Jack Peat

Jack Peat

Jack is a business and economics journalist and the founder of The London Economic (TLE).

He has contributed articles to VICE, Huffington Post and Independent and is a published author.

Jack read History at the University of Wales, Bangor and has a Masters in Journalism from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

This is about to become Britain’s smallest hotel

Britain's smallest detached house is set to welcome guests after plans were submitted to turn it into - a tiny hotel. Thimble Hall measure just 11ft 10in (3.6m) by 10ft 3in (3.1m) meaning people can touch either side of the rooms by stretching out their arms. The 12ft 2in (3.7m)...

Racism for Dummies: How to detect reductio ad absurdum

Following the breakout of fake news, craftily edited viral vids and the various other bits of clickbait bollocks circulating social media the next big thing getting brainless users in a tizzy is the logical fallacy of reductio ad absurdum. Reductio ad absurdum, as the Big Bang's Sheldon Cooper so adequately describes, is...

Shocking figures reveal UK’s apathy towards recycling

Given that up to 60 per cent of the rubbish that ends up in the dustbin could be recycled, it is concerning to find that millions of Brits admit they never recycle the most basic of waste materials - the plastic bottle. According to new research some 2.9 million adults never...

Win: Dinner for 2 this weekend at Bar Tozino

To celebrate Calcot season in true Catalan style The London Economic has teamed up with Moritz the original Catalan beer (supplied through online drinks store, drinks21.com) and Bar Tozino in trendy Maltby Street, SE1 (a barcelona-style tapas bar) to offer one lucky reader the chance to win dinner for two at Bar Tozino where we’ll be offering a special...

Don’t let the far right make it about them

Of all the disturbing photos, live video reports and sensationalist news accounts of the shocking events at Westminster yesterday satirist site News Thump was the rag that got it right this morning. The people of London, it reported, showed their defiance by "stoically remaining unfriendly and really quite impatient" on...

Triggering Article 50: In GIFs

Next week Article 50 will officially be triggered marking the start of negotiations that will culminate in Britain's exit from the European Union. With the government clearly clueless about how to navigate through choppy waters social media has exploded with hilarious GIFs mocking the depressing state in which we find ourselves....

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