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...
1 Mai 202413min
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 Ross Lydall explains the key pledges made by each of the four main candidates, Sadiq Khan (Labour), Susan Ha...
30 Apr 202412min
Sadiq Khan’s record criticised as knife & gun crime up 20%
Bereaved families have criticised Sadiq Khan’s record on crime as figures show a 20% spike in knife and gun crime in 2023. Our Crime Correspondent Anthony France explains what the families are calling...
29 Apr 202410min
Clash of the cabbies: London mayor election debate special
In this special episode of The Standard podcast, you’ll hear an Evening Standard roundtable discussion focussing on the crunch issues in the 2024 mayoral election.Three cabbies debate the candidates a...
26 Apr 202414min
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 wo...
25 Apr 202420min
Turner Prize at 40: is it still relevant?
A red Ford Escort Cabriolet XR3i draped topped with a giant doily is among art works nominated for this year’s Turner Prize - as Britain’s prestigious contemporary creative competition marks its 40th ...
24 Apr 20249min
Channel boat tragedy hours after Rwanda go-ahead
Rishi Sunak’s controversial Rwanda Bill was today brought into stark focus following the deaths of at least five migrants - including a child - who were packed into a small boat with more than 100 peo...
23 Apr 202410min
Water bills warning...and why you should never swim the Thames
Mayor Sadiq Khan started the week in hot water over river safety - after his manifesto stated he planned to make the capital’s waterways, including the Thames, so clean they would be “swimmable” withi...
22 Apr 202410min
