If you’re in the south London area, you should book an appointment for Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes at The Glades, Bromley. Or more importantly, your children should, because it’s made for them and not for adults. Sorry, grown-ups. The Glades – Bromley’s shopping centre – last year hosted the award-winning Kids on the Moon event, where children…
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When the holidays don’t start exactly as planned…
Read moreIt was exactly 48 hours before the end of term when I had the call of doom. Having just finished a meeting at the opposite end of London to where we live, I fished my phone out of my bag to see the word ‘School’ flash up. My stomach plummeted at the same time my…
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Why we joined the Women’s March Anti-Trump protest
Read moreLast Friday Florence and I headed into London to take part in the Women’s March Bring the Noise protest that took place during the US president’s visit to the UK. We had a banner, we had a flag, we had many, many snacks, and we joined nearly 250,000 people* who marched through the streets of…
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Should pregnant women be given seats on public transport? The #ExpectingChange campaign
Read more(Sponsored content) What was your experience of public transport like, when you were pregnant? Did you find people were quick to offer you a seat, or did you suddenly become curiously invisible – despite a very obvious bump? Did you ever pluck up the courage to ask for a seat when you had a baby…
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Five questions my children asked on our trip to the Cutty Sark
Read more(Sponsored post) OK, I’ll admit it, I’m a terrible Londoner – despite living here for years, there are a lot of things we’ve never visited in this city, including, until last weekend, the Cutty Sark. Even though Greenwich is beautiful, fairly close to where we live and even on our side of the river, it’s…
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Why I won’t be getting perspective about only having 18 summers with my children
Read moreThere’s a quote that I’ve seen a lot of people share recently on social media and it goes like this: ‘We get 18 delicious summers with our children. This is one of your 18. If that’s not perspective, I don’t know what is.’ Jessica Scott. Have you seen it? On first reading, my immediate reaction…
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Ten tangible things you can do, as a parent, when the world seems terrible
Read moreHere are ten tangible things you can do, as a parent, when the world seems terrible – because this week I’ve been mainly despairing about the state of society, which seems increasingly dreadful, while feeling helpless…you too? There’s a good summary over on Cup of Jo about the ongoing horrors of family separation at the…