The London Standard - May 01, 2025

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May 01, 2025

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CLUELESS, THE MUSICAL STAR EMMA FLYNN WAS BORN TO PLAY CHER HER MOTHER EVEN NAMED HER AFTER JANE AUSTEN

2 mins

'I'M AN ENTERTAINER WITH A COMPULSION TO ENTERTAIN'

Robbie Williams never went away, but he's back with, yes, an art show — and wildly candid tales of his days at the Groucho, surviving the 1990s and his desperation for affirmation

10 mins

WHY GEN Z IS SWAPPING SNAPCHAT FOR SPIRITUALITY

In a society rocked by a social media-induced mental health epidemic, young people are looking to religion for meaning. Claudia Cockerell pulls up a pew and meets the people making Christianity cool again

7 mins

'I was always crazy, always wild - people used to call me Damien from The Omen'

He's the unofficial, in-your-face voice of a generation of disaffected youth — but his authenticity has been questioned. Dylan Jones meets Yungblud to dig a little deeper and discovers a genuine star

8 mins

At the table: Who needs a revolution when there's rotisserie?

Success does not always travel on straight tracks. The late restaurant critic Richard Vines, who died on Monday, lived as a reminder of this.

3 mins

First Night Who gives a damn about substance when the glitz is this dazzling

The months-long cheesy poster campaign for this Broadway musical adapted from F Scott Fitzgerald’s novel of wealthy amorality in the Roaring Twenties had me fearing the worst.

2 mins

A beautiful overture for our tortured rivers

There's been a lot of noise about the state of our rivers these past few years, and quite right too.

4 mins

OpenAI is eating Google alive. Popcorn at the ready for a tech battle royale...

AS CHATGPT DEMOLISHES THE LANDSCAPE FOR GOOGLE, CHRIS STOKEL-WALKER GETS OUT HIS CRYSTAL BALL

4 mins

Looking for the new Ozempic? Say hello to peptide therapy

By now we've all heard of Ozempic and its GLP-1 sisters Wegovy and Mounjaro. But what you might not know is that they are part of a broader family of molecules called peptides, which the most cutting-edge doctors are using for potentially life-changing preventative therapies.

2 mins

Hidden London - Cheeses of Muswell Hill 13 Fortis Green Road, N10

SECRET SPOTS YOU SIMPLY HAVE TO DISCOVER

4 mins

How to be the best dressed guest at every wedding

Whether you're squelching through the Cotswolds, at a smart Mayfair ceremony or a chic foreign affair, here's how to nail the look

4 mins

OLIVIER ROUSTEING'S MET GALA NEW YORK

As the fashion designer returns to NYC for the big event, he recalls his “Project Runway” antics last year and where he hides out as the city goes fabulously crazy

5 mins

Coasts with the most: meet the newest spots vying for the London-on-sea crown

The tide is turning on the traditional coastal escapes. Forget Whitstable and Aldeburgh — the next generation are heading to these towns. By Ruth Bloomfield

6 mins

The only way is up: Secrets of the City's skyscraper boom

Despite the hybrid working revolution, the race for space in the Square Mile shows no sign of slowing down.

5 mins

Arsenal's mission to make history in Paris

It's a fearsome task after first-leg defeat, but there are plenty of reasons the Gunners can salvage their semi-final.

7 mins

To blame Potter for West Ham's plight misses the bigger picture

IT is hard to know what should be more concerning to West Ham supporters: another late collapse at Brighton on Saturday or Graham Potter's strained appearance afterwards.

2 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..