Fine dining and The Jab: A Michelin dinner with the Ozempic set Life&Style The age of Ozempic is changing fine dining. Anna Moloney asks how to run a Michelin-star restaurant when your diners don't want to eat.
I was on the Goodyear blimp above London – here’s what it was like Life&Style Unless you’ve fully committed to hiding from the heatwave, you’ve probably noticed the return of the iconic Goodyear blimp, which has been cruising above the London skyline for the first time since 2022. With a capacity of just 14, getting a seat beneath its 75 metre balloon has been like finding a golden ticket to [...]
Has The Odyssey made the classics cool now? Life&Style Are they elitist or universal? Either way, they’re Christopher Nolan’s new film The Odyssey shows they’re going viral, says Eliot Wilson Classics – the study of ancient Greece and Rome, their languages, literature, history and art – is perceived not only as elitist, but as irrelevant, abstruse, without concrete value and self-indulgent. That you could [...]
London Indian Film Festival Returns with Star-Studded 2026 Programme Led by Aamir Khan June 25, 2026 London, United Kingdom – July 2026 – The London Indian Film Festival (LIFF), Europe’s largest South Asian film festival, returns for its 17th edition this July with an expanded UK-wide programme led by Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan and a special Goodness Gracious Me reunion, alongside UK premieres and industry events across five cities. The London [...]
SET Ceramics nominated for Best Newcomer Toast award June 19, 2026 We have launched the Toast the City awards 2026 and throughout the year we’ll be speaking to some of the nominees – this week it’s the team at SET Ceramics. To nominate your favourite Square Mile spots for the 2026 awards, from bars and restaurants to galleries and green spaces, visit the Toast the City website [...]
Bowls Club is the City’s most eccentric (and brilliant) pop-up June 17, 2026 The Bowls Club in Finsbury Square is the City’s eccentric pop up that makes you feel like you’re anywhere but London. If you love it, why not nominate it for our Toast the City awards – find out how here! Two formidably dressed judges – some poshos from the King’s Road – are engaging in [...]
The Bath House banya: Contrast therapy in Belgravia June 9, 2026 Contrast therapy is big business. Steve Dinneen visits The Bath House banya in Belgravia for a traditional sauna and icy plunge It is hard to overstate the meteoric rise in the UK’s hot and cold therapy business. The number of Finnish-style public saunas has grown from around 45 in 2023 to more than 700 today, [...]
Nail your hospitality package this summer with Exact Lifestyle June 9, 2026 A hospitality package can make or break a trip to a summer sporting event. Exact Lifestyle can make sure everything goes according to plan With Exact Lifestyle, I have spent years arranging access to some of the UK’s most sought-after events, from sporting finals to sold out stadium gigs. Over the years, I’ve learnt that the [...]
Krapp’s Last Tape sees Gary Oldman at his most captivating May 14, 2026 Krapp’s Last Tape | ★★★★★ | Royal Court As you watch Gary Oldman’s ageing Krapp slowly, methodically eat a banana, and then slowly, methodically eat a second banana, the silence – or rather the lack of silence – is deafening. Every sound in the theatre is amplified: audience members shifting in the Royal Court’s leather [...]
Eastern City’s Club In The Clouds Is Back! May 12, 2026 Dig out your dancing shoes and get ready to party the night away in the tallest nightclub in town! The Eastern City Club in the Clouds is back by popular demand next month, courtesy of Mixmag, the world’s biggest dance music and clubbing destination, and Horizon 22 Events. Originally launched as a one-off last September, [...]
