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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McLaren boss says operating costs now ‘break even’ following fundraising and redundancies, and downplays second wave fears

October 19, 2020

McLaren CEO Mike Flewitt has described his “horrible” 2020 in an exclusive interview with City A.M., but says he is “cautiously optimistic” despite the second wave of coronavirus. Flewitt was forced to make 1,200 redundancies – almost a quarter of the company’s 4,000-strong workforce – and carry out a sale and lease-back of the McLaren [...]
Barbican Theatre to reopen with The Ghost Light, a mystery production for audiences of one

October 17, 2020

The Barbican Theatre will reopen next month with The Ghost Light a show performed for audiences of just one guest and up to five of their friends. The theme of new show The Ghost Light, the first production at the Barbican Theatre in seven months, will remain a mystery until audience members take their seats, [...]
Home Grown Club boss on why the future of work is flexible

August 22, 2020

While shops and restaurants are beginning to return to some semblance of normality, the evidence of coronavirus is still stark in London’s commercial districts. The City, perhaps more than anywhere, remains a ghost-town, its skyscrapers empty and its streets unclogged by the half a million commuters who used to make their daily pilgrimage. Offices will [...]
Cider subscription service Pommelier Club injects a little fine wine luxe into the boozy apple market

August 8, 2020

The subscription model was already booming before lockdown, with millennials and gen Z-ers getting everything from coffee beans to feline flea treatments delivered directly to their front doors. A report published by Zoura estimates that subscription revenues have grown by 350 per cent in the last seven years, and continued to rise almost 10 per [...]
The future of post-covid drinking, from the mega beer garden to drone deliveries

August 1, 2020

With the baking summer heat threatening to melt my laptop, the idea of al fresco eating and drinking seems like a no-brainer. But Britain, with its unpredictable climate, traffic-clogged streets and plethora of excellent, dingy pubs, has proven resistant to the kind of outdoor cafe culture beloved of our European neighbours. Until covid, that is. [...]
The Tate Modern reopens next week – but what will it look like in a post-lockdown world?

July 25, 2020

Monday will see the reopening of the Tate Modern (as well as the Tate Britain and the offshoots in Liverpool and St Ives) after more than five months behind shutters. And while we’re all becoming accustomed to social distancing in bars, restaurants and shops, how will it affect the UK’s second most popular tourist attraction? [...]
Reopened restaurants in London: The latest news about your favourite places to eat

July 17, 2020

Coronavirus may have shuttered the food industry since lockdown was announced, but the restaurant business is bouncing back, with dozens of our favourite places to eat reopening every day. In this new column, we’ll bring you the latest news from the front-line of the food business, complete with all the details you need to book [...]
One Fine Dine brings haute cuisine to your living room

March 31, 2020

It’s okay to grieve the small stuff. Just because there are bigger struggles, more tragic tragedies, doesn’t mean you can’t feel sad about the thousand little ways your life has changed over the last month. You can miss the days when you didn’t have to cut your own hair and still support front-line healthcare professionals. [...]
Dogs Don’t Wear Pants film review: Sex dungeon therapy in kinky indie flick

March 27, 2020

Dogs Don’t Wear Pants is an excellent way of forgetting about the woes of self isolation, presenting you with a man whose life flies so spectacularly off the rails that a global pandemic and the meltdown of the world economy seem relatively manageable by comparison. It’s the story of a suicidal widower who falls down [...]
Doom Eternal review: Ultra, ultra violence has never been so much fun

March 20, 2020

A 2014 study by scientists at Stetson University in Florida suggested that, rather than act as a predictor of violence in real life, violent video games may actually have the opposite effect, making people less likely to carry out acts of aggression. If that’s the case then the law won’t ever have to worry about [...]

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