GET UP AND GO

FOUR THINGS TO DO TODAY WHATEVER TIME YOU GET OUT OF BED

9am

The London Motor Show is the show to end all motor shows. Every other year the world's major car manufacturers reveal their new models here. Prototypes of futuristic production cars will be on show as well as more stately vintage varieties, as will car-related goods of all shapes and sizes. Open 9.30am-7.30pm, admission pounds 9, concessions pounds 5. Earl's Court Exhibition Centre, Warwick Road, London SW5. Nearest Tube: Earl's Court

10am

With Hallowe'en on the horizon, Leeds Castle, near Maidstone in Kent, is running Amazing Mysteries, Myths and Legends, a series of presentations on supernatural folklore from all over the world. Storytelling by costumed characters will cover everything from the Greek myths to British tales of ghosties, ghoulies and long-legged beasties. Open 10am-5pm. pounds 5.50, concessions pounds 4.50. Telephone 01622 765400

11am

The Leeds International Film Festival runs for most of this month, with premieres and screenings in abundance. Today's programme includes the US version of Dances with Wolves, Barnabo of the Mountains, Thunderheart and a 3-D screening of the 1953 classic It Came From Outer Space. The highlight of the day is the Animation Day School at Leeds City Art Gallery, which runs from 11am-4pm. Various venues. Telephone 0113 247 6962

12noon

Make a down-payment on a new lifestyle at the Modern Homes Show at Glasgow's Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre, with fashion shows, a show house, interior design displays, and a cybercafe where you can link up to the Internet. There will also be things to buy, from furniture to electrical goods to conservatories, so it'll be hard to come away empty- handed. pounds 4.50, concessions pounds 3, accompanied child free (0141 248 9999)