DARK SECRETS: 15 - The Real Truth

OPINION - Nowhere is better than London for Christmas, not even New York

I’m not sure there’s a better place to be at Christmas than London. When I was young, festive West End shopping trips were the things you looked forward to all year, whether it was seeing the Oxford Street lights (in the years before they started to be sponsored by the…

Evening Standard · Nov 27, 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

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

Let's raise a glass to Bill Kenwright, one of theatre's great risk-takers

The sad news of the impresario's passing reminds us of the importance of taking a creative gamble

Evening Standard · Oct 27, 2023

Bill Kenwright death: Everton chairman and West End producer dies aged 78

Kenwright was a giant of West End theatre production as well as a hugely influential figure at Everton football club over the past three decades

The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2023

London workspaces: Landsec's Marcus Geddes on Lucent, demand and if five-day office week will return

Sat behind the capital's most famous advertising board, Marcus Geddes sounds confident that property giant Landsec will have no trouble lining up a tenant for the last remaining floor of office space at Lucent, a large West End island site that has undergone a major redevelopment and is home to…

Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2023

Z Hotels to open new central London site as West End accommodation pipeline swells

The hotel company has lined up a £23 million co-loan from OakNorth Bank and property lender ASK Partners

Evening Standard · Oct 24, 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