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

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The Real Thing play review: Wonderfully, expertly pointless

September 4, 2024

The Real Thing | The Old Vic | ★★★★☆ | The term “staginess” is usually meant as an insult but there’s a wonderful staginess to Tom Stoppard’s play of ideas The Real Thing. It’s a twisty, unabashedly academic drawing room drama in which it’s never quite clear whether the room in question is a real place [...]
The Waterloo Wetherspoons is utterly miserable: Of course it is

September 3, 2024

In accordance with tradition, I am in the grips of a savage and well deserved hangover as I enter The Lion & The Unicorn, the massive new Wetherspoons that opened yesterday at Waterloo Station. It takes its name from the Lion and Unicorn Pavilion that was constructed for the 1951 Festival of Britain, a celebration [...]
Check these amazing photos of surviving Victorian London pubs

September 2, 2024

London has many great things going for it, but among the very best are its great pubs. Many of the traditional “gin palace” style Victorian pubs are functioning relics of a bygone era, listed buildings that stand defiantly against the march of town-planning progress. Photographer Nahidul, who goes by the handle @LondonPubFacades, has made a [...]
Definitely Not: Why I won’t be queuing for Oasis tickets on Saturday

August 27, 2024

Appropriately for a column about a pair of Catholic lads, I am what you might call a lapsed Oasis fan. As a teenager I had a full collection of their singles, which came in those tiny little half-width jewel cases I haven’t seen out in the wild for at least two decades. My friends and [...]
England fast bowler Tom Curran on what he’d eat for his last meal

August 16, 2024

England international Tom Curran, currently playing in the Hundred, picks out the dishes he’d eat for his last supper on earth, from an entire breakfast to a gooey chocolate fondant. I grew up from the age of six in Zimbabwe so we ate a lot of meat and spent a lot of time cooking on [...]
The 7 best covered terraces and courtyards at London restaurants

August 16, 2024

There’s nothing quite like a bit of al fresco dining, especially when the sun is burning down and tempting us to spend all of our waking hours outside. To celebrate the good weather finally showing up, we’ve rounded up some of the best terraces and courtyards where you can enjoy a great meal – but [...]
US accuses Georgia government of running scam call centres

August 14, 2024

The Georgian government has been accused of operating scam call centres that defraud UK investors of millions each year. The Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe – also known as “the Helsinki Commission” – called on the US State Department to launch an immediate crackdown on the Georgian Dream party. A statement released by [...]
Best beer gardens in London from Lock Tavern to The Captain Kidd

August 13, 2024

It's almost beer garden season but with the risk of a downpour, it better be a really good one: here are the best London has to offer
18 new London rooftop bars in London to enjoy in the sun

August 13, 2024

11 new London rooftop bars for summer, from Shoreditch to the Square Mile and further afield, here's where to raise a glass
Exclusive first look inside the Friends Experience at Royal Docks

August 8, 2024

As you walk into the new Friends Experience at the Royal Docks, you’re greeted by a New York cab. On the far side of the vast hall is an exact recreation of the famous Central Perk coffee shop and in the distance I can make out the apartment shared by the eponymous friends, with its [...]

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How South Wales became one of the UK’s most exciting food destinations

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