Advantages: Keeps baby very entertained and safe Disadvantages: Is a bit cumbersome and awkward to 'flatpack'
With the rush of Christmas fast approaching we were looking around for ways to spoil our daughter on her first Christmas and found the LeapFrog Learn and Groove DJ Activity station - ideal as both her parents are DJs.
It is a lovely activity station with 5 basic toy elements - record player, number piano, microphone, mirror ball and juke box which I will explain individually shortly.
Alex hates lying down now and wants to be upright all the time - a bit of a pain when you are trying to do other things such as the chore that is housework - and this is where the Learn and Groove come into its own. She is a small baby for her age so finding things that will help her sit/stand securely are few and far between but this station does give her a good amount of support without letting her slump forwards or backwards or slide down into ...
Advantages: A trip back in time, Disadvantages: None
We all have films that we want to watch more than once and from my point of view Saturday Night and SundayMorning directed by Karel Reisz is one of those that fall into that category.
The film is based on an autobiographical novel by Alan Sillitoe, it is set in the 1960's hence the film is in black and white and when it was first released it was a major box office hit.
I can clearly see why it was such a hit at the time, the film is life as it was, no frills or airs and graces, just a story of working class folk earning an honest bob.
The setting for the film is Nottingham and throughout the film you will see characters coming and going from work to the local Raleigh bicycle factory.
Albert Finney plays the part of Arthur Seaton, a young factory worker. Arthur is an out and out rebel, he is a rough and ready yet oddly charismatic ...