Restaurant Review – Heddon Street Kitchen
By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food Before dining Mayfair’s Heddon Street Kitchen, my only Gordon Ramsay experiences had featured a man with a thunderous temper, shrieking profanities and hurling abuse at some poor, less competent chefs looking as though they were about to burst into floods of tears at any given moment. Not the most satiating of first impressions, needless to say. However, the sheer quality of the food served up at the celebrity chef’s newest venture, alone, has...
Let’s brush up on gender-stereotyping children
By Jasmine Stephens, Family Editor Yesterday I took my three children to the dentist expecting to learn a thing or two about brushing techniques, but instead we came out having taught the dentist a lesson in gender-stereotyping. I’m quite proud to say that over the years I must have done a pretty good job of hiding my dentophobia as my kids love going to the dentist. It would appear that the top three dental lures to under-7s are in bronze medal...
World’s Largest Startup Accelerator Open for Applications
By Nathan Lee, Business Correspondent The world’s largest startup accelerator and competition, MassChallenge, is officially accepting applications until 1 April for its first annual programme in London. Between 60-80 selected startups will participate in a four-month programme, at the end of which a total of £500k is awarded to the top startups, with no equity taken. Any early stage startup can enter MassChallenge UK from any industry, from anywhere in the world. Accepted startups will go through the accelerator programme starting...
Police Scotland in Hot Water over Stop and Search policy
By David Thomson Controversial ‘Stop and Search’ policing powers have been reigned in by Theressa May after figures showed that only one in ten searches end with an arrest. May warned that she would change the law if forces do not halt 'excessive and inappropriate' use of powers while delivering this year's Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust Criminal Justice Lecture, in memory of the murdered teenager. Many believe the power to stop and search people has been disproportionately targeted at black and ethnic minorities,...
Mommy – Film Review
By Miranda Schiller @mirandadadada Diane, a single mother picks up her teenage son Steve from a care facility for young people with behavioural difficulties. It is the last one in a series of similar institutions. This time he is expelled for starting a fire in the cafeteria, and everyone but his mother seems to have given up on him. His regular violent outbursts, provocative behaviour and hyperactivity have only increased since the death of his father three years earlier. But...
Trafalgar Place – A Damning Indictment of ‘Affordable Housing’ in London
By Dave Binder For those unaware, Trafalgar place is one of the many new housing developments in and around the Elephant & Castle ‘regeneration zone’, an area seemingly pounced upon for development due no doubt to the combination of great location and relatively cheap land (by London zone 1 standards anyway). Wherever you look, skyscrapers and flats are emerging at an ever increasing pace from firms who see the potential for great profit to be made. One such development is...
Poyet pays ultimate price
Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @davidjdewinter @TLE_Sport The news on Monday that Gustavo Poyet had been sacked as Sunderland manager came as no real surprise. The 4-0 drubbing at home by Aston Villa was the final straw in what has been a fairly dismal season on Wearside. The tide of public opinion had turned irreversibly against Poyet and the board had little choice other than to replace the Uruguayan to arrest an alarming slide towards...
San Antonio Spurs – back-to-back NBA titles?
Sport News 24/7 By Sean Simara @Sean_FootyMad @TLE_Sport The San Antonio Spurs have been going along nicely, maybe even a little under the radar for much of the season as other teams in the Western Conference make the headlines. We can't forget though that this team are the current NBA Champions, beating the Miami Heat last year in convincing style. This year the Spurs look like they will finish between 5th and 7th in the Western Conference so what chance...
Will Bankers Desert London if Punished for Misbehaviour at their Banks?
By Ismail Erturk, expert in banking at Manchester Business School Ever since Bob Diamond, the star investment banker in the City and ex-CEO of Barclays, resigned in the aftermath of Libor fixing scandal in 2012 the pendulum of power started to swing in favour of the regulators in the City. Prior to the Libor fixing scandal the bankers had wanted to turn a leaf over their failures that caused the costly banking crisis of 2008 that the economy in the...