By Mathew Shaw The sport of boxing is known as the ‘noble art’ and has long seduced some of modern time’s greatest writers and philosophical thinkers - Ernest Hemingway, TS Eliot and Norman Mailer, to name but a few. The sport’s ethos and pathos seemingly providing the perfect metaphors for life – overcoming adversity, fulfilling one’s potential and rising to the top. It seems fitting then that on the creaking boards of an old church hall in Leytonstone the charity...

By Nicky Goulder, co-founder and Chief Executive of Create The official figures from the latest Census show that there are 400 identified children who are providing unpaid care in the London borough of Westminster. These children are known as ‘young carers’, defined by the Carers Trust as ‘children who often take on practical and/or emotional caring responsibilities that would normally be expected of an adult’. These children can end up in a situation in which they are spending 50 hours...

By Ben Ramanauskas  In 1944, when continental Europe was on the verge of being liberated from fascism and while much of the world suffered under the oppressive yoke of communism, the Austrian economist F.A Hayek published The Road to Serfdom. Hayek argued that the abandonment of individualism and classical liberalism inevitably leads to a loss of freedom, the creation of an oppressive society, the reign of tyranny, and the serfdom of the individual. Thankfully, fascism was destroyed and the Soviet...

By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food It’s quite incredible to think that Marylebone high street is not a semi-rural village nestled on the outskirts of the city. Instead, the mutinous carnage of Oxford Street ebbs dangerously close to one end. The other end, meanwhile, is just feet away from herds of tourists descending upon Madame Tussauds to pose for selfies with waxworks that are often amazingly less synthetic than the celebrities they’re modelled on. Falling towards the latter, the northern-most...

By Grant Bailey (@GrantDBailey) Long live Holy Roar. The record label have announced a 2-stage, 1-day event to celebrate their tenth anniversary this spring. The show will take place across the Dome and Boston Music Rooms venues, Tufnell Park, London on the 21st May, and will feature the biggest names in the Holy Roar roster.   Rolo Tomassi are slated to headline, with support from Departures, Hang The Bastard, Giants and many more. The £15 ticket also includes unlimited access to the HRX:...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor The Labour Party leader was trying to respond to Cameron's statement on his deal with the EU, when he said: "Last week, like him, I was in Brussels meeting with heads of government and European leaders of socialist parties. One of whom said to me …” Two Tory MPs: “Who are you?” Hardly hilarious, but the standard of comedy in the Commons is rarely very high, and give the Conservatives a chance to have a dig...

Sport News 24/7 By Rob Mchugh  @mchughr  @TLE_Sport There are few teams in world cricket that go through the rollercoaster ride of highs and lows which England have experienced in the recent past, and this year’s tour to South Africa was no different.  A series which began with a morale boosting victory for England’s test team, ended in a farcical batting display in the T20 series, which saw England surrender a good position and with it ensure that the series...

The modern gourmet burger is a superfluous two fingers to a beautiful conception. There you go. I said it. For me, the higher a burger is stacked the more wasteful it becomes. A double beef patty with bacon, onion rings, guacamole, tomato, cheese, Portobello mushroom and the rest becomes a pointless dish the moment you look for a knife and fork for assistance and start dismantling it into more friendly bite-sized pieces. We flatten, we halve, we attempt to pick...