Spotted! Rather Brilliant Den Kit
Just how cool is this? I know three boys who wouldn’t be seen for HOURS once this was placed in their hot little hands. The kit includes a camo stick, great green groundsheet, the haversack, a mallet, 10m rope, 10 holdfast tent pegs, tent peg bag, tough tarpaulin and a handy mug. Oh – and comes complete with instructions on how to build the perfect den. If your children should need such a thing. Sadly, you can’t buy...
We Will Rock You. Oh, My, Yes, We Will.
Friday was NO. 1 son’s 12th birthday. 12 is a little bit tricky – what you want to do with your mates is probably not what your parents will let you do. Add a chronic illness to the general age trickiness, and we were a le-e-etle bit stumped. But then genius struck. And a short phone call later we had five great tickets for We Will Rock You at the Dominion Theatre in the West End. No.1 is a HUGE rock fan, loves his...
Camp Bestival – just bloody brilliant.
Camp Bestival. Is over for another year. I have to review… but it was such a monumentally HUGE weekend, it would be difficult to be concise. I couldn’t tell you about everything, it’s just not possible, Camp Bestival is too huge an experience. For those who don’t know, it’s the first proper real grown up festival – that’s actually aimed at families. You know, those of us who grew up on the...
What a night – go go go Joseph! AND your Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat.
Hands up, who’s a big musicals fan? Yers, I have two hands waving in the air; Katy is sitting on hers. I know, they’re not everyone’s cup of tea. I do know that. Don’t understand it, mind, but I do know. Way way back (many centuries ago, not long after the Bible began….) I was taken to see a touring production of Joseph at our local theatre. My very first ever ‘Musical’ experience. I was...
Futuroscope Review – Just. Don’t. Miss. It.
Futuroscope – what to tell you? First off, it’s in the Vienne – kind of smack in the middle of France, close to Poitiers. It’s been there for 23 years – and yet no one has heard of it in the UK. Secondly, it’s the brain child of Luc Besson, one of my favourite directors and a Man of Genius. Thirdly…Well. How to actually tell you about Futuroscope? “WOW!” Just about sums it up. Or...