Nigel Farage was branded a liar in the European Parliament after he went on a tirade defending Donald Trump and criticising the EU. Cheeky Labour MEP Seb Dance held up a "he's lying to you" sign as Farage branded Trump's America a "genuine democracy". The former UKIP leader was particularly vocal about the President's decision to ban nationals from seven countries in the Middle East, saying Trump is motivated by protecting the United States of America from Islamic terrorism, whereas...

I am, as my friends will tell you, often with a heavy sigh, and as my Twitter profile attests, a gin enthusiast. I like all sorts of gin, from London dry, to Plymouth, to oude and jonge jenever. My most recent discovery has been a thriving distilling culture in Ireland, both North and South, and their gins will keep me entertained for some time to come. (One distillery is also trying to repopularise poitín, with interesting results. I also like...

By Joey Tyson  The last 1955 Cadillac in Cuba attracts admiring glances from other drivers as we pull out onto the Malecon, Havana’s famous seawall. As we pass by the decaying facades of the sea front, we join a fleet of other classic cars: Chevrolets, Oldsmobiles and Chevys dance past us, some filled with tourists, others packed full of Cubans hitching a ride to work. Their immaculate body work lovingly preserved, decades after production. It feels slightly odd to see...

Ten things to do in London this weekend: February 3rd,4th & 5th 2016 Don't ever say there's nothing to do this time of year; the first weekend in February is destined to be a jam-packed one. You’ve got a wallet stuffed full of fresh cash after that January lull and love is on the horizon, thanks to a plethora of Valentine’s cards coming your way. But how will you spend your free time? We've teamed up with REVL, London's amazing FREE...

Walk in to any curry house in Britain and you're likely to find a blueprint menu of the same dishes. Comforting for some, frustrating for others, but there's a very ingenious reason why. The curry house has been a mainstay of the British culinary scene since the 60s when the first significant wave of south Asian people settled in British towns. By 1980 there were roughly 3,000 curry houses in the country, a number that was set to explode over the...

These are the next up-and-coming places to live in London Looking for the next up-and-coming places to live in London? Whisper it quietly, but change is afoot in London. With extensions to the Bakerloo and Northern Lines nigh and the prospect of two Crossrail projects the face of London is set to change dramatically in the next few years, which is good news for property buyers looking to move or make their first purchase in the capital. Average house prices...

The 80s were a boom time for many in the city of London and in the financial sector, but for huge swathes of the rest of the UK poverty prevailed, and the gap between the rich and the poor widened hugely, compared to the previous decade. Reagan’s and Thatcher’s free market capitalism, gave some people the chance to amass great wealth, however the decline of heavy industries left many without any form of income. Now a think tank, the Resolution...

The art traders report last year revealed that nearly half of online art buyers plan to purchase more art and collectibles online this year. With online art sales reaching $3.27 billion (£2.62 billion) in 2015, and nearly a quarter of millennials surveyed saying they bought art online for the first time, is the art world finally dropping the elitist act? The rise in online art collectors hasn’t come out of thin air, top art galleries that you wouldn’t walk into...

By Aidan Rushby, CEO of Movebubble Finding a place to live in the capital that’s within your budget, in the right location and available to rent can seem like an impossible task. With every person you meet seeming to have a horror story about being stitched up by a rogue landlord or charged extortionate fees by an agent, it’s almost enough to make you just sit tight where you are. However, there are ways you can avoid being stung and...