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What went on in London this week: Stephen Fry's earnest turn, plus Matthew McConaughey, the school bus driver

High camp, red carpets, and long lunches

Evening Standard

The new wave of interior designers London's hottest celebs are calling on to make over their homes

Meet the in-demand creatives tasked with designing beautiful homes for the glitterati

Evening Standard

Unpeeled tomatoes and barn conversions: Nicky Haslam reveals what’s ‘common’ this year

Instagram release of tea towel featuring what the UK designer ‘finds common’ has become an annual ritual

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Former Angel studio of Walter Sickert with new Nicky Haslam interiors on sale for £3.95m

This impressive house on Regent’s Canal carries some serious art history but has been refurbished in super-stylish fashion

Evening Standard

OPINION - Class war — why the British establishment's pet interior designer and his dreadful tea towels are... common!

As an actual common person (regional, never miss an episode of The Chase, find the taste of cheese from a tube unapologetically delicious), the annual publication of Nicky Haslam’s Common List has turned into something of a high point of the festive calendar. Mr Haslam, an 85-year-old interior designer with…

Evening Standard

Meghan Markle’s ‘ghastly’, almond milk is common — Nicky Haslam's tea towel must be back

He loathes Antony Gormley’s sculptures and would never go to your destination wedding — the scathing interior designer’s 2024 “common” tea towel does not disappoint

Evening Standard

OPINION - Of course Camilla scorned a fish knife — could anything be more middle class?

There is something cheering about a world in which we can argue about fish knives. Anne Glenconner, once lady in waiting to Princess Margaret, raised the issue this week at the Cheltenham Literary Festival where she was promoting her book on picnics. She recalled having lunch with Camilla and her…

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Cliveden Literary Festival: Champagne, Chanel and Hollywood

It’s been a tough year for literary festivals, with sponsor Baillie Gifford cutting ties with Hay and Edinburgh. But in the grounds of Buckinghamshire’s Cliveden House, Will Hosie finds one that is thriving.

Evening Standard

Sotheby's to auction rarefied interiors from London's most secretive address

Albany has been home to Greta Garbo, Margaret Thatcher, Lord Snowdon and Lord Byron — to name only a few. Today, Sotheby's is offering you the chance to own part of its ultra-exclusive history

Evening Standard

Graydon Carter lights up Langan's with Cool Britannia 2.0 soirée

The Airmail founder lit up Langan's with a cocktail party this week

Evening Standard

Footballers 'deserve every penny' says Jilly Cooper after writing football romp

The novelist entertained the crowd with bawdy jokes at her book launch

Evening Standard

Martin Lewis and designer Nicky Haslam trade blows over list of ‘common’ things

'Well I just think I'm right,' said Haslam in response to criticism from the money saving expert

Evening Standard

Podcasts and Aperol? How common! Nicky Haslam unveils his 2023 guide to Great British snobbery

Interior designer Haslam has shared his definitive guide to separating the wheat from the chaff

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OPINION - Only the English are insecure enough to need Nicky Haslam's tea-towel to tell them what's common

Wimbledon. Music. A pop of colour. Ordering lobster. Podcasts. The Northern Lights. Driving. Festivals.

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A pop of colour, bucket lists, Puglia: Nicky Haslam's snarky annual tea towel is back

It's the most wonderful time of the year

Evening Standard

Bicester Village, Oxfordshire: the go-to spot in England’s beau monde county

How secure is Oxfordshire’s reputation as England’s beau monde county? Just ten years ago, the “Chipping Norton set” ran Britain from a cluster of farmhouses in this delightful part of the country, with Prime Minister David Cameron, and media royalty like Rebekah Brooks and Jeremy Clarkson were all neighbours. Now…

Evening Standard

£10,000 kids parties at the National Gallery prompt calls for revolution

A guided tour of the gallery with dinner will set you back £75,000

Homes & Gardens

WOW!house 2023 launches at London's Chelsea Harbour – see the work of the world's best designers

It’s that time of year again, we take a tour of the much-anticipated WOW!house event at the Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour in London

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Woman & Home

Princess Anne ‘exuded sex appeal’ and ‘hated’ what came with being a royal, designer claims

Princess Anne 'exuded sex appeal' according to an interior designer as an upcoming documentary delves into the royals' lives...

Evening Standard

OPINION - How not to garden if you don’t want to be a pariah

So you thought gardening was the ultimate free-and-easy activity, did you? One where there’s no right and wrong when it comes to taste; just what cheers you up? Where you can put a garden gnome in the herbaceous border without worrying if the neighbours will sneer?

The Guardian - UK

People are going spare about Prince Harry’s memoir. Just don’t ask them why

The Sussexes draw more ire than genocidal dictators – from people who struggle to articulate exactly what their problem is, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Evening Standard

Wagatha Christie lawyers tell their ‘detective story’ on podcast

FANS of the Wagatha Christie saga rejoice: Coleen Rooney’s lawyers have put out a podcast about her libel trial against Rebekah Vardy.

Evening Standard

The Standard View: Time for the Tories to stop the naval gazing and get on with governing

Cabinet reshuffles reveal much about a Prime Minister’s intentions and style of governing. Liz Truss placed a high premium on allocating supporters the top jobs. This rendered her brief administration both narrow and factional. Rishi Sunak has taken an alternative route.

Evening Standard

The Queen’s cousin shares memories of Balmoral and the Buckingham Palace balcony

Ella Mountbatten, Anna Wintour and others share personal memories of the Queen

Daily Mirror

Queen 'gave Harry nod to name daughter after her thinking she'd be called Elizabeth'

The Queen allegedly didn't realise Prince Harry and Meghan would give their daughter her nickname when she gave her grandson permission to name Lilibet in her honour

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