Movies

Film review: The Time Of Their Lives starring Joan Collins, Pauline Collins and Franco Nero

Ahead of Mother’s Day (26 March), Vertigo is releasing Roger Goldby’s feel-good comedy The Time Of Their Lives starring iconic legends including Golden Globe-winner Dame Joan Collins (DYNASTY, ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS: THE MOVIE), Oscar nominee Pauline Collins (SHIRLEY VALENTINE, QUARTET) and Italian heartthrob Franco Nero (DJANGO, DJANGO UNCHAINED). It’s out on 10 March.      The…
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Recipes

Recipe: Open-Top Filo Pie with Spicy Tomato Chutney

To celebrate British Pie Week, MAKE YOUR SWITCH have donated London Mums exclusive recipes. Open-Top Filo Pie with Spicy Tomato Chutney is our third recipe. Watch this space for more pie recipes this week. Enjoy!  Recipe Summary Switch Category: Steady Cooking For: 4 Courses: Dinner Spice rating: Mild Complexity: Easy Ready In: 40mins Ingredients List Open-Top Filo Pie with…
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Recipes

Recipe: Big Puff Pie

To celebrate British Pie Week, MAKE YOUR SWITCH have donated London Mums exclusive recipes. Big Puff Pie is the second recipe. Watch this space for more pie recipes this week. Enjoy! A simple Big Puff Pie! Another pie that I tried from the veganuary site and I loved it. It was really easy to make and isn’t too pastry heavy, basically a puff pastry hat sits on top of a lovely veggie stew. I…
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Recipes

Recipe: Mushroom & Potato Pie

To celebrate British Pie Week, MAKE YOUR SWITCH have donated London Mums exclusive recipes. Mushroom & Potato Pie is the first recipe. Watch this space for more pie recipes this week. Enjoy! Recipe Summary Cooking For: 4 Courses: Dinner Spice rating: Mild Complexity: Easy Ready In: 1h 10mins Ingredients List Strong Style Mushroom & Potato Pie By Faith Toogood 1kg potatoes…
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Product reviews

Toy Trends for 2017 - Top toyologists' views on the latest releases including STEM & inspiring robotics

The key trends for 2017 are STEM and awe-inspiring robotics, toys linked to key movie releases (of which there are some real corkers in 2017), collectibles plus the continual rise in board games and instant satisfaction games. The annual London Toy Fair offered a preview of the latest trends in the toy industry.Watch my interviews with top toyologists on the London Mums’ YouTube channel…
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Competitions

Win 1 Ethical Superstore hamper for mum and baby

To celebrate Fairtrade Fortnight Ethical Superstore EthicalSuperstore.com is offering an adorable children and baby bundle for parents who love ethical shopping and feel-good products. One London Mums reader has the chance to grab this fantastic hamper. Check below what you need to do to enter this competition.  Each product is Fairtrade labelled by the Fairtrade Foundation, a UK based…
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Attractions

A night out with the Collabro boys

Since interviewing Matt from Collabro last year, I have been following the whereabouts of the world’s most successful musical theatre group and former winner of Britain’s Got Talent, who have just released their highly anticipated third album Home today, through their own label Peak Productions. Last night they threw an amazing party for a few guests (I was there too!) and sung some of the…
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Attractions

London Attraction Review: THE ART OF THE BRICK - DC SUPER HEROES (1 March - 3 September 2017)

London Mums, don’t miss  The Art of the Brick: DC Super heroes. DC’s most iconic super heroes and super villains have just arrived to London thanks to renowned Lego artist Nathan Sawaya who has created the World’s Largest LEGO® Exhibition using more than two million Lego bricks inspired by Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman. Sawaya gave up his job as a lawyer in New York years ago to…
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Competitions

Win 1 of 5 sets of World Book Day 2017 books

World Book Day is one of the most exciting days in school life every year so we thought we’d celebrate World Book Day 2017 on its 20th anniversary with a competition! Five lucky readers are in for a chance to win a set of the specially commissioned World Book Day £1 books. David Walliams, Dame Jacqueline Wilson and Julia Donaldson among the “national treasures” writing new stories to…
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Books

Youth Novel review: See you in Cosmos by Jack Cheng

See You in the Cosmos is one of Penguin Random House’s biggest debuts for 2017 and a book we at London Mums are really excited about as we feel it has the same potential as Wonder and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. It has already been receiving early rave reviews from authors including Jennifer Niven and Robin Stevens, who are two authors of youth novels whom I adore. I…
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