There’s been a lot of news reports recently about plans by President Trump’s administration to put a stop to the so-called ‘Dreamers Law’. Officially known as the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) programme, the immigration policy championed by Barack Obama has protected nearly 800,000 young adults without documentation to...
By Justin Hawke, owner and brewer at Moor Beer Company When TLE editor Jack Peat wrote that we’ve got to stop thinking “craft” means “small” in response to BrewDog's ascension into Britain’s 100 Biggest Alcohol Brands I, as someone often referred to as a ‘craft brewer’, tended to agree. There is however...
Saudi Arabian state television announced on Tuesday evening that women will be allowed to drive in the kingdom, with driving licenses to be issued to men and women alike from next summer. The order was issued by King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and was announced by the Saudi Ministry...
By Sam Inglis The title sequence is, it seems to me, in danger of becoming one of the lost arts of cinema. Frequently now, we will see only a few production logos before a film begins, with even the title card frequently being saved for the end. I think this...
By Jim Mackney The Road to Mandalay is a bewitching, social-realist drama from Taiwanese film director, Midi Z. The drama focuses on Lianqing (Wu Ke-xi) and her pursuit of a better life in Bangkok. The film’s opening ten minutes portrays the first steps on her journey, including her being smuggled over...
Jeremy Corbyn has called out his media critics over the election coverage, joking "never have so many trees died in vain". Corbyn condemned The Daily Mail for devoting 14 pages to attacking his party and challenged the editor, Paul Dacre, to double the coverage over him for the next general...
An animal loving photographer has captured a hilarious set of pictures showing dogs leaping for treats with their eyes and mouths wide open. The ingenious snaps were taken using a technique which catches the dogs' faces a split-second before they munch down on tasty biscuits. Paws for the camera -...
A muscle-bound thug serving 11 years for a savage machete attack has had his Facebook page removed - for posting SELFIES from his cell. Bragging Martin Grant, 27, was jailed in May after nearly severing a man's hand in a drugs row. He smuggled a phone into his cell and...
Festivals follow many formats. The large outdoor type is arguably the most familiar, covering meadows, farms and abandoned complexes outside of the smog and strains of the city. There are the micro events that shrink into one building or room for a day or less, often referred to as one...