Grillstock, Bristol – Review
By Laura Heads, Food Writer With the current weather making summer feel like an eternity ago and like it may never come again, it is very easy to find yourself pining for that sunshine fun, and more importantly, food. Now to me, summer means BBQs, beer, friends and any place I can get that outside of usual operating hours is gratefully received. Grillstock allows you to do just that. Walking through the door of the small, intimate restaurant you are...
Shaun the Sheep – Film Review
By Corrina Antrobus @CorrinaCorrina Aardman is back with a delightfully silly story of how a little sheep herds himself around the big city and uses friendship and teamwork to get home sweet home. Shaun, who’s now got a little more wool on his chin after ageing-up from his 1995 appearance in Wallace And Gromit - A Close Shave, finds that his life is starting to feel a little like Groundhog day. The creature comforts of his familiar farm and the...
Apple Builds Tax-Free Haven on Bags of Excess Cash
Satire by Jack Peat Tech-giant Apple has announced it is to build a tax-free haven off the coast of America out of bags of its excess cash. The company has been confronted with a surplus cash headache of late and now finds itself in the compromising position of making more money than it can spend. But CEO and ‘money making monster’ Tim Cook has devised a devilish plan to create a new tax-free haven built from bags of cash that...
Parliamentary sketch 28th Jan – Weaponising the NHS and a major incident
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor I remember being at school and being caught throwing some chalk at a fellow pupil (that shows my age and level of rebelliousness). I denied it even though I had done it and everyone knew I’d done it. The more they asked the more I refused to take the blame and the worse it got. Well that is what happened to Ed today. It isn’t the initial problem, it’s the lying that makes it worse....
What’s New in Peru for 2015
What’s New in Peru for 2015 By Neil Kook Ancient and urban adventure, a place as intricate as its most complex weavings, there are many reasons to visit Peru. Now there are even more; we take a look at what is new in Peru this year to help inform your trip. 1. New cable car to improve access to ‘a second Machu Picchu’ The Peruvian government has announced plans for a new cable car system which will provide...
Earning Poverty; An Open Letter to Stuart Broad
By Jack Peat, Editor of The London Economic On Tuesday afternoon England and Nottinghamshire cricketer Stuart Broad sparked outrage by Tweeting about the so-called privileged position of people on the minimum wage in Britain. The problem with statistics, as Zoe Williams of the Guardian soon pointed out, is that you can use stats to prove anything if you’re willing to haplessly discount good sense and judgement; the minimum wage in Gabon is £3,672 but a suburban one-bedroom flat there...
Super Bowl XLIX – Seattle Seahawls v New England Patriots
Sport News 24/7 By Sean Simara @TLE_Sport @Sean_FootyMad So here we are. It’s finally Super Bowl week. On Sunday evening the defending champions Seattle Seahawks face the New England Patriots. Russell Wilson v Tom Brady; Pete Carroll v Bill Belichick; an elite defence against a high class offence. Who will be crowned champions? The New England Patriots have been surrounded in controversy this past week. Deflate-gate has been generating all manner of column inches and has almost overshadowed this marquee...
Kenya: ‘The Last Place on Earth; The Great Migration’
By Jonathan and Angela Scott I have travelled the world with my wife Angela in an attempt to capture the visual splendour of our wild places. We have marvelled at the sight of tens of thousands of king penguins pressed shoulder to shoulder among the guano spattered tussock grass at St Andrew’s Bay in South Georgia; have crouched along the edge of a sparkling summer torrent in Alaska’s Katmai National to witness the giant coastal brown bears feasting on the...
Around London in 9 breakfasts
This week is National Breakfast Week with people around the UK being encouraged to Shake Up Their Wake Up with new and exciting foods that set you up for the day. Breakfast Week, managed by HGCA and run on behalf of arable farmers who grow crops such as wheat, barley, oats and oilseed rape, is an innovative campaign looking to raise awareness of the benefits of eating a healthy breakfast and demonstrate the wealth of wonderful breakfast produce available around the country....