Once known and loved as the city’s most ineffably debaucherous neighbourhood, Soho is now London’s rightful home of the ‘No-Reservations’ policy. Now, most of the area’s restaurants are impossible to visit during a realistic dinner time, without forcing guests to queue around the block. As a result, eating out in Soho has somehow become less fun than standing on a packed Piccadilly Line tube all the way from Heathrow to Cockfosters. With three successful restaurants already operating across London (Kensington,...

The UK has haemorrhaged more than 600,000 manufacturing jobs in the past decade, a new study by GMB has shown. The figures, which are being discussed at GMB’s annual Congress in Plymouth today, show that 619,000 jobs in the sector disappeared from 2006 to 2016, a massive fall of 17 per cent. Between them the lost jobs have meant that £11.3 billion less has been paid in manufacturing wages in real-terms. In 2006 the UK supported 3.5 million permanent and temporary...

Ireland’s not short of incredible spa hotels, from the luxury retreat of Monart to the high-end, welcoming Cliff House to the well-designed Aghadoe Heights. So it was with pleasure and intrigue that I ventured northwards, to the four-star spa hotel of Galgorm Resort, ostensibly to try out its new Quartz spa treatment. Expectations were high: my Northern Irish friends swore it was their favourite retreat, and their promise of an outdoor thermal village gave it a draw that few in...

We’re a resilient lot here in the UK. Attacks in Westminster, Manchester and then London Bridge took place, but we collected ourselves, came together as a people and moved on with our lives- a slap in the face of those who meant us harm and no doubt infuriating for those who expected mass hysteria and people to turn on one another. ‘Keep calm and carry on’ is not just an empty motivational saying that looks good on a mug, a...

Jeremy Corbyn – like him or loathe him - has made politics feel, not only bearable, but exciting to young people.

Thousands of people turned out in the rain to watch Jeremy Corbyn speak tonight in Gateshead after Theresa May struggled to fill a room on the Conservative campaign trail. John Prescott Tweeted that Labour didn't pull crowds the size of the one tonight in 1997 as pictures emerged of people lining the banks of the Tyne. Speaking outside the Sage in Gateshead Corbyn was roundly applauded as chants of his name echoed around. This is a picture of Jeremy Corbyn...

Cathy Come Home wasn’t made to inform, it was made to confront. When it premiered as part of the BBC’s Wednesday Play series back in November ‘66, 12 million people – a quarter of the British population at that time – tuned in to see Ken Loach’s seminal social-realist masterwork. The reaction from audiences was remarkable, provoking public outrage and prompting major discussions within the political sphere: donations to the charity Shelter surged in the days that followed the transmission...

Academic experts from Birmingham City University’s Centre for Brexit Studies have revealed how the General Election result will impact the Brexit outcome. A detailed infographic has been released showing what we can expect to see from Brexit negotiations based on six potential outcomes from the election. The image explores the differences we can expect to see in negotiations, and eventual Brexit, if the election results in a Conservative landslide victory or a Labour-led coalition and everything in between. Professor Alex...

Simon Cowell is amongst the favourites at 11/8 to receive a knighthood when the Queen’s Birthday Honours list is announced on 17th June. Fellow Britain’s Got Talent judge David Walliams said Cowell “thinks he should have a knighthood” and the odds suggest the leading online bookmaker agrees. Meanwhile, J K Rowling is the shortest in the betting at evens to receive a magic tap on the shoulder from the Queen’s sword. Her Royal Highness is 6/4 to make space for...