In this modern world, sometimes you can feel overwhelmed when it comes to your life. Even the simplest little daily things can take a toll, such as making food.
However, there is no excuse for eating junk food and unhealthy fast food. Usually, we order these foods as we want a pick me up, but these days it’s easier than ever to make quick meals that are arguably just as good.
That’s not to say…
To celebrate the release of critically acclaimed ZEROZEROZERO, available now on Blu-Ray and DVD, London Mums have 3 copies of the series on Blu-Ray to give away. Based on the investigative book by best-selling author Robert Saviano, Gabriel Byrne, Dane DeHaan and Andrea Riseborough star in this gripping eight-part crime drama about the international cocaine trade and its consequences.
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If you are looking for a new DVD for your nights in, Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar, a Lionsgate production, might be the right choice as it is filled with my favourite ingredients for a relaxing comedy: Gags, romance, friendship and a villain’s evil plot.
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From the stars and writers of Bridesmaids (Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo) comesBarb & Star Go to…
A colouring book meets a picture book in a fantasy forest that is open to be reinvented by both children and adults alike.From the author of the global bestseller Secret Garden (over 12 million copies sold!) and Enchanted Forest (over 5 million copies sold worldwide!), Johanna Basford, Miniature Enchanted Forest isa small-scale edition of her classic colouring book. Itcan be used…
Here’s a lovely new product by London Mums’ ‘historical’ sponsor, Slumbersac. I love everything founder Karina Grassy and her international team do. They have supported London Mums since the very beginning at the end of 2006 when our children were babies and as they both grew up so did our business ventures. Karina is a visionary entrepreneur and she has now partnered with…
As a mother of a teenager in year 10, I am aware that the last year of schooling has been lost and I feel really anxious as next year my boy will have to face GCSE exams after literally missing out on vital learning. My fears have been confirmed by anew study by researchers at Oxford’s Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, published in Proceedings for the National Academy of Sciences…
Cinema Made in Italy 2021 returns this year for its 11th edition with a new digital edition, bringing cutting edge Italian cinema to a national audience for the first time, on the curated streaming service MUBI. From 16 – 29 April film fans will once more have the unique opportunity to take in a diverse array of the best recent Italian productions. Whereas in previous years the audience has been…
Lockdown 2.0 has been quite the ordeal for most in the UK. Learning how to balance work, home and family life, has taken its toll on our mental health and our home’s have taken on a world of their own.
Homeschooling has left its own path of destruction in its wake with piles of paper, colouring pencils and the dreaded play dough in every crevice. Then there’s finding time in your day to tidy…
Writer and entrepreneur, Virginia Mendez, has written a lovely multilingualpicture book series Mika & Lolo covering diversity on her unexpected journey to embracing feminism. Each book comes in two languages. I have chosen English and Italian. The series is available fromThe Feminist Shop.
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Mika & Lolo are cousins who notice that they are sometimes treated…
Ethical fashion is THE thing now that we have all come to appreciate green living and ethically manufactured clothing. An innovator and inspiring female entrepreneur in this sector is Fritha Mason, and founder ofSecret Projects, which runs the Secret Sari Dress campaign. You can see me here also sporting a couple of different Sari dresses. I simply love them as they are very easy to wear and…