By Simon Bennison - Food writer Located to the north of Edinburgh city centre, Stockbridge is home to some of the finest independent businesses, acclaimed gastropubs, cycling cafes serving their own coffee roasts, and an eclectic array of record, clothing and book shops. It’s an area of character, one that ...
By Andy Irwin Immigration is once again set to be a key theme in the run up to this year’s general election. Backbench Conservatives want a tougher line in order to combat UKIP and Labour is attempting to position itself bizarrely as the ‘natural’ party of resistance against mass immigration. Toxic ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor For the Tories today there was some early Xmas cheer (at economic news) and Xmas groans (at some lacklustre Xmas puns, which I hope to emulate during this article). Wages are now growing faster than inflation. It was the final piece of the jigsaw (that ...
By Jack Peat, Editor of The London Economic The last capitalist we hang shall be the one who sold us the rope.” ― Karl Marx If there was ever an example of 21st century Marxism, the open letter fiasco between Russell Brand and Jo 'the disgruntled RBS worker' would be it. ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor of The London Economic Before the News at Ten began, David Dimbleby flashed onto the screen to push the biggest question time since Nick Griffin was thrown to the wolves. He mentioned Farage and Brand but didn’t bother to mention the Labour or Tory representative this ...
By David Thomson What were your memories of when you were 16 and 17 years-old? Mine was when an Eric Cantona inspired Manchester Utd Double in 96. Particularly his winner in the FA Cup final against Liverpool at the famous Twin Towers of Wembley. Or Gazza scoring that fantastic goal ...
By Stephen Mayne @finalreel What do you do when your highly complex, specific skillset is no longer needed? As the heyday of British manufacturing disappears far into the distance, it’s a question many are left facing. The answer in Kevin Macdonald’s claustrophobic submarine thriller is not likely to bring ...
Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas By Neil Kook. • Six Senses Zighy Bay, Oman • Six Senses Ninh Van Bay and Con Dao, Vietnam • Six Senses Laamu, Maldives • Six Senses Yao Noi & Samui, Thailand • The luxury hotel and wellness brand known for its spectacular locations and award-winning spas is set to double in size in ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Today’s PMQs was followed by the final autumn statement of this parliament. Luckily pretty much all of it had already been leaked out, so you didn’t really need to pay attention. Interestingly during PMQs Ed was on fire, it was one of his strongest performances ...