The Weekly Cocktail Recipe – Bangkok Sendoff
By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food Set up as a roaming restaurant pop-up, the continuously popular Chateau Marmot has recently teamed up with top Australian Thai Chef Sujet Saenkham, tying in with the release of his new cookbook ‘Spice I Am’. Taking over a luxurious apartment designed by British designer Tom Dixon on the up-and-coming Greenwich Peninsula, the event included a five-course tasting menu cooked exclusively for 36 guests on each of the two evenings. Including the likes of steamed...
Top 40 Women’s Women
By Nathan Lee, TLE Correspondent Dame Helen Mirren has been named the most empowering female celebrity on a top 40 list of women's women. The study of 2,000 women ranked Mirren above Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Winslet and Oprah Winfrey. Respondents said her 'down to earth personality' and the way she embodies female empowerment – including her latest comments on wishing she had spoken her mind more when she was younger - were what made her stand out from the crowd. She was also...
‘Red Army’ Interview with Director Gabe Polsky
Gabe Polsky interviewed by Stephen Mayne. Two tendencies in sports films often prove their undoing. One is a surfeit of game footage that immediately puts off anyone outside committed enthusiasts. The other is a clumsy attempt to equate the sport in question with personal and political problems off the field of play. Red Army does both and is still brilliant. Non-fans will watch clips of the Soviet men’s ice hockey team with awe, while even more remarkably, the film uses...
Non-League day: Support your local non-league team
Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @davidjdewinter @TLE_Sport It’s an international weekend so most football fans (myself included) will be watching England face the might of Estonia at Wembley on Friday night. But what are football fans to do on Saturday? There are no Premier League or Championship fixtures this weekend and Wales’ trip to Bosnia & Herzegovina doesn’t kick-off until 7.45pm. That’s a whole Saturday afternoon without football, right? Wrong. It’s national non-league day this...
Strictly Come Dancing latest: Jeremy Vine on dancing in his dreams…
Jeremy Vine admits to dreaming of his steps every night when his head hits the pillow The BBC presenter Jeremy Vine has confessed that his dancing shoes ‘don’t quite fit yet’ and says he is dreaming of his steps at night. The Strictly star, who is keeping a diary of his Strictly journey on his official website http://jeremyvine.tv, told his fans that ‘it’s tough out there’ and the judges were justifiably harsh to him on Saturday night. He says: The...
Forget AirBnB, there is an easier way to make money from your property (and you don’t need to provide breakfast)
THE time is 7am, and a large lorry is arriving outside an Edwardian terrace house in Kensal Rise. When the children are packed off to school, a dozen people file in, the floor is covered with plastic sheets and boxes of equipment are unloaded. Then another ‘family’ arrives - the husband, wife, teenage son, grandparents and visiting friends - while giant daylight lamps are rigged up in the garden and over the kitchen skylights to give the impression of a...
Your Guide to Non-League Day in London
Sport News 24/7 By Jack Peat, TLE Editor Non-League Day has rolled around again giving you the chance to invest the crumpled ten bob note lying in your pocket on something more worthwhile than two pints of Fosters and a packet of pork scratchings in your local battle cruiser while watching mediocre celebrity wannabes prance around a pitch. And this year there’s an added incentive: All other sport is positively shit right now. The England Rugby Team have been unceremoniously...
Mariann Rosa Releases New Single ‘Frikkin’ Fantastic’
If you're familiar with Norwegian telly you'll probably recognise vocalist and DJ Mariann Rosa as a judge from talent show 'Idol'. If not, you might just have heard her previous single, the unforgettable 'Banjo For My Bitches', or caught her fronting thrash pop band Surferosa. Mariann has been pretty busy, then. Still, the 'Best Dressed Norwegian Artist' still found time to pen 'Frikkin' Fantastic', a slice of futuristic electro pop released via Popjoy records on 5th October. Think Charlie XCX meets Robyn,...
Storm Static Sleep: A Pathway Through Post-Rock
By Grant Bailey (@GrantDBailey) Released 30th November 2015 via Function Books. Today Function Books are proud to announce the forthcoming release of Storm Static Sleep: A Pathway Through Post-Rock. This book is believed to be the most detailed account of history and development of the post-rock genre to-date. The book (written by Jack Chuter) chronicles the evolution of post-rock and it's rise in popularity through chapters covering the bands and festivals that have defined the genre including: Talk Talk, Slint,...