It is 1475 and Edward IV is King of England. Once again tensions have arisen between England and France, and seeing an opportunity a French force has crossed the channel, seized the Kings Ordinance (artillery) and surrounded the Castle at Arundel. The French intend to hold the Earl of Arundel’s fortress, allowing a stronger invasion force to cross from France, sail up the River Arun and into the…
To celebrate the release of Marvel’s heroic movie Captain America: Civil War, Disney Store is hosting a series of FREE exciting in store activities called The Marvel Team challenge for kids aged three and up from this weekend. The London Mums Kids Club was invited to review the challenge and the products ahead of the UK release of the movie on 29th April. Check out how we got on with it.
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Good news for bookworms! The Barnes Children’s Literature Festival is back for the second year on 14th & 15th May 2016. If you love sharing stories with your little ones, this is an opportunity to have a great day out in beautiful Barnes and meet some top authors and illustrators, with talks, workshops and book signings taking place all weekend.
With more than fifty events on offer there…
London is proud to host The London Motor Show from the 5th-8th May 2016! Here you go an event for dads and kids – boys and their toys at the doorstep. The ultimate, must-attend event in the automotive calendar, the Show will be hosted at Battersea Evolution over four days, with an exclusive preview evening on Thursday 5th May where HRH Prince Michael of Kent will cut the ribbon to open the Show.
At the weekend I went to see a special screening of new Disney film The Jungle Book by Jon Favreau and here is my hand-written review. I hope you like it.
Here is my vlog filmed just after the screening with my first reactions:
A day in the Jungle with Mowgli, Baloo, Bagheera and my mum at a special screening of The Jungle Book
The Story
This new version of the classic Disney’s classic…
Members of the Sussex British Motorcycle Owners Club (BMOC), together with members of other invited clubs, will gather at Arundel Castle to celebrate the BMOC’s 30th Anniversary. The annual club event, held at Arundel for the first time this year will see many famous marques from the glory days of British motorcycling on display, including Ariel, AJS, BSA, James, Matchless, Norton, Triton…
Mark your diary for this WWF event in London called Wear it Wild for a day. Love wildlife forever. As a teenager I used to be a WWF activist in Italy and I still enjoy supporting nature and animals. Here is a good campaign for all nature lovers.
What:    WWF is calling for everyone across the UK to sign up and take part in Wear it Wild – WWF’s unique annual fundraising event.
From…
As part of the annual Healey Drivers Club International meeting, from 10am until 12.30pm approx. we are expecting over 70 Healeys and Austin Healeys to gather on the Castle’s Lower Lawns to celebrate the 65th anniversary of Donald Healey’s 200mph speed run at Bonneville, USA in August 1956.
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Ticket Prices
Children under 5 go free.
Family tickets from £41 for two adults and up to three…
Nina Chakrabarti, illustrator of children’s activity book Hello Nature, will be running two free workshops on Easter Saturday (26th March 2016) at the Victoria Plaza Bookshop, Kew Gardens. Perfect for children aged 6+, these workshops will involve exploring the patterns, colours and sounds you can find in nature.Â
This will be a great Springtime activity for the family, is completely free and…
Mums need relaxing to cope with kids and according to the latest trends they can chill out with calming colouring books with black and white illustrations to fill in with colours. I tried that and indeed I found it relaxing yet not as creative as drawing from scratch. So I gathered all my own personal experience with drawing comics in this piece. I find it extremely therapeutic to relax for a…