Once home to Turnmills, world famous nightclub, the corner of Clerkenwell Road and Turnmill Street has, this year, seen the launch of to two brand new restaurants opening upon the site. The first, Sosharu, is the latest venture from Jason Atherton, heavily inspired by Japanese Izakayas, and in June Albion opened next door. Following successful openings in both Shoreditch and Bankside, this is the third outpost of the joint venture between Sir Terence Conran, Peter Prescott and Isabelle Chatel...

By Elena Orde, Editor of The Vegan Recently, a story in which a malnourished Italian child was removed from his parents made headlines. The press attributed the boy’s ill health to his veganism (ignoring the fact that he had a congenital heart defect), and questioned whether vegan diets for children were abusive. Since then, the story has escalated. Italian politician Elvira Savino has proposed a new law by which parents raising vegan children could face imprisonment. The language around the...

Ronald Reagan's daughter has sent a powerful message to Donald Trump about advocating assassination. Patti Davis, whose father Ronald survived an assassination attempt in 1981, said his "glib and horrifying comment about second amendment people" could appeal to people who see unbridled violence as a way to make their mark in the world. Her comments come as John Hinckley, her father's attacker, is released from a psychiatric hospital after a three-decade long stint. Although Hinckley won't be able to own a gun or...

Fisher FC, formally Fisher Athletic, returned back to their home in Bermondsey this weekend after seven years of ground-sharing in Dulwich. Following a High Court ruling in 2009, in which the club were wound-up, it was decided that the supporter’s trust would take charge of club and it would be renamed and relocated. Their 5,300-capacity Surrey Docks Stadium in Rotherhithe, in the London Borough of Southwark, was left redundant, slowly decaying into a workman’s yard with the only remaining stand supporting a raft of waste...

The Conservatives would have a 72 seat majority in the House of Commons if an election were called today, according to the latest polling data. As the Labour rift continues to divide the party and the Tories consolidate their leadership, Labour would be expected to loose 34 seats in the next election, giving the current party of power a comprehensive lead. The Lib Dems are projected to gain one seat, as will the Green Party and UKIP. SNP would take...

Pontresina challenges hikers chasing the reward of glacial views.

MPs have said that of all ethnic groups living in the UK, Muslims have the highest rate of joblessness. With Muslim women, who wear the Hijab being passed over for jobs, in what a report has called the last form of “acceptable” discrimination. Some Muslim women are even driven to abandon wearing traditional Islamic dress in order to get the job they want, an inquiry by the Commons Women and Equalities Committee has heard. Almost 13 per cent of Muslims...

London’s 24 hour economy could be worth nearly £30 billion to the capital each year by the start of 2030, according to new research. It is currently worth up to £26.3 billion annually, around eight per cent of London’s gross domestic product, and directly supports one in eight jobs – a figure of 723,000 workers. The report suggests this could rise to 790,000 in less than 15 years. The research, undertaken by London First – the membership group for London...

Good news for the renewable industry, which has been battered by the current Conservative Government. Due to high winds across Scotland on Sunday, the energy created provided over one hundred per cent of the electricity needs for that day in the country. In fact the total energy captured provided 106 per cent of the requirement, a major success story and its obvious environmental benefits. Gusts of wind were reaching up to 115 mph at the summit of peaks in the Cairngorms...