Forget the Full Moon party: Thailand has other amazing festivals to rival Glastonbury December 15, 2025 It’s 2am and 24 degrees in Pattaya, Thailand. In a field outside of the city, dozens of people are creating a terrible racket by making weird noises into loud hailers. The sound created could accurately be described as an infernal racket, and it’s being played on the speaker system to hundreds of people, who are [...]
The Fit Prince: Good, silly fun for the festive season December 9, 2025 The Fit Prince, now showing at the King’s Head, is a completely unhinged mash-up of Christmas rom-coms, fairytales and puppet shows. Coming off the back of a well-received run at the Edinburgh Fringe, The Fit Prince – whose full title actually reads “The Fit Prince (who gets switched on the square in the frosty castle [...]
Russell Tovey reveals his Doctor Who secret: ‘I make scary scenes a little bit funny’ December 5, 2025 Russell Tovey speaks to City AM The Magazine about returning to Doctor Who and his love for his London local. This piece is published in City AM The Magazine, Winter edition, distributed at major Tube stations and available to pick up from The Royal Exchange There are lots of lovely things you could say about Russell [...]
Is this the UK’s most fun staycation? December 5, 2025 Adam Bloodworth checks into Mad Swans, the UK’s most provocative new British countryside staycation. This piece is published in City AM The Magazine, Winter edition, distributed at major Tube stations and available to pick up from The Royal Exchange. I love nothing more than a staycation in the British countryside – but let’s be honest, the [...]
Aldgate in Winter Festival December 4, 2025 Aldgate in Winter Festival is back for it’s 9th edition, join us for festive fun on Thursday 4th and Friday 5th December in Aldgate Square! Aldgate Connect BID is delighted to present the 9th edition of the Aldgate in Winter Festival. This community celebration will return with a bigger programme than ever! Bringing a whole [...]
The Hollywood legend who wrote Forrest Gump and Dune is making his West End debut December 4, 2025 Eric Roth wrote the screenplay for films like Dune and Forrest Gump. Having turned 80, he decided it was time to write his first ever script for the stage. This piece is published in City AM The Magazine, Winter edition, distributed at major Tube stations and available to pick up from The Royal Exchange. “When Forrest [...]
The best (and worst) Christmas sandwiches in supermarkets, from Tesco to Pret December 3, 2025 Has there ever been a more exciting way to pep up a working lunchtime than with a Christmas sandwich? Probably. Still, take a moment out of your day this week to celebrate the arrival of December by treating yourself to a seasonal sarnie (if you’re a seasonal Scrooge, here is our pick of the most [...]
Christmas adverts 2025 reviewed… Part 2 December 3, 2025 To see part one of our Christmas adverts review click here Are you starting to feel Christmassy yet? It tried it’s damndest to snow last week didn’t it? And what with the lights getting switched on all over town ‘the season’ is increasingly hard to avoid. To be honest I gave in this week, and had [...]
The best short haul Christmas break is not where you think December 2, 2025 Vilnius in Lithuania blends modern Christmas traditions with a strong heritage for the festive season. Daniel Edward gets into the spirit Vilnius is this year’s European Christmas Capital and with three daily flights from London, it’s an easy festive getaway. So I hopped on LOT’s evening flight from London City Airport to join the city’s [...]
Paddington musical review: the bear’s a bit clunky, but the show is warm and fuzzy November 30, 2025 Paddington musical review and star rating: ★★★★ It feels like a fairly strange point in history when The Guardian “exclusively reveal” Paddington bear, transplanted from Michael Bond’s novels to the Savoy Theatre. Such has been the enormous hype around this musical, which has been shrouded in secrecy for seven years during production but has finally [...]