Swimming Centre. Free admission. Call 0870 870 4868 or log on to www.nmsi.ac.uk
MARCH 25 & 26 Have some pirate fun at the Blue Reef Aquarium in Tyneside. Entry pounds 5.99 for adults, pounds 3.99 for children and family ticket is pounds 16.95. Call 0191 258 1031 or visit www. blue reefaquarium. co.uk
SCOTLAND
MARCH 22 Join the swinging line-up of original stars at The Solid Silver 60s show at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Starts 7.30pm. Tickets from pounds 17.50' Call 0141 353 8000 or at www.grch.com
MARCH 25 Check out the work of up-and-coming young Scottish designers and artists at the 3D/2D Craft and Design Fair in Edinburgh's Assembly Rooms. Call 0131 661 6600 or visit www.3D2D.co.uk
WALES
MARCH 6-19 Visit Fairtrade Fortnight at the Centre for Alternative Technology in the Dyfi Valley and learn more about the people behind the products. Entry pounds 6 adults and pounds 4 for kids. Visit www.cat.org.uk
MARCH 25 Have Mothers' Day lunch at Penrhyn Castle in Bangor. Admission is pounds 8 for adults, pounds 4 children, and a family ticket is pounds 20. See www.nationaltrust.org.uk
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