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.

Chris Astil-Smith, 24 (L) with his The Boris bike in Dubai. See National copy NNBIKE: A biking mad entrepreneur made a round the world cycling trip - on a Boris bike. Chris Astil-Smith, 24, rented the Boris bike and cycled around seven cities including New Delhi, Las Vegas and Paris. For three weeks in January Chris cycled around five countries and spent two days in each city capturing the trip with friend and videographer Alex Tyrwhitt. He faced security trouble in New York as well as Delhi where the entrepreneur was forced to bribe security £10 at the Taj Mahal to cycle inside.

Man bikes around the world on a Boris bike

A biking mad entrepreneur made a round the world cycling trip - on a Boris bike. Chris Astil-Smith, 24, rented the Boris bike in London and cycled around seven cities including New Delhi, Las Vegas and Paris - and landed himself a £300 late return fine. For three weeks in...

Tony Blair isn’t innocent, he’s not guilty

As anyone who has been gripped by the Netflix series The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story will attest, in certain cases power and influence is all you need to get a "not guilty" verdict. The trial was a case of hard evidence on the side of the State versus a...

FILE PHOTOS OF phone box which has been surrounded by new Banksy artwork in Cheltenham. 14th April 2014. See SWNS story SWBANKSY; A famous Banksy once valued at a million pounds which "fell" off a wall appears to be for sale on Facebook. The elusive artist created 'spy booth' depicting three 'spooks' snooping on a phone box with listening devices near GCHQ in Cheltenham, Glos., in 2014. But it was reduced to a pile of rubble when builders worked on the wall above the artwork and it collapsed last summer. Building owner David Possee took the bits to the council for safekeeping, but yesterday (Weds) the broken pieces appeared for sale on Facebook.

Missing Banksy mural up for sale on Facebook

A famous Banksy once valued at a million pounds which "fell" off a wall appears to be for sale on Facebook. The elusive artist created 'spy booth' depicting three 'spooks' snooping on a phone box with listening devices near GCHQ in Cheltenham, Glos., in 2014. But it was reduced to...

Nemo the goldfish who survived 20 minutes out of water. See SWNS story SWNEMO; Nemo the world's luckiest goldfish was saved after it escaped the jaws of a cat and survived 20 minutes out of water on a doorstep - close to a vets. The 12cm-long fish is thought to have been snatched from a garden pond by a cat who fancied it for its supper and left it outside a house. But he was found still barely damp and carried in a SHOEBOX to a nearby branch of City Vets in Exeter, Devon by rescuers who thought he was dead. He had suffered damage to his fins and scales and staff gave him antibiotics and an X-ray to see if there were any internal injuries.

Finding Nemo: Goldfish survives 20 minutes out of water

Nemo the world's luckiest goldfish was saved after it escaped the jaws of a cat and survived 20 minutes out of water on a doorstep - close to a vets. The 12cm-long fish is thought to have been snatched from a garden pond by a cat who fancied it for...

Why London should have a classless commuter system

Of all the smug upper class perks one is afforded in London I bet few compare to the thrill of looking over a copy of the Financial Times to see the nose of a regular commuter smudged up against the partition door. Home to one of the most congested transport systems...

Eye-watering size of “dead money economy” revealed

The dead money economy is worth an eye-watering £721 billion, new research has found, with a staggering amount of cash laying dormant and unused in pensions, bank accounts and ISAs. With levels of consumer spending expected to be slashed in the coming months as the reality of the falling pound...

Yorkshire hosts first ever wooden cask beer festival

Castleford in Yorkshire will be the first host of WoodFest - a weekend festival celebrating beers served from traditional wooden casks. The 2017 SPBW WoodFest is set to run from Thursday 6th to Saturday 8th July at the Horse and Jockey pub which is home to the first brewery to have...

Joe Hill, Peter Hill & John Drew members of the Black Country Ale Tairsters, at their 18,000th pub.  Two beer-loving friends raised a toast yesterday (Fri) to celebrate visiting their 20,000th bar in the world’s longest pub crawl which has lasted over 30 YEARS.  See NTI story NTIPUBS.  The group of pals - who call themselves the Black Country Ale Tairsters - have drunk in a different boozer every week since 1984 - back when a pint cost just 64p.  And girls are banned from tagging along with them on their trips, which has taken in watering holes in every county in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland,  The gang always wear homemade uniforms on each night out made of waistcoats fashioned from old beer towels.  They hold the record for being the first to travel to pubs around the entire coastline of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.  A few years ago they completed a seven-year quest to visit every pub in Wales after stopping off at all 11,000 of them.  They have also been to every boozer in 11 Midlands counties and driven over 250,000 miles during their monster trip downing at least 46,500 pints.  On Friday (3/3), the pair enjoyed a tipple at the Knot and Plough, Nottingham, to celebrate visiting 20,000 different pubs.

Beer-loving pals complete the world’s longest pub crawl

Two beer-loving pals raised a glass today on visiting a record-breaking 20,000 PUBS on the world's longest pub crawl. Peter Hill, 60, and John Drew, 62, said cheers as they marked their incredible milestone having visited a boozer every week for the last 33 YEARS. The pair started the venture...

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