By Charlotte Hope, Lifestyle Editor @TLE_Lifestyle Let's be honest ladies (and men; more then you think these days) we worry about our skin. The huge spot that appears on the morning of a night out, teenage acne and flaky skin scare me more than anything I saw on Halloween. Occasionally I do wonder what everyone's "magic number"  is, no not sexual partners, steady on. I am talking about the number of bad skin days a woman will suffer in a year. Well...

By Ben Gelblum  Cannock Chase, a 78 kilometre square Area Of Outstanding Beauty in the heart of the Midlands, has been thrust into the headlines this autumn with a spate of ghost sightings. The ancient royal hunting ground has long had all manner of sinister supernatural sightings. Recently, the tabloids have been full of stories of an apparition Staffordshire locals call the “Black Eyed Child.” Families on woodland walks though the Birches Valley area of Cannock Chase have reported coming...

By David de Winter – Sports Editor @LondonEconomic @davidjdewinter This week, TLE sent me to Le Ziz restaurant in Dalston.  ‘Not Dalston!’ I protested.  ‘Everyone has skinnier jeans than me.  Their haircuts are more asymmetrical than mine and their glasses have thicker rims.  I’ll get ritualistically mocked.’  But TLE was having none of it.  So, reluctantly, off I pottered to North-East London. Le Ziz is a relatively recent addition to the London dining scene, situated in the new Dalston Square...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Making a phone call is now only the sixth most common use for a mobile phone, a study has revealed. Researchers found that sending and receiving text messages, surfing the internet and even the use of the alarm clock have all overtaken phoning friends or relatives as the most common actions performed on our mobile phones. In fact almost four in ten people in the UK believe they would manage without a call function on...

Sport News 24/7 By Danny Norman @TLE_Sport @dannynormanCOYS New boys Western Sydney Wanderers face Champions League destiny The idea of forming a brand new football team in the modern era is accompanied by a cynical feeling that a big motivating factor is money, and the desire of wealthy individuals and corporations to muscle in on global economic juggernaut that ‘the beautiful game’ has become.  Whether it’s MK Dons or New York City (or is it New York City Manchester City,...

Tesco have been struggling of late. The supermarket that stakes a claim right in the middle of the grocery market has lost out to brands that offer cheaper essential items and competitors that are more appealing for top quality produce. The shift is symbolic of an erosion of the big four supermarket brands - Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's and Morrisons - which have all experienced turbulence in one of the most lucrative consumer markets. That's why this year's Global Brand Simplicity Index -...

Sport News 24/7 By Richard de Winter  @TLE_Sport @rgdewinter The football fan is a fickle beast.  Their opinions on players fluctuate from one extreme to another, often during the same game.  It is perfectly acceptable to call for a player’s substitution and immediate expulsion from the first-team picture and praise him to the heavens within the same rant.  But then again, behaviour at football grounds doesn’t follow the accepted social norms.  Logical arguments are unnecessary, talking to a stranger is...

By David de Winter – Sports Editor @LondonEconomic @davidjdewinter Usually I only go to Mayfair by mistake, either when I'm lost or stumbling to Park Lane to get a Nightbus at 4am.  However, this week, as a treat, TLE sent me to the Mayfair Pizza Co. for dinner.  ‘Mayfair?’, I thought.  ‘I’d better look my best.’  So I dusted down my favourite jeans, popped on my least offensive t-shirt and strolled into the night, determined for once to not embarrass myself in...

By Harry Bedford Multiculturalism is as much a part of the fabric of London as Buckingham Palace, Tower Bridge and that gloried Ferris wheel that resides downstream. In many ways London is a miniature version of the world and all its cultures, so luckily for us we don’t have go far to experience things that would usually require a several-hour flight. Comptoir Libanais is a new chain of chic cafes dotted around the capital that deliver the taste of Lebanon...