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The London Standard
INSIDE LONDON'S GROOMING GANG SHAME
Police failure. Institutional suppression. Establishment silence. The shocking story of a harrowing crisis — and the series of cover-ups keeping it hidden from view.
10+ min |
October 23, 2025
The London Standard
On the sauce Just drinkin the gapyah nostalgia
Kruk 213 Blenheim Grove, SE15
1 min |
October 23, 2025
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Babur 119 Brockley Rise, SE23
South-east London isn't known for its restaurants. As you travel beyond Brixton, Camberwell and Peckham, into the hinterlands of Zone 3, the buzz of town shakes hands with suburbia and small plates turn to ash in the hands of tired middle managers.
3 min |
October 23, 2025
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'I'll knock out Parker and go after Usyk'
Fabio Wardley was a white-collar boxer with a fearsome punch — now he's aiming to beat the best of the best.
7 min |
October 23, 2025
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Nicola Walker's grieving mother is a tour de force in a clumsily funny drama
The Unbelievers Royal Court Theatre Downstairs, SW1
1 min |
October 23, 2025
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Up your fitness, lower your screen time and this tracker tells you off, too
Fitness trackers can become a point of obsession. This new Polar band is screenless, so your eyes aren't endlessly darting to your wrist to check in on your stats.
1 min |
October 23, 2025
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Designer Harris Reed would take a date to the V&A, lets his hair down at Ayana Spa and loves Liberty
Home is... Holland Park - I live there with my husband and it's our little Oscar Wilde/ Wes Anderson palace.
3 min |
October 23, 2025
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MY NIGHT IN LONDON'S TINIEST HOTEL ROOM
Zedwell Capsule Hotel, Piccadilly
3 min |
October 23, 2025
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37 REASONS TO LOVE LONDON
From megastars on Lime bikes to fashion powerhouses and even Gen Z-friendly bumps of caviar — this is the city that keeps on giving
10+ min |
October 23, 2025
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SCANDI RIOT GIRL: WHY THE COOL CROWD LOVES SIGRID
The festival-slayer singer-songwriter has gone from Norwegian cult act to darling of the front row and counting Charli xcx as a fan— Craig McLean finds her feet are still on the floor between red carpets
6 min |
October 23, 2025
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At home with Garden designer Lucy Willcox
The green-fingered guru brought the outside in when she revamped her 1960s bungalow.
4 min |
October 23, 2025
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The 1990s cool-girl brown lip is back — here's how to get the look
The modern versions are sheer, balmy and totally delicious
1 min |
October 23, 2025
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Sweet dreams... are we sleepwalking into a catastrophic health crisis?
Next month, Rachel Reeves will deliver the Government's make-or-break autumn budget. Speculation over what it will contain is rife, but one thing that certainly won't be prioritised is funding to make sure the nation gets a good night’s sleep. But maybe it should be.
2 min |
October 23, 2025
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WHY ZARA LARSSON'S HEART IS IN STOCKHOLM
Top-tier cuisine, an awesome club scene — and you can take in all the sights on a scooter. No wonder the singer loves trips back to her home city
4 min |
October 16, 2025
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Don’t be fooled by Ratcliffe’s words of faith in Amorim
Man United's owner says he'll judge the boss over three years. He's lucky ifhe gets three weeks, says Matt Verri
3 min |
October 16, 2025
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Tuchel ready to start fine-tuning Club England
They've qualified for the World Cup with two games to spare ... now the boss turns his mind to the challenge of winning it.
6 min |
October 16, 2025
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Hidden London
SECRET SPOTS YOU SIMPLY HAVE TO DISCOVER
4 min |
October 16, 2025
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The hidden tragedies of Wilde's legacy
The story of Oscar Wilde after his trial for gross indecency in 1895 and his subsequent imprisonment in Reading Gaol was, said George Bernard Shaw, comedy rather than tragedy, given the hero's invincible spirit.
2 min |
October 16, 2025
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'We want it to feel true to us — sexy, London, girly'
Society sisters Jazzy De Lisser and Lola Bute have overcome tragedy to create celebrity brand-of-the-moment DeBute
4 min |
October 16, 2025
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How to eat and love your way to super-immunity this winter
Batten down the hatches - flu season is here. But when it comes to staving off the dreaded lurgies, what are just old wives' tales and what really works?
2 min |
October 16, 2025
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All back to Peter Doig's buzzing house party
Usually the knowledge of what artists listen to as they work is beside the point.
3 min |
October 16, 2025
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I GOT TO A POINT WHERE I JUST BURST.I NEEDED TO FREE MYSELF'
Her sweet soul sound won Celeste instant acclaim and a Brit award. But then came heartbreak, depression- and now a raw new album that's putting her back in the spotlight
9 min |
October 16, 2025
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APolish-Mexican love story to comfort the soul
That love is often irrational, illogical and inexplicable is one of the loveliest things about it; the strongest bonds are often forged from the unlikeliest matches. So it is with restaurants.
3 min |
October 16, 2025
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Caring for my disabled son is a joy — but I fear what will happen when I die
Having a severely disabled child is a bit like being redirected on a flight when you're going on holiday. You were expecting sun, sea, beaches and cocktails with little umbrellas, but instead you find yourself in the middle of a northern European city. At first, it's a shock, but then you try the beer; it tastes really good. You see the stunning architecture - it's not what you had expected, but you know what, it is really beautiful and very special.
3 min |
October 16, 2025
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London Film Festival Shakespeare in grief will melt the hardest of hearts
When Maggie O'Farrell took on the personal life of William Shakespeare, it was a bestselling smash.
2 min |
October 16, 2025
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Civilisation has been built on the exploration of cancellable ideas
Do women have a different profile of aptitudes and emotions to men? Did indigenous peoples frequently engage in war and genocide?
3 min |
October 16, 2025
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Gold is booming — and that's not a good sign
The price has soared by 50 per cent in less than a year as jittery investors start hoarding. Jonathan Prynn delves into the vault...
5 min |
October 16, 2025
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A FRESH ART BREEZE IS BLOWING INTO FRIEZE
Yes, the big guns are at the capital's annual art show, but there's a wave of new London talent that could be better than ever.
4 min |
October 16, 2025
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Is the internet getting worse — and what can we do about it?
The internet isn't what we were promised. In its infancy, Google's stated ambition was to \"organise the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful\"; today, you'll have to wade through adverts to complete a simple search.
3 min |
October 16, 2025
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HOW STARMER'S CHAGOS FIASCO SENT A LONDON COUNCIL INTO MELTDOWN
Il Paul Arlapen had with him when he arrived at Heathrow Airport with his heavily pregnant wife and three-year-old son was a couple of suitcases of clothes.
6 min |