Why Satyrio is the Square Mile’s hidden Italian gem September 17, 2025 Our Toast the City Awards are celebrating the Square Mile’s top spots and takes place this October. This week: Satyrio Italian restaurant. Why do you deserve to win a coveted Slice of Toast?We would love to win because we are a small, authentic Italian restaurant – a real hidden gem. We have a lovely garden, take great [...]
The Producers, London musical review: the West End’s most shocking show September 16, 2025 The Producers musical review and star rating: ★★★★ Sequinned y-fronts emblazoned with swastikas, floral designs shaped into the Nazi symbol and sing-a-longs including lines like “it’s springtime for Hitler and Germany, Deutschland is happy and gay!” It could only be The Producers, the tongue-in-cheek Nazi musical within a musical written 58 years ago that, despite [...]
The Grand Ole Opry, London edition: everything to know as legendary Nashville show hits capital September 11, 2025 The Grand Ole Opry earmarked the beginnings of the careers of legends including Dolly Parton and Taylor Swift, both of whom played the show as teenagers. In Nashville, the home of Country music, locals gather every Saturday night to watch a variety of musicians sing live at the Opry, a Church-like auditorium on the fringes [...]
Iconic City of London building unveils three new art galleries September 10, 2025 One of the City of London’s iconic buildings has unveiled three new free-to-enter art exhibition spaces that will house 24 shows over the next year. The No.1 Poultry building between Bank and St Paul’s has partnered with arts charity Hypha Studios and the Cheapside Business Alliance to turn currently unused offices into gallery space. Some [...]
Why Fairgame London is better than Flight Club and Electric Shuffle September 10, 2025 The Fairgame London gaming arcade has opened in St Paul’s Admittedly ‘adult play’ sounds like the description on the side of a lube bottle, but lately it’s been pertaining to another type of fun: the idea of adults acting like children. Soft play centres around the country are opening up for adults-only nights and zoos [...]
9 amazing things to do in London this September (while the sun still shines) September 9, 2025 Delightfully, the good weather seems to be turning into an Indian Summer, with the promise of balmy September evenings as the nights draw in. There are still plenty of ways to enjoy being outdoors this month, as the capital eeks the last out of what has been one of the best summers of recent years. [...]
Young men more likely to use AI to guide investment decisions September 4, 2025 Young men are more likely to use AI to guide their financial decisions compared to older generations and women. Men aged 18-34 are also increasingly likely to turn to AI for financial advice, than older generations, according to wealth management company Handelsbanken. Around a quarter of respondents who used AI admitted it was an alternative [...]
Mud, music and magic at End of the Road festival 2025 September 3, 2025 On Thursday night at End of the Road, the couple in front of me in the queue for food turned to each other and said: “We’re back in the best place in the world.” A handful of other festivals might complain, but there’s no doubt that EOTR is vying for the crown of the UK’s [...]
Lunchtime Tourism: The beautiful, elegiac Gilt of Cain at Fen Court September 2, 2025 The biblical story of Cain and Abel explores dark themes. Cain is enraged by God’s favouritism towards Abel. In his fury, he kills his brother. Jealousy, guilt, violence, forgiveness, and how we humans treat each other are themes explored in the Book of Genesis story. In Fen Court, Michael Visocchi’s sculpture is paired with Lemn [...]
From fake AI journalism to very real lives: An anatomy of a scoop September 2, 2025 Last week I wrote a wild story that began with an AI-generated pitch about warring London chicken shops and ended with a video call to Nairobi with the man who had willed it into existence. Wilson Kaharua – working under the alias Joseph Wales – was not a criminal mastermind but a small-time SEO writer [...]