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MOTHERS NEEDED FOR PAID NEUROMARKETING RESEARCH

I have come across a paid for opportunity for mums in London. Please send an email to the contact on this page if you are interested. MOTHERS NEEDED FOR PAID NEUROMARKETING RESEARCH We are looking for participants for next week for one of our studies, where you will be asked to wear a sensor cap (similar to a swimming cap with small passive sensors attached) while watching a short presentation on…
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Ten reasons to like Italian Inspector Montalbano book - TV series combo

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…
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Great Indoors

Mums put your dancing shoes on ... Rave-A-Roo is the ultimate clubbing experience for the family in London

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…
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Books

Our Bedtime Story this week: The Queen & Mr Brown: A Night in the Natural History Museum

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…
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Competitions

WIN TICKETS (and a goodie bag) TO A PRE-SCREENING OF Disney ZOOTROPOLIS

We’ve teamed up with Disney and TOMY toys to offer 10 lucky children (with one accompanying adult for each child) the chance to win tickets to an exclusive Zootropolis screening experience at Disney HQ in London before anyone else in the country gets to see it!! Winners will also be one of the first in the UK to play with the hotly anticipated Zootropolis toy range from TOMY, designed to let…
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Competitions

Win 1 of 5 copies of CLEO DVD A HEART-WARMING TALE OF A LOVEABLE DOG

Join the loveable Cleo on his furry adventure to discover the true meaning of friendship when CLEO scampers onto DVD and Digital Download on 15th February 2016. A fun-filled family animation for boys and girls, CLEO features an all-star voice cast including Ross Lynch (Disney Channel’s Austin and Ally) and Sandra Oh (Grey’s Anatomy) as well as the worldwide debut of ‘Hymn’, a brand new…
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Events

Show review: Alexander Armstrong A Year of Songs Live Concert

Last 22nd January 2016 I was lucky to get tickets for Alexander Armstrong’s show at the London Palladium. It’s not that I love that theatre so much (and keep going back) for its historical importance (having hosted shows by Bob Hope, Peter Sellers and Judy Garland among the stars who performed there) but also because I love Jazz and the smooth voice of Alexander Armstrong, who is…
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Movies

BEAT BUGS will dance at the sound of The Beatles on Netflix

Netflix has just announced a new Kids’ Original animated series – BEAT BUGS. It looks super cute and is inspired by the music of The Beatles so is great for kids ans parents alike. I don’t about you yummy mummies out there, but I have already instilled a passion for the Beatles in my son. The Beatles should be introduced in music classes the same way classical music is. I really look…
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Get Creative

Storage & children’s rooms: 10 tips for making the most of your space

Storage or no storage – that is the question… De-cluttering ideas are popping up in my head every Spring so I am taking a look at what other alternative options we, London Mums, have for storing our kids’ stuff. More often than not, children end up in the smallest bedrooms – after all, you’re not going to sacrifice your ‘adult space’ for the sake of a little one. You…
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Movies

STAR WARS: EPISODE VIII Latest News on new movie out in 2017

Star Wars: The Force Awakens was released last December and the whole world and I are already looking forward to the next movie in the franchise STAR WARS: EPISODE VIII and finding out who Rey’s father is, why Luke Skywalker suddenly disappeared, whether Kylo Ren will go back to the Rebel side and more answers to questions raised in the latest episode. Disney has officially…
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