Recipes

Easy pancake recipe

Pancakes are easy to prepare but I have now a very easy pancake recipe after experimenting in the kitchen with my 11 year old son Diego. Try it on Shrove Tuesday and beyond. What you need for 10 pancakes 100 grams of plain flour 300 ml of semi skimmed milk no sugar 2 large eggs How to make it Don’t use too much frying oil…
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Competitions

Win 1 of 3 Cubbies adorable new cuddly toys

London Mums have teamed up with adorable cuddly toy creators Cubbies to give away three of their colourful characters including Aurora the Unicorn, Olliephant the Elephant and Scorch the Dragon. Cubbies’ mission is to inject more magic into children’s toys by finding new ways to spark the imaginations of young minds. Cubbies’ collection features all characters from feisty lions to…
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Competitions

Win a hamper including 4 packs of Sunvit-D3 and a Vitamin D test kit worth £50

As the days draw shorter and the nights become longer, there is no doubt that winter is still hanging around. During these months, sunlight is a rare occurrence for many of us. January is known as the darkest and most depressing month of the year; struggling to pay off that Christmas debt, cold blistering winds, back to work (sigh!) Still, many of us soldier through in anticipation of a…
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Movies

Film review: Disney's Coco

Disney Pixar’s Coco is a blast of colours andlivelymusic in the middle of the Januaryblues and will take allmoviegoers (young and less young) to an unforgettable fun journey into the land of the death that leads to a real family reunion. Coco is released in UK cinemas on 19January 2018. The story (nospoilers) Despite his family’s…
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Books

Best audiobook for teens in 2017/2018: Turtles All the Way Down by John Green read by Kate Rudd

Turtles All the Way Down is thelong-awaited return novel by John Green, the acclaimed, award-winning author of Looking for Alaska and The Fault in Our Stars. This time he shares Aza’s story of love, resilience, and the power of lifelong friendship. Instead ofreading it on paper I listened to the beautiful audiobookread byKate Rudd during my school run in the car…
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Movies

Future Films Heads Up: Monster Family in cinemas on 2 March 2018

The brand new trailer and poster for Monster Family has just been released.This truly global family adventure features an all-star voice cast, including Emily Watson (On Chesil Beach), Jason Isaacs (The Death of Stalin), Nick Frost (The Huntsman: Winter’s War), Jessica Brown Findlay (Downton Abbey), Celia Imrie (Bridget Jones’s Diary) and Catherine Tate (Doctor Who). Kids and…
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Mumpreneurs & Mums at work

Chatting with antique expert Catherine Southon on the art of finding a bargain, parenting and being the Queen for a day

Bargain Hunt fans and antiques’ lovers will love my chat with antique expert andMumpreneurCatherine Southon on the art of finding a bargain, parenting and being the Queen for a day. Q: Catherine, how would you encourage children to learn the art of finding a bargain? CS: I think it’s important to teach children the value of money as soon…
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