Arts & Culture Round-up: Celebrating our treasures
St George’s Day was at the end of last month. I spotted a few posts dedicated to the love of English culture, including this one by Penny on Wayfair, and …
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Travel round-up: Bloggers at home & abroad
There are always so many excellent travel posts from the BritMums community and beyond that it’s difficult to choose only a small number for my monthly round-up. I try, as …
Arts & Culture Round-up: Bounding into Spring
Boing, boing… Is that the sound of Spring lambs gambolling in the fields? Or Easter eggs bouncing off lawns, in all those rolling contests? Either way, as well as sprightly …
Travel Round-up: Easter treats
For an Easter Monday treat, I have a large selection of travel posts to give you plenty of inspiration for holidays and days out. The majority are based here in …
Arts & Culture round-up: The cruellest month
TS Eliot wrote that April is the cruellest month. But I reckon the toughest weeks of the year lie in February. Cold, dark and gloomy, with the Christmas festivities a …
Travel Round-up: Backyard blogging
At BritMums Live in 2013 I was a member of the travel panel with Kelly Lees from Gogobot. She inspired many in the room by saying that bloggers are a great online …
Arts & Culture Round-up: It’s behind you!
Wow. December and January have been the busiest months for blogging about the arts. Tons of you have managed to fit in trips to the theatre, cinema and museums. I’ve …
Arts & Culture Round-up: What’s in your Christmas stocking?
Sigh….I’ve been thinking a lot about Benedict Cumberbatch recently. Those leonine good looks, that well-balanced voice, his piercing, intelligent eyes….since hearing him dramatise Kafka’s Metamorphosis on Radio 4, he’s been …
Travel Round-up: Collaborative travel blogging
Early in 2013 a small group of BritMums travel bloggers gathered together in a London hotel to discuss family travel blogging. Joining us were Steve Keenan and Mark Frary, two …