Pleasance Islington is the southern sister of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival hub, the mighty Pleasance Courtyard. Piping up for a day of festival funnery all of its own before Edinburgh eclipses all its efforts, Pleasance Islington runs a Big Day Out! for all the family …
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 …
Their faces say it all, really Do not be alarmed at the arrival of mobile police cells at a school near you. It’s not the introduction of extreme discipline but probably just the No Way Trust launching their crime deterring Prison Me No Way!!!! scheme …
Splendid news for the last few days of Kew Gardens’ 250th anniversary year. Despite being wrongly identified as home of the Millennium Seedbank in the original BoJo backed ‘Only in London‘ campaign earlier this year (corrected, thanks to Diamond Geezer), the Royal Botanical Gardens at …
By Michael Garner courtesy of English National Ballet When Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker was first produced in St Petersburg in 1892, it was critically panned. The storyline, based on a fairy tale written by a German civil servant, is more or less nonsense and results in two …
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 …
Even a youthful Unabomber couldn’t have conceived a forest redoubt this cool. The Treehouse Galleries in Regent’s Park are about the funnest thing you’ll take your toddler to this summer. We say toddler, but really, the treehouses are in part all about the child within …
Cycle trailer courtesy of London Cycling Campaign If you’re a parent and a cyclist but thought the two could never mesh in the city, think again. There are various ways for your bambino to join you on your bike, making for fantastic days out and …
Well, by outlaws, we mean those not awfully welcome in London’s shops. *Retail criminals*. Shoplifters, thieves, hustlers, beggars, general ne’er-do-wells, momes and breed-bates. A new report indicates that business crime is up, and whilst we are sure that the figures include everything from major embezzlement …
“Missing” courtesy of Sadlers Wells Hofesh Shecter retains the title of most hyped choreographer around, following on from his tri-venue, escalating commission of “In Your Room” last year. The double bill of that plus the winning testosterone fest of “Uprising” hits the Roundhouse this weekend …
If you’re looking for something to entertain the Little Londonist in your life, head to the London Transport Museum this weekend to celebrate Kipper’s birthday (it may be just the reprieve you need from the canned Christmas carols and the crowds of the West End …
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