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SOS London: Evening Standard launches Winter Survival Appeal with £500,000 Comic Relief donation

Food bank queues around the corner, a doubling of extreme poverty, people dying because of cold homes...welcome to Christmas 2023

Evening Standard · Nov 23, 2023

'I crowdfunded my egg freezing' and other stories from London's fertility frontlines

Despite the many barriers to parenthood that Londoners face, we are also tenacious and resilient to a fault. Alexandra Jones meets four people who're transforming the world of fertility in smaller and grander ways

Evening Standard · Nov 3, 2023

'I never set out to be a nomadic pet-sitter but it’s the most exciting, life-changing decision I ever made'

Sick of London house shares and nowhere near getting a foot on the property ladder, Emily Bratt took a radical chance on a whole new life as a full time pet-sitter

Evening Standard · Oct 27, 2023

Why I live in Finsbury Park: Jeremy Corbyn on the ever-changing north London area he’s lived in for 40 years

Jeremy Corbyn first moved to Finsbury Park in 1970 and marked his 40th anniversary as MP for Islington North this year. He tells Emma Magnus why the area grows on you

Evening Standard · Sep 6, 2023

Jimi Famurewa reviews Gengelly’s at The Earl of Derby: Time warp boozer with rollicking menu and nostalgia on draft

Earl of Derby

Evening Standard · Jul 26, 2023

A farewell to Banner’s, the restaurant I have loved for 30 years

After three decades, the diner that came to define Crouch End is set to close. Robert Chalmers tells the story of a true cult classic

Evening Standard · Jul 19, 2023

‘Why is there so much derision levelled at bisexuals — both from inside and outside the queer community?’

When Rebecca Cox came out as bisexual she was shocked by the micro-aggressions from all sides — just why are so many people biphobic?

Evening Standard · Jun 29, 2023

Why I live in Bankside: DJ Cuppy on her ‘energetic and colourful’ London enclave

DJ Cuppy reveals how she was drawn back to her London area, even if it is home to London’s slowest traffic lights.

Evening Standard · Jun 29, 2023

Young V&A first look: at last, London has a museum that is truly for kids instead of just about them

After three years and £13 million, the V&A Museum of Childhood is reopening in radically different form as Young V&A. We got a sneak preview

Evening Standard · Jun 26, 2023

London’s rental crisis: the number of families in temporary hotel accommodation hits record high as rents soar

There are now enough children living in temporary accommodation in London to fill the Royal Albert Hall 14 times as the capital’s rents continue to soar

Evening Standard · Jun 14, 2023