By Miranda Hazrati @mirandahazrati The indie film scene has been steadily growing since the 1960s, feeding the public’s desire for something more than the standard formula offered up by the main film studios. A huge boom in independent film-making came during the ‘80s led by trailblazing directors such as Francis Ford Coppola, David Lynch, the Coen Brothers and Quentin Tarantino, who soon became a household name as his films enjoyed huge box office success. No longer seen as art-house, niche...

By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food With hundreds of restaurants situated within London’s square mile, it seems that all of these institutions, especially the most grandiose, fall at drastically contrasting ends of the quality continuum. Be it a prominent building housed restaurant that crows an abundance of undiluted pretension and grossly underwhelming cooking, or the type that’s so brilliant we wish to return each and every night, if only our bank balances would accommodate such extravagance. It’s only very rarely...

By Steve Taggart A shocking video has emerged via the Jerusalem Post, in which IS has told the countries taking part in air strikes in Syria will suffer the same fate as France, and threatened to attack the American capital, Washington DC. The video was uploaded to a site used by ISIL and the footage includes the aftermath of Friday's shocking events in the French capital. At least 132 people were killed in a number of orchestrated attacks, spreading carnage...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor An expected back lash against Muslim communities is already beginning to be felt in France and beyond. The Paris attacks have seen heightened levels of anger against followers of Islam. In the on-line world this vitriol has been even more acute, so to try and deal with this a group of French Muslim students from The Etudiants Musulmans de France – a group representing thousands of French citizens of Muslim faith – released a video in...

By Bea Patel, TLE Property Editor and Director of Shop for an Agent Work on your curb appeal, clean the interior of your home, declutter, decorate the corridors, brighten the place up… all things we’re told when selling our home. We’re also told about obvious deal-breakers with buyers, such as location, schools, public transport and crime rates. But often we forget, or haven’t been told other (not so obvious) factors that can potentially ruin a deal - rude sellers, pests...

Have you ever seen Charlotte Carpenter operate heavy farm machinery? Ever wanted to? Assuming your answers were 'no' followed by an emphatic 'yes!' then do we have a treat for you. Charlotte's latest video is a cinematic clip filmed on a farm in her hometown, including  tumultuous skies, sweeping scenery and deft tractor skills. The track, titled 'Mean Time,' is the second release from Charlotte's fifth EP The Fault Line, which was released on 13th November. Check the video out below. Of the...

By Steve Taggart The Hacker group Anonymous have declared war on IS in the wake of the attacks in Paris on Friday Night. The shadowy group posted a video on their YouTube channel in French. During the clip they said they would use its knowledge to "unite humanity" and warned the terrorists to "expect us". As ever, the spokesperson was wearing their signature mask, synonymous with the group, said: "Anonymous from all over the world will hunt you down. "You...

By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food As far as household designer brands are concerned, few pride themselves on being so quintessentially British as Burberry. At the culmination of the 21st century, it's no secret that the brand’s signature plaid did suffer from becoming a Prole Drift staple in accordance with the birth of Chav culture, and as a result tawdry imitations of scarves, baseball caps and all sorts of tasteless reproductions soon became available on just about every British market...

By James Clark In the aftermath of the horrendous terrorists attacks in Paris in which over 100 lives were tragically lost it is understandable that restraint has once again become a difficult concept to maintain. Following Putin‘s step into the breach Western leaders will almost certainly begin to itch over whether, or perhaps when, it is to follow suit. The mandate for increased intervention, has now almost certainly been provided. Bombing and drone strikes are likely to be presented, perhaps...