Last week I found myself at the Ham Yard Hotel in Soho, that lovely, warm, slightly hidden-away spot just off Piccadilly Circus, surrounded by canapés, drinks, and a room full of people who, like me, get genuinely excited about Christmas. The occasion: the launch ofLumo the Lapland Reindeer, the first animated series from Lapland Studios, the creative team behind LaplandUK.
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Last week I put on something slightly very rock and roll and headed to Hays Gallery for a party. Not just any party: a 15th birthday party for Tom Gates, the boy with the doodled homework diary who has been making children (and their parents) laugh for a decade and a half. And at the centre of it, looking exactly as she always does, creative, warm, and genuinely delighted to be there, was Liz…
After my last piece on Rock London where I dragged you through the capital’s musical landmarks and probably made you crave a leather jacket, I thought I’d swap the guitar picks for library cards. Now it’s time to show you literary London, London for literature lovers, my very own guide of locations made famous in novels.
So grab your Oyster card, a paperback, and a sense of…
On Monday 19th October 2026 London Mums Magazine was invited to review Clayface, a dark DC horror film. Horror is NOT my genre, but I went to watch Clayface because it was my friend’s birthday, and let me tell you… I was NOT ready!
This movie had me screaming and jumping out of my seat, and my scream was so loud it made the neighbours jump too!I came to celebrate a birthday…
The best Christmas gatherings rarely come down to the biggest budget or the longest guest list. They come down to a handful of details done well: a table that looks considered, a welcome that feels generous, and a flow to the evening that never leaves anyone standing around with an empty glass. Here’s how to bring that kind of polish to your own holiday entertaining this year, without…
You have secured a barn in the Cotswolds for 120 guests, the caterer is booked and the band is confirmed, but the drinks plan is still a blank space on the spreadsheet. A venue bar package can feel generic, supermarket runs carry practical risks, and no one wants cousins queuing for warm white wine. This is often the point when couples, corporate organisers and party hosts start researching mobile…
London Mums Magazine was invited to review ‘Digger’ and this is what I thought of it. Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alejandro G. Iñárritu is back with his original film DIGGER, and he’s bringing Tom Cruise with him. But forget everything you think you know about a Tom Cruise movie. This is something else entirely.
The story
Cruise stars as the most powerful man in the…
For many of us living in the bustling heart of London, the soundtrack of our lives is a symphony of traffic, tube announcements and the distant hum of the city. We seek out quiet moments in parks or curated playlists to find our rhythm. But in the sun-drenched region of Romagna in Northern Italy, there is a rhythm that doesn’t come from a speaker or a smartphone, it comes from the air…
Would you climb Mount Everest? Absolutely not, if you ask me. I hate altitude, I hate being cold and I am quite happy admiring mountains from a safe distance, preferably somewhere with a fireplace and a drink. But virtually? That is a completely different story!
I recently headed to Eclipso in Camden Town with a friend to try Everest: The First Ascent, the latest immersive VR experience taking…
London never seems to run out of unusual things to do. Just when you think you have experienced every possible type of concert, theatre show or immersive event, the buzzing city comes up with something completely different.This week, I discovered In The Dark, a unique musical experience at St Bartholomew’s Church near Barbican, and I absolutely loved it. Imagine sitting inside a beautiful…