The Leader
By The Evening Standard
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Is London getting ruder?
Restaurants reporting ruder customers, 50% of theatre staff considered quitting over poor behaviour, tube riders blocking your way out of the carriage. Exploring London's shifting etiquette, features writer Maddy Mussen describes how the Capital i… -
Mayoral election last day drama: sleeping van drivers and voter ID warnings
Sadiq Khan's advertising van driver sleeps through his alarm. Susan Hall denies being banned from tweeting. Why you'll need ID to vote on Thursday. Our political editor Nicholas Cecil runs through the final poll results ahead of Thursday's vote, a… -
Mayoral Election: four main candidates’ key pledges explained
With less than two days to go before the 2024 London mayoral election, our city hall editor -
Sadiq Khan’s record criticised as knife & gun crime up 20%
Bereaved families have criticised Sadiq Khan’s record on crime as figures show… -
Clash of the cabbies: London mayor election debate special
Black cab drivers discuss candidates & issues for taxi trade -
Bill Richards: Magic Mushrooms and Epic Poetry (Brave New World Preview)
In this preview of our Brave New World series, Evgeny talks to psychologist and researcher Bill Richards, whose book Sacred Knowledge: Psychedelics and Religious Experiences is considered a seminal work in the field and is now i… -
Turner Prize at 40: is it still relevant?
Plus! Cash-strapped Southbank Centre ‘mulls name sale to fund repairs’ -
Channel boat tragedy hours after Rwanda go-ahead
PM Rishi Sunak’s deportation scheme in stark focus -
Water bills warning...and why you should never swim the Thames
Plus! Lifeguard on danger of Mayor Sadiq Khan’s “swimmable” river plan -
Octopus Money boss Ruth Handcock (How to be a CEO)
Today’s bonus episode is from our How to be a CEO business podcast. David Marsland meets with Octopus Money CEO