Bar of the Week: The Glade at sketch
London’s most sensorially stimulating restaurant, bar and art space – sketch has become a London icon since opening in 2013. An idiosyncratic blend of ineffable luxury and off the wall interiors, each visit feels like a tumble down the rabbit hole into Wonderland. Directly opposite the powder pink dining room of The Gallery, adorned with over 200 David Shrigley artworks and those pod toilets – The Glade has recently launched a redesigned bar menu from new Bar Manager Pepijn Van-den...
Man who was jailed for 21 days for not buying a £2.70 train ticket is freed by a judge
A man was jailed for 21 days for not buying a £2.70 train ticket, it emerged today. Bradley Howsego, 22, was sent down after admitting that he had admitted to a train conductor that he had 'bunked' the fare. However, Howsego was freed by a Crown Court judge who slammed the sentence handed out as 'entirely inappropriate.' Judge Jonathan Seely said fare evasion was not a crime across Europe. Seely dismissed claims by train operator Greater Anglia that Howsego had six...
Stunning “fluke” picture of seven dogs standing with same foot forward
A stunning "fluke" picture of seven dogs standing in a straight line each with the same foot forward looks like the animals are about to dance the can-can. Kaylee Robertson, 27, was out for a walk with her dogs when she decided she would try to get some pictures of them. Her well-trained six Shetland sheep-dogs, and one Alaskan Klee Kai, have been taught to stand together in line while Kaylee takes pictures. But when she got home from a...
Spirit of the Week: Mount Gay Black Barrel Rum
The world’s oldest existing rum brand, Mount Gay has collaborated with the Bourne & Hollingsworth Buildings, in Clerkenwell. Showcasing Mount Gay Black Barrel, the all-day dining space’s bar team have created a refreshing cocktail (‘Water of Life’) that’s available until the end of August, aiming to bring a taste of Barbados to East London. With the oldest surviving deed for the company dating back to 1703, Mount Gay’s Black Barrel expression is a small batch, handcrafted blend from Master Blender...
Dominated by “posh boys” number of public school Army officer cadets jumped a fifth last year
THE number of privately educated Army officer cadets jumped by a fifth last year, with equalities campaigners claiming the military continues to be dominated by ‘posh boys’. Figures released by the Ministry of Defence revealed 250 cadets entering the British Army’s officer training school at Sandhurst in 2016/17 were from fee-paying independent schools, compared to 330 from state schools – making up 43% of the year’s cadet intake. With just 6.5% of pupils in the UK being privately educated according...
Boris Johnson should be prosecuted for Brexit lies
'If we had an effective electoral law leading Brexiteers would now be in jail' David Davis’ former chief of staff says Boris Johnson should be in prison. The striking comments come just a week after Lord Sugar also claimed that Boris Johnson and Michael Gove should be behind bars for Brexit ‘lies’. Last week Lord Sugar told BBC Radio 5 Live that the pair should ‘100 per cent absolutely be thrown in jail for claiming the NHS would be £350...
Former mayor blasted for saying travellers should go “back to Ireland” with their “thieving and filthy ways”
A former mayor was blasted for saying travellers should go “back to Ireland” with their "thieving and filthy ways". Chris Walker, 72, made the remarks in a heated email row in which he debated the number of travellers coming to the area with fellow councillors. One of his colleagues then posted the comments on his blog to highlight the “shameful" attitude against travellers in Southend-on-Sea, Essex. Julian Ware-Lane. During the email chain, Julian Ware-Lane urged the council to find a...
Forgotten Film Friday: Shotgun Stories
By Michael McNulty Jeff Nichols firmly established himself as a talented director with his 2011 psychological thriller, Take Shelter, and his 2012 coming of age story, Mud. But, his first film, the often overlooked slow burn feud thriller, Shotgun Stories, released in 2007, is where it all began. The imaginatively named Son (Michael Shannon), Kid (Barlow Jacobs) and Boy (Douglas Ligon) are the first set of offspring of Cleaman Hayes, a former drunk who after kicking the booze and finding...
Compassion in World Farming welcomes compulsory CCTV in England’s abattoirs
We are delighted that DEFRA have announced that CCTV will be mandatory in all slaughterhouses in England under new plans announced today by Michael Gove. The demand for CCTV in slaughterhouses has been steadily building for years. The need for it has sadly been evidenced by many undercover investigations showing appalling acts of cruelty and the extreme suffering that can go on behind closed doors. Emma Slawinski our Director of Campaigns said: “We are absolutely thrilled that DEFRA has recognised...