Laughter is the Best Medicine: How Writing Farewell Olympus Helped Beat Depression

At any one time, a sixth of the population of England aged between 16 and 64 has a mental health problem. Whether it’s family or friends, the chances are that we all know someone who is affected. In an exclusive for The London Economic, the British author Jack Messenger reveals his own debilitating battle with depression and how he sought solace in the most unlikely of literary genres.

Venezia 2018 – First Look Review: Why Are We Creative?

Hermann Vaske attempts to tackle why we are creative in his newest documentary of the same name. Beneath the thin veneer this documentary, helmed by a director who believes he has cast off into the waters of the great thinkers in his pursuit of a single truth to an unanswerable question, is a film clearly dreamt up by advertising exec.  Slick, stylised, but ultimately lacking in imaginative energy, it is the kind of “creative content,” that has been perfected by marketers,...

CONTINENTAL DRIFT: Fewer Britons dream of new life abroad thanks to UK heatwave

Forget the Dordogne and the Costas: the new destination of choice for Brits chasing a new life in the sun is…BRITAIN. The scorching summer – set to be one of the longest and hottest on record – has convinced two-thirds of would-be expats to “strongly reconsider” a move abroad. When the sun shines and temperatures soar, the UK is the “perfect home” and beats France, Spain and even the Caribbean “hands-down”, new research suggests. Towns and cities – including the...

PLAYLIST: Best of AUGUST 2018

Look out your window now. If you're in the UK anywhere near the month of September, chances are you have been greeted with a sheet-grey sky and, more likely than not, rain. Time might be a human construct but the Jetstream bloody knows when it's the 1st September. Anyway we haven't talked about any music yet, mostly because August was a month which belonged to two artists in particular who are close to our hearts at TLE - IDLES and...

Flank launches LATES: Friday night pop-ups at Old Spitalfields Market

Launching on Friday 7th September, Tom Griffiths’ Flank will host a series of Friday evening pop-ups, taking place until the end of October. Operating from Old Spitalfields Market, Flank was one of the most exciting new openings of 2017 and received a rare five-star review from TLE soon after opening. Initially launched as a pop-up in Brighton, the restaurant opened in London as part of the new development of kitchens around the market, overseen by Ten Ten – a creative organisation headed up by Nuno...

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