Still Waiting: Orgreave Justice 30 Years On
By Dr Katy Shaw The Battle of Orgreave was one of the most violent and iconic moments of the 1984-5 UK miners’ strike. On 18 June 1984, a sunny summer’s day in Yorkshire, around 4000 miners clashed with around 8000 police outside a British Steel coking plant. Official police video accounts of the day show miners being directed into a field on site, before a violent confrontation ensued. Images of police officers on horse-back attacking miners on foot have since...
Mourinho and the Power of “Mind Games”
Sport News 24/7 By Martin Percival @MartinPercival0 Last December, after a string of incidents which involved Chelsea players receiving yellow cards for diving, Jose Mourinho accused the football establishment of waging a “campaign” against his team. It was an interesting concept that stretched our imagination towards a conspiracy against one of the richest teams in the world, who against this barrage of plotting were still able to spend over £60 million on two world-class summer signings, and consequently dominate...
Competition: The Real McCoy’s of Football
McCoy’s has launched a new competition with The London Economic to celebrate their partnership with The Football League. To be in with a chance of winning a VIP package for you and a friend to a football league club game, all you have to do is enter your name and email address in the form below. Your data will not be passed on to any third parties. We will inform the winner by 31st March. Source: Fix.com
Beware Too Much of A Good Thing
Sport News 24/7 By Rob McHugh @mchughr @TLE_Sport For as long as I can remember I have been in love with cricket, even growing up watching the under-performing England teams of the 90's. There is something magical about the ebb and flow of a test match, or the drama of a close finish in a limited overs game where every ball counts. But watching the 2015 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, I have found myself becoming disillusioned by...
Wales v France – Brawn v Brawn
Sport News 24/7 By Ellie Caddick @caddicksport @TLE_Sport Saturday will see Wales cross the channel to take on France in their 3rd Six Nations match at the Stade de France. In the last ten years tournaments, Wales have won four championships, three of which have been grand slams, and France have won three championships, including one grand slam. Their successes aren't restricted to Europe. The two teams faced each other as semi-finalists in the 2011 World Cup, a game that...
(Re) Writing the 1984-5 UK Miners’ Strike: Poetry and Politics 1985-2015
By Dr Katy Shaw This week marks the 30th anniversary of the end of the 1984-5 UK miner's strike. The strike was the defining industrial conflict of the post-war years in the UK. It began as a dual battle of revenge and replication as both factions, fueled by memories of their 1972/4 struggles, sought to rectify or revive past results. The ascension to power of the Left in the NUM signalled by the election of National Union of Miners (NUM)...
Radicalizing Jihadi John
By Michael Duffy In the aftermath of the unveiling of Islamic State (IS) spokesman and executioner dubbed ‘Jihadi John’ as Kuwaiti-born Londoner Mohammed Emwazi, it became apparent that he had been on the radar of the intelligence services for some time, and that harassment by these services could have fuelled his descent into extremism. The man in question whom made these allegations is Asim Qureshi, a research director at CAGE an independent advocacy organisation which focuses on the war on...
Sentimental Photos Replaced by Boastagraphs
New research has found sentimental photos may be a thing of the past with social media prompting generation 'Boastagraph'. The study found that the days of treasured photographs being placed in print photo albums and put away for safe-keeping has been replaced by instantly posting photos online to show off, with 35 per cent of people posting their pictures online immediately or within an hour or so. The most common content of these ‘boastagraphs’ were found to be family holidays, nights...
Mark Moriarty crowned S.Pellegrino young chef winner
By Jon Hatchmann, Food Editor @TLE_food Mark Moriarty of The Culinary Counter Crowned UK & Ireland S. Pellegrino Young Chef Winner & Joins 20 Global Finalists. With over 3000 young chefs from across 191 countries having applied for this year’s competition, the 2015 S. Pellegrino Young Chef Competition is drawing to a close. And as the final, which is set to take place at Expo Milan in June, draws even closer, the winner of the UK & Ireland heat has...