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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Tania Bruguera in the Tate Modern Turbine Hall continues a downward trend for the once great exhibition space

October 5, 2018

The Turbine Hall is the toughest gig in contemporary art. While it must feel like a dream commission, it often proves to be a poisoned chalice. Filling the largest public exhibition space in the world requires massive art and super-massive ideas. It needs to be engaging, without descending into a crowd-pleasing fairground attraction. And while [...]
iPhone XS Max review: An undeniably brilliant handset – but is it worth up to £1,449?

October 5, 2018

XS Max may sound like the kind of energy drink beloved of east European builders, but it is in fact the most powerful, expensive mainstream phone ever released. With a 6.5 inch display and a price-tag of between £1,099 and £1,449, it’s a bull-elephant of a handset, a magnificent, powerful beast that could toss you [...]
Antony and Cleopatra at the Olivier is a wonderfully acted epic that outstays its welcome

September 28, 2018

National Theatre's Olivier, until 19 Jan RECOMMENDED Shakespeare’s plays tend to be reviewed on the strength of the production rather than the quality of the text, which is taken as a given. But the problems with this otherwise brilliant National Theatre show are all of the bard’s making. There’s a reason, after all, why Antony [...]
Francis Upritchard: Wetwang Slack at the Barbican is a a wry commentary on our fetishisation of historical objects

September 28, 2018

Barbican Curve Gallery, until 6 Jan RECOMMENDED Bringing together dozens of multi-disciplinary works by New Zealander Francis Upritchard, Wetwang Slack is a wry commentary on our curation – and fetishisation – of historical objects. His delicate, slightly grotesque sculptures are presented as if they were museum pieces, perched upon plinths or lining glass cabinets. There’s a [...]
Space Shifters at the Hayward Gallery is an unmissable exhibition that will make you question your senses

September 28, 2018

Hayward Gallery, until 6 Jan UNMISSABLE Art isn’t generally the kind of thing you can ‘spoil’. Someone telling you about the Guernica before you see it doesn’t detract from your appreciation of it – quite the contrary: the more you know, the more powerful it becomes. But I feel I should include a spoiler warning [...]
We Happy Few game review: A stylish alt-history romp ruined by dated mechanics and bugs galore

September 20, 2018

Two years in early access saw We Happy Few transform from a procedurally generated survival sim to a Bioshock-esque narrative drama, with appropriately schizophrenic results. It presents an interesting spin on the ‘What if the Nazis won the war?’ trope, with the beleaguered residents of fictional British archipelago Wellington Wells placated with a drug called [...]
We Happy Few game review: A stylish alt-history romp ruined by dated mechanics and bugs galore

September 20, 2018

Two years in early access saw We Happy Few transform from a procedurally generated survival sim to a Bioshock-esque narrative drama, with appropriately schizophrenic results. It presents an interesting spin on the ‘What if the Nazis won the war?’ trope, with the beleaguered residents of fictional British archipelago Wellington Wells placated with a drug called [...]
The City and Wall Street go head-to-head in Carnegie Cup

September 14, 2018

OK, Yankees, it’s on! The Carnegie Links 18-hole Championship is set to host the ultimate golfing face-off between the best of the City and the best of Wall Street. In a Ryder Cup-style format, the most respected golfers from financial institutions from both financial centres will go head-to-head in celebration of the links Andrew Carnegie [...]
The City and Wall Street go head-to-head in Carnegie Cup

September 14, 2018

OK, Yankees, it’s on! The Carnegie Links 18-hole Championship is set to host the ultimate golfing face-off between the best of the City and the best of Wall Street. In a Ryder Cup-style format, the most respected golfers from financial institutions from both financial centres will go head-to-head in celebration of the links Andrew Carnegie [...]
The Woods at Royal Court review: A bleak but powerful play about grief and madness

September 14, 2018

The last play I saw Lucy Morrison direct was Plaques & Tangles, a crushing tale about three generations of a family blighted by Alzheimers. It threw the audience into the sufferer’s mind, jolting back and forth in time, revealing itself only in fragments. Her latest play, Robert Alan Evans’ The Woods, takes the same techniques [...]

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