What a great idea for McDonalds (for once) to offer books with all Happy Meals instead of useless and cheap toys. The books being give away are those by no less than Enid Blyton and her Secret Seven adventures.
Over the period of the Secret Seven Happy Meal promotion (Weds 30th April – Tues 2nd June 2014) Happy Meal customers will receive:
–         A physical Secret Seven book in…
The other side of the Sleeping Beauty story hits the big screen at the end of the month with the arrival of Disney’s much-anticipated Maleficent.
Angelina Jolie, complete with to-die-for cheekbones, brings animation’s most iconic villain to life. And, as she reveals in this special feature, it was a character she was especially keen to play.
Her youngest daughter, five year old Vivienne…
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I’m a novelist & journalist…I’m also a mum. And I have to say that the way mothers are portrayed in fiction DRIVES ME NUTS.
Think about the books you’ve read which focus on being a mother…it’s all about the hard work, the difficulties, the mess and the way in which your life is taken away from you.
What about the good stuff??? Where is the joy of being a mum reflected in modern…
Does Glendale’s finest have the X factor? We’ll find out when Postman Pat The Movie trundles into town later this month.
Pat (voiced by Stephen Mangan) auditions for a national talent contest – and sounds uncannily like Ronan Keating!
Ronan’s isn’t the only familiar voice in the film, as the cast list also includes David Tennant and Jim Broadbent.
And with such a voice, Pat becomes…
It’s been four years since we met the wonderfully named characters from How To Train Your Dragon. And Hiccup, Toothless, Snotlout and Fishlegs are back again this summer, still dragon racing on the island of Berk but now venturing further afield. There’s even more dragons to train and a mysterious Dragon Rider to contend with in How To Train Your Dragon 2.
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It’s been a great Easter for family movies! Rio 2 and Muppets Most Wanted for the younger film fans, Captain America:The Winter Soldier for the older ones. But the big film aimed at the holiday is The Amazing Spider-Man 2.
It’s another super hero and another sequel. But the great thing about Spidey is that he’s not like all the others. True, he takes his mission very seriously but…
Parents dread that day of the year where they need to get a bunch of kids entertained and happy. Here are my helpful tips on organising your kids party – a step by step guide through a stress free process of planning your child’s birthday.
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Plan early. Most stress is caused when parents leave things to the last minute. Start planning 6 – 8 weeks ahead. This sounds like a lot but when you…
It is often hard to see the overview of progress of an era while you live in that time. I find all reads fascinating that give you an objective analysis of the changes of your environment. A new book Putting Wrong Things Right published by environmental organisation is marking 60 years of improvement during the Queen’s reign highlighting with great photographs and stats records of the London…
Over the years my son and I have read so many books and we grew fonder and fonder of books starring dogs in particular. Here is the list of the Best Children’s Dog Books published in the United Kingdom.
HERO by Sarah Lean
A well written story about a little dog with the heart of a lion. From the bestselling World Book Day author, Sarah Lean, of a A Dog Called Homeless and sequel to this…
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…