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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The BRIT Awards 2023: Who will win, and will Harry Styles triumph after Grammys?

February 10, 2023

It’s the biggest night in British music this Saturday – the BRIT Awards 2023 land in London. The BRIT Awards have certainly had their fair share of controversy this year. After going genderless on the awards front in 2022, this year there are no females nominated for the Artist of the Year award, which critics [...]
A naughty midnight swim at the top of The Shard? That’s Valentine’s Day sorted

February 9, 2023

Let’s get this clear: Valentine’s Day is a commercialised hellscape. A disastrous day ruled by anxiety for those of us not in couples. If you’re not smooching your partner in a twee restaurant, making valiant waiters interrupt you to take your order, does Valentine’s Day even exist? It’s not that I mind romance, I just [...]
You Netflix review: Penn Badgley’s psychopathic killer moves to London – but is it any good?

February 9, 2023

You Netflix review and star rating: ★★★☆☆ You on Netflix started as an interesting rumination on social media, Penn Badgley’s Joe Golberg skulking around New York murdering people who gave away too much online in-between his penchant for reading high brow books. Now they’ve brought the formula to London, where The Shard and Tower Bridge [...]
UK’s top 50 cocktail bars are revealed – and nearly half are in London

February 9, 2023

The UK’s top 50 cocktail bars have been revealed, and nearly half of them are in the capital city. Hundreds of bar tenders, drinks writers and and bar owners voted, and experts were told to represent the mixology talent outside of London as much as possible. However, the results reveal that London still ranks as [...]
Tom Cruise delays Mission Impossible filming to attend King Charles’ Coronation

February 8, 2023

Tom Cruise is delaying the filming of the eighth instalment of Mission: Impossible so he can attend King Charles’ Coronation. The actor is apparently an avid royal follower, and despite being famously detail-oriented in his approach to filming and meeting filming deadlines, is willing to put his schedule on the back-burner for the 6 May [...]
John Cleese announces Fawlty Towers reboot – everything you need to know

February 8, 2023

It sounds unlikely but apparently it is true: John Cleese is rebooting one of the most iconic British comedy series ever made, Fawlty Towers. Fawlty Towers ran for two two seasons in the 1970s, both with six episodes, and is celebrated for being a near-perfect example of a British sitcom. However, 44 years after Fawlty [...]
Secret Garden Party 2023 announces line-up including return of Collosillyum

February 8, 2023

Secret Garden Party 2023, the legendary Cambridgeshire festival, has announced its full line-up for 2023. Joining the previously announced headliners The Libertines, Fat Freddy’s Drop and Underworld are disco powerhouse Roisin Murphy, DJ collective 2MANYDJS, influential dance collective Leftfield, feminist musician Peaches and hip-hop heavyweights De La Soul. Drum and bass duo Fabio and Grooverider [...]
Grammys recap: the 3 biggest moments last night, including shock Harry Styles win

February 6, 2023

The Grammys took place overnight in Los Angeles, earmarking the biggest night in music, which takes place annually just a few days before the BRIT Awards in London. It was a big night for British talent, with Sam Smith, Harry Styles and breakthrough indie band Wet Leg taking home gongs. If you weren’t sitting up [...]
Six The Musical review: Still the best musical in town

February 4, 2023

Six the Musical review and star rating: ★★★★★ If you heard about Six when it opened but decided it wasn’t for you, now’s the time to think again. Six the musical is a musical that even those that don’t like the artform must attend. Bold and brave in just about every way, it has a [...]
Nolly review: Helena Bonham Carter reaches career high in Russell T Davies’ ITV triumph

February 2, 2023

Nolly review and star rating: ★★★★★ Would a drama about a faded eighties television star appeal to modern audiences? It was a question posed by one concerned journalist at a pre-launch event for new ITV drama series Nolly. “It’ll appeal to everybody,” clapped back Helena Bonham Carter, its lead star, focusing her stare and exuding more [...]

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