By: Adam Bloodworth

Features Journalist Adam Bloodworth is the Deputy Life&Style Editor at City AM. He has served in the role since 2022, writing and commissioning culture and lifestyle features for the newspaper and website. The Life&Style section covers film, TV, music, theatre, things to do in London and features that examine the ways Londoners live their lives. He also serves as Deputy Editor for City AM The Magazine, writing and commissioning for the quarterly luxury lifestyle product distributed by hand around the capital. He has been interviewed by the BBC News at 10, BBC Scotland, BBC Three Counties Radio and can be found on X and LinkedIn.

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Barbie movie review: Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling shine, but what’s the point?

July 19, 2023

Barbie movie review and star rating: ★★★ I can only assume the Barbie movie PR team have checked into the most beige hotel possible this week, cowering from all the pink to engage in some much-needed deep breathing. The movie’s ballistic marketing campaign has been even more omnipresent on social media than the endless stream [...]
Survey reveals extent of remote working loneliness

July 16, 2023

Ever since the pandemic the conversation has rattled on about the benefits and setbacks of remote working. Increased flexibility, it turns out, has a downside: loneliness. A new survey by Promoleaf has revealed that more than a third of female remote workers (39 per cent) feel lonely working from home, and a much higher rate [...]
5 reasons to go to Bilbao BBK festival in Spain

July 15, 2023

Bilbao BBK is one of Spain’s most loved festivals, but Brits don’t often go. Alongside a decent line-up of music and the opportunity to explore a fascinating part of Spain, the Basque Country, Bilbao BBK offers you the chance to party like a Spanish local. Here are five things we loved about visiting the festival, [...]
How Balans, the best of the Soho restaurants, is getting even better

July 13, 2023

Soho institution Balans, one of the best Soho restaurants, is finally realising how good it is – Adam Bloodworth meets the founder David Taylor is the sort of restaurateur who has no idea how good his restaurant is. You may not either: but Balans on Old Compton Street is open all night on Fridays and [...]
A Strange Loop writer Michael R. Jackson on creating the buzziest musical since Hamilton

July 6, 2023

A surprise hit in the US, A Strange Loop has now landed a huge London run. Adam Bloodworth speaks to the man who dreamed it up while working as an usher on Broadway Michael R. Jackson’s A Strange Loop won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, becoming the second ever musical to win the accolade. The [...]
Scale up investor: Hiring trans women like me isn’t just right – it’s good for business

July 3, 2023

Reece Tomlinson, founder of investment firm Saône Capital, on how investing in trans and non-binary people is good for business, as people from different backgrounds have different ideas and approaches “When you look at underrepresented founders as a whole, they’re actually the majority of founders,” says Reece Tomlinson, trans CEO and founder of the Saône [...]
A Strange Loop, Barbican, review: New York’s smash hit doesn’t land in London

June 29, 2023

A Strange Loop review and star rating: ★★★ A Strange Loop won every Best Musical award in New York, and was nominated for 11 Tony Awards. It was a New York Times Critics’ Pick and won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Drama; unusual for a musical, the accolade was previously taken by Hamilton. The musical [...]
Inside Wimbledon’s first ever official off-court fashion range

June 29, 2023

“There are worse places to work,” jokes David Hewitt, Wimbledon’s head of retail. We’re on Zoom and behind Hewitt’s head there is a smart grid of green rectangles, the outside courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club that are primed and ready for play, days away from the start of the 2023 [...]
London Pride Month: LGBTQ business leaders on being closeted in the City

June 27, 2023

In the aftermath of London Pride Month, City A.M. hears from top City of London CEOs about being closested -and out – in the City, as well as the ways all of us can be better allies. You can watch our video series on YouTube For many City of London workers, being LGBTQ still means [...]
Train travel in Europe: London to Italy in a day with Byway Travel

June 26, 2023

To Tuscany by train? It’s a doddle, finds Adam Bloodworth, who trains it from London with Byway Travel, train travel in Europe specialists LONDON TO TUSCANY TRAIN: Destination: a friend’s wedding in Tuscany. How else other than to fly? Well, what about this: lunch in Paris, then dinner in Italy, all on the same day, and all [...]

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