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  • Monday, 7 October, 2024
    FT Globetrotter
    The unusual perks of London’s oldest members’ club

    The FT’s resident freeman takes part in the hallowed ritual of herding sheep across the Thames and into the Square Mile

    Sheep in front of a plaque that reads Southwark Bridge
  • Sunday, 6 October, 2024
    Travel
    Hotel Maria: ice-cool Nordic luxury in Helsinki

    Key Notes | Founded by Olympian Samppa Lajunen, the Maria plugs a gap in the Finnish capital’s hotel scene

    The front of an ornate building with large columns and windows and white flags wither side of the main doorway
  • Tuesday, 1 October, 2024
    FT Globetrotter
    All together now: Copenhagen’s growing appetite for communal dining

    The Danish art of ‘fællesspisning’ — breaking bread with strangers from all walks of life — is having a moment in the capital

    Diners photographed from above sitting at a long table at Absalon, a Copenhagen community space
  • Monday, 30 September, 2024
    FT Globetrotter
    London’s bistro boom

    A new wave of restaurants is reigniting the capital’s love affair with classic French food. Here are six of the most magnifiques

    A selection of dishes on a white tablecloth-covered table at Joséphine, a west London restaurant
  • Thursday, 26 September, 2024
    ReviewVisual Arts
    Monet’s luminous London paintings — a tonic for grey days

    ‘There’s no land more extraordinary for a painter’ said the artist, who offered a spectacular vision of the city

  • Wednesday, 25 September, 2024
    FT Globetrotter
    The cult of St John

    As one of London’s most important restaurants turns 30, longtime devotee and FT food critic Tim Hayward celebrates its legacy

    A man sits a table with a white tablecloth in front of wine glasses and set of salt and pepper shakers
  • Tuesday, 24 September, 2024
    FT Globetrotter
    High-rise Hong Kong: the city skyline as ‘museum of architecture’ 

    A web of walkways connects some of the world’s finest towers, from IM Pei to Zaha Hadid Architects

  • Monday, 23 September, 2024
    Q&AFT Globetrotter
    Do you have a Venice city secret? 

    Whether a tiny trattoria off the beaten track, a gem of a pensione or just a quiet spot to avoid the crowds, FT Globetrotter wants to hear from you

  • Saturday, 21 September, 2024
    FT SeriesThe FT Magazine’s Guide to the Business Lunch
    The FT’s favourite business lunch restaurants in London

    17 venues in and around the City worth rescheduling your 2pm for, and the best tables at each

    A stylish restaurant interior with round tables covered in white tablecloths, surrounded by wicker-backed chairs. Two black-and-white framed portraits hang on the wall
  • Friday, 20 September, 2024
    FT SeriesThe FT Magazine’s Guide to the Business Lunch
    Lunchtime gossip used to fuel the City. It’s time for a comeback

    Lack of time, elbow room and alcohol have created a problem in the world’s business capitals

    Two men dressed in business suits sit at a table in a restaurant with large windows overlooking a city skyline. One man gestures animatedly with his hand while the other listens intently. The table is set with plates, glasses, and a small floral arrangement
  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2024
    FT SeriesThe FT Magazine’s Guide to the Business Lunch
    The FT foreign correspondents’ guide to business dining around the world

    The top tables for breaking bread and sealing deals in great global cities

  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
    FT Globetrotter
    On the fringe: Three of Edinburgh’s best bike rides

    Despite the hills and cobbled streets, the Scottish capital is surprisingly cycle-friendly, with routes leading to landmarks along canal paths, old railway lines and a seaside esplanade

    Robert Orr with his bicycle beneath Forth Bridge
  • Monday, 16 September, 2024
    FT Globetrotter
    Belleville rising: a weekend in Paris’s hip and hilly 20th arrondissement

    A rendezvous with a characterful, slower-paced quartier that is all timeless cafés, global food and cool bars and markets — not to mention show-stopping views

