63 h. ago Rocco Ritchie gives tour of his 'charming' studio in Chelsea

The 25-year-old’s mother Madonna hit out at the west London space in a savage comment

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2 d. ago The Standard podcast: Why are West End ticket prices so high?

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3 d. ago Putin thinks democracy is the west’s weakness. We have to prove him wrong | Rafael Behr

The Russian strategy of exporting chaos to provoke extremism only works if liberals succumb to cynicism and despair I once spent an exasperating week showing a Russian friend around London. He insisted on seeing everything and admiring nothing. Museums, monuments, shops – all compared unfavourably with St Petersburg and Moscow. This got tiresome after a few days, so I asked my friend if there was anything at all about Britain that impressed him. “The stability,” he said without hesitation. “You can feel the stability.”That was a different world; the late 1990s. I don’t remember the year, but I remember knowing what my friend was talking about because I had felt the same culture shock in reverse when first visiting Russia.Rafael Behr is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Manchin urges lawmakers to stop acting in ‘attack mode’ amid political violence

Former senator’s comments echo recent call from Erika Kirk that ‘everyone has responsibility’ to tone down hatredPoliticians should “calm down” and stop approaching one another in “attack mode” amid the US’s climate of political violence, former US senator Joe Manchin said on Sunday.The West Virginia independent who generally caucused with Senate Democrats echoed similar comments made at a town hall Saturday by Erika Kirk, the widow of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk, who was shot to death in September. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Donald Trump slammed by BBC Question Time MP for 'trying to divide Europe'

Stephen Flynn, leader of the SNP at Westminster shared his outrage at Donald Trump's comments about Europe "decaying" on BBC Question Time's discussion from Paisley tonight

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1 week ago West London teacher banned over sexually inappropriate comments

Abu Tanvir made the comments around pupils at William Perkin Church of England High School in Greenford

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2 w. ago Nancy Reagan’s rehearsal dinners and Bush Sr’s overfed dog: chief usher’s White House memories

Gary Walters managed the president’s official residence for 37 years – now he’s sharing his most vivid recollectionsGary Walters has a “special feeling” about the White House East Wing. He met his future wife Barbara when she worked in the visitors’ office there. But asked to contemplate the wing’s destruction by Donald Trump, the former chief usher evidently still believes that discretion is the better part of valour.“All the presidents and first ladies have made changes in one manner or another – some larger than others,” Walters, 78, says with the measured cadence of a man who has spent a lifetime guarding privacy. “One of the things that I have seen not commented on was back to when the West Wing was built. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Nuno Espirito Santo makes worrying comment about Manchester United display vs West Ham

Man Utd drew 1-1 with West Ham at Old Trafford in the Premier League, despite taking the lead in the second half.

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2 w. ago The Standard podcast: Paddington the Musical wows West End critics

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2 w. ago It's not just Gaza. From the West Bank to Syria and Lebanon, Israel's onslaught continues | Nesrine Malik

Broken ceasefires, bombing, ground incursions and mounting deaths: Israeli imperialism is now expanding across the regionIt is clear now that the ceasefire in Gaza is only a “reducefire”. The onslaught continues. There are near-daily attacks on the territory. On a single day at the end of October, almost 100 Palestinians were killed. On 19 November, 32 were killed. On 23 November, 21. And on it goes. Since the ceasefire, more than 300 have been killed and almost 1,000 injured. Those numbers will rise. The real shift is that the ceasefire has reduced global attention and scrutiny. Meanwhile, Israel’s emerging blueprint becomes clearer: bloody domination not only in Gaza, but across Palestine and the wider region.A “dangerous illusion that life in Gaza is returning to normal”, is how Amnesty International’s secretary general, Agnès Callamard, described this post-ceasefire period. Israeli authorities have reduced attacks and allowed some aid into Gaza, she said, but “the world must not...

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3 w. ago British Olympic hero dead at 63: Tributes pour in for hockey gold medallist Imran Sherwani

Sherwani scored twice in the final as Great Britain beat West Germany 3-1 in which BBC commentator Davies famously said: 'Where were the Germans? But frankly, who cares!'

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3 w. ago Kim Kardashian admits she feels like ‘snapping’ over Kanye West’s comments about her

Kardashian recently spoke about where she currently stands with her ex-husband

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4 w. ago Lily Allen says she feels 'validated' by overwhelming response to writing about her 'messed up' life on West End Girl

Lily Allen has admitted she feels 'overwhelmed and validated' by the response to her heartbreak album West End Girl. 

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