Bargain Hunt fans and antiques’ lovers will love my chat with antique expert andMumpreneurCatherine Southon on the art of finding a bargain, parenting and being the Queen for a day.
Q: Catherine, how would you encourage children to learn the art of finding a bargain?
CS: I think it’s important to teach children the value of money as soon…
I am honoured to share my chat with London Mum & star author Alice Tait who reveals how the British Capital inspires her work in this exclusive interview. She also has created a special logo for London Mums which we are using for three special issues. You can view the first one here.
Q: Where does the inspiration for your work come from?
Alice Tait (AT): I’ve kept social…
Housework, walking the dog, laundry, there are plenty of distractions around the computer desk that can take you away from your work when you are working from home. Adding children into the mix can make it seem impossible to actually get any work done.
When you’re undertaking work from home with a baby or child in tow, you will face many challenges. There are some things you can do to find a…
Here is another interview in my series of inspirational mums. This week I have chatted to Rita Kobrak about her Italian holidays for mums. She is the host of the London Mums’ Tuscan trip 19-23 June 2017 which mums and families can join. See details of how to book here.
Rita and I all glammed up for an event in London
Q: Tell us about yourself and family?
RK:
I have lived in London for…
Once a London Mum, always a London Mum. Karina Grassy has come a long way from when I first met her in East Sheen 10 years ago.
Then she used to be a single mum with big ideas. Not different from the famous JK Rowling, Karina has also started small and grown her career steadily. After setting up her first business Not Just Pink selling good quality baby products from Germany to the UK, she…
It’s a real honour to have interviewed Carrie Grant, a British vocal coach, TV presenter and singer. You may remember her from a Cbeebies show Carrie and David’s Popshop where she gave singing tips to kids with her husband and a fluffy doggy as a DJ. Carrie is supporting Comic Relief and I have caught up with her to talk Red Nose Day and her life as a busy mum of 4.
A whole host of comedians…
The Mayor has recently published A City for all Londoners, his statement of intent for London over the next four years. This document outlines the key challenges and opportunities for London and how we might start to address or take advantage of those. We want to speak to a range of Londoners to find out what their needs are around these issues so that we can make sure they’re reflected in our…
One of the best stories coming out of successful cookery show Great British Bake Off is Nadiya Hussain’s whose ups and downs and final win was watched by 14.5million in 2015. Nadiya (31) is a London Mum and lives in Milton Keynes with her husband Abdal, sons Musa (9) and Dawud (8) and daughter Maryam (5). Over the past year she has had to learn how to deal with instant success and to ignore…
If there’s one person I personally look at as a role model for a driven mumpreneur is Rebecca Adlington and I am honoured to have interviewed her for the London Mums magazine Summer issue. Read the full heartwarming interview in our latest print magazine.
Recently she was involved in the London 2016 LEN European Aquatics Championships as a coach and presenter and now she is heading to Rio to…
Do you miss the challenge, fulfillment and rewards of your old professional life? Perhaps you took a part-time role that doesn’t make the most of your talents? Are you ready to return to the career of your dreams, but worry about the barriers you may face?
Many professionals reach a point in their career where they decide to take a step back, or make a complete break.
If you made that choice a…