It was only when Dianne Vavra looked up one evening to see her husband streaming a basketball game on his laptop, her son absorbed by Mario Kart on the Wii and her daughter playing a game app on an iPod Touch that she realised. “The family was in the same room, but...
A huge leak of data from offshore service company Mossack Fonseca has exposed the super rich, celebrities and politicians. Iceland is considering a snap election over revelations which implicate Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson and his wife. He is among several leading politicians with links to Mossack Fonseca, a Panama-based law firm whose...
Have you ever looked at the al a carte options in a restaurant and thought, “I could eat everything on the menu”? It is one of Trip Advisor’s most common reviews for its most lauded restaurants, and now Gilgamesh in Camden Town is offering its punters the option of doing...
If you're looking country pubs, plenty of walks and good grub in a charming setting, you could do a lot worse than Cookham. The Place A mere 39 minutes train ride out of Paddington, Cookham is a picturesque village tucked in to the north-easternmost corner of Berkshire. Crowned as Britain's...
Virgin Trains announced it will be adding the Flying Scotsman to its fleet to pull regular commuter services in a clever April Fools Day prank. The unprecedented announcement came from the company this morning via social media, with notice of plans to repaint the historic loco in Virgin's bright red livery....
MS Dhoni took a novel approach to questions over his retirement today by inviting a journalist up to answer his own question. The Indian captain faced the media in a press conference following his side's World Twenty20 loss to West Indies. But rather than take a conventional approach to criticisms, he decided to turn...
Britain has a real problem with foreign languages. A study by the British Council recently found three-quarters of the population cannot hold a conversation in a foreign language. Our apathy could prove to be a big risk to the economy, with an "alarming shortage" of people able to speak the ten languages...
Leicester City chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha will lay on free beer and doughnuts for fans this Sunday. The Foxes take on Southampton at the King Power stadium as they look to continue their march towards the Premier League title. With four home games left of the season, and only seven overall, the club’s...
A widespread wave of gentrification has hit Britain in the wake of the new mandatory National Living Wage (NLW) which came into force today. Tesco reported that its ‘finest’ range had sold out and Café Nero was forced to close its doors early after supplying what it described as a...