What to do for the first birthday of your first born child? This is the dilemma currently facing me. He is not going to remember it and yet it marks such a special occasion. Current plans are three fold: This weekend starts the celebrations with a picnic in the park with the grandparents and it looks like we’re going to have the weather for it. Continue reading
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Follow the trail
Every year the arts community of E17 opens its doors and lets you in for an impressive festival of the arts. This year they are celebrating their 10th year and are hosting the biggest trail to date with 300 planned events.
Free range art
The month of leaves and roses,
When pleasant sights salute the eyes,
and pleasant scents the noses”
Nathaniel Parker Willis
Another Bank Holiday?
Is the best thing about May the fact that it has 2 Bank Holidays? Silly question. The weather looks typical for a British Bank holiday so you best plan some activities, and take an umbrella.
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The sun will come out tomorrow
It may well be a scorcher this weekend so get the suncream out and try one of these great events. Continue reading
United Kingdom calling
Its that time of year again when we gather together to celebrate the best Europop has to offer. Or not so much celebrate as point and laugh at on social media. That is if we bother to watch at all. Yes it is Eurovision.
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Normal service has resumed
After a trip ‘Up North’ for Easter, with my teething tot on a train, we’re back in London and taking a look at all the exciting things going on. The rain looks like it might put a dampener on things this weekend but there is still plenty to do.
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Sweet April showers do spring May flowers
“The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year.” Mark Twain
The warmer weather brings with it smog and this year it is mixed with sand making the air quality particularly poor. But don’t despair, hopefully it will have blown over by the weekend, just in time for the Oxford and Cambridge boat race. Seen one boat race, seen them all? Try something else instead. Continue reading

