By Jasmine Stephens, Family Editor Do they have elephants there? Will the baboons trash our car? Is it going to be like ‘Jurassic Park’? Are we nearly there yet??!! The kids were asleep in the back of the car and my husband was sick of my questions before we got off the M62. I’d managed to reach the ripe old age of 35 without ever visiting a safari park, but my husband was quite the veteran, having gone once with...

“Spain is different” was a slogan composed by Spanish minister Manuel Fraga in the 1960s to persuade the first planeloads of tourists to visit the sun-kissed nation. Spain at the time was under the rule Franco, a former ally of Hitler and Mussolini who won power with their help in a bloody civil war and cemented his grip on it for the next four decades through brutal repression of political opponents. While Britain enjoyed the swinging sixties and French students...

By Paul Arnold, Director at change management experts, Able and How In our relentless search for new techniques to revolutionise and streamline the way we do things, technology has taken centre stage in actively disrupting the corporate landscape. This type of disruption offers a multitude of opportunities for organisations to gain competitive advantages, however, frustratingly, the value identified in these strategic decisions is all too often being eroded at the point of implementation.  A key reason for this is the...

By Julie Paul One of the trickiest things to get right when designing your home is how best to light each room. It’s not enough to simply buy a new bulb, open the curtains and make do. Regardless of any superficial limitations, every room has a potential that can be unlocked with the intelligent use of light. A thoughtful and holistic approach to each space is needed to create a desirable, useful level of brightness throughout your home, night and day....

By Anna Power TLE Film Editor @TLE_Film After last year’s “Let’s put a roof on this house” Labor Day debacle, Jason Reitman’s back with Men, Women and Children, following in the footsteps of Spike Jonze’ fascinating futuristic film Her, Reitman seeks to explore our very ‘new’ relationship with technology and its impact on how we relate both to ourselves and each other in its wake. It’s a brave new world, with big brother watching us and us watching each other....

By Nathan Lee, TLE Correspondent   On Friday evening I was sat at home awaiting my girlfriend’s return after a hard day at the office when my phone buzzed with the message: “Get the wine and nipples ready”. I promptly removed my top and poured her a glass of Malbec, only to be left red faced by her following message: “NIBBLES! I meant nibbles”. Autocorrect thy cruel mistress. But apparently I’m not alone. New research has revealed 70 per cent of Brits...

By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food Designed in accordance with the five elements of Chinese philosophy, (wood, metal, water, earth and fire) Chai Wu is the latest restaurant to have opened within Harrods. Opening as the sister restaurant to Pan Chai and Mango Tree, based in Harrods’ Food Halls, as well as Mango Tree in Belgravia. However, as expected by the name Chai Wu offers an exhilarating fusion of traditional and contemporary Chinese cuisine, displayed through the menu designed by...

Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @davidjdewinter  @TLE_Sport Tomorrow sees the conclusion of the mammoth six week-long Cricket World Cup with a 'local derby' final between Antipodean rivals Australia and New Zealand.  The tournament has been an absolute festival of runs, punctuated by a seemingly endless supply of superlative individual innings: two double hundreds, the fastest 150 in history, a batsman scoring four centuries in a row - the list is endless.  So can New Zealand...

The first glimpse of Sam Mendes' new Bond film arrives in the form of a teaser trailer for the much anticipated SPECTRE - the 24th official Bond film to be released. View it here for a taste of things to come. https://panther4.dmsukltd.com/sony/material/ViewVideo/fd22ca01-4454-4e1f-b61f-a46900758690