South West London

Mum & child activities: Join the Mummy Mondays at Beaufort House Chelsea

Join us every Monday at Beaufort House Chelsea for Mummy Mondays a day of classes and a whole lot of fun for mummies and babies from 6 weeks to school ages kids. Culture Kids Sensory Play – Sensory play for bonding with your little bundles! 10.15am and 11.15am ~ 45 minutes per class (6 weeks – crawling) A fun and interactive class where your baby will have the chance to explore textures…
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Photography Basics With Memory Gate

Subject Placement | Photography Basics

How a subject is framed in an image really does show the difference between an amateur happy snap and a considered and more “professional” photograph. Years ago when I worked on cruise ships we had to photograph thousands of people in similar situations exactly the same way. Even though we were using digital cameras there was no time to crop or edit the pictures before we printed them. This…
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Transform that Old Thing

Television scheduling is a mystery of the modern age. How is it that I can sit at home on a Saturday night (err, because I was out on a Friday…) with nothing to watch and then bizarrely, a series by my favourite, Kirstie Allsopp can charge across the screens in the middle of the summer with barely a fan fare? Fill your Home for Free wasn’t like any other design programme Channel 4 has ever…
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Attractions

A 'gift' to all fans of One Direction....

A bit of a cheesy one here…. 🙂 but I know there are a lot of fans of One Direction out there who would be interested in this information. The wax figures of pop sensation, One Direction, proved such a big hit on the London leg of their Madame Tussauds world tour, that five NEW figures created by the talented sculptors have taken up permanent residence at the world famous attraction. The…
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Photo Challenge

What's in your pocket? | Weekly Photography Challenge

This weekly photo challenge is deigned to complement our free online photography basics classes. Each week we will set a different theme and your homework is to go out and photograph a collection of images related to that theme.   You can start this challenge whenever you like and do the different themes in any order you see fit. Think of these challenges as a photography workout. Don’t just do…
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Inspirational story of a teenage entrepreneur! Crawford Johnston and his Creative Writing Magic Money Cards

The new school autumn term has begun with good news for one young entrepreneur. A bulk order from a German school for his writing aid to improve literacy ability arrived on his laptop. Here is the inspirational story of Crawford Johnston and his Creative Writing Magic Money Cards. From a modest beginning when Crawford Johnston first developed his Creative Writing Magic Money Cards to advance his…
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Five minutes with the creators of The Adventures of Abney & Teal

“Abney and Teal how does it feel, To live in the lake on an island? It’s just right for us – it’s adventurous! And its home, home on our island.” Monica Costa caught up with the creator, Joel Stewart, and executive producer, Anne Wood, of The Adventures of Abney & Teal at the Toy Fair 2013. This adorable and fun programme started in September 2011 and has been gaining fans ever…
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Photo Challenge

Something old | Weekly Photography Challenge

This weekly photo challenge is deigned to complement our free online photography basics classes. Each week we will set a different theme and your homework is to go out and photograph a collection of images related to that theme.   You can start this challenge whenever you like and do the different themes in any order you see fit. Think of these challenges as a photography workout. Don’t just do…
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Photography Basics With Memory Gate

Point of Interest | Photography Composition

Point of interest, sometimes referred to as the centre of interest, is probably the most important element in any photographic composition. If your photography has any goal at all then at the most basic level it has to capture or record a subject or point of interest. In order for that image to become good or even acceptable, then your photograph needs to emphasise the importance of your point of…
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Top marks for Borehamwood teacher’s story in national competition

Do you remember our special storytelling event this summer at Vauxhall City Farm with Tamzin Outhwaite? Well, well, we now have a winner for the literary competition. A newly-wed trainee teacher from Borehamwood has won this year’s national Munch Time children’s story writing competition. Shayna Evans scoops the £1000 cash prize for her story ‘Here Comes the Airplane!’ (you can download…
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