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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Rapper Lil Yachty launches his own crypto-currency

November 18, 2020

Rap star Lil Yachty, a performer whose discography is filled with boasts about the size of his wealth, is to launch his own crypto-currency. The Oprah’s Bank Account and Yacht Club singer will issue the currency on Swiss platform Fyooz. Once live it will allow Lil Yachty fans to purchase “tokens” that can be used [...]
Why virtual clubbing could lift your lockdown blues

November 14, 2020

Ibiza may be the world’s best-known clubbing destination, but for real connoisseurs of nasty techno, Berlin is where it’s at. Most famous among its venues is the legendary Berghain, a vast concrete cathedral to dance music where club nights turn into club days and back into club nights, and the world’s top DJs provide the [...]
Xbox Series X fires first salvo against PS5 in new console war

November 10, 2020

After months of leaks, speculation and anticipation, the first batch of Xbox Series X consoles have been delivered to fans. Microsoft has shipped its new flagship console two days before arch rival Sony’s PS5, kicking off what promises to be the most closely-fought console war in generations. Both the Xbox Series X and the PS5 [...]
London tops list of The World’s 50 Best Bars… But who won?

November 6, 2020

Today of all days, as the UK enters its second lockdown, seems like a strange time to celebrate the world’s finest bars. But Londoners were today given a reminder of exactly what we’re missing, with the capital being crowned the undisputed champion of the drinking world in the new list of the 50 best bars [...]
The Car Design Award 2020 goes to the Ferrari Roma

October 29, 2020

Ferrari has scooped the Car Design Award 2020 for its sumptuous Roma, beating off competition from the likes of Porsche and BMW. The award, which was this year presented over YouTube, goes to the “most innovative, attractive and surprising” production car of the year. The jury said: “The Ferrari design team, led by Flavio Manzoni, [...]
Pantechnicon: The perfect place to avoid Tier 2 restrictions

October 28, 2020

It has been some time since City A.M. put together a Working Lunch column, because the very idea of a working lunch has for much of this year seemed like a quaint artefact of the distant past, like promenading down a pier or engaging in courtly gossip with the King’s favourites. But thanks to a [...]
Turner at the Tate Britain: An Imax-sized naval blockbuster

October 28, 2020

Tate Britain’s first major exhibition since the onset of our present crisis, Turner’s Modern World, is an Imax-sized naval blockbuster screened across a hundred canvases. This collection of works from across the span of JMW Turner’s career is a wild, terrifying documentary about a world turned on its head by industrialisation and war. Turner’s 19th [...]
New Mondrian hotel gives boost to London’s tourism industry

October 26, 2020

Hospitality giants Accor and SBE have delivered a vote of confidence to the beleaguered UK tourism sector, announcing plans to convert Shoreditch’s The Curtain hotel into a stylish new Mondrian. The 120-room hotel, which will undergo a comprehensive redesign, will open in the spring. It will be the sixth Mondrian globally and the first European [...]
The City A.M. Weekend – how to have fun in the age of Covid

October 24, 2020

During these testing times it’s more important than ever to take pleasure in the things London still has to offer, and more important than ever to support the people out there offering us the chance. In this new regular column, we update you on the ever-changing restrictions and give you a list of ways to [...]
Square Mile to relax al fresco dining rules in bid to save bars and restaurants

October 22, 2020

The City of London hopes to revive the Square Mile’s beleaguered hospitality sector by relaxing its al fresco dining rules. Bars and restaurants will be able to make more efficient use of outdoor space, helping them comply with strict Tier 2 rules, under which people from different households cannot meet indoors. The changes include reducing [...]

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