Fathering yourself: filling the gap from your absent father – By Jonathan Brown

What do I mean by the term fathering yourself? Many men grow up with absent fathers. Some dads are physically absent, and others are emotionally so, are distracted from their child by work, their own grief, rage or substance misuse, and spend little real quality Read More …

Tolulope Ogunmefun helps us to talk about jealousy in his new children’s book – ‘The Frog and his Dancing Shoes’ – Review by Philip Robinson

The Frog and his Dancing Shoes is Tolulope Ogunmefun’s first children’s book. According to an article from New Beacon Bookstore in London, where Tolu recently had the book launched, he had this to say about the book’s inspiration: “After what many parents told him about Read More …

Thank you 2017, for one of the best years of my life – by MFF founder, Elliott Rae

The first year of university was pretty good, and I enjoyed 2014, the year after we got married and went on loads of holidays but wow what a year it’s been. MFF has grown to an unbelievable level and although I always knew this would be Read More …

An in-depth chat with US rapper Brother Ali – by James Roach

  After a five year hiatus, socially aware intellectual heavyweight and US rapper, Brother Ali, was in London to perform on the UK leg of his “Own Light” tour. Brother Ali is expecting his third child in December, so I took the opportunity to pick Read More …

Help your family enjoy the simple magic of Christmas – By Shonette Bason-Wood

Christmas can be a crazy few weeks, so much to do and so little time. If we aren’t careful our own children can get lost in our busyness to get everything done. As adults we often don’t feel the Christmas magic we felt as children Read More …

Best Christmas gifts for kids 2017 – By Mark Cop

Looking for Christmas gift ideas? We got you! There is a reason why we say to someone who is extremely happy that he looks like “the kid on Christmas morning”. Christmas morning is the time when kids are opening presents with family and there is Read More …

Can computers compose music? – by Peter Kawalek

Can computers compose music? They will soon be able to drive better than us, they can already beat us at chess and they can out-think our best investment bankers, but will computers ever be able to compose music? Surely Bach is beyond even the best Read More …