From visiting free, world-class museums to enjoying acres of green space to trying food from anywhere that you can think of, London is a stimulating and fascinating place to spend time with your kids. Each month I publish a roundup of the best things which are on offer in London for families. Here’s my February […]
Holiday snaps: Herculaneum, Italy
I went to Herculaneum last year with my daughter on a tour of the Bay of Naples in Italy with the Family Adventure Company. In Roman times Herculaneum was a wealthy seaside town. In AD79 it was destroyed at the same time as Pompeii when Mount Vesuvius erupted. Pyroclastic flows (volcanic gas and rocks moving at speeds […]
Family activities at the British Museum
My favourite object at the British Museum is a bronze statue known as the Gayer-Anderson cat. I decide this as I read its description when I visit the London museum with my teenage daughter and Sergio, her Spanish exchange student. Apparently this cat, a beautiful, ancient artefact which is now carefully lit in a glass […]
Life and death in Pompeii and Herculaneum exhibition
I was lucky enough to attend the press view of the British Museum’s astonishing new ‘Life and death in Pompeii and Herculaneum’ exhibition this week, and I can’t stop talking about it. The people living around Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 had no idea of its danger and didn’t understand the warning signs that it […]