    Customers sitting at tables on the terrace of La Bellevilloise arts space, looking over Paris, with the Eiffel Tower in the distance
  • Wednesday, 11 September, 2024
    FT GlobetrotterTips from the top
    My Paris, by chef Yannick Alléno

    Where the man at the helm of 17 international restaurants — and with 16 Michelin stars under his belt — likes to eat, shop and view art in the French capital

    Yannick Alléno sitting on a stool with his arms folded in front of the counter at Paris’s Mallory Gabsi, with a team of chefs in the open kitchen behind him
  • Tuesday, 10 September, 2024
    FT Globetrotter
    Singapore after hours: five late-night supper spots

    Nocturnal dining is a delight in the city-state

    Fujiwara Tofu Concept Shop Singapore at night, with a souped-up black car parked beside it
  • Monday, 9 September, 2024
    FT GlobetrotterFT Globetrotter’s global etiquette guide
    Business and social etiquette in Madrid: an expert guide

    The implicit codes of life in the Spanish capital, from ‘dos besos’ to dining and safe (and unsafe) topics of discussion

  • Thursday, 5 September, 2024
    FT Globetrotter
    FT Globetrotter’s guide to the FTWeekend Festival

    Everything you need to make the most of September 7 — the hottest ticket in town — and where to head afterwards

    Attendees sitting on Astroturf in front of a stage at an edition of the FT Festival
  • Wednesday, 4 September, 2024
    FT Globetrotter
    Paris getaway: Dolce by Wyndham Versailles — fine living in a material world

    The one-time estate of a textile magnate — and creator of toile de Jouy — is now a bucolic escape just outside the French capital 

    A red and white toile de Jouy design made by the Oberkampf factory in the early 19th century
  • Tuesday, 3 September, 2024
    FT Globetrotter
    Streets ahead: Zürich’s astonishing public art scene

    With more than 1,300 outdoor works ranging from medieval to Modernist and multimedia, the Swiss city is a treat for art lovers

    Graffiti by street artist Harald Naegeli on the grey and yellow wall of an underground car park, including a fish-like figure
  • Monday, 2 September, 2024
    FT Globetrotter
    An insider guide to Edinburgh’s fine-dining scene

    Thanks to a new generation of local chefs shining the spotlight on Scotland’s world-class produce, some of the UK’s best gourmet restaurants are to be found north of the border

  • Monday, 2 September, 2024
    FT GlobetrotterAn insider guide to Edinburgh’s fine-dining scene
    Edinburgh’s fine-dining scene is sizzling — and Heron is its brilliant beating heart

    Michelin-starred chef Sam Yorke is a poster boy for modern Scottish cuisine — and a master of the elevated potato

  • Monday, 2 September, 2024
    FT GlobetrotterAn insider guide to Edinburgh’s fine-dining scene
    Eòrna: Edinburgh’s most intimate dining experience

    This tiny 12-seat establishment is putting a plucky chef-sommelier duo on the city’s culinary map

  • Monday, 2 September, 2024
    FT GlobetrotterAn insider guide to Edinburgh’s fine-dining scene
    The Little Chartroom: ‘gutsy, skilful’ comfort food in Edinburgh

    Chef Roberta Hall-McCarron has a thing for pies — but her pasta and panna cotta also hit the spot

  • Monday, 2 September, 2024
    FT GlobetrotterAn insider guide to Edinburgh’s fine-dining scene
    Edinburgh’s Lyla: ‘I want to give people one of the best meals they’ve ever had’

    At his fourth restaurant in the Scottish capital, superchef Stuart Ralston is ambitiously rethinking local fare — from fish and chips to Cullen skink — to stunning effect

  • Monday, 2 September, 2024
    FT GlobetrotterAn insider guide to Edinburgh’s fine-dining scene
    Fhior: pyrotechnics on a plate at a star of Edinburgh’s fine-dining scene

    Chef Scott Smith’s playful, constantly imaginative take on modern Scottish cuisine is nothing short of dazzling

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