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Brave Sir Salman has challenged his own side
THE old warhorse has come out for another battle. Sir Salman Rushdie, his eye covered with a patch from a terrifying attack last year by a young man who said he disliked his views on Islam, appeared last week at the National First Amendment conference in Philadelphia to discuss threats to free speech. The very fact that he appeared remotely says it all — it was during a similar event that he was stabbed repeatedly; he’s not a free man.
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September 18, 2023
Evening Standard
They make a wasteland and they call it progress on HS2
IF you have occasion to take the Elizabeth line from one of the Ealing stations you will soon pass a large area of London that might come as something of a surprise to you. Old Oak Common is slowly being turned into what the Government likes to call “a new super-hub set to be the best-connected and largest new railway station ever built in the UK”.
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September 18, 2023
Evening Standard
Record-breaker Ricky has it both ways in his pithy war with words
LIFE looks good for Ricky Gervais as he continued a sell-out run at the Palladium. Last week he received official confirmation that his Armageddon show at the Hollywood Bowl in May broke the record for a single stand-up performance, grossing over £1.4 million.
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September 18, 2023
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Truss mocked as she once again blames 'anti-growth coalition'
LIZ TRUSS'S defence of her economic agenda was met with derision today, a year on since her minibudget crashed the economy.
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September 18, 2023
Evening Standard
Five Met officers accused over search of Team GB athlete
FIVE Metropolitan Police officers were today appearing at a gross misconduct hearing over the stop and search of Team GB athlete Bianca Williams.
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September 18, 2023
Evening Standard
Starmer warned of tough choice over revisiting Brexit
SIR Keir Starmer would face difficult decisions when renegotiating Britain’s Brexit deal, experts warned today.
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September 18, 2023
Evening Standard
How jokes jar after claims that have been talked about for years
CONTROVERSY was never a stranger to the GQ Men of the Year awards. In their pomp, we held the annual event at the Royal Opera House, a deliberately august venue in which to create a little havoc. We celebrated everyone from Samuel Jackson and Keith Richards to Yoko Ono and Tony Bennett, from Michael Douglas to Madonna. The awards were like the Met Gala on steroids, and they were a hell of a lot of fun.
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September 18, 2023
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Brand faces new claims as more women come forward after TV exposé
MORE women were today reported to have come forward to make allegations against Russell Brand as the head of a parliamentary committee called for police to begin a criminal investigation into his conduct.
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September 18, 2023
Evening Standard
ENGLAND BOOST AFTER SINCKLER GETS GO-AHEAD
PROP FINALLY OVER CHEST INJURY AND SET TO START AGAINST JAPAN, WHILE VUNIPOLA ALSO MAKES RETURN
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September 15, 2023
Evening Standard
Brave Blossoms’ budding style means Ford can get England attack in bloom
Fly-half ready to pull the strings in bid to get Borthwick’s men back to their fluent best
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September 15, 2023
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Frustrations boil over as minnows give secona-string hosts a real scare
FRANCE expected a cakewalk against Uruguay in Lille last night, but instead were caught up in a bun fight.
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September 15, 2023
Evening Standard
Paqueta’s chance to show City what they have missed out on
IT WOULD hardly have taken too vigorous a flapping of a butterfly’s wings for Lucas Paqueta to be returning to London Stadium tomorrow as a Manchester City player.
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September 15, 2023
Evening Standard
Rice has qualities to ensure Arsenal are not Toffees puddings
GIVEN how much Everton have struggled in recent seasons, Arsenal’s record at Goodison Park is surprising.
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September 15, 2023
Evening Standard
Richarlison has perfect boss to get him backfiring again
Postecoglou will offer support
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September 15, 2023
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New tech fund can help revive the London market for listings
THE saga of chip designer Arm’s move to New York has triggered much soul-searching about the future of London as a home for tech businesses, and its destiny as a capital market more generally.
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September 15, 2023
Evening Standard
Bond Street lettings nearing record’
BOND STREET is having another bumper year with store lettings closing in on last year’s record and the vacancy rate falling back to pre-Covid levels, new data reveals today.
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September 15, 2023
Evening Standard
Poirot at Halloween is a bit of a fright
TO say this is Kenneth Branagh’s best Hercule Poirot movie yet is undoubtedly true, but means little. Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile were ridiculous.
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September 15, 2023
Evening Standard
Go on, shed a tear or two at this true hymn to the human spirit
THIS exuberant, inclusive musical tells the true story of teenage rugby star Henry Fraser, who was paralysed from the shoulders down in a holiday swimming accident in 2009 but became a successful painter.
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September 15, 2023
Evening Standard
Welcome back to the fold, Freddie. Now let’s make this a permanent arrangement
IT IS little surprise that this year's Ashes drew so many comparisons to 2005's epic, since so many of that great series' heroes were so prominently involved.
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September 15, 2023
Evening Standard
Sara’s father and stepmother on murder charge
SARA Sharif’s father, stepmother and uncle were today set to appear in court charged with her murder.
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September 15, 2023
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Posh Sleepover star tn court clash with celebrity nail artist
A MULTI-MILLIONAIRE TV property developer has launched a High Court appeal against an “obscene” £740,000 payment awarded to a celebrity nail artist who bought a house from him that was plagued with damp.
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September 15, 2023
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The inside story of how British missiles were used to attack the Russian fleet
Storm Shadow weapons were critical in Ukraine’s attack on Sevastopol this week, destroying a submarine, large landing ship and crippling the vital dry dock.
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September 15, 2023
Evening Standard
Boks blow as Marx is out of tournament
SOUTH AFRICA hooker Malcolm Marx will miss the rest of the World Cup after sustaining knee ligament damage, writes Nick Purewal.
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September 14, 2023
Evening Standard
World Cup over for Cherry after slip on stairs
SCOTLAND hooker Dave Cherry has been ruled out of the World Cup after sustaining a concussion, writes Nick Purewal.
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September 14, 2023
Evening Standard
Off-key anthems give organisers jarring problem to fix
THE eyes of the world are trained on France, soaking up rugby's biggest party, but the ears have been sadly underwhelmed.
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September 14, 2023
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Committed Marler happy to be back in the 'horrific' Test arena
JOE MARLER has perhaps learned the hard way how to put his health and his family ahead of his love for the \"horrific\" yet compelling challenge of Test rugby.
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September 14, 2023
Evening Standard
It's not vandalism to dream of reviving the Curzon Mayfair
IN the City, The Ned is buzzing and packed. There at a lunch time recently, it was incredible just how many people were dining, drinking, mixing. I remember it as the Midland Bank headquarters, all marble and grand, but empty and forlorn. That interior has been retained, but today the building is alive.
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September 14, 2023
Evening Standard
THG shares slide after losses rise 25%
SHARES in THG slid as much as 18% as markets opened this morning after the online health and beauty retailer warned of the impact of weak consumer demand.
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September 14, 2023
Evening Standard
Shifting dining habits boost the residential ring
IF YOU got the impression that the City's wine bars and restaurants are still not as buzzy as they were pre-Covid... you would be absolutely right.
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September 14, 2023
Evening Standard
Hipgnosis in rights sale to fund $180m share buyback
THE City's growing scepticism over the value of investments in song catalogues today led the London-listed Hipgnosis Songs Fund to sell $465 million worth of music royalty rights after claiming its shares did not reflect the true value of its portfolio.
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