By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Passarella Death Squad, the Anglo-Japanese fashion label has created 16 exclusive artworks for the iconic American adult brand ‘Penthouse’. Each image has been photographed, cropped and doctored by designer Danny Passarella to achieve the effect. Danny says, "While considering this project I was especially compelled by the allure of the hidden, so I wanted people to look a bit deeper than they normally would at a Penthouse image. "Normally it’s the figure and the nudity...

By Rob Foster @futuresinfinite In 1995 Will Hutton’s “The State We’re In” entered the bestseller lists and encapsulated a moment of change for Britain’s politics. Following the end of Thatcher’s reign and the fracturing rancour of John Major’s term as Prime Minister, Hutton’s diagnosis of need for a radical shift from Thatcherism to “stakeholder capitalism” captured (fleetingly, at least) the prevailing mood that would bring Tony Blair’s New Labour to power. It was a rare example of a work of...

By Stephen Mayne @finalreel We let millions of the furry little creatures into our homes, and the internet adores them. Yet put a cat next to a dog on screen and suddenly they become the villain. That’s certainly how Jerry Hickfang sees it in Marjane Satrapi’s unevenly energetic black comedy. Prone to conversations with imaginary voices, his friendly dog Bosco gees him up while cat Mr. Whiskers urges killing sprees in a Scottish accent. The Voices certainly does its own...

By Nathan Lee  Google has revolutionised the notion of map making (cartography). Using intricate technologies we can now access directions, interactive maps and aerial imagery from across the world at the touch of a button, a technology that many of us have come to rely on as part of our day-to-day lives. Born from this, almost as a by-product, is a gallery of the world in which we can explore landmarks, discover natural wonders and step inside locations such as museums, arenas, restaurants and small businesses with...

 By Charlotte Hope, Lifestyle Editor @TLE_Lifestyle Modern kids are a generation of ‘thrill-seekers’ who regularly take part in adrenalin-based activities their parents could only have dreamed of enjoying. Results have revealed that today’s kids are likely to have ticked off canoeing (25%), mountain-biking (20%), archery (24%) or go-karting (25%) by the time they reach young adulthood. More than one in three parents happily admitted that their child was generally more physically active than they were at the same point in their...

By Charlotte Hope, Lifestyle Editor @TLE_Lifestyle Dolce and Gabbana are pretty offensive When I think of Dolce and Gabbana, I think of ‘My Humps’by the Black Eyed Peas. Or, I mean, I used to. Now I’ll probably just think ‘ah those two designers who chose questionable words to articulate how they feel about something’. But ‘My Humps’is shorter so it’s likely I’ll go back to that in due course. Hey, what are you talking about? OH yeah I need to...

By Martina King Having spent the last two years immersed in the uses of predictive analytics and machine learning, I find myself questioning the future of mundane tasks completed by humans today. So naturally, on a recent flight, as the pilot calmly announced important information to his cabin, I sat wondering how long it will be before his reassuring voice will be replaced by the dulcet tones of a computer, albeit one that sounds just like him. The role of...

By Xavier Baeten , Professor of Reward and Sustainability at Vlerick Business School Every year, a research team at Vlerick Business School studies the remuneration reports of more than 500 listed firms spread over Europe. This approach is unique: an academic business school collecting and analysing international data on CEO remuneration levels, as well as CEO remuneration structure and the main factors driving CEO incentives. Out of these analyses, a number of interesting findings and challenges can be derived. In...

By Steve Taggart  With the opening of the V&A’s Alexander McQueen exhibition, London pays homage to a genius of rare vision and invention. lastminute.com joins the stylish celebration with a top 10 of avant-garde hotels in London – with their futuristic design, sleek style and trendy technology. All hotels can be booked on lastminute.comand prices start at £69 to sleep in rooms that are just as extravagant as priceless haute couture dresses. Qbic Hotel The Qbic Hotel, situated in trendy...