If you've only recently learned how to ride a motorbike, you are going to be relatively inexperienced on the road - and that situation can pose a problem when you take out bike insurance. A financially expensive problem, that is; your inexperience makes you a bigger risk to insurers, who will accordingly offer you relatively high premiums. However, there remain ways of cutting the costs. While you can't just magic motorbike-riding experience out of thin air, keep in mind that...

Forget what you know about Swan Lake. Forget ballet, forget Tchaikovsky, forget magic and romance. Michael Keegan-Dolan's critically acclaimed contemporary take is like nothing you will have ever seen before, yet it is as devastatingly powerful as any adaption you are likely to see. After its sell-out success last year, Swan Lake/Loch na hEala returned to Sadler's Wells this week for a three day run. Performed by a company of 13 world-class performers including actor Mikel Murfi, the contemporary adaption is interwoven with...

Smoking pot can almost triple a teenager's risk of suffering depression, according to new research. A study of more than 3,000 teenagers found those who used cannabis were much more likely to suffer bipolar disorder by the time they reached adulthood. It found marijuana caused a condition known as 'hypomania' - periods of elated mood, overactive and excited behaviour and reduced need for sleep. These are telltale symptoms often experienced as part of severe depression - and have a serious...

With the dust yet to settle on the 2017 General Election the banks are already running scared at the prospect of Jeremy Corbyn becoming the next Prime Minister. Following comments from a Goldman Sachs banker that Britain would be like "Cuba without the sunshine" under the Labour leader a strategist at Morgan Stanley has claimed Corbyn is a "bigger risk than Brexit" to Britain's slowing economy. The comments were made in the bank's annual outlook for the European stock markets, which...

Following the launch of Martell VS Single Distillery, the Cognac brand has collaborated with Ryan Chetiyawardana (AKA. Mr Lyan), working alongside brand ambassador Matthias Lataille to create a number of fresh takes on some classic cocktails. Martell’s latest expression, VS Single Distillery marries spirits from a single distillation source in the Cognac region of France, delivering an intense, rich, fruity taste. Conversely, these fruity notes make the spirit ideal as a cocktail base. The Martell Mint Julep, for instance, features...

As a leading cancer charity, working with us brings many business benefits including employee engagement and retention, mentoring opportunities and improved cancer awareness for employees. Many businesses are attracted to Macmillan because of the wide-ranging support we can offer their workforce through the challenges cancer can bring. We have decades of expertise in helping people living with cancer, and are an invaluable resource for employers who want to improve the support for their staff. As one in two people will...

Forget Kim Kardashian, Jeremy Corbyn's latest cover on GQ is about to break the internet. Black and white pictures of the Labour leader have been leaked and are already sending social media into a storm. Corbyn was revealed as the latest cover star of GQ today, but refused to be interviewed by Alastair Campbell for the men’s magazine. The editor, Dylan Jones, told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that he had to use an alternative interviewer, the senior commissioning editor...

By Anna Power Happy End is certainly far from happy - a heavy hint of the irony to be found in this darkest of satirical tales of familial dysfunction amid the bourgeoisie. Twisted from the outset, this misanthropic tale will make you squirm and laugh and often simultaneously. Haneke’s trade mark style is stamped all over this film from the guilty over-privilege of the wealthy, to the theme of assisted dying, following on from his 2014 Palme D’Or winning Amour,...

A Conservative MP who left his wife for another MP is facing a bullying investigation after a former office manager made a formal complaint about his “angry outbursts.” The woman, who left her job in March, said she resigned due to the behaviour of Jack Lopresti, MP for Filton and Bradley Stoke, South Gloucestershire. Mr Lopresti left his wife for fellow MP Andrea Jenkyns, who gave birth to their son in March, and faced calls for deselection by members of...