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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Bridget Jones director on finding ‘real heat’ between Leo Woodall and Renee Zellweger

February 14, 2025

Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy director Michael Morris shares “precious” memories of reuniting Hugh Grant and Renee Zellweger, those age-gap sex scenes and reflects on the scenes he wishes he didn’t have to cut Renee Zellweger was apprehensive about playing Bridget Jones again. Of course she was: you’re careful about reprising the roles that [...]
Bridget Jones director reveals cut Renee Zellweger drinking scene that ‘hurt’ to loose

February 13, 2025

Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy is finally out today, on Galentine’s Day, nine years after the last film landed in cinemas. Based on the original novel by Helen Fielding, it tells the story of a 50-something Bridget dealing with grief after the loss of her husband, Mark Darcy, while bringing up her two young [...]
Reviewing the new Gordon Ramsay opening that’s the highest restaurant in Europe

February 13, 2025

Lucky Cat at 22 Bishopsgate by Gordon Ramsay review and star rating: ★★★ Going to Gordon Ramsay’s newest restaurant is palm sweat-inducing stuff. From its sky-high vantage point, one can look down at the Walkie Talkie, which, despite being famed for its views, looks puny. Lucky Cat at 22 Bishopsgate, on the 60th floor of [...]
Mad About The Boy: Bridget Jones review – perfectly timed with hun culture

February 12, 2025

Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy review: the return of the UK’s favourite singleton couldn’t have hit the cultural zeitgeist better. In a new era of feminism, Bridget finally should be embraced by us all, whether we relate to her or not, says Adam Bloodworth ★★★★ Ah, Bridget Jones and her absolutely enormous panties! The [...]
7 of the best Valentine’s Day events in London (whether you’re loved up or not)

February 7, 2025

Valentine’s Day events in London for friends, lovers and everyone in-between Valentine’s Day is about as Marmite as it gets – as well as excluding people not in relationships, the schmaltzy day piles pressure on couples by suggesting they need to put on a big show of affection for their partner to prove their love. [...]
I signed a waiver to eat London’s hottest chicken at Dave’s Hot Chicken

February 4, 2025

Dave’s Hot Chicken is open on Shaftesbury Avenue What is it with men (yes, it is men) and hot chicken? There are dissertations waiting to be written about masculinity and its inextricable connection to hot chilli eating contests, but the trend is more significant in America than the UK. However, London is getting a (red [...]
Chap Bistro is the sort of chef London needs more of

February 4, 2025

Restaurants in London desperately need to be more fun. Yes, they should serve sustainable food, but surely ethical sourcing has evolved into an expectation rather than a concept by this stage – just be sustainable and stop talking about it. What this overworked city desperately needs is more humour and light heartedness. Gloria in Shoreditch [...]
Kolamba restaurant founders: chilli is massively overused in London kitchens

February 3, 2025

Kolamba is a contemporary Sri Lankan restaurant with outposts in Soho and Shoreditch. Their dishes deal in big colour and splashes of vibrant flavour. Think roasted pineapple as a centrepiece for the table; jackfruit hopper biryani, moorish spinach dahl; and Idli with Sambar. They’re particularly proud of their vegetarian food – but here co-founders Eroshan [...]
Kitchen Table’s Sandia Chang: chilled, light red wine is big right now

February 3, 2025

Kitchen Table is the Michelin starred Fitzrovia dining experience where guests sit around a horseshoe-shaped bar within close reach of the chefs. James Knappett’s team prepares the food and his wife Sandia Chang manages the drinks. Here Chang tells us about the alcohol (and booze-free) drinks on her mind. Read more: ‘Men stop behaving like [...]
Netflix actor Chrissy Metz: Country music rejects bigger white women

January 29, 2025

This Is US actor Chrissy Metz is crying out for a comedy gig – and while we’re at it, she’d like one of her country songs to top the charts. As she takes on her latest role in Netflix’s Bank of Dave 2, she tells Adam Bloodworth why that’s proving much harder than success in [...]

‘It will reduce jobs’ – Jamie Dimon sounds off on AI’s impact on banks

Championship play-off final: Hull or Middlesbrough stand to gain £200m

This Royal Albert Hall event is a must-book for film lovers

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