By Alex Jones (@Alex_Jonze) Oh to live in Australia, the sun, the sea, the sand…the sun again. It must be a joyful existence, I mean even their rock bands are chirpy! Case in point is four piece pop rockers The Griswolds. The quartet from Sydney tackles some pretty heavy topics ...
By Declan Roberts (@DeclanMR) Kent-based duo Teal have returned with their first new track since last years' self-titled debut EP. 'Klangfarbenmelodie' features huge crescendo riffs and driving drum beats that sees the band taking their sound in an entirely new direction. Imagine the lovechild of Jon Hopkins and Giorgio Moroder in their ...
By Stephen Mayne @finalreel Roy Andersson’s films are so uniquely his own it’s hard to reconcile them with the world around us. Yet were anyone to venture into the idiosyncratic Swedish director’s head, I strongly suspect they would reveal themselves as a weirdly precise form of documentary filmmaking. A Pigeon ...
Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @davidjdewinter @TLE_Sport With England’s failure to win the first Test in Antigua last week, the debate over Kevin Pietersen’s return to the international fold has taken on even greater significance. Never one to shirk the limelight, Pietersen announced in March ...
By Nathan Lee, TLE Correspondent Next-generation betting exchange Smarkets has reached the one billion pound traded milestone. A strong response to the Cheltenham Festival and record-breaking interest in the Grand National built on momentum from 2014 pushing the company over the £1 billion mark. Cheltenham saw trading volume grow by 320 per cent ...
By Nathan Lee, TLE Correspondent Social media was born on ideals of friendship, but new research has found it could be doing more to dismantle our relationships than bolster it. A study in to modern friendship, commissioned by Thomas J Fudge’s Remarkable Bakery, revealed the majority of Brits (58 per cent) think ...
Sport News 24/7 By Sean Simara @Sean_FootyMad @TLE_Sport We have finally reached the NBA playoff s. Here’s the lowdown on the first round match-ups and who I think will get to the NBA finals. Remember, it's the best out of seven each series and the higher ranked team have home ...
By Nathan Lee, TLE Correspondent Four in ten renters say they don't see the place they currently live in as a proper home, according to a new survey, with eight in ten saying they felt they had ‘no choice’ when it came to whether to rent or buy. It is a ...
By Nathan Lee, TLE Correspondent A study has been commissioned to discover what makes the perfect shopping trip, finding a four hour trawl around stores, a cup of posh coffee, a flapjack and a modest £131 dent in the bank balance are criteria of an idyllic day out. The poll of ...