Jack Peat

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Jack Peat is a floating editor for JOE and the editor of The London Economic. His work has also appeared in VICE, The Big Issue, The Independent and HuffPost. In 2021, he authored "The Great Pie Revolt", a gastronomic guide to the Premier League and EFL.

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  • Harry Styles is actually woefully underrated 

    Harry Styles is actually woefully underrated 

    We haven’t seen an artist like him since David Bowie I’ve always considered myself to be somewhat of a music purist. I still listen to albums from front to back, usually on an old record player I keep next to a collection of EPs that produces a lovely scratchy sound as original masterpieces from Revolver […]

    1 month ago

  • Harry Styles is actually woefully underrated 

    Harry Styles is actually woefully underrated 

    We haven’t seen an artist like him since David Bowie I’ve always considered myself to be somewhat of a music purist. I still listen to albums from front to back, usually on an old record player I keep next to a collection of EPs that produces a lovely scratchy sound as original masterpieces from Revolver […]

    1 year ago

  • An all-you-can-eat lasagna restaurant is opening in the UK

    An all-you-can-eat lasagna restaurant is opening in the UK

    The restaurant will also serve ‘Lasangwiches’ through a hatch in the wall and pay homage to Italian footballer Kevin Lasagne in the ‘Kevin Lasagna Bar’. An all-you-can-eat lasagne restaurant is set to open up in Shoreditch, London on 24th February, promising to transport people to Italy via New York. Based on Rufus Street, Senza Fondo […]

    1 year ago

  • Experts warn Brits to move money out of major UK bank after change

    Experts warn Brits to move money out of major UK bank after change

    The bank has 3.6 million UK customers Experts have urged Brits to move their money out of a major UK bank after it announced changes to its current account. From 10th February 2025, Starling Bank will scrap interest on 3.6 million current account customers after offering 3.25 per cent AER on balances up to £5,000. […]

    1 year ago

  • An all-you-can-eat lasagna restaurant set to open with ‘lasangwich’ hatch on the side

    An all-you-can-eat lasagna restaurant set to open with ‘lasangwich’ hatch on the side

    There’s also a bar named after Italian footballer Kevin Lasagne An all-you-can-eat lasagne restaurant is set to open up in Shoreditch, London on 24th February, promising to transport people to Italy via New York. Based on Rufus Street, Senza Fondo is an Italian-American restaurant kissing goodbye to the small plate concept and bringing a ‘premiumised […]

    1 year ago

  • People are only just realising that the red juice in rare steak isn’t blood

    People are only just realising that the red juice in rare steak isn’t blood

    Wait, what! Experts have lifted the lid on one of the most common food misconceptions you are likely to find in the meat-eating world. The presence of red liquid in rare steak can be pretty off-putting for most people, but most connoisseurs generally agree that it is the best way to eat it. Speaking to […]

    1 year ago

  • Chilling message Prince Andrew sent to Epstein revealed in court

    Chilling message Prince Andrew sent to Epstein revealed in court

    ‘We’ll play some more soon’ A chilling message sent by Prince Andrew to paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein in 2011 has surfaced during a London court case. Emails revealed during a case brought by Barclays CEO Jes Staley against the Financial Conduct Authority appear to show that the disgraced brother of King Charles wrote to Epstein […]

    1 year ago

  • How curry sauce became king of the chip shop 

    How curry sauce became king of the chip shop 

    Step aside, gravy. There’s a chunky yellow rival in town Curry sauce vs gravy is a dispute that has divided chippy lovers up and down the country for decades, but now, new research has put the debate to bed once and for all.  Research commissioned by Pukka found that Britain’s taste for the Orient reigns […]

    1 year ago

  • Brits set to be slapped with 100% property tax in Spain

    Brits set to be slapped with 100% property tax in Spain

    The new tax will be levied on non-EU citizens looking to buy homes in the country in a bid to make sure Spanish residents are prioritised. Spain is set to introduce a 100 per cent tax on foreign home-buyers who are non-EU citizens or don’t already live in the country. Prime minister Pedro Sánchez has […]

    1 year ago

  • ‘EasyJet’ of trains launches in Europe with fares as low as £8

    ‘EasyJet’ of trains launches in Europe with fares as low as £8

    Make train travel affordable and accessible? Now there’s an idea! A new rail service dubbed the ‘easyJet of trains’ is set to launch in Europe, offering fares as low as £8. Low-cost operator GoVolta plans to connect Amsterdam and Berlin by September 2025, with more routes on the continent to follow. They say at least […]

    1 year ago

  • Brewdog founder says work-life balance is for people who hate their jobs

    Brewdog founder says work-life balance is for people who hate their jobs

    ‘If you love what you do, you don’t need work-life balance, you need work-life integration’ Brewdog co-founder James Watt says the idea of work-life balance is an invention by “job haters” in his latest bizarre social media post. Standing next to his fiancé Georgia Toffolo, Watt suggested balancing your career with a healthy personal life […]

    1 year ago

  • Elon Musk calls for Tommy Robinson to be released from prison

    Elon Musk calls for Tommy Robinson to be released from prison

    Musk also shared the libellous video Robinson was jailed for with his more than 210 million followers on X, saying it was “worth watching.” Elon Musk has called for the release of far-right British activist Tommy Robinson. The X owner tweeted on Thursday morning (02/01) that authorities should free Robinson – whose real name is […]

    1 year ago

  • Someone has created the lasagne burger and we’re here for it

    Someone has created the lasagne burger and we’re here for it

    What’s not to like? Bread, good. Cheese, good. Meat, good! A recipe for a lasagne burger has been doing the rounds on social media – and it actually makes a lot of sense. As burger joints across the country try out-gourmet each other with fancy modern concoctions, the American staple may have found its perfect […]

    1 year ago

  • Ambulance blocked by protesting tractors

    Ambulance blocked by protesting tractors

    A similar incident involving Just Stop Oil last year provoked a national outcry Protesting tractors impeded an ambulance heading to an emergency in London on Wednesday (11/12). Hundreds of agricultural workers brought traffic to a near halt with a slow drive through central London for the second Westminster rally against Labour’s so-called “tractor tax”. Farmers […]

    1 year ago

  • Elon Musk says homelessness ‘is a lie’

    Elon Musk says homelessness ‘is a lie’

    “You’re a smart man Elon, but this take is moronic as fuck.” Elon Musk has claimed homelessness is a “propaganda word” used to describe “violent drug addicts” and people with “severe mental illness” in his latest outburst on X. The Tesla man, whose net worth is reported to be $349 billion, took aim at some […]

    1 year ago

  • Dave’s Hot Chicken confirms infamous Reaper WILL feature on UK menu

    Dave’s Hot Chicken confirms infamous Reaper WILL feature on UK menu

    Diners will have to sign a waiver before trying it Dave’s Hot Chicken has announced that the infamous Reaper spice level WILL feature on its UK menu following huge demand from Brits to try it. After initial taste tests revealed that the Reaper’s extreme heat – which made participants cry and resulted in one person […]

    1 year ago

  • Bacon, cheese and curry are the three flavours Brits couldn’t live without

    Bacon, cheese and curry are the three flavours Brits couldn’t live without

    Turns out we’re all hooked on flavours from the subcontinent… doused in cheese New polling suggests a curry served with a side of bacon and cheese would delight the nation’s taste buds the most – proving once again that we are an island of eclectic culinary preferences. Known internationally as the land of roast beef […]

    1 year ago

  • Pensioners forced to sell their boat say they feel ‘hung out to dry’ by Labour

    Pensioners forced to sell their boat say they feel ‘hung out to dry’ by Labour

    They’d accumulated 60 buy-to-let properties to fund their retirement An Essex couple who face being forced to sell their boat to pay for their retirement are among dozens of pensioners who have written to The Telegraph to express their concern over Rachel Reeves’s maiden budget. The chancellor outlined plans to plug a £22 billion black hole in […]

    1 year ago

  • Robert Jenrick says pensioners are waking up with illegal migrants in their bedrooms

    Robert Jenrick says pensioners are waking up with illegal migrants in their bedrooms

    “If you had seen the things that I have seen” Robert Jenrick has claimed that pensioners in Dover are waking up with illegal migrants in their bedrooms as he doubled down on his commitment to leave the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). Speaking to Tom Swarbrick on LBC, the Tory leadership hopeful said his experience […]

    1 year ago

  • How to make Domino’s Garlic & Herb dip at home in two quick steps

    How to make Domino’s Garlic & Herb dip at home in two quick steps

    Never knew it was this easy! A quick and easy recipe for making Domino’s Garlic & Herb dip has been getting fans of the much-loved pizza chain excited. The dip has developed a cult-like status and is hugely popular here in the UK, where us Brits consume 17 Olympic-sized swimming pools-worth of the stuff. Last […]

    1 year ago

  • BBC forecasters step in to calm nerves after weather app predicts apocalyptic conditions

    BBC forecasters step in to calm nerves after weather app predicts apocalyptic conditions

    ‘Please do not be alarmed!’ BBC meteorologists have stepped in to restore calm after the broadcaster’s weather app displayed apocalyptic conditions. An error on BBC Weather’s app and website has caused forecasts to predict 13,500mph winds and 400C temperatures in the UK. As Hurricane Milton batters the east coast of America, worrying forecasts closer to home have got […]

    1 year ago

  • Travel company opens sign-up for ‘North Korean Benidorm’

    Travel company opens sign-up for ‘North Korean Benidorm’

    The resort will be able to accommodate 100,000 visitors at a time when it opens next year Brits can register their interest in the so-called ‘Benidorm of North Korea’ after a travel company opened a sign-up page for a resort which is due to open next year. After several delays to its completion, the resort […]

    1 year ago

  • Private schools having to go without embossed stationery and new swimming pools

    Private schools having to go without embossed stationery and new swimming pools

    Private schools are being forced to cut back on the “frills” as they make tough decisions ahead of planned changes to their charitable status. Labour intends to introduce 20 per cent VAT on education and boarding services which private schools provide from 1st January 2025. Private schools’ eligibility for charitable rates relief will also be […]

    1 year ago

  • ‘I’d rather be French’: Young Brits asked if they’re proud to be British

    ‘I’d rather be French’: Young Brits asked if they’re proud to be British

    “The government sucks, the weather is awful, job hunting is terrible, we get paid terribly, the NHS was really good now it is not funded nearly enough.” Young Brits delivered a damning response to being asked whether they are proud to be British in a viral video produced by JOE. With employment prospects looking bleak, university […]

    1 year ago

  • Someone has created the lasagne burger and we’re here for it

    Someone has created the lasagne burger and we’re here for it

    What’s not to like? Bread, good. Cheese, good. Meat, good! A recipe for a lasagne burger has been doing the rounds on social media – and it actually makes a lot of sense. As burger joints across the country try out-gourmet each other with fancy modern concoctions, the American staple may have found its perfect […]

    1 year ago

  • Domino’s launch lockable pizza box to stop people nicking leftover slices

    Domino’s launch lockable pizza box to stop people nicking leftover slices

    Pizza thieves, your time is up Leftover pizza poachers have met their match thanks to a new lockable pizza box launched by Domino’s just in time for fresher’s week. With students across the country returning to shared accommodation or heading into halls for the first time, the age-old issue of late-night snacks being half-inched has […]

    1 year ago

  • Popular pub chain is on the lookout for the nation’s biggest carvery lover 

    Popular pub chain is on the lookout for the nation’s biggest carvery lover 

    They will offer them a free carvery for the rest of the year! Carvery lovers are being urged to put themselves forward to win free Sunday roasts for a year at one popular pub chain. To celebrate the price of its carveries dropping to £7, Greene King is hunting down Britain’s biggest carvery lover and […]

    1 year ago

  • Couple who complained about passenger reclining mid-flight added to a ‘no-fly list’

    Couple who complained about passenger reclining mid-flight added to a ‘no-fly list’

    They felt pretty strongly about the matter! A couple who complained about a passenger in the row in front of them reclining their seat mid-flight have been added to an airline’s ‘no-fly list’ after the incident sparked controversy on social media. The passengers were on board a Cathay Pacific flight from Hong Kong to London […]

    1 year ago

  • Harry Styles is actually woefully underrated 

    Harry Styles is actually woefully underrated 

    We haven’t seen an artist like him since David Bowie I’ve always considered myself to be somewhat of a music purist. I still listen to albums from front to back, usually on an old record player I keep next to a collection of EPs that produces a lovely scratchy sound as original masterpieces from Revolver […]

    1 year ago

  • Domino’s withdraws Garlic & Herb dip

    Domino’s withdraws Garlic & Herb dip

    Batches of the dip were found to contain traces of peanut over the weekend. Domino’s has withdrawn its Garlic & Herb dip over concerns it could contain traces of peanut. The popular pizza chain has advised customers with allergies to dispose of both Garlic & Herb and Honey & Mustard dips after a customer complained […]

