It’s me Chiara again! I am the child reporter for London Mums magazine. Here’s my new review about Paddington the movie, out on 28 November 2014, directed by Paul King and from the producer of Harry Potter (which I also loved!).
I love to be a child reporter as I get to see a lot of movies for free! I hope you mums and kids enjoy reading what I have hand-written for you. I prefer…
Film review (a child's perspective): Get Santa, a Christmas family comedy, plus FREE ACTIVITY SHEETS
Here is my first review as an official child’s reporter for London Mums Magazine. I have written several others that have been incorporated into film reviews but from today I am officially a guest blogger and a contributor to this fabulous magazine for mums and kids in London.
Get Santa is a great British Christmas family comedy out on 5th December! Don’t miss it mums and kids!
In my…
Talented Italian children’s author Max Spera who has written The Real History of the Watch, a great original story illustrated by Nicola Lisci published for the first time in the Summer / Autumn 2014 issue 12 of the London Mums magazine, is joining our Christmas party this Friday at Eddie Catz Putney to read a new exclusive tale to our children. Don’t miss this opportunity to get…
A few years ago I did not know what the big deal was with the Advent Calendar until – guess what?! – my son started asking me for one because his friends came to school with little things every day. So I had to quickly catch up and did my own research. I clearly cracked it to the point where last Christmas I created my very own Advent Calendar and I am planning on being even more…
London on New Year’s Eve is very exciting with hundreds of events taking place outdoor as well as in clubs, pubs and restaurants across the capital even with children.
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New Year’s Eve fireworks celebrations – TICKETS REQUIRED FROM THIS YEAR
From this year London’s New Year’s Eve fireworks will require tickets. For the first…
They have finally created an event in London for chocolate lovers just like myself! The Chocolate Show in Olympia is actually in its second year running. Everything you love about chocolate is all under one roof for a whole week-end and the smell of chocolate will transport you away. As soon as you enter the showroom you can see chocolate stands dotted everywhere around the venue………
After 16 years living in London I still feel I love and live my ‘town’ like a tourist. I mean it in a good way! Inevitably living in such a metropole, you often feel like a tourist because there’s always so much you haven’t seen. Adding to that is the fact that London is an ever changing city and therefore not the same place I visited for the first time in 1988.
And yet…
Memphis The Musical opens at the Shaftesbury Theatre on 23 October 2014. I recently attended a preview show and I came out with a big smile on my face determined to learn all songs by heart from the newly bought special limited edition CD Memphis. I am not usually so enthusiastic about musicals, but there was absolutely nothing I did not like about Memphis! The singers were all absolutely…
There’s a new kind of Spa in town, the first ever Parent-Child relationship Spa from the Enchanted House team at The London Art House Islington. Like all spas, it’s a wonderful pampering environment but uniquely designed to enhance parent- child bonding and brain development. Babies and children up to nine years of age are welcome.
No actual Jacuzzis or saunas, but sensory rooms for parent-…
Don’t miss one of the most fascinating exhibitions ever come to London, The Art of the Brick® by US brick artist Nathan Sawaya who used more than a million LEGO® pieces to produce over 80 artworks. I have tried to capture the uniqueness of each masterpiece through my camera lens but they don’t really give a sense for the brilliance of this new form of art. Enjoy these images (only a…