By Emma Silverthorn @HouseOf_Gazelle Eight years from inception to completion but The Tale of The Princess Kaguya has been worth the wait. Isao Takhata’s swansong, an adaption of an ancient Japanese folktale, is a nuanced tale with added spiritual dimensions. Springing from a bamboo shoot, growing at an exponential rate, ...
By Jonathan Hatchman Having already swept America there is a new dining craze that has arrived on the streets of London. “Underground Restaurants”, or Supper Clubs, are eateries run by chefs with a real flair and passion for delicious home cooked food and throwing paid-dinner parties. Think Channel 4’s Come Dine With Me, yet ...
Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @davidjdewinter @TLE_Sport The England cricket team returned this week from their calamitous performance at the 2015 Cricket World Cup with their tails firmly between their legs. One can only hope that such a debacle perpetuates a seismic shift in the ...
By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food Before dining Mayfair’s Heddon Street Kitchen, my only Gordon Ramsay experiences had featured a man with a thunderous temper, shrieking profanities and hurling abuse at some poor, less competent chefs looking as though they were about to burst into floods of tears at ...
By Jasmine Stephens, Family Editor Yesterday I took my three children to the dentist expecting to learn a thing or two about brushing techniques, but instead we came out having taught the dentist a lesson in gender-stereotyping. I’m quite proud to say that over the years I must have done a ...
By Nathan Lee, Business Correspondent The world’s largest startup accelerator and competition, MassChallenge, is officially accepting applications until 1 April for its first annual programme in London. Between 60-80 selected startups will participate in a four-month programme, at the end of which a total of £500k is awarded to the top ...
By David Thomson Controversial ‘Stop and Search’ policing powers have been reigned in by Theressa May after figures showed that only one in ten searches end with an arrest. May warned that she would change the law if forces do not halt 'excessive and inappropriate' use of powers while delivering this year's ...
By Miranda Schiller @mirandadadada Diane, a single mother picks up her teenage son Steve from a care facility for young people with behavioural difficulties. It is the last one in a series of similar institutions. This time he is expelled for starting a fire in the cafeteria, and everyone but ...
By Dave Binder For those unaware, Trafalgar place is one of the many new housing developments in and around the Elephant & Castle ‘regeneration zone’, an area seemingly pounced upon for development due no doubt to the combination of great location and relatively cheap land (by London zone 1 standards ...