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Sebastian Croft and Connor Jessup: ‘Why Pride mattered more than ever in 2025’

Actors Sebastian Croft and Connor Jessup took over London Pride with the Queer Was Always Here pop-up selling the status tees of the day

Evening Standard

Usher: Race, reinvention, educating himself — and why he'd like to be Ed Sheeran

The superstar musician is in London for — count them — 10 nights at the O2. He speaks exclusively to Dylan Jones

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How an old Tottenham boozer became an unlikely home to the Gen Z fashion set

Where to find the next-gen wave of supermodels? Forget the members’ clubs — we’re all headed to Mannions Prince Arthur, says Elfie Reigate

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Meet the most exciting young artists in London right now

From specialising in massive sculptural installations and folklore-inspired canvases to textile collages... these are the creatives to watch

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Ezra Collective interview: ‘Politicians aren't gonna be the saviour of our communities’

They’re making history as the first jazz act to headline Wembley Arena, and Ezra Collective couldn’t be more thrilled. The London quintet tells Isobel Van Dyke why music is the soul of community

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Skateboarding world champion Sky Brown: 'I’m going for gold at the Olympics'

‘Why is that little girl here?’ It’s a phrase Sky Brown has had to live with in the male world of skate parks. But the 15-year-old will put an end to that if she gets her way in Paris, she tells Maddy Mussen

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When Black gay London came out

Jason Okundaye has used his knowledge of the capital’s Black queer spaces and community for good, celebrating them in a new book. Emma Loffhagen meets him for a tour of Brixton’s surreptitious sights

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Welcome to Slimelight: London's longest running goth night

It’s been bringing the fright to London’s nightlife for the best part of four decades, so what better place than Slimelight to spend your Halloween? Kate Wills gets some thrills and chills on the dancefloor

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Peter Doherty: ‘There’s no miracle story to addiction, it’s for life’

In a global exclusive interview with ES Magazine, Peter Doherty talks drug addiction, Russell Brand, murder allegations – and cheese

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Meet London’s leading emerging writers

Getting lit! Who are London’s leading emerging writers? Joanna Taylor finds them working everywhere from the London Library — described by stationer Montblanc as the home of the written word, FYI — to The Peckham Pelican

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On the lash with London’s new Bright Young Things: Rocco Ritchie, Lennon Gallagher, The Flags Twins and Co

A century on from London’s original party set, there’s a fresh gang living it up across the capital. Joe Bromley joins them for an evening of pure socialite theatre…

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The More Joy Disco needs you

Christopher Kane and Sink the Pink founder Glyn Fussell are bringing fun and glamour back to London’s nightlife, they tell Hamish MacBain

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‘Girls run on stage, throw underwear at you, start stripping themselves’ - meet the Dreamboys

As a new Magic Mike movie arrives, Kate Wills goes behind the scenes of the male strip scene and discovers a world of penis pumps, full frontals and lots and lots of baby oil

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“I learnt pretty quickly that it doesn’t pay to be shy about your stuff”, says White Lotus actor Will Sharpe

Think Will Sharpe is just That Guy In White Lotus? Think again. At 36 years old, he’s already directed an Oscar-winner and created his own TV show. And, as Hamish MacBain discovers, there’s a lot more on his plate

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Ben Whishaw: ‘Sometimes, with straight actors playing gay parts, I think: I don’t believe you!’

He’s been Paddington, Keats, and now a doctor in This Is Going to Hurt. He talks about his off-stage shyness and why he wasn’t delighted by the reveal of Q’s sexuality in No Time to Die

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