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This witty, engaging and heartfelt new memoir by Peter Meyer is a tour de force of wanderlust. It tells the inspirational true story of growing up ‘wild’ in wildest South Africa, and how our childhoods can and do shape our adult lives. The Boy from the Wild recounts Meyer’s “charmed” life growing up on the Karkloof Valley Nature Reserve in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The 1,000-hectare reserve was the brainchild of his late father, James, who set about transforming the site...

To kick off 2018, Hookworms, have shared the new video for ‘Static Resistance’ - the latest track from their forthcoming album, Microshift, due for release on February 2nd 2018. On ‘Static Resistance’, the band have said: “Static Resistance is the oldest track on the album, we wrote and recorded the first version of it early 2015, not very long after The Hum had been released. It's one of only two pre-flood songs on the record. It’s a song about the...

Corporate parties are a great way to meet your colleagues in a more relaxed and unconventional environment, and it can be especially helpful for those that haven’t had much time to mingle during office hours. Nonetheless, they tend to include larger groups of people, which could potentially cause conflict in individual preferences regarding food, drinks or even the music selection. In order to avoid such disharmonious situations, it is best to choose a single theme and stick to its elements....

There's a new Jeff Rosenstock record. Since when? Since now, that's when! Jeff Rosenstock wrote POST- in a double-wide trailer in the Catskill Mountain town of East Durham, the snow-covered hills surrounding him like a landscape of blank pages. The serene, empty space was a big change of scenery for a guy who bounces around the world like a human comet, playing super-catchy, super-devastating shout-alongs to dedicated fans around the world. "2017 kinda felt like the year when we snuck...

Well as far as years go this was certainly one of them. I recall remarking somewhere around the end of 2016, the year when All the Celebrities Died, that we would some day look back at that year as the Good Old Days. Who knew that would almost be immediate? But you know, it wasn’t all bad, just a sweeping majority bad; the same kind of sweeping majority that Theresa May thought was hers to be had until she discovered...

A pair of Doctor Who fans received letters from Peter Capaldi on the day of his show departure -- assuring them he will be "always there, somewhere in time and space". Brothers David McGilloway, nine, and Tom, 11, couldn't believe their eyes when they opened the personal messages on Christmas Day. The youngsters have been big fans of the show, and Peter Capaldi in particular, for many years. And they were sad that he was leaving the popular series after...

Are you bloody stuffed with Christmas dinner? We’re bloody stuffed with Christmas dinner. And there’s more to come, too. While the bubble ‘n’ squeak sort of gurgles away in a pan for a bit we at TLE thought we’d gather our favourite tracks of 2017 into one handy playlist for your listening pleasure. If you’ve been hiding in your room for the last year with your fingers wedged in your ears, emerging only to scream at your mum to stop...

The final show on the Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes Modern Ruin tour run at the O2 Brixton was an absolute barnstormer. We should know, we were there to grab some snaps on behalf of Sailor Jerry and we can tell you - total carnage. If you were there - congrats, you probably witnessed one of the best live shows of 2017, right? TLE have been lucky enough to come into possession of Franks' personal setlist from the night, which is both...

A new short play has been released documenting the untold story of Kath Duncan - a woman who took on the power of king, parliament and the entire legal establishment to lay the groundwork for the National Council of Civil Liberties. Ray Woolford's Liberty tells Duncan's story through play, newspaper cuttings and photographs, using actual text from politicians of the day to demonstrate the power held, influence gained and chaos created by Duncan. Aptly named the Last Queen of Scotland, we learn of...