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Nigel Farage: Why Reform UK leader's by-election 'stunt' won't get him off the hook

Labour, the Conservatives, the Liberal Democrats, the Green Party and Restore all say they won’t stand a candidate in the ‘sham’ by-election

Evening Standard · Jul 7

David Hencke obituary

Guardian journalist whose investigations helped expose political wrongdoing and brought down government ministers

The Guardian - UK · Jun 29

Take a load off: how soon before a humanoid robot will be doing your dishes?

Robo-helpers are on sale now, but letting them loose in your kitchen is another story, says Chris Stokel-Walker

Evening Standard · May 21

Mohamed Al-Fayed, Outsider Shunned By British High Society

Mohamed Al-Fayed spent years trying to gain admission to the upper echelons of UK society but ultimately failed to win either acceptance or British citizenship.

International Business Times · Sep 20, 2024

Sir Oliver Popplewell obituary

High court judge who presided over the libel case brought by Jonathan Aitken against the Guardian

The Guardian - UK · Jun 11, 2024

OPINION - Rachel Johnson: Keir Starmer's handling of the Diane Abbott row makes the Tories' campaign look slick

Oh dear, oh dear. Who was it who said divided parties don’t win elections? Who could have guessed that civil war would be convulsing not the incumbents but their challengers only a week into GE 2024?

Evening Standard · May 30, 2024

Best podcasts of the week: Jonathan Aitken’s fall from Downing Street hopeful to convicted liar

In this week’s newsletter: Rob Delaney and Alice Levine investigate the end of the cabinet minister’s career in the latest series of British Scandal

The Guardian - UK · Dec 7, 2023

Mohamed Al Fayed: the ebullient entrepreneur who acquired Harrods

“If the novelists P.G. Wodehouse, Jackie Collins and Naguib Mahfouz had been asked to pool their creative talents, they would have struggled to invent a character as bold and controversial as Mohamed Al Fayed,” said Andrew Anthony in The Observer.

The Week · Sep 9, 2023

Mohamed Al Fayed: perennial outsider, savvy businessman and grief-broken father

The larger-than-life ex-Harrods owner, who has died aged 94, was never far from the headlines or controversy but was an indomitably bold figure

The Guardian - UK · Sep 2, 2023

Lady Annabel Goldsmith’s summer party draws A-listers

It was held at her Grade II listed home Ormeley Lodge this year

Evening Standard · Jul 7, 2023