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I liked it - fresh and invigorating, especially pink for business - nice touch. And, more puzzles, yay!
Ken | 13.03.18 - 7:22 a.m. | #
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I noticed the quality of the printing on the crosswords and code-word is better the numbers in the squares much easier to read.
John | 13.03.18 - 7:22 a.m. | #
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Sub Standard indeed.
Lorenzo | 13.03.18 - 7:31 a.m. | #
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Presumably, the new look is based on extensive market research and is hence reflective of its target market.
How predictable and depressing.
Marc | 13.03.18 - 7:48 a.m. | #
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As it's a free paper who is the revamp aimed at?, those who pick it up will carry one doing so - but as for those who don't - how would they know, why would they care?
Still Anon | 13.03.18 - 8:11 a.m. | #
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Old Etonian) Tory Rag ...............
Brian | 13.03.18 - 8:27 a.m. | #
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I remember the famous Morecombe & Wise sketch. Eric is the cloth capped newspaper seller shouting "Enid Stennit". Ernie is the bowler hatted city gent who menticulously coaches him to properly pronounce "Ee-ve-ning Stan-dard". Of course the punchline is a shot of the paper entitled "Enid Stennit".
kev | 13.03.18 - 8:29 a.m. | #
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I've always wondered why, having decided to become a freesheet, the paper sticks to a Tory political line (unlike, say, Metro, which is broadly neutral). Since the appeal of a freesheet to advertisers depends on people picking it up and reading it, and people like me won't pick it up because it's a horrible Tory rag, they seem to be trading a broad range of readers for some debatable political influence. I suppose Osborne is a remainer, which at least is in tune with the way Londoners tend to think, but revamp or not, I can't see myself picking it up and reading it until it covers more than "George Osborne was right" or "Annabel and Tarquin do something insignificant in West London".
Baldassaro | 13.03.18 - 8:33 a.m. | #
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I thought it looked different! My main gripe was that the back page crossword no longer quoted the page number for the other puzzles, meaning I wasted valuable seconds thumbing through to seek them out.
Tim | 13.03.18 - 8:53 a.m. | #
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I notice the 'greater resonance outside London' doesn't seem to extend to the County Town of Wiltshire, which has top place in the other news media at the moment.
dg writes: It's the front cover lead story. Also page 4.
RogerB | 13.03.18 - 9:00 a.m. | #
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Salmon-tinted business pages, eh? Bet the FT's quaking.
Gordon | 13.03.18 - 9:07 a.m. | #
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Oops - missed that!
RogerB | 13.03.18 - 9:07 a.m. | #
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@RogerB
"County Town of Wiltshire"
What's happened in Trowbridge?
Michael Churchill | 13.03.18 - 9:09 a.m. | #
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I wonder if there is more than one edition. Mine, also marked as West End Final, has the story on page 14, about 11 wealthy people killed in plane crash (7 paragraphs) but nothing about Nepal. The other two stories on that page refer to a helicopter crash in New York, and a puff for The Red Bulletin a magazine free with the paper yesterday which I did not pick up.
dg writes: Rewritten, thanks.
Dave | 13.03.18 - 9:27 a.m. | #
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Having looked at my copy it says West End Final without the Extra. The rest of the front page appears the same as dg's copy.
Also at the bottom of the Quick Crossword clues it has in capital letters the page number where the other puzzles can be found. Tim has posted above that his copy did not have that information so it seems there maybe more than one edition.
John | 13.03.18 - 9:28 a.m. | #
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An enlightening summary that sums up precisely why I never bother to read this or any other rag; thanks for the confirmation. I greatly enjoyed the trip to Dover by the way.
Herbof | 13.03.18 - 9:35 a.m. | #
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It has been placed in metal frames near the checkouts in supermarkets as far east and north of London as 60 miles, for some months now.
I pick them up, 10 at a time, to use in my hen house. I have to extract the staples with a staple extractor first, but, other than that, I can confirm that they are fit for purpose.
I've never yet read a copy though.
