JBL 70th celebrates 70 years
Today the JBL audio brand celebrates 70 years of music. The company, founded by James Bullough Lansing, is now one of the oldest American audio companies. From revolutionary recordings, legendary concerts like Woodstock, record-breaking rock tours to iconic sports events like The Olympics, JBL has been there for big moments in music and audio innovation. As a celebration, here are some of those historic moments… Worldwide, you will hear JBL loudspeakers at more than half of all motion picture theatres...
PMQs 30th Nov – “Since last xmas you gave us a fresh start, but the very next day you took the funding away”
During today’s PMQs Theresa May continued her relentless campaign to save Christmas, which is nice, because for a lot of neglected elderly people this will probably be their last. Jeremy Corbyn was, rightly, very concerned that the Chancellor didn’t mention social care in the Autumn Statement, even though there is a huge funding gap, a constantly ageing population, and possibly no foreign people to care for them in the future. Wiping a pensioner’s bottom might not be a skilled job,...
Christmas Ads Have ‘No Impact’ On Shopping Habits
New research has revealed that despite their extortionate cost, Christmas ads have ‘no impact’ on shopping habits. Whether it’s the John Lewis dog bouncing on a trampoline, Aldi’s carrot traversing a Christmas dinner or Waitrose’s two robins uniting over a mince pie, there are a host of maudlin Christmas ads are designed to tug at our heart and purse strings. But while they certainly get column inches and boost brand recognition, do they actually influence where you do your Christmas shopping?...
The Secret Fundraiser: Tis The Season To Be Begging
Tis the season to be jolly, tra la la la la la la la laa. Bah, humbug. Spare a thought for us front line charity workers and volunteers in the Christmas period. It may be the supposed season of kindness and giving for you but for us it’s the season of begging. We’ve got a smile on our face while we’re doing it, but don’t think we’re enjoying it. As Christmas approaches, and in turn the end of the fundraising...
Some Hope For Our Living Planet
Conservationists, scientists, farmers and psychologists met yesterday at London Zoo to discuss the future of our planet and its capacity for sustaining life. Despite grim forecasts of a Mad-Max-style landscape, those speaking at the event offered some hope as they outlined our potential survival strategies. The one day symposium revolved around findings of the 2016 Living Planet Report, a planetary health check carried out every two years by the WWF, ZSL and others. Published just last month, the most recent...
Clueless Cook Spearheads England’s Capitulation
Sport News 24/7 Every now and then you see a moment of brilliance on a sporting field. Temba Bavuma’s run out of Dave Warner, Ben Stokes’s catch(es), that Tony Yeboah goal against Liverpool… and Wimbledon, Ayrton Senna’s lap of Donnington in 1993. I could go on, but everyone has seen those special moments. Conversely, we see those moments when everything goes to pot – Chris Read ducking into a Chris Cairns yorker, Gareth Southgate’s penalty at Euro 96, Alastair Cook’s...
A Day In The Life: Of You
People aren't a statistic, but if they were they'd probably be the best statistic in the World. New research has documented the life of the average Brit in numbers, including everything from how much time we spend on social media to how much time we spend down the pub. According to the survey we spend over three years posting on social media, one year down the pub and eight months queuing during their adult years. People will typically spend eight...
Let’s use collaborative economy platforms for a good cause
It looks increasingly likely that living standards in the UK will be squeezed in the years ahead, not just by pricier Marmite and holidays, but also by a public sector that could face a £66 billion post-Brexit gap on receipts. Austerity as policy may have been temporarily put on hold. But austerity as daily reality may be with us for years to come. This is likely to be good news for the many ideas bundled together under the term ‘the...
TLE meets…Vikings Star Maude Hirst
The Vikings star talks to TLE all about female warriors, her role as Helga, and boarding school vibes on set… What attracted you to the role of Helga, are there any similarities between you? She came into the script as this kind of carefree, Viking hippie, who was a fundamental pagan. She was kind of a wild character, and that’s always a fun thing for an actor to play. She’s become a strong, independent woman who’s had to deal with...