February is all too often considered an awkward ‘inbetweener’ of a month; the festive vibes are over, spring feels like a distant rumour, the weather can’t make up its mind and the days remain short and chilly. Not much fun.
In addition to this, the fact that a school holiday falls in February is even more awkward. If you’re not going for a ski in the Alps, what are you supposed…
If there was ever a reason to leave the house with the kids, this is it. Picture this: a 300-metre-long tiramisù, a historic London venue, Italian flair, families queuing not for a rollercoaster but for a slice of a Guinness World Record, and every forkful supporting charity. Yes, really. On what is often dubbed the unhappiest day of the year, we gathered at the Italian Cultural Institute in…
Akram Khan’s reimagining of Giselle, performed by the English National Ballet at the London Coliseum from 15–18 January 2026 (sold out), is not simply a ballet revival – it is an emotional reckoning. Intense, visceral and visually arresting, this production grips you from the first moment and refuses to loosen its hold.
From the rise of the curtain, the physicality of the dancers…
Some nights are pleasant. Others make you grin all the way home. This one? Properly electric. I went to Emerald London with my friend Francesca for the launch of a new weekly residency celebrating the music of Van Morrison, fully expecting a smooth, soulful evening. What we didn’t expect was to walk out agreeing – slightly shocked – that we’d enjoyed this even more than seeing…
London Mums Magazine was excited to go along to Operation Ouch! Quest for the Jurassic Fart! at the Royal Festival Hall (Tue 30 Dec 2025 – Fri 2 Jan 2026) – although admittedly and probably in hindsight mistakably we had never seen the tv show Operation Ouch! on CBBC.
The stage show sees TV’s favourite doctor twins, Dr Chris and Dr Xand van Tulleken, take audiences on a…
There is a particular moment, somewhere between Christmas leftovers and the first school shoe hunt of January, when London reveals its true personality. Slightly unhinged. Deeply charming. Exhausted, but still determined to put on a show.
New Year in London is not neat or minimal. It does not whisper fresh starts. It clangs, sparkles, queues politely, complains loudly – and then delivers…
The 1885 Singers are Putney’s choir, all volunteers, all local and all talented. A musical hotbed in our tiny parish of 3.52 square miles – and that goes for the orchestral ensemble too. There’s something beautiful about walking into a concert space knowing three of the singers and bumping into three others in the audience. Community spirit warmed up All Saints Church by the…
Every year I tell myself the same thing: This time I’m going to be calm, reasonable, and not get swept away by the glittery madness of Winter Wonderland. And every year – without fail -I’m proven to be a delusional optimist. Because as soon as you step into Hyde Park between 14 November 2025 and 1 January 2026, all common sense evaporates like steam off a mulled wine vat. And it’s…
Every so often, an attraction comes along that delivers actual, honest-to-goodness magic – the sort of magic that makes grown adults behave like excitable children and real children behave like… well, children who’ve just walked into a living, breathing fairy tale. Neverland at Kenwood House is precisely that sort of place, and our London Mums roving family reporters – Rupert…
You know that delicious moment in December when London flicks from “dreary drizzle” to “full festive fabulousness”? Well, last night I found myself right at the heart of it, stepping into one of my favourite houses in the entire city – Handel Hendrix House – for their annual pre-Christmas preview. Today it would have been Jimi Hendrix 83rd birthday!
Honestly, if walls could…