By Stephen Mayne @finalreel What do you do when your highly complex, specific skillset is no longer needed? As the heyday of British manufacturing disappears far into the distance, it’s a question many are left facing. The answer in Kevin Macdonald’s claustrophobic submarine thriller is not likely to bring ...
DOES TRAVEL BROADEN THE MIND? NOT ACCORDING TO NEW RESEARCH By Neil Kook 60% admit that a “gap year” did NOT broaden their mind 29% are sick of their friends travelling “stories” 14% admit travelling made it harder to get a job in the UK Travel broadens the mind, according ...
Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas By Neil Kook. • Six Senses Zighy Bay, Oman • Six Senses Ninh Van Bay and Con Dao, Vietnam • Six Senses Laamu, Maldives • Six Senses Yao Noi & Samui, Thailand • The luxury hotel and wellness brand known for its spectacular locations and award-winning spas is set to double in size in ...
By Anna Power TLE Film Editor @TLE_Film After last year’s “Let’s put a roof on this house” Labor Day debacle, Jason Reitman’s back with Men, Women and Children, following in the footsteps of Spike Jonze’ fascinating futuristic film Her, Reitman seeks to explore our very ‘new’ relationship with technology and ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
To what extent is the Mayor of London Boris Johnson a political duplication of our revered war-time Prime Minister Winston Churchill? For all the undertones of that question littered across in the mayor’s latest book, The Churchill Factor, it is worth exploring. The first thing to note is that Johnson will ...
A new report has revealed a cultural change in banks may take a generation, with the cost of poor culture far exceeding previous estimates. British retail banks and building societies have paid out at least £38.5 billion in fines and redress for customers over the last 15 years, with at least £27 billion of ...