By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food Created by Felix Cohen, owner and founder of The Manhattans Project – the team behind the much discussed Cocktails on offer at POND, a Hawaiian restaurant in a hidden location just a stones throw from Dalston’s hip centre, the American Gothic is this week’s featured recipe. “Classic cocktails, done right” is the main mantra from the Manhattan Project and available for just three months, the American Gothic is a must try; comprising Rye Whiskey, Calvados, sugar syrup and...

By Emma Silverthorn (@HouseOf_Gazelle) As the centenary of the Suffragette movement is marked this year and the inevitable backlash from the men’s rights movement is heard, accusing those women instrumental in it of: ‘demanding the rights but not the responsibilities of equality,’ Vital Xposure’s The Disappearance Dorothy Lawrence is a much needed antidote. Dorothy tries to claim both and the reaction against her for doing so is simply put, odious. Dorothy was the only female reporter on the front lines...

By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food Peckham-based ‘craft meat’ business – Serious Pig, specialising in quality charcuterie, is leading a ‘craft, not crap’ campaign to prevent brands from misleading customers about unhealthy, overly processed junk food in an attempt to inspire the nation to embrace some more authentic snacks. The campaign follows the news of leading scientists, writing in the British Medical Journal, recently calling for a ban on artificial trans fats from processed food, claiming that this could save...

By Stephen Mayne @finalreel Craig Roberts was not even 20 when the lead role in Richard Ayoade’s Submarine (2010) thrust him into a very indie kind of fame. It’s that same film that runs through the spine of Just Jim, a dark coming-of-age comedy that serves as a credible, if patchy directing and writing debut for the still only 24 year old. After a sojourn in Hollywood - minor roles in 2014 comedies Bad Neighbours and 22 Jump Street -...

By Richard Broome (@richbroome_tog) I am sat in a rather intimate, underground screening room at the British Film Institution. Drinks are flowing, the atmosphere is positive. The head of Spinefarm records stands up and makes a short introductory speech to get the eager audience whipped up for what is sure to be a special screening. This is Rammstein, after all. Expect the unexpected (and singed eyebrows). He sits down, the lights dim and the screen turns black. A single red...

By Ben Morris  On a London street a few months ago, I got chatting to a girl from Gaza City named Nour Nafez. Last summer, the offices which housed her brother’s media company, were destroyed by the Israeli Defence Force. Following the destruction of his livelihood, Sajed left his homeland, family and friends to forge a new life in Europe. This is his story. Sajed Nafez lived close to the Islamic University of Gaza, where he had read social studies. He...

By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food Strength: 3.8% ABV Brewed: Ellon, Scotland Tired of a market dominated by industrially brewed Lagers and Ales, the team behind BrewDog set up the world’s first crowd-funded brewery in 2007. Now operating from a site in Ellon, just north of Aberdeen, a community of over 14,500 investors owns the business, with shares in the brewery still available. And what’s more, the brewery that’s made for the people, by the people is still constantly striving...

More summer vibes now from Baltimore's Sun Club with their new track 'Summer Feet'. The song sets the stage ahead of the release of their Debut LP The Dongo Durango on 30th October. If Pet Sounds-era Beach Boys got in a time machine to present day and formed a supergroup with FIDLAR (on an upper day) it would probably sound something like this. Sun Club are are also streaming a live session of previously heard track 'Tropicoller Lease' which looks like an...

Their monstrous moniker may have been removed but the monster within remains, if Heck's nuts new track 'Breakers' is anything to go by. Have a listen below. According to the band, the song covers some pretty emotionally-turbulent subject matter. “Some things are better left at peace,” explains singer/guitarist Matt Reynolds. “When posed with a second chance we are teased by the inherent futility of it all. The underlying trust issues never leave and the all-consuming paranoia perpetually pulls each part...