The InterContinental London at the O2 opened just over six months ago on the Greenwich Peninsula, London’s rejuvenated historic, entertainment and financial gateway. It’s surrounded by impressive architecture, maritime heritage, state-of-the-art entertainment venues and spectacular views of the River Thames, Canary Wharf and iconic London landmarks. With the hotel incorporating the local heritage, this 5* luxury hotel is well-suited for cosmopolitan guests, and is an ideal resting place for visitors of the O2, travellers and business stays. Location The hotel...

More doom and gloom sadly as more business data has emerged post-Brexit. It has been reported that the UK’s manufacturing sector is at its lowest level for over three years. It is more worrying news that the UK economy is grinding to a halt as the fall-out from the EU referendum begins to take its toll. An index, by Markit, of the manufacturing industry, a month by month study, indicated a fall to 48.2 in July down from 52.5 in...

Just when you thought the national obsession with almost calling a scientific vessel “Boaty McBoatface” has subsided, a public house has brought the subject back into our national psyche. I'm guilty of all this as well, I call my new bed "Beddy McBedface," I am not immune to it. Unlike the boat, which even though most people voted for it, which wasn’t eventually given the name, this pub has changed to Pubby McPubface, and the locals love it Peter Daniels,...

In a week when further education became nothing more than a burdensome debt obligation and stats on home-ownership confirmed how unattainable buying a house has become, we must ask ourselves; what are we doing for our youth? Major English cities have seen the sharpest falls in home ownership since a peak in the early 2000s, according to new analysis, with homes becoming increasingly unaffordable for struggling potential buyers. West Yorkshire, the metropolitan area of the West Midlands and outer London...

Mary Paes, the wife of Eduardo Paes the Mayer of Rio De Janeiro, is not happy. “I went to the shops to get some final bits and bobs for Rio leaving my husband to sort out the open sewers, investment in favelas, the Zika virus and a couple of other little odds and ends like he promised to do fucking years ago and I come home to see him sitting on his arse with a can of Carlsberg.” Mary is...

We teachers work 9-3.30 and have ‘all that holiday’ to look forward to. At least, that is what the public tend to believe – just as 2 members of that same public were amazed I wasn’t going on holiday this summer, as “teachers get £40,000 a year, don’t they?” The reality is that, after taking 14 years to pay off my student loan (despite taking only the minimum £3000 a year to live on for 3 years), plus the rise...

A little bit of Miami in 1982 has arrived in Brixton, and will be with us until the end of August. The rooftop summer pop-up is the place to be the feel part of the Florida scene, in SW2. The venue has funky cocktails, retro film screenings, food stalls and live sports. There is even real sand, you lucky people. If you have a white tuxedo, bring it, if it rains, wear it anyway. The summer is still here and...

The first thing to say about the trip was that there was a huge mistake, caused by yours truly. I am born and raised just up the road from Seaham Hall, in Newcastle, and I always get the rapid three-hour train journey home. For some reason me and Mrs TLE and I drove…seven hours later we arrived, missing out valuable hours at this luxurious venue. Seaham Hall is a spa hotel nestled beside the wild North Eastern coastline. The impressive...

Nearest tube: Green Park Go for: Colour expertise Before you read any further, I have a confession to make - but you have to promise not to judge me. Although I’m a beauty writer, I haven't been to a hairdresser for eight years. Perhaps it’s because I’m a control freak, but I thought I was getting along just fine with a box of Nice 'n' Easy and a friend giving my ends a trim. Fed up of looking like I'd...