Planning a last-minute trip to London with kids this Easter? There’s still time to book on to (or just turn up at) loads of family-friendly events happening in the capital over the Easter holidays. I wrote a top ten for Time Out’s Easter magazine but it seemed a shame not to do anything with all […]
LIFE: 15 Places In London Where You Can Work With Kids In Tow
Looking for coworking offices, cafés and all-purpose spaces in London where you can bring the laptop, get a decent coffee and get some work done with the children in tow during the school holidays? Me too! I freelance from home, so I’ve been on the hunt for places to take the kids and squeeze in […]
Travel: Venice with kids – 7 essential tips plus how to get a gondola ride
Do you catch a gondola? Ride one? Get one? I don’t know. I just know that I Googled ‘how to do gondola ride Venice’ and ‘Venice with kids’ a fair bit before we went to Italy in June, and didn’t quite find the info I was looking for. So, here it is. Here’s what we […]
Family: On Leaving The House (A Poem)
When your day starts off wrong and you don’t even know Where the car keys have gone when you’re ready to go Your coffee’s gone cold and your hair looks like sh*t You can’t find a comb and the toddler’s got nits You forgot the packed lunch and the milk’s all run out He can’t […]
Travel: 6 Indoor Activities For Toddlers At Center Parcs
It feels like an age since I wrote about outdoor activities for toddlers at Center Parcs, so it’s high time I ticked off things to keep young children – that’s babies, toddlers and preschoolers – busy indoors. While I focussed on our stay at Center Parcs Whinfell Forest last time, I’ve covered several different villages […]