UK house prices stall in February after record January surge February 16, 2026 The average asking price of a house dipped by just £12 in February, pausing after the largest January jump recorded in Rightmove’s 25-year history. New listings coming to market this month are priced at an average of £368,019, compared with £368,031 in January, according to the property giant. The marginal month-on-month change follows a £9,893 [...]
City chairman: Reports of London’s death have been greatly exaggerated February 16, 2026 Despite many claims to the contrary, what's happening in London today is not stagnation, but renaissance writes Chris Hayward.
Dubai-based ports boss leaves company after Epstein links revealed February 14, 2026 The head of Dubai-based logistics group DP World has left his post after revelations over his links with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein put the state-backed company under pressure to take action. Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem’s exit as chairman and chief executive comes after freshly-released files showed the Emirati mogul appears to have exchanged hundreds [...]
Why London bakers obsess over this Michelin starred restaurant February 13, 2026 Alex Dilling at Hotel Cafe Royal has maintained his second Michelin star for his on-trend style of decorative cooking, says Adam Bloodworth It is dinnertime at Alex Dilling at Hotel Cafe Royal, although you wouldn’t think it from looking at the plates. The food, at quick glance, presents more like fine patisserie. Most dishes are [...]
The first tech wobble of 2026 revives AI bubble fears February 13, 2026 Following a swell of AI bubble scepticism at the back end of 2025, this year’s first market wobble has arrived early, landing squarely on global tech stocks. When Anthropic released a new AI tool designed to help in-house legal teams triage agreements and draft routine responses, the reaction trickled down through law firms straight into [...]
The problem with The Real Housewives of London: Where’s the old money? February 13, 2026 The Real Housewives of London's major flaw? Nobody who's actually rich in London wants to do it, writes Anna Moloney.
For lonely Londoners: five rules for bringing community back February 13, 2026 If I had to choose just one pillar of wellbeing, one thing that underpins everything else, it would be community. Not supplements. Not routines. Not even sleep (although I love it dearly). Connection is the thing that holds us together. And it’s the thing that feels most fragile right now. We are more connected digitally [...]
UK innovation economy is the most under-priced asset in global markets February 13, 2026 Don’t write off Britain’s science and innovation sector. We are building global companies and attracting international attention, says Saul Klein If you listened only to the mood music in the City, you’d think the UK’s innovation story was already over. But in the week that London-founded ElevenLabs raised $500m from investors, making it the UK’s [...]
Bertone Runabout: A retro roadster inspired by a 1969 concept car February 13, 2026 International motor shows, once the epicentre of new car launches, have struggled to recover from the financial blows dealt by Covid. However, the annual Retromobile show in Paris has defied this trend by looking to the past, with a focus on classic cars and restomods. For legendary Italian design studio Bertone, Retromobile provided a natural [...]
Why influencers could blow traditional broadcasters out of the water February 13, 2026 The tidal wave of influencers continues to come in-land, and they could be the key to unlocking fan bases that broadcasters cannot. Staying awake past midnight and into Monday morning for a four-hour American football game, knowing the alarm will ring in a few hours, used to be a niche obsession in Britain. Now it [...]