By Leslie Byron Pitt @Afrofilmviewer Contrary to the beliefs of many militant, western Atheists. The ease of separating one’s self from the durable arms of religion, are not as easy as simply snapping out of it. An estimated 65% of the Chilean population recognise themselves as Catholic creed. It’s been over 90 years the church was separated from state in Chile, yet that is a tear drop in the vast bank that religion runs through. The roots of its legacy...

By Nathan Lee, TLE Correspondent  Ski season is almost upon us, and while for most of us that means jetting away for snow, slopes and après-ski, for others it is an all together more exclusive excursion. Executive air charter company Gama Aviation has teamed up with Art de Vivre to create the most exclusive ski package on the market. Chalets, costing anything between £50,000-100,000+ per week, can be rented along with a butler, sommelier, chauffeur and ski guide as bespoke options. The...

Pho & Bun’s fresh summer rolls recipe, with king prawns and peanut butter dipping sauce.

“When someone pitches a “performance video” in the HECK video think tank, they are generally met with stony faces and rolled eyes. Music videos are a chance to show more creativity visually. Straight up performance generally say fuck all except “this is what we look like playing our song” which, you know, is great and all, but is worth about 10 seconds of your YouTube time before going back to watching compilations of people braining themselves whilst trying to surf...

By Jack Peat, Editor of The London Economic  The troubling thing about Jennifer Phillips’ performance on Sunday night’s X Factor is that irrespective of her profound talent, she can never hope to win the competition. I have a number of gripes with X Factor, most of which are axiomatic and probably not worth stating here. But asides from it being a blatant set-up and presided over by a talentless bunch of judges, and the fact that it’s a soap opera...

By Daniel Mackenzie (@EkcaLiena) The unstoppable streams of information that wrap tangles around our brains can get a little confusing to say the least. These restless beams carry huge amounts of images, opinions and sounds around the world, almost blinding in quantity and depth, and navigating to a place of interest can take up as much time as digesting the details found on arrival. One such area that both benefits and suffocates from this endlessness is music. That feeling of...

By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food In the lead up to the unveiling of its most unconventional Christmas scheme to date – ‘Journey To The Stars’ – iconic London department store Selfridges is currently preparing to open the fourth restaurant its series of ‘On the Roof’ pop-ups in association with restaurateur Des McDonald (Q Grill Chalk Farm, Frontier Room at Q Grill, Holborn Dining Room). Following the success of the most recent Vintage Salt, Forest Restaurant & Cabin Bar is...

By Nathan Lee, TLE Correspondent Historians have revealed what London would have looked like today had Guy Fawkes’ gunpowder plot not been thwarted by the spies of the past. The images show how intelligence and espionage during the Tudor and Stuart times shaped Britain’s culture, religion and even architecture. Events such as the famous Gunpowder Plot, several plots to kill protestant Elizabeth I and Henry VIII’s new religion could all have led to a very different city were it not...

Photo: David-Griffen-Photography By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food Having reopened its doors back in June after an extensive refurbishment, one of the most prominent features of The Ivy’s - London’s most famous restaurant - new interior is the central coral onyx dining bar. Alongside providing customers the ideal location for a pre-dinner drink, or even a prime position seat to dine from, there’s also a brand new Cocktail list, to accompany, assembled by Bar Manager Darren Ball, along with Xavier...