The London Standard - June 12, 2025

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June 12, 2025

'COMPUTER- GENERATED ACTORS? IT'S TERRIFYING'

Ruth Wilson fears for screen stars, but as she returns to the West End stage, she says theatre is in fantastic shape — and things are looking up for women of a certain age, too

7 mins

HOW TRUMP AND MUSK'S FALLOUT WENT NUCLEAR

Theirs was the bromance of the century — destined not to last, but no one predicted it would implode quite so spectacularly. Katie Strick examines a very public break-up

8 mins

Rachel Reeves U-turns on winter fuel payment fiasco

THE TIMES - \"The winter fuel farrago underscores a consistent problem for Keir Starmer's government: it lacks a cogent story about what kind of economy it hopes to create.

1 min

London's most iconic movie locations - a cinematic roadmap

Discover the film-famous streets of London from behind the wheel of the Alfa Romeo Junior

3 mins

I left London for a blissful life in the country, but was so lonely I moved back to Soho

It's strange being back in Soho, three years after leaving central London for Somerset. I've returned bang into Broadwick Street, borrowing a flat around the corner from where I lived 10 years ago on Marshall Street, and beside William Blake House, where my dad had his flat in his eighties and I visited him as a teenager (as per my parents' custody arrangement).

3 mins

It's time for a brutal truth: JD Vance wa right about free speech in Britain

Britain’s complacency when it comes to free speech in this country can be measured by the testiness with which people react to criticisms about it.

4 mins

'MUSIC IS LIKE A WORKOUT FOR THE SOUL'

Partners in life and art, pianists Pavel Kolesnikov and Samson Tsoy are transforming the classical scene — just don’t call them rebels. By Lillie Rage

6 mins

At the table Sit back and take your sweet time at this Caribbean

Not to review one place by talking about another, but in the Amex desert of suburban Islington is a restaurant so improbable it might have opened by mistake.

3 mins

Classical/Jazz Marsalis's pact with the Devil—and Stravinsky —is a tight, spiky delight

The Devil, they say, has the best tunes, but if that's the case, we're all devil-worshippers.

1 min

First Night Swirling around the audience, this Dream is feverish, erotic fun

Nicholas Hytner’s acrobatic, erotic, playfully queered version of Shakespeare’s Dream seems even more delightful now than it was in 2019. It’s a fully immersive show, with audience members in the Bridge's hi-tech pit (there are seats too) swirling around action at ground level and on raised rostra but also gazing up at bodies twisting and flexing in silk slings up in the air. It’s beautifully staged and acted, thought provoking, technically brilliant, and ends up with a party. Seriously, what's not to like?

2 mins

High hopes: how shrooms and giggles could help fix our mental health crisis

AT SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST LONDON THE BIG IDEAS, SAYS CLAUDIA COCKERELL, WERE ABOUT CURING THE PLANET'S MINDS

4 mins

A day in the life: Cardiologist and author Eric Topol

The US doctor cracks on with research at 5.30am, always makes time for exercise and relies on an Oura ring for his deep sleep

3 mins

The AI advertising revolution will be televised — and you can't escape it...

First it ratcheted up subscription fees. Then it introduced ads. Now Netflix has hit on a new wheeze: AI-tuned ads that will seamlessly integrate into whatever you're watching.

2 mins

‘Make-up is my mask. It’s a safety lanket between the world and me’

Euphoria star Hunter Schafer on her style evolution and learning to feel beautiful

3 mins

WHY TAMSIN GREIG LOVES SWANNING AROUND SWANAGE

Breathtaking clifftop views, dreamy cream teas and the best fish and chips in the world — oh, the actor does love to be beside the seaside in this Dorset town

4 mins

Meet the real estate TV star heading to parts unknown

Billed as the Anthony Bourdain of property, Billy Nash’s new TV show aims to take buyers under the skin of destinations around the world.

5 mins

STARS

Aries March 19 — April 19 Certain tricky issues need to be discussed, but the time has never been right. Now that these are in the spotlight, others are already presenting their side.

3 mins

This review treats London as a one-way cash cow — again

Rachel Reeves largely ignored the capital in her spending review, despite her economic plans depending on it.

4 mins

Money talks, players suffer at the Club World Cup

There’s no shortage of star appeal, but what good can come of a tournament that will take players to the brink?

6 mins

Comedian Katherine Ryan sips margaritas at La Bodega Negra and loves breakfast in bed at Claridge's

I once held a cabbie hostage inside my gates. He was banging on the door and must have been captive for at least half an hour

4 mins

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