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.

Video: Teaser Trailer For David Brent: Life On The Road

The first teaser trailer for David Brent: Life On The Road has been released. Thirteen years on since The Office first hit UK screens, the trailer for the film has been released, with Brent now working as a sales rep while attempting to forge a career as a singer-songwriter. Although the...

Video: First Glimpse Of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

The first trailer of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story has been released and it's a belter. Have a watch below: Imposing threat of Iconic Death Star? Check Glimpse of terrifying AT-AT beach assault? Check. Uncanny Mon Mothma casting? Double check.  

Was Rogue One Filmed On The Jubilee Line?

Pictures from the trailer of Star Wars Rogue One appear to show striking similarities to London's Jubilee Line. The teaser for the much-anticipated film was released today, and fans were quick to spot the similarity. #RogueOne EXPECT DELAYS ON THE JUBILEE LINE DUE TO IMPERIAL TROOPERS ON THE TRACKS pic.twitter.com/gDiEJXjbZz...

Gym Threatens Fat People With Alien Abduction

A national gym chain has been blasted for threatening fat people with alien abduction. A controversial 20ft-hight poster was erected in Derbyshire by Fit4Less showing a green alien and a person being beamed up by a green light into a spaceship. The text on the gigantic billboard reads: “They’re coming…and when they...

Brits Set To Protest After Iceland Topples PM

Brits will protest outside Downing Street this weekend after similar protests in Iceland toppled Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson. Thousands of people in Iceland protested in front of the parliament building this week calling for the Prime Minister's resignation over the Panama Papers scandal. Demonstrators vented their anger following revelations that Gunnlaugsson once owned –...

Video: Animated Commuter Plays VR On The Way To Work

A commuter caused quite a stir in Boston, Massachusetts, after playing a virtual reality game on the way in to work. The gamer was spotted immersed in a VR game as he rode the Green Line last Friday. Although he was clearly enjoying the experience, fellow commuters looked quite disturbed by the...

Life’s A Sh*thouse Son, But That’s OK

The next time you have the urge to seek out backyards greener than your own, look no further than Facebook. There’s no shortage of life boasts on there. It’s all just cute kids (minus the keeping you up at night), lovey dovey couples (minus the fierce arguments), beach selfies (taken...

HMRC Pays Rent To Company Registered In Tax Haven

Two days on from the Panama Papers leak, the Independent has revealed that HMRC - the government body responsible for collecting taxes - actually pays rent on its head office to a company based in a tax haven! Eleven million documents were leaked from law firm Mossack Fonseca on Monday highlight...

Iceland PM ‘To Resign’ After Panama Papers Leak

Iceland's Prime Minister Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson is set to resign after revelations of his tax affairs were revealed in the Panama Papers leak. The documents from Mossack Fonseca showed that the disgraced PM hid  millions of dollars of investments in his country’s banks in an offshore company under his wife's name. Although it...

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