40 m. ago ‘There’s so much beauty’: artists celebrate California in the wake of tragedy

The exhibition California Is Somewhere Else showcases artworks from Californians affected by the recent wildfiresThe California artist Dashiell Manley had been at work for over a year on the paintings he was to exhibit at Marianne Boesky Gallery’s elegant new show California Is Somewhere Else when fate intervened. In early January, he set the works to dry in his studio in Altadena – and two days later nearby Eaton Canyon was engulfed in flames, part of recent California wildfires. “My sense of security was shattered around 11pm on January 7th,” Manley told me via video interview. “I went in the studio and it was smoky, and all the paintings were wet.”That night, Manley’s thoughts were more preoccupied with protecting his family and grabbing on to what precious mementoes he could take with him as he fled the fires. His studio was ultimately spared, but the paintings were not: smoke and other particles embedded into the still-wet surface, ruining the pieces. “I don’t know that I’ve pr...

Culture

52 m. ago Global markets fall as ‘explosive' trade tariffs kick in, but Trump claims: 'I know what the hell I'm doing'

FTSE 100 in London and Asian stock markets take another pounding with Japan’s Nikkei 225 dropping 5% as Trump’s tariffs against 60 ‘worst offender’ nations come into effect

Politics

54 m. ago FTSE 100 Live 09 April: Heavy selling resumes, GSK and Astra slump on tariffs warning

Fear and panic returned to the world’s stock markets today after Donald Trump’s swingeing new “Liberation Day” tariffs came into force.

Events

81 m. ago London's FTSE 100 slumps again as Trump's savage tariffs come into force

Fears of a recession escalate as US and China slug it out in hugely damaging trade war

Politics

85 m. ago Brexit to blame for London’s millionaire exodus, Lisa Nandy says

London is no longer one of the top five wealthiest cities in the world after losing a higher proportion of millionaires than anywhere other than Moscow, a new report indicates

Politics

99 m. ago FTSE 100 Live 09 April: Heavy selling resumes as US tariffs kick in, Brent Crude nears $60

Fear and panic returned to the world’s stock markets today after Donald Trump’s swingeing new “Liberation Day” tariffs came into force.

Society

1 hour ago London's FTSE 100 opens heavily down again as Trump's tariffs come into force

Fears of a recession escalate as US and China slug it out in hugely damaging trade war

Politics

1 hour ago London travel news LIVE: Delays on the M25 and part closure on the Windrush line and Tram

The M25, Windrush line and Tram are all facing problems on Wednesday morning

Politics

1 hour ago GP surgeries owner Assura agrees to private equity takeover worth £1.61bn

The London-listed company will be bought by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) and Stonepeak Partners.

Economics

2 h. ago London, Paris, Barcelona, and More Will Witness Mumford & Sons’ New Rushmere Concert: Tourists Take Note

London, Paris, Barcelona, and More Will Witness Mumford & Sons’ New Rushmere Concert: Tourists Take Note  Travel And Tour World

Politics

2 h. ago Summer 2025 air traffic control strike season is now under way

Plane Talk: Just when you thought flight delays and cancellations could get no worse

Events

2 h. ago Universal theme park set to open an hour from London in 2031 after Government backs deal

Some 8.5 million visitors are expected to visit the resort, on the site of a former brickworks near Bedford, in its first year

Politics

2 h. ago The Sleep Room by Jon Stock review – shocking tales from 1960s psychiatry

The horrifying truth behind the practices of psychiatrist William Sargant, one of Britain’s most influential mental health practitionersYou’d think a sleep room would be cosy, but the one on Ward 5 of the Royal Waterloo hospital in London, back in the 1960s, was dark and airless, a twilight zone where up to six patients – almost always young women – would lie comatose on grey mattresses for weeks, even months on end. They had come in with schizophrenia, anorexia or, in a few cases, a youthful waywardness that their parents hoped could be cured. For William Sargant, the psychiatrist in charge, the cure lay not only in prolonged narcosis but insulin shock therapy, ECT and, if need be, lobotomy. Afterwards, the patients had no memory of what had been done to them. The Sargant method was to wipe their minds clean.Celia Imrie, later a famous actor, was admitted to Ward 5 in 1966, when she was 14. To her it was “like being in a prison camp” and her recovery “owed nothing” to the “tru...

Events

2 h. ago FTSE 100 Live 09 April: Heavy selling resumes as US tariffs kick in, Brent Crude near $60

Fear and panic returned to the world’s stock markets today after Donald Trump’s swingeing new “Liberation Day” tariffs came into force.

Society

2 h. ago London travel news LIVE: Part closure on the Windrush line and part suspension on the Tram

The Windrush line and Tram are facing problems on Wednesday morning

Politics

2 h. ago London travel news LIVE: Part closure on the Windrush line and Tram

London travel news LIVE: Part closure on the Windrush line and Tram  London Evening Standard

Politics

2 h. ago ‘I aim to find the UK’s best ‘Spoons’ by visiting all 800 by the time I am 30′

Charlotte Toller, 20, has so far visited 13 Wetherspoon pubs and hopes to go to every one in the UK by the time she is 30.

Politics

3 h. ago Millionaires Leaving London: Capital Sees Significant Drop In Wealth As Super

Millionaires Leaving London: Capital Sees Significant Drop In Wealth As Super-Rich Depart Some Even Head T ...  greekcitytimes.com

Economics

3 h. ago London Fire Brigade 'too slow' handling complaints, report finds

London Fire Brigade 'too slow' handling complaints, report finds  BBC

Events

3 h. ago Sadiq Khan announces £1m investment in holiday sports activities in bid to cut violence

Funding will provide ‘diversionary activities’ for young Londoners at a time when they are particularly at risk of becoming involved in violence

Economics