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How to save US democracy? Simple: copy the Catholic church
The death of a pope focuses attention on the historic procedure by which the Roman church elects its leader. A thought occurs. This could be the ideal way to choose the leader of any country.
3 min |
May 15, 2025
The London Standard
LONDON'S SUGAR BABIES: THE SOUR TRUTH
An easy way to make money — or plain sordid? Claudia Cockerell meets the young professionals dating rich older men in exchange for cash, just to pay the rent
10+ min |
May 15, 2025
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Dear Mayor, don't reverse the good you have done for the air Londoners breathe
Ending the cleaner vehicle discount is a step backwards for everyone in the capital
4 min |
May 15, 2025
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One to Watch
MOBLAND'S EMILY BARBER ON BEING TOO RUN OFF HER FEET TO BE FAZED BY A-LIST CO-STARS LIKE HELEN MIRREN
2 min |
May 15, 2025
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Hidden London
SECRET SPOTS YOU SIMPLY HAVE TO DISCOVER
4 min |
May 15, 2025
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Inside London's £80 million penthouse
It's a billionaire’s paradise in the heart of Knightsbridge — but will it sell? By Emma Magnus
5 min |
May 15, 2025
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Date night for Harry and Meghan at Beyoncé gig
“My goodness, the stream of snaps was so much more than just another date night,” writes Liz Jones.
1 min |
May 15, 2025
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THE RISE AND RESILIENCE (AND SECRET PAIN) OF LONDON GRAMMAR
The band are now one of the biggest music acts in the world, but ahead of next month's Lido festival, frontwoman Hannah Reid reveals the private ordeal that nearly made her quit.
5 min |
May 15, 2025
The London Standard
What's in a name? Quite a lot, actually, in this moving debut
What if? And what's in a name? Those are the questions at the heart of Florence Knapp's clever, beautiful and deeply moving debut novel The Names, about one family and three possible fates.
2 min |
May 15, 2025
The London Standard
Ready-made chain feels like a cynical cash grab
I didn't see this one coming.
3 min |
May 15, 2025
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At the Baftas Marisa Abela bosses the red carpet, while David Tennant cosies upwith Rivals co-star Alex Hassell
Every year, Vogue and Netflix throw rival after parties for the Baftas. The fashion set go to one, film people to the other.
1 min |
May 15, 2025
The London Standard
SIMON REEVE ON THE POWER OF VARANASI
Spectacular, overwhelming, spiritual and home to seriously good street food — why India’s holiest city has stolen the TV presenter and adventurer’s heart
5 min |
May 15, 2025
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So what's really going on at Stella McCartney?
A £25m loss, the closure of the Bond Street flagship — all is not well at the designer's trailblazing label. But can she turn things around?
4 min |
May 15, 2025
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No more excuses after Gunners' heartbreak
The summer transfer challenge is clear on a night of 'what ifs' against Europe's outstanding team.
7 min |
May 08, 2025
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‘Just pure chaos’: Inside the hacking meltdown at M&S
A devastating cyber attack has brought the retailer to its knees - and it's still trying to fix the damage, reports Jonathan Prynn
5 min |
May 08, 2025
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Mission accomplished for Kane in Germany after title triumph?
England's greatest goalscorer is no longer one of the best players never to win a trophy.
2 min |
May 08, 2025
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KEVIN McCLOUD'S WILD SIDE OF ICELAND
The Grand Designs presenter heads to Akureyri, where ferocious waterfalls and elemental beauty await — and dining out is an expedition in itself
4 min |
May 08, 2025
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Top of the shops! Inside the great Topshop revival
It was London's fashion mecca, loved by everyone from off-duty models to bargain-hunting teens. Now it's back: are you ready?
4 min |
May 08, 2025
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Sushi rolling and Mandarin lessons: inside London's £35,000-a-year nursery
A £2m campus for ‘global elite’ toddlers — is this the capital’s poshest pre-school?
4 min |
May 08, 2025
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Is a new plastic that safely biodegrades in water a sea change for our planet?
Synthetic, single-use plastic. It transformed our world and our supply chains.
2 min |
May 08, 2025
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THE BEAUTIFUL, WILD CHAOS OF WALTON'S WORLD
The star on the whirlwind that was The White Lotus, meeting his former self on set, his unlikely road to fame — and being a “spouse baby” in his wife’s new film
10 min |
May 08, 2025
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Sir Keir Starmer under fire over 'historic' trade deal with India
\"The small print suggests the Prime Minister hasn't quite mastered the art of the deal.
1 min |
May 08, 2025
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Nicola Coughlan shares her beauty and hair secret weapons — and disasters
The Bridgerton and Derry Girls star on her hero products and the rise of injectables
3 min |
May 08, 2025
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First Night Sublime Lithgow gives us the whole Dahlin all his monstrous glory
There’s no more urgent play in London right now than Mark Rosenblatt’s Giant, and no better performance than John Lithgow’s in it as an irascible, cruel, needling Roald Dahl.
2 min |
May 08, 2025
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CULT STAR BAXTER DURY ENTERS HIS BRAT ERA
A collaboration with Adele's producer has reinvented the Miami singer. He talks to Martin Robinson about being 'the original nepo baby'-and why the Last Dinner Party aren't his biggest fans
6 min |
May 08, 2025
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At the table Delicious works of art served up inanartist's lair
Since the tragic demise of Henry Harris's sublime Racine some years ago — and despite his triumphant return with Bouchon Racine in Farringdon a couple of years ago - South Kensington has for me been something of a gastronomic wasteland.
3 min |
May 08, 2025
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The King and Sir David Attenborough reign over the blue carpet... with a little help from the Delevingnes
Happy birthday, Sir David Attenborough! The national treasure-in-chief will be 99 this week and celebrated with the environment-loving King.
1 min |
May 08, 2025
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When limitless budgets and grand passions collide: how the super-rich decorate
Gold-leaf wallpaper and cryotherapy chambers are just the start, finds Emma Magnus
5 min |
May 08, 2025
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How Al is the latest elixir of youth on the treatment menu for the one per cent
A week's R&R in the Caribbean or the Maldives used to be the ultimate out-of-office brag for high-flyers.
4 min |
May 08, 2025
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We need a moral voice that transcends borders — that's what the conclave gives us
It is not often that reality imitates art quite so promptly. Just a month or two after most of us first watched Ralph Fiennes in Conclave, we have a chance to see the real thing. Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, and yesterday in the Sistine Chapel the actual conclave gathered - the meeting of the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church (or rather all those under 80) to elect a successor over the coming days.
3 min |