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Four simple ways you can increase the value of your home

If you want to understand how to increase the value of your home, you should make sure that you check all of the appropriate boxes, as this will ensure that you are genuinely adding value without having to spend any more money. Building an addition, installing a brand-new kitchen, and sprucing up the exterior of your home are just a few of the many wonderful ways that you can increase the value of…
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Attractions

Acid Jazz & Other Illicit Grooves touring exhibition in Camden

Camden Hawley Wharf will host the exciting new Acid Jazz & Other Illicit Grooves touring exhibition from 5th until 26th April 2023. The exhibition celebrates 35 years with a series of residencies from Birmingham, Leeds to London, Bristol and Luton featuring Q&As, live music, dj sets and and an exclusive documentary from the dance floor archives. Tickets available…
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Activities

Top ways to make your garden stand out

Having a pretty garden is the goal for many homeowners, and as summer approaches they are now thinking more about how they can elevate their garden than just create one from scratch. If you already have an established garden space with a patio or deck, a pond or vegetable garden, even plans to build a shed, then there is a very good chance that you’ll be doing everything you can to make your…
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Attractions

Attraction Review: BBC Earth Experience

Immersive experiences have hit London by storm. The new kid on the block is BBC Earth Experience. The London Mums’ team went to the premiere to check it out first hand. The Tech The tech must have been an enormous challenge, and thus a triumph. Mimicking the immersive experiences of Van Gogh and Hockney, this is surround-sound-surround-vision. The 4 HUGE screens and other…
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Activities

Mini multi sports camps at Rocks Lane Multi Sports Centre

A few weeks ago, Rocks Lane Multi Sports Centre was recognised by the LTA for its outstanding contribution to British Tennis and particularly in ‘it’s trailblazing development of padel tennis in the community’. We are delighted that the team at Rocks Lane have been recognised for all their hard work. My son went to all sports camps to Rocks Lane Multi Sports Centre in Barnes during his…
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Activities

Restaurant review: Indian afternoon tea at Colonel Saab in Covent Garden

Located at the former Holborn Town Hall in the heart of Central London, Colonel Saab is a modern Indian restaurant from Roop Partap Choudhary, offering a smart Indian fine dining experience. The restaurant is inspired by the travel tales of Roop’s father, an Indian Army officer Col. Manbeer Choudhary and his wife Mrs. Binny Choudhary across the Indian subcontinent, created by Roop as a…
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Activities

Review: Hamlet for young audiences at the Dorfman, National Theatre

Everybody knows who Hamlet is, one way or another. The Dorfman, a small theatre inside the National Theatre, has produced a special Hamlet for young audiences. Jude Christian’s energetic and engaging retelling Hamlet for young audiences (recommended ages 8 – 12 year olds) would delight even Shakespeare himself who would be keen to get his most well-known tragedy to a wide…
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Great Indoors

Partying at the 450th birthday of The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple

A few days ago I attended a very exclusive party at The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, one of the four Inns of Court in London which has been a centre of legal education and the home of barristers for almost 500 years.The Middle Temple building and hall are some of the most iconic landmarks of the city, and the event celebrated the 450th anniversary of their construction. Built in…
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Activities

Local comedy night at Putney Arts Theatre

Get yourself to a local comedy night, mums! It’s good for the soul. The next one for the S-Wers among us, ‘South Circular Comedy’ at Putney Arts Theatre, 26 March and 30 April 2023! £10.60. Ted Milligan, host, at the first night Apollo at 9pm on the Telly is all very well, but the real thing, where you are breathless with the dread and thrill of possibly becoming next the…
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Activities

Restaurant review: Jurassic Afternoon Tea at Apero in South Kensington

The Apero at Ampersand Hotel‘s new Jurassic Afternoon Tea is a must-try experience for families looking for a unique way to fuel up before or after exploring the Exhibition Road museums in South Kensington. The tea takes its inspiration from the time when dinosaurs roamed the earth over 200 million years ago, and it is evident from the presentation and taste of the treats that a lot of…
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