By Charlotte Hope, Lifestyle Editor @TLE_lifestyle Women have helped sculpt the modern world for centuries, and now research can reveal the top 40 women who have made a huge impact on this little planet we live on. Marie Curie, Florence Nightingale and Margaret Thatcher have been named as the top three women who changed the world ...
By Callum Hunter of Write it Quick Homosexuality is inconsistent with African values - it threatens children, endangers society and destroys the family. This is what we were told back in 2009 by the MP David Bahati – the author of the Anti-Homosexuality Act. It’s what we continue to be told by many ...
By Valentina Magri Inequality has been one of the most heated topics of economic debate in 2014 after the great success of Thomas Piketty’s “Capital in the Twenty-First Century”. The book was awarded the 2014 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year prize on 11 November 2014. Mr ...
WHAT’S NEW AND HAPPENING IN LISBON THIS SEASON Quirky tours, trendy restaurants and colourful exhibitions land in the Portuguese capital By Neil Kook Lisbon, Libson, Lisbon. Despite being one of Europe’s most ancient and historic capitals, Lisbon is constantly evolving to meet the demands of the modern ...
Jack Peat reviews Hold Your Own by Kate Tempest Poetry is a multi-faceted literary tool that releases the human in us. It pulls at our heart strings, exposes our insecurities and showcases our inner self in the rawest way possible. I've watched some remarkable biographical films, read some wonderful autobiographies, memoirs ...
Jack Peat reviews the refined and polished Charlie Simpson at the Roundhouse. Charlie Simpson is a physical embodiment of the journey all young musicians embark on, yet his tremendous success has resulted in his particular journey being very much in the public eye. There are very few teenage bands that ...
By Charlotte Hope, Lifestyle Editor @charlottehope Blake Lively is pregnant OH! The pitter patter of tiny little feet is upon us. Last week, Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher welcomed a little girl into the world - we can only assume a little girl with heart-meltingly beautiful eyes - and on ...
I want to live in… Clapton Would you want to live in an area dubbed “murder mile” only a few years ago? No, well you are in the minority. There is nothing like middle class gentrification to bring down the crime rate. It is almost as if the local hoodlums ...
Ernest Hemingway was one of the finest writers of the 20th Century, his work as a war reporter and novelist earned him a place alongside literary greats. He wrote in a very straight-to-the-point style and his simplicity made his work very accessible. His novels are about war, love, human turmoil ...