Why there’s a CD revival, even though vinyl is cooler September 23, 2025 For the Autumn edition of City AM The Magazine, Killian Faith-Kelly explores the CD revival and what it says about Gen Z listening habits About a month ago, I read about some Lorde fans complaining that their CDs of her latest album weren’t working. And part of me thought, “That’s bad, these Lorde fans have [...]
Anita Rani interviews Luca restaurant owners about Michelin starred food and meditative music September 23, 2025 For the Autumn edition of City AM The Magazine, broadcaster and author Anita Rani interviews Luca and Clove Club founders Johnny Smith and Daniel Willis about making music and falling in love with food Daniel Willis: So Anita, do you remember how we all met? Anita Rani: Well, which version are we going to give? [...]
Alien: Earth actor Sandra Yi Sencindiver shares her last meal on Earth September 22, 2025 Alien: Earth actor Sandra Yi Sencindiver tells us the story of her life through food, picking a final meal that includes Danish buns, Korean pancakes and fresh Thai mangosteen I had a bit of a rocky, colourful upbringing. I’ve had different mothers. I’ve lived in different countries. My adopted parents were an American man and [...]
Gen Z don’t care about your smartwatches – here’s why September 20, 2025 From City AM The Magazine‘s Autumn edition, Gen Z are the first digital native generation but they’re turning to analogue timepieces over smartwatches It’s ironic that the generation that grew up with a smartphone in their hand is ditching the smartwatch in favour of an analogue alternative. Last year Watchfinder, the Richemont-owned pre-owned retailer, commissioned [...]
Erin Doherty on surviving Adolescence, queer storytelling and hating her phone September 15, 2025 Erin Doherty rose to fame as the young Princess Anne in The Crown, but this year has found new success working alongside Stephen Graham on two projects, A Thousand Blows and Adolescence. She tells Adam Bloodworth how playing a child psychologist in the latter ‘consumed’ her, the type of queer stories she’d like to tell [...]
Obituaries: A dying Art. Who writes them and why do they matter? June 26, 2025 “To look at the paper is to raise a seashell to one’s ear and to be overwhelmed by the roar of humanity,” the philosopher Alain de Botton once said. Clearly Mr de Botton didn’t make it to the obituary pages very often. Every day newspapers devote a few pages to covering the lives of interesting [...]
Why are Gen Z embracing Catholicism? June 24, 2025 As Gen Z embrace Catholicism, Anna Moloney wonders why her nominal religion is suddenly so chic. Could the answer be ‘accessories’?
Is real-life Severance here? Inside the offices microchipping employees April 4, 2025 Is real life Severance already here? Anna Moloney talks to the companies using human microchips in the pursuit of productivity.
In defence of wasting time October 3, 2024 Pleasure-focused pastimes such as reading fiction are being sacrificed for productivity-boosting pursuits. Anna Moloney, in repose, defends idleness.
Has Linkedin lost the plot? September 27, 2024 Over on Linkedin, people are exposing their nether-region-nasties purely for engagement, and that cannot be an expression of a healthy society