Adam Jones (four-time Academy Award® nominee Bradley Cooper) was a Michelin starred chef riding high at the top of the Paris restaurant scene, until his dangerous lifestyle caught up with him and he lost it all. With most of his rivals thinking he’s dead, Adam heads to London with a plan to explode back onto the restaurant scene.
BURNT is written by Academy Award® nominee Steven Knight…
In this piece you will find last minute World Book Day Costume ideas. Often mums are required to prepare costumes for World Book day and it can be daunting if you don’t like crafting. You may be inspired by my experience with this task.
Diego’s Where’s Wally costume is available from Asda for £15
One of my favourite resources for inspiration is the Book Aid International…
The official World Book Day 2016 £1 books are now available to children across the United Kingdom and Ireland. This year selection includes a new adventure with much-loved pre-school character Kipper; a glimpse into the childhood of master storyteller Roald Dahl; a trip to a galaxy far, far away; and an introduction to the World of Norm. Five London Mums have the chance to win all 10 books by…
Everyone in my age group will certainly remember the original Disney animation The Jungle Book. Now a brilliant filmmaker such as Jon Favreau (“Chef,” “Iron Man,” “Elf”) armed with cutting edge technology will bring that wonderful story back to life in a brand new version. The wild adventure of DISNEY’S JUNGLE BOOK swings into cinemas in 3D on 15th April 2016 and I cannot wait to…
Toy Town arrived in London last month with a glittering array of toys, games, fun, fantasy and make-believe.Thousands of novelties in children’s toys have been recently presented at Toy Fair 2016 in London. Here are my highlights of the hottest toy trends for 2016.
Star Wars The Force Awakens Deluxe Figurine Playset available from the Disney Store
Movie merchandising
Movies are dominating…
Over 30,000 comic fans emerged out of the shadows for The London Super Comic Convention, which took place last weekend over two days at the ExCel Centre. Attending this colourful event recently inspired me to create World Book Day costumes based on characters from Comic books. Here are my photos from the event that will hopefully provide some well needed inspiration. This year World Book Day is on…
As an Italian I am certainly biased when I list ten reasons to like Inspector Montalbano, the beloved Sicilian detective who adopts unusual methods to catch criminals. In Italy everybody knows and likes Commissario Montalbano’s adventures in Sicily thanks to two TV series which are super hits at international level. Even BBC4 shows them with Italian subtitles.
Here are ten reasons to like…
Before having a child, I used to be a disco girl and I went clubbing in London at least twice a week. I loved it and I would have never thought I would have abandoned my dancing shoes in a remote corner of my cupboard for a long time. Then Diego came along nine years ago, and I got so busy bringing him up and running my business that I did not even think of going dancing. First of all the…
Queen Elisabeth is celebrating her 90th Birthday this April and is the subject of various children’s books. We recently reviewed The Queen’s Handbag by Steve Antony and we got an appetite for book about our beloved Queen.
This week we have found another charming children’s book celebrating Her Majesty: The Queen & Mr Brown: A Night in the Natural History Museum is brand new…

