By David Thomson What were your memories of when you were 16 and 17 years-old? Mine was when an Eric Cantona inspired Manchester Utd Double in 96. Particularly his winner in the FA Cup final against Liverpool at the famous Twin Towers of Wembley. Or Gazza scoring that fantastic goal against Scotland during Euro 96. Another memory was the "New" Labour landslide in the 97 General Election. For a lot kids who are currently 16/17 year-olds, one of the most...

By Steve Taggart Pretty much everybody likes a tipple at xmas and one drinks manufacturer has decided to personalise their drink offering. Jack Daniel's Single Barrel offer the chance to engrave a name, unique message, or simply ‘Happy Holidays’,  on a personalised bottle of this rare and crafted whiskey. It could make the perfect xmas present, if you can't think what to buy a loved one, or even a secret santa, if the budget stretches that far. Every so often, the Jack...

Sport News 24/7 By Noy Shani  @NoyShani  @TLE_Sport A Robin Van Persie double gave Manchester United a tight 2-1 victory over an unlucky Southampton side on Monday at St Mary’s.  This was United’s fifth consecutive win and doomed Southampton to a third consecutive defeat.  United are now third in the league ‘just’ eight points behind leaders Chelsea. Despite the impressive run of victories, United again looked poor in defence and gifted the home side numerous chances, which they unfortunately spurned....

Sport News 24/7 By Robert McHugh  @mchughr  @TLE_Sport Don't say it too loudly, but there is a revolution going on in East London, which is vociferously supported by Russell Brand.  No, I'm not talking about overthrowing the capitalist elite and not voting, I'm talking about the footballing revolution going on at Upton Park. West Ham United now sit third in the Barclays Premier League, and are well placed for qualification to the Europa League, if not the Champions League (unlikely I...

By Philip Benton @paolobento My experience of watching foreign language films is limited to the German thriller ‘The Lives of Others’ and the Italian gangster movie ‘Gomorrah’, so when I had the opportunity to see and review a quirky French comedy about a boy growing up thinking he was a girl, I was intrigued to say the least. ‘Les garçons et Guillaume, à table!’, as it was known upon release in France in 2013 (I think the English title is...

By Valentina Magri    "Computers double their speed and memory capacity every 18 months. The risk is that computers develop intelligence and take over. Humans, who are limited by slow biological evolution, couldn’t compete, and would be superseded”. Stephen Hawking's prediction of the future of the human race has rattled a few people. The physicist, who has motor neurone disease and uses a system designed by Intel to speak, essentially grounded sci-fi prophecies of robots out-thinking humans that have been...

A new survey has found that London has the highest number of family fall-outs while playing games over the Christmas period with a shocking eight out of ten people in London who play family games ending up falling out. Gibsons, the UK’s oldest puzzle and games company, conducted the study to reveal ways in which feuds can be avoided, with cheating (36 per cent) coming out on top of the naughty list followed closely by competitive teammates (33 per cent) and people making...

Satire by Jack Peat  Nigel Farage is set to release a new book entitled '1,000 Ways to Blame Immigrants; the must-have guide for a guilt-free Christmas'. Part funded by the UK Independence Party, the book has been described as the 'perfect way to fuel your xenophobia this Christmas' and includes such classics as 'immigrants clogged the M4' and 'a foreigner burnt the roasties', as well as a pull out pocket guide on 'how to camouflage your racism'. Ahead of the...

A new infographic has been created by CurrencyFair looking at the world of alternative finance to unveil historical innovations in making payments. From crowdfunding, peer-to-peer, online payment, cryptocurrency, contactless payments and the bitcoin system, most of us have heard of alternative methods of finance, but might not have a good idea what they actually are and how they function. This infographic explains some of the popular methods of payments, and also a brief history of each.