We’re only a day away from Big Sunday, which means only ONE day to get your ticket in advance (pay more on the door). As well as a fabulous array of workshops, body sessions and treatments included in the price, the trade fair from 2pm will have some super offers to put the cherry on top of your day. Brighton & Hove City Mayor Bill Randall is opening the fair at 2pm, from then it [...]

Hot off the Twitter press, Emma Daniel, aka @huxley06 is urging Brighton & Hove people to work together to ensure no child in the city goes through winter without a proper coat. Here’s the full story from Emma, Tonight at about 6pm I read about a project in London aiming to ‘wrap up Londoners’. Apparently, 14% of poorer children will go through winter without a coat. We know Child Poverty is an issue in Brighton & [...]

If ever a band deserved to be hyped it is Public Enemy. After seeing them for the first time at the Brighton Dome last night, I can’t remember the last time I rocked out non-stop through the show and don’t understand why Chuck D hasn’t decided to run for President next month. This isn’t going to be a comprehensive review post of the show. I was so mesmerised by the performance, I can’t remember in [...]

Brighton is being treated to some great events for parents and kids alike this week in Brighton, starting with Public Enemy at The Dome tonight (for parents!) then Sid’s Show tomorrow morning at The Old Market (for both!). I’ll make a confession. In 1987 when Public Enemy thrust onto the music scene with their militant rap I was listening to Johnny Hates Jazz. It’s not to say I didn’t like rap & hop-hop, I adored [...]

Natasha Tamlyn runs the very popular Red Jelly. Both myself and Claire have experience one of Natasha’s classes and we have to say we are huge fans!! Natasha now has a place on our wall of fame. Along with myself Natasha has been nominated in the Mums Club Top 100 Business Women in the UK.

This weekend will the last event to be held at The Level park, Brighton before it closes for restoration. Brighton & Hove council were awarded a £2.2m Heritage Lottery Funding and Big Lottery funding under the ‘Parks for People’ scheme. The Council are also running a ‘fun-for-all’ close down event on Saturday 13th October 12pm – 4pm, before the park closes from Monday 15th October. The Playbus will be there, as well as a fire [...]

The lovely people at Drusillas Park invited us to the park for the day, with the family for a fun day out. The last time we took our eldest daughter there, she was just shy of two years old. So I was like a kid at Christmas, excited to see how both kids would enjoy the experience. Like many of our countrymen, we are an animal-loving family. Not enough to have a mini-zoo of our [...]

Action songs, rhymes and a chocolate hide-and-seek game will give children as young as two a real taste for French and Spanish, in free language sessions taking place in Brighton to celebrate European Languages Day. The two sessions, one in French and one in Spanish, are led by Lucy Amos, founder of Little Fidgets, a Hurstpierpoint company specialising in language classes for 2-11 year-olds. Lucy works with schools and nurseries across the county and uses [...]

Thinking about getting back your pre-baby body? Let me guess, maybe you’re looking to lose a bit of weight, reduce that post-bump bulge and tone up those muscles which have lying dormant during pregnancy? Well good news, it’s all very achievable. To help you on your mission back to fitness Rob Jones, fitness boffin at StrideFit, a Brighton and Hove based fitness outfit, has some helpful top tips on how to exercise safely and effectively [...]

Get inspired for our hunt for bike sheds in central Brighton with these local ‘shed heroes’. Stylish, Practical Bike Sheds We hear from one resident who commissioned a shed from Brighton Bike Sheds, a company specialising in designing and installing bespoke bike storage in your outside space. I commissioned Aaron to design and build a bespoke bike shed for our small garden. When he came to quote, he helped us think through solutions to the [...]