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‘Summertime and the living is easy,’ is what Ella Fitzgerald sings but let’s face it, parents, ‘summertime and the living is a hard slog’ is often more realistic!  This year is potentially even harder with restrictions on foreign travel continuing and you may be scratching your lockdown-weary head for ideas on how to fill the weeks.  Being able to suggest something new...

The Olympic Games are going to be hitting our TV screens soon and bringing with them all the excitement and drama that only ‘The Greatest Show on Earth’ can deliver.  The Games are made up of some stalwarts of sport such as athletics (who remembers super Saturday at the 2012 London Games?!), football, tennis, and swimming but did you know that new...

If you follow me on social media you’ll know that I love a good run! Where I live in Kent we’re surrounded by beautiful countryside which makes running all the more enjoyable and has provided some much needed escapism over the last year or so. Although you only need a pair of trainers to run, it can be hard to find the...

If any of you follow me on social media (Instagram @littlebigsports, Facebook, Little Big Sports ), you will know how much I love cricket.  It is my favourite sport: I have such great memories of a childhood spent sitting on a summer’s day watching and I’m so pleased that it’s come full circle, with my son playing it now too (still working on...

As the countdown to Christmas begins, so does the hunt for the perfect children’s Christmas gift.  Not everyone has a big back garden so here are some ideas for those with more compact outdoor spaces.   Crazy Catch – they say that the best ideas are the simple ones and this is a great example! The Crazy Catch is a rebounder net...

An online sports magazine for 7-14 year olds, bsporty was launched in June 2019 by Katie James, a sports and regulatory barrister and mum of three sporty boys aged 11, 8 and 5. Katie had been looking for some positive, age appropriate sports magazines for her eldest to encourage him to enjoy reading more but was disappointed by the lack of choice online or in the shops. There were...