Month: July 2016

12-17 runner up: Stephanie Von Horn, 17. La Esperanza, Honduras
Family

The Young Travel Photographers Competition Is Now Open!

Kids, are you ready to get ‘snap happy’ this summer holiday? The 2016 Young Travel Photographers Competition is now open and is perfect for getting young explorers excited about their next family holiday. Created and organised by the Family Travel Show, and in partnership with CEWE Photobook and Canon, this exciting photography competition has one simple aim – to celebrate the skill of young travel photographers as they capture … Continue reading The Young Travel Photographers Competition Is Now Open!

James Cole
Family

The Young Travel Photographers Competition Is Now Open!

Kids, are you ready to get ‘snap happy’ this summer holiday? The 2016 Young Travel Photographers Competition is now open and is perfect for getting young explorers excited about their next family holiday. Created and organised by the Family Travel Show, and in partnership with CEWE Photobook and Canon, this exciting photography competition has one simple aim – to celebrate the skill of young travel photographers as they capture … Continue reading The Young Travel Photographers Competition Is Now Open!

James Cole
Family

Embarrassed: Poem by Hollie McNish

Why is titillation accepted and sustenance rejected? Hollie McNish takes us on a journey of exploration around the hypocrisy of a society that condemns women to breastfeed, hidden away in toilet cubicles, when women’s bodies are showcased for commercial gain, wherever we look. This poem is taken from the book Nobody Told Me: a journey from pregnancy to pre-school in poetry and prose: [link to purchase book] “The … Continue reading Embarrassed: Poem by Hollie McNish

James Cole
House

Bringing Street Art to Furniture: Urbanized

In the mid 1980’s graffiti was deem the scourge of society, councils hated it to such an extent they put pressure on the police to act. The police responded with ‘Operation Anderson’ which took place on the 20th March 1989 in which the homes of 72 suspected graffiti writers were raided. The raids took place in Bristol, Bath, Exeter and Cardiff and at the time … Continue reading Bringing Street Art to Furniture: Urbanized

Adam
Travel

Top 10 best-selling crime novels – in time for your holidays!

The top 10 best-selling crime novels of the last five years on Kobo have just been revealed – just in time to make a list and download them ready for your beach holiday Watch our video where crime writer and former president of the Detection Club Simon Brett OBE gives you a guide to these contemporary crime classics There’s nothing like a gripping thriller or … Continue reading Top 10 best-selling crime novels – in time for your holidays!

James Cole
House

Mud and Mischief: Skinny Jean Gardeners to get kids into the garden

According to new research, traditional activities such as ‘freestyle’ play, building dens or bike riding are no longer favoured childhood pastimes as they once were, as a third of children will spend most of their summer holidays watching TV and playing computer games. I remember fondly (and perhaps with a hint of the rose tinted specs) long summer holidays climbing trees, going on bike-rides, and … Continue reading Mud and Mischief: Skinny Jean Gardeners to get kids into the garden

James Cole