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Comment

Yousaf’s win is historic – but independence is no closer to reality

By Evening Standard Comment

Battle over migrant boats is really a fight for the soul of the Tories

By Matthew d'Ancona

Humza Yousaf is a serious downgrade for the SNP

My question for Gwyneth Paltrow — why go skiing in the first place?

By Anna van Praagh

The Evening Standard political cartoon by Christian Adams

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Podcast: Moon’s new ‘potential water source’

By Rachelle Abbott Jon Weeks

Introducing: the ‘Superloop’ bus network for London’s suburbs

By Jack Kessler

A new memorial for slavery victims will help London address its past

By Yvonne Field

Podcast: Succession returns for final season

By Rochelle Travers Rachelle Abbott

Podcast: AI ChatGPT is a danger to these jobs

By Jon Weeks Rachelle Abbott

Humza Yousaf wins SNP leadership election

By Jack Kessler

The Leader podcast: 900 years of Barts

By Rochelle Travers Rachelle Abbott

We can’t let saving the banks distract from the vital war on inflation

By Stephen King

Theatre Podcast: Daniel Mays and Marisha Wallace for Guys & Dolls

By Rachelle Abbott

Podcast: What’s the next big thing? Rob Kniaz reveals all

By David Marsland Rachelle Abbott

I thought my life would change when I left London, but I was wrong

Censoring children’s books is an insult to their intelligence

By Melanie McDonagh

The Standard View: Labour is right to cut ties with Jeremy Corbyn

By Evening Standard Comment

Should TfL spend £4 million renaming the Overground lines?

The six lines serving different routes on the London Overground network could be individually named

King Charles’ visit to France cancelled amid violent protests

By Jack Kessler

Yes, I know it was problematic but I will dearly miss unique Soccer AM

By Jack Kessler

Podcast: Mystery of Oumuamua ‘alien spaceship’ solved

Plus! Brain-controlled robot soldier dogs

By Mark Blunden Rachelle Abbott

Here’s our solution to Britain’s mental health crisis

By Victoria Hornby

As the capital’s income tax bill hits £50bn, Londoners feel the pinch

By Evening Standard Comment

Free speech wars are now reaching bizarre levels of irony on campuses

By Tomiwa Owolade

Don’t be scared of AI — it will help revolutionise our public services

Rise in inflation puts households and policymakers in a tough spot

By Evening Standard Comment

The metaverse might be unpopular, but haptics might change that

Many believe the future will be about haptics

Forget the bestie act, Xi and Putin have different aims

Met branded institutionally racist, sexist and homophobic

By Jack Kessler

Can the Met earn back London’s trust?

Baroness Casey: Four things Met can do to give London what it needs

By Louise Casey

How to be a CEO podcast: Heathrow’s CFO Javier Echave

How my breakdown changed the way the airport works

By David Marsland Rachelle Abbott

The Boris show is back — and he has no intention of going quietly

By Anne McElvoy

The Met’s failings have been laid bare – Londoners deserve better

By Evening Standard Comment

Talking Point: What makes other countries so much happier than us?

On International Happiness Day, the UK only just scraped into the top 20 happiest countries

Podcast: How banking panic could hit London

By Rochelle Travers Rachelle Abbott

Tech & Science Daily podcast: Undersea ‘Lost City’ link to alien world

Plus! North Korea ‘simulates nukes drill’

By Mark Blunden Rachelle Abbott

Window of opportunity to preserve liveable climate rapidly closing

By Jack Kessler

There is nothing more depressing than Happiness Day

By Melanie McDonagh

There are tax burdens hidden in Jeremy Hunt’s spring Budget

These new-look Tories are posing very awkward questions for Labour

By Philip Collins

Valuable lesson for kids? If they see it, they realise they can be it

Co-ordination underlines lessons learned, and the scale of the threat

By Evening Standard Comment

Theatre Podcast: It’s a Sin’s Callum Scott Howells on Romeo and Julie

By Rachelle Abbott

Podcast: Loyd Grossman on London’s original starchitect

By Mark Blunden Rachelle Abbott

This was a competent Budget, but it may not be enough