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Gemma Chan Turns to Dries Van Noten for the 'Josephine' London Screening

Gemma Chan wears a painterly Dries Van Noten dress with Cartier earrings to the Josephine screening at the 2026 BFI London Film Festival.

Fashion Times · Oct 16

Mansion tax leaves £2m-plus homes half as likely to sell, report claims

New figures suggest London's prime property market has cooled sharply since the introduction of Labour's controversial mansion tax.

Evening Standard · Oct 16

Google Blocked Times (London) Articles About Businessman Mason Soiza, Apparently Based on Unjustified DMCA Demands

Here's what happens when I search for "mason soiza spammer with a gold lamborghini"; that headline is the title of a… The post Google Blocked Times (London) Articles About Businessman Mason Soiza, Apparently Based on Unjustified DMCA Demands appeared first on Reason Magazine.

Reason · Oct 16

Hokusai on high, Bruges goes Bosch and Tate’s Turbine Hall has a blast – the week in art

The Japanese master celebrates Fuji, Tarek Atoui harmonises in the hall and chalk horses trot into Bath

The Guardian - UK · Oct 16

‘We should all be worried’: calls grow to limit London rollout of robotaxis

Protest planned at Wayve HQ as Uber drivers fear for their future and city’s politicians demand TfL should have power over licences

The Guardian - UK · Oct 16

My London: George MacKay

Actor George MacKay loves a roast at the Bull and Last, a date at the French House and a workout at Pure Gym

Evening Standard · Oct 16

London bus fares to rise next month in cost-of-living blow to millions

Cost of using buses in the capital to rise for first time in more than three years

Evening Standard · Oct 16

Jensen Huang on agents gone rogue and AI doomers

Fortune’s Jeremy Kahn and Beatrice Nolan sat down with Jensen Huang in London this week, where Huang sounded off on headline-grabbing cybersecurity incidents and AI doomers.

Fortune · Oct 16

London housing project wins UK's top architecture award

Housing scheme with private and social homes wins the the RIBA Stirling Prize 2026

Evening Standard · Oct 16

Sod’s law: what can two turf swaps 40 years apart tell us about Britain’s biodiversity crisis?

In 1983, David Nash dug up a section of Kensington Gardens and swapped it with Welsh grassland. Four decades later, Mike Perry’s reverse swap revealed a striking reversal in the fortunes of urban and rural nature

The Guardian - UK · Oct 16