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Rents for top quality West End and City offices forecast to rise in 2024

Rents for the capital's greenest and most high end offices have climbed over the last five years, by more than a quarter for some space in the West End, and further growth is predicted in 2024 according to a new forecast.

Evening Standard · Dec 13, 2023

London Underground ridership surges as capital gears up for Christmas

Christmas at Kew, Battersea Park's fireworks and the West End's Black Friday sales have all led to spikes in Tube travel

Evening Standard · Dec 12, 2023

The Standard Theatre Podcast: Hattie Morahan on starring in Ghosts, reviews of The Homecoming & Infinite Life

Plus we discuss two exciting revivals heading to the West End next year

Evening Standard · Dec 11, 2023

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Man jailed for life for stabbing two police officers in the West End

A man has been jailed for life for stabbing two police officers in the West End.

Evening Standard · Dec 8, 2023

Stranger Things star Patrick Vaill praises London's 'daring' theatre audiences

The actor was speaking ahead of the West End premiere of the stage show

Evening Standard · Dec 4, 2023

Dominic West, don’t be snooty about hit West End shows, they keep serious theatre alive

In dismissing such plays as the preserve of inattentive tourists, he ignores the fragile ecology of the industry

The Guardian - UK · Nov 25, 2023

Winter Survival Appeal: Kate Winslet and Dame Judi Dench urge Londoners to 'give what you can'

Oscar-winning stars of Hollywood and the West End, Kate Winslet and Dame Judi Dench, have backed our Winter Survival Appeal in partnership with Comic Relief, calling on Londoners to “come together” and donate generously to “help those in desperate need” this Christmas.

Evening Standard · Nov 24, 2023

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Landsec shifts focus from City of London to West End as tenants seek ‘vibrancy’

Owner of Bluewater and Trinity Leeds also says brands are looking for ‘fewer, bigger, better’ stores

The Guardian - UK · Nov 14, 2023

West End Christmas spending to hit £1.64 billion as tourists return

Foreign tourists will lead the festive spending charge says New West End Company

Evening Standard · Oct 31, 2023

OPINION - You’re not a real Londoner if you lack empathy for strangers

I don’t get scared in London. Not really. If you know a place well — and I’ve lived here most of my life — you learn to avoid the places where danger lurks. You learn to body swerve the West End at midnight at the weekend, know which dodgy pubs…

Evening Standard · Oct 30, 2023

The Hunger Games stage adaptation coming to the West End

Script is being written by Olivier-winning playwright Conor McPherson

The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2023

Photographer reveals theory behind infamous Enfield haunting ‘floating child’ picture

New adaptations of the infamous London ghost story are due to come to the West End and Apple TV+

The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2023

Keith Baxter obituary

Actor and director who played Prince Hal to Orson Welles’s Falstaff in Chimes at Midnight, and triumphed in Sleuth in the West End and on Broadway

The Guardian - UK · Oct 22, 2023

Two jailed for stealing watch from Canadian tourist in West End

Two men have been jailed after stealing a watch from a Canadian tourist in the West End.

Evening Standard · Oct 14, 2023

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The National (Scotland) · Oct 11, 2023

Man rescued from water and second missing following MAJOR incident in Glasgow

999 crews have raced to the West End of Glasgow tonight following reports of two people in the River Kelvin.

Evening Standard · Oct 4, 2023

Moco: Major modern art museum approved for Oxford Street ‘in boost to West End’

A major modern art museum has been approved for Oxford Street in a “huge vote of confidence in London and the West End”.

Evening Standard · Oct 2, 2023

OPINION - Dylan Jones: Oxford Street must change or die, because right now it’s dying

Oxford Street was built for lunchtime. At least it was for me. When I worked in the West End, if I wasn’t having a fancy lunch, at one o’clock I’d nip out from my office and spend the best part of an hour wandering up and down it, dipping into…

Evening Standard · Sep 15, 2023

West End boom masks perfect storm facing London theatre

Audiences are flocking back to Theatreland but beyond the bright lights, venues are struggling in the economic headwinds

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Evening Standard · Sep 5, 2023

‘Tourist tax’ campaign comes to Westminster, but don’t get too optimistic

City Comment: My hunch is that there will be little hint of an early present for the West End

Evening Standard · Aug 17, 2023

Businesses and airport chiefs in new call to scrap the tourist tax

More than 350 businesses have called for the reintroduction of tax-free shopping for international tourists to help boost the West End.

The Week · Aug 10, 2023

The Lord of the Rings review: an enchanting musical at Watermill Theatre

When it came to the West End in 2007, “The Lord of the Rings” was a “notorious flop”, said Dominic Cavendish in The Daily Telegraph. A spectacular mega-musical, incorporating folk, Bollywood influences and pop, it had cost a record-breaking £12.5m to stage, at the 2,000- seat Theatre Royal Drury Lane,…

Evening Standard · Aug 9, 2023

For your eyes only: Star photos to raise mental health awareness

The public are also being asked to send in a selfie for the Take A Moment project, which is on show in the West End

The Guardian - UK · Jul 18, 2023

Secure My Booking? It’s a ‘no’ when it comes to rail strikes

We had taken out the insurance after booking for The Pillowman in the West End, but it has refused a refund when we had to cancel

Evening Standard · Jul 14, 2023

Scrap the ‘Tourist Tax’: Brands investing in Britain deserve London at its most competitive

City voices: Fashion giants such as Burberry have shown their faith in London — the Government must reciprocate

The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2023

Douglas Heap obituary

Other lives: Theatrical designer who created sets for theatres in the West End and on Broadway

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