Although as a family we are passionate about Nature and Wildlife our secondary passion is history and particularly Ancient History and cultures. Of them, the one that fascinates us the most is Ancient Egypt. We’ve read fiction books about Ancient Egypt, created our own Cartouches and learnt about the history in school but NOTHING can…
One of our favourite Indoor Activities to do in London is to visit the Warner Bros. Studio Tour. We love seeing the magic of the movies behind one of our family favourite movie series Harry Potter. Of the times we have visited maybe because it was my first visit, maybe because it features parts of…
Last week I spent a day down in London talking with radio stations around the country all about Childhood Nostalgia based upon research carried out by Hollywood Bowl. I talked about how as parents it’s up to us to think about the things that we loved doing as a child and introduce them to our…
Sitting last week with my kids and husband at the theatre in our hometown watching Naomi Wilkinson the presenter of a couple of award winning wildlife shows for kids may just have been the highlight of our break it certainly inspired and energised me that we should be doing even more with the kids than we…
When it comes to movies and books there is one series that has captured my attention since I was a late teen and I have read many many many times and seen the movies, even, more times than my husband has seen his favourite. It’s Harry Potter of course. It captured my attention because JK…
As a child, there was a place that I visited every summer Holkham. Holkham is on the North Norfolk Coast, and is a small coastal town – the highlights being the amazing beach and also Holkham Hall. Last autumn I returned with the kids to discover the delights of the hall in a different season…
How well do you know the area that you live in? We’ve lived in East Anglia all my life (well my parents have I’ve travelled a little bit) and in Suffolk for the last 9 years and we’ve never really explored the county much! So a couple of weekends ago after spending the spring evenings…