By Richard de Winter  @rgdewinter  @TLE Now it may have escaped your notice, gentle Reader, but there is a General Election imminent.  You could be forgiven for not knowing.  It’s not like the newspapers and news bulletins have been blathering on about nothing else for the last few weeks, or that social media have been filled with ever more offensive streams of invective.  Some of you may not even be aware that a worrying number of people seem to believe...

By Rob Foster How has your career in investment informed your belief in equity, and how did you come to write the book? I started to have these conversations with colleagues a couple of years ago, based on the premise that equity is the only way to access newly created wealth. The price of your house may go up & down, price of a gold bar may go up & down, if you own a bond it might pay interest,...

by Miranda Schiller @mirandadadada Girlhood is the story of Marième's journey from obedient child to defiant girl gang member to young adult fending for herself. It is a story of black female teenagers in the suburbs of Paris. It is a story of female friendship. It is a story of strength, of finding your way out. Marième grows up with many restrictions. Her mother is mostly at work, leaving her to look after her two younger sisters. Her older brother...

By Nathan Lee, TLE Correspondent  Protein World's 'Beach Body Ready' campaign has kicked up such a big fuss of late you would have thought body-shaming was a new concept, but the reality is that the girl in the yellow bikini has merely drawn people's attention to a more prominent body shaming platform, one that is far more pronounced and more destructive than any London Underground billboard ad. Social media compounds body image issues in ways no other platform has ever managed...

Like all powerful, female forces of nature, London’s Feminist Library is just getting better with age. To celebrate its 40th year, here are some of the arts highlights from its programme. Women and Tattoos 25th April 2015 With the amazing discussion-starter “Why you should never, ever get a tattoo (but having a baby is fine)”, pop along to the Library to debate the contradictory nature of what society says women should and shouldn’t do with their bodies. Here’s something for...

By John Locke ( Warning!- Do not read this if you are of a squeamish personality) We leave the train on Sunday at Manchester Piccadilly after the lad has barked at every train stop on the journey, ( he also tried to eat a huge lurcher in the next compartment, and scared a Polish cyclist somewhere outside Runcorn ) unless I offered him a Polo mint or let him stand on my legs like a panting mountain goat with the...

Not sure about you but we’re pretty excited about the weather we’ve been having recently, and it can be kind of hard to resist the urge to spend every spare moment reclining in the park with a tepid Red Stripe. But catching some of the recent rays doesn’t have to mean missing out on culture in our fair city. Check out these London art walks. SLAM Fridays The South London Art Map (SLAM to its friends) runs Friday art tours and...

By Dr Joanna Helcké I have the privilege of living in what many consider to be the UK’s sporting capital; Loughborough. With a University that attracts top athletes from across the UK, physical activity and sport is to be seen quite literally everywhere as people jog, run and bike their way around the area. It is hardly surprising, therefore, that as an expert in pregnancy exercise I find myself on the receiving end of lots of pregnancy fitness questions and...