Books

Our personalised bedtime story this week: The Incredible intergalactic Journey Home

Tim Peake from space recently made people aware of a really unique way of writing books. He read such a special personalised bedtime story that I wanted to try on my son Diego, The Incredible intergalactic Journey Home, written by authors at Lost My Name. The great thing about this story is that is completely customised. When we ordered it we provided Diego’s name and address. When we…
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Movies

Disney movie releases announced for 2016 to 2018

Brace yourself mums and children because Disney has 14 movies coming out between the second half of 2016 and early 2018 and they all look incredibly good — here’s what we are looking forward to. 2015 was  a big year for Disney with two Pixar movies, The Avengers sequel, and the return of Star Wars, but 2016  so far has been even bigger with a couple of movies like Zootropolis, The Jungle…
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Competitions

Win 1 of 3 copies of KUNG FU PANDA 3 Blu-Ray

To celebrate the release of the best KUNG FU PANDA movie yet, KUNG FU PANDA 3, on DIGITAL HD on 4th July and on BLU-RAY™ & DVD on 14th July, London Mums are giving away 3 copies of the Blu-Ray courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. The story After reuniting with his long-lost father, Po travels to a secret village and meets tons of hilarious new panda friends and…
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Mumpreneurs & Mums at work

Rebecca Adlington 10 minutes chat with London Mums

If there’s one person I personally look at as a role model for a driven mumpreneur is Rebecca Adlington and I am honoured to have interviewed her for the London Mums magazine Summer issue. Read the full heartwarming interview in our latest print magazine. Recently she was involved in the London 2016 LEN European Aquatics Championships as a coach and presenter and now she is heading to Rio to…
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Great Indoors

Reader offer July 2016 at Atrium Kitchen Camden

London Mums have the chance to lunch at Atrium Kitchen. You can eat here for just £10, seven days a week (11.30am – 3.30pm). Atrium Kitchen is based at North Yard Stables Market, Camden Town NW1 8AH. The £10 menu You can choose from either: Buffalo mozzarella ciabatta (v) Atrium chicken caeser salad Daily vegetarian pasta (v) Classic eggs Benedict This deal also includes a: Bottle of…
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Movies

J.K. Rowling revelations on the return of Harry Potter & Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

2016 won’t just be remembered for Brexit but also for the return of one of the biggest characters in the world of literature history, Harry Potter. I am particularly excited about the spin off Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Pottermore has just unveiled new writing by J.K. Rowling about Ilvermorny, the North American School of Magic, in the second instalment of Magic in North…
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Books

This week's Bedtime stories: The Feel Brave series - Little stories about big feelings

This year I have explored the issue of self assertiveness to help my 9 year old son deal with bullying at school and found the Feel Brave series by Avril McDonald extremely helpful to explain how to deal with issues which otherwise would be too tough and sensitive. The Feel Brave series – published in June 2016 by Crown House Publishing (each book costs £7.99)- is a collection of five…
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Movies

Film review: Finding Dory out on 29 July 2016 with short film Piper

Finding Nemo is one of my favourite Disney Pixar films of all times. I bought the DVD for myself well before having a child. When sequel Finding Dory was announced I was a bit skeptical about its potential as it is quite common for second movies to be less popular. But the amazing team at Pixar has taken their time, over a decade to be precise, to come up with Finding Dory and the result is…
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Activities

Top 10 Things to do this Summer with Kids Who Love Water

We don’t care what Kylie Minogue might say: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year’ isn’t Christmas; it’s the summer. It might not last very long, but when the Great British Summer gets into full swing, there’s no beating it. BBQs, festivals, burnt noses, and Wimbledon on the telly… But nothing gets us more excited for the sizzling-hot season than the chance to cool off by leaping…
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Product reviews

London Mums chillax at the Shard with a LEGO Star Wars game

Caught in the middle of an important historical political transformation in Britain and Europe, I decided to take a big breath and chillax at the Shard at an event for the launch of a new LEGO Star Wars gaming platform. Not only I managed to enjoy the splendid views of a transforming Capital but also relaxed playing a video game that combines two of my favorite things in life, Lego and Star…
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