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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Toast the City: Is Bob Bob Ricard’s pie the best dish in London?

July 4, 2025

City AM’s inaugural Toast the City Awards has set off to discover the things that make the Square Mile great, from the coffee shop you always stop at to the gym class you never skip. Among the categories is the Best Meal, which will celebrate the single dish that stands out as the finest the [...]
A Moon for the Misbegotten: Michael Shannon and Ruth Wilson shine

June 27, 2025

A Moon for the Misbegotten | ★★★☆☆ | Almeida You know what I do not tend to think after watching a brilliantly miserable three and a half hours of A Long Day’s Journey Into the Night: this could really do with a sequel. But Eugene O’Neill did pen a follow-up to his horrifying family drama [...]
Chef Tom Sellers interviews former England player Joe Cole

June 26, 2025

For our Chef’s Table series, Michelin starred chef Tom Sellers has lunch at his restaurant Story Cellar with former England player Joe Cole. They talk fatherhood, friendship and the future Tom Sellers: We’ve known each other for years now, do you remember when we first met? Joe Cole: Yeah – I came into Restaurant Story and we got [...]
How I discovered the joys of tinned fish

June 26, 2025

Until I was in my twenties, I thought tuna was a sort of grey, flaky mulch that tasted of brine and disappointment. I had no concept of what an actual tuna might look like: I’d only ever seen them in the form of a hockey-puck sized cylinder. They might have fished them from the inky [...]
4.48 Psychosis review: Sarah Kane’s last play still packs a punch

June 23, 2025

When 4.48 Psychosis was first staged in the year 2000, its author Sarah Kane had ended her own life just months earlier. Tackling mental illness and suicide, it seemed to offer a posthumous glimpse into the mind of a troubled genius, laying bare the anguish that led to her death aged just 28. Kane has [...]
Richard Caring apologises for supplier letter amid wave of criticism

June 16, 2025

Richard Caring has been forced into an embarrassing apology after City AM revealed his restaurant group demanded suppliers take a “mandatory” 2.5 per cent pay cut. The founder of the Ivy Collection and Caprice Holdings endured a wave of criticism after our exclusive story last week, with the saga branded a PR disaster. Billionaire Caring [...]
Toast the City: Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds Immersive Experience is unmissable

June 13, 2025

This autumn City AM will launch Toast the City, an awards celebrating all the places that make the Square Mile the vibrant, exciting location it is – and we need YOUR help. The Toast the City Awards will recognise the institutions old and new – and the men and women behind them – that make our lives that little [...]
Exclusive: Richard Caring hits suppliers with mandatory ‘discount’ amid £1bn sale talks

June 12, 2025

The Richard Caring restaurant empire, which includes the Ivy Collection and Caprice Holdings, has demanded its suppliers take a 2.5 per cent “discount”, blaming “increased tax burden and cost of employment, cost of indirect products [and] services and also direct cost of food and beverage.” In a letter dated 3 June, signed by Richard Caring’s [...]
Microsoft announces new Xbox Ally handheld consoles – here’s what we know

June 9, 2025

Microsoft has announced two new handheld games consoles, the ROG Ally and the Ally X, which will be released later this year. The new consoles will allow users to access their Game Pass libraries on the go, providing competition to the newly-released Nintendo Switch 2 and the more established Valve Steam Deck. Microsoft has been [...]
Fallow founder James Robson: Labour is killing hospitality

June 5, 2025

James Robson is one of the most successful restaurateurs in London, setting up the hugely successful Fallow, Roe and Fowl restaurants with his business partners Will Murray and Jack Croft. In less than two years, Fallow went from a promising pop-up to a vast operation employing 300 people and serving up to 1,000 covers a [...]

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