London Wasps are returning to Twickenham Stadium on 19 April 2014 where they will face Gloucester Rugby. Having attracted over 100,000 fans across two years in previous seasons, the Club are looking forward to bringing another bumper crowd to the home of English rugby on Easter Saturday. The Stinger promises to be much more than just a game of rugby with a packed day of entertainment planned. It…
We often give for granted lots of the things we do now as women. In order to understand where we are progressing to we need to understand where we came from. On International Women’s Day I attended a very interesting event at City Hall presented by the Deputy Mayor of London, Victoria Borwick, to mark the centenary of the outbreak of World War I with authorative speakers hosting a panel…
A brand new Children’s Magazine called Brainbox has launched! We have 4 goodie bags to give away including the new magazine and the game. The Magazine is aimed at 8 – 11 year olds and is jam packed with puzzles, games, colouring pages, and weird and wonderful facts spanning an array of subjects that coincide with the National curriculum. The Magazine has been designed to encourage children to…
Dear London Mums
Spring is in the air and half term holidays at the door. What a great combination!
April is a challenging month for parents. Yes indeed it is in the middle of blooming Spring, a season which is glorious celebration of re-birth but also tiring as our bodies adjust to the weather change. Plus parents have to cope with finding lots of Easter half term activities and endure either…
Just what you need! Here is Easter fun stuff, ideas to keep kids entertained this Easter half term holidays.
People who go to church attend special services on Easter Sunday. In Battersea Park in London, there is a large Easter parade and lots of other special activities for families (see a list below).
Many people celebrate Easter Sunday by decorating, exchanging or searching for eggs. The eggs…
To celebrate the release of Rio 2, the hotly anticipated follow up to the 2011 smash hit animation Rio, which hits cinemas on 4 April 2014 we have a great competition for you. We are offering three lucky winners the chance to win a goody bag stuffed with Rio 2 prizes.
To be in with a chance of winning this great prize, simply watch the trailer below and answer the following question (in the…
Just in time for the Easter school break, Rio 2 is released in UK cinemas this weekend. In the past, sequels of good movies were usually disappointing with a few exceptions (The Godfather 2), but most recently it seems as sequels are well made movies in their own right, sometimes even better than the original ones (Muppets Most Wanted and Monsters University). Rio 2 is no exception. Its storyline…
One a penny, two a penny…..Hot Cross Buns are a real Easter treat for every member of the family. So this year, why not make your own Hot Cross Buns recipe!
This recipe makes 10 buns.
Ingredients:
500g strong plain flour
tsp salt
2tsp mixed spice
2tsp cinnamon
8g sugar
14g easy blend yeast
200ml warm milk
1 large egg, beaten
50ml sunflower oil
125g mixed dried fruits
Paste for Cross:
2tbsp…
The pressure to look slimmer during the summer is huge. It’s all in the perfectly sculpture body image that the media portraits everywhere. It seems we cannot, except we can actually. Over the years I have learnt that acceptance is the best thing to do to live better in my own skin. In fact after I turned the corner of the 40s I have started feeling more confident with my body image (without…
Here is a great RECIPE for Mum’s Amazing Vegan Carrot Cake kindly donated by the Vegan Society and Rebecca from vegansparkles.com.
You don’t need to be Vegan to appreciate this recipe though! I love carrot cake and this seems to be a fairly simple recipe.
Cake
1/4 cup applesauce
1/2 cup vegan margarine
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground…