By Mathew Shaw The sport of boxing is known as the ‘noble art’ and has long seduced some of modern time’s greatest writers and philosophical thinkers - Ernest Hemingway, TS Eliot and Norman Mailer, to name but a few. The sport’s ethos and pathos seemingly providing the perfect metaphors for ...
By Nicky Goulder, co-founder and Chief Executive of Create The official figures from the latest Census show that there are 400 identified children who are providing unpaid care in the London borough of Westminster. These children are known as ‘young carers’, defined by the Carers Trust as ‘children who often ...
By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food London is widely regarded as one of the world’s most exceptional cities for food, with just about everything any hungry foodie could ever crave all available within less than an hour’s tube ride, give or take. And, aside from British food, it’s no secret ...
By Darragh Roche It's not often MP s have the moral high ground when it comes to money. They get paid by the taxpayer, claim expenses for silly things and provide questionable value for money. But when a Commons committee put some simple questions to the European boss of Google, ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor George Osborne’s brother has been struck off after a two-year relationship with one of his own patients. Dr Adam Osborne had been treating her for anxiety and depression but became embroiled into a sexual relationship. The medical tribunal declared that his behaviour was ‘profoundly unacceptable” and ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor & Henry Austin A former squaddie has slammed the government’s attitude towards benefit claimants after he was left in limbo with his rent before undergoing a number of tests to find out why his is coughing and passing blood on an ever more regular basis. “I ...
BY Daniel Harding New LONDON fringe production raises the tough questions that MEN don’t like to answer. ‘Beetles from the West’ is the debut play by James Hartnell, at the Lion and Unicorn Theatre. Tackling the very real issues surrounding men’s health and how we shy away from dealing with ...
Sport News 24/7 By Richard de Winter @rgdewinter @TLE_Sport Imagine, if you will, that you are an ageing footballer. You have had a fine career at the top of your profession, but your legs have gone, and you can’t really cut it at the highest level any more. However, you ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor It’s a shame Labour doesn’t back the Junior Doctors’ strike (still not quite sure why, answers on a post card, or to Cobyn’s PMQ question hotline) and that the Leader of the Opposition didn’t bother to mention Cameron’s mum is fighting her own son’s public ...