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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2:22 A Ghost Story review: Can Cheryl act? She certainly shouts convincingly

February 2, 2023

2:22 A Ghost story review and star rating: ★★★☆☆ Should X Factor and Girls Aloud’s Cheryl be cast as a lead in a major West End play when she hasn’t any acting experience? The question of ‘stunt casting’ – employing a celebrity that isn’t known for acting to sell tickets – is age old. Elvis [...]
Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons review: Jenna Coleman can’t make lemonade from this

February 1, 2023

Review and star rating: ★★★☆☆ You’ve got 140 words a day to communicate with, the same as the number of characters in a tweet. How about that? This is the premise for Lemons Lemons Lemons, a show as abstract and provocative as its title suggests – but its contents can’t quite make lemonade. It’s a [...]
7 ways to celebrate – or avoid – Valentine’s Day in London

February 1, 2023

Valentine’s Day rolls around again this 14 February. We get it, it can be triggering, especially if you’ve recently been through a break up or aren’t feeling sure of what you want romantically right now. So these events are inclusive for everyone, whether you think Valentine’s Day is a commercial, exploitative waste of space or [...]
LGBT History Month: Things to do in London to celebrate and educate

January 31, 2023

LGBT History Month is a month-long celebration of LGBTQ history, including the history of the fight for equality through the civil rights movements. No matter your vibe, there’ll be an LGBT History Month event that’ll appeal. Talks, shows, tours and exhibitions are all launching this month in line with queer historical themes. Plenty of London [...]
The Apprentice recap: this week’s most ridiculous moments, ranked

January 26, 2023

Another week of The Apprentice, another week of cacophonous shouting from people in suits squabbling over loose change. The Apprentice episode 4 saw the two teams sent off to Brighton to barter for vintage and second-hand items at low prices. It was a week of small spending, small gains and, well, not a whole load [...]
The best shows to see at Vault Festival, London’s answer to the Edinburgh Fringe

January 26, 2023

After a two year hiatus, the UK’s second biggest festival is underway beneath Waterloo Station. Adam Bloodworth spicks out the top shows T he UK’s second biggest festival has opened its doors in a hundred-year-old vault under Waterloo Station. The Vault Festival programmes features over 500 performers spanning comedy, theatre and circus, with shows running [...]
Sound Of The Underground review: Travis Alabanza’s Royal Court drag play is a meta triumph

January 26, 2023

Sound of the Underground review and star rating: ★★★★☆ “The drag brunches are very heavy.” It’s one of the drag confessions in Sound Of The Underground, Travis Alabanza’s Royal Court play, a provocative, emotional testament to the artform. Performed in a non-queer space to largely wealthy West London audiences, Alabanza understands the power of this [...]
Why everyone’s feeling in a low mood right now

January 25, 2023

January has always been a challenging month to get through mentally, and now new research has proven we’re in a bad mood in January for more days than in any other month of the year. On average we spend 8 days per month feeling sad, and a quarter feel saddest during January, a new survey [...]
“It’s broken for Black women”: Oscar nominations 2023 not diverse enough, say critics

January 24, 2023

American film critics have begun calling out the Oscar nominations 2023 for not being diverse enough, saying there are systemic reasons why Black people are not being recognised. Of this year’s Oscar nominations 2023, All Best Actor nominations are White men, while Michelle Yeoh makes up the only non-White nomination for Best Actress. In terms [...]
“A truly historic moment”: Irish filmmakers respond to record haul of 14 Oscar nominations for 2023

January 24, 2023

The Oscar nominations for 2023 have been revealed at a ceremony in Los Angeles and it is a huge year for Irish talent. Paul Mescal and Colin Farrell are both nominated for Best Actor, Mescal for indie hit Aftersun and Farrell for drama-comedy The Banshees of Inisherin. In total there has been a record 14 [...]

The Masters delivers food now, and it’s desire wrapped in identity

The Masters delivers food now, and it’s desire wrapped in identity

Barbican Centre: the brutalist landmark weaving art into everyday London life.

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