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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Photos captured of Parliament Hill Lido in dramatic thunderstorm

August 29, 2023

You’ll probably remember on Saturday that a huge storm blew through London. Guests at the Parliament Hill Lido in Hampstead were recalling how staff told swimmers they’d “be cooked” by the lightning unless they exited the pool. One swimmer told City A.M. that staff were telling people to get out of the famously stainless steel [...]
5 street food dishes to try in Colombia that are so tasty London should adopt them

August 28, 2023

It’s not just Pablo Escobar, Comuna 13 and pretty beaches. Colombia has amazing local street food that is well worth making the trip for. There are hearty stews, interesting meats and lavish desserts. Here are some of the best street food we tried when we visited the South American country for you to try when [...]
London hotels are so much better when they stop refurbishing

August 26, 2023

As a travel writer, my heart sinks when I check into a new London hotel and hear that it’s about to be refurbished. In fact, this goes for hotels all over the world. Sometimes a spruce up is necessary, of course, but most of the time it feels like hotels think the only way to [...]
7 amazing things to do in London this weekend

August 25, 2023

It might be the end of August already, but there are still plenty of things to do in London to keep the summer feels alive for a little bit longer. A range of festivals and outdoor events are coming up this weekend to help you squeeze the last drop out of the summer holiday. Here [...]
The Crown season 6: details emerge about Princess Diana death scene

August 25, 2023

It is one of the most talked-about TV moments of the year and The Crown season 6 hasn’t even happened yet. Netflix’s The Crown is set to air a storyline about Princess Diana’s death later this year when the final series comes out in November. Critics have hit out at the show for dramatising the [...]
Dune: Part Two release date pushed back again due to strikes

August 25, 2023

Fans are going to have to wait an excruciating amount of time for the Dune: Part Two sequel to finally drop. It was scheduled for later this year but due to the writers’ strikes in Los Angeles, the release date of the follow-up film has now been pushed back to 2024. It comes after the [...]
Meet the man keeping London’s Turkish barber scene alive in Soho

August 24, 2023

Memo Barbers has just opened in Soho Memo was 12 when his father, who was also a barber, passed away. At that young age he was put into a haircutting job at his family salon in Istanbul. By 16 he was professionally qualified. With bundles of eccentrically frizzy black hair, Memo is only in his [...]
Stonewall Inn owners: Gay marriage could be taken away from LGBTQ people

August 24, 2023

LGBTQ rights are being challenged in the UK and US, but The Stonewall Inn co-owners tell Adam Bloodworth that their pioneering safe spaces initiative is already changing the lives of LGBT employees and customers. Now British companies and employees can sign up. “We’re being attacked and moving backwards on a global level,” says Stacy Lentz, [...]
Derry Girls creator announces new comedy series set in Belfast

August 22, 2023

The creator of the hit comedy series Derry Girls, set in Derry, Northern Ireland, has announced her plans for another comedy series. How To Get To Heaven From Belfast will be set in Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland, and will be about four women in their late 30s. It will feature one successful but [...]
Edinburgh Fringe’s best jokes of 2023 have been revealed

August 22, 2023

There are thousands of performers at the Edinburgh Fringe all trying out new material with the aim of making you laugh. But only one joke could with the best joke of the Edinburgh Fringe, as voted for by comedy TV channel, Dave. And it was a gag by the comedian Lorna Rose Treen who has [...]

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