Iconic City of London building unveils three new art galleries September 10, 2025 One of the City of London’s iconic buildings has unveiled three new free-to-enter art exhibition spaces that will house 24 shows over the next year. The No.1 Poultry building between Bank and St Paul’s has partnered with arts charity Hypha Studios and the Cheapside Business Alliance to turn currently unused offices into gallery space. Some [...]
City of London Police chair: Fraud is ‘damaging the foundations of our nation’ September 10, 2025 The chair of the City of London Police Authority Board has warned that fraud is “damaging the foundations of our nation” and the UK must treat it with the same urgency as street crime. Speaking at the Police Authority Board dinner on Wednesday, City AM can reveal that Tijs Broeke told senior police, business, and [...]
The Capitalist: Let’s do the time warp, Square Mile edition September 4, 2025 As City AM turns 20, The Capitalist turns nostalgic. Join us for a trip down memory lane... to the Square Mile, September 2005.
‘I’ve had too many lunches to remember the best’: City AM co-founder Lawson Muncaster on 20 years in the Square Mile September 4, 2025 To mark 20 years of City AM, we spoke to the man who’s been there from the start, our managing director and co-founder Lawson Muncaster.
On this day: The worst blazes of the Great Fire of London September 4, 2025 On this day in 1666, the worst blazes of the Great Fire of London engulfed the City. Eliot Wilson tells us more.
Lunchtime Tourism: The beautiful, elegiac Gilt of Cain at Fen Court September 2, 2025 The biblical story of Cain and Abel explores dark themes. Cain is enraged by God’s favouritism towards Abel. In his fury, he kills his brother. Jealousy, guilt, violence, forgiveness, and how we humans treat each other are themes explored in the Book of Genesis story. In Fen Court, Michael Visocchi’s sculpture is paired with Lemn [...]
Pepys Day: Raise a toast to London’s best diarist September 1, 2025 As the City prepares to celebrate its second annual Pepys Day, Michael Mainelli tells us why the diarist is worth celebrating.
Business execs should snap out of summer slump quickly this year September 1, 2025 As the Budget moves closer into view, it looks like business execs will be met with stark awakenings in post-August office reset.
Inside Finsbury Circus Gardens, the City’s biggest green space August 20, 2025 Our Toast the City Awards are celebrating the City’s top spots and takes place this October. This week: the redesigned Finsbury Circus Gardens. If the Square Mile were to be designed today, it would feature a lot more green space. It wasn’t until the middle of the last century that architects realised the importance of nature in [...]
Why Artillery Lane is the City of London’s most charming street August 20, 2025 Our Toast the City Awards are celebrating the City’s top spots and takes place this October. This week: the bars and restaurants of Artillery Lane and Passage. Broadgate’s skyscrapers are so tall and imposing that it can feel overwhelming casting your eye upwards. Head from here into the bowels of Victorian London by way of Artillery Lane, [...]