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We're treating you to an episode from London Love Stories. What’s that they say about buses and two coming at once? Perhaps the same can be said of bus-related love stories, too. Host Katie Strick meets Rory and Charlotte, another couple who have a lot to thank the number 17 bus route for... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The 81st annual Venice International Film Festival is officially underway. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, the long-awaited sequel to Tim Burton’s 1988 classic comedy horror, opened up the festival this week but there’s still plenty more to come from the event which runs until 7th September.Jo-Ann Titmarsh, freelance film critic for the Evening Standard, joins us from Venice to discuss all the hotly anticipated premieres, including; Joker: Folie à Deux with Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga, Maria starring Angelina Jolie, and Luca Guadagnino’s Queer with Daniel Craig.Follow us on X or on Threads. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this preview of Brave New World….Is there such a thing as perfect sleep? Leading expert in circadian neuroscience from Oxford University, Professor Russell Foster, joins host Evgeny Lebedev, to explain the science behind nighttime slumber and why it's crucial to living our best lives awake. The pair discuss everything from sleep hygiene, napping, our circadian rhythm and body clocks, and the impact of technology before bed.Listen to the full conversation on the Brave New World podcast here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Team GB's 220 athletes have arrived in Paris ready for the Paralympic Games. Our senior editor and feature writer Katie Strick discusses what she learned from interviews with some of this year’s athletes, including Zak Skinner and Stef Reid, such as the need for resilience, humour and a change in mentality to succeed in the games.Find Katie's full article here, and more on the Paralympic games here.Follow us on X or on Threads. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After a 15-year hiatus the Gallagher brothers are finally getting the band back together. Wembley stadium is set to host four shows as part of the UK and Ireland tour in 2025. The Standard’s Celebrity Correspondent Lisa McLoughlin and Executive News Editor Mark Wilkinson discuss the huge announcement, what it means for London, and what the tour could entail.Follow us on X or on Threads. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're treating you to an episode from London Love Stories. Host Katie Strick meets Alice and Elliot, the first of two couples who fell in love after meeting on the same bus route from King’s Cross. Make sure to come back next Saturday for part two...  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The August bank holiday weekend brings a feast of music to west London as Notting Hill Carnival marks its 56th year.The celebration of Caribbean culture runs over three days, with musical styles from calypso to dancehall for over two million expected revellers.Mark Blunden is joined by sound system pioneer and Notting Hill Carnival director Linett Kamala, who in 1985 at 15 years old was one of the first female DJs to perform at the event.Linett spoke to The Standard podcast from Powis Square, where she was putting the finishing touches to her dubstep-focussed Trojan 7 x Lin Kam Art sound system collaboration.In part 2, Rachelle Abbott speaks with Joshua Thomson, artistic director of Australian performance art troupe Legs On The Wall.His production Thaw will see members of the daredevil dance troupe suspended above Docklands from a crane atop a 2.5-ton melting block of ice in a bid to urge action on climate change. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

London students continued to have Britain’s best GCSE results as hundreds of thousands of teenagers nationwide discovered their academic fate.Pupils in England, Wales and Northern Ireland received their results in the first year where grade marking was restored to pre-pandemic 2019 levels in all three nations.Evening Standard chief political correspondent Rachael Burford discusses GCSE results day, student stories around the capital and government plans to address attainment gaps. In part two, it appears Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are headed for divorce after a second go at a relationship that first sparked over two decades ago.JLo filed for divorce at an LA court on Tuesday, but what happens next and who gets what - it all hinges on if a prenuptial agreement was signed.We’re joined by Evening Standard courts correspondent Tristan Kirk, who examines the case and next steps for the Hollywood stars’ legal teams. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A report reveals the salaries Londoners need to earn so they can afford a privately rented home in the capital.Average earnings required are growing ever higher, with more than £76,000 a year now needed, according to research by the G15 group, which represents London’s largest not-for-profit housing associations.Evening Standard chief political correspondent Rachael Burford examines the report’s findings.Plus, in part two, Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta plans to build the most physically-imposing Gunners team since Arsène Wenger’s ‘Invincibles’.Evening Standard football writer Simon Collings discusses Arteta’s strategy to boost the club’s complement of tall players for the new Premier League season. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The search for British technology tycoon Mike Lynch and his teenage daughter resumed on Tuesday after a luxury yacht sank in a tornado off the coast of Sicily.One person is confirmed dead after 56-metre superyacht Bayesian hit a violent storm with 22 aboard, causing the mast to break and the vessel to be thrown off balance in strong winds.Cave divers are trying to access the Bayesian, as Sicily’s Civil Protection said Morgan Stanley International bank chairman Jonathan Bloomer was among six missing.Fifteen people were rescued, including a mother and her one-year-old daughter.Plus, Taylor Swift bows out from Wembley Stadium with nearly three-quarters of a million Swifties enjoying the show over a record-breaking eight nights in total. Hear Evening Standard arts correspondent Robert Dex on Swift’s economy-influencing London run. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.