Attractions

BST Hyde Park 2017 - British Summer Time top events coming up in 2017

To celebrate London Mums’ 10th anniversary we are going to have a few special editorial issues covering mums’ music icons from the Eighties. After London Mums’ interviews with the Spandau Ballet, Paul Young and Midge Ure, we are now looking at the Summer programme at BST Hyde Park 2017 which has become synonymous with the London Summer as Wimbledon, featuring Phil Collins among…
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Competitions

Win a We Sing Game for PS4

Become the Star You Were Born to Be and Win with We Sing for PS4. For the perfect game to enjoy with friends and family above and beyond the festive season, live your dreams as the next Britney or Bowie with We Sing. Sing together or sing-off against up to 10 friends at the same time or go solo to the top of the online leader boards and become the next big thing! Use your smartphone to play with…
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Competitions

Win a Goji Wireless Bluetooth headset worth £49

Having good tech habits could win you a Goji Wireless Bluetooth headset, thanks to Nationwide Building Society. New research from Nationwide Building Society reveals that good money management is one of the most admired (17%) habits Brits have. The study looked at what the nation found to be its best and worst habits and the positive impact that technology has had on these habits forming.
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Newsletter

January Newsletter including tips on using mindfulness to live better

Happy New Year London Mums! In 2017 London Mums will celebrate 10 years from the start of our very own community network. 2016 has been a bumpy ride but I have started 2017 with a very positive attitude. In the next weeks I will share with London Mums my tips to keep positive despite the adversities of life and how I have turned to mindfulness to always feel cheerful. In a couple of separate…
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Movies

2017 unmissable family movie releases heads up

Brace yourselves mums and dads as there are lots of unmissable family movie releases ahead of us in 2017 and 2018. Take your pick. 2017 will be filled with superheroes, super villains, pirates and beautiful heroines too, animations to make us laugh, sing and cry. Everybody will have a film to look forward to. I don’t think there has ever been such a line up. Disney has recently announced…
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Movies

Film Review: Monster Trucks (in cinemas on Boxing Day)

Monster Trucks is a live-action movie released by Paramount/Viacom Inc. about a specially-powered creature that gives a young man’s monster truck a life of its own. Despite being slated by US press for its excessive production budget of $125 million, London Mums and the kids’ club really enjoyed it. It’s out in the UK on Boxing Day and we predict it will be quite popular with…
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Books

Top coffee table books to buy this Christmas

I love young adult literature maybe because I am still a teen at heart. Here are my top 10 coffee table books including 2016 best Fiction for Young Adults to buy this Christmas (& beyond). If you thought the print publishing industry was overtaken by the electronic world, you need to re-think that in the light of this list of the best young adult novels published in 2016. My annual meeting…
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Books

Best Picture Books as stocking fillers this Christmas

Last minute gifts for children are usually nightmarish. have selected my favourite picture books as stocking fillers for children this Christmas. Books are always great to keep younger children entertained in the early hours of Christmas morning and during the school holidays. These books are fun and won’t be perceived as ‘educational’ by kids. Tickle My Ears by Jorg Muhle…
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Competitions

Win 1 of 2 family tickets to The Cat in the Hat at The Pleasance Theatre Islington

London Mums have a Christmas competition running for a couple of days only. We have two family tickets to The Cat in the Hat at The Pleasance Theatre Islington. Prize package is a family package of 4 tickets (2 adults, 2 children or 1 adult 3 children) to the show valid any one day between 27th Dec 2016 and 2nd Jan 2017. Subject to availability. Closing date: midnight Wednesday 21st December…
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Product reviews

Best Gadgets for Christmas 2016

Thinking of getting more Gadgets for Christmas? There’s an image going viral through the social media of a teens’ backpack from the 1980s compared to today that caught my attention. It visualises a piece of research that looks at how youngsters now spend their pocket money these days on ‘must have’ tech items. The study reveals that pre-teens get almost 77% more in pocket-money…
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