As the days draw shorter and the nights become longer, there is no doubt that winter is still hanging around. During these months, sunlight is a rare occurrence for many of us. January is known as the darkest and most depressing month of the year; struggling to pay off that Christmas debt, cold blistering winds, back to work (sigh!) Still, many of us soldier through in anticipation of a sunnier…
For a young fashion designer wannabe new DK book How to be a Fashion Designer by Lesley Ware is perfect as it includes lots of ideas, projects, and styling tips to help creative children understand fashion and trends. Publication date is 1 February 2018. It costs £12.99 and is suitable for children aged 7+.
I personally found this book quite useful as a fashion follower to…
Disney Pixar’s Coco is a blast of colours and lively music in the middle of the January blues and will take all moviegoers (young and less young) to an unforgettable fun journey into the land of the death that leads to a real family reunion. Coco is released in UK cinemas on 19 January 2018.
The story (no spoilers)
Despite his family’s generations-old ban on music, young Miguel…
Turtles All the Way Down is the long-awaited return novel by John Green, the acclaimed, award-winning author of Looking for Alaska and The Fault in Our Stars. This time he shares Aza’s story of love, resilience, and the power of lifelong friendship. Instead of reading it on paper I listened to the beautiful audiobook read by Kate Rudd during my school run in the car every day. Turtles…
The brand new trailer and poster for Monster Family has just been released. This truly global family adventure features an all-star voice cast, including Emily Watson (On Chesil Beach), Jason Isaacs (The Death of Stalin), Nick Frost (The Huntsman: Winter’s War), Jessica Brown Findlay (Downton Abbey), Celia Imrie (Bridget Jones’s Diary) and Catherine Tate (Doctor Who). Kids and parents…
London Mums are giving away a pair of tickets to see new musical sensation Everybody’s Talking About Jamie in the West End. Here’s what to expect and how to enter this amazing January competition.
Jamie New is sixteen and lives on a council estate in Sheffield.
Jamie doesn’t quite fit in.
Jamie is terrified about the future.
Jamie is going to be a…
Bargain Hunt fans and antiques’ lovers will love my chat with antique expert and Mumpreneur Catherine Southon on the art of finding a bargain, parenting and being the Queen for a day.
Q: Catherine, how would you encourage children to learn the art of finding a bargain?
CS: I think it’s important to teach children the value of money as soon as you can – that’s the first…
There’s no way out and women have never enjoyed their monthly periods. Or at least until now. A new service has been launched to provide women (young and mature) with gift boxes ahead of every cycle from It’s A Monthly Thing Ltd., the home of betty box and Pink Parcel.
Having the periods is inevitable but we can now change our approach to them. The only way to make it fun is by…
A Woman’s Life is a French movie about a loyal wife and mother who is repeatedly betrayed and abandoned by the men in her life. Despite that she never looses her love for life. It is out in cinemas on 12 January 2018.
The story
Normandy, 1819. Jeanne is a young woman full of childish dreams and innocence when she returns home after finishing her schooling in a convent.
She…
The first was Robin and his Merry Men released as a silent film in 1908 and the last called Robin Hood starring Taron Egerton and Jamie Foxx is in still in development due to be released this coming September 2018. 74 films were released since 1908 – on average 10 films every decade since the 50s – and 39 Robin Hood – themed episodes on TV. My favourite so far has to be the…