Running from home: StanChart Great City Race back for 2020 July 14, 2020 One of the City calendar’s highlights will still go ahead this year – albeit in a new, remote format. The Standard Chartered Great City Race will be held on Tuesday 21st July, with entrants running from home or around their homes rather than around the landmarks of the City and the Square Mile. This year, [...]
The Friday Interview: Chris D’Sylva and the Supermarket of Dreams July 10, 2020 Every Friday, City A.M. Deputy Editor Andy Silvester interviews somebody making waves in the finer things in life: food and drink. This week he sits down with Chris D’Sylva amidst the stacked shelves of the “Supermarket of Dreams,” which opened amidst lockdown in the first week of June Nestled amongst the somewhat staid independent shops [...]
World’s best bars unite for fundraising auction July 9, 2020 A collection of the world’s best bars have clubbed together to deliver a fundraising auction which they hope will give the hospitality industry a much-needed boost. The auction, with prizes donated by members of the World’s 50 Best Bars list and a host of food and drink businesses, includes three nights bar-hopping with New York’s [...]
Sir Bradley Wiggins and Raymond Blanc link up for cycling and gastronomy weekend July 6, 2020 If cycling leaves you in need of a good meal, then your dream holiday may well have just arrived. Sir Bradley Wiggins and Raymond Blanc OBE are the stars of the show for LeBlanq:01 – the first weekend of its kind, which organisers promise will be “an epic weekend of eating, drinking and riding” on [...]
Al fresco Soho bursts into life as summer festival kicks off July 6, 2020 Pubs, bars and restaurants opened in Soho this weekend, with new licensing laws allowing them to spill into the street. Andy Silvester spent Saturday afternoon – and evening – seeing what the new normal looks like As the first drops of rain hit the drinkers sitting at tables in the middle of D’Arblay Street, the [...]
London’s breweries fizz as taproom doors reopen July 6, 2020 Super Saturday saw London’s social scene begin to buzz again. City A.M.’s Andy Silvester took in the sights, sounds and the taste of Beavertown Brewery’s taproom in Tottenham and the Brick Brewery bar in Peckham – all in the interests of journalism, of course. Over a cold pint of Beavertown’s Bloody ‘Ell IPA – in [...]
Super Saturday: 11 London pubs to visit as capital reopens July 3, 2020 We know Soho is opening up with pedestrianised streets, but what else is happening this weekend around the capital? Well, there’s plenty of London pubs and bars reopening, if you’re in need of a post-lockdown drink. If you’re looking for inspiration, City A.M. takes a very brief look at options – but for goodness’ sake, just [...]
The Derby: Behind closed doors but Epsom still at centre stage July 3, 2020 As the sun breaks over the Derby course this Saturday, for the 241st running of the most famous race in the world, it will be a very different scene to most years. There will be no packed infield full of double decker buses, no ferris wheel on the Hill, no HM the Queen in the [...]
The City View: Sir Martin Sorrell on why Boris is in trouble if unemployment bounces July 3, 2020 In today’s episode of The City View, advertising giant Sir Martin Sorrell talks to City A.M.’s Andy Silvester about the economic recovery, leading a company through these difficult times and the acceleration of the shift to digital. He also offers his views on the response of firms to increased awareness of racial inequality, the US [...]
The Friday interview: Gary Boom on wine, trading and virtual tastings July 3, 2020 Nothing has been immune from the disruption wrought by Covid-19 and the wine industry is no different. City A.M. talks to BI Fine Wine chief Gary Boom about Bordeaux tastings, the wine industry and the value of an alternative asset class. “Here’s your routine when you start: it’s nine o’clock first tasting, with seven wines. [...]
