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THE ILLEGAL TRUTH BEHIND SOME OF OUR TOP RESTAURANTS
Half-a-million-pound fines. Repeated raids. And a secret underground world propping up the capital's most-hyped dining spots. Rachael Burford investigates
7 min |
May 08, 2025
The London Standard
WHY GEN Z IS SWAPPING SNAPCHAT FOR SPIRITUALITY
In a society rocked by a social media-induced mental health epidemic, young people are looking to religion for meaning. Claudia Cockerell pulls up a pew and meets the people making Christianity cool again
7 min |
May 01, 2025
The London Standard
OLIVIER ROUSTEING'S MET GALA NEW YORK
As the fashion designer returns to NYC for the big event, he recalls his “Project Runway” antics last year and where he hides out as the city goes fabulously crazy
5 min |
May 01, 2025
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How to be the best dressed guest at every wedding
Whether you're squelching through the Cotswolds, at a smart Mayfair ceremony or a chic foreign affair, here's how to nail the look
4 min |
May 01, 2025
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Coasts with the most: meet the newest spots vying for the London-on-sea crown
The tide is turning on the traditional coastal escapes. Forget Whitstable and Aldeburgh — the next generation are heading to these towns. By Ruth Bloomfield
6 min |
May 01, 2025
The London Standard
Looking for the new Ozempic? Say hello to peptide therapy
By now we've all heard of Ozempic and its GLP-1 sisters Wegovy and Mounjaro. But what you might not know is that they are part of a broader family of molecules called peptides, which the most cutting-edge doctors are using for potentially life-changing preventative therapies.
2 min |
May 01, 2025
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'I'M AN ENTERTAINER WITH A COMPULSION TO ENTERTAIN'
Robbie Williams never went away, but he's back with, yes, an art show — and wildly candid tales of his days at the Groucho, surviving the 1990s and his desperation for affirmation
10 min |
May 01, 2025
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Arsenal's mission to make history in Paris
It's a fearsome task after first-leg defeat, but there are plenty of reasons the Gunners can salvage their semi-final.
7 min |
May 01, 2025
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The only way is up: Secrets of the City's skyscraper boom
Despite the hybrid working revolution, the race for space in the Square Mile shows no sign of slowing down.
5 min |
May 01, 2025
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'I was always crazy, always wild - people used to call me Damien from The Omen'
He's the unofficial, in-your-face voice of a generation of disaffected youth — but his authenticity has been questioned. Dylan Jones meets Yungblud to dig a little deeper and discovers a genuine star
8 min |
May 01, 2025
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To blame Potter for West Ham's plight misses the bigger picture
IT is hard to know what should be more concerning to West Ham supporters: another late collapse at Brighton on Saturday or Graham Potter's strained appearance afterwards.
2 min |
May 01, 2025
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A beautiful overture for our tortured rivers
There's been a lot of noise about the state of our rivers these past few years, and quite right too.
4 min |
May 01, 2025
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OpenAI is eating Google alive. Popcorn at the ready for a tech battle royale...
AS CHATGPT DEMOLISHES THE LANDSCAPE FOR GOOGLE, CHRIS STOKEL-WALKER GETS OUT HIS CRYSTAL BALL
4 min |
May 01, 2025
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First Night Who gives a damn about substance when the glitz is this dazzling
The months-long cheesy poster campaign for this Broadway musical adapted from F Scott Fitzgerald’s novel of wealthy amorality in the Roaring Twenties had me fearing the worst.
2 min |
May 01, 2025
The London Standard
One to Watch
CLUELESS, THE MUSICAL STAR EMMA FLYNN WAS BORN TO PLAY CHER HER MOTHER EVEN NAMED HER AFTER JANE AUSTEN
2 min |
May 01, 2025
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Hidden London - Cheeses of Muswell Hill 13 Fortis Green Road, N10
SECRET SPOTS YOU SIMPLY HAVE TO DISCOVER
4 min |
May 01, 2025
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At the table: Who needs a revolution when there's rotisserie?
Success does not always travel on straight tracks. The late restaurant critic Richard Vines, who died on Monday, lived as a reminder of this.
3 min |
May 01, 2025
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TV and radio host Vick Hope dines at Mountain, browses in Brick Lane and loves the Treehouse rooftop
For a first date, go for a walk by the canal then settle down in London Fields for a couple of cocktails
3 min |
May 01, 2025
The London Standard
The secret ingredient that scientists believe could help us live for longer
DOLPHINS, THE US NAVY AND PECORINO: THE STRANGE TALE OF A LONGEVITY BREAKTHROUGH, BY CLAUDIA COCKERELL
4 min |
April 24, 2025
The London Standard
Is Oxford Street finally back in business?
Ikea's opening, the candy stores are going and London's most important shopping district is buzzing again. By Jonathan Prynn
4 min |
April 24, 2025
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Sins of the family are shockingly funny in this Ibsen for our times
With season three of The White Lotus, London's two recent Oedipuses, and now this extraordinary show, revelations of incest that make an audience gasp and squirm are having a moment.
2 min |
April 24, 2025
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Restaurateur Yotam Ottolenghi shops at Cyberdog, flies solo at Master Wei and loves La Fromagerie's comté
Home is... Camden, since 2013.
3 min |
April 24, 2025
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GOODBYE JUST STOP OIL... HELLO YOUTH DEMAND
A radical, more militant breed of protest group is threatening to shut down London this summer. So who are they, and what do they want?
8 min |
April 24, 2025
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At the table Imagine the Dev and the Dover hooked up
Prawn cocktail to start is hardly a wanton display of non-conformity, so one of the mysteries of the Devonshire — the Soho behemoth, not the Kentish Town goth hovel — is exactly why it defibrillated the dying British pub.
3 min |
April 24, 2025
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'WE HAD A CHOICE: END THE BAND OR SHARE THE SPOTLIGHT'
When Black Country, New Road's singer quit, they could have all called it a day. Instead, they have reinvented themselves as the most exciting indie pioneers since The Last Dinner Party.
5 min |
April 24, 2025
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Meet London's own fresh prince of preppy style
Move over Ralph Lauren — designer Daniel Fletcher is riding the Ivy League wave with his transformation of Chinese label Mithridate
4 min |
April 24, 2025
The London Standard
On the sauce Perfectplace to take it breezy
When Bistrotheque opened, YouTube was a year off launching, nobody had heard of Eating With Tod and Dublin coddle was a home-cooked meal, not a £20 dish galloping across Instagram like a horse.
1 min |
April 24, 2025
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'I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MUCH ABUSE AND VILIFICATION HAS BEEN PUT MY WAY'
Kemi Badenoch believes she is the antidote to the existential crisis plaguing the Tories. But can she convince her party — and the country — she can be Prime Minister?
10+ min |
April 24, 2025
The London Standard
REJINA PYO ON WHY HER SOUL IS IN SEOUL
Authentic Korean BBQ, gorgeous views, must-buy cosmetics, incredible desserts, heavenly spas... the fashion designer is never bored in her home city
4 min |
April 24, 2025
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'I'm scared, but to race against Kipchoge is really special'
If there was ever a day when Alex Yee had second thoughts about his London Marathon experiment, it came not on some gruelling training run, but with Eddie Nketiah’s clinching goal in last month's FA Cup quarter-final for his beloved Crystal Palace.
5 min |