In a time of recent sadness with the loss of several global icons, 2016 has already become somewhat of a morbid year. Not even four months into the year and we have already said goodbye to Terry Wogan, Alan Rickman, Victoria Wood, Ronnie Corbett, David Bowie, and Johann Cruyff to name but a few. All heroes in their respected fields, they will be sorely missed. There is cause for optimism this month though, as we celebrate the birthdays of some of those...

By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food Set to take over Regent’s Park for four days between 15th-19th June, restaurant festival Taste of London will return with an impressive line-up of some of the UK’s best chefs and over 40 of London’s restaurants. What’s more, a number of live cooking demonstrations will be taking place across the event, with some interactive culinary features and master classes also taking place. This year, the likes of Michelin-starred Nathan Outlaw, and Monica Galleti will...

Donald Trump has said the UK would be "better off without" the European Union in a typically candid interview with Fox News. He said it is his "feeling" that the UK should vote to sever ties with the EU in its 23 June referendum because the union has failed to handle the migration crisis, which has been a "horrible thing for Europe". His comments come just weeks after Barak Obama visited to the UK to support the remain campaign. The President said...

Review by Leslie Byron Pitt Arabian Nights finishes in very much the same it started two volumes ago: Obliquely. As mentioned in a previous instalment, praise cannot go high enough for Miguel Gomes ambition to capture his home country in a desolate state of stasis.  Ravaged by austerity, in the first volume we saw the director himself unable to create the film he envisioned due to the country’s economic strife. Now, in The Enchanted One, we almost see the grand...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Strong storms and an expected sea level rise might break-up aged rubbish dumps across the British Isles. A study has shown that this problem could possibly release toxic waste. In total there are over a thousand old landfill sites in coastal areas. As the land erodes the chances are some or all will be breached, which could pose serious dangers to wildlife and bather alike. Before the 1990s there were little or no regulations on...

Building your own business from the ground up is a pretty enormous task. You have to be your own manager, your best creative mind, your own accountant. But do you really have to do everything yourself? Wouldn't it be nice if, at the very least, somebody else would take care of where your brainchild can grow up and take its first steps? Today The Office Design Company have shared 7 start-up hubs in London that are worth watching if you’re...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor As Britain goes to the polls more time will be given for investigations into the Conservatives 2015 election campaign spending, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has announced. The Conservatives’ didn't admit to not declaring £38k of election expenses blaming an “admin error.” However, this has been criticised by many who see it as a criminal act to hide political spending from the general public. Up to 29 Conservative candidates are thought to have benefitted from...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor This peculiar bit of footage of Chancellor George Osborne has emerged, with him looking a bit "spaced out" He was caught off guard pulling a disturbing face as he campaigned with Zac Goldsmith ahead of today's London Mayoral elections. Mr Osborne has lost all control of his face while the cameras were on him before. During Prime Minister's Questions in November 2014, he famously spent the session looking rather spaced out. Watch Video Here

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Jeremy hunt was told off like a naughty schoolboy and was then called ‘rude discourteous’ by speaker John Bercow after the Health Secretary was seen using his phone during a debate over nursing cuts. Hunt was accused of ‘impairing parliamentary decorum’ after he could be seen using his phone while Shadow Health Secretary Heidi Alexander led the debate. Bercow says to Hunt: ‘To sit there fiddling ostentatiously with an electronic device defies the established convention of the...