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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From James Bond to Glastonbury, we rate the chances of this year’s cultural events going ahead

January 7, 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 will it come in time to save 2021? Marina Abramovic at the Royal [...]
9 amazing watches that blew our minds this year

December 31, 2020

While many companies have struggled in 2020, the watch industry has proven remarkably resiliant. It has also released some truly stunning pieces that would look at home on the wrist of any self-respecting horology nerd. Here are nine of the very best. Longines Heritage Classic – Tuxedo Longines has been a long-time favourite brand at [...]
Lockdown board games: Forget Monopoly, here are the real games

December 30, 2020

For decades board games lived largely unloved lives, their battered boxes pulled off dusty shelves on rainy days and holidays. But as we approach essentially another national lockdown, many of us will be dusting them off once more. Back in their heyday, board games were designed to be simple, with concepts that could appeal equally [...]
Our top picks of art, film and theatre in 2020

December 30, 2020

It’s been a year of existential crisis for the arts, to the extent you could be forgiven for only remembering the closures and cancellations. But squeezed between 2020’s lockdowns were some excellent moments for the arts. Here are my top picks from the exhibitions, films and shows I managed to attend this year.
10 video games that defined the strange year that was 2020

December 27, 2020

In a year that blockbuster movies were delayed en masse and people were confined to their homes for months at a time, video games played a more important role than ever in our lives. With the new Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 finally making an appearance last month, 2020 was also a last hurrah [...]
Our ultimate guide to last-minute Christmas spirits, including our whiskies of the year

December 21, 2020

Christmas may be ruined, but things always look better through the bottom of a bottle. If you were planning on stocking up on last-minute gifts before the big day, you may have to rethink. But the silver lining of this new lockdown means you can claw back a few days to pick up the ideal [...]
Save Christmas and beat Tier 4 with these at-home dining options

December 19, 2020

The announcement of Tier 4 has sent Christmas plans into chaos, with families up and down the country now unsure where and with whom they will be able to spend the big day. If you’ve now found yourself at a loss in the run-up to 25 December, here are some amazing home delivery options, many [...]
Xbox Series X: A powerhouse machine with bags of potential

December 18, 2020

There was a time when the launch of a new games console represented a gigantic leap forward – when gamers could expect to see and play titles in ways they hadn’t even conceived. The jump from Nintendo’s SNES to the N64, for instance, ushered in the era of 3D gaming, changing the course of the [...]
How Cyberpunk, the generation’s most hyped game, turned into its biggest disaster

December 18, 2020

The Witcher 3, released in 2015, is rarely far from the upper echelons of “Best Game Ever” lists. Developed by Polish studio CD Projekt Red, it was a sprawling, hugely ambitious RPG that refused to offer players a neat solution to its deftly written quests. In its squalid, low-fantasy world, sparing the life of some [...]
City A.M. recognises work of 2020’s Business Heroes

December 17, 2020

The business world has never seen its foundations shaken as they have been throughout 2020. Lockdown has been a huge challenge for both companies and their staff, with vast swathes of the population first placed on furlough and then grappling with the technological and social difficulties of working from home. City A.M. has certainly not [...]

St James’s Place suffers £1bn hit to flows as investors look to dodge pension tax

Bumper IPL takeovers boost T20 cricket franchise league’s value to over $20bn

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