*Thanks to Grey for inviting us to dine with them I must admit that Grey – the bar and restaurant at Cardiff Hilton – had never occurred to me as a venue for a family lunch with young children. Their bottomless Prosecco brunch however has been on my radar for...
Thanks to the New Theatre for inviting us to review the show When the audience begin to take to their seats for What The Ladybird Heard the curtains on the New Theatre’s stage are already open. All around us are gasps as people comment that the farmyard scene in front...
When my grandmother died from cancer last year, her family rallied round her doing everything we could to make her last months, weeks, days and then hours as comfortable and dignified as we possibly could. But we couldn’t have done it without the support of the Marie Curie nurses who...
Thanks to the Sherman Theatre for the review tickets As its name suggests, Tiddler and Other Terrific Tales brings four of Julia Donaldson’s much-loved children’s picture books together in a wonderfully entertaining and highly visual production for young children. I took my three children to see it today at Cardiff’s...
We have a special visitor this half term. The teddy from Littlest’s playgroup is with us for the week. The whole week! You know, the bear (or in our case a dog) which gets given to the child who has achieved well that week. The bear which you have to...
Paid collaboration with St Fagans National Museum of History Usually when I write about St Fagans the focus is on the different historical buildings – the old farm houses; the school; the miners’ cottages; the chapel; the mill and so on. That’s not surprising given there are around 50 original...
*paid collaboration with Aviva Community Fund Isham Kasi’s face beams with excitement as he pushes open the door and enters Rebounders. His eyes light up and a big grin appears as he sees the trampolines in front of him. He proudly shows his Pokémon t-shirt to his coach Carmel Royston...
It’s half term next week here in Cardiff with most schools breaking up this Friday. As ever, there’s loads going on to entertain the little ones, from theatre productions to outdoor nature trails and everything in between. I’ve rounded up everything I can find for half term and also for...
I’ve never really been a fan of Valentine’s Day. I find it overly commercialised and cheesy and, if I’m honest, rather cringeworthy. I don’t think there’s anything romantic about being 10th in line to buy a dozen red roses three times their usual price in your local supermarket, or sitting...
* Thanks to The New Theatre for the review tickets Way back in the summer of 2009, I saw The Sound of Music stage musical for the first time. I’d been working as a freelance PR for a theatre where it was being performed and I had lived and breathed...
“Wow, Mummy! They’re amazing,” was my nearly-four-year-old’s response when he saw The Great Brick Safari this morning. And he’s right; wow indeed! The 12 statues which are currently on display in Mermaid Quay are incredible. In Cardiff for just two weeks – from Saturday 10th-Sunday 25th February – the wild...