Gå ubegrenset med Magzter GOLD

Få ubegrenset tilgang til over 9000 magasiner, aviser og premiumhistorier for bare

$149.99

$74.99/År

The Perfect Holiday Gift Gift Now

Gå ubegrenset med Magzter GOLD

Få ubegrenset tilgang til over 9000 magasiner, aviser og premiumhistorier for bare

$NaN

$NaN/År

Skynd deg, tilbud i begrenset periode!

Timer

minutter

sekunder

The London Standard - December 18, 2025

From Choose Date

To Choose Date

The London Standard Description:

Forlegger: ESI-Media

Kategori: Newspaper

Språk: English

Hyppighet: Weekly

The London Standard is a new weekly paper that brings together the newspaper qualities that audiences have read for almost two hundred years. Sharp opinion, analysis, interviews and deeply researched features will combine with ES Magazine’s core values of design, visual impact, luxury lifestyle content and relevance. With an insider’s feel it will offer an original, energetic take on everything London has to offer - the very best comment, consumer guides, business, fashion, food, travel, reviews, politics and the hottest places in London to enjoy the weekend..

I dette nummeret

December 18, 2025

One to Watch

SUPERSTITION IS WORKING ITS MAGIC FOR ASHA BANKS — SHE'S SMASHING IT ON STAGE, SCREEN AND BEHIND THE MIC

2 mins

'PREPARING THESE MEALS ISN'T A GAME, IT'S SERIOUS — LIVES ARE AT STAKE

As our campaign hits £2.6m, Ian McKellen and Standard proprietor Evgeny Lebedev get stuck in with peeling apples.

6 mins

THE WORST OF TIMES: TROUBLE AT THE BRITISH LIBRARY

Impoverished staff on strike. A devastating cyber attack. Multiple changes of leadership. Books poorly protected. Claudia Cockerell investigates a national treasure in crisis

7 mins

Director Rob Reiner and his wife found dead and their son charged with murder

“Rob Reiner, who has died with his wife in tragic circumstances, had a knack of making films that might be described as gently cultish.

2 mins

New MI6 boss warns of Russia threat in first public speech

“Blaise Metreweli, the head of MI6, is hardly the first chief of the Secret Intelligence Service to identify the Russians as the biggest threat to UK security.

2 mins

Gunmen kill 15 at Bondi Beach Hanukkah celebration

“This violence did not emerge from nowhere.

1 mins

CHEAT THE INTERNET

THE STORIES LIGHTING UP SOCIAL MEDIA THIS WEEK

2 mins

Joy to London: the 12 hottest tickets of Christmas

From carols on a grand scale to Scrooge done two ways and a rather cute little bear, here's your festive calendar sorted

5 mins

Starmer should forcibly show his revulsion at the treatment of Jimmy Lai

To absolutely no one's surprise, after a two-year trial, the Hong Kong democracy activist and former media tycoon, Jimmy Lai, has been convicted of publishing seditious material and \"colluding with foreign forces\" under Hong Kong's National Security Law.

3 mins

After Andrew's downfall, will it be a Christmas horribilis for the royals?

What does Christmas 2025 hold for the royal family, following a year that seems to have rivalled the famous annus horribilis of 1992, when three royal couples separated and a fire tore through Windsor Castle?

3 mins

Londoner's Diary

Georgia May Jagger is in her blue period while Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal put the Bard in the frame

2 mins

'BEATLEMANIA WASN'T LIKE TAYLOR SWIFT - IT CAME OUT OF NOWHERE, LIKE A METEORITE'

Sean Ono Lennon has a timely festive message in his Oscar-winning film inspired by his parents' song, Happy Xmas (War is Over) - and a thumbs-up to the actor who's about to play his dad.

6 mins

At the table AA Gill's favourite is still in a league all of its own

Restaurants and newspapers are kindred spirits of a kind.

3 mins

Bar snacks

Murphy’s says sales of its Irish stout have surged by 607 per cent in the past year, while the number of pubs serving it on draught has climbed to 1,551 (up 480 per cent).

1 mins

Udderly mad and absolutely fab

A text I received earlier this year said this: “En route to The Cow because apparently there’s a python being passed around.”

1 mins

Out for the night NYE clubs you really shouldn't miss...

For those who like a bit of a playground, the Cause in Canning Town is offering one hell of a NYE bonanza, spanning 16 hours and seven dancefloors.

3 mins

True crime pays off in Jack Holden's extraordinary solo turn and those red shoes pirouette back with feeling

Justly acclaimed at Sheffield Theatres and Southwark Playhouse, Jack Holden’s true crime, high-octane, sort-of solo show gets fresh exposure.

2 mins

First Night Cinders and Red Riding Hood soar in Sondheim's fairytale mash-up

Stephen Sondheim's 1980s musical mashup of various, mostly Grimm fairy tales - Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, Rapunzel - is triumphantly revived by director Jordan Fein.

2 mins

This week's bestTV

Fallout was a surprise - video game adaptations are notoriously unreliable, but Jonathan Nolan's world of monsters in a retro-futurist apocalyptic America worked well.

2 mins

On the shelf... Delicious recipe books for the cooks in your life

There are few handier Christmas presents than a cookbook.

3 mins

The best exhibitions to visit this Christmas

London's galleries are at their best over Christmas, firstly as escapes from the shopping madness and then, between Christmas Day and New Year's Eve, when half of London has cleared out and there's room to actually have a glimpse of a painting or two.

3 mins

Celebrity astronauts and the rest of the year that was in science and tech

Perhaps the biggest advances in medicine this year were made through CRISPR technology - a type of targeted gene therapy that can alter the DNA of living beings.

1 mins

Whoop founder Will Ahmed

The health entrepreneur goes to work on an egg (or eight), loves meditation and cold plunges - and monitors everything

3 mins

Keep a cool head on the road and play it safe with this brightidea

Being seen and safe on the road as I weave my way to work through these dark, wintry months is paramount.

1 mins

Have you heard the whispers about an AI hearing aid revolution?

There's a story about a whisper network operating among New York's rich and powerful, who are leveraging their connections to get their hands - and ears - on a revolutionary piece of tech.

2 mins

Don't look back in anger... The celebrity moves and feuds of 2025

The stars' year in property - from Liam Gallagher's shiny new pad to Eric Clapton's swimming pool woes.

5 mins

The best homeware gifts

UNIQUE AND BEAUTIFUL PIECES FOR INTERIORS FIENDS.

2 mins

How your signature could save your life!

Join the call for 'Justin's Law' to make defibrillators mandatory in all UK health and sports facilities

1 mins

Hidden London

SECRET SPOTS YOU SIMPLY HAVE TO DISCOVER

4 mins

The most atmospheric candles to help you wax lyrical this Christmas

From cocooning comfort to a dusky party scent, try this season's wonder wicks

1 mins

TAKE A HIKE TO TOPANGA WITH ALANA HADID

Canyon sunsets, misty hot tubs by a crackling fire, artisanal treasures — this Californian gem keeps pulling the designer, film-maker and sister of Gigi and Bella back