By: Steve Dinneen

Life&Style Editor I'm the editor of CityAM 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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Toast the City: Could Ibai be the best Square Mile restaurant?

August 19, 2025

To get you in the mood for out Toast the City Awards celebrating everything that makes the Square Mile great, our Life&Style editor writes about one of his favourite City restaurants, Ibai Creating a vibe is a tricky business. You can have the most beautiful dining room in the world and somehow end up with [...]
Luna Omakase: Hidden in Los Mochis is a cosmic sushi counter

August 14, 2025

Rooftop restaurant and bar Los Mochis opened its Liverpool Street outpost last year to much fanfare. A bold, buzzing mash-up of Mexican and Japanese cuisine, it’s a maximalist playground for City types, proof that the Square Mile has outgrown its reputation for being stuffy and traditional. Head there on a Thursday evening and you’ll be [...]
Osteria Angelina: Whisper it – could fusion food be back?

August 5, 2025

Osteria Angelina | Nicholls Clarke Yard, E1 6SH | ★★★★★ In the 15 years I’ve been writing about restaurants, few people have dared to drop the f-bomb. I’m not talking about sweary chefs mouthing off about a bad review (that’s happened a few times). No, I’m referring to a concept that is – should you [...]
Oasis reunion: Gallaghers make triumphant Wembley return

July 28, 2025

A lot has happened in the last two decades but for Oasis time appears to have stood still. The sheer weight of hype and expectation seems to have caused a ripple in the fabric of the cultural universe, sending more than 90,000 people back to the glory days of Manchester’s finest. The last time I saw [...]
Inter Alia: Prima Facie follow-up sees Rosamund Pike on top form

July 25, 2025

Prima Facie took the theatre world by storm during its West End run in 2022, with Jodie Comer’s bravura one-woman performance landing her a deserved Olivier award. Suzie Miller’s harrowing play followed a lawyer with a flair for defending men accused of sexual assault whose world is knocked off its orbit when she herself is [...]
EXCLUSIVE: The Ned to launch members’ club in the countryside amid aggressive growth plans that echo Soho House

July 24, 2025

City icon The Ned is set to open a “rural” estate in the UK as part of an aggressive expansion plan, with a first outpost in mainland Europe also in the pipeline. Group managing director Gareth Banner told CityAM the company has three additional “very serious offers with either real estate owners or potential [...]
The Ned boss Gareth Banner interview: This brand is just getting started

July 24, 2025

“Ten years ago, people would have laughed at the idea of doing something like this…” Gareth Banner is talking about CityAM’s new Toast the City Awards celebrating all the things that make the Square Mile great, for which he has signed on as a judge. And Banner knows a thing or two about the [...]
The Sense Experience Resort in Tuscany review: Blissful eco-chic

July 16, 2025

When you conjure an image of Tuscany in your mind’s eye, it probably involves rolling vineyards, dusty olive groves and charmingly ramshackle wine estates. This is, after all, the land of Super Tuscans and ancient medieval towns and a tower that can’t stand up straight. What you probably don’t imagine is a modern eco-chic resort [...]
Ai Weiwei’s cast iron tree joins Sculpture in the City 2025

July 15, 2025

Ai Weiwei is among the artists featured in this year’s Sculpture in the City 2025 public art exhibition, which was officially unveiled yesterday. Nestled in the oasis of St Botolph without Bishopsgate churchyard (itself a contender for our Green Space of the Year award), his sculpture is a cast iron tree root moulded from endangered [...]
Coq d’Argent review: Is this the best rooftop restaurant in the City?

July 15, 2025

CityAM’s inaugural Toast the City Awards has set off to discover the things that make the Square Mile great, from the coffee shop you always stop at to the gym class you never skip. Among the categories is the Best Restaurant, which will celebrate the top place to eat in Canada. This [...]

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