*This article contains affiliate links When I started the Cardiff Mummy Says online lockdown book club in the middle of March, I had no idea we’d still be going eight weeks later. But here I am with the third lot of reading choices. (You can catch up with weeks...
*Contains affiliate links We’ve certainly been getting through a lot of books during the Covid-10 lockdown, but here’s some of our favourites from April. Some of these books are new releases, some of them are old favourites. There’s a mixture of fiction and factual as well as picture books and...
I should have been running the London Marathon today. Me and 40,000 other runners, taking on the 26.2 miles of one of the most famous road races in the world. Except, as we all know, Covid-19 means the event didn’t go ahead – and even if it had, an ongoing...
This article contains affiliate links I’ve loved the last three weeks of Cardiff Mummy Says online book clubs. Reading is proving to be a great comfort to me right now, giving me that all-important time away from the constant pinging on my phone and the never-ending social media posts and...
The Covid-19 lockdown is tough for charities. Fundraising events have been cancelled, charity shops are closed, donations are down. But the vital work these organisations do continues, with the current health crisis providing extra challenges in caring for those who rely on their support. I’ve been speaking to the team...
Paid collaboration with The Red Dragon Centre, Cardiff With cinemas closed due to the Covid-19 lockdown, Trolls World Tour – which should have been released on the big screens this week – is now available for online streaming so that film fans can enjoy the action in their own homes....
Paid collaboration with The Red Dragon Centre Usually about now I’d be publishing my guide to local family-friendly events over the school Easter holidays. In fact, I think this is the first school holidays since 2014 where I haven’t written a list. Because, as we all know, the current Covid-19...
*Contains affiliate links We’re back with another round-up of books we’ve enjoyed reading recently… we’ve certainly been getting through more books than usual during the Covid-10 lockdown. Some of these books are new releases, some of them are old favourites. There’s a mixture of fiction and factual as well as...
I’m going to be honest in the hope that anyone else finding it all a little overwhelming right now will feel less alone… Today has not been a good day. I have had a lot of emotional wobbles. And more than a few tears. It’s been stressful waiting for the...
I want to start this by saying that these are unprecedented extraordinary times. Our main priority is to get through the next through weeks/months as best we can. We are not being asked to replicate school at home or to create mini geniuses whilst simultaneously working a full week, and...
I have moments where I find myself questioning if this is really happening. Am I dreaming? Did I imagine it? And then there are the moments when I wake up (on the nights I can sleep… because often I am wide awake, unable to switch off) and I forget for...