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The London Standard
Prospect of Liverpool landing Isak sends shivers through their rivals
Just a few days before his new Liverpool contract was announced, Virgil van Dijk offered a hint of what was to come at the club.
2 min |
July 31, 2025
The London Standard
Wild riffs enlivena plodding tale of how one manturned SW9 into rock'n'roll central
This by-the-numbers story of how Simon Parkes leased a defunct cinema for £1 in 1983 and turned it into the mighty Brixton Academy is not a great piece of theatre.
2 min |
July 31, 2025
The London Standard
Hostage to hackers: can the war against ransomware be won?
Ransomware is big business. Companies affected by hackers, who lock up victims' data and demand a payment to unlock it, paid out some £650 million to cybercriminals last year.
2 min |
July 31, 2025
The London Standard
THE AMERICANS SWAPPING THE BIG APPLE FOR THE BIG SMOKE
Frustrated by Trump, attracted by London cool and the low cost of living, Americans are snapping up houses here — and applying for British citizenship in record numbers
10+ min |
July 31, 2025
The London Standard
Linedancing? In Chiswick? Turns out it's a hoot
Line dancing? It was this or paying £50 for three lamb chops in the new place on top of the Hilton.
3 min |
July 31, 2025
The London Standard
'IN ENGLAND YOU DIDN'T WANT ME TO WIN'
Gavin Rossdale is huge in America, with a hit TV show and his band Bush selling out stadiums, while over here he is often just known as Gwen Stefani's ex or Daisy Lowe's dad. He tells Lisa Wright he remains grateful
5 min |
July 31, 2025
The London Standard
Wiegman must up the ante for England to make history
The boss has reached five major finals in a row, but needs to make changes to guide the Lionesses to glory again. By Simon Collings
7 min |
July 24, 2025
The London Standard
How to stop the listings exodus that's blighting the City
The prescription? Persuade UK pension funds to invest in wealth-creating British businesses again,
4 min |
July 24, 2025
The London Standard
Put some colour in your cheeks: why blush is all you need right now
It's often sidelined — but it's the key to the glowing, natural look of the summer
3 min |
July 24, 2025
The London Standard
Brompton Oratory
SECRET SPOTS YOU SIMPLY HAVE TO DISCOVER
4 min |
July 24, 2025
The London Standard
Mix it up
MEET THE NICHE BRAND LEADING A NATURAL PAINT REVOLUTION — ONE TIN AT A TIME.
2 min |
July 24, 2025
The London Standard
What if you could get tipsy drinking a pint without consuming a drop of alcohol?
Even if some reports are sensationalist drivel put out by the anti-drinking lobby, people in Britain are boozing less. Gen Z in particular is choosing to go booze-free, or opting for low-alcohol options to maintain a level of sobriety once only consigned to children. No hangovers make for an easier life.
2 min |
July 24, 2025
The London Standard
CAN KEMI KEEP THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY AFLOAT IN LONDON?
With Reform ahead, members split on Kemi Badenoch as leader, former Tory campaign manager Aaron Newbury still finds many in the party optimistic about a revival in the capital
9 min |
July 24, 2025
The London Standard
Building Romein Highburywill take morethan a day
Lupa: the she-wolf that suckled Rome's founding twins, Romulus and Remus, nourishing them after their abandonment.
3 min |
July 24, 2025
The London Standard
WHY JODIE KIDD WILL ALWAYS LOVE PROVENCE
Incredible dining, vistas to die for, barefoot olive grove strolls... the allure of the southern French region is never-ending for the model and motor-racing star
4 min |
July 24, 2025
The London Standard
At home with Harriet Vine
The cult jewellery designer turned a Hackney disaster into a riot of colour.
5 min |
July 24, 2025
The London Standard
The barrier to better transport in London? Our Mayor's attitude to fare-dodgers
Is there a more infuriating sight in London today than TfL staff ignoring blatant fare dodging, as pushy thugs barge through the barriers right under their heavily unionised noses?
3 min |
July 24, 2025
The London Standard
Why Frank must get Tottenham’s injury problems off the critical list
New Spurs boss needs to build a more robust squad to compete on all fronts this season, writes Matt Verri
2 min |
July 24, 2025
The London Standard
One to Watch
READY FOR SOME FEMALE RAGE? GET SET FOR LAUREN LYLE'S RETURN AS SCOTTISH COP KAREN PIRIE
2 min |
July 24, 2025
The London Standard
First Night This ludicrous, bawdy trash fest isn’t the pile-up that was expected
Brimming with powerhouse vocals, tawdry razzmatazz and in-jokey sentiment, this musical — extrapolated by Steven Antin from his silly 2010 film in which Christina Aguilera's small-town Ali becomes a star in the neo-burlesque club run by Cher’s imperious Tess — is also kind of fun.
2 min |
July 24, 2025
The London Standard
All the Right stuff — the making of Meloni
Of all the world’s elected female leaders Giorgia Meloni, the proudly Right-wing prime minister of Italy, is one of the least conventional — and certainly the most powerful. The 48-year-old leader of the Brothers of Italy party has now been prime minister for more than a thousand days, making hers the seventh-longest government in Italian democratic history.
2 min |
July 24, 2025
The London Standard
Nightclubs are the capital's creative heartbeat-we can't let them go extinct
I'm returning to music with a mission: to save London's nightlife. I still remember it like it was last weekend. It was around 2011, in a sweaty Cargo in Shoreditch. I was watching a crowd go crazy to a DJ set that cost less than a round of shots. No guest list. No section. Just pure energy.
3 min |
July 24, 2025
The London Standard
Actor Jack Lowden goes old school at The Wolseley, loves a Smithfield stroll and escapes to ... the M1
Paul Weller screams London to me. He's got that perfect pitch of being grumpy but also being very cool
4 min |
July 24, 2025
The London Standard
FORGET MANCHESTER. LONDON MADE OASIS
As the Gallagher brothers take over Wembley this weekend, Sylvia Patterson looks back in wonder at how they stormed 1990s London
6 min |
July 24, 2025
The London Standard
Amelia Dimoldenberg turns Queensway just Peachyand Arman Naféeipops his pod in Selfridges
Amelia Dimoldenberg has pivoted from poultry to peachy. In between going on dates for her YouTube series Chicken Shop Date, she has designed a collection with clothing brand Peachy Den.
1 min |
July 24, 2025
The London Standard
Longevity expert Dave Asprey
The biohacking creator starts the day with a pinch of salt, maxes out on supplements and doesn't believe in counting calories
3 min |
July 24, 2025
The London Standard
Is AI a fatal blow for the music industry or an unlikely shot in the arm?
If music be the food of love, play on”, so the famous aphorism goes. But what if the music didn’t come from a human?
4 min |
July 24, 2025
The London Standard
A collective show of female strength
The unlovely Boxparks are unlikely places to discover some soul-elevating art, and yet within the black shipping containers near Shoreditch High Street, a popup gallery is displaying The Audacity, a winningly buzzy showcase for 21 female artists.
2 min |
July 24, 2025
The London Standard
The A-list's secret weapon: meet London's coolest tailor
With designs loved by the chic set, 27-year-old Hattie Glendenning is leading a renaissance in custom-made clothes to keep forever
4 min |
July 24, 2025
The London Standard
JEREMY DELLER IS INVITING LONDON TO A PARTY IT WON'T FORGET...
...and 'it's going to be like Bruegel meets the Simpsons,' says the Turner Prize-winning artist of his free Trafalgar Square knees-up. Martin Robinson meets him to find out quite how he got there
6 min |