Restaurant Review: Cartel
Battersea’s new neighbourhood Mexican, Cartel, specialises in hand-pressed tacos, tequila and mezcal. Reassessing all of the moments in life I’d rather forget, tequila has played an integral role in nearly all of them. Teenage recollections of bottom-shelf bottles adorned with synthetic Sombreros, lime wedges and salt almost inspire me to give up the booze, for good. Over the past six years, in fact, tequila has been incremental in the ruination of so many perfectly good shirts, shoes, livers and friendships....
New dating app launched for people with a blue tick on Twitter
A new dating app has been launched for people who have verified accounts on Twitter. From now on those important enough to have a blue tick after their name will be able to access LoveFlutter's premium version called BLUE - which matches up verified Twitter people with other verified Twitter people. The dating app has been around since 2013 and uses your tweets to find love. According to their website they are the first app to team up with "the best platform for...
Leveraging Brand Loyalty to Increase Your Company’s Sales Figures
“Our jobs as marketers are to understand how the customer wants to buy and help them do so.” – Bryan Eisenberg What is the chief driver for consumers to purchase your brand and not your competitors’ products? Pricing, brand loyalty, or perhaps the availability of your brand versus the competition? As the quotation mentioned above by Bryan Eisenberg states, the core function of a brand marketer is to understand the consumer's needs and then to position your brand in such...
This is the perfect job, according to research
The perfect job is a four-day, 24 hour week with a salary of £61,000 a year, free fruit and a boss who likes a pint, according to new research. Other requirements for the ideal role are regular reviews and pay rises, being allowed to work in jeans, flexible working hours and a pension. The report also revealed the dream job would be a 12 minute walk from home, provide a pleasant view from the office window and offer 32 days...
Oh dear! Terrified mum calls RSPCA who discover large spider is plastic
A terrified woman called in experts after finding a tarantula the "size of her hand" in a cupboard at home -- only to discover it was a PLASTIC TOY. The spooked out unnamed mother spotted the eight-legged creature in the understairs cupboard while cleaning it out. In a panic, she called the RSPCA, who sent an inspector round to her home equipped with gloves and nets - only to shine a light and discover it was plastic. And after telling...
Zika vaccine moves a step closer
A jab to protect pregnant women's babies against the Zika virus could be on the horizon. Experiments on mice found a single dose of a new vaccine crossed the placenta and protected unborn pups from contracting the disease. While relatively harmless in most people, causing mild fever and joint pains, the effects on pregnant women can be devastating. Last October mums-to-be in Britain were urged to cancel trips to Florida after two UK tourists caught the bug, which can cause...
Rock and Rolls Star! John Lennon’s psychedelic Phantom returns to the UK
John Lennon's priceless Rolls-Royce has arrived back on British tarmac for the first time in more than 40 YEARS. The 'carparazzi' have been lining London's streets and visiting hotel car parks this summer to take photos of the exotic motors owned by Middle-Eastern playboys. But the rarest and most valuable car to arrive in the capital could be the 1965 Rolls-Royce Phantom V first owned by the legendary Beatle. John Lennon’s priceless Rolls-Royce is back on British tarmac for the...
Twitter abuse of politicians spiked after terror attacks…Jeremy Corbyn got the most
Twitter abuse of politicians piked after the Manchester and London terror attacks with Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn singled out for the most vitriol. Abusive tweets doubled following the murderous attacks after the Ariana Grande concert and London Bridge - but the rants were targeted at a relatively small number of prominent politicians. Jeremy Corbyn received the most and together with Theresa May, Boris Johnson, and Sadiq Khan they received over half of the total abusive tweets sent to politicians. Others...
16yo boy killed Polish man with a single “superman” punch to the head after laughing about his English
A 16-year-old boy killed a Polish man with a single "Superman" punch to the head after laughing about his English, a jury heard today (tue). Arkadisusz Jozwik, 40, known as Arek, suffered skull fractures and fatal brain injuries after being hit from behind in a show of "immature bravado" by the teen. Murder victim Arek Jozwik. The youth, aged 15 at the time, is said to have jumped from the ground to use the full force of his body to...