Bingo Is Back Baby

"Some members of the traditional bingo community don't like us", proclaim Rebel Bingo, the company that introduced a new, intense and emotional style of bingo to cities across the world. "We're not sure what their stupid problem is. We do our bingo and you do yours. Some people don't like change." ...

Review: Brodka – Clashes

By Grant Bailey (@GrantDBailey) Monika Brodka’s fourth full-length is a smoky and weirdly-caustic mix of offbeat pop. The Polish pop star has taken a snaking route from her discovery on Polish Pop Idol 12 years ago, and while third album Granda really delivered the first, unadulterated shot of weirdness that ...

Where’s The Gherkin Lurkin In This Visual Puzzle

"Gourmet burgers have become a gluttonous overabundance", I wrote in an editorial back in February calling for restaurants to do the basic ingredients well rather than shove a basket of deep fried junk in a bun. But if you are faced with a significant dismantling job, we may have the perfect ...

Gender Pay Gap Reporting Shouldn’t Be Ignored

By Tim Kellett – Director at Paydata > https://www.paydata.co.uk/   Since the publication of the governments draft regulations on mandatory gender pay gap reporting, it appears that few employers are taking the preparatory steps, avoiding the topic altogether and not taking the legislation seriously. Admittedly in the last year there ...

FC United of Newcastle – a new hope?

Sport News 24/7 By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor As Newcastle were relegated to the Championship, the only ray of hope was whether Rafa Benitez, will remain in charge on Tyneside. Regardless of that decision many Newcastle fans, myself included, have become disillusioned with the ownership of the club. They feel ...

Ministers’ creating ‘thought police,’ says Anti-radicalisation boss

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Government plans targeting suspected extremists are so troubled they could create a “thought police” in the UK. This bold statement comes from Simon Cole, the police boss leading the action to stop people becoming radicalised and possibly leaving to become foreign fighters or taking part ...

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Restaurant Review – Barnyard

By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food At the start of 2012, a young chef named Ollie Dabbous opened his first solo restaurant, having previously worked in the kitchens of Raymond Blanc’s Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons, and Texture. Following some rave reviews alongside a swathe of excitement, the small Fitzrovia restaurant ...

Yorkshire Sacrificed to Fracking

“Fossil fuels are so inherently dirty and toxic, that they require sacrificial people and sacrificial places, they always have.” These are the words of environmental activist Naomi Klein, delivering the Edward Said lecture in London earlier this month. As if following her cue, yesterday an alliance of fossil fuel politicians and ...

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