GALLERY: Manchester Orchestra
26.10.17 Shepherd's Bush Empire, London Support: Slothrust Atlanta indie rockers Manchester Orchestra played Shepherd's Bush Empire last night, and TLE were there to capture the action. Opening with choice cuts from latest album A Black Mile to the Surface, Andy Hull and co put on an intense performance. Check out our gallery of the night below. Photos: Grant Bailey
Maths student has died in a suspected suicide – sixth from same uni in past 12 months
A maths student has died in a suspected suicide - the sixth undergraduate from one of Britain's universities thought to have taken their own life this year. Second year student James Thomson, 20, was found at his home in Bristol on Wednesday night. Police officers have told Bristol University they believe he took his own life, and the case has now been referred to coroners, according to the uni. It comes after five other student deaths at Bristol University and...
The Weekly Cocktail Recipe – Dickie’s Bar’s ‘Walled Garden’
Opened during the summer, Dickie’s Bar is a late-night drinking destination, adjoined to Corrigan’s Mayfair. A collaborative project between Richard Corrigan, Gregory Buda (from The Dead Rabbit, New York) and Richard Ryan (Founder of Drinksology), Dickie’s Bar bar has a culinary approach to cocktail creation, with ingredients taking centre stage. Here, the cocktail list uses the best of the season’s harvest, most of which is sourced from Richard Corrigan’s garden and farm, Virginia Park Lodge in Cavan, Ireland. Alongside a...
Premier League Predictions – Weekend 28th-29th Oct
Pl predictions week 10 We’re set for another entertaining weekend of football action after plenty of drama, upsets and the third managerial sacking of the season last weekend. Man Utd lost their first game of the season in a shock loss to Huddersfield, who will be looking for another upset at Anfield, with Klopp’s side eager to bounce back from their 4-1 loss to Tottenham – who travel up to Manchester for the weekend’s biggest game. Champions Chelsea face struggling...
Joanna Lumley Joins Stars to Encourage Companies to Hire Veterans
Joanna Lumley, Ray Winstone and Richard Wilson are among celebs who will appear in a series of short films which aimed at getting more military veterans into 'civvy street'. Downtown Abbey’s Hugh Bonneville, DIY SOS star Nick Knowles and ex-EastEnders Larry Lamb and Michelle Collins also highlight the skills, attitude and knowledge ex-soldiers, sailors and airmen can bring to employers. Entitled, ‘Veterans Work’, the films, by The Drive Project, were produced to encourage UK businesses to consider veterans as viable...
Professor’s letter to the Daily Mail is going viral
A University Professor turned himself over to the Daily Mail 'witchfinder' in an open letter to the 'newspaper'. His hilarious yet poignant letter has been going viral on social media today, after the newspaper published another bizarre headline, seemingly attacking 'Brexit bias' and University freedom over what students are being taught about the EU. Steve Peers, a Law Professor at the University of Essex, wrote: Dear Witchfinder General I am writing to turn myself in as what your paper...
New burns centre is being inundated with patients that have been hit with acid
The first specialist burns service attached to a major trauma centre has treated 150 patients in its first nine months - thanks to a rise in acid attacks. The clinic at The Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel, east London, is the capital's first, and will treat those affected by the huge increase in acid attacks. More than 800 of the 1,500 reports of acid attacks in London over the last five years have happened in east London. The unit, which...
Small Sussex brewery delighted after their beer was named the best lager in the world
A sleepy British county has been declared the home to the world's best lager - found in Sussex. Belgium was topped by a small Sussex brewery at an international beer awards where drinking experts blind tasted numerous competitors worldwide. The beer from the Hofmeister Brewing Company is the first lager to be awarded five stars in the 2017 IWSC Beer Awards - 13 years after it was removed from the shelves due to poor sales. Richard Longhurst, co-founder of Hofmeister...
Forgotten Film Friday: Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
By Michael McNulty It’s Halloween week. So, it goes without saying that we’re all looking for films to get the scares in. For those of you looking for a break from the Slasher films of yesteryear and their countless reboots, prequels, sequels and mash ups here’s a chilling alternative, John McNaughton’s 1986 film, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer. Although Henry was released in 1986 it didn’t really see much screen time until 1990. This was largely due to the...