By: Adam Bloodworth

Features Journalist Adam Bloodworth is the Deputy Life&Style Editor at City AM. He has served in the role since 2022, writing and commissioning culture and lifestyle features for the newspaper and website. The Life&Style section covers film, TV, music, theatre, things to do in London and features that examine the ways Londoners live their lives. He also serves as Deputy Editor for City AM The Magazine, writing and commissioning for the quarterly luxury lifestyle product distributed by hand around the capital. He has been interviewed by the BBC News at 10, BBC Scotland, BBC Three Counties Radio and can be found on X and LinkedIn.

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Inside the ‘Venice of the Cotswolds’, a short distance from London

August 8, 2025

Taylor Swift retreated here after her Wembley shows, and Ellen Degeneres is the latest A-Lister to flee Trump by moving to the Cotswolds, already home to the Beckhams, Kate Moss, Damien Hirst and Jeremy Clarkson. In short, the Cotswolds is popping off, and has been for a number of years, thanks to its easy commute [...]
Freakier Friday review: Lindsay Lohan sequel offers innocent fun

August 8, 2025

Last year’s musical remake of Mean Girls sparked a re-evaluation of Lindsay Lohan, the Disney star whose personal life made her tabloid fodder in the noughties. Now she has reunited with Jamie Lee Curtis to make a sequel to one of her biggest hits. Freaky Friday was a famous example of the body swap comedy, [...]
Wilderness festival review: silliness and beauty combine to offer five-star escapism

August 7, 2025

Around a quarter of the people who attended Wilderness festival this year glamped, swerving the surely horrifying idea of pitching their own tent, and they quaffed champagne at banquet feasts and from lakeside hot tubs. There is no getting around it: Wilderness attracts what the festival likes to call a “bouji” crowd (bosses don’t like [...]
This Grease immersive show isn’t the one that I want

August 7, 2025

Grease: immersive musical review: ★★ A Titanic experience where you’re aboard the ship as it sinks, the heavily-mocked Elvis show (that I actually loved), a new Traitors experience and similar ones for Squid Game and Friends. Whatever you want to call them, experiences or immersive theatre (categorising these experiences has instigated a fierce debate raging [...]
Goodnight, Oscar review: Will & Grace star Sean Hayes is magnetic

August 7, 2025

Goodnight, Oscar review and star rating: ★★★★ It’s fairly obvious why writers turn to televisual ratings to source their intrigue: every scribe knows the pain of having their stories or subjects exploited to reach bigger audiences. File Goodnight, Oscar next to a litany of West End hits on the subject, including Network at the National [...]
Here’s why the Simmons bar was never going to last

August 6, 2025

It should have worked. On every level. Millennial pink neon art, reliably late opening hours, chugging cheap cocktails to disco playlists. Who doesn’t like disco playlists? And yet, after taking the “tough decision” to close four bars, Simmons has gone into administration, owing millions to the bank and tax collectors. When Simmons launched in 2013, [...]
UK Heatwave 2.0: 8 best London restaurants with outdoor dining terraces for summer

August 6, 2025

These London restaurants have new outdoor dining terraces ready for summer Right then, it’s blistering. The sun is showing up – probably temporarily – so it’s imperative to get outside and celebrate while this UV onslaught lasts. A range of new terraces have launched in time for social season, so no matter your vibe, here [...]
I played the Traitors Live Experience – here’s my honest review

August 5, 2025

The Traitors Live Experience feels like the TV show, even if the tasks are a little rushed With Friends, Race Across The World and Squid Game live experiences currently on in London, it was only a matter of time before The Traitors became less than faithful to their televisual format and hopped over to screw [...]
An homage to the City of London’s only butchers shop (and fab lunch spot)

August 4, 2025

In a new series celebrating the people and places nominated for our Toast the City awards, celebrating the best of the City of London, Adam Bloodworth finds the ultimate spot for an indulgent lunchtime sausage baguette WHAT’S THE DEAL? It’s far too common to spend incredible amounts of money on lunch in the City, so it’s [...]
7 amazing things to do in London this week, from new pizza to cocktails and the return of Secret Cinema

August 4, 2025

7 amazing things to do in London this week, from the return of Secret Cinema with a hyped production of Grease to unusual pizza combos and fabulous cocktails As summer trucks on, more fabulous outdoor events demand your attention: this week sees the return of Cocktails in the City, and there’s a new immersive theatre [...]

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