Every parent knows the feeling. You have just mopped the floor. Then someone spills juice everywhere. Or a well-aimed muddy boot leaves its mark on the clean sofa. In those moments, it is hard to remember that mistakes can be wonderful learning opportunities. But that is exactly the message at the heart of Dino School, the latest Giggly Furbottom Adventure.
Deep in the emerald Great…
If you’ve caught even a whisper of the Frida fever currently sweeping London, you’ll know we’re in the grip of a full-blown Fridamania. Murals of her iconic unibrow are popping up on Shoreditch walls, flower crowns are back with a vengeance, and the new Tate Modern exhibition (which I had the absolute pleasure of reviewing for London Mums Magazine recently – read my show review here) has…
Pizza Bit Competition lands in the UK - CALLING ALL DOUGH-SLINGING, MOZZARELLA-DREAMING PIZZA CHEFS!
Listen up, London mums and dads and beyond, because this is dough-lightful. The legendary Pizza Bit Competition has crossed the Channel for the very first time, and it’s hunting for the UK’s pizza royalty. And guess who’s been asked to be a judge? Me, Monica Costa, your London Mums Magazine editor! I’ll be bringing my world-class pizza-eating credentials (years of “just one more slice”…
Launch nights can get oddly polite when the room does all the talking. Guests arrive, find the bar, nod at the logo wall, listen to a speech and leave with a sample bag that does more work than the event.
A better launch gives people something to feel part of. It might be a supper, a tasting, a working studio or a garden party. The point isn’t to be strange for the sake of it. It’s to make…
If you’ve ever found yourself in a souvenir shop on Oxford Street, stifling a laugh at a corgi-shaped teapot, you’ve already tapped into the strange magic of the monarchy. They’re not just a constitutional institution; they’re characters in the nation’s longest, most expensive soap opera. As a non-monarchist, this is precisely how I love them, as folklore, a living fairy tale full of…
London Mums Magazine was invited to review animation movie Minions & Monsters. I was accompanied along with 3 minions aged 8, 10 and 18, and it turned out to be a really enjoyable family film. It managed to keep both of them engaged from start to finish, despite the age difference, with plenty of laughs, exciting moments, and colourful animation.
The film does a good job of balancing…
As a mum of two superhero obsessed children, I went into Supergirl (2026) hoping for a fun family film with plenty of action and a positive role model. What I got was something a little deeper than expected and, in many ways, more rewarding.
What stood out most to me was Kara herself. She’s brave and powerful, but she isn’t perfect. She makes mistakes, struggles with difficult…
When a press release lands describing a show as a “climate change romantic comedy musical” and the venue is mercifully air-conditioned during the week London decided to melt into a puddle, you go. You go immediately. Last night I hauled my sticky, overheated self to The Other Palace in Victoria, slid into a cool velvet seat and watched two people on a stage do more for the environmental…
A large part of daily life now happens through screens. Work, news, and even simple conversations often pass through a device before they reach us. This shift did not happen all at once, yet it changed habits in a lasting way. Many people move through the day without noticing how often they check their phone or open an app.
A better way to approach this is not strict control but quiet…
In an education landscape increasingly shaped by debates over financial literacy, civics, media influence, and real-world preparedness, Tuttle Twins has emerged as a notable participant in the growing market for supplemental educational content. Founded in the United States by Connor Boyack, president of the Libertas Institute, the brand was launched in 2014 with the aim of helping parents…