Evening Standard - in Popular Culture

In Popular Culture

  • In the apocalyptic horror film 28 Days Later (2002), directed by Danny Boyle, the newspaper was one of the last printed papers in the UK, informing Londoners about a deadly epidemic sweeping the country as well as that the city was to be evacuated and the Prime Minister had declared a state of emergency.

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