By Charlotte Hope, Lifestyle Editor @TLE-Lifestyle How’s your sommelier knowledge? Personally, the graph with which I work when drinking wine used to be ‘drinkable’to ‘not that drinkable but I’ll drink it’to ‘that’s just probably vinegar’. Over the last few years I’ve really thrown myself into drinking heaps of wine, on ...
By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food A mere stone throw from London Bridge station, Tooley Street’s Fire Station has been saving lives and protecting properties since 1879. And although no longer serving as a Fire Station, the Bar & Bistro that now take residence upon the site do ...
By Jacob Flannery Questions over why young people don't vote have become a customary part of the run-up to the General Election. "People fought and died to get the right to vote and I would encourage anyone at the age of voting to use their vote" says Emma McClarkin, Conservative MEP for the ...
By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food Chick ‘n’ Sours – Dalston Set to open in Dalston on April 17th, Chick 'n' Sours is Carl Clarke’s brand new Chicken restaurant, but a little different from the rest of the area’s cheap and cheerful Chicken shops. First off, all of ...
By Declan Roberts (declanmr) Mode, London, 27/03/15 3pm. London. Mode. Free. Definitely four things you wouldn’t associate with a Blur gig, but here we are. The band are previewing their sixth album ‘The Magic Whip’ to a lucky selection of fans in one of the capital’s smaller venues. ‘Lonesome Street’ opens ...
By Steve Taggart Star of The Hobbit, Sherlock and The Office, Martin Freeman explains that he believes this election is a choice between two completely different sets of values. He says Labour are focused on community, compassion and fairness, while the Tories have cut taxes for millionaires and only work for people ...
“Spain is different” was a slogan composed by Spanish minister Manuel Fraga in the 1960s to persuade the first planeloads of tourists to visit the sun-kissed nation. Spain at the time was under the rule Franco, a former ally of Hitler and Mussolini who won power with their help in ...
By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food Designed in accordance with the five elements of Chinese philosophy, (wood, metal, water, earth and fire) Chai Wu is the latest restaurant to have opened within Harrods. Opening as the sister restaurant to Pan Chai and Mango Tree, based in Harrods’ Food Halls, as ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor It was a raucous affair, like the last day of term at school before the summer hols, but without Hungry Hippos, Connect Four and any form of discipline. Over at the BBC, news of the tragic air disaster had been dropped, the BBC said it ...