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John and Yoko, Cher, Lisa-Marie Presley: 3 memoirs illustrate the peculiar lives of celebrities

Throughout the 1990s, I was a music journalist in London. I profiled hundreds of rock bands at the start of their careers, including Nirvana, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Nine Inch Nails and the Foo Fighters. I can’t imagine a better way to have spent my twenties. But I…

The Conversation · Feb 9, 2025

London City Lionesses fail to shock Arsenal but progress there to be seen

Investment by Michele Kang is paying off with a strong showing in the Championship but building deeper community ties is key to long-term future

The Guardian - UK · Feb 9, 2025

Daughter of one of the oldest Gaza hostages calls for all kidnapped to be freed

Dr Sharone Lifschitz, 53, of Walthamstow, east London, says the gradual releases by Hamas are like ‘a reality show from hell’.

Evening Standard · Feb 9, 2025

Angela Rayner denies being ‘aggressive’ in meeting with Grenfell survivors

The Government has officially announced the west London block’s future.

Evening Standard · Feb 9, 2025

‘I’m in my early 20s most of the time… totally up for it!’: Tamsin Greig on ageing, caring and learning bass guitar

The stage and screen actor on her two, vastly different new roles – with Celia Imrie in a radical play about a woman caring for her mother after a stroke, and in a Sally Wainwright TV drama about five women who form a punk band

The Guardian - UK · Feb 9, 2025

Poet and artist Jay Bernard: ‘I think our problem today is technical illiteracy’

The award-winning poet and artist on exploring attitudes around Brexit, using AI in their work, and swapping London for Paris

The Guardian - UK · Feb 9, 2025

The big picture: wedding celebrations in London’s Banglatown, 1991

Wayne Tippetts’s shot of young Bangladeshi women preparing for a Gaye Holud ceremony is part of a series exploring a pivotal moment in the neighbourhood’s history

The Guardian - UK · Feb 9, 2025

London leaver: 'We've made more friends in three years in Lancashire than we did in 10 in Twickenham'

Why one family swapped their south-west London home for one twice the size in rural Lancashire

Evening Standard · Feb 9, 2025

The Great Indian, London: ‘A thoroughly delightful food pub’ – restaurant review

An old north London boozer has found new life as an Indian restaurant, and redefined ‘gastropub’ along the way

The Guardian - UK · Feb 9, 2025

OPINION - I was burgled twice in six months — instead of solving it, the police joked with me

“Dear Mr Martin…

Evening Standard · Feb 9, 2025