Product reviews

Mega offer! London Mums Mother & Baby Beauty Box worth over £100 for just £19.99 +P&P

Our London Mums Mother & Baby Summer Beauty Box is WORTH OVER £100 filled with SUMMER GOODIES and PERFECT AS A HOLIDAY TREAT FOR JUST £19.99 + £4.99 P&P. Summer’s here so this edition of the Mum’s and Baby Beauty Box has some summer treats for everyone plus two beautiful products from our featured celebrity, Louise Rednapp’s natural cosmetic range Wild About Beauty – enjoy!
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Get Creative

Indoor activities for kids - Construction Set to create a Flower Garden in the house

School holidays can be challenging for parents trying to find fun indoor activities for kids which can be a bit educational as well. The Gears! Gears! Gears! Build & Bloom Flower Garden Construction Set by Learning Resources is great to develop children’s imagination as well as manual skills. It is suitable for children from 4+ and, as you can see in this video, my 8 year old son Diego…
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Movies

Five minutes chit chat with Antonio Banderas

J. I. Cuenca and I have caught up with Antonio Banderas on his role in THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SPONGE OUT OF WATER. Q. How much did you know about SpongeBob SquarePants before getting involved in this movie? Antonio Banderas: To be honest, not too much. But that was OK because what I wanted to do was focus on the movie, as it is slightly different from the TV show. Q. So, what did you focus on to…
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Competitions

Win 1 of 5 copies of The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel your Life, Work and Team with Positive Energy

A new book by ‘Energy coach’ Jon Gordon, The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to fuel your life, work and team with positive energy, offers lessons on staying positive and avoiding ‘energy vampires’ who will ‘suck the life out of you and your goals and vision’ if you let them. Gordon offers 10 simple rules to achieving positive results which, when applied, have an impact on health, family…
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Competitions

Win 1 of 5 copies of Yellowbird DVD

To celebrate the release of Yellowbird, out on DVD and Digital Download from 27th July 2015 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, we’re giving 5 lucky winners the chance to bring home a DVD of this year’s extraordinary voyage of danger and self-discovery! Directed by renowned storyboard artist Christian De Vita (Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Grand Budapest Hotel) with the screenplay written…
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Competitions

Win 1 of 3 book bundles including Coding For Kids For Dummies and Digital Filmmaking For Kids For Dummies

For parents struggling to entertain their kids over the summer break, For Dummies are publishing a range of titles aimed at kids aged 7 – 16 years, which offer hands on, fun and practical projects. Whether it’s helping them to attempt a series of filming projects or grasping the basics of coding, these books allow children to develop new skills without too much adult supervision. Coding…
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Movies

Comedy Star Jim Parsons exclusive chat on working with Rihanna & Steve Martin in animated film HOME

Ahead of the release of DreamWorks Animation’s HOME on Digital HD on 13th July and Blu-ray and DVD on 20th July 2015, London Mums present an exclusive interview with Jim Parsons, the voice of the movie’s main character Oh. Jim is best known for playing in American sitcom The Big Bang Theory. In this five minute chat, he talks about his work on HOME and his collaboration with Steve Martin…
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Attractions

West End Show review: The Gruffalo

The best children’s show in the West End this Summer has to be The Gruffalo, based on the very popular book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, at the LYRIC THEATRE, Shaftesbury Avenue between 1 JULY and 6 SEPTEMBER 2015. TALL STORIES hit musical adaptation is an enchanting production with the perfect combination of songs, laughter, physical theatre and just the right amount of scary…
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Competitions

Win 1 of 3 £100 vouchers Aldi for Back to School range

Sending your child to school needn’t cost an arm and a leg this year as Aldi’s Back to School range is bigger and better than ever and in stores on 23rd July, while stocks last. To celebrate, Aldi is offering three lucky readers the chance to win a £100 Aldi voucher to spend in store on Back to School essentials. From polo shirts, round-neck sweaters, trousers and skirts to scuff-resistant…
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Mumpreneurs & Mums at work

How do mumpreneurs maintain flexible working hours?

Being a working mum in London can be quite a challenge especially if you work in an office which is based far from your house. Even before becoming a mum, I set up my own business to enjoy some flexibility and I have never looked back. As it’s my 10th year anniversary of flexible working and homeworking, I am now spilling the beans on pro and cons for London Mums. Mumpreneur with pre-school…
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