By: Steve Dinneen

Life&Style Editor I'm the editor of City A.M. The Magazine, and editor of the daily newspaper's Life&Style section. We cover food, going out, art, technology and travel.

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My time with the Comu Note Pro AI voice recorder

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Comu Note Pro | ★★★★☆ | £128 (plus optional subscriptions) Every journalist has had that dreaded moment: you leave an interview, click play on the recorder – or, more likely, tap your phone – and… nothing. The worst silence in the world. The interview didn’t record. Over a couple of decades in the game, this [...]
Why The Reeds at South Lodge is long weekend heaven

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Escape to The Reeds at South Lodge for lakeside lodges, private spas, fine dining and Sussex countryside—book your long weekend now.
9 best London Film Festival movies – and when they’re in UK cinemas

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Over 250 films, 33 world premieres, and 88 participating countries… City AM’s culture desk have rounded up the movies we saw at this year’s London Film Festival, which has wrapped for another year. From legal dramas to terrifyingly prescient films about AI, alternative histories and horrors, here are our thoughts on the releases this year, [...]

Paper Tiger review: Adam Driver and Miles Teller star in gritty gangster thriller

October 21, 2026

Adam Driver and Miles Teller elevate James Gray’s gritty 1980s New York crime thriller, even as Paper Tiger falters at the finish.
Nightborn film review: Troll baby horror is a real slog

October 21, 2026

Read why Hanna Bergholm’s Nightborn turns troll-baby body horror and postpartum dread into a bleak, bloody but ultimately dull slog.
iPhone 18 Pro review: Like a fine burgundy

October 13, 2026

Explore the burgundy iPhone 18 Pro, with longer battery life, a brighter screen, upgraded cameras and formidable A20 Pro performance.
Wild Horse Nine review: Martin McDonagh plays the hits in crime caper

October 12, 2026

Wild Horse Nine | Dir Martin McDonagh | ★★★★☆ ‘Two bumbling hitmen contemplate life and death on an ill-fated holiday’ could be the synopsis of Martin McDonagh’s near-perfect 2008 debut In Bruges, but in this instance it is in fact a synopsis of his new film Wild Horse Nine. It’s fitting that his latest film [...]
Inherit film review: Thai horror explores society’s Faustian pact

October 9, 2026

Thai horror Inherit skewers youth obsession with slick scares, Buddhist exorcism and a vampish demon grandma; read why its satire endures.
Rogue Trooper review: Duncan Jones’ best film in decades

October 8, 2026

Duncan Jones returns to form with a brisk, earnest Rogue Trooper, powered by strong voice work and pulp sci-fi zeal—see why it wins over.
Timekettle LiveTalk AI translation earbuds reviewed

October 8, 2026

Timekettle LiveTalk delivers capable AI translation across 52 languages, with delays and subscription costs; consider it for frequent travel.

Revealed: The luxury London pads getting Healey’s energy handout – while poorer areas miss out

Russia wins legal bid to come in from the cold in international ice hockey

Inside the St Paul’s Fabric ‘raves’, which are nothing like you think

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