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Maurice el Médioni obituary

Versatile Algerian pianist and songwriter who transformed the country’s popular music after the second world war

The Guardian - UK · Apr 5, 2024

Sugar Prices Slip as Supply Concerns Ease

May NY world sugar #11 (SBK24 ) this morning is down -0.39 (-1.74%), and May London ICE white sugar #5 (SWK24 ) is down -4.50 (-0.69%). Sugar prices this morning are moderately lower and dropped to 1-week lows. Sugar is weighed down by negative carryover from Wednesday when Vietnam's Office...

Barchart · Apr 5, 2024

Cocoa Prices Sharply Higher as Global Supply Concerns Persist

May ICE NY cocoa (CCK24 ) this morning is up +364 (+3.85%), and May ICE London cocoa #7 (CAK24 ) is up +297 (+3.84%). Cocoa prices this morning are sharply higher as they consolidate below this week's all-time highs. On Tuesday, NY cocoa and London cocoa posted new all-time highs...

Barchart · Apr 5, 2024

Marlborough Gallery: ‘blue chip’ art institution to close after nearly 80 years

Locations in London, New York, Barcelona and Madrid to be shut ‘after long and careful consideration’

The Guardian - UK · Apr 5, 2024

Caledonian Road by Andrew O'Hagan review: a thrilling, picaresque tale of London life

Few things in life are as daunting as the doorstop novel that comes complete with a glossary of the characters featured within. Over the 650 pages of Andrew O’Hagan’s latest, it warns us, we will have 59 different people to keep track of, ranging from gang members and drill rappers…

Evening Standard · Apr 5, 2024

Susan Hall 'pay-per-mile' social media image slammed by Labour as 'fake news'

The Tories also claimed in a recent party political broadcast that Sadiq Khan has ‘secret plans to impose new charges for every single mile you drive’

Evening Standard · Apr 5, 2024

England local elections: what’s up for grabs on 2 May and how do predictions look?

Polls are the last chance for voters to have their say before the general election

The Guardian - UK · Apr 5, 2024

London's coolest cocktail bar is getting a more affordable little sister

Everything you need to know about the new bar by the team behind A Bar With Shapes For A Name

Evening Standard · Apr 5, 2024

Ready-to-wear, autumn-winter 2023/24: Freedom of thinking and being

At the campus of the French Fashion Institute, 27 design students from 13 different countries are gearing up to present their year's work before a highly influential audience. The stakes are high: these students are poised to compete with fellow graduates from the prestigious Central Saint Martins school in London.…

France 24 · Apr 5, 2024

London mayoral election 2024: which candidate should you vote for?

The election is four weeks away, and the battle for London is well and truly on — but do you know your way around the candidates? Robbie Griffiths has the ultimate Top Trumps cheat sheet to help you choose

Evening Standard · Apr 5, 2024