The London Standard - December 12, 2024

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December 12, 2024

Pull up a seat for a sharpener...

..at our pick of the finest bars to open in the capital in 2024

4 mins

How milk became a weapon for the far-Right

Popping out to get a pint of milk today runs the risk of wading into a fraught culture war.

7 mins

The inside story of the man who holds the key to Syria

Abu Mohammed al-Jolani is an ex-al Qaeda operative who says he's changed his ways

4 mins

Glorious London theatre needs your help this Christmas

No panto, no Pinter... our playhouses make their money in December, so do book

4 mins

Why is London suddenly full of homicidal cyclists?

These entitled riders rush through red lights and expect pedestrians to move

4 mins

'I felt dizzy... I started to feel like I was going to starve in London'

For Ruba, the decision of whether to leave Sierra Leone and apply for asylum in the UK was on a knife edge.

5 mins

'Fame just isn't healthy

Mercury Prize-winning band English Teacher on the pressure of success, trying not to burn out and the challenges black women face in indie music

5 mins

The newest AI can arrange your holiday- but will it be a strictly woke one?

A lightning-quick artificial megabrain with an appetite for social justice? WILLIAM HOSIE has a chat with Claude Al

4 mins

Decline and fall: what comes after peak wellness?

The social elite are obsessed with devices that track their health but the backlash is building

2 mins

Alfies Antique Market

Here is a place to blindly lose oneself in a labyrinth of staircases and thresholds.

3 mins

Jenny Packham on Amsterdam why is truly magical at Christmas time

The designer gets lost in the cobbled streets and is entranced by the city’s twinkling lights and unique spirit

3 mins

The secrets of selling the capital's £40m homes

Armed security, NDAs, a gold temple...inside the world of ultra high-end property deals

4 mins

Residents at war over £10 billion 'Shanghai-style' Earl's Court plan

Controversial proposals are causing a huge furore in west London

4 mins

Crowning glory awaits Britain's golden girl

Odds-on favourite to win BBC Sports Personality, Keely Hodgkinson never doubted she was ready to conquer the world

6 mins

Are Spurs willing to invest what it takes to win trophies?

Criticism of the manager for the club's struggles misses the point-whatever he says, he's not been given a squad ready to push for the biggest honours

3 mins

Kylie Minogue loves the bar at Louie, startling Beefeaters and snooping in The Conran Shop

Currently it’s largely suitcase-based as I’ve been doing so much travel for work, but Melbourne, Australia, is home.

3 mins

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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..