We Out Here festival review: Dorset isn’t supposed to be this cool August 19, 2025 We Out Here festival programmes a line-up of jazz-inflected music. Its diversity is exciting, says Adam Bloodworth Over fifty festivals have shuttered in the past year. Shockingly, turning a patch of rural grass into a temporary metropolis for the weekend doesn’t chime well with the cost of living crisis. For a midsize event, upfront fees [...]
Why you’re drinking Port all wrong August 19, 2025 It turns out I have been drinking port entirely wrong. For me, this heavy fortified wine has always been something for the winter. A small glass served at room temperature to pair with the Christmas stilton. If anywhere is going to school me on the “how tos” of port then Kopke, the world’s oldest port [...]
The incredible Barbican Centre bar with naughty, late-night energy August 19, 2025 Our Toast the City Awards will celebrate the City’s top spots and takes place this October. This week: the Martini Bar at the Barbican. Think of the Barbican Centre and Brutalist architecture and great sprawling public spaces come to mind. Inside and out, it is more about scope than intimacy, except for the Martini Bar. [...]
Toast the City: Brigadiers is a culinary playground for adults August 19, 2025 To get you in the mood for out Toast the City Awards celebrating everything that makes the Square Mile great, we’re celebrating some of the City’s top spots. This week: Brigadiers. Brigadiers is a strange proposition, a sports bar-cum-Indian barbecue inspired by the wood panelled army bars of the sub-continent but housed in the polished [...]
Lunchtime Tourism: Is there a better City green space than the Garden at 120? August 18, 2025 To get you in the mood for out Toast the City Awards celebrating everything that makes the Square Mile great, we asked a professional tour guide to recommend his favourite City spots. “The first weeks of August,” said American writer Natalie Babbitt, “hang at the very top of summer, the top of the live-long year, [...]
The Grand Whisk(e)y Tour: An ultra-exclusive whisky experience August 18, 2025 Luxury and Scotch whisky go hand-in-hand, and now two of the most prominent players in the whisky space have teamed up to offer a truly one-of-a-kind experience. The brainchild of Chivas Brothers, the Scotch whisky arm of drinks giant Pernod Ricard and Midleton Very Rare, the most exclusive offering from Irish Distillers, also a subsidiary [...]
Liquid assets: An introduction to fine wine investment August 15, 2025 Though overall global fine wine investment values are in decline, the UK market continues to grow. Over the last ten years around £570 million has been invested into British vineyards, but individuals are also increasingly investing in their own wine collections. Fine wine is now a mainstream asset for many high-net-worth investors, with 96 per [...]
Interlaken: A super summer in the Swiss mountains August 14, 2025 Keep this a secret, but Switzerland is pretty great for skiing. Keep this even further buried beneath your hat, but it’s excellent in the summertime, too. Lush green meadows carpeted with spring wildflowers, the Swiss Alps awaken to a new season ripe for exploring when the poles and goggles are put away. Case in point: Interlaken. Postcard [...]
Luna Omakase: Hidden in Los Mochis is a cosmic sushi counter August 14, 2025 Rooftop restaurant and bar Los Mochis opened its Liverpool Street outpost last year to much fanfare. A bold, buzzing mash-up of Mexican and Japanese cuisine, it’s a maximalist playground for City types, proof that the Square Mile has outgrown its reputation for being stuffy and traditional. Head there on a Thursday evening and you’ll be [...]
City AM’s (slightly unconventional) best summer reads August 14, 2025 From romance to nuclear warfare, City AM's editorial team picks their best books of the summer, for some (unconventional) beach reading.