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Rishi Sunak marks one year as Prime Minister but a poll for the Standard suggests people think Sir Keir Starmer is the candidate for change at the next general election. Director of Politics at Ipsos, Keiran Pedley, takes us behind the findings and reveals whether public opinion has changed over the past 12 months. In part two, our Political Editor, Nicholas Cecil, on what Rishi Sunak exclusively told the Standard on his first anniversary as PM. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Travel journalist Juliet Kinsman joins us as we preview the launch of our Sustainable Travel series on the Standard daily podcast. From this weekend, we'll be talking to experts across the globe, getting advice on how and where to take holidays without ruining the environment. In this episode we look at places like Sacred Valley in Peru, get advice on low economic impact flying, and learn how tourism can be transformative for local communities. The Sustainable travel series, sponsored by Iberostar Hotels and Resorts, starts on Saturday October 28th. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode of The Standard contains bad language and sex, drug and alcohol references throughout.Before writing the hit movie 'Kinky Boots,' Geoff Deane had been a chart-busting pop star with Modern Romance in the 1980s. His memoir 'From Mohair Suits to Kinky Boots' charts his journey from being a Brick Lane Market trader to world touring musician, journalist and Hollywood screenwriter. For the next three days, Standard.co.uk is running extracts from the book, but you can hear Geoff read this chapter right now. 'An Okie from Muskogee' recalls the 80s gay club scene in London and the US, and how Geoff found himself and Boys Town Gang singer Cynthia Manley being pursued by police on a desert road outside Los Angeles. From Mohair Suits to Kinky Boots: How Music, Clothes and Going Out Shaped My Life and Upset My Mother by Geoff Deane is published by Muswell Press (£16.99). This audiobook version is published by WG Howes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Taken from The Standard Theatre Podcast, hear deputy culture editor Nick Clark chat to Bafta-winner Joseph Fiennes for his role as Gareth Southgate in Dear England.This play has just opened in the West End after a sell-out run at the National Theatre.To hear the full episode click this link.For all the latest news head to standard.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Rugby World Cup semi-finals 2023 are here. Only four teams remain in the competition and this weekend sees New Zealand face Argentina, while England take on the title holders, South Africa. The Springboks are the favourites but if this tournament has taught us anything it’s that nothing is guaranteed.The Standard’s Rugby Correspondent, Nick Purewal, joins us from France to discuss England's chances, the team power ranking, and whether or not this is the best South Africa team ever.In part two, we hear from the Evening Standard’s Rugby Podcast with Lawrence Dallaglio, as they look ahead to the semifinals, with Irish rugby legend Brian O’Driscoll. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nick Curtis, Nancy Durrant and Nick Clark from our culture team run through the incredible shortlist for the 67th Evening Standard Theatre Awards. Showcasing the best productions and performances to grace the capital over the past 12 months. Find out all the details about the event, the stars attending, and most importantly, who is in the running for a highly coveted prize.Be sure to listen to the Standard's Theatre Podcast for all the latest news, reviews and interviews straight from Theatreland. New episodes drop every Sunday, make sure you follow so you never miss a thing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When Afua Hirsch hit forty years old, she had an encounter that made her rethink her own, and society’s, attitudes towards body image and ancestry. That’s now the basis of her new book Decolonising My Body, which follows her year-long journey through what she calls “Radical Unlearning”.In this episode of the Standard, Sagal Mohammed talks to Afua about her book, and we have an exclusive extract from the audiobook version involving a life-changing encounter with Oprah Winfrey. You can find the video of this interview on our Youtube channel and there's also a further extract from the book at standard.co.ukExtracted from ‘Decolonising My Body: a Radical Exploration of Rituals and Beauty’, by Afua Hirsch, published by Square Peg at £20. Copyright Afua Hirsch 2023 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

US President Joe Biden will travel to Israel on Wednesday as concerns grow that the Israel-Hamas conflict could expand into a larger regional conflict.It’s whilst the unfolding humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip becomes more dire, the UN says a million Gazans have already been displaced by Israeli airstrikes. Power is out, drinking water is running scarce, and fuel supplies for hospital generators are low.Our Defence Editor, Robert Fox, shares his insight. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There is a growing humanitarian crisis at the crossing point between the Gaza Strip and Egypt as more than a million people, including many Britons, desperately head south to flee air raids and threatened imminent Israeli invasion.Rafah border crossing is currently the Palestinians’ only route out of the enclave, with Hamas, Egypt and Israel all having a degree of control over who can pass through it.Anthony Blinken, the US secretary of state, said on Sunday the crossing would open to allow aid in and evacuation of some foreign passport holders - but Cairo says Tel Aviv’s not cooperating.Now, thousands of people have gathered at the border in a bid to flee Gaza, which has been cut off since Hamas gunmen launched a wave of deadly, torturous terror attacks and hostage snatches in Israel to spark the crisis.Latest with Evening Standard political editor Nicholas Cecil.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is a cut down bonus episode taken from our business podcast, How to be a CEO.Charlie Bigham is the founder of the food company that bears his own name. Created in 1996 in his own kitchen, it now employs 700 people and sells dishes from chicken and mushroom pies you put in the oven to pan-fried Pad Thais. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.