Adrift in the Atlantic, closer to Africa than Europe, lies the Portugese island of Madeira. It's internationally renowned for its wine and cake - lovely things to be remembered for - but more recently it's becoming known for its hiking opportunities, which is why TLE took our latest trip there. Its hiking USP is the levadas: a water irrigation system which brings the water from the mountains and wetter north, to the drier southern side of the island. The concrete blocks double...

By Jack Peat, Editor of The London Economic  A warm Wednesday evening in Chiswick, the beer garden that sits below the quaint Tabard Theatre is full with punters enjoying the first of the warm spring evenings. Tonight’s show, a Blush of Dogs, is billed as a play about conflicting freedoms and the desire to break repressive cycles, inspired by contemporary life and adapted from Atreus and Thyestes, a Greek the myth about brotherly rivalry and power. This abridged modernization immediately...

Sport News 24/7 By Sean Simara  @Sean_FootyMad  @TLE_Sport The end of the regular NBA season is fast approaching and with the teams fighting for the final playoff spots there's one award that is equally as tight - 'Rookie of the Year'.  It's hard being a young star in the game but for me there are three players that have stood out this season: In third place is the Philadelphia 76ers centre Nerlens Noel.  Known for his hi-top fade hairstyle he's...

By Emma Silverthorn (@HouseOf_Gazelle) An expedient spring debut for a band headed by self-proclaimed nature kid Alex Story, The Rebel Kites debut EP, ‘The Witnessing’, is an appropriately vernal and pagan diorama of sound. Despite, or perhaps because of, their very urban base in Hackney Wick, (absence makes the heart grown fonder, etc.), the soundscape here is one that takes the listener to a place that if not exactly green and pleasant, is certainly of the earth. Indeed a portion...

By Stephen Mayne  @finalreel The problem with gaudy revenge flicks, the type Liam Neeson has been padding out the pension pot with in recent years, is the need to establish sufficient mythology around the near invincible hero. John Wick neatly sidesteps the issue starting Keanu Reeves’ title character as a living legend while filling in sparse details only when absolutely necessary. Nothing must detract from the wildly kinetic orgy of violence he’s about to embark on. And nothing does. Wick,...

By Jasmine Stephens, Family Editor Firstly, let’s make one thing clear. Your mummy loves the park, why else would she take you there day in day out, whatever the weather? The sun-cream and the ice-cream van in summer and the mud and twenty layers of clothes in winter; she may complain to her friends, but like an addict, she can’t stay away. If you want to maximise her enjoyment, follow these easy steps: Use the Scattergun Approach You know the...

By Carey Ann Dodah, Head of Curriculum at Explore Learning Here are my top tips on how to inspire your child to love writing: Start young It is very important for children to start writing from a young age, and I don’t mean just writing stories but writing anything at all! It doesn’t matter if they don’t finish writing the stories, as long as they’re practicing their own stories as much as they possibly can and creating something unique. Give...

By Juliet Turnbull, CEO of 2to3days.com Having worked in business for over 20 years, it feels like there is a revolution afoot in working practices. With less focus on “presenteesism” and more attention given to outcomes; less assumptions about a job being full time and more curiosity about agile and flexible working. This is an exciting, new world of work that I can see shaking up some of the old problems that we used to face. For example, as someone...

SAVE THE DATE: ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK Season 3 premieres Friday, June 12. Viewers can catch up on Seasons 1 and 2 at netflix.com/OITNB. Alex is back in the clink with poor Piper, Red, Crazy Eyes, Taystee, Poussey, Sophia, Daya, Gloria, Big Boo, Pennsatucky and all of the other delightful Litchfield's ladies.  Can't wait? Neither can we.     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njy0dFFlpAc&feature=youtu.be