Can you tell us the names and ages of your children?Adele (after Adele Hugo), 13, and Emile (after Emile Zola), eight.How did you get the idea for Tidy Books?I was looking for a bookcase for my daughter and I had in mind what has become the original

, who has been teaching children, including her own, French with her club Bonjour Les Enfants for the past eight years, says the best way to start is to give your child as many opportunities as possible to hear a language that they may learn being spoken

Tube: Piccadilly CircusHairsprayGet ready for big hits and even bigger hairstyles in this colourful show featuring Tracy Turnblad, a warm-hearted gal who just loves to dance.Shaftesbury Theatre, 210 Shaftesbury Avenue WC2H 8DP. Tube: Holborn. Les

teachers; one for 'les grands' and one for 'les petits'. No one spoke a single word of English and I suppose the teacher was as terrified of my brother and I as we were of her. She would pace the room while we did our 'dictee' and make menacing moves

can free themselves from dull day-to-day chores and enjoy the mountains. Children have company and days packed with fun activities. My personal favourite would be a week in Les Trois Vallees at our Chalet Katie Can you share three tips for travelling

Hallyday – France’s answer to Frank Sinatra – who must now be, ooh, about 100 or so, but, bless him, still rocking! Solène offered to book us a table at a lovely restaurant she knew where we’d get a superb view of the fireworks, but we decided we’d rather

is that family ski facilities get better every year, so it is possible to please the whole family. You just need to keep a few essentials in mind. First, you’ll want to minimise transfer time between the airport and the resort and, once there, you’ll want snow

Apprehensive would be the best way to describe my feeling about our imminent first trip to the mountains en famille.I was excited about getting back on the snowboard again, but sceptical about staying in a family specialist chalet hotel. What would

your boring daughter, so surely the last thing you’d want is for her to come and get ignored.”DILEMMA: The party entertainer has failed to turn up. Now what?SOLUTION: Imagine the scenario: thirty excited children are crowded into your house

, they are cared for in an environment which they will quickly regard as a second home and most chalets are close to the slopes allowing parents to pop in and out throughout the day.In Les Gets, where Ski Famille is based, there are a huge variety of ski school