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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Pay phone: Would you spend £1m on a mobile number?

January 27, 2021

You may be willing to splash out £1,500 on a new iPhone, but would you add another seven figures to that to secure the ‘phone number of your dreams’? London-based entrepreneur Usain Kubah has just released what he says is the world’s most expensive phone number, which will set you back a million pounds. The [...]
Best of travel: We visit Peru in search of an anaconda

January 26, 2021

To tide us over until we’re able to travel again, we’re republishing classic travel stories from our archives. This week we revisit Steve Dinneen’s trip to Peru in search of a monstrous snake. ••• On my first morning on the Amazon the sun was my alarm clock, lighting up my room through gigantic floor-to-ceiling windows [...]
Restaurants warn of closures amid talk of lockdown extention

January 26, 2021

Restaurant and bar owners say they are “devastated” by the news lockdown restrictions could be in place until July, with many saying they will struggle to remain open if they are not able to serve customers soon. Pied a Terre’s David Moore said restaurants were already “running on empty” and warned of another wave of [...]
City restaurants among those honoured in 2021 Michelin guide

January 26, 2021

Restaurants around the City were celebrated in this year’s Michelin honours list, despite many being closed for most of the year. Da Terra in Bethnal Green and Restaurant Story in Bermondsey, headed up by Rafael Cagali and Tom Sellers respectively, were both awarded two Michelin stars, giving workers even more reason to return to the [...]
How to host a lockdown Burns Supper, from haggis to whisky

January 23, 2021

Monday marks what may be the most pared back Burns Night in living memory. While on a normal year swathes of the country head to special dinners to celebrate the life of the Scottish bard, this year we’ll all be stuck in the house watching reruns of Jools Holland. Still, there are a few ways [...]
Forget substandard pasta – try this new delivery service

January 22, 2021

You know what I miss? Pasta. Not dried pasta, or the supermarket “fresh pasta” which is somehow worse than the dried stuff. Proper pasta, made by an Italian in a white hat. Proper pasta is hard. Making it is an art, but one that has correct and incorrect ways of going about it. Everybody knows [...]
Glastonbury is cancelled, so what about other cultural events?

January 21, 2021

Last year was a virtual write-off for the cultural calendar, with the year’s most hotly-anticipated events being brushed aside by the ceaseless march of Covid. This year the world seems to be drawing close to a solution to the crisis – but that hasn’t com in tiume to save Glastonbury. So what of the other [...]
Why online masterclasses will be the hot food trend of 2021

January 20, 2021

While virtually every other industry has been busy digitising for the last decade or more, the restaurant world remained resolutely analogue. Modern kitchens are still built around the Brigade de cuisine hierarchy developed by Georges Auguste Escoffier in the 19th century, and the idea of giving up the level of control afforded by the walled [...]
The surprisingly refined world of Las Vegas dining

January 20, 2021

To tide us over until we’re able to travel again, we’re republishing classic travel stories from our archives. This week we revisit Steve Dinneen’s tour of the best restaurants in Las Vegas. ••• If Las Vegas’ 110-year history was played out over a single day, the first decent restaurant would open shortly before midnight. Vegas [...]
Culture in the age of Trump: His legacy in theatre, art and film

January 19, 2021

Tomorrow marks the inauspicious end to one of the most divisive and controversial Presidencies in American history. Trump’s four-year legacy includes a partially-built wall, the dismantling of decades worth of environmental legislation, and a record-setting second impeachment. But he also had a huge influence over the world of art and culture, with creators across the [...]

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