DARK SECRETS: 12 | Vintage Vibes

Did they really just say that? The most candid celebrity culture quotes of 2025

From politics to personal revelations, here are the most revealing things our culture writers were told this year

Evening Standard · Dec 29, 2025

Benedict Cumberbatch speaks out in campaign to 'save our cafes' as Daisy Green chain threatens independents

Daisy Green operates 21 coffee shops, cafes and restaurants across London

Evening Standard · Dec 24, 2025

Alison Hammond says she finally feels ‘settled, happy and confident in who I am’

EXCLUSIVE: As she reflects on a year that also saw her turn 50, the presenter says she is ‘stronger than I sometimes give myself credit for’ and has learned that joy does not need to be rushed

Evening Standard · Dec 23, 2025

Inside London’s crippling court delays as Labour moves to cut back jury trials

Labour is bringing the axe down on jury trials, but people in court tell a different story of where the chronic delays come from

Evening Standard · Dec 20, 2025

Sir Ian McKellen lends his support as Number One Apple Peeler, as our Winter Appeal passes £2.6M

“Without places like this, I would be starving.” Ian McKellen and Evgeny Lebedev visit a doughty project getting life-saving fresh food from a funded partner of our appeal

Evening Standard · Dec 18, 2025

Bondi Beach terror attack: 'Australia felt like a very safe place to be Jewish'

Emily Hilton grew up around Bondi Beach. She speaks to The Standard following the ‘shattering’ terrorist attack targeting Australia’s Jewish community

Evening Standard · Dec 16, 2025

Rowan's Bowling Alley: New council draft plan highlights threat to London institution

North London bowling alley Rowan’s was founded in 1988

Evening Standard · Dec 15, 2025

Undercover police flood City of London shopping district in Christmas shoplifting crackdown

Retail crime - said to cost the capital of £16.7million a month - will spike during festive period

Evening Standard · Dec 14, 2025

Naga Munchetty's jaw-dropping earnings away from BBC revealed amid bullying investigation

The BBC Breakfast presenter, 50, has been accused of bullying a female colleague and making an off-air sex joke

Evening Standard · Dec 12, 2025

The Museum of Katherine Ryan: comedian lists her Crouch End flat for £825,000

The three-bedroom apartment was Katherine Ryan’s first property purchase, and the place where she raised her daughter

Evening Standard · Dec 11, 2025