Ethan Croft

Lifestyle

Sue Gray resignation: A who's who of Labour's big dogs

As Sue Gray exits, read our ultimate guide to the most influential figures in the Labour government

7 Oct 2024
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Bimini Bon Boulash: Labour’s Keir Starmer is weak on trans

The outspoken drag queen was at The Standard hotel’s fourth birthday party

17 Jul 2023
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Lady Annabel Goldsmith’s summer party draws A-listers

It was held at her Grade II listed home Ormeley Lodge this year

7 Jul 2023
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Liz Truss is a figure of fun at Westminster’s biggest party

Also at the Spectator summer party: Suella Braverman’s summer plans, Labour beef and the future of the magazine itself

6 Jul 2023
Diary

V&A London children’s museum removes trans books from exhibit

‘This decision was not intended to be exclusionary’ the V&A tell us

5 Jul 2023
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Lily Allen doubles down on criticism of London food

She is back from New York for a London show

5 Jul 2023
Wimbledon 2022 - Day Fourteen - All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
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Wimbledon staff furious over £20 pasta for lunch

Since last year’s tournament, prices on the staff menu have risen

30 Jun 2023
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Damian Lewis: ‘I don’t know if I’m still a full-time actor’

He is ‘changing lanes’ to a career in music

26 Jun 2023
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Touching, licking and biting: Magic Mike dancers have #MeToo moment

Dancers say at least two women a week are thrown out of the show

23 Jun 2023
Diary

Sugababes don’t push the right buttons at V&A summer party

‘It was okay, apart from the fact that all of their songs sounded the same,’ said Dame Zandra Rhodes

22 Jun 2023
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£10,000 kids parties at National Gallery prompt calls for revolution

A guided tour of the gallery with dinner will set you back £75,000

16 Jun 2023
Diary

Tory who called Gemma Collins ‘stupid fat blonde’ could be new Mayor

‘OMG this fat woman Gemma is ghastly’, wrote councillor Susan Hall

13 Jun 2023
Crispin Odey at his office in London, UK - 03 Nov 2016
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Tory donor Crispin Odey denies the door is shut at close friend’s club

Odey was once described as “a valued member of 5 Hertford Street”

9 Jun 2023
Unexpected View At The National Gallery
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Royal Academy leaves top curator off guestlist after 30 years’ service

Sir Norman says ‘they would rather forget about me’

8 Jun 2023
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Is Alexa Chung engaged?

What’s that on her ring finger?

2 Jun 2023
"Tony! [The Tony Blair Rock Opera]" - Press Night - VIP Arrivals
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Labour’s hunt for celebs off to a slow start (but Baldrick’s back)

The party has spent £50,000 on a celebrity endorsements officer

1 Jun 2023
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Michelle Mone’s effort to rescue image following PPE affair

The peer and businesswoman hired a PR firm that says it can “uncancel” people

31 May 2023
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Succession is ‘the only good thing to come out of Brexit’ says writer

The show’s top writers struck up their partnership on referendum night

30 May 2023
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Celebs pelted with cigarette butts in catwalk meltdown

Vogue magazine’s chief critic was “really not happy”

26 May 2023