Parliamentary sketch 28th Jan – Weaponising the NHS and a major incident
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor I remember being at school and being caught throwing some chalk at a fellow pupil (that shows my age and level of rebelliousness). I denied it even though I had done it and everyone knew I’d done it. The more they asked the more I refused to take the blame and the worse it got. Well that is what happened to Ed today. It isn’t the initial problem, it’s the lying that makes it worse....
What’s New in Peru for 2015
What’s New in Peru for 2015 By Neil Kook Ancient and urban adventure, a place as intricate as its most complex weavings, there are many reasons to visit Peru. Now there are even more; we take a look at what is new in Peru this year to help inform your trip. 1. New cable car to improve access to ‘a second Machu Picchu’ The Peruvian government has announced plans for a new cable car system which will provide...
Earning Poverty; An Open Letter to Stuart Broad
By Jack Peat, Editor of The London Economic On Tuesday afternoon England and Nottinghamshire cricketer Stuart Broad sparked outrage by Tweeting about the so-called privileged position of people on the minimum wage in Britain. The problem with statistics, as Zoe Williams of the Guardian soon pointed out, is that you can use stats to prove anything if you’re willing to haplessly discount good sense and judgement; the minimum wage in Gabon is £3,672 but a suburban one-bedroom flat there...
Super Bowl XLIX – Seattle Seahawls v New England Patriots
Sport News 24/7 By Sean Simara @TLE_Sport @Sean_FootyMad So here we are. It’s finally Super Bowl week. On Sunday evening the defending champions Seattle Seahawks face the New England Patriots. Russell Wilson v Tom Brady; Pete Carroll v Bill Belichick; an elite defence against a high class offence. Who will be crowned champions? The New England Patriots have been surrounded in controversy this past week. Deflate-gate has been generating all manner of column inches and has almost overshadowed this marquee...
Kenya: ‘The Last Place on Earth; The Great Migration’
By Jonathan and Angela Scott I have travelled the world with my wife Angela in an attempt to capture the visual splendour of our wild places. We have marvelled at the sight of tens of thousands of king penguins pressed shoulder to shoulder among the guano spattered tussock grass at St Andrew’s Bay in South Georgia; have crouched along the edge of a sparkling summer torrent in Alaska’s Katmai National to witness the giant coastal brown bears feasting on the...
Around London in 9 breakfasts
This week is National Breakfast Week with people around the UK being encouraged to Shake Up Their Wake Up with new and exciting foods that set you up for the day. Breakfast Week, managed by HGCA and run on behalf of arable farmers who grow crops such as wheat, barley, oats and oilseed rape, is an innovative campaign looking to raise awareness of the benefits of eating a healthy breakfast and demonstrate the wealth of wonderful breakfast produce available around the country....
28/01/2015 – Cumberbatch, Emma Watson and Chris Brown
By Charlotte Hope, Lifestyle Editor @TLE_Lifestyle Benedict Cumberbatch shows off his posh credentials Whilst discussing the lack of opportunities for non-white actors in Hollywood, recently, Benedict Cumberbatch referred to black actors as ‘coloured’. It couldn’t have come at a more inopportune moment, given the context of the discussion, but it happened. Obviously he apologised post haste and rightly referred to himself as an ‘idiot’and that he ‘hopes this incident will highlight the need for correct usage of terminology that is...
FRACKING: Government faces public rejection despite U-turn “victory”
By Elsa Buchanan, International Politics Correspondent A Tories U-turn vote on fast-track fracking is being dubbed a ‘huge victory’, but campaigners say now is not the time to celebrate. The government made a major U-turn on plans to fast-track UK fracking after accepting Labour proposals to tighten environmental regulations on Monday (26 January). Campaigners welcomed the changes, describing the vote as “mark a huge loss for the fracking industry”. “This is a win for the people-powered anti-fracking campaign,” said Martin...
I vowed never to be a bystander
By Ben Gelblum Remembering the work of pioneering refugee human rights advocate Helen Bamber She helped the orphans of the Holocaust rebuild their lives. Then later, the tortured, broken survivors of Pinochet, the Argentinian junta, African and Middle Eastern conflicts, and a modern British approach to refugees that "disbelieves, destitute and detains" them. Emma Thompson led tributes to her close friend and advocate for victims of torture, the late Helen Bamber at a packed St-Martin-In-The-Fields in Westminster yesterday. Thompson, fellow...