Lee Higgins experiences Tour de Provenance.  July 5th 2014, the Tour De France arrives in Yorkshire with anticipation at fever pitch. As both a cycling enthusiast and a proud Yorkshireman, my excitement was almost palpable. The world's greatest bicycle race, beginning right here, on my own front doorstep. For a county renowned for its great outdoors, the Grand Depart was tantamount to the opening ceremony of the Olympics. To say that Yorkshire embraced the hosting of the Tour is an understatement. For two days in early...

Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @TLE_Sport @davidjdewinter The curtain has come down on a very entertaining month of Autumn Internationals and the Northern hemisphere nations acquitted themselves surprisingly well against their southern counterparts.  Now admittedly there were a lot of tired bodies amongst the SANZAR nations who were coming off the end of a long season whilst the home nations are bang in the middle of theirs, but nevertheless, victories against these giants of rugby...

By Charlotte Hope, Lifestyle Editor @TLE_Lifestyle Black (eye) Friday passed with much fanfare (and fighting). Cyber Monday was a much more civilised affair, but I bet a few laptop screen were smashed, when the computer crashed just after proceeding to check out. However it turns out that women will walks miles and suffers physical attacks all-year round in pursuit of a bargain. The average woman will walk 71 miles, spend more than £2,400 – and suffer 72 pushes or shoves from...

By Charlotte Hope, Lifestyle Editor@TLE_Lifestyle Yoga is new territory for me. I started a few months ago and have definitely seen my flexibility improve, but my teacher manages to find new and increasingly tangled poses to challenge us with each week. What I love about it is how I’m able to stretch out muscles I tighten in my normal workouts - running and cycling in particular seem to cause tension in my lower back. Not that you asked. Yoga is...

By Charlotte Hope, Lifestyle Editor @TLE_Lifestyle Susan Boyle has her first boyfriend At 53 years young, Susan Boyle has confirmed that she has her first boyfriend. Isn’t that wonderful? Yes, yes it is. You’ll probably remember from her Britain’s Got Talent audition that she alleged that she’d ‘never been kissed’. Then she did a weird hip gyrating thing. But that’s by the by, ancient history, old news. Because now she’s in a relationship with an American doctor. A doctor who...

  UNFORGETTABLE SAFARIS - five ways in five days By Neil Kook Mashatu is a private wildlife sanctuary located in northern Tuli at the confluence of the Shashe and Limpopo rivers where eastern Botswana meets South Africa. It’s not called “Land of Giants” for nothing – it is home to the largest population of elephants (1000+) on private land on the continent, as well as prolific wildlife and bird species. What sets Mashatu apart is its vast open spaces, the...

By Charlotte Hope, Lifestyle Editor @TLE_Lifestyle Remember the time before the word "foodie" was used, it was a  carefree egalitarian existence. You could make beans on toast and eat it, just so, you know, you were full. But those days a long gone. If it isn't artisan, it isn't going down my gullet, sorry beans back in the tin. Knowing the best cuts of meat, your terrine from your carpaccio and what wine to have with your meal are what...

By Anna Power, Film editor @TLE_film Tonight (1st Dec 2014) London's Leicester Square is host to the World Premiere of THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES, with cast and crew in attendance. The star-studded event marks not only the end of The Hobbit Trilogy, but the culmination of the 14-year cinematic legacy of Peter Jackson's Middle-earth A live stream is available (see below). The event begins at 5.15pm, and is scheduled to finish around 7.30pm.

By Jack Peat, Editor of The London Economic  At the back of Turnham Green tube station is one of those cultural gems that reaffirms your choice to live in the cramped, hectic and pricey urban sprawl that is London. The Tabard Theatre lies above the Tabard Pub in Chiswick and has developed a good reputation in its short history for new writing with in-house shows enjoying success on the West End and on the national circuit. On a chance Saturday...