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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Why The Bowls Club should win big at Toast the City

October 2, 2025

Ahead of the Toast the City awards taking place this October, celebrating the best culture in the Square Mile, we meet some of the nominees: this week it’s The Bowls Club. Why does The Bowls Club deserve to win a coveted Slice of Toast at the inaugural Toast the City Awards? Since 2022, The Bowls Club has welcomed over [...]
Inside the Square Mile rooftop bar with Mixmag DJ parties and incredible food

October 2, 2025

Ahead of the Toast the City awards taking place this October, celebrating the best culture in the Square Mile, we meet some of the nominees: this week it’s Wagtail rooftop and bar. Why does Wagtail rooftop bar and restaurant deserve to win a coveted slice of toast? Wagtail stands at the gateway to the City, offering more [...]
Rubber ducks are everywhere – it’s the UK’s strangest new trend

October 2, 2025

Have you been handed a rubber duck by a stranger? Adam Bloodworth explores the latest way people are forging new IRL connections in this piece from City AM The Magazine‘s Autumn edition “We were at a festival when two girls I’d never met tapped me on the shoulder and handed me something,” says Aggie Morris, [...]
Beyond the Barbican: meet the Square Mile’s Bridewell Theatre

October 2, 2025

Other than the Barbican, the Bridewell Theatre is the Square Mile’s most significant live performance venue. Here they tell us why they should win at this year’s inaugural Toast the City awards, celebrating the best of the Square Mile later this month. Why does the Bridewell Theatre deserve to win a coveted Slice of Toast at the [...]
The Importance of Being Earnest review: Stephen Fry and Olly Alexander are wondrously camp

October 1, 2025

The Importance of Being Earnest review and star rating: ★★★★★ Oscar Wilde’s pointedly ridiculous comedy of manners about two men who conspire to both be called Earnest in order to win the affections of two different women is fairly hard to modernise. That’s because of the language, obviously, but also because, by and large, people [...]
Paternoster Chop House & Tavern on why they should win big at this month’s Toast the City awards

October 1, 2025

General Manager Ewa Sosnowska tells us why Paternoster Chop House & Tavern should win a coveted Toast the City award at our ceremony celebrating the best of the Square Mile later this month. Why does Paternoster Chop House & Tavern deserve to win a coveted Slice of Toast at the inaugural Toast the City Awards? [...]
Toast the City: The Jugged Hare on nose-to-tail dining and secret Square Mile foodie spots

October 1, 2025

Ahead of the Toast the City awards taking place this October, celebrating the best culture in the Square Mile, we meet some of the nominees: this week it’s The Jugged Hare. Why does The Jugged Hare deserve to win a coveted Slice of Toast at the inaugural Toast the City Awards? At The Jugged Hare, [...]
How sound became the new luxury wellness frontier

October 1, 2025

For City AM The Magazine, Autumn edition, Adam Bloodworth explores the ways real-world sound is transforming the wellness industry I’m lying on my back with my eyes closed, listening to the sounds of the Outer Hebrides. I can hear water trickling into rock pools and great thunderous waves. I couldn’t feel further away from my [...]
Madison rooftop bar on the secrets behind their venue’s success

October 1, 2025

Kaspars Osis, general manager of the Madison rooftop bar, shares why the venue should win big at this month’s Toast the City awards. Why does Madison rooftop deserve to win a coveted Slice of Toast at the inaugural Toast the City Awards? Madison Restaurant and Roof Terrace deserves a Slice of Toast because we offer more [...]
Kudu restaurant review, Marylebone: Like eating on the South African savannah

October 1, 2025

At Kudu in Marylebone, beer-pickled onions cut into teardrop shapes are put on top of my prime rib, which comes not on a wooden board but on a fancy plate. On the other side of the table, a whole monkfish is served with pickled fennel and sea beets. These are two examples of restaurateur couple [...]

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