Emma Loffhagen

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Emma Loffhagen is a feature and culture writer at the Evening Standard. She also has a fortnightly column, and covers a range of topics including social issues, lifestyle, pop culture, travel and politics. Her work ranges from reporting on refugee camps across the world on women's access to education, to long-reads on the impacts of AI on dating. ... MORE

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Emma Loffhagen is a feature and culture writer at the Evening Standard. She also has a fortnightly column, and covers a range of topics including social issues, lifestyle, pop culture, travel and politics. Her work ranges from reporting on refugee camps across the world on women's access to education, to long-reads on the impacts of AI on dating.

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Lifestyle

Torsten Bell: new pensions minister & politics' most influential twin

From being one half of Britain’s most influential political twin duo, to his role in the infamous ‘EdStone’, Emma Loffhagen reports on Torsten Bell, the former think tank director promoted to pensions minister

16 Jan 2025
<p>Sharone Lifschitz’s parents Oded and Yocheved (Sharone Lifschitz/PA)</p>
World

The heartbreaking stories of the Hamas hostages

After the announcement of a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, there is renewed hope for the families of the nearly 100 hostages whose fate still remains unknown. Katie Strick tells some of their most powerful tales of survival

16 Jan 2025
<p>Qatari mediators revealed that Israeli and Palestinian officials have reached a three-phase ceasefire deal that could begin on Sunday (January 19)</p>
World

Israel-Palestine: A timeline of the decades-long conflict

The causes of this conflict are deep-rooted and complex, spanning at least two centuries

16 Jan 2025
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Health

Ozempic, Wegovy or Mounjaro? The battle of the weight-loss injections

As drugs emerge as vital to the Government’s anti-obesity strategy, BBC Panorama is shedding light on the pharmaceuticals industry behind them

13 Jan 2025
<p>Donald Trump has made nominations for his top team and announced several law changes he plans to introduce before his January 20 inauguration</p>
US Politics

What are Donald Trump's main policy plans?

From mass deportations to foreign wars and tariffs, the impact of a second Donald Trump presidency will be felt in all aspects of American life and across the globe

8 Jan 2025
<p>Former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman</p>
News

Who is Sam Altman, as the CEO denies rape allegations made by sister?

This isn’t the only lawsuit Sam Altman is facing; he was sued by Elon Musk in 2024 for breaching his fiduciary responsibility

8 Jan 2025
<p>Tom Holland and Zendaya at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in March 2024</p>
Celebrity

Zendaya and Tom Holland relationship timeline

As engagment rumours swirl, Emma Loffhagen charts the celebrity couple’s very sweet relationship

7 Jan 2025
<p>Justin Trudeau and ex-wife Sophie Grégoire arrive at the presidential palace in Mexico City </p>
Lifestyle

Inside the Trudeaus' 20-year romance as PM says he is standing down

The resignation announcement by the Canadian prime minister follows his marriage break-up in 2023. We look back at his life with Sophie Grégoire, from their fairytale childhood romance to their A-lister pals

7 Jan 2025
<p>Since the monarch took the throne, there has been conjecture about whether the former football player would be given the honour. (Jonathan Brady/PA)</p>
Lifestyle

David Beckham snubbed for knighthood once again

From expletive-filled emails to his 13-hour stint in The Queue, Emma Loffhagen looks back at Beckham’s years-long campaign for a knighthood

31 Dec 2024
<p>Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie when they were an item</p>
Lifestyle

A 'rainbow' family: the fascinating lives of the Jolie-Pitt kids

Two of Angelina Jolie’s children with ex-husband Brad Pitt worked with the actress on the biopic film Maria

20 Dec 2024
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Lifestyle

I'm in an abusive relationship with my smart watch

More than a quarter of adults in the UK now own a fitness tracker. From compulsive step-counting to obsessing over sleep scores, Emma Loffhagen explores the hidden mental health toll of the new craze

14 Dec 2024
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Lifestyle

Taylor Swift at 35: Her mega year in numbers — and what's coming next

The Grammy-winning megastar celebrates her birthday in the same month as her Eras tour came to an end. Emma Loffhagen looks back on Taylor’s career-defining year of success

13 Dec 2024
<p>Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are both former persons of the year</p>
News

Time Person of the Year: Surprising past winners

Controversial past winners of the award, including Adolf Hitler in 1938 and Vladimir Putin in 2007, have left many wondering how Time’s Person of the Year is chosen

12 Dec 2024
<p>A trial into the effects of puberty blockers is expected to begin from early 2025</p>
UK

What are puberty blockers?

The ban only applies to new patients

12 Dec 2024
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Lifestyle

Holly Valance's husband Nick Candy becomes Reform UK treasurer

The former singer and Neighbours star and her husband, Nick Candy, are becoming increasingly important players in Right-wing politics. Emma Loffhagen and Katie Strick chart the singer’s surprising political trajectory

10 Dec 2024
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Lifestyle

Should we really be obsessively tracking our periods?

A lucrative industry has emerged around cycle tracking, resulting in women doing everything from aligning their periods to their workouts and diet, and believing the luteal phase makes you ‘less attractive’. Emma Loffhagen investigates whether there is any truth to the craze

6 Dec 2024
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Lifestyle

On or off? A full timeline of Sabrina and Barry's relationship

Three months after initial rumours of a split, the couple’s status has come into question again. Emma Loffhagen charts the pair’s unlikely romance

4 Dec 2024
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Lifestyle

Is it ever possible to date across the political divide?

Right now, dating with differing ideologies seems more fraught than ever. Emma Loffhagen speaks to real couples who’ve done it and experts about whether love can ever survive opposing politics

29 Nov 2024