Britain’s Favourite Classic Literary Heroines Revealed

By Nathan Lee, TLE Correspondent  Britain's all-time favourite classic literary heroines have been revealed in a new survey. According to the list, Elizabeth Bennet, the charming and quick-witted protagonist from Jane Austin’s beloved Pride and Prejudice, takes the crown as the nation’s all-time favourite classic literary heroine. Agatha Christie’s much-loved detective Miss Marple was runner-up, followed by the eponymous central character from Charlotte Bronte’s 1847 novel Jane Eyre. Scarlett O’Hara from Margaret Mitchell’s melodramatic 1936 epic Gone With the Wind was fourth, ahead...

How to increase the value of your home

By Bea Patel, TLE Property Editor and Director of Shop for an Agent Selling your home for the price you want can be a struggle. And can you get a London price tag for your home without breaking the bank? From sprucing up the garden to replacing worn carpets and upgrading your bathroom suite, there are many ways to set your house apart from others – and get it sold. To increase the value of your home, knowing what you...

Taking Stock of Football’s Most Displeasurable Month

Sport News 24/7 By Jim Mackney  @JimMackney  @TLE_Sport At the starting line of a long summer there is a prevailing feeling of excitement.  It has always been this way.  Whether you're a child anticipating the school hiatus or a 40 something city slogger envisaging weekends in pub gardens and the week break away from your desk.  It is a palpable feeling. However, if you're a football fan and your beloved is a club outside of the Top Four, then it...

Restaurant Review – Quilon

By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food Having opened way back in 1999, it would seem that, once upon a time, Quilon was actually quite brilliant. Again, they’ve managed to wow Michelin this year, for the seventh year running, so it’s a real shame that our recent visit didn’t quite manage to live up to high expectations. Owned by the Taj Hotel Group, Quilon is perched upon the corner St. James Court Hotel just a stone’s throw from Parliament and Victoria...

How To Make The Perfect… Roast Grouse

By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food With Game season now well underway, following the Glorious 12th of August, The Plowden Arms in Henley on Thames have shared the recipe for their own Roast Grouse dish, using the quintessentially British Red Grouse, Livers En Croute, Bread Purée, Watercress and Blackberries. Enjoy. Ingredients Serves 4 For the Grouse Young Red Grouse, 4, including Livers Butter, 50g for Livers En Croute plus 50g for basting the Birds Thyme, ½ Tsp, chopped Garlic, 4 cloves Thyme, 4 sprigs Bruised Juniper Berries, 8, for stuffing the Grouse White Bread, 2 slices Salt & Pepper  Brandy, a splash (25 ml) Cooking Oil For the Purée Stale/dry White Bread, 6 Slices Milk, 200 ml...

NFL set for start after summer full of drama

Sport News 24/7 By Sean Simara  @Sean_FootyMad  @TLE_Sport We’re now only a few months away from the new NFL  season.  During the summer break most of the talk in the NFL has been around the backlash of 'Deflategate'.  As a reminder, this was where the New England Patriots were accused of tampering with the footballs in their AFC Championship game against the Indianapolis Colts.  The Patriots won the game 45-7, but after an investigation, the NFL came down on the...

Why everyone’s banging on about Margate

@BenGelblum Walk along the Kent coast where Thames estuary turns into North Sea, wind farms and shipping rising out of the dark blue expanse: you come across the ghosts of Victorian holidays. Abandoned coastal cafes and crumbling concrete lidos built into the sea where once thousands flocked to bathe. And as you walk along the clifftops from Broadstairs, Stone Bay, Joss Bay, Palm Bay, Walpole Bay to Margate, cheeky haven of half-remembered childhood holidays, you find a resort frozen in...

Restaurant Review – Vinothec Compass

By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food With the current boom in popularity that’s surrounding Greenwich Peninsula at present, North Greenwich is turning into a real hot bed for eating out. Until quite recently, the only places to eat within a stones throw of North Greenwich station were one of the many restaurant chains within the O2 Arena (apart from The Pilot pub, which is a little off of the beaten track for visitors). Earlier this year, celebrated chef Stevie Parle’s...

Boys Announce Debut EP ‘Kind Of Hurt’

Swedish garage pop project Boys (AKA Nora Karlsson from HOLY) are set to release their first EP. Kind Of Hurt is slated for a 25th September release date through PNKSLM Recordings. Whet your appetite for its lo-fi garage and melodious pop with lead single 'Ever Before' which you can listen to below.

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