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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House of the Dragon’s Abubakar Salim dreams of Kenyan kebabs for his last supper

June 26, 2026

House of the Dragon star Abubakar Salim tells us what he’d eat for his last meal on earth, from Kenyan kebabs to a warm bowl of ramen My mum has always been the cook in our family. My memories of being young are just my mum being in the kitchen cooking all the time – [...]
Ikoyi founder Jeremy Chan: ‘Eating my own food is forbidden’

June 26, 2026

Jeremy Chan is a singular guy. Upon arrival for the only sitting at Ikoyi, he greets each guest at the door, ushering them into a space that feels less a dining room than a glimpse into his subconscious. Quiet and intense, he thinks about food in a way I’ve never heard expressed before. Eating his [...]
KSI on buying a football club, the manosphere and quitting alcohol

June 25, 2026

KSI is pumped. We’re midway through a photoshoot at Dagenham & Redbridge football club and he’s standing in the centre circle, fists balled, roaring in mock ecstasy. This slightly shabby stadium is an incongruous place to meet one of the UK’s most successful content creators; the walk from the station takes you through one of [...]
Georgia PM’s Starmer outburst over City AM sanctions scoop

June 24, 2026

The Prime Minister of Georgia has launched a bizarre attack on the UK government after City AM revealed that consumer giant P&G had axed its advertising with the country’s biggest media group – and Nestle may soon follow suit. Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze described the decisions, which came in the wake of sanctions applied by [...]
Procter & Gamble axes relationship with Kremlin propaganda channel

June 23, 2026

Procter & Gamble is the latest firm to cut ties with a Georgian TV channel after it was sanctioned by the UK and labelled a mouthpiece of the Russian state, City AM can reveal. The giant behind brands including Gillette and Pampers had continued to advertise with Imedi TV despite the company being flagged on [...]
Glengarry Glen Ross at the Old Vic fails to close

June 22, 2026

Glengarry Glen Ross | Old Vic | ★★☆☆☆ David Mamet’s transformation from perhaps the most original and insightful American playwright of the late 20th century to a flag-waving, MAGA-supporting, anti-woke motormouth is… troubling. As a Mamet-head, this must be what it’s like for Trump supporters trying to enjoy 90 per cent of popular culture. It’s [...]
Nestle launches probe over ties to sanctioned Russian propaganda channel

June 22, 2026

Nestle has launched an internal investigation after it was found to have advertised on a sanctioned Georgian TV channel with ties to the Russian state.
Under the Shadow at Almeida: Psychological horror set against Tehran’s 1988 bombing

June 11, 2026

Under the Shadow | Alneida Theatre | ★★★★☆ This has been quite a year for horror theatre. In January we saw the UK debut of the Paranormal Activity stage show, dragging the voyeuristic, found-footage franchise kicking and screaming into the West End. And soon after the Hampstead Theatre premiered a more fringe-y affair in the [...]
The Bath House banya: Contrast therapy in Belgravia

June 9, 2026

Contrast therapy is big business. Steve Dinneen visits The Bath House banya in Belgravia for a traditional sauna and icy plunge It is hard to overstate the meteoric rise in the UK’s hot and cold therapy business. The number of Finnish-style public saunas has grown from around 45 in 2023 to more than 700 today, [...]
War Horse gallops triumphantly back to the National Theatre

June 3, 2026

War Horse | National Theatre (Olivier) | ★★★★☆ This month has seen the revival of two classic equine plays, one about a young lad who is in love with a horse in a good way (War Horse) and one about a young lad who is in love with a horse in a very, very bad [...]

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