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Mayor of London Sadiq Khan urged young people to vote on May 2 (Stefan Rousseau/PA)PA WireMayor since 2016, previously Labour MP for Tooting. Former lawyer, married with two adult daughters. Political pugilist who finds it hard to resist a verbal punch-up with the Tories. Often deflects criticism of his record by blaming the Government. Seeking to be first London mayor to serve three terms.Policy: Free school meals for primary school childrenWhat’s achievable? Introduced as a one-year “emergency” measure to ease the cost of living crisis, free school meals proved so popular that Mr Khan wants to make them permanent. What’s unspoken is that he would have faced a political backlash had he axed them. But the £140 million annual cost — currently drawn from City Hall reserves and business rates...

I moved here in 1984 and it was crazy. I had been working for Interview Magazine in New York and I came to shoot the scene happening in London. There was this cultural explosion happening with Leigh Bowery, Trojan and Michael Clark and Culture Club. We were in Taboo, and I fell in with people like Princess Julia, Jeffrey Hinton, John Maybury, the director, and Stevie and David from BodyMap. I was sleeping on their couches, I had no idea they were at the epicentre of creative London. I thought I’d seen it all in New York, but London was next level wildness. I learnt an important lesson in those years: a sense of originality. If you copied someone else's work you were looked down upon. It was not cool. Everyone had their own creative voice — today, so much is made from mood boards off Instag...

For Rita’s first foray as a beauty brand co-founder, she’s tackling the former gripe, pairing with beauty entrepreneur Anna Lahey of Vida Glow success to launch TYPEBEA, a clinically-proven four product range to promote hair growth and reduce loss. The key ingredient is Baicapil, a plant-based complex that combats hair loss and stimulates growth, and the hero product is the Overnight Boosting Peptide scalp serum, which during clinical trials was proven to reduce hair loss and promote growth by up to 60% in three months. Because the serum is the most active and potent, it comes in at £43 — though having tested it I would say you don’t need a lot to spread it across your scalp from the pipette, so it should last you a while — and the shampoo, conditioner, and hydra-gloss treatments are all u...

The Pig at Bridge Place is a Grade II-listed English heritage mansion with 10-acre grounds in the Nailbourne Valley, a Potting Shed spa and the cutest patio in the kitchen garden where the best possible flatbreads are baked in the pizza oven. With 31 individually styled rooms and stand-alone suites and huts, it’s hard to imagine this cute, country house retreat segued from Jacobean manor to nightclub. Nowadays, the only noise likely to wake you is the birdsong or babbling stream. Robin’s wife, Judy, has excelled at conjuring a characterful look for the main house suites, which feel a step up from their signature rustic-upcycled shtick. The main hotel has the original features (including a ghost, rumour has it, if that’s your kink), exposed beams, vintage furnishings and eclectic decor. If ...

Robin Deselow, author of When the Music's Over: The Story of Political Pop, says that while smaller artists are vocal about important causes more often, most big stars tend to avoid politics, far more than they used to. “In the 1980s, which was the most political era for popstars, you knew who your audience were and they were going to agree with you” he says. Source link

Unreliable, tacky, cheap… no, it’s not your latest Hinge date. We’re talking press-on nails here. Or at least that’s what we’ve always been told until now. Summer 2024 is on the horizon, and you should expect to see girls (and boys) glueing, sticking and embracing press-on glam like never before. With 1.3 million TikTok hashtags (and counting), these long-scorned slivers of plastic are suddenly becoming Gen Z approved.  Source link

As I was leaving for work, a taxi pulled up and out climbed a well-known model in giant sunglasses. ‘Hello! What are you doing here?’ I asked, nonchalantly. (Don’t worry we know each other.) ‘Oh, I’m here to see my therapist,’ she shrugged. The sound of the penny dropping inside my head must have rung out across the whole postcode. Source link

Since last year, you’ve been slowly but surely building a new vision for yourself in either the career department, relationship sphere, or spiritual beliefs. For the most part, it’s been kept under wraps, but the course is about to shift. When Jupiter in Gemini moves into your spot of public visibility on the 25th, you might feel like the Sun is (finally) shining down on you. In essence, it’s time to share these new realisations about yourself and let them shine through. Source link

Another adjective that seems to come up a lot when describing Grealish is ‘kind’. It comes up again and again, with people citing how he treats fans – especially children – as particularly appealing. “As a Wolves fan he used to annoy me immensely,” says Sarah, 42, from Wolverhampton. “Largely because of his talent. But I fell in love with him at the World Cup when he did the celebration dance for the young Man City fan with cerebral palsy, Finlay. It just showed his kindness as a person… Now I’m a big fan, I love his game, the joy he exudes and I’ve even become fond of his hair.” Source link

Are last summer’s sneakers looking shabby? You might be in luck. Veja has just cut the ribbon on their first London outpost (“the UK is our leading market in 2023, before France, Italy, Germany, Benelux and Spain,” says co-founder Sebastien Kopp) found in Seven Dials. The sustainably-minded shoe shop comes complete with a repair station, but the best bit? Their in-store cobbler station will scrub up all of your trainers, not just Vejas.  Source link