The very best hotel in the UK has been revealed October 31, 2025 A panel of expert judges have revealed the inaugural list of the world’s 100 best hotels, and three of the winners are in the capital. The hotel voted best in the UK at the annual World’s 50 Best Hotels awards at Old Billingsgate Market last night was Claridge’s, which took the 16th spot. The Art [...]
Christmas markets 2025: London’s 9 best foodie and shopping spots October 29, 2025 The best Christmas markets: 2025 welcomes new additions alongside the classic returners Now that the clocks have changed, it is officially the season: many of the capital’s festive markets are preparing to open for the festivities. Dress up warm: here’s our pick of where to shop for anything from a delicious mulled wine to a [...]
Six vineyards, one bike: inside the UK’s first boozy bike trail October 28, 2025 For the Autumn edition of City AM The Magazine, Adam Bloodworth takes on the UK’s first wine bike trail The Rother Wine Triangle unites two groups that should arguably never meet: cyclists and vinophiles. Connecting seven vineyards together with one handy new map, one bloke got so drunk at the first stop he was forced [...]
The perfect ski holiday, with amazing slopes and yoga in the Alps October 27, 2025 It seems inevitable that these two most middle class of pursuits – a ski holiday and yoga – would be combined. Guy Taylor dons skis and attempts a downward dog I have always been a light sleeper, but to my delight, a snooze on the floor of an old gymnasium properly sends me under. The [...]
Discovering the real China, with amazing food, incredible scenery and authentic culture October 24, 2025 From City AM The magazine, Autumn edition, with photos by Nicolas Quiniou I love China. There, I said it. Nowhere else I have visited has caused such a ruckus among my friends and family. My departure was marked by a stream of messages warning me to ‘be careful’ and ‘make sure you behave’. At first, [...]
Toast the City: What is the Square Mile’s Best Overnight Stay? October 22, 2025 The Toast the City Awards are here to celebrate the very best in hospitality of placemaking in the Square Mile. On the eve of the big night, we are highlighting each of the 138 finalists who have beaten off competition from more than 2,000 entrants. Luxury hotels have cropped up all over the City over [...]
Exploring the cannabis farms of wild, untamed Canada October 20, 2025 In Boundary Country in British Columbia, Canada, mountain ranges give way to impossibly wide valleys. Inhabitants range from descendants of Doukhobor settlers, a radical and pacifist Russian sect, to those from the varying First Nations groups. Fortunes were made down forgotten mines that never managed to truly alter the feeling of this wilderness. Many of [...]
Margate House: A super-stylish long weekend away October 13, 2025 Margate is a place of contradictions, gentrified yet still infused with an unmistakable sense of character. Wandering its blustery streets reveals a town that’s at once affluent and deprived, sometimes on the same street. It’s now more famous for its robust arts scene than it is for penny arcades and fish and chips, with a [...]
How sound became the new luxury wellness frontier October 1, 2025 For City AM The Magazine, Autumn edition, Adam Bloodworth explores the ways real-world sound is transforming the wellness industry I’m lying on my back with my eyes closed, listening to the sounds of the Outer Hebrides. I can hear water trickling into rock pools and great thunderous waves. I couldn’t feel further away from my [...]
The Italy coastline adored by the A-List (no, it’s not Amalfi) September 30, 2025 The quietly spectacular coastline of Puglia in Italy is fast being snapped up by the big hotel groups. Anna Moloney spent a week exploring Italy’s heel “It was a nightmare,” drawls Steven Risely, describing the four-year-long restoration process that led to the reopening of Castle Elvira, an 18th-century Puglian castle which lay abandoned for 100 [...]