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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Our honest review of new Gordon Ramsay Bishopsgate rooftop bar and restaurant

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Bread Street Kitchen is the new Gordon Ramsay Bishopsgate rooftop bar and restaurant. City AM were the first to try the food – here’s what to order and our honest review In Being Gordon Ramsay, the chef’s reality series for Netflix, the sweary demi-god is asked by his son how many Bread Street Kitchen restaurants [...]
Wimbledon to serve strawberry flavoured fried chicken

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Strawberries and cream have been synonymous with the Wimbledon tennis Championships ever since the very first tournament in 1877, when the fruit was served to around 200 spectactors. These days some two million strawberries are served across the 14 days of the Championships, equating to almost 40 tonnes of the fruit. The All England Lawn [...]
New London rooftop bar will be biggest ever with 1,000 capacity

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Getting a reservation at London’s most famous rooftop bars can be difficult, especially with the better weather. New London rooftop bar Freight Brixton will attempt to remedy that issue with room for 1,000 at the open-air venue. The bar will offer drinking, dancing and dining, with DJs spinning funk, jazz and soul tunes throughout the [...]

5 amazing things to see at the Barbican’s 1996 exhibition

May 6, 2026

Ahead of the Toast the City 2026 Awards, we spotlight the venues to put on your radar this spring. Here, we look at the Barbican’s arresting new 1996 exhibition It is heralded as the peak of the Britpop era: the Spice Girls and Oasis were holding the front pages, and the country was on the brink of [...]
The Square Mile rooftop bar you’ve probably never tried

May 6, 2026

Ahead of the Toast the City 2026 Awards, we meet the venues to put on your radar this spring Have you made time for Madison, sipped at Sabine and quaffed at Coq d’Argent? Then it’s time to try another of the Square Mile’s fabulous rooftop bars you probably haven’t heard of. Florattica is on the [...]
Our favourite Square Mile rooftop bars – one for every vibe

April 30, 2026

In this series, we round up the best sky-high drinking spots across London. The first of the area focuses on the London rooftop bar options in the Square Mile. Madison, Coq d’Argent and Sushisamba are old favourites, but how do they fare against newer openings like Aviary, Sabine and PocketSquare? And which one should take [...]
The Devil Wears Prada 2 review: Meryl Streep is funnier than ever

April 29, 2026

The Devil Wears Prada 2 with Meryl Streep review and star rating: ★★★★ The fashion got us hooked, but it was the memes that helped The Devil Wears Prada endure for almost two decades. Asides such as “Florals for spring? Groundbreaking” and “Everybody wants to be us,” delivered by Meryl Streep’s monstrous editor Miranda Priestly, [...]
The City pub boasting taxidermy boar, deer and squirrel

April 29, 2026

Our Toast the City Awards celebrating the best of the Square Mile returns later this year. Adam Bloodworth dines at City pub The Jugged Hare WHAT’S THE VIBE? At The Jugged Hare, I pass a boar growling at me. It has been upturned and beheaded and presented unceremoniously on a dining table. Fierce-eyed boars, slender [...]
Why awe-inspiring Anguilla is the Caribbean’s best-kept secret

April 27, 2026

Anguilla is the Caribbean island America’s high-net-worth are escaping to. Here’s where to stay, eat and explore Like the very best paradise islands, Anguilla feels reassuringly far away. Fly to the Caribbean island of St Maarten via Paris, then it’s a transfer by road and another by boat. The travel is such that most Brits [...]
Inside the Wetherpoons pub with great Tower of London views

April 22, 2026

Certainly not the most discerning watering hole in the Square Mile, Wetherspoons is nonetheless an institution. No matter what you think of it, it’s hard to argue that it doesn’t offer incredible value for money. Here’s a look inside The Liberty Bounds, one of the lesser-known Wetherspoons pubs frequented by City folk. WHAT’S THE VIBE?This [...]

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