By David Harvey In case you hadn't heard, a General Election is coming. Before you switch off, thinking this may be some party political point, it isn't, but it does offer a genuine alternative to the status quo. Your real alternative is to vote “none of the above”. The only problem is that The Electoral Commission who “work to support a healthy democracy, where elections and referendums are based on our principles of trust, participation, and no undue influence” seem...

By Sam Inglis @24fpsUK  24fps.org.uk  The horror genre has always been one for hybrids, both in terms of what it depicts and how it uses generic convention. The thing is, combining two ideas that work in isolation, interesting as the concept may be, doesn't always lead to a third great thing. That seems to be what has happened with Spring. You have to applaud the daring and originality of the concept; filtering Before Sunrise through a Cronenbergian monster movie is...

Sport News 24/7 By Ellie Caddick  @caddicksport  @TLE_Sport Ireland v England is already being billed as the Six Nations decider despite taking place in only the third round of the competition.  The assumption that the result of this game will be pivotal to the championship may seem premature; however, as the top two in the standings, one of Ireland and England will be bidding farewell to a potential Grand Slam for another year. England enter this encounter having beaten the...

By Rosie Wilson We’ve all got a little bit of celebrity envy, haven’t we? That one star who always looks glossy and groomed, who is effortlessly chic, or who we could maybe, possibly look a tiny bit like if we got up at 5am to do our hair and makeup and then everyone squinted a bit when they looked at us? And now awards season is upon us, celeb-envy is at its height - you can’t miss the legions of...

By Bill Lytton "A biased, partisan depiction of the only party that Believes in Britain." Those are the words - and remember them - of Nigel Farage describing Channel 4's "docu-drama": 'Ukip: the First 100 Days'. Fictionalised satire, or speculative fiction; this is Chris Atkin's dystopian sketch of a United Kingdom where the Farage party have taken the country by means of unfathomable political landslide. Already, this sordid act of biased fictional portrayal has garnered more than a thousand complaints...

 By Tim Roe, Managing Director, Rated People Everyone wants to add value to their home, whether they are staying for a decade or selling up and buying bigger next year. Research by the Nationwide Building Society has found that adding a double bedroom and en-suite bathroom to a house will see its value increase by 23 per cent. With return on investment so strong, it seems sensible to get the builders in. The great news is that adding value to...

By Jack Peat, Editor of The London Economic  Spoilt by pop-up ventures, market stalls and a veritable smorgasbord of world cuisines the hungry residents of Shepherd’s Bush could be forgiven for omitting the behemoth Westfield Shopping Centre as a dining option. But as a short walk from the tube goes to show, there’s a few gems amongst the chains. Balans Soho Society is one such gem. Founded in Soho but now boasting an impressive presence across London the ‘contemporary global’...

By Emma Siverthorn @HouseOf_Gazelle From its opaque start through to its ambiguous denouncement Robin Campillo's Eastern Boys is a brilliantly complex exploration of power dynamics. In the opening scenes, the Eastern Boys, (hailing from the Ukraine, Russia and Romania), roam the Gare Du Nord, their purpose and intention unclear but their sense of pack protection obvious. Yet as the film progresses this sense of immigrant solidarity quickly darkens and shifts to something more akin to captivity than camaraderie. The leader...

By Oliver Ward Apple´s announcement this week for a 1,300 acre solar farm strengthened Apple´s commitment to becoming a 100 per cent renewable energy company. Not only will it provide the power for Apples new campus and shelter them from the ever increasing costs of brown energy, but it represents the astute and progressive success Tim Cook has earned as the CEO of the worlds best known phone and tablet manufacturer. On this day in 1779 another world famous Cook...