There’s a day of completely free events for children in Crystal Palace this Saturday. Workshops at Upper Norwood Library are around 45 minutes long where your little ones can learn about illustrating (including comics and manga) from people like Garen Ewing and Derek the Sheep’s …
Every day we hear about new geo-aware games, multiplayer treasure hunts and other location-based frivolities. We can’t possibly cover them all. But this one is a must, simply for its beautiful execution and slightly warped playfulness. Mission: Explore London, from The Geography Collective, sets a …
Photo / Cry Two years after a Dartford nursery introduced fingerprint scanners for parents, a similar facility in West Dulwich is about to turn itself into a veritable fortress. Asquith Day Nursery’s £80,000 security apparatus includes a six-foot high wooden fence, denying anybody the chance …
Image by dusty sevens Taking a glance at upcoming family-friendly Easter activities in London. Please only continue reading if accompanied by child. Egg Hunts: Embrace your inner scavenger and select your (candy-coated) prey of choice. For a more classic egg hunt, head to the Museum …
There’s not much freedom within or without for many kids living in London homes, and Boris wants to do something about it. He’s compared the situation faced by many youngsters to living in a battery farm, and has joined with homeless charity Shelter and a …
An enterprising Danish company is offering sperm from the strapping sons of Denmark to childless Londoners. They’re charging up to £1,000 for a premium-quality jar of Scandinavian jizz, and are targetting hospitals in wealthy areas such as The Lister Hospital in Chelsea where the kid-free …
London with a sprog In tow – the pleasures and pitfalls of a culture fix with the kids Pussy cat, pussy cat where have you been? I’ve been to London to visit the Queen Pussy cat Pussy cat, where on earth did you find the …
Starting Monday the 24th of this month and then being held every day until Friday the 28th, the Royal China Club will host free chopstick lessons for children. The hour long lessons will run from 3.30-4.30pm and will include nibbles and dim sum, complimentary souvenir …
Image by lindseymclarkewith permission Smokers have been exiled from the great indoors of London town – pubs, offices, restaurants – and are banned from lighting up at locations that are technically outdoors such as train stations and some shop doorways… From next week, Monday 20 …
Bridge Academy, Hackney, by Che-burashka from the Londonist Flickr pool We’ve just had the annual round of parents who haven’t got their children into a local primary, and the general gnashing of teeth about oversubscribed schools, then the news comes that some of London’s academies …
Madge isn’t the only one peeved about not having enough children: Chelsea residents are irked about the local council’s decision to turf a family out of a £1.2 million council house because they didn’t have enough offspring. Jamie Pascall, a tenant in the Billing Street …
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