Books

Picture Book of the week: Little Audrey's Daydream

Little Audrey’s Daydream is a brilliantly illustrated children’s book that tells the inspiring story of icon Audrey Hepburn, whoremains a beloved figure worldwide, asyou’ve never heard before. Before she became a world-famous actress and humanitarian, she was a little girl with big dreams. The story Her extraordinary story unfolds during her childhood Holland…
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Movies

Little Women are back with a new movie (now in Blu-Ray) & an audiobook starring Laura Dern

Nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Greta Gerwig’s fresh, unique and modern adaptation of the timeless Louisa May Alcott masterpiece Little Women comes to Digital and Blu-ray™ and DVD from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The story Writer-director Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird) has crafted a Little Women that draws on both the classic novel and the writings of Louisa May…
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Star Dad: Comedian and genuinely qualified space expert Dara Ó Briain helps us send a Tik Tok to Mars

The host ofMock the Week, Dara Ó Briain,is one of the best-known faces in comedy, but he also has a long-standing,deep-rooted love for space. A mathematical physics graduate from University College Dublin, he frontedStargazing Livealongside Brian Cox until 2017. Now he has written his third children’s book – and his second on the topic.Is Anybody Out…
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Book of the month: Bringing Up Race by Uju Asika

Talented blogger and mumpreneur Uju Asika of Babes about town has published Bringing Up Race: How to Raise a Kind Child in a Prejudiced World, which I was honoured to contribute to. I have known Uju for years. We have crossed path many times and I have always loved her straight talking and honest approach to parenting, work and life in general. Very much like mine. Bringing Up Race is a…
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Movies

Future Films Heads Up: Tom & Jerry The Movie  in Cinemas 2021

I grew up with Tom & Jerry and so has my son. The film trailer forthis live action Tom& Jerry The Movie looks very good and something to look forward to in 2021. It brings the iconic cat and mouse duo into the real world and makes it very appealing to young viewers. The story One of the most beloved rivalries in history is reignited when Jerry moves into New York…
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Exclusive! "Ulysses was also a woman" says Nadia Terranova, author of Farewell, Ghosts

ByFrancesca Lombardo. As last month I was nearing the ending of my memoir-novel writing I had the chance to attend a conference about female autobiographic writing at Insieme,a new literary Festival held at the Auditorium of Rome in October 2020, where two of the most interesting female writers of the Italian contemporary literary landscape, Nadia TerranovaandRossana…
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Film review: A CHRISTMAS GIFT FROM BOB

After such a dramatic year, we all need a feline-good movie. The one that will bring a smile to us all has to be A Christmas Gift from Bob,the ‘purrfect’ Christmas sequel to the international hit film A street cat named Bob. A Christmas Gift from Bob isalso based on the true story ofJames Bowen and his best ginger furry friend Bob on their new journey together. It is…
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Travel with kids: From London to Lucca

London Mums’ globetrotter reporter Rita Kobrak has told me her lovely travel story, which I am delighted to share here. Enjoy! “Four years ago, my husband and I spent a half-term break in Lucca, a stunning, walled city close to Florence and Pisa. That holiday changed our lives, as shortly afterwards we left London and moved to Italy with our then 9-years old daughter, Alessia…
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Exclusive interviews with David Bowie Stardust filmmakers & cast explore why it has sparked fury from fans

By Francesca Lombardo. UpcomingDavid Bowie filmStardustwhich will be released worldwide over the next couple of months, has premiered last month at the Rome Film Festival 14th Edition with the Director, Gabriel Range, lead actor Jonny Flynn and the producer Fabien Westerhoff present at Rome Film Festival 2020 to present it while the official trailers was released in…
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Film review: Roald Dahl's The Witches

It’s always risky to adapt a Roald Dahl’s novel to the big screen because we all have individual memories of his stories that we treasure. I have rarely liked any Roald Dahl’s adaptations – with the exception of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory starring Johnny Depp – but Roald Dahl’s The Witchesstarring Anne Hathaway as the Grand High Witch is well made…
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