There’s an in-store bench where you can sit and peruse the vast range of books with a massive cuddly tiger for company.
Author: Bablands
The store offers a monstrous selection of edibles, from salts made from tears to conserves made from bodily fluids.
Toddlers want to touch stuff and that’s understandable. These people are brand new; of course they want to touch everything.
Children are encouraged to think independently and collaborate to create walkways, see-saws and slides using diverse materials.
The Corner House is less a play cafe and more a small, well-planned city in which to play, eat, drink, meet and learn.
The shop is adorable and the selection is perfect. The sale is also absolutely brilliant with loads of massive reductions.
This steamy Sunday sanctuary is abundant in lush greenery and Andie McDowell’s apartment in Green Card vibes
Everything is so stylish it’s borderline ridiculous, plus I love kids’ shops with play areas, even if they’re too nice to use
What?: I’ve taken Bab to the V&A a few times, with mixed results. There was the time we went for an aimless wander and she got absolutely covered in museum-floor filth, kept trying to prod the priceless artefacts and pissed off a waitress by recarpeting the cafe floor with Petit Filous
What?: Seven-acre inner-city playground occupying the site of the former London Foundling Hospital. If you’ve ever been to the Foundling Museum you’ll already know the story of Captain Thomas Coram, the philanthropist who founded the hospital in 1739 to house and care for the countless abandoned children living on the capital’s streets
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