Expert opinion: Where to eat and drink in London July 7, 2022 Yuma Hashemi opened Clerkenwell’s 20-cover restaurant The Drunken Butler in 2017, combining classic cooking techniques with Persian influences. This summer he is serving a Persian Summer Feast, an evolving tasting menu with wine pairings. He gives his expert opinion on where to go in London. Paradise, SohoParadise is serving some of the best Sri Lankan [...]
Wining & Dining: riverside staple Le Pont de la Tour opens a new bistro July 7, 2022 Le Pont de la Tour has, for over three decades, been such a constant in the City-ish dining landscape that it’s quite possible to forget it exists at all. Nestled right by the river at Shad Thames, Le Pont built a reputation for its high-end French cuisine and its nice views of Tower Bridge. Since [...]
These shoes were made for walking: How to beat the heat in style July 7, 2022 Even veterans of English weather can now agree that it is summertime. The living may not be as easy as we would like, nor the cotton high, but it is time for gentlemen to pay some mind to the climate and, little by little, dress appropriately. But too many men think too little about shoes. [...]
The show must go on: Political drama and comedy for a post-Boris world July 7, 2022 The Big Dog has been sent away to live on a nice farm, but if your thirst for political intrigue remains unquenched, here are 10 dramas and comedies to see you through until recess. House of cards, 1990 Forget Kevin Spacey and go back to House of Cards’ Westminster roots. This seminal political thriller, taking [...]
Eyes on Eugene as gamble on host could impact future of World Championships July 7, 2022 Next week, World Athletics will discover whether its bold gamble on the future of the World Championships might just pay off. A boutique venue in the third biggest city in the 27th largest state in the United States is a radical departure from the editions that have gone before. But it’s no coincidence that Eugene, [...]
Another new era of English cricket begins tonight with Buttler captaincy July 7, 2022 It’s almost becoming boring to speak of yet another new era in English cricket but such is the pace of change at the moment that the next one begins this evening. At 6pm at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton, Jos Buttler will lead out England for the opener of a three-match Twenty20 series against India [...]
Sam Torrance: Fitzpatrick is pick of English hopes in world class Scottish Open field July 6, 2022 City A.M.’s resident golf columnist Sam Torrance previews this week’s Scottish Open The week before the Open Championship is always a very prestigious one for Europe as America’s finest head across the pond to tune up for the major, but this year it is extra special. The Scottish Open, which is taking place at the [...]
New drama Tigers takes a microscope to the beautiful game July 6, 2022 As documentaries like Broke and Last Chance U have illustrated, modern sport is a money machine that can chew up youngsters hoping to change their lives. While US sports have been well covered in this respect, new drama Tigers takes that microscope to The Beautiful Game. The film is a dramatisation of the real story [...]
Root and Bairstow shone but England Test team will eventually be challenged July 6, 2022 What unfolded in the sun at Edgbaston yesterday will go down in cricketing history as England completed a record run chase of 378 to topple India and scrape a five-match series draw. The result amounts to the pinnacle of a Ben Stokes-Brendon McCullum era in its infancy but sets out exactly how this Test side [...]
Social media blows up after Premier League footballer accused of rape is re-arrested as second victim emerges July 5, 2022 The internet’s social media platforms are in overdrive this afternoon as thousands of Brits are searching the web to find out the name of the Premier League footballer who was arrested for rape and was re-arrested as two more women are reportedly making similar claims. The Premier League footballer was reportedly been arrested in north [...]