What are your tips for bringing a good wholesome meal to the table night after night? What are the staple ingredients in your cupboards you can always fall back on? What are your favourite recipes that always work and never fail to please and what are you cooking tonight? Jen chats to Aly Hodge from [...]
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Hangout with the Knackered Mother’s Wine Club
Helen McGinn writer of the Knackered Mother’s Wine Club and winner of the Fortnum & Mason Online Drink Writer award joined us to talk about her journey from blog to book and to pass on some of her top wine secrets too. Our food editor Emma Raphael and author of A Bavarian Sojourn and Sarah [...]
Hangout: Can I self-publish?
Publishing a blog is a lot like self-publishing a book — you’re driven by passion and excitement. Here, bloggers who have self-published (or want to) share their tips and advice and answer the most pressing questions. We hung out with Clare MacNaughton from A Modern Military Mother, Nadine Hill from Juggle Mum, Helen Neale from [...]
How to shoot video on a smartphone
Nigel Camp is a video expert and will be holding a session at BritMums Live on video, how it can enhance a blog post and how to shoot it on your smartphone. We had a hangout with Nigel to find out more on shooting video with your smartphone. Below Nigel shares some tips to get [...]
Hangout: Do I need a literary agent?
You hear a lot about agents in the book publishing process, but what exactly do they do and do you need one? We hung out with Amanda Preston, of LBA Literary Agency, who gave us the run-down on how agents help writers, when in your writing process you should approach one, and what publishers are [...]
Video: Tips for travelling with teens
They’ve got a reputation for being stroppy and irritable. They can also be a lot of fun. In this BritMums hangout we talked to two experts for tips and advice for planning holidays with your teenager. Sarah Tucker is an award-winning travel journalist and author of several books, including Have Teenager, Will Travel, and Chris [...]
Marco Pierre White hangs out with BritMums and talks turkey
He came, he gave us quick turkey recipes, he counseled us on turkey problems. Marco Pierre White has won Michelin stars and plaudits for his cooking, he’s been called the original rock’n’roll chef, and now he’s hung out with BritMums foodie bloggers sharing stories and tips. Joining the celebrity chef on our hangout was Emma [...]
The Royal baby: Whose business is it?
As mentioned by our royal correspondent, Vicki Psarias last week, we held a Google + Hangout to discuss what people really think about how much attention the media give to this event. Vicki who writes at Honest Mum joined us along with Alison Perry from Not Another Mummy Blog and Mari the BritMums editor, take [...]
Google+ Hangout: SEO tips for bloggers
We all know SEO is important, but implementing it on your blog can be daunting. We got the lowdown in a Google hangout with online marketing expert Alison Rothwell of So Much Better Online Marketing and with blogger Helen Neale of Stickers, Stars and Smiles (or you may know her from Kiddycharts). They reveal, among [...]
Google+ Hangout: Getting healthy on a budget
Be honest. Was one of your New Year resolutions to get healthy? And now we’re one month into 2013 how are you doing? Have your good intentions slipped? Don’t worry, it’s one of the most common traits and we spent 10 minutes today hanging out with Wendy Powell from MuTu System and Becky Goddard [...]
BritMums Hangout: What are the “New” New Year’s resolutions?
Another great Google+ hangout tackling the diverse opinions for New Year’s Resolutions, we love them and we hate them at the same time. Cherry Healey joins us along with Helen Neale from Kiddy Charts, our working parent round-up editor, Josephine Middleton from Single Slummy Mummy and Mari from Mari’s World our BritMums editor. Where do [...]
Video: Baking blunders and cupcake icing tips
At a recent Google+ hangout BritMums — along with some of our favourite baking bloggers — asked that eternal question: how do you perfectly ice a cupcake? We were joined by Kate Moore, the baking expert for Whitworths Sugar, who was full of advice and tips. We all shared our baking blunders with Kate, [...]
Hangout: Join our Christmas Baking Masterclass
Christmas is a busy time for bakers! Share what you’re baking and take part in a Christmas Baking Masterclass with baking expert Kate Moore! On Tuesday 27th November at 20:00 Kate and BritMums are hosting a G+ Hangout, with Kate demonstrating how to ice these show-stopping Brandy Butter Cupcakes (the brandy, the butterscotch, the brown [...]
Has women’s time really come?
Men have been the dominant sex since, well, forever. Now respected American journalist Hanna Rosin has written The End of Men, and the Rise of Women, a book that makes the case that it’s our turn. BritMums had an exclusive Google hangout with Hanna while she’s here on her book tour. Watch below to hear [...]
Video: Meet the BritMums Butterflies
Have you got your ticket to BritMums Live! 2012 yet? Are you feeling nervous about attending such a big event? Fear not, the BritMums Butterflies, a small group of friendly bloggers, will be stationed next to the tea and cake and available to run to if anyone is feeling a little bit lost or doesn’t [...]
Did you see these blogger videos? (via BritMums Professional)
BritMums Professional is our group dedicated to working with brands. Want to work with brands? We want to help make those connections. We’ve been busy, and our latest campaign with Virgin Money encouraged people to share how they are pinching those pennies! (Find out more about how you can win £500 towards your own Stocks & Shares ISA). [...]
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