Competitions

Win 1 Ethical Superstore hamper for mum and baby

To celebrate Fairtrade Fortnight Ethical Superstore EthicalSuperstore.com is offering an adorable children and baby bundle for parents who love ethical shopping and feel-good products. One London Mums reader has the chance to grab this fantastic hamper. Check below what you need to do to enter this competition.  Each product is Fairtrade labelled by the Fairtrade Foundation, a UK based…
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Attractions

A night out with the Collabro boys

Since interviewing Matt from Collabro last year, I have been following the whereabouts of the world’s most successful musical theatre group and former winner of Britain’s Got Talent, who have just released their highly anticipated third album Home today, through their own label Peak Productions. Last night they threw an amazing party for a few guests (I was there too!) and sung some of the…
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Attractions

London Attraction Review: THE ART OF THE BRICK - DC SUPER HEROES (1 March - 3 September 2017)

London Mums, don’t miss  The Art of the Brick: DC Super heroes. DC’s most iconic super heroes and super villains have just arrived to London thanks to renowned Lego artist Nathan Sawaya who has created the World’s Largest LEGO® Exhibition using more than two million Lego bricks inspired by Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman. Sawaya gave up his job as a lawyer in New York years ago to…
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Competitions

Win 1 of 5 sets of World Book Day 2017 books

World Book Day is one of the most exciting days in school life every year so we thought we’d celebrate World Book Day 2017 on its 20th anniversary with a competition! Five lucky readers are in for a chance to win a set of the specially commissioned World Book Day £1 books. David Walliams, Dame Jacqueline Wilson and Julia Donaldson among the “national treasures” writing new stories to…
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Books

Youth Novel review: See you in Cosmos by Jack Cheng

See You in the Cosmos is one of Penguin Random House’s biggest debuts for 2017 and a book we at London Mums are really excited about as we feel it has the same potential as Wonder and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. It has already been receiving early rave reviews from authors including Jennifer Niven and Robin Stevens, who are two authors of youth novels whom I adore. I…
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Movies

Oscars 2017 and why I believe that the real winners are family movies

The Oscars 2017 will be remembered for the controversy, the portrayal of diversity and La La Land. But actually I think the real winners are the family movies that Disney and other producers have made in 2016.  Full list of Oscars 2017 winners can be found here. Here are my thoughts on the most controversial awards of the year. Reflecting on the most sought after film awards, Oscars 2017 can…
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Movies

Film Review: CERTAIN WOMEN (out 3 March 2017) starring Michelle Williams & Kristen Stewart

CERTAIN WOMEN is a movie about women and how they are strong to cope with all sorts of situations thrown to them in life. It will release just before International Women’s Day. It’s certainly a film aimed at women with a stellar cast which includes Michelle Williams, Kristen Stewart, Laura Dern and Lily Gladstone. The story Produced by Neil Kopp, Vincent Savino and Anish…
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Movies

DVD Review: LA BAMBA (1987 - newly restored)

Who doesn’t know the tune La Bamba? A song that can make people jump from their chairs, that makes you want to dance until your feet are sore and which is synonymous for party. I was 17 when the film La Bamba, the All-American rock to riches story of rock and roll legend Ritchie Valens starring Lou Diamond Phillips, was released in 1987 (don’t start calculating my age now!). It made a…
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Books

Picture book of the week: Before & After by Jean Jullien

Before & After is a unique and playful board book created by illustrator Jean Jullien.  It’s published by Phaidon on 13 March 2017 (RRP £8.95) and is suitable for children aged 2-4 but can be enjoyed by older kids and parents alike. Before & After can actually be seen as the first humour book a child gets to explore in her lifetime and challenges her to creative thinking around…
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Competitions

Win 1 of 10 copies of The Great Wall book from the movie starring Matt Damon

To celebrate the release of epic adventure The Great Wall, which is out in cinemas NOW, we have ten copies of the novelisation of the story to give away! Starring global superstar Matt Damon and directed by one of the most breathtaking visual stylists of our time, Zhang Yimou (Hero, House of Flying Daggers), Legendary’s The Great Wall tells the story of an elite force making a valiant stand for…
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