Cinema Made in Italy 2021 returns this year for its 11th edition with a new digital edition, bringing cutting edge Italian cinema to a national audience for the first time, on the curated streaming service MUBI. From 16 – 29 April film fans will once more have the unique opportunity to take in a diverse array of the best recent Italian productions. Whereas in previous years the audience has been…
Writer and entrepreneur, Virginia Mendez, has written a lovely multilingualpicture book series Mika & Lolo covering diversity on her unexpected journey to embracing feminism. Each book comes in two languages. I have chosen English and Italian. The series is available fromThe Feminist Shop.
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Mika & Lolo are cousins who notice that they are sometimes treated…
Personally I want this pandemic to end as soon as possible and forget these challenging times once and for all. I certainly would not want to read about it or to listen to songs about lockdown. But there’s an exception to this: Together – published by Kyle Books tomorrow – is a beautifully illustrated book by Luke Adam Hawker that highlights all the meaningful connections we have…
The Drifters is a love story about identity and place in a post-Brexit United Kingdom.Koffee, an African migrant, and Fanny, a French waitress, are two lost souls who attempt to find home in one another and escapethelabels that inevitably leavethem homeless. Its themes are extremely topical and touching. Find out what London Mums think about it in this review.
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We have recently celebrated mother’s day but I was puzzled when my son asked me, what would kids celebrate on this occasion if they have two daddies instead. A new picture book is available from 1st April 2021 to support this conversation: My Daddies! written byGareth Peter and illustrated by bestselling, award-winning Garry Parsons.
My daddies! is a funny, heartfelt…
Literature is a wonderful ‘device’ to immerse ourselves into worlds that would not be possible to explore. Thanks to new historical fiction novel, based on real events, Under the Light of the Italian Moon by Jennifer Anton, published 8th March 2021 (International Women’s Day) I could go back in time to watch the lives of generations of strong Italian women unfold. Their stories…
A new trailer has been launched today for the movie adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda‘s Broadway musicalIn the Heights. In The Heightswill be released nationwide by Warner Bros. Pictures on 25th June 2021. Judging from a first look, it looks really good but frankly I am not surprised considering Lin Manuel Miranda is behind this. His musical talent combined with his writing skills…
I recently interviewed the nation’s favourite doctor, Dr Ranj, to discuss how parents can help teenage boys grow up happy, healthy and confident.Dr Ranj Singh is a real doctor but he’s also a medical expert on prime-time slots on ITV’s This Morning and CBeebies’ series Get Well Soon. I met him in person a few years ago at a private gig by Collabro and always hoped to have a…
My Mum Is Magnificent is a lovely new board book for children to celebrate mothers in a funny way like only Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake can do. It’s aimed at 3+ year old kids who are learning how to read their first books. It’s colourful, quirky and wonderful.
Roald Dahl was a spy, acefighter pilot, chocolatehistorian and medicalinventor.
Young Roald Dahl with his…
I am so excited about the forthcoming release of Disney’s Cruella planned for 28 May 2021. Fingers crossed this will go ahead. The trailer looks so good and Emma Stone in the punk role version of Cruella de Vil, the super villain in classic 101 Dalmatians,seems perfect.
Emma Stone’s big puppy eyes combined with the cruel grim dictated by the character as well as the…
