By Sloan Sheridan Williams In this day and age we not only need to be physically fit but also emotionally fit and mentally tough. With athletes, playing the sport you love and excelling in it creates fulfilment and contentment. Using the same mental strategies we can get ahead in the ...
By Gregory Taylor It was not the best start for the Conservative Party Conference, but things have gone rather better than some would have thought. On Saturday night we had seen one MP joining UKIP and another minister standing down because of a sex scandal. For political geeks like me, it’s ...
Clegg has secured the Lib Dems a permanent fixture in parliament, so long as they don't remember their values. By Nathan Lee The general election in May 2015 is sure to be a close affair. A country disillusioned by the Tories and still hurting from the harsh bouts of austerity ...
By Jack Peat, Editor of The London Economic Sunday morning, blue skies and a crisp autumn breeze wafts aromas of exotic street food across London's East End. It was an idyllic start to the day, but I'd got a cob on. I've just been seated at a trendy Peruvian cafe ...
I want to live in… Clapton Would you want to live in an area dubbed “murder mile” only a few years ago? No, well you are in the minority. There is nothing like middle class gentrification to bring down the crime rate. It is almost as if the local hoodlums ...
Walthamstow is “Awesomestow” apparently. Yes it is a bit cringe, but don’t let that put you off, it is becoming the creative hub of London. It even has a village bit (ok I know everywhere in London claims to have one, but this is the real deal) I don’t know ...
By Alex Barrett Getting an independent film funded and made has always been, and probably always will be, extremely difficult. There's been much talk of the 'democratisation' of filmmaking and of how the digital 'revolution' has levelled the playing field, enabling films to be made quickly and cheaply. This is ...
By Ana Zoria Go west doesn't mean go broke: young professionals West London survival guide West London became popular amongst the wealthy centuries ago and that’s still true today. The Village of Palaces, known today as Chelsea, has been a residence of royalties and a hangout of bourgeois bohemians since the ...
By Jonathan Hatchman @JonHatchmn “Shrimp is the fruit of the sea,” once quoted Mykelti Williamson's character “Bubba Blue” in the Tom Hanks led academy-award winning 'Forrest Gump', unbelievably released a whole 20 years ago. And Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. - the latest addition to Central London's Trocadero centre, sandwiched right ...