How London’s two new tube stations were built
There are two new stations on the world famous Tube map. Together Battersea Power Station and Nine Elms make the first extension to the Northern Line for 80 years. In this special programme, we speak ...
20 Sep 20215min
GB News vs TalkTV: Andrew Neil bows out while Piers Morgan strides in
One hasn't even launched, the other appears to be struggling to get off the ground but a new TV rivalry is beginning that could change the face of broadcasting in the UK. GB News has just lost its Cha...
17 Sep 20217min
The story behind ES Magazine's NFT cover, a UK first
ES Magazine has made history as the first UK publication to print an NFT, or non-fungible token, in a ground-breaking piece of moving digital artwork. We speak to deputy art director Jessica Landon wh...
16 Sep 20217min
#Reshuffle: What’s the strategy behind Boris Johnson’s cabinet shake-up?
The Evening Standard’s political editor Nicholas Cecil joins the show to discuss the cabinet reshuffle. Gavin Williamson’s out as Education Secretary, Dominic Raab’s been shifted from the Foreign Offi...
15 Sep 20215min
Why is London flooding so much?
Another downpour, another day of chaos on London. An estimated 25mm of rain fell in the city, causing disruption to commuters, the closure of a tube station, even the flooding of Tower Bridge. We spea...
14 Sep 20217min
What’s in Boris Johnson’s Winter Covid plan?
Our deputy political editor David Bond joins us as speculation mounts about how the government plans to get the country through the next few months as doctors warn of another Covid peak. Will we, as r...
13 Sep 20217min
Frozen the Musical and the return of the theatre blockbuster
Frozen the Musical has finally opened in London after a long delay caused by the Covid pandemic - But is it any good? The Evening Standard’s theatre critic, Nick Curtis, tells the podcast the producti...
10 Sep 202110min
How those holiday Covid PCR Tests became a £1bn rip-off
The Evening Standard's revealed holidaymakers paid out more than £1 billion for compulsory Covid tests this summer from an industry being investigated for a “laundry list” of bad practices. It follows...
9 Sep 20217min
