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Londoner's Diary
Diamonds and dames are forever: Helen Mirren toasts Cartier and Hailee Steinfield leads a starry band of Sinners
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April 17, 2025
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Portsmouth: perfect for families
With miles of coastline to enjoy and centuries of history to explore, Portsmouth really is the ideal location for a short break or a day trip with the family.There are attractions for all ages, a host of open space for outdoor fun and a packed programme of year-round events
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April 17, 2025
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Last Swimis the first lead acting role for Deba Hekmat. After the plaudits, she'll be divingin for more
I don't know what I'm going to do in the next five years. I don't know what I'm going to do next year,\" Deba Hekmat tells me. \"I wouldn't label myself as an actor, a personality, a model or anything like that. I'm just extremely grateful to be able to work in spaces that allow me to collaborate on things that are bigger than me.\"
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April 03, 2025
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Zapped into Zen: Can this device bring calm toa chaotic mind?
As someone with ADHD, my brain usually feels like it’s bouncing between tasks, zoning out mid-conversation, or feeling socially awkward in groups.
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April 03, 2025
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May the royals' local boozer soldier on
There are two Red Lion pubs in St James's. One claims to be in Mayfair and sells Argentinian malbec to bumptious folk wearing monk strap loafers. The other is worth going to.
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April 03, 2025
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Meet the Londoners who decide what you eat
What's the secret behind Super 8's erowines list of A-lister restaurants?
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April 03, 2025
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A new Al tool could slash cancer drug research waiting times in half
Discovering new drugs to treat cancer has to be one of science's highest callings. It's certainly one of the most urgent - and potentially lucrative.
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April 03, 2025
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Facebook whistleblower's book serves up one bombshell after another
Early on in Sarah Wynn-Williams' explosive account of her six years at Facebook, the company's former director of global public policy describes being handed Mark Zuckerberg's Little Red Book: a philosophical tract illustrated with images of their supreme leader.
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April 03, 2025
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Meet Dr Nyla: Mayfair's star dermatologist who wants to get you off Ozempic
Got Ozempic face”? It’s because your skin can’t keep up with the rapid weight loss, cosmetic doctor Nyla Raja tells WILLIAM HOSIE
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April 03, 2025
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Stamford Bridge - knock it down and start again?
It's the issue that has the potential to tear Chelsea apart from within
6 min |
April 03, 2025
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There has never been a better time to be a criminal in Britain
With our courts in severe crisis, it's no wonder offenders are running amok
4 min |
April 03, 2025
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So, you're a victim of sextortion?
Meet the women wealthy men turn to in a crisis
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April 03, 2025
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Selling Thames Water to private equity again is a sick joke
Greedy financiers can't be trusted with something so important to Londoners
4 min |
April 03, 2025
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Jermyn Street Theatre - 16b Jermyn Street, SW1
Down by the hustle and bustle and Lime bike carnage of Piccadilly Circus, where confused tourists wander towards the lights of their preferred West End blockbuster, there is an innocuous little doorway that leads down to one of London's best theatres. Hidden gem? The phrase was practically invented for the Jermyn Street Theatre.
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April 03, 2025
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The design hotlist
CHECK OUT Seletti Market at Selfridges; below right, a brooch on show at The King's Gallery
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April 03, 2025
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Dozens of artists and crafters helped add magic to this unique Hackney renovation
An entire 'orchestra' turned this semi-derelict house into an Alice in Wonderland dreamscape
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April 03, 2025
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A Boxofafterparty tricks with Usherand Ian McKellen, while it's bedside book time with Deborah Frances-White
After playing a sold-out show to a 20,000-strong audience at the 02 Arena, hit-maker Usher teamed up with Spotify to throw a rowdy afterparty at The Box in Soho.
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April 03, 2025
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Spirit of Little Italy lives on at £10 pasta joint
Soho is past its best, same as it ever was. Romanticising a faded bohemia is part of the deal: there was always a time before when the celebs were more famous, the nights were longer, and everything was cheaper.
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April 03, 2025
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Vanities shared
Former editor Graydon Carter takes us behind the velvet rope
4 min |
April 03, 2025
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It's time to give yourself a leg up
Help, it's Bare Leg Season! But don't panic - follow our guide to get your pins ready for spring
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April 03, 2025
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First Night This is blood- sucking fun but bites off more than it can chew
was going to avoid the obvious spoiler about John Donnelly's daftly entertaining play but it's described elsewhere as a \"vampire comedy\" and the programme is full of references to undead bloodsuckers.
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April 03, 2025
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Liberation Day for Trump as he 'drops nuclear bomb on the global trading system'
US president unleashes a blitz of tariffs - but the UK gets off relatively lightly
5 min |
April 03, 2025
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That's hot! The high street secrets behind The White Lotus resort-wear
If I asked you to picture your best-dressed self, you'd probably be on holiday, wouldn't you? Now imagine you have more money than you know what to do with. Now imagine there are 20 of you. This is what it's like outfitting the cast of The White Lotus, the hit HBO show currently approaching the end of its third and most popular season yet. Set in Hawaii, then Sicily, then Thailand, the backdrops are almost as gorgeous as the stars sitting in front of them.
4 min |
April 03, 2025
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Can Arsenal's Miracle Man conjure a top-class striker?
New sporting director can't let club waste another shot at league title
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April 03, 2025
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Broadcaster Nick Grimshaw drinks at Three Sheets, dines at Primeur and loves Soho record-hunting
Home is... Hackney. I don't know if it's because it's closer to Manchester on a subconscious level, but I've always lived north of the river.
4 min |
April 03, 2025
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Bay Garnett finds peace and freedom among the beaches and bars of Paxos
The stylist unveils her Greek tonic for city dwellers, complete with night swims, sunset views... and lots of dancing
4 min |
April 03, 2025
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"I know why I'm in the room. I'm the entertainment, I get that. I come in and it's sexy, it's cool and it's fun
“What's the matter with you?” Usher looks at me as though I have just emerged the worse for wear from a fist fight in one of the downtown bars in his hometown of Chattanooga, Tennessee.
8 min |
April 03, 2025
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OH NO! IS MY DOG (ALL OF A SUDDEN) COMMON?
Yes, that breed du jour which was once the coolest canine on the block could be rather naff now
7 min |
April 03, 2025
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Censorship and sensibility The woke case against free speech
These are bad arguments, butit’s handy to have them all here in one place
4 min |
March 27, 2025
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You won't be lost for words, alas
One or two drinks on the Seed Library menu read like gags from Andy Zaltzman, the sometime comedian and longtime cricket fanatic who has mad hair and whose wordplay is madder still.
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