Shucked musical: A smash at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre May 27, 2025 Regents Park Open Air Theatre is appropriately dotted with stands serving freshly grilled corn for the arrival of Shucked, a musical obsessed with both corn on the cob and corny jokes. If a rootin’, tootin’, country and western-inflected musical about crop farming sounds like a strange choice to kick off the tenure of Drew McOnie [...]
Toast the City: How we are celebrating the Square Mile! May 22, 2025 This autumn City AM will launch Toast the City, an awards celebrating all the places that make the Square Mile the vibrant, exciting location it is – and we need YOUR help. Over the 20 years we have served the Square Mile, it’s transformed from somewhere people worked hard to a place they want to [...]
Why we love the Square Mile’s Williamson’s Tavern May 22, 2025 In a new series celebrating the businesses nominated for the Toast the City awards, Adam Bloodworth visits one of the Square Mile’s best hidden gems, Williamson’s Tavern, an alleyway-based boozer with a vibe like no other What is it? Ancient rules dictate that sightlines to St Paul’s must be visible from across the capital and [...]
Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme is a work of art May 21, 2025 This year’s Cannes opener is the latest Wes Anderson feature, The Phoenician Scheme. It’s his second time opening the festival, cementing his status as one of the few filmmakers alive who can draw a crowd based on their name alone. Yet, nearly 30 years since his first film, he remains divisive: to some, his work [...]
Italy, Call Me By Your Name style: staying at Luca Guadagnino’s hotel May 17, 2025 Every so often in films, carpets steal the spotlight. There’s the hypnotic hexagonal pattern in The Shining’s Overlook Hotel, The Dude’s Persian rug in The Big Lebowski, or the Kubrick-inspired flooring in The Substance. And no premiere is complete without the deep plush of a freshly vacuumed red carpet. At Palazzo Talìa in Rome, designed [...]
Inside new City of London summer festival with free events throughout July May 16, 2025 Exclusive: The City of London is hardly famed for its cultural events, but that’s something event organisers working with The Leadenhall Building, otherwise known as The Cheesegrater, are looking to change this summer with the announcement of a new festival. Dozens of free-to-attend events are taking place in the City of London this July as [...]
9 brilliant botanical interior design trends for spring May 15, 2025 It’s almost time for the Chelsea Flower Show so if you’re feeling the botanical vibe, here are 9 botanically-themed interior design trends that would look incredible in any home. Botanical Rug £349, atkinandthyme.co.uk Make a statement in any room with this handsome hand tufted rug, with its tonal greens and large leaf design that radiates [...]
Why Trump tariffs could be a disaster movie for Hollywood May 15, 2025 “The Movie Industry in America is DYING a very fast death,” President Trump posted this month. “Other Countries are offering all sorts of incentives to draw our filmmakers and studios away from the United States. Hollywood, and many other areas within the USA, are being devastated. This is a concerted effort by other Nations and, [...]
Final Destination Bloodlines is a bloody good time! May 15, 2025 The Final Destination franchise has been away for a while, with the fifth instalment arriving 14 years ago in 2011. On the 25th anniversary of the first film, a new tale of terror is arriving, but is this type of scare old fashioned? In the past decade we’ve become accustomed to elevated horror, with studios [...]
9 best London restaurants with outdoor dining terraces for summer May 14, 2025 These London restaurants have new outdoor dining terraces ready for summer Right then, it’s blistering. The sun is showing up – probably temporarily – so it’s imperative to get outside and celebrate while this UV onslaught lasts. A range of new terraces have launched in time for social season, so no matter your vibe, here [...]