GRAYSON PERRY is making a bell to be rung at the end of the pandemic — which supporters of Whitechapel’s closed Bell Foundry hope will...

David Shannon, who has just launched his debut novel HOWUL: a life’s journey, said it was vital that his wife “didn’t completely hate...

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Comic Rosie Jones believes disabled people’s experience of the pandemic will bring about a movement as powerful as Black Lives Matter or...

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STANLEY JOHNSON tells us he is “ready to call it a day” on his writing career after republishing The Warming and releasing a new novel,...

James Middleton, who recently gave one of his puppies to his sister, the Duchess of Cambridge, tells us he fears breeders are taking...

Lockdown isn’t the disaster for sex clubs that you might think it is, as the founder of London’s exclusive Killing Kittens tells us her...

Rupert Everett says he was tempted to jump out of a window and ruin Richard E Grant’s evening of Golden Globes glory last year after he...

Sophie Duker, the comic at the centre of a storm over a “kill whitey” joke on a panel show, tells The Londoner “I am deliberate and...

Boris Johnson may have a secret weapon against the novel coronavirus: his father Stanley’s novel The Virus. “I happen to know he has...

Stanley Johnson tells us he hopes to reintroduce beavers to London after his son, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and his siblings helped...

The chairwoman of the project which commissioned Maggi Hambling’s A Sculpture for Mary Wollstonecraft says she’s still “processing” her...

London Zoo’s director is rallying against the decision to close his attraction again while botanical gardens remain open. Dominic Jeremy...

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Many talented black music artists remain as backing vocalists because they “feel they will never have a fair or real opportunity at...

Meggie Foster, the actress who has shot to viral fame with her lockdown lip syncs, tells us she wants to be the next Catherine Tate....

TV presenter Leah Charles-King says a “black doesn’t sell” narrative continues behind the scenes in TV as she reveals she was once calmly...

It’s fifteen years since the Londoner’s favourite satire, The Thick Of It, was broadcast. Creator Armando Iannucci told us: “Malcolm...

A PRANKSTER who tricked Tiger King star Carole Baskin into a fake interview says he was “absolutely terrified” because “she’s probably...

Steven Carter-Bailey, the Bake Off star, who made a cake for Colonel Tom Moore’s 100th birthday, was so nervous he needed help from his...

Pyjama sales have skyrocketed as the country makes the most of working from home during lockdown. John Lewis tells us “loungewear sales...

The country’s first “antiviral” literary festival is to take place at the end of this month, though it has already had to change its...

People often bemoan their daily commute: jostling a tired body through crowds and onto trains and into work or school is rarely a...

The Conservative MP Neil Parish risked being shot by police protecting Jeremy Hunt earlier this year after the Tory politician joined the...

Sadiq Khan has received a giant portrait of himself made entirely out of Swarovski crystals. The piece, created by Indian artist Syed...

A SUPPORT group for Conservative teachers who feel “politically isolated” has been launched to spread the message that it is OK to be a...

ONE notable aspect of the recent reshuffle was the large number of special advisers who lost seemingly their jobs at the hands of chief...

Jeremy Corbyn and Sadiq Khan last night played starring roles in Westminster’s oddest and most spectacular tradition— the British Kebab...

Lewis Capaldi’s team paid for the singer to have a lesson to teach him “how to talk to girls”, The Londoner can reveal. Etiquette expert...

Pompous barristers on Twitter risk turning the bar into a pariah profession with their “clever dick” tone, a leading lawyer has warned....

TAKING CARE OF UKIP ARRON Sarah Wollaston, the pro-Remain chairwoman of the health select committee, has often been taunted by Arron...

On World Mental Health Day today, a brotherhood of barbers are continuing efforts to fight male suicide internationally. Although the...

A new trapeze school in a Lambeth park means it really is now possible to run away with the circus. The TLCC trapeze school in Ruskin...

After raising two tennis champions, Andy, 31, and Jamie, 32, Judy Murray is on a mission to make tennis accessible and enjoyable. Murray...

Why are we still talking about the weekend’s BAFTAs when the Visionary Honours awards should really be the favourite? Sir Lenny Henry...

Jody Medland’s The Unspoken at Baron’s Court Theatre delves into the imbalances of the British class system - but is let down by the...

What could persuade a group of sweaty 20-somethings to sit for hours in a dark underground room on one of the hottest days of the year? A...

NYEAT sells itself as a vibrant, contemporary American restaurant and cocktail bar and tries to bring a slice of New York to a quiet...