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A foodie conversation with awarding-winning author, Amanda Grant
On 20/05/2012 in Food & Dining Awards
Award-winning author Amanda Grants talks about her fondest childhood food memories and setting the world – or rather the kitchen – on fire!
make good food for you and your friends and family. It is also sociable – cooking and eating are both enjoyable things to do with others. And, of course, it also allows children to practise numeracy, literacy, geography, art and science as well
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Teaching the Fine Art of Etiquette
On 13/02/2012 in Parent skills
From minding their Ps & Qs to keeping elbows off the table, good etiquette will stand your child in good stead for life...
with friends he was doing his thing and his godmother actually got up and made a point of showing him how to eat at her table in front of everyone – mortifying for us – but it worked! I said to him ‘see it’s not just me being an nagging mum, people notice
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Joe Blogs goes all literary at the Hay Festival 2012
On 12/06/2012 in Fashion news
Smart Boy About Town turns bookish as he mingles with Jacqueline Wilson, some Horrible Histories and a wiggly woo…
Hi, it's me, Joe.So I've just got back from my first foray at the Hay (hey, am I a poet, and I don't know it?).And what fun it was, too. It was a bit of a blustery day, as Winnie-the-Pooh might say: in fact, we were a bit worried that some
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Cooking with Raymond Blanc
On 07/08/2010 in Celebrity chefs
A lifelong love of good food and a rich culinary heritage encouraged Michelin-star chef Raymond Blanc to open his own cookery class to inspire and educate mini chefs
. Plus it was enormous fun.So what sort of things do you remember actually preparing?Any local produce, like chicken, for example. We would go into the farm next door, because we didn’t raise chickens, we raised rabbits. My father would find the biggest
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Why fathers are important role models when it comes to reading
On 14/11/2012 in Education
Fathers should lead – and read – by example
be that they were reluctant readers as children. "There are lots of reasons to hate reading as a boy,” says Tom Palmer, author of Foul Play, a football mystery story. “There are better things to do like playing out; playing computer games and watching TV. 'Reading
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The Glamping Season starts here…
On 19/06/2012 in UK
With the festival season creeping up fast, here's some glamping tips from Karma Canvas to help you reside in style
. Make a canvas bell tent your camp base for elegant, cool and practical camping. A bell tent is also a great space for families and both easy and quick to pitch up and take down!2. Take some pretty things to decorate and personalise your temporary
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The Sleepyhead baby bed – designed with blissful bed-sharing in mind
On 03/01/2012 in Interiors
Lisa Furuland, founder of Enfant Terrible Design of Sweden, shares the inspiration behind her stylish sleep-time innovation the Sleepyhead
favourite things to do as a family?We love to be together – inside or outside – whether it’s playing, taking part in sports, chilling, cooking or reading. And we love to travel. We’ve got very eclectic backgrounds, with Costa being half-Greek, born in South
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Glamour Girls: Elspeth Gibson's new range for girls
On 19/04/2010 in Vintage Junior
Fashion designer Elspeth Gibson is adding a touch of glamour in her new range for girls-with a little help from her two daughters
in amazing fabrics. I loved spending time with her, doing sewing and all these things. My mother didn’t like it at all, but I was just fascinated with it.” Another great childhood pleasure was perfecting all her sartorial techniques. “I used to dress up my
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Family festivals for 2011
On 26/09/2010 in Leisure
A round-up of our favourite family festivals for summer 2011. Book now to make the most of Early Bird offers
do sell out quickly, so make the most of Early Bird offers, and make sure you secure your camping spot in good time!Top of the pile when it comes to family-friendliness has to be Camp Bestival 29–31 July 2011) held in the delightful setting
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The myth of the wicked stepmother
On 07/05/2013 in Relationships
She’s a villain as old as time – but modern families would benefit from banishing this stereotype to the realm of fairytales
in the sand,” she says. “I wanted this thing to work and I was going to ignore everything in order to make that happen. When friends warned me of the potential pitfalls or I came across a negative article, I just ignored it. I was nice, I was fun. Step
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