The future of London’s art scene depends on locals, not just tourists April 12, 2025 To secure the future of London's arts scene we need locals, not just tourists, at our exhibitions. Businesses can help make this happen.
Paradise Under the Stars review: Forget your troubles and do the conga April 11, 2025 Bringing famous Cuban nightclub El Tropicana to London, Paradise Under the Stars is fun-filled for those willing to get up and dance.
Welcome to the era of the £6 pint April 11, 2025 The average price of a pint in London is set to hit £6.06, almost £1 over the national average. Our pubs urgently need business rates reform to save jobs and boost growth, says Emma McClarkin British pubs have been hit as hard as any business by the government’s economic policies, and it’s starting to cost [...]
Life on the edge: A deep dive into the crazy world of Margate April 10, 2025 Five years ago, some dilapidated public urinals in a park in Margate were sold at auction by the council to a private bidder for £11,000. The shabby little structure is barely visible from the path, a graffitied block hidden behind shrubs with weeds winding through the roof and floor. The original glazed urinals are exposed [...]
Steve Rigby: ‘Business trust in the government is disappearing’ April 10, 2025 Rigby Group co-CEO Steve Rigby tells us about his career - and the current business landscape - in this week's Square Mile and Me.
It takes a village: Do we need to rethink our attitude to old age? April 10, 2025 We’re living for longer than ever but the boom in the elderly population is a social and political time-bomb. Could ‘later life’ communities like Auriens be the answer to the old age crisis, asks Steve Dinneen I enter a grand lobby, all lofty ceilings, marquetry floors and art deco fittings. An effusive concierge in a natty [...]
Richard Farleigh: Why a wealth tax won’t work April 10, 2025 A wealth tax won't work, writes Richard Farleigh, a former dragon from Dragons' Den, author, investor and serial entrepreneur.
Nvidia shares skyrocket but tariffs still threaten AI boom April 10, 2025 Shares in AI giant Nvidia have skyrocketed by almost a fifth after President Donald Trump paused his sweeping new tariffs for 90 days. The move brought a brief, albeit potent, reprieve for Wall Street, triggering the Nasdaq’s largest single day gain in nearly a quarter of a century and reigniting investor appetite for the battered [...]
Another recession could push Millennial resentment to tipping point April 10, 2025 Any goodwill left in avocado-munching Millennials towards their wealthier elders will likely be gone with another recession, writes John Oxley.
What does Raoul Moat play Manhunt say about men in 2025? April 9, 2025 Angry, isolated and dangerous men are very much in the cultural zeitgeist and, in Raoul Moat, visionary writer-director Robert Icke has chosen one of the angriest, most isolated and demonstrably dangerous men in recent memory as the subject of his new play. Manhunt – very loosely based on the 2016 true crime book You Could [...]