FREE EVENT AT THE LONDON TRANSPORT MUSEUM. Meet the author of BEATRICE AND THE LONDON BUS & Father Christmas, and join the Elf trail at the London Transport Museum on Saturday 17 December.
“Bus books tend to be for toddlers or very young children. I wanted to recreate a fully developed three-dimensional Bus character in a real grown-ups world, children could relate to.” Francesca…
Every year at the end of November we expect Covent Garden to dress up for Christmas. Today once again the magic has been brought back to the Piazza by the annual LEGO Christmas installation. The man behind this magic is Duncan Titmarsh, the UK’s only LEGO Certified Professional, who has been creating impressive LEGO installations for years.
I have met him a few times over the years and he…
Forget about Black Friday deals… They are often not authentic. London Mums magazine has a dedicated site with 60% off deals on theatre and London attractions throughout the year. This year for Christmas I will ask Santa to bring me vouchers or tickets to either a West End Show or to a nice London Attraction.
We all have houses packed with stuff we don’t need and I feel that we…
Scuba diving in London? Seriously? I love the sea and snorkelling. Time flies while watching colourful fishes passing by. I have travelled to Egypt, Mexico, Cuba and the Dominican Republic a few times to do it but I never really tried SCUBA diving because I fear my reaction in front of big fishes like sharks. I am right about it as last Summer at an Amazon party I tried the ‘diving with…
For the first time ever in the UK, best-selling children’s superstar authors, David Walliams and Jeff Kinney will be sharing a stage on 1st December for a LIVE Christmas spectacular event at Indigo at the O2 in London.
Personally my 10 year old son Diego and I cannot wait to get the Kids’ Club down to the O2 to see this event. Diego and Amelie have both read all books by David Walliams…
A couple of days ago I visited the exhibition STAR WARS Identities: The Exhibition which is now open at the O2 and explores the complex notion of identity through the characters of Star Wars with an exclusive collection of 200 props, models, costumes and artwork from the Star Wars films. As a huge Star Wars fan myself, I felt transported into the world of my galactic heroes during an interactive…
Today toymaker Lego has opened its world’s biggest stores in Leicester Square spanning 914 sq m over two floors. The theme of the Lego store is London: the unique brick-built symbols of London featured in the store will excite UK families but also the thousands of tourists landing in Leicester Square every day. A new scale model of the iconic Big Ben (over 200,000 bricks and 6.53m high) and…
One of the events my son Diego and I look forward to is the annual Disney Christmas Party at the Disney Store in Oxford Street. Held in November every year, it gets us in the Christmas spirit early on. The theme of this year’s charity star-studded event supporting both Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity and In Kind Direct was ‘From Our Family to Yours’ .
The ‘From…
Winter can be gloomy enough especially if you are meteopathic like me. However in a city like London you can beat the melancholy caused by bad weather immersing yourself in the buzz of the Capital. In fact it is proven that most people who live in urban societies seem to be unaffected by the weather. Take a look at London Mums’ top 20 family activities for Winter Weekends including West…
The annual Hamleys Toy Parade is becoming a new tradition. This year on Sunday 20th November Regent Street will host once again the magical gathering of children’s favourite toy characters coming to life in the streets of London. As well as last year’s favourites including Barbie, Fireman Sam and Optimus Prime, for the first time, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Ghostbusters, Mr &…