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Music festivals
By Suzanne Milne on 20/04/2010 14:40:21
All the music without the mayhem – these are the best festivals for all the family in 2010
.tartanheartfestival.co.uk 9. AUGUST 20–22 The Green Man, Brecon Beacons There’s a film tent, a campfire field, a science tent as well as The Flaming Lips, Cate le Bon and Billy Bragg. You’re even encouraged to bring your own instruments to join in jamming sessions around
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Giant Lego brick boxes
By Junior on 01/12/2010 00:00:00
Aspiring architects can build their own enormous Lego tower with Lego Brick Storage Boxes
one is available in a host of colours, including green, lime and yellow, and in Medium (£17) or Large (£26) sizes. You can even buy a funky Lego Man Storage Head (top left on books, £20).
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Beckonscot Model Railway And Village, Buckinghamshire
By Helen McKay-Ferguson on 16/06/2011 17:27:24
Get a bird's eye view of Thirties' life
It’s a small world. Not in the jaunty, singing animatronic sense of the popular ride at the Walt Disney parks. But with cricket-on-the-green, choir-boys-in-the-chapel through and through Britishness. It all started with one man, a certain Mr Roland
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Who the heck is Harry Hastings? Read all about his History Heroes
By Helen McKay-Ferguson on 15/04/2011 18:14:49
Could this simple card game spark a learning revolution?
of school history lessons consist of being bored to tears by endless dates and facts, then that may sound like a contradiction in terms. But Hastings is a man keen to blast away the cobwebs and make a clean break with the past, so to speak. "I want
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Joe Blogs goes ska-crazy with Madness at Camp Bestival
By Joe on 10/08/2010 16:08:41
Smart Boy About Town gets rockin' with Madness as Howard Marks reads bedtime stories
, man!Joe's wardrobe: Green striped Long Johns by Mini Boden; Guitar by Paper Jamz
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Joe Blogs and the X Factor in Winter Wonderland
By Joe on 19/11/2010 16:11:42
Smart Boy About Town gets that merry feeling in a Winter Wonderland
. The security guys in the VIP tent told us that the boys were expected, but I couldn't wait around. Too much to see and do, man, so while my sister loitered I went on the rides and posed with a polar bear, crashed in the penguin bumper cars and laughed myself
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Meet the oddly unflappable Marshall Armstrong
By Helen McKay-Ferguson on 17/06/2011 16:10:52
Any boy who turns up on their first day of school sporting a straw boater and a yellow-and-lime-green striped blazer is bound to turn a few heads. And just a quick glance at the extraordinary array of equipment Marshall Armstrong sets out on his
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Five Festival Rules
By Catherine O'Dolan Photography by David Handley at Burning Man Festival (www.burningman.com) on 17/06/2011 16:08:58
Make the most of the summer festivals with our top tips (rule one: don't lose your kids!)
or box juices are great because containers are easy to take back to camp when they're empty. A great green alternative are the funky Sigg bottles that come in a range of groovy designs.RULE 2 Keep out of the crush. Stay back from the big events. Take
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Joe Blogs kicks off his festival season at the Original Cornbury Festival. And it rocks!
By Joe on 05/07/2011 14:43:01
Smart Boy About Town loses himself (quite literally, oh dear) amid the music and mayhem at Cornbury
. Small world, man…So, what about the fun stuff. Well, I loved the Kids' Area where they did some cool circus skills. Also bumped into songstress Sophie Ellis Bextor with her two boys, running in and out the rainbow dragon. While my mummy and sister were
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Love Parks Week 2011
By Fiona McKim on 25/07/2011 17:14:56
Get outdoors this week and enjoy Britain’s gorgeous green spaces
the country celebrating our fabulous green spaces. See of top picks of happy happenings below:LondonPark and Pond ExplorersJuly 30Engage your child’s curiosity about nature, both on land and underwater at Bedfont Lakes in Ashford. Keen explorers can become a
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