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How to Help Your Child Have the Best Wedding Possible

As we grow older, our babies become adults and before we know they will get married and you will be involved in helping with their wedding. Weddings are the most significant days in most of our lives. It is where we go all out celebrating our love with our friends and family. Of course, expectations and outside influences often mar our expectations so that our weddings end up not being what we…
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Attractions

Discovering London: What’s under the city? 

I love London so much that I have made it my adoptive city for the past 20 years and counting. I love discovering London from the inside out. Last Spring I started exploring what is under the surface of the city by going on the fascinating Mail Rail tour. London town has a vast history that dates back to the Romans 2,000 years ago. These explorers chose to HQ the majority of their lives around…
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Fitness & Health

Beauty focus: Why choose lip fillers to transform your lips

No matter how many times people tell you that you are beautiful, you will still suffer from low self-esteem if you don’t believe that you are indeed beautiful. Most people (mostly ladies) are usually very sensitive with their lips. Even a slight mistake can greatly affect their self-confidence and esteem. So are you embarrassed showing off your lips in public? Are you looking safe yet effective…
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Movies

Film Review: An Actor prepares

An Actor Prepares, a new comedic father and son cross-country road trip, is a movie to watch if you are a fan of Jeremy Irons. It’s out now.  The story  An Actor Prepares is a father/son road trip movie that matches two strong characters (and actors) head-to-head in the ultimate comedic face off. In the film, Atticus Smith (Jeremy Irons) is a highly celebrated actor, whose spectacular…
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Competitions

Win 1 of 3 copies of Book Club DVD starring Diane Keaton & Jane Fonda

The hilarious and delightfully entertaining Book Club is available to Download & Keep on 24 September and on Blu-ray™ and DVD on 8 October 2018! To celebrate the release we are giving YOU the chance to win a copy on DVD!  Starring legendary actresses Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen and Mary Steenburgen, BOOK CLUB follows four lifelong friends whose lives are turned upside down to…
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Competitions

Win 1 of 7 sets of the new Baker Street Academy book series

Welcome to Baker Street Academy, where there’s always a mystery to be solved! Scholastic have donated 7 sets of the new Sherlock mystery series to London Mums.  Sherlock Holmes, Watson and Hudson are back to solve another mystery in SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE BAKER STREET CURSE (Scholastic), the second stand-alone story in THE BAKER STREET ACADEMY series by illustrator and author, Sam Hearn.
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Travel with kids

Top tips to a fun family Road Trip

With holidays costing more money during the school holidays, families are opting for road trips as an alternative to flying to far-away destinations. More and more families prefer to stay away from airports all together and use the car instead for half term breaks and even longer holidays. A road trip can be a great bonding experience but spending too much time together in a car definitely has…
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Books

Book of the week: P is for Paris by Paul Thurlby

P is for Paris is the latest richly illustrated book by award-winning graphic artist Paul Thurlby, whom I admire for his retro looking drawings of beautiful cities in the world. This stunning book is not just for kids but deserves a place on every coffee table along with  L is for London and NY is for New York. I am an admirer of Paul Thurlby’s work and I have always kept his books in a…
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Competitions

Win 1 of 3 copies of Avengers: Infinity War DVD

Take home a piece of cinematic history with London Mums who are giving away three copies of Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Infinity War available on Blu-rayTM and DVD now.  Read London Mums’ verdict of this film here.  For your chance to win a copy of Avengers: Infinity War on DVD simply subscribe to London Mums YouTube Channel LONDON MUMS TV CHANNEL …
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Product reviews

Back to school essentials including a backpack to relieve back pain

Dear London Mums, Brace yourself for a bumpy return to the school routine filled with lots of screams and tantrums.  At least it will be a bit of relief for us parents … After an intense first year at secondary school I am not sure I am ready for a new academic year, even as a parent. I also feel that children grow super fast. Changes in schooling are always challenging and this year more than…
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