New London rooftop bar will be biggest ever with 1,000 capacity Life&Style Getting a reservation at London’s most famous rooftop bars can be difficult, especially with the better weather. New London rooftop bar Freight Brixton will attempt to remedy that issue with room for 1,000 at the open-air venue. The bar will offer drinking, dancing and dining, with DJs spinning funk, jazz and soul tunes throughout the [...]
Alex Dilling: Mastering the art of French cooking Life&Style After honing his craft under two titans of French cooking, Alex Dilling now presides over one of London’s most refined dining rooms. His double Michelin-starred restaurant at Hotel Café Royal is a masterclass in modern haute cuisine, writes Carys Sharkey. As a teenager in sunny, expansive California, Alex Dilling thought he’d be a punk rocker, [...]
United Utilities taps shareholders for £800m as it unveils investment plans Energy One of UK’s largest listed water company United Utilities is making a submission to the regulator to increase its investment capacity in a bid to fuel expansion plans. The FTSE 100 firm is calling for Ofwat to lift its AMP8 budget, the five year investment period running until 2030, to £11.5bn from £9bn, to match [...]
Oil price rockets to wartime high as Trump eyes fresh military action in Iran April 30, 2026 Brent oil surged to a new high during early-morning Thursday trading after reports that US president Donald Trump is set to receive a briefing on new military operations in Iran, raising fears over an end to the fragile ceasefire between the two nations. The global benchmark surged as much as 7.1 per cent this morning, [...]
Everton line up CMC Markets as shirt sponsor in £30m deal April 28, 2026 Everton have struck a shirt-sponsorship deal with CMC Markets that will see the London-listed company replace crypto casino Stake.com as the club’s main partner next season. The agreement comes ahead of an imminent Premier League ban on gambling companies appearing on the front of their shirts and was first reported by Mark Kleinman of Sky [...]
Why awe-inspiring Anguilla is the Caribbean’s best-kept secret April 27, 2026 Anguilla is the Caribbean island America’s high-net-worth are escaping to. Here’s where to stay, eat and explore Like the very best paradise islands, Anguilla feels reassuringly far away. Fly to the Caribbean island of St Maarten via Paris, then it’s a transfer by road and another by boat. The travel is such that most Brits [...]
Tech firms sign for 400,000 sq ft of London office space in a month April 22, 2026 AI firms have signed for nearly 400,000 sq ft of London office space in under a month, in the biggest rush of tech leasing the capital has seen in a generation. Anthropic confirmed this week it has taken 158,000 sq ft at One Triton Square near Euston in a deal with British Land and Royal [...]
England’s Women’s T20 World Cup matches to be free to watch April 21, 2026 All of England’s Women’s T20 World Cup matches will be free to watch after broadcaster Sky Sports opened up access to this year’s event. England’s opening match against Sri Lanka, as well as each of the home nations’ opening group matches and the Lord’s final, will be broadcast free-to-air on Sky Mix, which is accessible [...]
Premier League Predictions: Man United and Liverpool beaten, frustration for Spurs, while Man City win crunch title clash April 17, 2026 We’re reaching the business end of the Premier League season, and this weekend features some huge games at the top and bottom. Manchester City and Arsenal fight it out at the Etihad, while at the other end, Leeds and Nottingham Forest have excellent opportunities to pull away from the bottom three. Here, we take a [...]
Avenue Q is wonderfully lawless chaos (with very rude puppets) April 17, 2026 Avenue Q review and star rating: ★★★★ Could brainrot actually be good? Well, no: but if it were to take an IRL form, in many ways it would be Avenue Q. The puppet musical has no significant overarching narrative. Instead, its main goal is to stitch together as many very silly jokes about willies and [...]