Liz Connor

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Liz Connor is a freelance journalist specialising in health, wellbeing, travel and beauty. She has been writing for The Standard since 2016, where she previously worked in-house on the digital lifestyle desk. You'll spot her byline on a variety of articles, from fitness kit roundups to the best beauty buys.... MORE

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Liz Connor is a freelance journalist specialising in health, wellbeing, travel and beauty. She has been writing for The Standard since 2016, where she previously worked in-house on the digital lifestyle desk. You'll spot her byline on a variety of articles, from fitness kit roundups to the best beauty buys.

Home Accessories

Best no-drill accessories for renters in 2025

Add personality to plain white walls and banish the dreaded ‘big light’ for good with these easy-to-fit home updates that won’t risk your security deposit

9 Apr 2025
Travel

Eurostar is launching a flash sale with tickets for just £29

44,500 seats will be up for grabs at rock-bottom prices

24 Aug 2017
London Life

This London company is offering ‘hangover’ sick days to its staff

If you’re lucky enough to work for Dice in Shoreditch, you can legitimately spend the day in bed watching Netflix when you’ve had a few too many pints the night before

24 Aug 2017
London Life

You might be able to buy a smartphone that can repair its own screen

The ‘self-fixing’ phone could save clumsy people hundreds of pounds per year

21 Aug 2017
London Life

This £5 app can tell you if your partner is still using Tinder

If you've ever worried that your partner might be using Tinder, there's now a way to bust them

21 Aug 2017
Health & Fitness

There’s now a subscription box for gym bunnies

Not sure where to start with superfoods and protein powders? A new delivery service could help you to sort the wheat from the chaff

18 Aug 2017
Travel

What you need to know if you're travelling to Barcelona

People have been urged to avoid the area of Las Ramblas

18 Aug 2017
London Life

These pictures will make you see London in a completely different way

Conceptual artist James Popsys puts a surreal spin on the capital and other destinations

17 Mar 2017
Health & Fitness

Fittness blogger’s clever posts will make you think twice about food

Lucy Mountain uses visual food comparisons to show that some ‘healthy’ treats are more calorific than some junk foods

18 Aug 2017
Travel

Is this the most Instagrammable hotel in London?

Marble? Check. Millennial pink? Check. Velvet armchairs? Check

 

17 Aug 2017
London Life

This is the best London borough for gay and lesbian parents

A survey found that the East London borough came out top for competitive house prices, access to green spaces and safety for LGBT families

16 Aug 2017
London Life

Your partner's choice of butter could be a major breakup sign

Research has just proved what you already know - bickering over whether to buy margarine or 'proper' butter breeds a long-lasting and bitter resentment for the person who loses

16 Aug 2017
London Life

Princess Josephine and Prince Vincent's most adorable moments so far

The Danish tots will started school in Hellerup next week

15 Aug 2017
Food + Drink

Walkers is threatening to scrap salt and vinegar crisps

Fans have threatened to boycott the brand over a new campaign that could see it axe the iconic flavour

15 Aug 2017
Travel

Ikos Oceania in Halkidiki, Greece - hotel review

Liz Connor discovers a luxury family retreat that redefines the all-inclusive holiday

14 Aug 2017
Food + Drink

This mobile gin bar delivers G&T's straight to people’s doors

You’ll never have to make an emergency booze dash to Tesco again

14 Aug 2017
Health & Fitness

‘Gym pods’ in the middle of the street are the future of fitness

The on-demand economy will soon be hijacking your gym time

11 Aug 2017
London Life

‘Aggressive vegans’ are putting people off giving up meat, study finds

26 per cent of carnivores said that they were put off changing their eating habits due to “the attitude of certain vegetarians/vegans”

11 Aug 2017
Travel

Library, London - hotel review

Liz Connor discovers a private members’ club in London’s theatreland with rooms for literary lovers

11 Aug 2017
London Life

Is this the world's most exclusive dating site?

Kelleher International helps time-poor and cash-rich tech moguls and venture capitalists to find true love - but it found itself in hot water this week when an ex-QVC boss took it to court for $150K 

10 Aug 2017