    1 year ago

  • Outraged residents in swanky suburb say their town is ‘too posh’ for a Wetherspoons

    Outraged residents in swanky suburb say their town is ‘too posh’ for a Wetherspoons

    Locals say it could “disfigure” their home. Residents of a classy London commuter town have hit out at proposals to open a £3.5 million Wetherspoons on the high street. Locals in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, say their town is “too posh” for a budget boozer, highlighting concerns that it would look “gross” and could “disfigure” their home. […]

    1 year ago

  • Major pub chain offering £2 pints across the UK for the next fortnight

    Major pub chain offering £2 pints across the UK for the next fortnight

    Time to put the post-summer blues behind you! Brits will bid goodbye to the coldest summer since 2015 as the autumn winds pick up and the cold nights draw in. It’s been a pretty terrible season all told, with the mean daily temperatures barely rising above 14C for the lion’s share of the country. August […]

    1 year ago

  • Gym offers ‘Houdini classes’ where members get chained up and suspended from the ceiling

    Gym offers ‘Houdini classes’ where members get chained up and suspended from the ceiling

    The classes are designed to develop strength, flexibility and refine motor skills A gym is offering ‘Houdini classes’ where members are suspended upside down with their hands cuffed behind their backs, racing against the clock to escape their restraints using nothing but skills they acquire during the sessions. Developed with World Record Breaking escapologist Rob […]

    1 year ago

  • £19 Full English breakfast at Gordon Ramsay’s restaurant provokes outrage

    £19 Full English breakfast at Gordon Ramsay’s restaurant provokes outrage

    Where’s the other half of the breakfast?! A photo of a £19 Full English breakfast at one of Gordon Ramsay’s restaurants has been doing the rounds on social media – and it’s caused quite a stir. Bread Street Kitchen, which has three London locations, advertises a classic fry-up on its breakfast menu consisting of a […]

    1 year ago

  • Airports could impose ‘two-drink limit’ on passengers ahead of flights

    Airports could impose ‘two-drink limit’ on passengers ahead of flights

    The proposals have been put forward as disorder on flights to ‘party destinations’ threatens to get out of hand Airport drinking has become a proud tradition for Brits heading abroad for a well-earned break. Like casinos, time doesn’t exist as soon as you step through security control. The neon blue lights of the nearest Wetherspoons […]

    1 year ago

  • TikToker says she’s ‘suing her parents’ for having her without her permission

    TikToker says she’s ‘suing her parents’ for having her without her permission

    She is urging parents-to-be to use a psychic medium to contact their unborn child and ask if they “actually want to be here” A TikToker has hilariously announced that she is suing her parents for having her without her permission. Kass Theaz took to her social media page last year to blast her parents after […]

    1 year ago

  • People are only just realising that the red juice in rare steak isn’t blood

    People are only just realising that the red juice in rare steak isn’t blood

    Wait, what! Experts have lifted the lid on one of the most common food misconceptions you are likely to find in the meat-eating world. The presence of red liquid in rare steak can be pretty off-putting for most people, but most connoisseurs generally agree that it is the best way to eat it. Speaking to […]

    1 year ago

  • South Korean golfer faces military service after double bogey on the 18th

    South Korean golfer faces military service after double bogey on the 18th

    Tom Kim was seen crying in the clubhouse after he missed out on a medal A South Korean golfer broke down in tears after he ended his round with a double bogey, meaning he could now face mandatory military conscription. Tom Kim finished eighth at the Olympic golf tournament after shooting two over par on […]

    1 year ago

  • Experts say darts will soon become an Olympic sport

    Experts say darts will soon become an Olympic sport

    Littler for gold! Darts could soon be an Olympic sport due to the games increasing popularity. Experts have tipped stars such as Luke Littler, Michael van Gerwen and World Darts Championship winner Luke Humphries to appear on the biggest stage within a matter of years, citing its “global appeal”. The Paris 2024 Olympic Games has […]

    1 year ago

  • Strictly Come Dancing ‘will be axed after 2024 series’

    Strictly Come Dancing ‘will be axed after 2024 series’

    “It’s hard to see Strictly surviving after this series” Strictly Come Dancing is odds-on to be cancelled after the 2024 series has completed its run. Oddsmakers give a 60 per cent likelihood of the show ending amid a storm of negative stories about the culture and treatment of contestants on the BBC’s flagship programme. “It’s hard to […]

    1 year ago

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