Footage of Brilliant London Underground Breakfast Eating Device
By Nathan Lee, TLE Correspondent Eating on the tube is generally frowned upon, but when you unpack a full breakfast unit onto your lap tube etiquette sort of goes out of the window. New footage has emerged of a commuter eating cereal on the tube in the most spectacular possible fashion. Entering the carriage with what appeared to be a regular briefcase, the passenger unfolded a breakfast eating device equipped with a fridge to supply cold milk, hidden side compartments to store...
Seven of the best snorkelling spots
By Beth Roberts You don’t need to be scuba-certified to be seduced by a life aquatic. In fact, all you really need is a mask. If the idea of going underwater has you floundering for your flippers, you’re in luck. From stingray cities to sea lions and even night excursions, we’ve put together a list of the top ten snorkelling spots to satisfy your sub-aqua appetite… 1. Grand Cayman Be mobbed by a flock of friendly stingrays in the crystal...
Restaurant Review – Rosa’s Thai Café, Spitalfields
By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food With six restaurants now spread out across the city, the original Rosa’s Thai Café can be found just between Spitalfields Market and East London’s bustling Brick Lane. Set up by husband and wife duo Alex and Saiphin Moore, following the success of a Brick Lane street food stall, it seems that the premises is often filled to capacity with tourists and locals alike. Upon arriving, our booking is nowhere to be seen, fortunately there...
Today is Harkive Day
Harkive want to know about how, where and why you listen to music on a single day. Each year the project chooses a day to gather your music stories. This year it's 21st July, aka today. To contribute to the project you can send Harkive a few words about what your listening to, provide an audio file or join the discussion Facebook and Twitter. The aim is to archive the experiences of thousands of individuals to create a cohesive picture of the...
City and Colour Announce New Album ‘If I Should Go Before You’
Hold on to your britches, City and Colour fans! Pink/You+Me is back on the sidelines and a new C&C album is on the way. 'If I Should Go Before You' is slated for an October 9th release and, judging by what we've heard, it'll probably make your feet move by their own accord and tug your heartstrings right out of your chest. Here's what Dallas has to say about it: 'Over the last two years I've had the great pleasure of...
Dead Rising: Watchtower – Film Review
By Toby Venables @TobyVenables There’s a great moment in Dead Rising: Watchtower when the hero Chase attempts to dispatch a zombified cop in an trash-strewn alleyway. At one end, zombie hordes are moments away from bursting through the gates. At the other, a hideous zombie clown shuffles towards him, dragging an axe. Chase smacks the zom-cop with the first thing to hand: a bag of garbage – but it’s a poor choice of weapon. The cop draws his gun and...
Record Number of Greek Workers Looking at UK Jobs
By Nathan Lee, TLE Correspondent New research has found a record number of Greek workers are searching for jobs in the UK following the debt crisis and widespread youth unemployment. Figures released by CV-Library show the number of web visits received from Greek workers was up by 111 per cent, compared to the same week in July 2014. In addition to this, latest web traffic figures suggest there was a significantly high number of Greek visitors over the last four weeks,...
The Lowdown on British Film Making Duo ‘Jones’ creators of ‘Everyone’s Going To Die’
Stephen Mayne interviewing Max Barron, one half of British Director Collective Jones. The sun is shining through the window on a warm July day as I sit hunched over the phone. On the other end of the line is Max Barron, half of the film making duo Jones, who have just seen their debut feature, Everyone’s Going to Die, launch in the UK to much acclaim. Refreshingly, it’s a British film that avoids feeling like a stereotypical British film. Max...
I Want Plates
By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food For as long as there’s been fine dining restaurants, creativity in the kitchen has always been encouraged. Sure, sometimes the classics are very difficult to improve upon, yet without such focus it’s unlikely that chefs such as Heston Blumenthal, whose cooking is often reminiscent of a stereotypical mad scientist, or Pierre Gargnall – the artist behind London’s über trendy Sketch – would have risen to such prominence. However, as far as extreme creativity is...