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How To Create A Family Friendly Garden In London

Lots of people assume that if you live in London you don’t get to have a garden, but in reality,nearly 15% of Greater Londonis garden green space. This shows that it is entirely possible to havea family home with a gardenin the city – although admittedly your garden may be a little smaller than gardens outside of the city! If you want to transform your outside space…
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Easter break activities on a budget

Easter break family fun does not need to be expensive at all. Read London Mums top holiday activities includingindoors and outdoors entertainment which will cost you close to nothing. Watch a movie As for the first part of the Easter break there’s a bad weather forecast I suggest you look in your DVD library for your favourite family films and stay inside nibbling healthy snacks…
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Activities

Spring Easter break family activities in London

This Winterhas been too long and cold andI really look forward to this Spring – Easter break. It will be good for children too to be off school and get themuch-needed mental energy to face thefinalrushbefore the Summer. I alsoknow that for mums it will be a challenging time tryingto entertain the little (and less little) ones for almost three…
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Great Outdoors

Allium Extravaganza at Arundel Castle - 1 May - 1 June 2018

During May & June 2018 eruptions of pom-pom headed alliums will burst into bloom at Arundel Castle. Exploding into flower with bright blooms towering over neighbouring plants, it’s easy to see why alliums are a firm favourite with the nation’s gardeners and nicknamed the ‘fireworks of gardening’. The allium display can be seen throughout the Walled Gardens at Arundel Castle with over…
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Living History Weekend at Arundel Castle - 14 - 15 April 2018

Commemorating the 950th Anniversary of Arundel Castle’s initial construction in 1068. Find out what it was really like to live at the Castle in the early Norman period in this absorbing two-day event. With weaponry, armour and combat demonstrations, there is something to inform and entertain visitors of all ages. Tickets From £11 for a child (5-16 yrs) From £13 for an adult From £51 for a…
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Shakespeare Week: Life back then - A day with William Shakespeare in Stratford Upon Avon - Time-travelling child reporter goes back to 1599 to meet the famous playwright

Recently I boarded the time travel machine to meet the greatest playwright of all time, William Shakespeare, in Stratford Upon Avon where he was born in 1564 and where he now (in 1599) lives in his New House residence. Mr Shakespeare gave me a tour of his father’s house to give me an idea of how it was like living in Elizabethan England. He was one of eight children but only four survived…
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Interview with William Shakespeare by time travelling child reporter Diego

To celebrate Shakespeare Week as part of my Shakespeare Research Projectfor English in year 7 in secondary school I was recently asked to do an interview with William Shakespeare so I had to go back in time to do it. I headed to Stratford Upon Avon during half term and did just that. This is the result of my chat with one of the world’s best talents. The time travel machine has…
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South West London

Art Historian, Critic and TV presenter Andrew Graham-Dixon to lecture at Putney High School as part of the PIE Putney Ideas Exchange 15 March 2018

On the evening of Thursday 15 March 2018 from 7 to 9pm, Putney High School GDST will open the doors of its Performing Arts Centre to welcome Andrew Graham-Dixon, leading art historian, critic and well-known presenter of arts television, in the next of their PIE (Putney Ideas Exchange) and lecture series. London Mums will be attending. The event is also open to the public. (Tickets available…
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Great Outdoors

Annual Tulip Festival at Arundel Castle - 15 April - 15 May 2018

DuringApril and May, Arundel Castle is the place for tulip enthusiasts.During this period over 60,000 tulips will bloom in the Castle’s stunning gardens providing visitors with one of the most impressive tulip displays in the country. A wide range of varieties of tulips will be in flower at the Castle creating an explosion of colour throughout its extensive walled gardens. Spring…
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