Kennington is the place where people change tube lines, most commuters will know the name but very little about it, which is surprising as it is so close to central London - only two minutes to Waterloo on Northern Line. The housing stock is good, it is next to the Oval...
Brixton really isn’t what it was, instead of a Rasta offering you drugs outside the tube station, you are more likely to find a cello player busking for money. Brixton is now a Clapham overspill, check out the patrons of the Dog Star on Friday night and you could easily be...
By Jack Peat, Editor of The London Economic London isn’t the birthplace of gin, but it’s the closest thing it has to a home. For London Dry is responsible for finding gin a bedfellow in the shape of tonic, a mix that has become internationally renowned and is, in part,...
By Anna Power @KitNapz Ida is a profoundly moving, visually mesmerizing coming of age tale, steeped in the shadowy secrecy of post-holocaust, Poland. At eighteen, Ida, a novitiate, is about to take her vows but before doing so, her mother superior asks her to spend some time with her...
By Harry Bedford, Music Editor Underneath the arches of the viaduct adjacent to Leeds Railway Station stands the remains of a legendary music venue, Leeds’ own Cavern Club. It may only have been there 20 years and may not have been that well known outside the city, but this dark...
The Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) has launched a Speak Up campaign encouraging financial services industry firms to adopt a Speak Up policy for whistleblowers. New research has found there is overwhelming support for introducing US-style whistleblower incentives to the UK. When asked whether the UK should offer...
MYA is the one if the UK’s leading cosmetic surgery providers with 10 offices throughout the UK in all major cities such as Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool and Leeds. They are now embarking on the next stage of their journey by opening a flagship cosmetic surgery hospital in the heart of...
By Sara Davison - life and divorce coach Some of us fall out of love slowly and over time, some of us meet a new partner and for others our break up comes as a complete shock and totally out of the blue. Whatever the situation there are always warning signs...
A review of how the Scottish Referendum affected the stock market, Apple report record sales of iPhone 6, and Alibaba post IPO record by Jonny Smith. After a summer break, this weeks article will assess the effect of the Scottish referendum on the strength of the currency and stock market....