Some things really are a labour of love, especially when it comes to music. I’ve been lucky enough to work on putting this all together with the help of some amazingly creative people and lovers of good music. The question, to ten muso types, was, ‘If you had to choose your top tracks of all [...]

It’s been a busy week for me as I’ve been to three events this week; all of them digital and each of them unique. First was the Cannt (the antihero of Cannes), the second was the NMA Awards at The Grovesnor (where my fabulous colleague Laura JB won The Greatest Contribution to New Media Award) [...]

Theatre purists often snort with derision when stars of the small and silver screen grace the stages of the West End. But why should they? I’ve seen great productions such as This Is Our Youth with Matt Damon, Casey Affleck and Summer Phoenix and not so great with Phil Jupitus in Hairspray. That’s the nature [...]

If you’ve got kids, no doubt you have a few well thumbed copies of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid cult books, based on the New York Times cartoon series, lying around the house. The appeal is that they’re not just funny, but full of caustic humour and flawed characters of all ages. It was [...]

Since last Summer, I’ve been on a mission to discover the truth about feminism and on my journey I’ve discovered some pretty random things; A-list, or should I say hair-list, celebrity armpits, a she-chauvinist Spice Girl, lots of books and a Borat clip. These are the window dressings of the mainstream media when it tries [...]

Wahay! Happy days are here again and the Easter holidays are finally here. This year, it’s not just about chocolate though, we’ve even had a few sunny days to enjoy already, so it’s time to think about sun protection – especially for kids. We’ve had long lazy days in the park playing rounders, hours spent [...]

Singing cupcakes and crazy Penguins – if that’s what it takes to get kids in the kitchen, well that’s fine by me. Annabel Karmel has her new show on tv this week, and we got a sneak preview this weekend. The shows are about 10 minutes each which is great for short attention spans. And [...]

When your child wants one big thing for their birthday, sometimes you just have to bite the bullet and shell out for it, especially when it’s something very healthy that you can’t dispute like a new bike. That coupled with a cycling proficiency test made the big present a must. We went together to buy [...]

We’re spoilt for choice in London when it comes to museums and attractions, so spoilt in fact that when it came to choosing where to take my daughter to see ‘some real war stuff’, we ended up going to two places; Britain at War and the Imperial War Museum. I didn’t think we would be [...]

Having spent an hour in a workshop with celebrated and award winning author, Melvin Burgess, I’m more than intrigued to hear about his trip to Save the Children to The Congo and his discovery there of child witches. He writes for children, specifically teenagers and his work has sometimes courted controversy. But he’s adamant that [...]

I’m live blogging from the Save the Children conference today which is all about getting people activated in social media to do good and become campaigners. I’m glad to see that #blogladesh is still moving people into action and there is a movement towards doing more across more people. Most of the people here are [...]

It seems the media is fascinated by the US Mommy blogger – a fascination which I doubt will go away – but why does it have to involve such a whole load of snark? There are two blogs in the US which are constantly on the radar and usually for the wrong reasons too. A-lister [...]

In search of inner peace and tranquility I’ve started to eke out some time in my hectic schedule to do some life affirming exercise. ‘How difficult can it be to get to the gym at 11am?’ I mused as I lay in bed until 10am. By 10.30am, it was time scramble out the door, pushing [...]

If you didn’t already know, it’s Social Media Week all over the world and especially in London. Check the #smwldn hashtag for aggregated news and get yourself down to the hundred or so events which are happening. I won’t be back until next week….

My one wish for 2011 is that I can spare some time to experience the rich and wonderful tapestry of London’s cultural life (and fit everything else in too!). It’s not so difficult to fit in a visit to an art gallery or museum, that’s why we live in London right? In this world of [...]