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Tying in with the World Cycling Revival festival, Scottish cyclist Mark Beaumont will attempt to break a world record next week (Friday 15th June), taking on the R.White’s Lemonade Penny Farthing One Hour World Record. Currently holding the record for cycling 18,000 miles around the world, Mark Beaumont will compete with 10 Penny Farthing professionals to beat the 22 miles and 150 yards record, set in 1886 by WA Rowe in Massachusetts, USA. The current English record (21 miles and...

Theresa May had just battled through possibly the hardest 24 hours of her premiership, only for her plans to be snubbed by the EU. May had dealt with a major rebellion, from within her own party, and somehow managed to put together a Brexit plan to take to the EU, only for it to be turned down. The PM hoped that a temporary customs arrangement would be accepted by the EU, but Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief negotiator, said it...

It took less than a day for Boris Johnson to undermine Theresa May's Brexit 'backstop' success. To be clear, May's 'success' was a small victory that pleased hardly anyone and was almost instantly dismissed by the EU, but for a few brief hours, it looked like the prime minister had won a victory at the cabinet table. Then the foreign secretary made a speech. Johnson channeled his inner Donald Trump during a speech to a small group of people after...

Boris Johnson has warned that there will be a Brexit meltdown in Britain with exit talks approaching a "moment of truth". The Foreign Secretary has recently called for "guts" in negotiations with the EU and has dismissed concerns over the Irish Border in public. But recordings from a private dinner seem to paint a different picture. BuzzFeed News revealed today that the Brexiteer said: “You've got to face the fact there may now be a meltdown. OK? I don't want...

If a quick house sale is what you’re after, the aim of the game is to attract genuine buyers as soon as you put that for sale sign up. The property market is buoyant in London, but that doesn’t guarantee that your property will fly once it becomes available for purchase. If time is of the essence, and you want to get the best price, here are some top tips to help you sell your London property quicker this summer....

Venue: O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire 28.5.18 Photos: Graham Berry ( Black Tea Photography) Last week Shepherds Bush Empire played host to living legends. Proto-stoner doom icons Sleep showed up to deliver on the goods, with a suite of new tunes from last month's surprise release The Sciences. TLE tog Graham Berry got amongst it to capture ever low-end bass run and shock of weed-wizadry. Read Jay Hampshire's full review of the show here.

Julie is playwright Polly Stenham’s modern day reworking of Strindberg’s naturalistic 1888 play Miss Julie. The original was daring for its emphasis on class and sex wars in an intimate realistic setting, which explains why it is has been such a mainstay in British Theatre’s diet. It is possible to see Stenham’s politically driven version as being thematically true to Strindberg’s if one wishes- it is still set on midsummer’s eve and there is still outrageous partying going on “upstairs” and...

Of the many reasons one might choose to visit Dubai it would seem culture and heritage seldom appear at the top of the list any more. In a region that is steeped in history the Emirate has almost become a victim of its own success in shifting the gaze of tourists towards its uber modern infrastructure and outlook. Where Babylon is famed for its hanging gardens and Giza is renowned for its great pyramids, Dubai is considered to be a...