Blue Witch | Homepage | 13.03.18 - 9:37 a.m. | #
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We don't even get the Evening Standard at Bow Road station any more - the depleted pile of Metros lingers all day.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 13.03.18 - 9:44 a.m. | #
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Expanded puzzles page sounds like it may actually have a short period of alternative use before it lines the litter tray. Huzzah!
To be fair to the paper, I do occasionally enjoy reading it. Particularly when Osborne's former colleagues do something he disapproves of. This amuses me far more than it should, especially when it's Brexit related. Something-something-Tory party tearing itself to shreds from within-something must be the appeal.
Chz | 13.03.18 - 9:56 a.m. | #
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The Metro, City AM and Evening Standard are available at my local station. I collect several copies each day, one copy of each for me, the others I put through selected peoples letter boxes, mostly pensioners, which they tell me they are grateful for as they enjoy the reading.
John | 13.03.18 - 10:07 a.m. | #
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I gave up reading the Standard about a year ago, as I have better things to do with my time. Can honestly say I have not felt the loss. The only thing I do now is the GOGEN puzzle.
Liz | 13.03.18 - 10:11 a.m. | #
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The Sudoku puzzle is very well-written.
Bob L-S | 13.03.18 - 10:14 a.m. | #
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There is clearly more than one edition, as versions with differing headlines are often both in place in different dump bins at Vauxhall bus station at around 5pm.
David | 13.03.18 - 10:57 a.m. | #
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I read it going home on the train after the pub last night and didn't even spot that anything had changed.
Wole | 13.03.18 - 11:53 a.m. | #
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There are plenty of days when there are several editions.
Like this one last week, George usually tweets them...
https://twitter.com/George_Osborne/status/971369421418659841
ap | 13.03.18 - 12:36 p.m. | #
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The ES is available at Mile End, though l normally have to rely on the rubbish bins of Bow Church DLR.
Kim | 13.03.18 - 12:40 p.m. | #
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Sensible dropping London from the name. It is years since it had any real pretence at catering properly for londoners.
Just how few of them can even get one from their newsagent.
The obvious proof of its commuter-focus has always been the lack of a Saturday edition, since the competition went under years ago.
At least you can pick one up now without the nasty thoughts of supporting Dacre's outfit.
pete c | 13.03.18 - 1:00 p.m. | #
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Any news from Texas?
Sprout Eater | 13.03.18 - 1:49 p.m. | #
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The 'London' bit of the Standard's name has always been pretty flexible. It's been 'Evening Standard' 'The New Standard', 'London Evening Standard' and quite possibly just 'The Standard' at one point. So I don't think it signifies a great deal by losing it this time.
Pink city pages in the Standard are nothing new - they were pink for years.
Overall, it looks quite good from a design perspective. Content? Not so much, but then I always did prefer the Evening News.
Ned | 13.03.18 - 4:04 p.m. | #
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Just remembered the dark days of 'the london paper' and that other free one around the same time (london lite?). There was almost someone on every corner in central London giving them away
Tom | 13.03.18 - 5:22 p.m. | #
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Spot on about the attractive woman on the front page; there's another today.
In some funny way that I can't put my finger on, it feels like it's been dumbed-down - or is it just that the new layout and typeface is actually easier to absorb so I have to put less effort in to get the same out?
Still don't understand why the (normally) only edition is described as West End Final.
Andrew S | 13.03.18 - 6:55 p.m. | #
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@Andrew S - This seems a good explanation for retaining the use of “West End Final” - https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/nov/27/london-evening-standard-history
Martin E1 | 13.03.18 - 7:23 p.m. | #
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Thanks for reminding me why I don't bother picking up a copy!
My book is much more interesting!
Cornish Cockney | 13.03.18 - 10:49 p.m. | #
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I think you made it sound much more interesting and informative than it actually is. I'm normally done with it in less time than it took me to read your summary.
SJM | 14.03.18 - 1:07 a.m. | #
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Prof Stephen Hawking seems to have ousted the pretty women from the front page of Wednesday's Standard.
timbo again | Homepage | 15.03.18 - 10:33 a.m. | #
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