, the discussion of it surely does show us that fashion has a strong influence on the UK's culture.   A Child from Everywhere photography exhibition by Caroline Irby is currently showing at V&A’s Museum of Childhood, Cambridge Heath Road, London, E2 9PA until

The following homeopathic and essential oil remedies are useful for many childhood ailments: Aconite  Use in the first stages of colds and sore throats. Arnica cream  Good for relieving bumps and bruisesBelladonna  Relieving fevers and easing

particularly funny childhood memories?I used to eat flowers – right off the trees or plant. I remember really clearly if I saw something beautiful I would check no one was looking and lean forward and chomp! I'm working on a whole series of recipes using edible

unread magazine. Almost as good as finding the perfect frock.Do you have any particularly funny childhood memories?A strong childhood memory is my first day at school in the tiny French village we moved to for a time. The school had two rooms and two

Here at Junior, we pride ourselves on having excellent taste, never more so than when selecting the winners of our illustrious Junior Design Awards. So it is heartening to hear that our choice of victor for Best Classic Book 2012, Winnie The Pooh, will have been met with the roya...

A playground classic for children of every generation, skipping games are active, fun and require little more than some rope or elastic, and a lively imagination. Here, author, Katie Hewett remembers the skipping games of her childhood:(Skipping was

favorite neighbour Lucy.What did you want to be when you grew up?A wedding dress designer or a nurse/doctor.Do you have any particularly funny childhood memories?Dressing up my cat Sooty in dolls’ dresses, disastrous attempts at making toffee apples

Children’s Product for her cushion designs – hardly a surprise, perhaps, after winning a First Class Honours degree from London's University of Arts. Her distinctive designs are a blend of inspiration from an early childhood spent in Asia, favourite toys

inspiration comes from the books I loved as a child ­– Milly-Molly-Mandy, Winnie-the Pooh, the Flower Fairies. I have my original childhood copies which are now very well-thumbed! Secondly is painting, the first print I ever bought was Degas Dancers In Blue

: instead, there is soft tangerine, light grey, mossy green and ruddy amber (though, for the sake of simplicity for babies, in Colours, they are referred to in more humdrum terms: orange, grey, green and red).So where did it all begin? With a happy childhood