Pulitzer-winning journalism by the Standard. Photo by Nick Farnhill Back in March, after a change in both ownership and editor, the Evening Standard dedicated a whole editorial to its brave new vision of the capital, promising to be a “life-affirming, aspirational newspaper”. While readers haven’t …
Image by J_I_M__D Ten years ago today, Metro UK was launched on an unsuspecting London public by the Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT). Though widely expected to be a failure, and a hard sell initially for advertisers unconvinced that a free rag would command …
Image by Joep R. A “cheerleader” for London. A “life-affirming, aspirational newspaper”. Not words you’d normally use to describe the Evening Standard, which during its years as the plaything of Associated Newspapers would regularly splash with sub-Mail shockers about illegal Moroccan migrants and the danger …
Image by Mr November Alexander Lebedev, who snapped up the Evening Standard a few weeks ago, may soon distribute the title in Moscow, according to an interview that the former KGB operative gave to the Guardian. Lebedev sees the newspaper as a key part of …
It’s the question on everyone’s lips. Has Auntie’s capacious bosom, formerly so welcoming of the frosty extremities, been overly nurturing to our fiery nucleus? Or alternatively: why do they blather on about London so much on the BBC and never mention Scotland, Wales and Northern …
You may have noticed that not every element of London’s media was truly fair and balanced in their coverage of the Race for City Hall. Chickens, you may commence roosting: one of Boris’ bandwagon-jumpers has been given his marching orders for encouraging people to vote …
The arrival of two Hollywood heavyweights in our fair city has given the local media the perfect opportunity to do what they do best: namely, sneer at the lady while swooning over the gent. Renee Zellweger and George Clooney have been in town this week …
Well, not all of them, obviously. But the London launch of a US newspaper heavyweight, and a high-profile fundraiser for a Presidential candidate, has given us threadbare cause to run that rather glib headline. Moving on…. For London’s business and financial elite, the pink pages …
Feminists. They don’t shave their armpits and they bathe in toad spit and the pubic hairs of young boys. Right? Well, you could try asking that question at the European Feminist Summit, but we would advise against it. Part of the London Festival of Europe, …
Harrygate escalates: Prince pulled out of Afghanistan, whilst the media whip selves into frenzy over involvement in the news blackout/leak. Winegate averted (for now): Winehouse will not face charges in connection with husband’s alleged attempts to pervert justice. Guess which city is the world’s museum …
Hang on to your TLSs. Literary London is a lioness roaring in a few weeks ahead of her regularly scheduled appearance in March. With both the London Word Festival and Jewish Book Week launching this week, we’ve got enough events in our diary to keep …
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