Music festival season is almost upon us and I am glad that Oxfordshire’s much beloved Cornbury Festival is making its unexpected returnonce again this year. I attended last year and it was a truly amazing experience for us London Mums and kids. It is a family eventwhose only negative thing is that there’s too much great stuff to do to keep parents and children alike. You…
TheGANTChampionships at London’s Roehampton Club is a new, intimate pre-Wimbledon international tennis event. Built on the great history of the popular Roehampton Cup, that attracted the world’s best players to the historic Roehampton Club for many years. GANT, the original American lifestyle brand, are reviving the event this June, with 3 matches taking place each day.
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The undisputed highlight of Arundel Castle’s events calendar – the International Jousting and Medieval Tournament – is this year celebrating its tenth anniversary and promising the biggest and best contest to date.
Competitors from around the world will be taking part in the thrilling six-day Tournament. Supported by the knights and men-at-arms of Raven Tor, a storyteller, the musicians of…
The Four Nations Medieval Tournament at Arundel Castle is back on 23 -24 June 2018. The knights, squires, and men at arms of Raven Tor Living History Group will meet in a medieval foot tournament representing four historical nations. Alongside the tournament, visitors can also enjoy storytelling, falconry, have-a-go archery for the over 8s as well as a host of medieval crafts. Come along and…
During the Easter break I took my 11 year old son and some of his friends to Hampton Court Palace as part of our discovery tours of all historical landmarks that are important within the national curriculum in both primary and secondary schools.
We went back in time and walked around the home and gardens of Henry VIII and enjoyed the family activities particularly the Maze and the Magic…
This blog post looks into ideas on how to transform your kids’ bedroom on a budget. Every now and then, you may feel motivated to give your child’s room a makeover, but what if you haven’t got the budget you’d like? Re-decorating isn’t often gentle on the bank account, especially when lots of new furniture is involved. Fortunately, there are things you can do to transform your…
To celebrate the Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, millions of British royal fans will throw street parties and eat delicious food. A royal wedding is only a good excuse to get closer to neighbours we never talk to or make new friends in the local communities. It’s a great opportunity to get creative with the kids so we have tried some new crafts inspired both by my super…
My 11 year old son Diego andI were recentlyguests of the Postal Museum and the Mail Rail in Central London. Contrary to our original plans to just spend a couple of hours, we ended up staying there almost all day. It’s a new indoor ‘attraction’ in London which served us wellduring the wet Easter break. We loved it somuch that we are already…
Global superstar Dame Joan Collins will be touring the UK in a one-woman show in 2019. I am so excited about this as I have always been a great fan of her and even more so after meeting her in London last year at the premiere of her latest filmThe Time Of Their Lives.It will be good to see her in theJoan Collins Unscripted show and listening to some of her exciting stories and…
A spectacular open-air concert in one of England’s most magnificent country gardens.
Saturday 7th July sees UB40 performing with support from ASWAD. Celebrating their 40th anniversary as a band this year, UB40 have sold over 100 million records worldwide and are the UK’s best-known reggae band.
The concert will take place in front of the lakes and Elizabethan mansion house of Borde Hill…