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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Here’s some video I captured from yesterday’s great launch for the new Save the Children Campaign. I’ll be publishing my interviews with Amanda Mealing and Natasha Kaplinksi who are two of the 2011 ambassadors for their new campaign.

We rocked up at The Royal Court Theatre yesterday to see Get Santa! The show is in the downstairs Jerwood theatre and as you enter the room you are greeted by a domestic tableau of any average house in the UK during the festive season. And that’s where normality ends – and thank heavens for [...]

If like me you have an under 13 year old in the house who has a mobile phone and email account, you might just find yourself being pestered to open up a facebook account. But it’s a tricky call. Should I allow her to have an account, do I set it up and have log [...]

I’m always in awe of great bloggers because they’re such a delight to discover. As befits social media, I actually met Shawn on twitter while I was in Bangladesh. He is the blogger behind uncultured. He represents a new generation of campaigners; independent, influential and digitally connected which means he sends messages across the globe [...]

There’s nothing like seeing your favourite book become a TV series and then a big movie. For thousands, if not millions, of kids who have enjoyed the Horrid Henry series of books and the cartoons, Horrid Henry: The Movie will be an unmissable big movie experience. We were lucky enough to be invited to watch [...]

There is a great magic which surrounds the Disney experience – even if it is in the cold and rainy mid Winter. The great thing about Disney in France is that the landscape changes to reflect the seasons, so our trip was bursting with Autumnal colour and also a great preview of the Christmas season. [...]

It’s not often you end up having dinner with the hottest Brit boy band around, and it’s true, we have photographic evidence from this weekend’s Disneyland Paris adventure. Yes, this grainy photo is The Wanted. They were guests of honour at the Christmas Disney trip last weekend. To say that Miniminx was star struck was [...]