Noughts & Crosses at Regent’s park Open Air Theatre review July 10, 2025 Over the nearly-25 years since the first instalment was published, Noughts & Crosses has become a juggernaut in the world of Young Adult literature. Across six novels, three novellas and a two-series BBC adaptation, Malorie Blackman imagines an alternate history in which colonial powers from Africa conquered the west, subverting global power dynamics. This is [...]
Girl From the North Country review: Lightning doesn’t strike twice July 10, 2025 When Conor McPherson’s Girl From the North Country was first staged in 2017, its combination of foot-tapping Bob Dylan arrangements and depression-era drama made it a critical and popular darling. It returns eight years later with a new cast, at least one new song (added during its run on Broadway) and more of the same [...]
Where to watch Wimbledon in London this weekend July 10, 2025 Whether indulging in strawberries and cream, clinking Pimm’s, or oogling the royals in the stands, for many watching Wimbledon has become a quintessentially British tradition. This weekend, the oldest tennis tournament in the world comes to a close, with the finals set for Saturday 12 July and Sunday 13 July. If you don’t have tickets [...]
Forget WeWork and Airbnb: inside the company nailing remote working July 10, 2025 From the Summer issue of Morning Wire The Magazine: inside the remote working company appealing to a new generation of digital nomads Rows upon rows of cookie-cutter houses fill the boujee neighbourhood of Abbot Kinney in Los Angeles. In front of one, a basketball hoop stands by a double garage. It looks like all the [...]
This Pacific Ocean country is one of Earth’s most biodiverse places July 10, 2025 This Pacific Ocean hideaway offers incredible sea life in brilliant luxury Anyone for fruit bat stew? “It’s delicious!” the museum guide assured me. “You cook the bat whole and serve it up in a soup, so it gazes up at you from the bowl. And you eat the entire bat. Because its diet is fruit, [...]
Inside Los Angeles stan culture, where it isn’t embarrassing to admit you’re a celebrity nerd July 10, 2025 Fans behave very differently in Los Angeles than they do in London. Longtime celebrity nerd Adam Bloodworth visited to explore the city’s outward love for celebrity A sea of aggressive power lunches are taking place on the terrace next to a swimming pool. I’m in the Tower Bar on Sunset Boulevard, which runs along the [...]
A spoiled travel editor’s guide to luxury hotels July 9, 2025 I know, it’s not en vogue to brag, but as Morning Wire’s travel editor, I stay in the world’s plushest luxury hotels for a living. Here’s the shocking thing: despite the £1k-a-night price tags, they often fail to do the very simplest of things to make your stay better. So, here is some constructive criticism [...]
Actor Luke Evans on being Hollywood’s LGBTQ macho man, fragile egos and feeling sexy in his forties July 9, 2025 Luke Evans is a different type of Hollywood action hero. Our cover star for the Summer edition of Morning Wire The Magazine talks to Adam Bloodworth about redefining the macho man, and feeling sexier than ever in his forties Luke Evans starts his day with a skinny dip every morning. His home in Ibiza is [...]
Two iconic naughty noughties clubs have reopened in London. But will Gen Z care? July 8, 2025 The owners of Boujis and Mahiki both have new clubs. Adam Bloodworth asks if the glory days of ‘naughty noughties’ posh partying can appeal to Gen Z Picture the scene: it’s two o’clock in the morning and a throng of paparazzi are muscling for space outside Boujis nightclub in South Kensington. Tara Palmer-Tompkinson and her [...]