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How to plan a Kids Easter tea-party. Easter is the perfect time to gather and create a little party for your littles ones, which the grown ups will also enjoy. Kids love to emulate adults, spending hours playing tea parties with friends, so tea should be served from a...

As Principal of Stoke College, this is a question that I am often asked by prospective parents, and it is a pleasure to answer as I love our school so much. As a small day and boarding school of 160 students, with a strong international outlook and a growth plan that...

Effortless Essentials for Everyone. When it comes to putting together a wardrobe that is easy and effortless, less is always more.  A carefully curated collection of pieces that you know you can reach for and rely on - essentially a capsule wardrobe. Seven Sundays is...

Christmas Books to Please Every Taste If dinosaurs, skeletons, ballet dancers, little creatures, poems, advent calendars, or Christmas around the world is your thing, there’s a Christmas picture-book here to please you.  The dinosaurs book is not so much a Christmas...

The news that nine children have tragically lost their lives due to the infection Strep A has us all worrying and wondering why the strain is circulating. UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has reported cases are higher this year due to high amounts of circulating...

A SPOOKY CHARCUTERIE If you aren’t familiar with the term Charcuterie, it is essentially a fancy way to describe a meat and cheese board. This fun and spooky twist on a classic elegant cheese board is an impressive appetiser with meat, crackers, fruit, spreads and...

Have you come across the new Stortford Performers yet? Stortford performers classes focus on the LAMDA syllabus for speaking verse and prose. Acting and Musical Theatre (singing) content. So what is a LAMDA  exam? LAMDA stands for London Academy of Dramatic Art, and...

I have to say Hatters Pumpkin Patch is fast becoming one of our favourite local farms to visit with the children and here's why. Hatters Farm is a family-run pumpkin patch producing thousands of pumpkin squash each year. Having farmed near the village of Takeley for...

Livewire Rock Academy - The School Of Rock for 6 and up Livewire Rock Academy is a Herts and Essex-based rock school with outlets in Saffron Walden, Great Dunmow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Established 14 years ago by Uncle Funk front-man Simon Baker, the schools...