I love spending a day on the River Thames with my family. It is good fun and also the best way to see London and learn about its amazing history.
This half term you can take the kids on City Cruises big boats with a heated lower deck with panoramic windows and a café-bar serving hot drinks; and an upper deck open to the air so that you can get a great view of world-famous sights like Big Ben…
The release of the film Suffragette is a fantastic step in bringing the women’s rights movements further into mainstream discussion, but the action should not stop in the cinema. The Royal Parks Foundation, the charity set-up to support the Royal Parks, is calling on the public to help save Brompton Cemetery, as it is falling into disrepair. It’s not just a place of remembrance and…
The last week or so has brought with it that first chill in the air, and you know that it won’t be long before the nights start to draw in. Pretty soon, you’ll have barely finished the afternoon school run and it’ll be dark outside.
While it’s a bit saddening to think that our days will be shorter for the next six months, there are some upsides to this time of year. The fun of getting…
Amid public controversy, the release of the wonderful Suffragette movie has stimulated mass curiosity for the historical events behind the Suffragettes movement led by Lady Emmeline Pankhurst and more generally for women’s fight for equality. This is a topic that has always interested me personally and I am happy to have finally found a book that has all the answers to my questions, March…
I love fashion and read magazines all the time showing amazing looking girls with perfect bodies displaying outfits I could only dream of, not just from the cost perspective but more importantly because I don’t have that figure and will never have it despite watching out what I eat and keeping fit.
Let’s face it! Normal mums on the go at school runs every day have to wear practical…
Paper Planes is an inspirational family film about a young Australian boy called Dylan who has a passion for planes and after loosing his mother (who taught him how to make paper planes), he competes in a challenge at the World Paper Plane Championships in Japan. Paper Planes land in UK cinemas on 23 October 2015.
The story
Eleven-year-old Dylan (Ed Oxenbould – Alexander and the Terrible…
Vlog Star Volume One is the ultimate starter kit. It has been developed in collaboration with 11 top vloggers, including Charlie McDonnell (the first UK vlogger to reach over 1 million subscribers), Essie Button, Patricia Bright, MrDalekJD and more. The guide book gives easy-to-follow instructions on getting started; including everything from camera angles, to lighting to how to make your videos…
Get ready for a heart-warming ‘tail’ for all the family as ROBO-DOG comes to DVD on 19th October 2015 from Icon Film Distribution. A fun-filled family adventure with plenty of bark, ROBO-DOG stars Patrick Muldoon (Starship Troopers, Stigmata) Olivia D’abo (The Wonder Years, Law and Order), Michael Campion (The Great Zombini) and Wallace Shawn (The Double, The Princess Bride), and while…
Joe Wright’s magical adventure PAN is released today. Filled with thrills, unbelieveable action and a world of colourful imagination, London Mums take a look at cinema’s classic films that are beloved by the entire family! Here is London Mums’s selection of top family movies.
The Wizard Of Oz
What better film to start with than the famous story of Dorothy, The Scarecrow, The Tin Man…
One of the most iconic, celebrated and influential TV series of recent years finally comes to an end this autumn with the release of Mad Men – The Final Season: Part 2 and Mad Men: The Complete Collection, both available on Blu-ray and DVD from 19th October 2015 of Lionsgate Home Entertainment. With a tear on my face I look at the series overall and the low key finale. Warning: spoilers.
The…