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Bukayo Saka

The making of a London icon

Even Ridley Scott thinks our big screens are epic

Outernet is now one of London's top attractions --but the man behind it isn't resting on his laurels

Laura Bailey on why Margate is her favourite escape in the UK

Incredible light, sea air, galleries galore and only two hours from Victoria: it's the model and photographer's dreamland...

The Old Operating Theatre

St Thomas Street, SE1

Can drugs like Ozempic really help to getthe economy firing again?

Labour's plan to give the unemployed weight-loss jabs may have unintended consequences, reports William Hosie

AI is the new frontier of perfumery...But just how fragrantare these scents?

Choosing a signature scent is a highly personal experience. Not only do preferences differ greatly, but certain perfumes react differently depending on your skin. Bergamot top notes may be intoxicating on one person's wrist, but seem soapy on another.

Is it time to ditch the apps and embrace the science of love at first sight?

The chemistry of love isn't just a romantic ideal - it's a scientific reality, discovers

A poetic puzzlebox

This lyrical novel sets out to dazzle and terrify

Scout Willis

'God's favourite nepo baby' on her famous family, trolls, and why she's singing about desire

Are London's pigeons misunderstood?

So-called 'rats with wings' are luring in a new legion of devoted fans

The real story behind the Labour-Trump row

Everyone has missed what matters to the man who would be president

Rachel Reeves's lone mention of London in the Budget was telling

The capital has powered the country for years― its reward? To be ignored

THE STANDARD 100 PEOPLE SHAPING LONDON

Our capital is the greatest city on planet Earth. And, thanks to these people, it's going to stay that way

Capital Gains

She's a West End starwith a carnival side hustle-now Dujonna Gift is set for the big screen

England's Lionesses, The Next Gen

Why our Euros winners are now facing a fight for their futures

Check in for London's great hotel gold rush

Boom time for five-star establishments with a new wave of openings

A Kinder way of family hols - Forsthofgut, Austria

I first heard about Forsthofgut when having lunch with the impossibly glamorous Stéphanie Rist. As well as having worked closely with the doyenne of spas, Susanne Kaufmann, for over 10 years, she was also born and brought up in Austria's Vorarlberg.

Monica Galettion why home for her will always be the islands of Samoa

Immerse yourself in the clear waters, try a bowl of poke-and pack mosquito repellent, says the Masterchef judge

I don't care about the red carpet

Rejina Pyo dresses real women... and it's working

TfL Lost Property Office Stephenson Street, E16

SECRET SPOTS YOU SIMPLY HAVE TO DISCOVER

Will Labour help Londoners get on the ladder?

The young are hoping for a rabbit out of the hatin the Budget that will let them buy a home at last

'I feel so grateful that I knew a without world technology ...human connection was different back then'

Evgeny Lebedev speaks to DAME HELEN MIRREN about science, fashion and her faith in youth

Welcome to Arcosanti, the experimental desert city loved by Charli XCX

Forget Brat summer is this utopian citadel in Arizona the ultimate non-conformist destination?

Review Melania Trump - A glimpse into the world's most enigmatic woman

This unintentionally revealing memoir shows her political ambition matches her husband's

The Blessed Madonna

Vance? Weaponising the opioid crisis. Trump? He doesn't want to be President – he just doesn't want to go to jail

Going, going under?

Plummeting sales. Huge debts. London's auction houses are taking a hammering

There's method in the madness of our chaotic capital

London's careful balancing act should be a lesson for the rest of the world

Which building in London means the most to you?

The Round Chapel in Clapton tells the stories of my family’s many lives

Donald Trump has got his trolling swagger back

... and Kamala Harris is reaching for Joe Biden's jaded, bleak rhetoric

Keir Starmer is just beginning. Three months. I mean, come on. Give the guy a chance! - Sir Tony Blair

As I sit opposite Sir Tony Blair in his private office at his Institute for Global Change in Fitzrovia, only 100 yards or so from David Beckham's Studio 99 production company, I ask if Sir Keir Starmer is good enough to last two terms, or even three?