Fitness & Health

Bonfire Night Do's and Dont's

Like every year, children cannot wait for bonfire fireworks. It’s an annual ritual and London has to offer so much for families with young children. This year Bonfire Night is on 5th November but the most spectacular fireworks display are on Saturday 8th November. Bonfire Night is also known as Fireworks’ Night or Guy Fawkes’ Night and is a British tradition that dates back to…
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Newsletter

November 2014 Newsletter: Winter musical fun at the London Mums Christmas party

Hi London Mums Our Winter Magazine issue is here including exclusive chats with The Apprentice Star Mentor Karren Brady, Roald Dahl’s illustrator Sir Quentin Blake, Celebrity Chef Aldo Zilli, The Great British Bake Off Star Mum Cat Dresser. I hope you enjoy it! This is a busy season and we want to celebrate with you at an early Christmas Party with a musical theme. See you there! CHRISTMAS…
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Competitions

Win 1 of 3 copies of the SNOW QUEEN Blu-ray

Discover the dazzling story that inspired Frozen, as Signature Entertainment proudly presents THE SNOW QUEEN, coming to selected cinemas from 25th October, with a Blu-ray, DVD and digital release following on 3rd November, 2014. Based on the enduring, magical fairy-tale by Hans Christian Andersen, THE SNOW QUEEN follows the story of little orphan girl Gerda, who must defeat the evil Snow Queen who…
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Attractions

West End Show review: Memphis the Musical

Memphis The Musical opens at the Shaftesbury Theatre on 23 October 2014. I recently attended a preview show and I came out with a big smile on my face determined to learn all songs by heart from the newly bought special limited edition CD Memphis. I am not usually so enthusiastic about musicals, but there was absolutely nothing I did not like about Memphis! The singers were all absolutely…
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Movies

Future Films Heads Up: TESTAMENT OF YOUTH

With WW2 celebrations under way this new movie Testament of Youth is a powerful story of love, war and remembrance, based on the First World War memoir by Vera Brittain, which has become the classic testimony of that war from a woman’s point of view.  A searing journey from youthful hopes and dreams to the edge of despair and back again, it’s a film about young love, the futility of war and…
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Mumpreneurs & Mums at work

Calling all coffee lovers in London! Turn your PASSION for coffee into CASH

Calling all London Mums who are Coffee Lovers! Turn your PASSION for coffee into CASH Premium Italian coffee roaster illycaffè has launched a new initiative to give 20 mums the chance to earn money by doing what they love – holding coffee mornings for their friends and family at home, chillaxing and chit-chatting over a cappuccino. If you want to get involved, email…
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Books

Why are Underpants so hilarious?

Not many book series can be as quirky and as funny at the same time and have a long shelf time in children’s home libraries. But the Aliens Love Underpants series from bestselling and award-winning duo Claire Freedman and Ben Cort certainly can. Underpants are guaranteed a laugh whether you are a primary school child, teenager or a parent. Why do we find underpants so hilarious? Whether…
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Movies

Future Films Heads Up: Get Santa - all British cast for a very London Christmas!

This Christmas, Warner Bros. Pictures brings you GET SANTA, a heartwarming quintessentially British Christmas comedy for the whole family.  Coming to cinemas in the UK & Ireland on 5th December 2014, GET SANTA boasts a cast of stellar British talent and is the perfect way to get ready for the festive season. The Cast GET SANTA stars national treasure Jim Broadbent (Harry Potter film series)…
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Schooling

To tutor or not to tutor? The honest tutor's perspective!

To tutor or not to tutor? That is the dilemma. I thought I ask honest tutor Erica Gillingham for her perspective on challenges, homework, parents’ dilemmas and the BIG question about State versus Private schooling. Image by Mark Maclaine, Tutorfair.com What are the challenges that parents face with children in primary school? One of the biggest challenges is their own subject…
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Competitions

Win 1 of 3 Newborn Starter Sets by Munchkin

With the goal of helping new mums reach their breastfeeding goals, the revolutionary Munchkin LATCH™ bottle feeding system is designed to offer mum everything she needs to make the transition from breast to bottle feeding as natural and comfortable as possible, for mum and baby. Launched in June 2014, and the result of a 3 year programme of in-depth research, and testing, the LATCH™ feeding…
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