The London Standard - November 07, 2024

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November 07, 2024

Definitely maybe a truce: Can a £400m peace deal keep the warring Gallagher brothers together?

We don't want to do interviews coz we're scared of the media asking us intrusive questions and trying to pick holes in our relationship.\" So Liam Gallagher declared on X last week.

7 mins

This is the week America waged a war on woke and won

BLM, Latinx, pronouns, critical race theory, defunding the police it’s over

4 mins

Halloween's grotesque charade is never over in the United States

We are witnessing a prolonged farce that is consuming its talents and might

4 mins

Was it the chattering classes who lost it?

I'm no Trump fan but I'm glad his insufferable opponents failed

4 mins

How a tiny cult radio station in Hackney took over the world

I think the most obscure place I've had a listener email from so far was probably a guy in the Yukon,\" laughs Flo Dill, the host of NTS Radio's flagship morning show.

4 mins

Class portrait Nobody else writes about middle England so acutely

Tessa Hadley's first novella depicts women in refreshing ways

3 mins

Hold On to Your Maga Hats... - ... it's Trump 2.0, and this time there are no guardrails and nobody to stand in his way. Jon Sopel reports on an American revolution

Soon after Joe Biden had become president, I travelled with him to Carbis Bay in Cornwall to the G7 summit. It would be the new president's first major outing onto the world stage, and he had a message to deliver to his allies in Europe: "America is back" - American leadership internationally would resume.

4 mins

At the table: Sad steaks seasoned with despair

Fetch the smelling salts, you're in for a shock: A Restaurant Critic Hates a Famously Terrible Restaurant. Low-hanging fruit? Perhaps.

3 mins

Hidden London

SECRET SPOTS YOU SIMPLY HAVE TO DISCOVER

4 mins

The era of longevity is almost upon us. But can our minds really keep up?

A post-ageing world is just around the corner, says longevity scientist AUBREY DE GREY, and it’s going to change the way we live

4 mins

How Christian Louboutin fell in love with Melides in Portugal

The wild beauty of this seaside village charmed the French fashion designer so much that he made it his home

5 mins

The battle for the soul of Soho

Inside the war between London's porn baron family and the council they say is killing the vibe

4 mins

"I had no one in Manchester apart from my PlayStation"

Aaron Wan-Bissaka was a young man rated among the country's most promising footballers when Manchester United came calling in the summer of 2019.

6 mins

How will Arteta manage without influential Edu?

Arsenal need smooth transition between eras just like Man City

2 mins

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