The Weekly Cocktail Recipe: The Lucky Pig’s ‘Tomatini’
By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food French-born Sebastien Guesdon has made quite a name for himself over the past two decades. Having worked for acclaimed bars such as The Ritz hotel’s Rivoli Bar, Galvin at Windows, and the bar at roast, the qualified mixologist now serves as the general manager of The Lucky Pig and head barman at The Lucky Pig’s new Fulham venue. So in celebration of the opening, Guesdon has shared a recipe for Jimmy Barrat’s original ‘Tomatini’...
Record Review: Faith No More – Sol Invictus
By Kane Power (@ElHeavio) Faith No More is like an old friend that has shown up at your door with a good bottle of 18-year-old whisky. You are so excited to see them again that you get blind drunk and hug more than usual, wiping away tears and promising not to be apart for so long next time. In that perfect, shameful moment you remember why you became friends in the first place and why your friendship has lasted all...
Junk hoarding costs families £75billion in lost property space
by Jasmine Stephens, Family Editor A quick look under our bed confirms it; we're hoarders. One dismantled cot plus mattress, two large photo-frames, a bunk-bed ladder, a bag full of old kids' clothes, three camping chairs, a broken laptop and a bulging bin bag that has been there so long I have no idea what's inside. Junk everywhere. The worst thing is I've always been quite smug about how good I am at chucking things out. I jumped for joy...
The Music of Climate Change
By Dr Robin Andrews, TLE Science Editor Everyone’s heard of climate change, but have you ever actually heard climate change? Well thanks to an intrepid musician, now you can. What do you get when you cross a cellist with some scientific know-how? A symphony of the latitudes, of time and space, and of rising global temperatures, as it turns out. I have often thought that there are two distinct stages to humanity’s evolution. There’s the biological kind espoused so wonderfully...
Live Review – Ben Montague
By Julia Prigmore (@JuliaPrigmore) 19.5.2015. Hard Rock Cafe, London The Back Room of London’s Hard Rock Café seems an appropriate setting for the preview of Ben Montague’s new album ‘Back to Paradise’. Set for release next month, the album is the Kentish musician’s fourth, and tonight provides an ideal opportunity to showcase his new material and unearth some previous recordings. The night kicked off earlier than expected. The venue for Montague’s set was already bursting at the seams by the...
TLE visits….Jersey
By James Gray Jersey has a reputation as an island harbouring only those wishing to keep HRMC at arms length. The odd Ferrari isn’t uncommon but this beautiful island has so much more to offer for all travellers. We hoped our method of transport was going to be far more relaxed than the usual airport experience often faced when travelling with a child. Today we wouldn’t need Sherpa like qualities to get from the car to the departure gate; the...
Gascoigne: Film Review
By Jack Peat, TLE Editor The greatest tragedy of Paul Gascoigne's life is how few people will remember him for what he was; a truly phenomenal footballer. A mainstay of tabloid newspapers, the England legend has endured an unprecedented fall from grace since the glory days of his football career. The public's insatiable appetite for hero to villain stories has kept his tragic demise in the public eye, but even by the standards of the heartless redtops, his life has...
Record Review: The Vaccines – English Graffiti
By Declan Roberts (@DeclanMR) After a relatively short time in the spotlight The Vaccines have covered a number of indie genre conventions. They straddled garage with ‘Wreckin' Bar’ and ‘Norgaard’, juggled ballads like ‘Post Break-Up Sex’ and the heartfelt love song ‘Melody Calling’. This is a dynamic band. With this said and done, it's hard to know what to expect from English Graffiti, especially after the band openly stated that they want the album to be “something that sounds amazing next year and then...
How the bright young things are using summer to build a better CV
With exams wrapping up and the start of summer in sight, the temptation for many young people is to sit back before the start of a new adventure. For more savvy students, the holiday season provides the perfect start to a brighter future. The New Entrepreneurs Foundation views around 1,000 applications every year from young, post higher education individuals looking to take part in an enterprise programme that provides mentoring, coaching and training. With only 30 places available, NEF applicants...