By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor A Hillsborough survivor who climbed out of the pens 27 years ago in a desperate attempt to survive made a dignified call for South Yorks Police to be held to account during BBC's Question Time. He politely and clearly asked for action against South Yorkshire Police after an inquest found 96 Liverpool fans were unlawfully killed. He said: "I was at Hillsborough in 1989, survived the crush and climbed over the fences onto the pitch," he...

Today see’s the digital release of the debut EP from Copenhagen’s Baby In Vain. An infectious exploration of seductive desert rock, menacing post-punk and cosmic noise-rock, For The Kids is available to download and stream today via Partisan Records and released on vinyl on June 10th. The release of the EP comes just before Baby In Vain’s a run of dates with The Kills, which includes a show at London’s Village Underground on Wednesday 4th May. They will also play...

The latest in the interwoven superhero tapestry that is the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain America: Civil War directed by Joe and Anthony Russo, pits Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr) and Captain America (Chris Evans) against each other with the fate of The Avengers hanging in the balance. If you look at the Marvel Cinematic Universe as a ludicrously high budget TV series, Civil War would serve as a much celebrated season finale; the grand culmination of all that has come...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor A 110-year-old picture of a gentleman wearing ladies' underwear is breaking the internet - because his face looks incredibly familiar. Could the possible future PM and Brexit buccaneer be the person in the pic? Well of course not, but it is quite a funny pic for a Friday afternoon. The man, wearing heels, stockings does look suspiciously like him though.  

By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food When we think of the Scottish Hebridean Island of Islay, whiskey is generally the first spirit that comes to mind. An industry which, after agriculture, provides the island’s second largest employment, boasting a grand total of nine distilleries operating from the tiny island. And although renowned for creating some of the world’s finest single malt whiskies, Bruichladdich Distillery have, in recent years, began to distil their own gin – The Botanist – joining their...

Latitude Festival today announces additional music, dance and theatre names for this year’s event which takes place from Thursday 14th to Sunday 17th July 2016 in the stunning grounds of Henham Park, Suffolk. Belgian brothers David and Stephen Dewaele will showcase a new production with their band Soulwax for a UK festival exclusive, headlining the 6 Music Stage at Latitude 2016. The band broke the mould back in 1996 thanks to their mix of rock, electro, pop and punk and have made half the world dance since...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Gypsy Wood and yourself appeared together in Comic Strip in 2011. What was the impetus behind this new joint show? Is this the first joint project you've worked on since then? Do the names you’ve chosen for your characters have any special significance or were they chosen at random? We decided to try and make a new show together for the 2015 Perth Fringe, we didn’t know what form it would take but we were...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor One of the Britain’s most famous markets has become the 2,500th ‘real” living wage employer, a whole two pounds twenty pence more than the Chancellor’s version of the living wage. The 11th century market, has decided to increase how much they pay their staff to a level which means workers should be able to sustain themselves to a reasonable level in the capital. The market, which is 1,002-years-old, decision has been hailed by Living Wage...

Review by Leslie Byron Pitt The second section of Miguel Gomes’ Portuguese austerity odyssey doesn’t lighten the load in anyway, though at time it feels more engaging than the previous entry. This section features more nude women that play along with its fantasy elements. Unfortunately, two of the tales featured are more tedious than what’s come before it. Again the ideas are sound. The first tale informs us of a condemned man and how he arranges his guilt after many...