By Anna Power @TLE_Film '71 is a darkly disturbing, intensely evocative, riveting portrayal of a young soldier's experience of war, in the bitterest of conflicts, that of the Northern Ireland troubles. Jack O'Connell (Starred Up) is rapidly emerging as the actor of his generation with his elliptical, highly emotive performance as private Gary Hook, an army new recruit from small town Derbyshire. From children's home to army barracks, his first posting sees his troop rerouted to Belfast due to increasing...

By Anna Power @TLE_Film Andrei Zvyagintsev's Leviathan is a tale of rot and corruption in modern day Russia that is as brittle and barren as the skeletal Whale carcass beached on the shore of this remote northwestern Russian town. Unforgiving and relentless, the film’s darkness is offset by exquisite raucous vodka-drenched banter of the kind that provokes laughter and blushes in equal measure. A rough re-working of the Old Testament’s Book of Job, it tells the story of Kolya (Alexei...

By Max Bluer The Nisman case has re-opened the book on the 1994 AMIA bombings. Iran is the chief suspect, but few are asking why the Islamic Republic would blow up a building thousands of miles away. Check your calendars, just to make sure that it really is the year 2015, and that the Cold War ended over twenty years ago. The case of Alberto Nisman, the Argentine jurist murdered the day before he was due to publicly accuse President...

By Jack Peat, Editor of The London Economic Since the first International Women's Day was observed in the early 1900's there has been a great deal of progress in regards to gender equality, but a century on there's still a shameful amount  yet to be achieved. Cultures around the world will come together today to celebrate the achievements of women, this year's theme 'Make it Happen' draws clear references to equality in the workplace where research has found a stark imbalance...

Millions of Brits never take a break from social media – even when on holiday, according to new research. A third confessed they spend more time on Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat while away than talking to their travel companions. Women are most likely to upload selfies in front of famous landmarks, while men prefer to broadcast adventurous activity updates. The average Brit uploads 27 photos during and after a holiday, according to a poll of 2,000 people. Top 10 Most Common...

By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor @TLE_Food One of the cultural pinnacles of Central London – The National Portrait Gallery -situated on the edge of Trafalgar Square re-opened the doors to its Portrait Restaurant last month. The current contract is owned by Company of Cooks, who took it over in 2013 from another company, the restaurant closed for refurbishment at the beginning of this year, also reigning in a new culinary director Helena Puolakka, having previously worked alongside the likes of acclaimed chefs...

 By Bea Patel, Director of Shop for an Agent – The Estate Agent Comparison Site Buy-to-let, for many, looks like an appealing investment option. And while it may not be as 'hot' as it once used to be, it’s re-emerging as a lucrative income investment if you can put down a big deposit. Investors are, yet again, tempted by better mortgage deals, low interest rates, rental price increases, lower house prices and a surge of tenants. But many investors who bought...

By Jared Sneath of Green Square Many rural homeowners across the UK are already off grid so their decision to switch from oil or LPG to a green, and significantly cheaper alternative, is often a complete no-brainer. What’s more, many of these households have large outside spaces and greater living areas to house different options of renewable energy technology, but what about urban households where space is limited inside and out? With renewable energy it’s usually not a ‘one size...

By Rashmi Dubè, founder of Bishopsgate-based Legatus Law and author of the forthcoming book on networking offers advice on the art of networking during the digital age. In an age where children are born into the internet world, where most of us access numerous social media platforms at the click of a button – does digital networking work? If so, is there an art to it? I have been an active networker for some time as an active member of...