By Michael McNulty With Orange is the New Black’s, albeit slightly disappointing, season 5 now well and truly behind us, you may find yourself thirsting after another prison set drama. Look no further. Here to satisfy your needs is Jules Dassin’s 1947 film, Brute Force. Set in Westgate Penitentiary, a prison run by a weak willed Warden, Barnes (Roman Bohnen), who is facing increased pressure from the board to up the discipline. The Chief Guard, Monsey (Hume Cronyn), a fierce...

Sport News 24/7 Welcome to a new weekly-ish blog piece for TLE, covering Tottenham Hotspur. As the new stadium on Tottenham High Road continues to take shape, Tottenham are over in sunny Orlando taking part in the prestigious pre-season International Champions Cup. A tournament taking place across three locations (the US, China and Singapore) and featuring 17 teams in total, of which only five are actually champions. Sigh. Spurs get their tournament underway on Saturday, taking on PSG – although...

By Anderona Cole Waking up, wiping your eyes slowly in the morning is a ritual for many, but as each day passed in my late teens, the more I did it, the my more my world began to fade. Aged 21, my optician noted that my discomfort was linked to the fact that the window of my eyes was, over time, becoming thinner. I was eventually diagnosed as having Keratoconus, an eye condition that can affect young people in their...

Of the few restaurants I actively choose to visit again and again, few are as charming as The Hinds Head in Bray. With less bells and whistles than The Fat Duck (or Dinner in Knightsbridge) but ritzier than The Crown, each within spitting distance of one another, The Hinds Head is the embodiment of the quintessentially British ‘gastro-pub’, before Gordon Ramsay helped to make the ‘gastro’ prefix seem as desirable as queuing around the block for dinner, in torrential rain....

Research shows more money is leaving Africa than entering -  so is the West giving aid to Africa, or is Africa giving aid to the West?  Is foreign aid an illusion? New accusations have been fielded that the Commonwealth could be nothing more than an ironically named intergovernmental organisation designed to maintain Western hegemony of the globe. With the days of imperialism seemingly over, those with vested interests are ensuring developing countries remain just that by taking more money out of them...

Dignan Porch have put together a stunning new animated video for ‘Golden Beak’. Inspired by the song’s surreal, dreamlike lyrics, the video tells the tale of two brothers who undertake a strange and perilous journey and was directed by the band’s keyboard player Hayley Akins and a few of her animator mates. It's got a Journey / Shadow of the Collusus vibe. Check it out below. Commanding a cult-like following thanks to releases on Faux Discx and the legendary Captured Tracks alongside a long-running...

A major road was shutdown after hundreds of chocolate bars spilt across the carriageway following a lorry fire. Flames engulfed the road as the HGV carrying Nestle Lion bars erupted in a fire ball. Motorists were delayed for hours when three lanes of the A2 carriageway were closed for most of Wednesday. Police officers and South East Coast Ambulance Service attended the scene at around 5:30am on near Bluewater in Kent. Firefighters worked to clear the melted load so that...

Just hours after Liam Fox told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that the Brexit deal with the European Union "should be one of the easiest in human history,” the second round of Brexit talks broke down. EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier warned of “fundamental divergences." With the clock ticking and nearly 113 days past since Article 50 was triggered, there still appear to be “fundamental divergences” between the Conservative cabinet members on what the UK’s priorities should be. Despite the Chancellor...

Barcelona is a thriving European business centre, it is now regarded as an international business destination. There are major conferences, exhibitions taking place throughout the year ensuring that the Catalan culture hub is a huge draw for businesses. The culture, cuisine, architecture and the temperature throughout the year are a big attractor as a holiday destinations, Barcelona has a lot to offer whatever the purpose of your trip. One of the most famous passions and activities in Barcelona is football....