Celebrating Pan Am’s iconic legacy as airline plans return to the skies Life&Style Pan Am was the airline that defined the jet-set timepiece. Sam Kessler asks what made Pan Am an icon and why it’s still catnip for watch collectors It’s hard to talk about air travel without talking about Pan Am. Pan America Airways wasn’t just a big name in cross-continental flight: it was essentially a monopoly. [...]
City AM The Magazine nominated for top awards Life&Style City AM’s quarterly magazine has been nominated for Best Supplement in the Regional Press Awards, with editor Steve Dinneen also nominated in the Features Writer of the Year category. The Magazine, which recently released its Winter issue featuring actor Russell Tovey on the cover, has been serving the people of the Square Mile and beyond [...]
This LED face mask is the ultimate Christmas gift for men this season Partner This Christmas, skip the socks and slippers and give the gift of skin radiance with the Buff LED Face Mask. This sleek, science-backed skincare essential is improving complexions across the UK and has been designed for effortless use and maximum results, making it the ultimate skincare essential for active men. The festive season is a [...]
Horology and horse power: Car firms are getting in bed with watch brands October 7, 2025 Cars and watches are the ultimate partnership – and one that’s only getting stronger in the digital age, says Adam Hay-Nicholls Revolutions per minute. We could be talking about pistons punching inside a V8 engine, causing 30,000 explosions every sixty seconds. Or we could be discussing a hand on a chronograph sweeping the watch face [...]
Usain Bolt: Family, positivity, and my surprising career change September 29, 2025 What does the fastest man in the world do when he slows down? For the cover of City AM Magazine, Autumn edition, Usain Bolt talks to Sam Kessler about his unrecognisable new life On 16 August 2009, the world record for the 100m sprint was set at 9.58 seconds at the World Championships in Berlin. [...]
City AM The Magazine celebrates the arrival of autumn with a bumper new edition September 24, 2025 City AM The Magazine, Autumn edition, will be on the streets from Monday, or pick up a copy at The Royal Exchange. Past issues, featuring Benedict Cumberbatch, Daisy Ridley, Erin Doherty and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer are available to read online It’s officially autumn, heralding the return of knitwear, overpriced guilty pleasure spiced lattes, [...]
Erin Doherty on surviving Adolescence, queer storytelling and hating her phone September 15, 2025 Erin Doherty rose to fame as the young Princess Anne in The Crown, but this year has found new success working alongside Stephen Graham on two projects, A Thousand Blows and Adolescence. She tells Adam Bloodworth how playing a child psychologist in the latter ‘consumed’ her, the type of queer stories she’d like to tell [...]
Future: Go Compare owner announces share buyback May 16, 2025 Future has reported a robust set of half year results, with profits and margins holding firm despite a three per cent drop in revenue. In the six months to 31 March, the London-headquatered media platform posted adjusted operating profit of £100.7m, down five per cent from the same period last year. Profitability remained resilient with [...]
Tourist tax: Lisa Nandy says Labour may ‘explore’ restoring VAT free shopping April 16, 2025 Lisa Nandy has said the government “could explore” restoring VAT free shopping after hearing “very loud and clear” the calls from the industry to scrap the so-called tourist tax. The culture, media and sport secretary told Elle UK magazine that fashion was in the “soul of the nation” and ministers recognised its “centrality” to the [...]
How the modern world is changing grave stone design forever April 10, 2025 Death is the only thing surer than taxes. But how we’re remembered is a strange and sometimes controversial business. Ralph Jones meets the people rewriting the rules, one grave stone at a time Stonemason Neil Luxton once agreed to use comic sans on a grave. Once was enough – he has refused ever since. Luxton, [...]