7 h. ago ‘It’s Fleabag’s home – the audience is unshockable’: Phoebe Waller

The central London institution champions new talent, amplifies LGBTQ+ voices and always takes risks. With a new outpost opening in Walthamstow, artists discuss how the West End venue is not just a place – it’s a philosophyA fixture on London’s Dean Street for 25 years, Soho theatre has hatched plays that won Oliviers, shows that earned the Edinburgh comedy award and ideas that became TV hits. On any night, across its upstairs studio theatre, its main house and basement cabaret bar, you’ll find plays from new writers, experimentations in clowning, drag performance, standup comedy, or a hybrid of them all.In those rooms, I’ve watched American clown Natalie Palamides giving such a spirited performance that she vomited on stage, dancer and comedian Adrienne Truscott challenging rape jokes, and performance artist Kim Noble pushing audiences beyond comfort. I’ve sung along to ballads with sketch group Daphne, and folk songs with Sh!t Theatre. Continue reading...

Events

12 h. ago London travel news LIVE: Delays on the Bakerloo, Central and District line

Passengers may experience delays across the Bakerloo, District and Central line

Politics

25 h. ago Police robbery crackdown after phone snatcher punches pregnant woman

Police robbery crackdown after phone snatcher punches pregnant woman  London Evening Standard

Events

29 h. ago Lau's Martin Green on Keli, his new National Theatre of Scotland show: 'I fell in love with brass bands'

Telling the story of a tenor horn player from a fictional Central Belt mining village who heads to London for a brass band competition, Keli has been a complicated balancing act for its creator Martin Green, who both wrote the script and composed the score. Interview by Mark Fisher

Culture

34 h. ago ‘Why do they dislike me so much?’: the trials, trolls and triumphs of Britain’s most divisive barrister

She has been called a ‘brave disruptor’ by campaigners and ‘rabid’ by internet critics. But for Charlotte Proudman, only one opinion matters: that of the women and children she defends in the family courtsAt lunchtime, when she is working at her barristers’ chambers in central London, Charlotte Proudman, a specialist in family law, faces a confronting choice. Should she nip around the corner to Pret a Manger or join her colleagues at the Middle Temple dining hall? It’s not so much a question of whether she feels like a sandwich or a sit-down meal, but a more existential decision, requiring her to analyse who she is and where she belongs.It is 15 years since Proudman qualified as a barrister, but she still feels a sense of alienation when she walks into the formal dining halls. “It’s largely a sea of male, pale, stale figures sitting there, all in their suits. They all look identical, and are probably from similar demographic backgrounds. As a woman, you already stand out,” she says ...

Politics

34 h. ago Eddie Howe back at Newcastle after hospital stay with pneumonia

Manager was admitted to hospital two Fridays agoHowe poised to return to dugout on SaturdayEddie Howe is poised to be back in the technical area on Saturday after returning to Newcastle’s training ground following his recovery from pneumonia.Howe spent about a week in hospital, missing three Premier League matches, after falling ill this month and there were real fears that Newcastle’s manager might have been sidelined for the remainder of the season. Continue reading...

Events

34 h. ago Two central London schools face merger due to falling number of pupils

Parents from both schools have however started an online petition opposing the plans

Politics

35 h. ago Police launch robbery blitz at London Tube stations after pregnant woman is punched by phone snatcher in latest shocking attack

The Standard joins British Transport Police officers on patrol at two busy stations in east London

Events

38 h. ago Police robbery blitz after pregnant woman is punched by phone snatcher at London Tube station

Officers say 1,245 robberies across the transport network - around three a day - is a reduction of nearly 20 per cent

Events

39 h. ago ‘One father threatened to stab the referee’: why does kids’ football bring out the worst in parents?

When they’re not shouting at their own children, many of Britain’s soccer dads like nothing more than swearing at the officials, or even trading blows on the touchline. Isn’t this supposed to be fun? A chilly Saturday morning on the Astroturf pitches at Coram’s Fields in central London and several youth football matches are under way. I’m watching an under-11s game. The sound is the thud of boot on ball, the shrill interruption of the referee’s whistle, and a whole lot of shouting. From the players (“Mine!”, “Here!”, “Pass!”, “Ref!”, etc). From the two coaches (“Press!”, “Stay wide!”, “Push up!”, “Ref!”, etc). And from the touchline dads. There is one mum here today, but she’s less vocal.To varying degrees, the dads are part fan, part coach, part personal trainer to their progeny. There is one dad (there’s always one) who’s taking it a bit further, who’s a bit shoutier than the others. “Get rid of it!” he screams at the defence, meaning hoof it upfield, which is the opposite of the ...

Sport

47 h. ago Father, 57, 'kicked and punched elderly neighbour, 74, before leaving him for dead in row over shutting gate' at their Covent Garden flats, court hears

Trevor Gocan, 57, is accused of punching and kicking pensioner James O'Neill, 74, and leaving him for dead following a dispute over a gate at Odhams Walk estate in central London.

Events

47 h. ago I had my phone snatched in central London and chased down the thief... I ended up in hospital and he spent £700 on my phone

A shocking 66,528 phones were stolen in the capital in the year leading up to September 2024, according to Met Police statistics.

Economics

47 h. ago I had my phone snatched in central London and chased down the thief... I ended up in hospital and he spent £70

I had my phone snatched in central London and chased down the thief... I ended up in hospital and he spent £70  Daily Mail

Economics

51 h. ago ‘I spent five days in hospital’: Surge in swimmers falling ill from polluted UK waters

Diseases such as dysentry and Weil’s disease have led to swimmers and surfers becoming seriously unwell

Science

3 d. ago Influencer’s horror final months ‘unable to keep food down’ after illness on party island

28-year-old travel vlogger Vanessa Konopka spent her final months bedbound in a hospital after falling ill while visiting a popular island - documenting her final moments online in harrowing footage

Society

3 d. ago Hundreds queue in central London for chance to star in Percy Jackson musical

Some actors queued overnight to audition for the Percy Jackson musical

Politics

3 d. ago Met Police urged to 'act' over 'unacceptable' placards at trans rights protest in London

Scotland Yard has already launched an investigation after seven statues were daubed with graffiti before thousands of trans rights protesters marched through central London

Events

3 d. ago Can Bayswater level up with the rest of prime central London?

Can Bayswater level up with the rest of prime central London?  Financial Times

Politics

4 d. ago Denise Welch transforms herself into an AI version of the pontiff in bizarre post after the death of Pope Francis on Easter Monday

On Easter Monday, the Vatican announced the death of the Argentine-born Pope, who had spent the last few weeks in hospital battling an illness that had developed into pneumonia.

Events

4 d. ago Pope Francis dead at 88: Catholics in mourning as first Latin American pontiff dies after 12 years in the Vatican

The Pontiff spent his final weeks in hospital with an infection that developed into pneumonia in both lungs.

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