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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Six top car hire tips from a car rental expert at Sixt

September 23, 2023

Hiring a car can be stressful, especially when there’s so much choice. But there are a few simple things you can do to make car hire simpler on your next trip. We spoke to Jamie Holt, Operations Director at Sixt, to find out their top tips for car hire in London, from the type of [...]
Dawn French at the London Palladium: Seven things we learned

September 22, 2023

Dawn French has more nights at the London Palladium this month and in October Dawn French’s new stand-up show, Dawn French is a Huge Twat, had its London premiere at the Palladium last night, marking the first of a string of dates in capital for the 65-year-old. The two-hour show features adorable anecdotes from throughout [...]
The Little Big Things review, Soho Place theatre: Fan theatre at its best

September 21, 2023

The Little Big Things review, Soho Place theatre: Fan theatre at its best
Inside London Design Festival’s amazing St Paul’s Cathedral light installation

September 21, 2023

Priests say the London Design Festival’s Aura installation “enhances” the 300-year-old St Paul’s Cathedral. It’s one of the only times the Cathedral has welcomed artists in to create in the space A minutes’ walk from Bank Tube station, twenty City workers cower from the rain. They’re standing in front of a rotating metal orb, watching [...]
Rebecca musical review, Charing Cross Theatre: Fussy and too much like panto

September 20, 2023

Rebecca musical review and star rating: ★★ Rebecca is getting a real show of it. A new film adaptation came out during the pandemic, and now the first ever musical in the English language arrives in London. The Netflix film was panned, and this hammy version of the classic Daphne Du Maurier Gothic novel first [...]
Why the Old War Office is the most significant London hotel launch in years

September 20, 2023

What’s the Old War Office? Well, it’s two things. Firstly, it’s the old war office where Churchill valiantly conducted the war effort, and it’s also a brand spanking new London hotel that’s likely going to be the poshest new hotel to open in London in years. The building opened in 1906, but the hotel’s opening [...]
Details of BBC’s Russell Brand investigation revealed: findings due in ‘weeks not months’

September 19, 2023

The BBC’s Director-General has announced a review of Russell Brand’s behaviour during his time working with the broadcaster, with the outcome due in “weeks not months.” According to a report by Deadline, Tim Davie said to colleagues this afternoon: “We’ll look at any complaints made about Russell Brand’s conduct during his time, what was known [...]
London Design Festival director: the UK government must regulate AI technology

September 18, 2023

The first AI-generated buildings have already been built. Adam Bloodworth hears how it’s a hot topic at this month’s London Design Festival, running 16 – 24 September at venues across London Architects don’t need AI,” declared Britain’s most famous architect Norman Foster in May. Three months later, his firm Foster + Partners gave a pithy [...]
‘Like a very, very Loose Women!’ 5 podcasters on the thrill of recording live at London Podcast Festival

September 18, 2023

The London Podcast Festival returned this September, bringing the usually solitary exercise of recording podcasts into the public forum. It welcomed audiences to debate topics and involve themselves with conversations as podcasts were recorded live in King’s Cross. It’s an unusual format, so we spoke five people involved in the festival, the founder, three podcasters [...]
Skiing with the royal family’s ski instructor in Meribel, high in the Alps

September 18, 2023

Ski with a legendary Meribel family of ski instructors to get unrivalled knowledge of one of France’s most picturesque resorts, says Adam Bloodworth It’s not often you go on holiday and meet the founder of the town. Hotel owners are always trying to shake your hand, but town founders? In my experience, they tend to [...]

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