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Taking a seat at the table: Sit down with our new critic

The Standard's new restaurant reviewer, David Ellis, shares the meals that shaped him, and what the next course holds

I never thought I'd become a best-selling author; bring on the reading renaissance

TO read: within the queer community, known as an instance in which two or more people drag, roast or insult each other for filth.

"My baby died-then I was convicted over lapsed car insurance"

Broken and lost after her three-month-old daughter died from pneumonia, Jenny Beasley forgot to renew a policy ―and found herself prosecuted as a criminal under the controversial Single Justice Procedure, Tristan Kirk reports

Sky-high air fares keep inflation above Bank's target rate

ROCKETING summer air fares as sunstarved holidaymakers fled to the Med prevented the headline rate of inflation falling back to its two per cent target last month, official figures reveal today.

One-year-old twin girls joined at the head separated by London surgeon

ONE-YEAR-OLD twin girls who were born conjoined at the head have been successfully separated during a 14-hour operation by a leading London surgeon.

Khan says Oxford Street cycle ban is key to renewal

CYCLISTS will be banned from riding through the pedestrianised section of Oxford Street under Sadiq Khan’s plans to ban traffic from the thoroughfare.

Israel 'blew up thousands of Hezbollah pagers early over fears plot would be foiled'

ISRAEL fast-tracked the detonation of thousands of explosive-packed pagers used by Hezbollah after becoming concerned that the plot was about to be foiled, according to reports.

Emin's explosion of red radiates heartbreak

RAGE. Anguish. Heartache. Adoration. Obsession. Frustration. Love.

New Fourth Plinth artwork won't weather the storm ― by design

A SCULPTURE made from hundreds of mask-like plaster casts that will erode and disintegrate in the damp London weather was today unveiled at Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth.

Diddy held in New York amid assault claims

SEAN “Diddy” Combs was arrested in New York following an indictment from a grand jury.

Radio host Theakston thanks listeners after cancer diagnosis

JAMIE THEAKSTON has revealed he has been diagnosed with stage 1 laryngeal cancer after listeners alerted him that “something wasn’t quite right” with his voice.

Familiar failings haunt Postecoglou but Spurs fans must not lose faith

THERE are two ways of looking at Sunday's north London derby from a Tottenham perspective.

MBAPPE IS OMINOUS FOR PRETENDERS TO THRONE

WATCHING Manchester City's humbling of Real Madrid in the Champions League semi-final two seasons ago, it was easy to assume the changing of the guard at the summit of European football had finally arrived.

'ERLING'S SO GOOD WE JUST LAUGH'

JORGINHO SAYS ARSENAL DO NOT FEAR FACING HAALAND ON SUNDAY

Timber's progressive style offers Arsenal an unexpected solution

After year out, right-back shows he could be the answer on the left

THG break-up plan fails to help shares

A RADICAL break-up plan for Matt Moulding’s Hut Group business THG today failed to inspire an upturn in the e-commerce’s firm’s stock market fortunes.

Earls Court firms submit £10bn new town proposal

THE regeneration of Earls Court came a crucial step closer today after 14 years of uncertainty when developers submitted their planning application for a £10 billion green new town.

Why sustainable travel isn't just about carbon footprints

Flying harms the planet, yet tourism can drive positive hange. Here's how to travel smart, by Juliet Kinsman

The classless society was a lie. The class system isn't dead, it's been reimagined

READING the dripping with snobbery and class-prejudice articles and social media attacks on Charlie Mullins, the Pimlico Plumbers boss who has declared he is taking all of his money out of the UK because of Labour’s attitude to the wealthy, I suddenly realised that there has been a seismic shift in British culture.

This crackpot election would be funny if it weren't sinister

IF THE 2024 presidential election was a television series we would say it had jumped the shark by now — reached the point of such incredulity as to have lost the plot.

Murdochs start ‘Succession' court battle

RUPERT MURDOCH'S Succession-style court battle over the future of his media empire has begun in the United States, with the media and public barred from the hearings.

Davey: Labour will be held to account by strong Lib Dems

LABOUR will be “held to account” by the Liberal Democrats as it hopes to “consign the Conservatives to the history books”, Sir Ed Davey was set to say today.

Minister defends PM over migration talks with Italian premier

TURNING back “small boats” in the Channel would risk sinking them and more migrants dying, a minister said today.

Man, 26, charged with murdering wife and two daughters of BBC racing commentator

A 26-YEAR-OLD man accused of killing the wife and two daughters of a BBC racing commentator in a crossbow attack was today charged with their murders.

Trump: Agents bundled me into golf cart to escape gunman

DONALD TRUMP described being bundled into a golf cart by his Secret Service team after a gunman was spotted on his Florida course, as he issued another dark warning of what awaits America if he loses November’s election.

Red-on-red row over Khan's traffic-free goal

SADIQ KHAN was today facing a “redon-red” battle with Westminster council after the Government promised him new powers to force through the pedestrianisation of Oxford Street.

Stars of track and field check in for Burberry's show at fashion week

OLYMPIANS Keely Hodgkinson and Katarina Johnson-Thompson led the way as Daniel Lee unveiled his latest collection for Burberry at London Fashion Week, using the brutalist atrium of the National Theatre as a show space.

ARTETA GETS NEW DEAL WITH GUNNERS

MANAGER COMMITS FUTURE TO CLUB UNTIL 2027

Opportunity knocks for Spurs amid rivals' crisis

Injury-hit Gunners facing a tough test as Postecoglou aims to reverse recent trend

Pressure is on misfiring Muniz and Antonio to spark campaigns into life

WHEN Andreas Pereira and Willian presented Rodrigo Muniz with the Premier League player of the month award for March, the striker’s tears of joy spoke of his own surprise at how drastically his fortunes had changed.