A spoiled travel editor’s guide to luxury hotels July 9, 2025 I know, it’s not en vogue to brag, but as City AM’s travel editor, I stay in the world’s plushest luxury hotels for a living. Here’s the shocking thing: despite the £1k-a-night price tags, they often fail to do the very simplest of things to make your stay better. So, here is some constructive criticism [...]
Actor Luke Evans on being Hollywood’s LGBTQ macho man, fragile egos and feeling sexy in his forties July 9, 2025 Luke Evans is a different type of Hollywood action hero. Our cover star for the Summer edition of City AM The Magazine talks to Adam Bloodworth about redefining the macho man, and feeling sexier than ever in his forties Luke Evans starts his day with a skinny dip every morning. His home in Ibiza is [...]
Two iconic naughty noughties clubs have reopened in London. But will Gen Z care? July 8, 2025 The owners of Boujis and Mahiki both have new clubs. Adam Bloodworth asks if the glory days of ‘naughty noughties’ posh partying can appeal to Gen Z Picture the scene: it’s two o’clock in the morning and a throng of paparazzi are muscling for space outside Boujis nightclub in South Kensington. Tara Palmer-Tompkinson and her [...]
Why Gen Z loves ‘Tenniscore’, the preppy Wimbledon dress code July 8, 2025 Zendaya and the ‘Tenniscore’ trend took hold last year following the release of the film Challengers, but fashion types assumed the look would be game, set and match by autumn. Little did they know: Brat summer is back, and so is Tenniscore, only this time the Gen Z style trend has gone beyond the court. [...]
James Olivas, Evita London’s leading man, on Jamie Lloyd’s radical new production July 8, 2025 Jamie Lloyd’s new production of Evita is commanding headlines for Rachel Zegler’s nightly balcony sing-a-longs, but the show’s portrayal of her husband is arguably deserved of the same level of attention. The show is inspired by the real life marriage between Zegler’s heroine, Eva Perón, and the Argentinian leader Juan Perón. In actual fact, Juan [...]
Nothing Headphones (1): Look like the coolest Cyberman around July 8, 2025 The new Nothing Headphones (1) grab you before you’ve even taken them out of the box. They are transparent like a Game Boy from the 1990s, exposing the tech that lies within. It gives them a retro, science-fictiony look, with the boxy profile of a Cyberman. They are not for everyone but I’m obsessed. Because [...]
A day with London’s exclusive Auto Vivendi supercar club July 7, 2025 We crawl through Cricklewood, battle through Brent Cross, then cruise sedately up the A1 (M). Finally, we take the exit, the traffic ebbs away and the road opens up ahead: a ribbon of empty tarmac between open fields. My overwhelming urge is to click the left paddle down a couple of gears, flatten my right [...]
The Wedding People by Alison Espach: Unpacking bridezilla July 7, 2025 The average cost of a wedding is around £23,000, so it’s no surprise that we all act a little differently at them. Depending on our temperament, and perhaps how much money we ourselves have been forced to fork out to attend them, weddings can bring out the very best or the very worst in us. [...]
Searches: Selfhood in the digital age – A chat with ChatGPT July 7, 2025 In the year 2025, using ChatGPT to write about ChatGPT has already become a cliche. But Vauhini Vara may have been the first. In 2020, having previously shadowed Open AI CEO Sam Altman for a tech profile, Vara asked him if she could try out the new text generator they were then testing: GPT-3. Using [...]
Forget Dry January – now it’s time for Dry July July 7, 2025 Not content with one month of sobriety in the form of Dry January, I have been made aware Dry July is now a thing too. At least this time of year makes a little more sense to me. January is a bitter, joyless month where the comforts of a glass of good red wine by [...]