

The London Standard - May 29, 2025

The London Standard Newspaper Description:
Publisher: ESI Media
Category: Newspaper
Language: English
Frequency: Weekly
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..
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May 29, 2025
One to Watch
ULTRA-CHIC JAZZ WITH PLENTY OF OLD-SCHOOL SOUL WELCOME TO THE GEORGIA CÉCILE SHOW

2 mins
THIS PARTY'S 4 U: GRAB YOUR DANCING WELLIES, IT'S FESTIVAL TIME!
From the motherlode of Glasto to the wellness at Wilderness and Charli xcx's Lido takeover, here's your guide to the best events in an unmissable summer of music.

6 mins
THE SINISTER RED PAINT ATTACKS PLAGUING LONDON
Mystery surrounds a spate of vandalised homes. Could Chinese Triad gangs be responsible? David James Smith reports

7 mins
You are strong and free: the King's message for Canada
WHAT THEY SAY

1 min
Gary Lineker is a wounded patriarch who wants to be loved by the terminally online
Gary Lineker has left the BBC with the kind of fanfare that, had he been less famous and less rich, would not have happened, though he will not admit that to himself. Rather, he would have left in disgrace. Perhaps, once you reach a certain level, there is no such thing as disgrace now.

3 mins
If you don't think a year in London can change the course of your life, read this
When I was growing up in a small town on the south-east coast of Ireland in the 1950s, London seemed as far away as Samarkand.

4 mins
Londoner's Diary
It's 'dumb fun' at the Ivors with Charlixcx and Robbie Williams while Popcaan hip- hops over to SW1

1 min
Cressida Bonasflexes herbumpand Anthony Scaramucci just... flexes
Prince Harry's ex Cressida Bonas showed off her baby bump at a “morning of poetry, presence and purposeful conversation” hosted by author Donna Ashworth in honour of Mental Health Awareness Week at Nexus Club in South Kensington.

1 min
THE SUBSTANCE AND THE SILLINESS OF SPORTS TEAM
After being robbed at gunpoint last year, indie's funniest band are back with a joyous new record, encouraging fans to paintball them and leading the rebirth of smart guitar music.

5 mins
At the table In, out, only a bowl of noodles to shout about
Look, restaurant critics get special treatment, so you probably won't get a beer spilt over you here.

3 mins
Skin contact heaven for naturalists
I’m starting to feel solemn whenever the natural wine discourse comes knocking.

1 min
First Night Melodramatic Staunton tramples over Shaw's garden comedy
George Bernard Shaw was either paid by the word or really bored in the late 1800s, because his plays are long.

2 mins
Why you need to fall in love with quantum physics before the next revolution
INDIA BLOCK MEETS THE PHYSICIST AND THE LANGUAGES SCHOLAR WHO FELL FOR SCIENCE AND EACH OTHER

4 mins
I used AI for therapy — here's why real therapists say it's an awful idea
I had a therapist for two years. She was very good at her job, both insightful and soothing and (for me as a 22-year-old living in London) very expensive. I spent over £5,000 on therapy over the course of two years. It is the best money I've ever spent. For many, though, those costs can be prohibitive.

2 mins
Frocks away! The dresses to see you through summer
From tomato red to gothic florals, we've got you covered with the hottest trends — whether you're in the office or on the beach

4 mins
Make-up supremo François Nars shares his beauty cabinet secrets
The founder of NARS on working with the supers and the magic of a red lip

4 mins
WHY JEREMY VINE ADORES APPLEDORE
From ice cream by the water to a book festival and a row-boat tug of war, the presenter and author loves every inch of this adorable North Devon town

4 mins
Oh to live on Greenwich Peninsula
Riverside living. Affordability. Entertainment. Wildlife. What’s not to love, says Emma Magnus

5 mins
Not OK, computer: firms using Al to cut corners are playing with fire
A CEO sent shockwaves through the business world by admitting he asked a bot to help draft his annual results statement — where will it end, asks Chris Blackhurst

5 mins
Double success gives Chelsea a springboard to rejoin the elite
Conference League glory and Champions League qualification show Enzo Maresca has Blues on the right path.

7 mins
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