Books

Book of the week: How to be a Fashion Designer guide by Lesley Ware

For a young fashion designer wannabe new DK book How to be a Fashion DesignerbyLesley Ware is perfect as it includes lots of ideas, projects, and styling tips to help creative children understand fashion and trends.Publication date is 1 February 2018. It costs£12.99 and issuitable for children aged 7+. I personally found…
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Movies

Film review: Disney's Coco

Disney Pixar’s Coco is a blast of colours andlivelymusic in the middle of the Januaryblues and will take allmoviegoers (young and less young) to an unforgettable fun journey into the land of the death that leads to a real family reunion. Coco is released in UK cinemas on 19January 2018. The story (nospoilers) Despite his family’s…
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Books

Best audiobook for teens in 2017/2018: Turtles All the Way Down by John Green read by Kate Rudd

Turtles All the Way Down is thelong-awaited return novel by John Green, the acclaimed, award-winning author of Looking for Alaska and The Fault in Our Stars. This time he shares Aza’s story of love, resilience, and the power of lifelong friendship. Instead ofreading it on paper I listened to the beautiful audiobookread byKate Rudd during my school run in the car…
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Movies

Future Films Heads Up: Monster Family in cinemas on 2 March 2018

The brand new trailer and poster for Monster Family has just been released.This truly global family adventure features an all-star voice cast, including Emily Watson (On Chesil Beach), Jason Isaacs (The Death of Stalin), Nick Frost (The Huntsman: Winter’s War), Jessica Brown Findlay (Downton Abbey), Celia Imrie (Bridget Jones’s Diary) and Catherine Tate (Doctor Who). Kids and…
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Mumpreneurs & Mums at work

Chatting with antique expert Catherine Southon on the art of finding a bargain, parenting and being the Queen for a day

Bargain Hunt fans and antiques’ lovers will love my chat with antique expert andMumpreneurCatherine Southon on the art of finding a bargain, parenting and being the Queen for a day. Q: Catherine, how would you encourage children to learn the art of finding a bargain? CS: I think it’s important to teach children the value of money as soon…
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Product reviews

It's A Monthly Thing - A fun new approach to periods

There’s no way out and women have never enjoyed their monthly periods. Or at least until now. A new service has been launched to provide women (young and mature) with gift boxes ahead of every cycle from It’s A Monthly Thing Ltd., the home of betty box and Pink Parcel. Having the periods is inevitable but we can now change our approach to them. The only…
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Movies

Film review: A Woman’s Life

A Woman’s Life is a French movie about a loyal wife and mother who is repeatedly betrayed and abandoned by the men in her life. Despite that she never looses her love for life. It is out in cinemas on 12 January 2018. The story Normandy, 1819. Jeanne is a young woman full of childish dreams and innocence when she returns home after finishing her schooling in a…
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Movies

Future Films heads up: Robin Hood

The first was Robin and his Merry Men released as a silent film in1908 and the last called Robin Hood starringTaron Egerton and Jamie Foxxis in still in development due to be released this coming September 2018. 74 films were released since 1908 – on average 10 films every decade since the 50s – and 39Robin Hood – themed episodes on TV. My…
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Movies

Film Review: All The Money In The World

Kidnapping drama All The Money In The Worldcould have been remembered as the film that was re-shot at the speed of light after Kevin Spacey was replaced byChristopher Plummer followingSpacey’s scandal about his alleged sexual misconduct. But instead it will be remembered as a very accurate reconstruction of a real story by master of historical dramas Ridley Scott.
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