Persistent physical discomfort changes how a person moves, thinks, and interacts with the world. It acts as an invisible weight, shifting how someone handles a job, takes care of a house, or talks to family members. Day-to-day life becomes a series of calculations about energy levels and tolerance limits.
When a medical condition or an injury causes ongoing issues, the focus moves from living…
If you’ve ever found yourself in a souvenir shop on Oxford Street, stifling a laugh at a corgi-shaped teapot, you’ve already tapped into the strange magic of the monarchy. They’re not just a constitutional institution; they’re characters in the nation’s longest, most expensive soap opera. As a non-monarchist, this is precisely how I love them, as folklore, a living fairy tale full of…
Perfume is a funny thing. It lives in a tiny bottle, yet somehow manages to hold memories, confidence, romance and the occasional identity crisis. You can wear the same outfit as someone else, buy the same lipstick and even copy their hairstyle, but spray on the same perfume and it will almost certainly smell different. Which is why choosing a fragrance is far more personal than simply picking one…
At London Mums, we spend a lot of time cheering from the sidelines at sports days, swimming galas, and Saturday morning parkruns. But last night, our very own young reporter, 19-year-old Elenya Panesar, swapped the sidelines for the start line. She laced up her trainers to run shoulder-to-shoulder with one of Britain’s greatest ever athletes: Sir Mo Farah CBE.
The event was part of…
If I had a pound for every time a fellow parent asked me, “What on earth do we do with them for six whole weeks?” I could probably fund the summer holidays myself. It is the eternal London mum dilemma: you want your children to be happy, stimulated and off their screens, but you also need to work, or simply to hear yourself think for five blessed minutes. Over the years I have tested more…
Dear London Mums,
The sun is out, the kids are loud,You’re hiding from the weekend crowd.One shoe is missing, tempers short,You’ve answered “why?” till you feel fraught.
But look: we’ve packed this issue fullOf wisdom that is practical.Jo Frost is here to save your day,She’ll gently take your phone away.
“Mean what you say, don’t say it mean,”The wisest words…
When the TYMO CURLPRO PLUS first arrived at my door, I was absolutely certain I had been sent a magical device that only worked for other people. I watched the sleek automatic curling iron sit in its box for three days while I stared at it nervously, wondering if I would ever figure out how to get my hair into that little rotating barrel without creating a tangled disaster. Spoiler: my first…
An estimated £5.5 trillion is expected to pass between generations in the UK over the coming decades, making it the largest intergenerational wealth transfer in the country’s history. Yet most families are remarkably unprepared. Many older adults haven’t structured their estates to minimise inheritance tax, haven’t updated wills, or simply haven’t had the conversation with their children…
When my friend Cristina and I stepped into Park Corner Brasserie at the London Hilton on Park Lane, we were hot, bothered and slightly out of breath. The journey had been a sweaty ten-minute walk from Victoria, and the city was doing its best to melt us into puddles. Within moments of arriving, however, we had been transported somewhere else entirely. Somewhere with island breezes, tropical…
If Saturday was all cowboy hats, country twang and Garth Brooks reducing 69,999 people to happy tears, Sunday at BST Hyde Park was something else entirely. It was glitter, perfectly synchronised dancing, screaming fans holding glowing orbs and a South Korean boyband setting that Royal Park ablaze with K-pop fire. Our very own reporter dad Mirko took his daughter Gaia along, joined by our lovely…