GET UP AND GO

SEVEN THINGS TO DO TODAY, WHATEVER TIME YOU GET OUT OF BED

Jump into your motor and head down to the London Classic Car show, Kempton Park race course. There'll be over 500 classic, veteran and vintage cars on show, plus a massive auto-jumble until 5pm. Staines Road, Sunbury, Surrey, tel 01923 835121. Admission pounds 4, children pounds 1, concessions pounds 2

10am

The Live 95 Consumer Electronics Exhibition. A celebration of technology featuring the Live TV studio, a personal computer village, plus the National Youth Rock and Pop Awards. 10am-6pm. Admission pounds 8, child pounds 4. Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London SW5, tel: 0171-385 1200. Nearest tube station: Earls Court

11am

Watch the artist at work as Anton Beaver sets up his studio in the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. Visitors are welcome to look over his shoulder and ask him questions as they watch him beaver away. 11am-4.30pm. Admission is free. For more details, tel 0151-207 0001

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noon

For an insight into life in medieval England, visit Richmond Castle, North Yorkshire. From 12 noon onwards there will be a recreation of life in a War of the Roses garrison, including military preparations, food and music-making. Admission adults pounds 3, children pounds 1.50, concessions pounds 2.25. Tel 01748 822493

1pm

Get a taste of New Orleans at the Girvan Jazz Festival, Strathclyde, where the Scotch mist will resonate to the strains of trad and blues by big names such as Marilyn Middleton Pollock, Steve Mellor and the Chicago Hoods. Ticket prices range from pounds 4 to pounds 6. For more details, tel 01465 712128

2pm

Ascot is holding one of only 12 Sunday meetings on this year's timetable - seven races between 2.25 and 5.50pm. Admission pounds 5-pounds 20, tel 01344 22211. If you fancy a flutter, many betting shops round the country will be open to take your wager

3pm

A gentle way to finish the afternoon, on London's water-bus, which chugs along the Regents Canal between Little Venice and Camden Lock, via London Zoo. The water-bus runs every hour from 10am, fare pounds 3.30, child pounds 2. For details, telephone: 0171-482 2550