By Jack Peat, Editor of The London Economic I'm not a betting man, but if I were I'd put half my mortgage on a Tory minority in this year’s General Election. I'd put the other half on a Tory majority hoping that a party I despise might turn my modest flat into a mansion with 5/1 returns. It’ll never happen. The bookies, like the pollsters, are adamant that ‘No Overall Majority’ is the most likely outcome come May, with a...

By Bea Patel, Director of Shop for an Agent The estate agent comparison site Following last week’s article on Tips for moving in to private rented property, this week is about things you need to consider while living in your privately rented property. It’s fair to assume that anything can go wrong in the property, and you should be clear on who is responsible for what. Keep in mind the following tips: Make sure the property meets the minimum standards The...

By Dan Gleabals Apparently sacking somebody who lays into their producer for half an hour, calling them a "Lazy Irish C**t”, threatens to end their career, then punches them in the face splitting their lip because they haven't got the meal they quite wanted is POLITICAL CORRECTNESS GONE MAD. Internet political mischief maker Guido Fawkes' Bring Back Clarkson petition has reached the dizzying total of 1,043,555 when we last checked.  I’m just praying all these numskulls aren’t allowed to drive or operate complicated...

By Emma Silverthorn @HouseOf_Gazelle I have to admit my penchant for Noah Baumbach straight off, having been enamoured with, in varying degrees, everything he’s made so far, and thankfully While We’re Young has not shattered that faith. Like much of his other work (particularly my favourite of the bunch, The Squid and The Whale), WWY is funny, semi-intellectual and hip, yet underpinning all this cool-ness there is a tender-heart. The film follows the mid-life crisis of couple Josh, or Yoshy,...

by Miranda Schiller @mirandadadada James King (Will Ferrell), millionaire hedge fund manager, is convicted for fraud and embezzlement. He is quite obviously innocent and merely used as a tool in the game by his boss and “ex-future father-in-law” – his hot fiancée leaves him soon after she hears the verdict: Ten years in a maximum security prison. This being the sort of 'bloke' comedy it is, his greatest fear facing ten years of incarceration is to be raped by other...

By Milly Cooper With a band that is Nashville born and bred expectations are high and The Apache Relay are certainly up to the challenge. With two albums under their belt already they’re gearing up to release a third in April and there are an awful lot of people excited to hear it, including us. We were thrilled when singer Michael Ford Jr took the time to chat to us about the upcoming album, the artistic vision for the band,...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Drawing on culture to promote well-being: communities united by their precarious circumstances Leading academic Matthew Johnson, Aboriginal community leader Mary Graham and Ashington community researcher Tony Bennett, examine how so-called ‘good culture’ can unite communities on opposite sides of the world. The Northumberland pit village of Ashington and Aboriginal settlements around Brisbane are communities united by their experience of relatively stable and long-established social systems being dismantled and replaced by apparently ‘precarious’ ‘circumstances’ including unemployment,...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Who would you want as a boss? A car enthusiast with a decent right hook? Well, it appears Generation Y would love him to be their leader. The BBC’s loss is Generation Y’s potential gain. New research by social job referral site GigPlug reveals that 19 per cent of Generation Y and 10 per cent of baby-boomers ranked Clarkson as their ideal boss. The other two main competitors in the list are Mark Zuckerberg with...

By Matt Keay @mattadamkeay  The media circus surrounding Amanda Knox’s circumventing perambulation of the justice system was very difficult to ignore. Back in 2009, and beyond, the details of the case were pored over in the tabloid press. It was inevitable that a cinematic adaptation would eventually transpire. The Face of an Angel is that film, albeit with names changed and details fudged. Michael Winterbottom, (24 Hour Party People, The Trip), directs what he refers to as a ‘tribute to...