Are buffets back? The rise, fall and rise again of the all-you-can-eat Life&Style From Covid to GLP-1s, the all-you-can-eat buffet has suffered blow after blow. But Anna Moloney finds a breed of chefs refusing to let go.
Watch collecting and the search for the white whale Life&Style In the world of watch collecting, time does not stand still. That’s the joy of it: you never know what might be the prize of tomorrow, says Andy Blackmore In the 1996 Christmas special of Only Fools and Horses, lovable Cockney Derek Trotter was still dreaming of getting rich. “This time next year, Rodney, we’ll [...]
Robert De Niro on $1.3billion hospitality empire: ‘I’m very protective of Nobu’ Life&Style Goodfellas and Taxi Driver legend Robert De Niro talks exclusively to City AM The Magazine about his hospitality empire, which quietly occupies the 83-year-old New York-born actor in-between his film-making. Over the last 40 years, De Niro has been launching Nobu restaurants around the world, a Japanese brand he is fiercely protective of. He speaks [...]
Gallet takes flight: The inside story of Breitling’s sibling October 6, 2026 O n 17 December 1903, one of the most significant stretches of time in human history was measured near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. That time was 12 seconds – the length for the first flight of a powered aircraft, the Wright Flyer. By the end of the day that number had risen to 59 seconds. Most [...]
Inside the Donkervoort, a Dutch super car like no other October 6, 2026 The Donkervoort P24 RS is simultaneously one of the fastest and slowest cars I have ever driven. The flyweight 600hp roadster can rocket to 60mph in circa. 2.5 seconds and pull 2.4G in the corners. And yet… every time you stop for fuel or a flat white, you need to factor in time for chatting [...]
New car smell: Taking the fragrant new Omoda 7 for a spin October 5, 2026 Can you bottle that new car smell? Adam Hay-Nicholls goes on a scent tour of the Cotswolds in the new Omoda 7 hybrid electric vehicle Could you bottle that ‘new car smell’, you’d be on to a winner. That’s the bracing odour of a bold financial decision. That odour is a cocktail of volatile organic [...]
Jousting, goblins and furries: Dispatch from a UK renaissance faire October 5, 2026 Renaissance fairs are booming in America, now they're on UK soil too. Anna Moloney dons a doublet and investigates.
Is Soho nightlife really dead? We went partying to find out October 3, 2026 “I’m trying to prove you can still have a great night out in Soho,” I say. “You can. But not a late one,” replies Lesley Lewis over a glass of white wine at her beloved pub the French House. “I’ve always loved Soho,” says the legendary proprietor, who has run the French House for 37 [...]
‘The world of Cat TV is more cut throat than you would ever imagine’ – inside the strange business of TV… for cats October 1, 2026 On the internet, no one knows you’re a cat. But The Algorithm almost certainly knows if you’re a cat owner, and it will increasingly serve you content aimed at keeping your housebound feline entertained. Welcome to the YouTube phenomenon of Cat TV, a peculiar niche of video streaming whose primary audience (one has to assume) [...]
Fine dining and The Jab: A Michelin dinner with the Ozempic set July 21, 2026 The age of Ozempic is changing fine dining. Anna Moloney asks how to run a Michelin-star restaurant when your diners don't want to eat.