News on Reading Festival… (200+ acts in one weekend!)
26TH – 28TH AUGUST 2016, BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND BIG NARSTIE, THIRD EYE BLIND, DEAF HAVANA, LÅPSLEY CHARLIE SLOTH, ARCANE ROOTS, FICKLE FRIENDS + OVER 15 MORE NAMES ADDED TO READING & LEEDS 2016 5 HEADLINERS OVER 3 DAYS OVER 200 ACTS ANNOUNCED ACROSS ONE BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND www.readingandleedsfestival.com Already boasting a phenomenal programme of the most exciting names in modern music, Reading and Leeds Festivals have revealed...
What do you want YOUR child to be?
When I was growing up I seem to recall we all had some ideas about what we wanted to be – and they all revolved around practical things we loved. There were aspiring carpenters, firemen, vets, teachers, showjumpers, ballet dancers. The world was our oyster, and we couldn’t imagine ever doing something we didn’t passionately love. But somehow, somewhere along the way, things start to change. Our aspirations shift;...
Teen Shoes – you can’t go wrong with Converse
She buying for your young children is pretty easy. You have them carefully fitted, and most of the shoes available to you are practical; you might opt for flashy lights or sparkly bits, and have the to-velcro-or-not-to-velcro dilemma, but on the whole it’s all okay. And then somewhere in their early teens it suddenly gets properly tricky. I can’t say confidently for girls (though I don’t recall having too many issues...
It’s skinny & quick & brill and… 5 reasons to LOVE the Asus ZenBook (the UX305CA for those who care)
I’ve talked before about a teen’s need for a decent laptop of their own. But of course, your teen isn’t the only one who doesn’t necessarily have the luxury of private space – for many of us the kitchen table isn’t just where eating and homework happen, it’s also where the banking, the shopping, a spot of while-I’m-cooking Netflixing and for an increasing amount of us, the blogging happens....
Students! Cheap travel with a Stagecoach unirider ticket!
Do you own a student who’s so intimately acquainted with the local bus routes he could reel off all the stops between home and College, or to his mates house? If so, you might want to think about a Stagecoach unirider ticket. With Stagecoach’s student bus pass, you can use it in your chosen ticket zone at anytime and anywhere – and some areas have unirider tickets for specific universities and/or colleges. Why...
Reading Festival; it’s only Fall Out Boy! Is your teen going?
This year No.1 Son turned 17. Apart from the whole “Seventeen! HOooooow is my baby so old????”-type angstyness, the age thing has also created a need for a whole raft of new parenting skills. Because the boy wants to go do stuff. On his own, for god’s sake. With no adulty-type person to make sure he doesn’t get squished by a car or snatched by danger-strangers or any of the gazillion things that might happen to...