Daisy Hollings runs Telling Tales children’s bookshop in London Fields. She lives in Homerton with her boyfriend, their two daughters and their husky.
Art
With the museum moving to an £83m new home and me giving birth to an 8.3lb baby, I was keen to find out how well we’d gel.
Bab became totally overwhelmed by the audiovisual overflow and proceeded to have a full-on head-banging, floor-licking tantrum.
Natalie Zervou is an artist-educator and the founder of Starting With Art. She lives in Camden.
Check out cute pop-ups, sprog-friendly theatre, inspiring exhibitions and interesting activities for you and your mini.
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
Fount is the parental utopia you’ve always dreamed of but never believed could exist because life just isn’t that kind
Modern furniture, textiles, wall art and cartoon softies designed to look as good outside the nursery as in it
What?: The British Museum’s Little Feet programme for under-fives is a dynamic series of sessions drawing inspiration from the copious objects and artworks found in the gallery’s temporary and permanent exhibits. A Splash of Colour took its cue from the child-friendly primary hues found throughout The American Dream: Pop to the Present
What?: Hoxton’s Parasol Unit for contemporary art is the backdrop for this interactive workshop, which takes place in this beautiful not-for-profit gallery’s upstairs studio. Created by artist and educator Natalie Zervou, founder of the brilliant Starting with Art,
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