Christmas is the time for lights! There’s nothing more festive then wrapping up warm, grabbing a hot drink and heading out in the cold to soak them all in.  Last year I visited the Magic Lantern Festival at Chiswick House to get into the festive season, but this year I fancied something different, it’s time […]

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Who else associates watching films with Christmas?  I’m not usually much of a cinema-goer but there’s something about settling in with the family and watching a film that seems to happen at no other time!  Then there are the Christmas films you just have to watch to make it feel like Christmas right?  I don’t know about […]

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It’s December which now means we are officially allowed to fully embrace all things Christmas!  The tree is up, the presents are ordered and it’s time for me to explore all the best of London’s Winter time activities.  One event which has become a tradition for many in the last few years is a visit […]

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Is anyone else itching to get their Christmas decor up already?  We are in the middle of that strange period between Halloween and Christmas where one lot of decorations have come down and the house is left looking pretty bare while we wait for the next to go up.  That doesn’t stop me looking at […]

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As any Londoner will know we are living in the age of the pop up!  From food and drink, to performance art, to petting zoos and so many more, with the increasingly wild ideas it’s hard to guess what is coming next. One of the more successful genres of pop up in recent years has […]

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This weekend is the first weekend I’ve felt genuinely cold in London for a while.  I make no secret of the fact that Winter is not my favourite season, in fact other than Christmas I dread it.  I am desperate for the lighter nights, pretty flowers and if we are really lucky, even some sun! […]

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If you’re a typical Brit like me Thanksgiving is something you will only know about through watching American TV shows.  We know it’s something about food, family and pilgrims but we don’t know more than that or ever think about it.  So imagine my total surprise when I mentioned to a friend the dates we […]

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It wouldn’t be winter without a trip to the theatre. Watching a play or a pantomime is a special treat for kids of all ages. There are some great shows to enjoy this winter, some of them old favourites and others new off the block.   To secure tickets to see a popular London show, […]

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So I finally bring my rather late December wrap up to you all, the end of the year always seems slow and fast all at once right?  I have loved documenting my year in this way, but it takes a lot of work and It’s done in a format I am currently totally happy with. […]

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Can you belive this is my 4th year in a row of doing Christmas hauls!  This year with the notable change of making it into a video instead of a blog post to show them off better, I’m still getting to grips with this kind of thing so I’d love some feedback! This year I […]

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