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 Dada to the cover of Vogue: the incredible life and times of Vogue photographer Erwin Blumenfeld

September 22, 2016

Erwin Blumenfeld, one of the most recognisable fashion photographers of the 20th century, led a life that uncannily reflected the contradictions of his times. He was a famous photographer of nudes who was once arrested for daring to allow his bathing costume to slip from his shoulder while sunbathing. He was conscripted into the German [...]
The future of the arts: from 3D printing to VR, we speak to people bringing cutting edge tech to age-old formats

September 22, 2016

Technology, like art, is a soaring exercise of the human imagination,” said sociologist Daniel Bell, “[They] are not separate realms walled off from each other.” The convergence of these two forces is age old, but the pace of innovation over the last decade, with the emergence of viable virtual reality and 3D printing, has given [...]
Apple Watch Series 2: repositioned as a fitness watch, it begins to make a lot more sense

September 21, 2016

Smartwatches haven’t exactly set the world on fire. After 18 months, the Apple Watch – a product that once seemed like a plausible successor (or at least an indispensable companion) to the iPhone – is still decidedly niche. This requires some qualification, however: it dominates its market – about a third of smartwatches are made [...]
iPhone 7 review: A brilliant handset but one that hints at even bigger things to come

September 21, 2016

There were no queues around the block for the UK launch of the iPhone 7. Flash floods were a mitigating factor (plus the fact the annual pilgrimage has been on the wane for a couple of years), but I suspect it’s also because it looks so damn similar to the last one. The aluminium chassis [...]
Blair Witch: this 2016 sequel to the found-footage classic has plenty of scares but little new to offer

September 15, 2016

The Blair Witch Project was the product of a more innocent time. Back in 1999, people believed the film might have been a genuine documentary about some kids being murdered by a witch. Actor Heather Donahue, who played a fictional version of herself, even complained that “being dead” had an adverse affect on her career. [...]
Eneko at One Aldwych review: the Ronaldo of chefs’ new restaurant Eneko is a poor relation to its Basque sibling Azurmendi

September 13, 2016

Azurmendi, a short drive from the centre of Bilbao, is one of those restaurants food groupies plan holidays around. Eneko Atxa’s three-Michelin star venue is like an epicurean Bond lair, a glass cube squatting in its own lavish herb garden, which guests are obliged to peruse before they begin their multitude of courses. Atxa himself [...]
Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again at Shoreditch town hall review: an angry, uncomfortable but worthwhile play

September 12, 2016

Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again begins as a series of smart, unconnected sketches exploring ways in which women are subjugated, and ends up a chilling experimental dreamscape in which language and structure have entirely broken down. Featuring no backdrop, few props and four actors playing a series of unnamed characters, this is minimalist theatre taken [...]
You Say You Want A Revolution? Records and Rebels 1966-1970 at the V&A is a chaotic, messy but satisfyingly psychedelic trip

September 8, 2016

We’re not exactly short of gushing eulogies of the late 1960s, but the V&A’s new exhibition does at least allow us another chance to ponder the formative years of a generation many blame for the near-breakdown of western civilisation. Records and Rebels does little to disprove the theory that baby boomers had their cake and [...]
My Inspiration: Architect Richard Found on his love of painter Barry Reigate

September 6, 2016

Award-winning architect Richard Found talks about his unlikely love affair with the chaos and colour in the paintings of Barry Reigate This painting is by an artist called Barry Reigate, whose work could be described as a cross between Jean-Michel Basquiat and Banksy. A lot of his material is black and white but this one [...]
Captain Fantastic review: Viggo Mortensen road-trip movie can’t rescue depressingly cliched indie effort

September 6, 2016

Captain Fantastic hints at a fresh take on the American indie movie, but lapses disappointingly into a series of cliched genre tropes dressed up with pretty lens flare. We meet the Cash family – father Ben and his six children aged from eight to 18 – as they stalk a deer through lush woodland, killing [...]

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