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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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 [...]
The Suffolk in Aldeburgh: Restaurant with rooms is a super seaside City break

June 2, 2026

My first morning at The Suffolk, I woke not long after dawn and took a bleary-eyed stroll across the pebbled beach, where I found the majority of the staff – including owner George Pell – preparing for their morning dip. Not wanting to let the side down, I stripped off my dry robe (borrowed from [...]
In Other Worlds at the Barbican: Is this what the future looks like?

May 21, 2026

In Other Worlds | The Barbican | ★★★★☆ The Barbican seems to have found its groove when it comes to contemporary art, utilising its modernist spaces to create sprawling, immersive exhibitions that couldn’t exist anywhere else. Last year Feel the Sound explored the concept of noise in all of its forms – scientific, spiritual, cultural [...]
Nothing Headphone (a): We review Charli XCX’s new collab

May 15, 2026

Charlie XCX has been unveiled as the new face – and presumably ears – of the Nothing headphones (a). Our Life&Style editor Steve Dinneen, of course, was wearing them long before the Brat superstar. Here’s his review of the weirdest headphones on the market. Nothing Headphone (a) | £150 | ★★★★★ | nothing.tech When upstart [...]
Sherlock Holmes review: The game is afoot in Regent’s Park

May 15, 2026

When hailstones were crashing down around Regent’s Park ahead of press night for Sherlock Holmes, it did not take a genius to deduce that we might be in for a rather miserable evening. It is a brave London theatre that relies so heavily upon the weather. But the skies cleared just in time for the [...]

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