The London Standard - October 24, 2024

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October 24, 2024

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?

9 mins

Donald Trump has got his trolling swagger back

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

4 mins

Which building in London means the most to you?

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

4 mins

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

4 mins

Going, going under?

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

6 mins

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

5 mins

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

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

4 mins

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?

3 mins

'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

5 mins

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

4 mins

TfL Lost Property Office Stephenson Street, E16

SECRET SPOTS YOU SIMPLY HAVE TO DISCOVER

4 mins

I don't care about the red carpet

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

4 mins

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

6 mins

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.

3 mins

Check in for London's great hotel gold rush

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

3 mins

England's Lionesses, The Next Gen

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

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..