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, wine, going out, culture, technology and travel. I'm also the head judge of our Toast the City awards that celebrates hospitality in the Square Mile. Find me on X @steve_dinneen

All 1159 Articles

How Japanese whisky became the world’s hottest tipple (and which ones you should buy)

March 2, 2016

When a Japanese brand was named the world’s best whisky in 2014 – knocking Scottish distillers off the top spot for the first time – the news travelled across the globe. But to those in the know, it had been a long time coming. Japanese whiskies have been hotting up for a decade or more [...]
Now trending: Your new spring wardrobe in pictures

March 2, 2016

Fashion artist Emma Hopkins lays bare the latest styles for spring/summer 2016 to help you stay ahead of the crowd.
How E Tautz designer Patrick Grant is using Kickstarter to save the UK textiles business

March 2, 2016

Patrick Grant, the award-winning designer behind resurgent Savile Row tailor E Tautz, is best known for his modern take on traditional men’s tailoring. With his latest venture, however, he’s set his sights even higher: saving the UK textile industry. Community Clothing was born when E Tautz’s manufacturer Cookson and Clegg near Blackburn (also a supplier [...]
Beautiful Things: Our favourite items this month, from violins to retro bikes

March 2, 2016
A tale of two grills: Bukowski Charcoal Grill and Boyds Grill & Wine Bar

March 1, 2016

BUKOWSKI CHARCOAL GRILL 10-11 D'Arblay Street, W1f 8DT Tel: 020 3857 4756 FOOD ★★☆☆☆ | VALUE ★★★★☆ | ATMOSPHERE ★★☆☆☆ Cost for two with beer and cocktails: £70 – – – – – – – – – – – BOYDS GRILL & WINEBAR 8 Northumberland Ave, WC2N 5BY Tel: 020 7808 3344 FOOD ★★★★☆ | VALUE [...]
Five classic meals that are improved by adding beer

March 1, 2016

I was making risotto the first time I poured beer into my dinner. The recipe called for a glass of wine; I was drinking a bottle of lager and I figured that I’d use that instead. It was delicious. In the 10 years since, I’ve cooked with every kind of beer there is, using it [...]
Fashion stylist Ozzy Shah picks out his top London Fashion Week 2016 looks

February 26, 2016
Cleansed at the National Theatre and A Girl Is a Half Formed Thing at the Young Vic reviewed

February 25, 2016

Cleansed Dorfman (National Theatre) | ★★★☆☆ I was going to start this review by saying Sarah Kane’s Cleansed has lost a little of its shock value in the 18 years since it premiered. In this time the phrase “torture porn” has entered the popular vernacular and even your mum has probably seen The Human Centipede. [...]
Galley on Upper Street in Islington is nice: but we should aim higher

February 23, 2016

We can afford to be discerning about things, us Londoners, what with all the lovely London stuff we have, Londoning the place up. “Isn’t everything here great compared to the things in places that aren’t London?” we say to each other, smiling and knowing it to be true. Take restaurants: we have heaps of them, [...]
The Toyota Mirai is the car you can buy – today – that only emits water

February 23, 2016

At a modernist house in North London – designed, built and rented out by one of the partners at Norman Foster’s firm – Toyota showed me the future of the car. It’s a long, funny-looking four-door contraption called the Mirai, with exaggerated rear wheel arches and a fittingly modernist front end. Other car companies talk [...]

UK borrowing costs soar as Iran ceasefire collapses

SailGP, rugby and PJL: Inside the new £50m budget sporting asset class

Stunning Morgan Midsummer Coupe by Pininfarina revealed

By: Steve Dinneen

All 1159 Articles

Subscribe