Five rare letters penned by Lord Nelson during the Napoleon Wars – set to go under the hammer
Five rare letters penned by British naval commander Lord Horatio Nelson during the Napoleonic Wars are set to go under the hammer - and could fetch a cool £35,000. One scrawling script details Nelson's worries that rumours of Napoleon Bonaparte's impending invasion of Britain were deterring recruits from signing up. In another, Nelson protests that 'not one farthing' was paid to him in the division of prize money, which seamen depended on as a primary source of income. Nelson also...
Week-long vegan challenge saves enough carbon dioxide to fly to the moon and back
Ever wondered how much of an impact veganism really has on the environment? A leading vegan charity calculated the total savings by the 10,000 people who ate vegan for a week after signing up to its seven-day challenge, and the results are astonishing. Participants in The Vegan Society’s environmental campaign Plate Up for the Planet included Green Party co-leader Caroline Lucas MP and collectively saved 147,000 kg CO2e, equivalent to the carbon footprint of flying to the moon and back....
Speeding drivers slowing down due to scarecrows…including a mooning policeman
Scare tactics were being used on speeding drivers in a quaint village - by effigies of Donald Trump waiting at a bus stop and a mooning policeman. Rather than lobbying the local authority with demands for speed cameras to be installed, villagers took an innovative DIY approach to the problem. Somerton Villagers have filled their streets with scarecrows in an effort to stop people speeding through. Homemade scarecrows have popped up along the edge of the road in Somerton, Oxon,...
Quit your job to travel the world like…Jeroen Swolfs
Tell us a little bit about you? My name is Jeroen Swolfs, I'm a Dutch photojournalist now living in Amsterdam. After working for Dutch newspapers and magazines for a couple of years, I decided it was time for something bigger so I started the Streets of the World Project, which took me to 195 countries in seven years. I wanted to photograph normal street life in all the capitals of the world by taking one identical photo to show what...
TLE MEETS: Cato van Dyck – MY BABY
It hasn’t taken long for Amsterdam based psychedelic, shamanic trio MY BABY’s swampy blues and funk-inflected sound to cast a formidable spell. Over the past 3 years, Dutch brother-sister-duo Sheik (drums) and Cato van Dyck (vocals) and New Zealand guitarist Daniel “daFreez” Johnston have had their mojo working overtime and are now ready for the release of their third album “Prehistoric Rhythm”. With their new album, the band aim to channel a primal awareness amidst hypnotic beats, shimmering soulful vocals...
Galvin at Windows is still one of London’s best restaurants
There’s more to life than food, but not much more. Service is all-too-often overlooked. Truth is, service – alongside a number of other seemingly menial factors – can make or break an entire restaurant experience. No matter how outlandishly serene the food served by the latest highly-lauded chef on the block may be, the whole meal can be (and often is) ruined by zealously brusque, or just plain ignorant, waiting staff. Moreover, service that’s truly magnificent can make even the...
Union calls on Theresa May to stand up to U.S threats & safeguard Bombardier
Threat to good manufacturing jobs in Belfast risks ‘domino effect’ with thousands of jobs at stake, union warns GMB, the union for aerospace workers, has called for the Government to intervene to protect Bombardier jobs in Northern Ireland. The union's call comes on the day Theresa May is expected the discuss the Bombadier trade dispute with Canadian leader Justin Trudeau. Bombadier, a Canadian company and Northern Ireland's biggest manufacturing employer, announced another 95 redundancies at its Northern Ireland operations on...
My Story – From cancer suffer…to full time advocate at Leukaemia CARE
Nick York tells his story of suffering with cancer to becoming a full time advocate at Leukaemia CARE September is Blood Cancer Awareness Month (BCAM), a month dedicated to raising awareness of these relatively rare cancers and increasing the profile of issues faced by patients across the globe. This BCAM holds particular importance to me as I find myself reflecting on the journey that I have been on over the past eight years, from diagnosis to full-time patient advocate at Leukaemia CARE....
Driver lucky to be alive after wrapping car around a lamppost
A driver had a miracle escape when they lost control of their sports car and ploughed into a LAMPPOST. Shocking images show how the Toyota MR2 was almost ripped in half by the impact of the collision at around 5pm on Sunday (17/9). Incredibly, the motorist managed to walk from the mangled wreckage with just minor injuries following the horror smash near Alvaston, Derbs. Derbyshire Police said the driver crashed the flash motor after hitting standing water on the A50...