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Londoner's Diary
It's Booker and the City for Sarah Jessica Parker while Lila Moss gets herskates on and Cush Jumbo laps up herluxuryaward
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November 13, 2025
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Anarmandaleg for this confusion? Pull the other one
A friend told me this column has recently resembled extracts from the diary of Oscar the Grouch, which I think is a little off the mark.
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November 13, 2025
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Endurance athlete Spencer Matthews
The TV star keeps in Ironman shape with weights, trackers, daily saunas, ice baths — and plenty of double espressos
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November 13, 2025
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Actress Felicity Jones breaks bread at Toklas, slips into Dukes for cocktails and adores the city's dinosaurs
I've lived in east, north and west London.
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November 13, 2025
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Why are men giving us the collective ick?
There is a long and fruitful tradition of women expressing disdain for men, but the discourse has reached a new frontier: men are, on an inherent level, just incredibly cringe.
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November 13, 2025
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From the Hamptons to Hampstead: the big A-list exodus
Beyoncé. Zendaya. Ryan Gosling... they are all fleeing to the liberal joys of Britain. By Ruth Bloomfield
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November 13, 2025
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IT'S NOW OR NEVER: JON BON JOVI'S BACK, BABY
After health issues that nearly ended his career, the rocker's on the road again-with a little help from Bruce and Robbie. He talks to Michael Odell about his emotional return, legacy...and Trump
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November 13, 2025
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Szalay is a genius - but I believe his story has a forgotten source
David Szalay thoroughly deserves the Booker Prize.
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November 13, 2025
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International Magic Shop
89 Clerkenwell Road, EC1
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November 13, 2025
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BBC bosses quit amid scandal over doctored speech
“On-air talent is muttering darkly about political campaigns and the corporation being ‘under attack’, the standard metaphor for occasions when a media empire funded by a legally-enforced, universal TV tax is subjected to scrutiny,” writes Stephen Daisley.
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November 13, 2025
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One to Watch
THE ROAD TO RIOT WOMEN STARTED WHEN TAJ ATWAL WAS ALLOWED TO ACT WITH HER OWN VOICE
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November 13, 2025
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The remarkable story of Canary Wharf's renaissance
It emptied out in the Covid years - but with a reinvention and the decline of WFH, Docklands is back in business says Jonathan Prynn
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November 13, 2025
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The one where you escape to the 1990s
Wazzzzup! I missed a lot of 1990s culture. Never had a Tamagotchi, played Tekken or listened to the Backstreet Boys.
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November 13, 2025
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CAN THE TOAST OF NEW YORK ACTUALLY RUN THE CITY — AND STAY OUT OF TRUMP'S CROSSHAIRS?
Zohran Mamdani roared to victory as NYC mayor. As he battles his nemesis - the US president - London could be the big winner
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November 13, 2025
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Midnight specials: where to drink in London (almost) all night long
Reports of the city's bars closing early are greatly exaggerated. Here are the best
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November 13, 2025
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Meet Britain's next top models
From the Haringey heartthrob to a Victoria Beckham-approved Oxford University student - these are the nine new names to note
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November 13, 2025
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Move over Harry Potter -'cloaks of invisibility' could soon be within reach of mere mortals
Science and sci-fi always had a chicken and egg relationship: it's hard to tell which one informs the other.
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November 13, 2025
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Can anyone stop Arsenal winning the title this year?
Data analysts give the Gunners a 71 per cent chance but it’s rarely that simple, argues Simon Collings
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November 06, 2025
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Roll up, roll up for the all-new Olympia — ‘like Vegas without the sin'
The revamped west London site is just months from opening — complete with a new music venue, theatre, hotels, restaurants and bars. Jonathan Prynn gets a sneak preview
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November 06, 2025
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All the best coats — from luxury looks to budget buys
Floor-length drama, heritage prints and lashings of faux fur — Divya Venkataraman has your guide to all this season's trends
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November 06, 2025
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FBB: built for belonging
When Logan first turned up to a Football Beyond Borders (FBB) session at Kennington Park, he was just looking for a place to play and belong
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November 06, 2025
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The pioneering Echo flask and the rise of hydrogen water
At the intersection of luxury wellness and cutting-edge design, the new Echo Flask is making waves
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November 06, 2025
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The new east London hotspot
FORGET WALTHAMSTOW — AS BUYERS ARE PRICED OUT OF E17, IT'S ALL ABOUT HIGHAMS PARK SAYS RUTH BLOOMFIELD
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November 06, 2025
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'AT FIRST, JOHN, GEORGE AND RINGO WEREN'T TOO POSITIVE ABOUT WINGS'
In an exclusive interview, Sir Paul McCartney talks about his rivalry with the other Beatles, practising his songs with Paul Mescal and how he is now in a 'really, really active period'
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November 06, 2025
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Why the prospect of the AI bubble bursting is terrifying experts
WITH BILLIONS BEING BET ON AI, IT'S STARTING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE A CERTAIN DOT-COM CRASH, SAYS CHRIS BLACKHURST
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November 06, 2025
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First Night All Harewood's charisma and gravitas can't save this tragedy
Despite lucid central performances from the starry trio of David Harewood, Toby Jones and Caitlin FitzGerald, this Othello feels strangely old fashioned.
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November 06, 2025
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Artist Polly Morgan loves a dinner date at St John or J Sheekey — just don't ask her to go clubbing afterwards
Gloucestershire, where I live near Stroud with my husband Mat Collishaw, our sons Clifford and Bruce and our cat Elsie Bolt.
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November 06, 2025
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A passion for the African wilderness
Creating African experiences for the curious and active traveller
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November 06, 2025
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Christmas Fair at Chelsea Physic Garden
London's most enchanting Christmas Fair is back for another fabulous year
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November 06, 2025
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Great chef, shame about his new vehicle
The prefix “extra” means beyond, or outside. As in extracurricular (beyond the curriculum), extraterrestrial (outside the earth) or extravaganza (beyond the, er, vaganza). By definition, life cannot be extraordinary: most of it must be usual, normal. Humdrum. Restaurants fit this: the majority are serviceable, decent, places that pass the time but do not blow the mind. London is full of them. And full of good, hardworking chefs, but not extraordinary ones.
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