Film review: A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night May 22, 2015 Cert 15 | ★★★★☆ Striking visuals and a wicked sense of style are just enough to carry this enigmatic, at times frustrating Iranian-American vampire story. Director Ana Lily Amirpour’s black and white neo-noir debut is a dream-like stream of ideas and images rather than a coherent whole. It’s loosely evocative of many things [...]
Theatre review: High Society marks end of Kevin Spacey’s Old Vic reign May 22, 2015 Old Vic | ★★★★☆ High Society is the final show of Kevin Spacey’s eleven-year tenure at the Old Vic, and in the circumstances feels like a valedictory party. Adapted from a Cole Porter musical film starring Grace Kelly, Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra, it is a gleeful mélange of sizzling one-liners and ravishing tunes, [...]
Film review: Tomorrowland is a dizzying Disney disappointment May 21, 2015 Cert PG | ★★☆☆☆ If you were at all sceptical about Christopher Nolan’s status as the preeminent director of the age, behold Tomorrowland, a Disney film starring a ten-year-old that contains lines like “with every second that ticks by, the future is running out.” Disney is an empire built on character and storytelling – in [...]
Something for the weekend May 21, 2015 MUNCH! FOODIE FESTIVAL Forget gimmicky little pop-ups manned by moustachioed posers: this is a real food festival. Head to Brentford’s Syon park this weekend for the biggest gastronomic event of the year, featuring appearances from celebrity chefs and 200 artisan food stalls. Visit foodiefestival.com SNAP! PHONOGRAPHY WORKSHOP Everyone’s an amateur photographer these days, but if [...]
The ultimate half-term guide: From Chelsea’s Victory Parade to In The Night Garden at the O2 May 21, 2015 I know what you’re thinking: it can’t be half-term again already. Well, I’m afraid it is, but fear not: the life and style team at Morning Wire have put their heads together and come up with the ultimate guide to the weeklong school holiday, featuring everything from Chelsea FC’s victory parade to a family orientated [...]
Restaurant review: The Barge House May 19, 2015 The Barge House is adorable. To get to it, you have to walk down the Regent’s Canal tow-path between Hoxton and Haggerston, where old Victorian warehouses rise indomitably out of the water, all of them now home to design studios and craft breweries. It’s been open since November but nobody noticed because the only reason [...]
Roux Sr and Jr bring their Michelin-starred food to the Investec Derby at Chez Roux at Blue Riband May 19, 2015 Last year, the World’s Greatest Flat Race joined forces with two of the world’s greatest chefs – Albert Roux and Michel Roux Jr – for Chez Roux on the Prince’s Lawn, a partnership that brought Michelin-starred gastronomy to the Investec Derby. The father and son duo are set for a return, this time taking over [...]
Working lunch in the City: Jose Pizarro, Broadgate Circle May 19, 2015 Our guide to the best places to eat during office hours in the City. WHAT? A busy, buzzy new tapas restaurant specialising in sea-food and first-class charcuterie. From the highly rated Spanish chef Jose Pizarro. WHERE? The restaurant is one of 11 new openings at Broadgate Circle, the pedestrianised bit of concrete [...]
Competition: Win a case of Sauternes from a top chateaux May 19, 2015 To make joining the CityAM wine club even sweeter, we are offering two lucky entrants the opportunity to win a full case of Sauternes from one of Bordeaux’s top chateaux. Chateau Rieussec is one of nine estates originally classified by Napoleon in 1855 as a Sauternes Premier Cru. Located directly next to Chateau d’Yquem, Rieussec [...]
As the Bank of England calls for ideas, these are the artists who could feature on the new £20 note (spoiler: it’s unlikely to be a woman) May 19, 2015 The Bank of England today put out a call for ideas as to who could feature on its next £20 note. The Bank said the note will "celebrate Britain's achievements in the visual arts" – and asked for the public's ideas as to who should feature. Mark Carney, the Bank's governor, said the note could [...]