The self-styled family-lifestyle store solves the age-old problem of how to entertain little ones when you’re in dire need of some retail therapy.
Hackney
Everything about Toconoco is low-key, from its location in laid-back De Beauvoir to its cool, typically Japanese decor.
The hand-operated water pumps have an annoying habit of being commandeered by older, often extremely territorial toddlers.
There’s a large shoe department with a squashy sofa for trying on in comfort, with brands including Bobux, Salt-Water and Start-Rite.
Cool doesn’t really come into the equation when you’re all just trying to get through the morning tantrum-, shit- and injury-free.
Daisy Hollings runs Telling Tales children’s bookshop in London Fields. She lives in Homerton with her boyfriend, their two daughters and their husky.
The store offers a monstrous selection of edibles, from salts made from tears to conserves made from bodily fluids.
Fount is the parental utopia you’ve always dreamed of but never believed could exist because life just isn’t that kind
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,
Well-designed, lavishly illustrated books are dreamily displayed on clean white tables and shelves for optimum perving
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