Tom Gore’s 5 top tips for catering parties over Christmas
By Tom Gore - Executive chef @ The Brewery Here are my top tips for catering parties over the festive period. It doesn't have to be stressful and following these points should make it easy and fun, which is all you want at xmas time! 1.Keep it simple: Simple, but effective. If you’re catering a large party for the first time you need to consider everyone’s tastes and specific requirements, and may want to use a previously tried and tested...
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies – exclusive clips
By Anna Power, Film Editor @TLE_Film The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies” brings to an epic conclusion the adventures of Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman), Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) and the Company of Dwarves. The Dwarves of Erebor have reclaimed the vast wealth of their homeland, but now must face the consequences of having unleashed the terrifying Dragon, Smaug, upon the defenseless men, women and children of Lake-town. Please find some exclusive clips (see links below) "The Dwarves are...
A Taste of London
Jack Peat reviews The Tasting Room, Liverpool Street Sat overlooking an ice rink suspended above Liverpool Street station with a citrus-infused, hoppy craft beer in hand and a whiff of smoked meats in the air I realised; winter doesn’t have to be so depressing. We had been invited to a new pop-up venture borne of a marriage between artisan food shop Sourced Market, seasonal drink specialists Peppermint Bars and smoked meat authority Smokestack which have collaborated to form a pseudo Winter...
Bonobo – Review
By Emma Silverthorn Simulating the lifestyle of a bonobo ape has its attractions. The bonobo, our closest living relative, are compassionate, free-loving animals who very rarely experience conflict; when problems do arise amongst them the bonobo’s quickly diffuse them with bouts of promiscuous sexual activity. The species is a vision of sixties counterculture utopia and the ripe inspiration for Matthew Hammet Knott’s first feature length film. In the Dorset countryside, magnetic Anita (wonderfully played by Josie Lawrence) has formed a...
Cellino ‘Sacking’ Again Raises Questions About Football Ownership
Sport News 24/7 By Matthew Biggin @MatthewBiggin @TLE_Sport I had to smirk when I awoke on Monday morning to news that Massimo Cellino, the eccentric (I’m being polite) owner of Leeds United A.F.C. had been disqualified from the Yorkshire club and asked to resign by the Football League. I guess that’s the owner equivalent of ‘left by mutual consent’. So who exactly is Cellino? Well he’s the former owner of Italian outfit Cagliari, where he earned the nickname Il Mangia-Allenatori,...
Women in leadership roles
By Margaret Kett A new paper on women in leadership roles, Rethink What You “Know” About High-Achieving Women, that was released in the December 2014 issue of the Harvard Business Review (HBR), is only set to further the debate on women in the C-Suite and the boardroom. The authors, Robin Ely and Colleen Ammerman of Harvard Business School, and Pamela Stone of Hunter College and the CUNY Graduate Center, based their paper on a study of more than 25,000 Harvard...
Will you be my mate, Jimmy Bullard?
Sport News 24/7 By Lars Thomesen @LarsHT @TLE_Sport Footballers today get their fair share of bad press. Tabloids feast on their tiniest mistakes and as soon as something is a little bit edgy, it will be on the back pages the next morning. Innocent stories such as Raheem Sterling’s alleged five kids at the age of 19 (he really just has one kid) and a track-suited-up Adnan Januzaj taking a WAG wannabe to Nando’s on their first date both created...
Mums do all the jobs at xmas
By Charlotte Hope, Lifestyle Editor @TLE _lifestyle I do nothing at xmas apart from eating and drinking. I don't care who does the jobs, as long as it isn't me. Also I don't have kids, but when I do, I will make them do all the jobs. Xmas is "me" time, they are just going to have to accept it. However, in most households it appears mums do most of the work in the build up and execution of the festive season....
Top 10 hen and stag do destinations
By Steve Taggart Forget the wedding. As the traditional ‘last night of freedom’ becomes a weekend full of activities or stylish city breaks, there’s more pressure than ever to plan the perfect hen or stag do for your mate. From the livewire bride-to-be to the action-loving groom, we’re almost spoilt for choice. But don’t go it alone. Hen and stag do specialist, Red7, shares the top ten destinations to get you started, whether you fancy creating your own signature cocktail...