

Vicky Jessop is a Commissioning Editor and Culture Writer at Evening Standard. She writes and commissions pieces on TV, covers gaming and (when she has time) also contributes to music, features, film, tech and travel.
Vicky Jessop is a Commissioning Editor and Culture Writer at Evening Standard. She writes and commissions pieces on TV, covers gaming and (when she has time) also contributes to music, features, film, tech and travel.

A banana taped to a wall, part of Maurizio Cattelan’s $6.2m 'Comedian' artwork, has been stolen from France's Centre Pompidou-Metz

Watching celebs reduced to sweaty, dirty messes in the name of television is great fun

He’s best known for pranks and running to be Mayor of London

The author made her name writing racy novels, but her life was almost as interesting as those of the characters in her books

Suranne Jones and Jodie Whittaker are on top form as a pair of squabbling ex-cons setting out for one last job

Fans of the designer are in for a treat

Two former con artists team back up for the score of a lifetime. What could go wrong?

The model loves vintage shopping, Trullo and dates at Towpath café

The BBC’s decision to put famous faces in the castle could be a masterstroke... but pitfalls lie ahead

Frizzy some days, limp on others: here’s how I finally managed to conquer my curls

The Blackthorn family are returning for another season on Belfast’s streets

From foiling crime to bringing down drug dealers, the team at Blackthorn station have their hands full

With an ever-growing number of people turning to AI to plan their holidays, Vicky Jessop puts it through its paces for a trip to Istanbul

The Gallagher brothers were on blistering form as they returned to Wembley for their final two UK dates

British boxing legend Hatton died aged 46 at his home in Greater Manchester earlier this month

Across the capital, the coolest new designers are turning away from fast fashion in favour of creating chic, must-have pieces that are also kind to the planet

This follow up to the celebrated 2020 game Ghost of Tsushima delivers beauty and action in spades, even if the storyline isn’t anything new

Historical dramas have never looked so modern. Is that a problem?

David Tennant is chameleonic as Guardian journalist Nick Davies in this expose of how the phone hacking scandal was uncovered

This follow-up to the hit 2020 game hits all the right notes, and adds some welcome ones of its own

The private investigator was murdered, but his case remains unsolved