Max Williams
Features Editor
Max has worked at Square Mile since 2016. He joined as editorial assistant (e.g. making the coffees) before rising to the giddy heights of Features Editor (still makes the coffees). He likes a good pub, loves a bad pub, plays a decent chess game yet still can't whistle. Crystal Palace winning the FA Cup is easily one of the best days of his life. At Square Mile, he specialises in profile pieces, travel and food. Plus coffee, of course.
Max Williams's articles
The Gallery at sketch serves up fine dining by way of Disneyland
Fancy escaping reality for an evening? The Gallery at sketch serves up fine dining by way of Disneyland
Published: Friday 13th December 2019
The Bar Necessities: Murder Inc
Don your fedora and pay a visit to Murder Inc, the Soho cocktail bar from the team behind Shoreditch's Cocktail Trading Company. Imbued with sin, sex and Sinatra, it's a subterranean trip back in time
Published: Thursday 12th December 2019
Stay in the centre of the universe at the Time Hotel NYC
Times Square’s dazzling, technicolour surrounds of make it one of NYC’s most iconic attractions. Position yourself right in the heart of the action with a stay at the Time Hotel
Published: Tuesday 10th December 2019
The Bar Necessities: Arabica
Is it a bar? Is it a kitchen? Is it a restaurant? One thing's for sure: Arabica is worth a visit for its Middle Eastern cocktails and delicious sharing plates
Published: Monday 9th December 2019
In the club: Eight Moorgate
We're profiling London's best private members' clubs – breaking down all the need-to-know information into one easily digestible guide. Get on your shiny shoes and pay a visit to Eight Moorgate
Published: Thursday 28th November 2019
See Santino Le Saint play XOYO
Don't miss the chance to see Santino Le Saint headline XOYO on Tuesday 26 November. The lad is going places...
Published: Friday 22nd November 2019
In the club: Ten Trinity Square
We're profiling London's best private members' clubs – breaking down all the need-to-know information into one easily digestible guide. Take a trip to Tower Hill and Ten Trinity Square – a members' club straight out of your imagination
Published: Friday 22nd November 2019
"I was walking around with duffle bags with $1m inside." Meet Big Mike Straumietis: the Marijuana Don of America
America's biggest cannabis baron. Star of TV show The Next Marijuana Millionaire. Former drug runner. Persona non grata in Canada (the police had to kidnap him). Visionary.
Published: Wednesday 20th November 2019
The Bar Necessities: The Gun
The Gun is a Spitalfields institution, dating back to the time of Henry VIII. The latest incarnation, launched earlier this year, offers bespoke cocktails and fantastic grub in a busy, buzzy location
Published: Friday 8th November 2019
"You have to develop a very thick skin." Henry Shields on a career that went right
For playwright and actor Henry Shields, The Play That Goes Wrong was the start of things going very, very right… He tells Max Williams about penning a West End hit
Published: Thursday 7th November 2019
Who is Eddie Hearn? The story of boxing's billion-dollar promoter
At 15, Eddie Hearn was selling double glazing in Romford. At 32, he promoted his first world title fight. Last year, he signed boxing’s first billion-dollar deal. And then there’s that Twitter account…
Published: Monday 4th November 2019
Casual Fitters is taking tailoring into the 21st century
Don't know your wool from your worsted? Think a three-piece is a type of golf shot? Fear not: Casual Fitters offers made-to-measure tailoring with a minimum of fuss
Published: Monday 2nd September 2019
Can you tame the Monster?
Giant bouncy castle obstacle course thing The Monster returns to Alexandra Palace for August bank-holiday weekend. Relive your childhood and go wild
Published: Thursday 22nd August 2019
Crispin serves up a veritable feast
There's nothing that so becomes a restaurant as great food and a cool design. Crispin has both. Get ye to Spitalfields! (Wrong play but whatever)
Published: Tuesday 20th August 2019
"We should all be attempting to make the world a better place." Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff on the power of gal-dem
As head of editorial for gal-dem, Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff is one of British journalism's most powerful voices at one of its most important – and successful – publications. We dropped by the gal-dem offices to hear her story...
Published: Friday 9th August 2019
Enjoy £20 lunchtime lobster at Wright Brothers
Want to liven up your lunch this August? Seafood specialist Wright Brothers is offering a whole native lobster (plus trimmings) for £20pp at each of its five London outlets...
Published: Wednesday 7th August 2019
The Bar Necessities: The Parrot
Last year, Idris Elba opened the Parrot at the Waldorf – a tropical bar at one of London's most celebrated hotels. We popped down for a cocktail or two...
Published: Monday 5th August 2019
"You want to blow them away."
Vox Vanguard is the company that brings classical music to life in remarkable, one-of-a-kind performances. Founder and artistic director Matthew Tosca tells us about this unique collective....
Published: Monday 5th August 2019
The Weekender: Ibiza II
We did a weekend guide to Ibiza last year, but just like thousands of revellers, we're back for more. Here's our guide to a flying visit to the white island
Published: Friday 2nd August 2019
Kutir has launched a limited-edition seafood menu
Want to book yourself an August treat? Get down to Sloane Square and try Indian fine-dining restaurant Kutir's special seafood menu – running until the end of the month