Welcoming London’s First Deputy Mayor for Education and Childcare Challenge, Joanne McCartney to discuss the London Childcare Challenge. Have you ever considered childcare to be part of the infrastructure? Well in my book, it’s very much part of a modern economic strategy enabling parents to work, children to learn and thrive and families to be part of local community connections. In London, providing and accessing childcare is challenging. For parents it is cost and accessibility especially when fewer than 20%...

The 70 million people who voted for Trump in yesterday’s elections have told the rest of the people on the planet to ‘stop whingeing’ and accept the will of angry white American men. Donald Trump swept to victory against all odds with millions of people making an unmistakable rejection of a political establishment and an economic system that simply isn’t working for them. But the other 7.3 billion people whose futures are also at stake are concerned that a man...

Let me tell you about Dangers. Dangers have just released a new video. Dangers have just released a new album. Dangers are coming to London, and you should be there. The Bend In The Break, Dangers' latest, is one of the finest hardcore records of 2016 and you should very much take the opportunity to get in on the ground- (well, third at this point) floor with these guys before all the cool people start digging them. If you already dig...

Theresa May has told the nation that she looks forward to meeting up with Donald Trump soon, so they can discuss how much they don’t know what to do, in their new jobs. May said: ‘I literally have no clue what I'm doing or what Brexit even is. Saying ‘Brexit means Brexit’ is even wearing a bit thin with me. I guess I thought it I just kept promising things, people would eventually leave me alone, turns out they won’t....

The phrase ‘birdbrained’ is taking on a different meaning, as new research shows that many species of birds are far more intelligent than previously thought. Science seems to be finally catching up with the fact that other animals are always more complex than they have been given credit for. Hopefully we are now losing old-fashioned assumptions about the inferiority of other species – assumptions which surely show us more about human intelligence than that of other animals. This conversation throws...

By Marcus Solarz Hendriks Hindsight is a beautiful thing. It makes people so wise. And we are seeing plenty of wise people in the media coverage of Donald Trump’s shock election last night. Above all, commentators are beginning to understand the mistakes in their comprehension of the political climate, which resulted in practically everyone predicting a Hillary Clinton victory instead of the overwhelming one being celebrated by her opponent. As the results come in, and the priorities of the electorate are...

Strength: 4.2% ABV Brewed: Albourne, West Sussex Based on a farm near Brighton, Bedlam Brewery prides itself not only on its quality ingredients used throughout the brewing process of their core range, but also on the environment. All of the energy that’s required for brewing comes from onsite solar panels, the brewery plant and harvest their own hops, and they also supply local farmers with free hops and spent grain in order to feed their cattle. As for the beer, all six expressions are...

By Linda Marric @Linda_Marric Fresh from the highly acclaimed Love Is Strange, Ira Sachs is back with a new production which deals with similar themes of New York real Estate and its devastating effects on human relations. Little Men tells the story of how the gentrification of a formally working class neighbourhood scuppers the burgeoning friendship between two adolescent boys who’s families become embroiled in a bitter rent dispute. Sensitive, introvert Jake (Theo Taplitz) and son of latin American immigrants...

First dates have sort of become a big deal of late. I mean, there's an entire programme dedicated to them which captures their essence thanks to a wise maître d, a savvy barman and a restaurant full of endless possibilities. But what's the key to making them a success? Well, according to new research, it's not so much about what you do as it is about what you don't do. Talking about ex-partners, being rude to waiting staff and having dirty fingernails are...