Category: London

  • 5 Fantastic Things to Do at Christmas in Covent Garden, London

    photo via Thanks to our guest correspondent for this lovely post – Sian Gwilliam, Founder and Editor of Creative Bus Stop: A guide to London for families. Featuring a weekly events diary, educational activities, crafts, travel   Covent Garden is one of the most popular shopping, relaxing and entertainment areas of London. You will find it perfectly formed, and always welcoming.…

  • Tower of London Poppies

    Tower of London Poppies To commemorate the centennial of Britain’s involvement in the First World War – Remembrance Day, a spectacular art installation entitled Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red has been created by artist Paul Cummins and stage designer Tom Piper at The Tower of London. 888,246 ceramic poppies are gradually filling the Tower’s moat…

  • Christmas at Selfridges, London – 2013

    London is magical at this time of the year, and Selfridges on Oxford Street is no exception. Stopping by the department store to admire the Christmas windows is a family tradition sure to delight children and parents alike. This year’s windows include a giant jar of Play-Doh and an ode to Barbie. My personal highlight is…

  • Columbia Road Flower Market – London

    On Sunday mornings, families make their way to East London for the quaint and beautiful Columbia Road flower market! From 8am, this Victorian cobbled street is transformed into an oasis of foliage and flowers. Everything from bedding plants to 10 foot banana trees are up for grabs. Alongside the market is a growing number of independent shops…

  • Leandro Erlich's Installation Lets us All be Spiderman

    how to get ex girlfriend back Look at those crazy kids playing at being Spiderman! Or, so it appears… Leandro Erlich's brilliant installation, Dalston House, allows people to interact with a building's facade placed horizontally on the ground. Argentine artist Leandro Erlich was commissioned by the Barbican in London to install a version of his wildly popular optical illusion…

  • Kidsen Store – London

      Founded five years ago by Swedish born Corina Papadopoulou and her husband Franco Ofili, Kidsen is one of the leading children’s stores in London.The shop carries some of my favourite clothing brands including Bobo Choses, Mini Rodini and Soft Gallery, together with a selection of footwear, interiors, toys and gifts. Kidsen exudes a relaxed and…

  • The Big Egg Hunt This Friday – Covent Garden!

    A very warm welcome to our brand new London correspondent, Tabara N’Diaye!  This is her first post. Tabara is the founder and editor of Bubble and Speak, a blog dedicated to children’s fashion, home products and daily inspirations.   Now in its second year, the world’s biggest Easter egg hunt . The Big Egg Hunt, challenges children and…

  • New “No Added Sugar Shop” – London

      For those of you in London or visiting there, one of my fave British labels has recently launched their first shop in Ledbury Road in Notting Hill. I would really love to visit this shop – it has the same quirkiness about it that I love in their clothes. The address is, 57 Ledbury…

  • “Kids’ Space” Opening at Conran Shop – London

        I just heard that The Conran Shop are finally on the parent bandwagon and from Sept 20 will launch a special new ‘Kids’ Shop’. I am a longtime fan of JC and would love to be able to browse those 650 children’s interiors products with items like the Marc Newson minimalist white rocking…

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