Join in festival fun for a (slight) change of scene

There was much needed excitement in our chickenpox-hit household this morning when daddy put up the tent in the back garden. In each of our children’s early days of sleeping under canvas we never ventured far in case we needed to make an abrupt return to bricks...

What the ladybird wore

The wintry weather experienced in the UK at the beginning of March threatened to make Raymond Briggs’ The Snowman the most popular costume for this year’s World Book Day celebrations. However, the depth of the white stuff meant schools and nurseries were...

To drive-through or to walk in?

The imminent opening of a drive-through coffee shop near where we live is causing a bit of a stir in our city’s social media pages. Other than trying to decide whether to drive-through or drive-thru, the celestial-deer named outlet has left me pondering whether...

Just one more minute…

Those sobering statistics are the reason that Child Bereavement UK has developed a campaign featuring bereaved families and celebrity supporters who have experienced the death of a family member. The campaign aims to raise awareness of the needs of bereaved children...