It’s the SSE Women’s FA Cup! Be sure to watch with your girls. #TogetherWeCan
May05

It’s the SSE Women’s FA Cup! Be sure to watch with your girls. #TogetherWeCan

The #SSEWomensFACup Final kicks off today at 5.30pm! If you’re not going please do tune in live on BBC1 or get involved with the hashtag chat because #TogetherWeCan inspire a generation and grow the profile of the women’s game! I don’t know about  you, but until very recently my daughter thought that ‘football was for boys’. Didn’t matter that she loved a kickabout with her brothers, she only ever saw men...

Read More
Top tips for teaching your kids to cycle
May01

Top tips for teaching your kids to cycle

Sir Chris Hoy and Evans Cycles offer their top tips to teaching your child to ride.   Location: While it might be tempting to choose a soft, grassy area for cycling practice, this will actually be more challenging to pedal on. A smooth, tarmac surface that is relatively open and away from traffic is ideal as it helps the child to pick up some rolling momentum and gauge how the bike responds to their body movements. Avoid...

Read More
Wicked Tickets – FREE upgrade offer!
Apr18

Wicked Tickets – FREE upgrade offer!

QUICK! If you’ve been pondering over tickets for Wicked for a few months, then now’s the time to stop dithering and book it. Because if you book through LOVEtheatre at the moment there is a really great offer running which cuts your costs! When Dorothy famously triumphed over the Wicked Witch, we only ever heard one side of the story. Gregory Maguire’s acclaimed 1995 novel, ‘Wicked: The Life and Times of the...

Read More
Spotted! It’s A Gorgeous Hare Mug. *happy face*
Mar19

Spotted! It’s A Gorgeous Hare Mug. *happy face*

It’s no secret round here that we love a good mug. Possibly less well-known is that I have a bit of a thing for hares. Especially mad-eyed, scrappily visualised artistic ones (the March Hare I spotted in this post currently hangs on my bedroom wall, making me smile every day). So letting out a little “Oooh!” at this hare mug when I saw it on Etsy wasn’t terribly surprising. Isn’t it a beauty? I love the...

Read More
Win a BE Indulged Spa Pamper Session at Beyond Escapes Devon
Mar06

Win a BE Indulged Spa Pamper Session at Beyond Escapes Devon

We’ve teamed up with Beyond Escapes Devon, a brand-new luxury holiday and leisure experience, to offer one lucky winner the chance to relax and unwind during a BE Indulged Signature Spa Pamper Session, worth £75. The search for the ultimate Mother’s Day treat is over, thanks to this fantastic prize which includes a rejuvenating 55-minute treatment from Britain’s number one luxury skincare brand ELEMIS, access to the BE You Spa and...

Read More
Win 1 of 2 £50 Vouchers for Glassware from Designs By Lolita
Mar06

Win 1 of 2 £50 Vouchers for Glassware from Designs By Lolita

If you haven’t come across them yet, you just might love the hand blown, hand painted  Designs By Lolita glassware – and we’ve got two £50 vouchers to give away so you can try some of them for yourself! Every Lolita Glass begins as a sketch drawn by an artist. Each glass is hand-crafted and blown, so no two glasses are identical – very slight variations can occur in the thickness of the rim or weight of each...

Read More