Ben Cobb

Nov 30, 2024 | msn.com | Ben Cobb

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Nov 29, 2024 | standard.co.uk | Ben Cobb

Bob Marley, reggae, Usain Bolt, Red Stripe and an unlikely bobsleigh team… Jamaica has given the world many brilliant things. Not least James Bond, who was birthed at the typewriter of Ian Fleming in his Jamaican hideaway, GoldenEye. If your pockets are deep enough, you can rent Fleming’s original villa and, yes, his writing desk is still there.

Jun 19, 2024 | standard.co.uk | Ben Cobb

‘I could have been a politician, but I chose to be someone who was mining my own questions about society, so I could make sense of myself.’ These are the words of this week’s cover star, theatre sensation Jeremy O. Harris. I think Jeremy would make an amazing politician precisely because of his soul-searching. Call me old fashioned, but shouldn’t politics be all about truth-seeking? Less grandstanding and chest-beating, more introspection please.

Jun 5, 2024 | standard.co.uk | Ben Cobb

It’s the morning after our Pride party so please be gentle. First things first: a big thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate the launch of last week’s Pride edition guest edited by Donatella Versace.

May 22, 2024 | standard.co.uk | Ben Cobb

Ageing is a complicated and messy business. And it’s different for everyone. My father, who turns 80 at the end of this year, claims it comes in sudden bursts every seven years; for others, the cold stare of reality in the bathroom mirror is a daily reminder. My own moment of reckoning came at 12.23am on Tuesday night. I had been at a fish and chip supper with a shoe brand, which turned out to be very jolly as I’ve known most of the guests since the Nineties.