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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‘Dangling perilously off a horse’: can an ordinary bloke play polo?

July 1, 2026

It’s a sport associated with kings and aristocrats. But as Rivals popularises polo, can self-titled ‘normal guy’ Adam Bloodworth get into it? in City AM The Magazine, Summer edition, he saddles up with the England captain to find out With all of my body weight resting on my right foot, to my horror, I appear [...]
Dive into Sea Lanes Canary Wharf, London’s new open-air swimming pool

June 30, 2026

Partner content: Canary Wharf is ideal for lovers of open skies, nature and water, as new opening Sea Lanes proves Where else in London can you see this much blue? Get the river, docks and the sky all together in Canary Wharf. With cleaner air and more access to water, it’s a no brainer to [...]
Pride musical at the National Theatre review: I’ve never seen so many people in tears

June 26, 2026

Pride musical at the National Theatre review: ★★★★ Could there be a story more ready-made for a musical than the tale of the unlikely partnership between the gays and the Welsh miners? Based on the true, incredible account of the miner strikes of 1984 and 1985, and following the brilliant 2014 film of the same [...]
New City venue rethinks competitive socialising… again

June 24, 2026

You barely need to leave the Square Mile these days to play sport, with so many iconic sporting games accounted for in the City in one way or another. There’s axe throwing, darts, bowls, golf, and now the latest City competitive socialising launch is a new pool hall. Poolhouse has been designed by the teams [...]
City festival with comedy and line dancing arrives in Square Mile

June 24, 2026

Line dancing, comedy and a panel discussion entitled “Shit I’m in my 30’s: What’s the plan for retirement?” are some of the events taking place at the Leadenhall Building this summer, as the annual Leadenhall Live festival returns. Running 23 June – 16 July, the festival programmes more than 30 events over the course of [...]
Mexican Michelin stars arrive in the Square Mile at Ned pop-up

June 18, 2026

London’s options for good Mexican food are scarce. There is the Michelin starred Kol in Marylebone, Taq in Notting Hill and Fonda in Mayfair, each offering their own stamp, but London’s Mexican diaspora is relatively small, and that means we just don’t have the quality nor quantity of decent places to eat. One country that [...]
Five surprising things I learned at Royal Ascot 2026

June 18, 2026

The fanciest horse race in the country, if not the world, is upon us: Royal Ascot 2026 runs until this Saturday 20 June, with daily races giving the opportunity to dress up and drop a load of money on the equine with the funniest name. I went down for the first time this year and [...]
Bowls Club is the City’s most eccentric (and brilliant) pop-up

June 17, 2026

The Bowls Club in Finsbury Square is the City’s eccentric pop up that makes you feel like you’re anywhere but London. If you love it, why not nominate it for our Toast the City awards – find out how here! Two formidably dressed judges – some poshos from the King’s Road – are engaging in [...]
Bancone is a pasta restaurant – just don’t call it Italian

June 11, 2026

A new restaurant below the imposing walls of the Bank of England is serving pasta – just don’t call this Italian food. I’m told the rare breed beef and marrowbone pasta is a British dish. Is a restaurant Italian because they serve pasta? As any City worker will know, Bancone’s silken threads are kneaded in the [...]
Inside City’s latest Irish pub: London’s poshest Guinness served here

June 5, 2026

The Square Mile’s latest Irish pub, London’s poshest, serves steaks with a Guinness jus From the polished mahogany bartops to the Prince-Charles-pulling-a-pint photos, pubs tend to trade on their ubiquity. No one wants to think about design credentials when they go for a pint. Or do they? The Horsemen & Fitzgerald’s, a new City watering [...]

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