If election fever is already insufferable, you're not the only one who feels that way. It appears plenty of us voting with our feet and seeking out holidays to coincide with the pinnacle of election fever on May 7. There is a notable shift in holiday patterns according to DealChecker, who say that travellers are ditching party debates for the delights of New York, Las Vegas, Benidorm, Fuerteventura or Turkey instead. Greece, Cuba, Egypt, Magaluf and Malta also made the...

By Nathan Lee, TLE Correspondent  New research has revealed London is home to the most boring population in the UK with 47 per cent of people been told they are boring on at least one occasion. That compares to a national average of 38 per cent of people who have been told to spice up their lives on one or multiple occasions.  The survey found Britain was a rather dull country across the board, with most respondents finding the idea of  sitting in first...

Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @davidjdewinter  @TLE_Sport Early April.  The sweet smell of Spring is in the air.  Flowers are blooming, the weather gets warmer and the evenings get longer.  The perfect time therefore to park yourself in front of the TV for four days solid and watch wall-to-wall coverage of golf’s first major of the year – The Masters. Since announcing his comeback last week from his self-imposed exile, four-time Masters champion Tiger Woods...

By Jasmine Stephens, Family Editor So it’s the school holidays, the sun is shining and I can’t speak for the rest of the country, but if like me you live in Yorkshire, it’s the first chance you’ve had in ages to get the kids out in the garden for longer than 5 minutes before the hail, sleet and snow reappear. You throw open the back door and they run out enthusiastically, then what seems like milliseconds later they’re traipsing muddy...

By Miranda Schiller @mirandadadada The beer magnate Freddy Heineken was kidnapped in 1983 and held hostage for three weeks leading to the largest ransom payment of Dutch history. This dramatisation of the events stars Anthony Hopkins as Heineken and sets out as an action-packed thriller, but then frays out into a dull succession of shouty bouts of bickering between the kidnappers. They are portrayed as a scruffy bunch of Dutch ne'er-do-wells who hope to strike big with the spontaneous idea...

By Nathan Lee, TLE Correspondent  This Sunday the River Thames will host the 160th boat race between Oxford and Cambridge Universities. Along with Wimbledon Tennis Championships, the FA Cup final and the Open Championship it is one of the most quintessentially British sporting events to be hosted each year. For those of us looking to watch the race in its entirety and in relative warmth and comfort Brew Cafe in Putney is offering a unique viewing experience. Food and drinks...

By Shilpa Ganatra   When done right, spa retreats are heaven on earth, a place where every desire is an indulgence in the guise of wellbeing. When done wrong, it leaves the guest more frustrated and less zen than when they entered the doors - with their pockets lighter too. So in the name of research. we decided to check up on the original health resort, Champneys, over the bank holiday weekend to see just what wonders it did for our...

by Miranda Schiller @mirandadadada Ethan Hawke lends his tortured face to the despairing former fighter pilot Major Tom Egan in Good Kill, a drama about drone warfare. Although an experienced soldier, he finds it hard to treat blowing people up like a normal day job, driving home from the army base every evening to throw barbecue parties and help his children with their schoolwork. Superficially he can't complain: At least he gets to see his family at all, and he...

By Daniel Mackenzie (@EkcaLiena)   The recent drama surrounding Glastonbury's decision to book childish bigot Kanye West as a festival headliner was pretty funny, wasn't it? I personally couldn't give a shit about it. Partly because anything Kanye does is so off my radar it might as well not exist; partly because Glastonbury, and its loyal followers, should probably let go of the rock festival heritage and accept what it has become: a huge, international event that is geared towards...