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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Bleak Expectations at the Criterion Theatre is the silliest West End show you’ve got to catch

May 18, 2023

Bleak Expectations is being pegged as London’s silliest show. It riffs on some of the best bits of Charles Dickens’ novels. Some of the parts we can imagine well in our minds, such as the grimy Victorian school in Oliver. Best of all is that you needn’t know anything about Dickens to enjoy the show, [...]
Best new London rooftop bars and terraces to book for summer

May 18, 2023

There’s nothing like discovering a new outdoor drinking spot. Book a table at one of these new London rooftop bars, says Adam Bloodworth It’s been a ropey old spring so far in terms of the weather but this new spell of warmth feels like a good omen, so we’re calling it: outdoor drinking season has [...]
Why Madonna, George Clooney and British royals are flocking to Portugal’s Comporta, the new St Tropez

May 13, 2023

A-Listers and royalty are moving to Portugal’s secret coastline, to the villages of Comporta and Melides, so get in now, says Adam Bloodworth To steal a commonly-used phrase from Gen Z, Comporta is popping off. Foreign investors have been quietly moving here in their droves over the past decade, encouraged no doubt by the iconic [...]
How to throw the perfect Eurovision 2023 Party: your food, drinks and outfits sorted

May 12, 2023

Can the UK beat last year’s runner-up placing to land the title? Probably not – but it’s time for Eurovision 2023, so let’s party anyway Nil pois? If last year’s runnerup placing is anything to go by, the UK may have finally relegated to history our abysmal showing at the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It [...]
Glory Ride, Charing Cross Theatre, review: Touching tribute to Italian war hero

May 11, 2023

Glory Ride review and star rating: ★★★★ Gino Bartali won the Tour de France for Italy in the 1930s and 1940s but it was another of his conquests that became legendary: how he secretly smuggled documentation to refugees in the Second World War, helping save the lives of thousands of people being persecuted after Italy [...]
August in England, Bush Theatre, review: Lenny Henry at his formidable best

May 11, 2023

August in England review and star rating: ★★★★ Lenny Henry’s beloved as a comedian, but before that he was primarily an actor, as he reminds us with such panache in August in England, a new piece of writing penned by Henry about the Windrush Generation. Henry’s story about a black man whose life is upturned [...]
Bob Bob Ricard City review: Like a hallucinogenic trip, or a warm hug, this just needs to be experienced

May 10, 2023

Bob Bob Ricard founder Leonid Shutov said he wanted his recently renovated Bob Bob Ricard City restaurant to be “somewhere you’ll travel to” rather than somewhere you’d go “because you happen to be nearby.” In the capital, where half the new restaurants close within two years of opening, it’s a smart approach. ‘Make somewhere memorable’ [...]
Coronation Concert recap: The best moments from Sunday night

May 7, 2023

Cheeky charm from Katy Perry, touching tributes from Prince William and a strong message about climate change – last night’s Coronation Concert was much-needed light relief After a tedious half hour introduction in which the most interesting part was learning that Olly Murs has surprisingly huge pecks, it was time for the show to begin. [...]
Fans shocked as Bridgerton spin-off Queen Charlotte tackles royal racism row in key scene

May 5, 2023

Queen Charlotte, the new Bridgerton spin-off, landed on Netflix last night and it makes a clear reference to the royal baby racism allegations from within the royal family. In 2021, Meghan claimed that there was concern among some members of the royal family about the skin colour of her baby with Harry. And now, Shonda [...]
Your Anti-Coronation Guide: unroyal things to do in London this weekend

May 4, 2023

Things to do in London this weekend, from neon life drawing to final-chance theatre, bird watching and cool new Soho shopping If you’re wanting to know where to go to watch the Coronation on the big screen, we’ve got you covered. If you’re wanting to know where to go to celebrate the Coronation in the [...]

Drone strikes and noise disputes: The soaring risks of the global data centre boom

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