Meet Keir Starmer’s sassy wife, ‘cool North London’ Lady Victoria, and why she is dreading life in Number 10

Meet Keir Starmer’s sassy wife, ‘cool North London’ Lady Victoria, and why she is dreading life in Number 10

FOR a “First Lady” said to have been “dreading” exchanging her normal life for Downing Street, it has been a baptism of fire. Blinking as cameras flashed, Lady Victoria Starmer, 51, emerged... Read more »
I know cool, grounded Victoria Starmer

I know cool, grounded Victoria Starmer

The other day I was thinking back to the tumultuousness of the Boris Johnson premiership and how unsettling it was. Johnson had said that he liked chaos, because then everyone had to... Read more »
Why I live in Haggerston: Martha Freud on why her cool east London area feels like old Battersea

Why I live in Haggerston: Martha Freud on why her cool east London area feels like old Battersea

I was born and raised in Battersea and had always lived in west London, but my partner, Adam, was passionate about moving east and I was ready for a change. We’ve been... Read more »
8 To Cool Off In This Summer

8 To Cool Off In This Summer

Photo: Embassy Gardens Summer is now in full-swing, and that usually means as soon as the temperatures skyrocket, us Londoners are searching for the nearest bit of water to cool off in.... Read more »
Bring me sunshine — a touch of Aussie cool is breaking new ground

Bring me sunshine — a touch of Aussie cool is breaking new ground

Coastal cool: Milk Beach Soho (Adrian Lourie) Chief among my questionable life choices while at university — which include the house share with a hole cut in the toilet door and a... Read more »
Churches offer cool sanctuary in heatwave Britain

Churches offer cool sanctuary in heatwave Britain

CHURCHES in England have offered sanctuary to people fleeing punishment and persecution — but it was those seeking to escape the heatwave who received shelter this week as UK temperatures broke records.... Read more »
Six cool places that could be the new Hackney | Bricks & Mortar

Six cool places that could be the new Hackney | Bricks & Mortar

For the past decade Hackney in east London has been a byword for hipsterism and gentrification. Its street cred was boosted exponentially by an influx of creatives who moved there after the... Read more »
The 3 best places to live in London have been named if you want your home to be somewhere really cool

The 3 best places to live in London have been named if you want your home to be somewhere really cool

Londoners don’t need endorsements to know that London is the coolest city in the UK, even though many travel blogs have agreed. One of those travel blogs is Nomads Nation, which in... Read more »
Tottenham bid expected as Arsenal cool interest in striker Paratici craves

Tottenham bid expected as Arsenal cool interest in striker Paratici craves

Tottenham appear to have been handed a major boost to their hopes of signing Fiorentina striker Dusan Vlahovic, with rivals Arsenal reportedly cooling their interest in the player. The Serbia hotshot is... Read more »
Letter: The Kinks made London edgy, cool and accessible

Letter: The Kinks made London edgy, cool and accessible

Raised in war-damaged south London, I used to be blissfully unaware of a metropolis that was “seething, worldwide, vibrant” as Ursula von der Leyen put it in Janan Ganesh’s column “Why it’s... Read more »