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Comedian Tim Minchin sleeps at Soho House, dines at La Barca and loves an Ally Pally run
Matilda’s my iconic Londoner. A little girl standing above Seven Dials with her hand on her hip. It’s still amazing seeing her there
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July 31, 2025
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Father of functional medicine Jeff Bland
A dog walk-run at dawn kicks offa day of nutrient-dense eating, finishing off with a leisurely storytelling supper
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July 31, 2025
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Hands up! Who wants the new wave of skin treatments?
They've long been neglected — now hands are getting the care they deserve
3 min |
July 31, 2025
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A glimpse into Gwyneth's gilded life
Gwyneth, Amy Odell's biography of Gwyneth Paltrow, opens with one of the star's biggest controversies. Not her \"overly emotional\" Oscars speech, nor her recent ski crash trial, nor her many out-of-touch interview moments.
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July 31, 2025
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What's that coming into the Tate, is it a Monster?
Monster Chetwynd is proving to be the saviour of many parents - who are already finding themselves at Wit's End only a week or two into the school holidays with her Uniqlo Tate Play commission at Tate Modern.
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July 31, 2025
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First Night If bringing the house down was a crime, Pikeis guilty as charged
Rosamund Pike gives a hectic, vital, riveting performance at the centre of Susie Miller's gut-punch of a play as a judge, Jess Parks, who discovers that the toxic masculinity she sees in the courtroom has taken root in her own home.
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July 31, 2025
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JUST BROKEN GLASS OR A SHATTERING CONSPIRACY?
Shops across London are repeatedly having their windows smashed — yet nothing is stolen. Claudia Cockerell investigates and discovers a more worrying pattern
7 min |
July 31, 2025
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At home with Lucy Williams
Greek and vintage finds rule in the fashion and interiors guru's London terrace.
4 min |
July 31, 2025
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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.
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July 31, 2025
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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.
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July 31, 2025
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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.
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July 31, 2025
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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
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July 31, 2025
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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.
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July 31, 2025
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'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
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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
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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
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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
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Brompton Oratory
SECRET SPOTS YOU SIMPLY HAVE TO DISCOVER
4 min |
July 24, 2025
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Mix it up
MEET THE NICHE BRAND LEADING A NATURAL PAINT REVOLUTION — ONE TIN AT A TIME.
2 min |
July 24, 2025
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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
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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
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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
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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
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At home with Harriet Vine
The cult jewellery designer turned a Hackney disaster into a riot of colour.
5 min |
July 24, 2025
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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