Who’s the Regular Season MVP so far?
Sport News 24/7 By Sean Simara @Sean_FootyMad @TLE_Sport As we enter week 13 of the NFL season here’s a look at the contenders for the regular season MVP award. Tom Brady - QB New England Patriots Brady may not have as good targets as other elite QB’s in the NFL but he’s showing why he’s a winner this season; top of the AFC East, 24 Touchdown passes with only 5 interceptions. Things are going well in Foxborough. Aaron Rodgers -...
Who runs the world?…Women
By Charlotte Hope, Lifestyle Editor @TLE_lifestyle Women have helped sculpt the modern world for centuries, and now research can reveal the top 40 women who have made a huge impact on this little planet we live on. Marie Curie, Florence Nightingale and Margaret Thatcher have been named as the top three women who changed the world as we know it. Regarded as the most iconic woman in science, Marie Curie’s pioneering work in chemistry made her the first woman ever to win a Nobel prize and...
Bellowhead at Shepherds Bush Empire
By Harry Bedford, Music Editor Folk music has been around forever. It touches the soul in ways that soul music could only dream of. Through the greats such as Woody Gutherie, Bob Dylan and Pete Seeger, but also through the ordinary man, folk music is humane music in its purest form. It’s about life. The good, the bad, the happy, the sad, the rough times and the joyous times. Bellowhead are a folk band very much concerned with the joyous...
25/11/14 – AMA Special; One Direction, Cara Delevigne, Nicki Minaj
By Charlotte Hope, Lifestyle Editor @TLE_lifestyle On Sunday night we were treated to the American Music Awards - a yearly celebration of fine fine music. And also other stuff that isn’t Beyoncé. Did you watch them? Of course you didn’t, you were hungover and probably asleep. To counter that, I’ve taken the liberty of rounding up the news from the evening. You’re welcome. One Direction inadvertently make a man famous One Direction performed an emotional rendition of their new song...
Newcastle a growing hub for business
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Guardian and Observer readers have just voted Newcastle the best city in the UK. Well there is even more good news; Tyneside is becoming an ever popular choice for businesses taking up office space. Instant Offices sees the city of Newcastle as a prominent growing hub for UK businesses. With university graduates choosing to stay in the bustling city rather than migrate to London, and organisations such as NE1 lobbying for business growth and securing...
How to cook the perfect steak
By Hugh Judd, Quality Standard Beef & Lamb Foodservice Project Manager Cooking the perfect steak Here are some simple guidelines to ensure that you will cook the perfect steak every single time. These hints and tips will take the guesswork out of cooking steaks. Preparation Steaks: When buying steaks always ask your Quality Standard Mark butcher for advice. The Quality Standard assurance scheme for beef and lamb provides you with high levels of assurance about the meat you buy. The...
The Podemos Effect
Vlog from Ellis Palmer Ellis Palmer's new vlog on Spanish politics for The London Economic this week focuses on the latest insurrectionary force in Spanish politics, the Podemos or 'We Can' party. In this edition of the vlog, he analyses: 1) Who Podemos are? 2) How they came about? 3) The different explanations behind their rise to prominence. 4) What effect they will have on on the future of Spanish politics? He'll be back next week, with an analysis of...
Citizenfour – Review
By Philip Benton @paolobento Edward Snowden and his revelations about the NSA’s surveillance activities were one of (if not the) stories of 2013. The first meeting in Snowden’s Hong Kong hotel room with The Guardian’s Glenn Greenwald was documented by filmmaker Laura Poitras, which provides the main backdrop for the film. The title ‘Citizenfour’ comes from the username chosen by Snowden to contact Poitras when he raises his initial concerns over what he perceives as the US government spying on...
If you want capitalism, you have to pay for it
By Jack Peat, Editor of The London Economic Wealth in a capitalist economy knows no bounds. Nor does inequality, which is why when you hear the top one per cent of earners will pay almost third of all income tax you think, well so they should. It’s one of those things you assume to be an axiomatic component of a fair society. Your contributions in tax should be proportional to what you earn, which means that those who are lucky...