Sir Ian Mckellen and Ellie Goulding among guests at The London Standard's star-studded launch party

Londoner’s Diary

The London Standard launched with a bang on Thursday with a glamorous bash held at Sael London, Jason Atherton’s buzzy new restaurant in St James’s. A cross section of the capital’s cultural titans mixed with bright young things in the music, art and fashion worlds. Sir Ian Mckellen held court at one table, dispensing wisdom to hopeful young thesps, while artist Jonny Yeo joked about his much meme’d portrait of the King at another.